Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-6739926-20150118091358/@comment-1916997-20150128195927

Boobfairy wrote: Honestly, all the stuff about Reul Ghorm was back in Season 1, maybe before the writers realized that having a character be so powerful and good at the same time is a plot disaster. That's why ever since then they've been kind of retconning the Blue Fairy's power. She's just an inconsistently written character, only appearing when it's convenient for the plot. For example, she should've been able to defeat Zelena with her supposedly powerful light magic and all, but nope. In the Enchanted Forest of the past, she did a lot more than she does in Storybrooke. She actually was able to capture Regina, attended war councils, etc. while in Storybrooke she does nothing because Emma is the new "powerful light magic user." Her powers are also inconsistent. When Emma and Hook were trapped in the past and they meet Blue, she has some magical lie detecting power that tells her that Emma is lying about her identity AND that it would be better if Emma's identity stayed a secret. Even Rumple didn't sense this, which makes it seem like she's wiser than Rumplestiltskin. But then in Storybrooke, Rumple easily lies to her before stuffing her in the hat and she didn't sense anything wrong. Where did that lie detecting power and wisdom go? Also, we saw in Enchanted Forest flashbacks that she's perfectly capable of teleportation (when giving Baelfire the bean) and telekinesis(when she stopped the arrows), yet she didn't do that when she was being attacked by either the shadow OR Hook. She didn't even use magic at all. She just screamed and died with her wand nowhere in sight. She knew of a powerful curse that even Rumple didn't know about, yet she seems to possess no other ancient or useful magical knowledge. Her powers and wisdom are both inconsistent. And yes, I have spend WAY too much time analyzing a minor character who only appears twice a season. :) Your missing a key point here though. All the powerful moments you mention is when Blue is in EF as an actual fairy. All the weak moments you mention is when Blue is in SB as Mother Superior, a human. I have a feeling fairies can simply not exist in our world, even with magic released, and because of this Blue is significantly weaker in our world than she is in the Enchanted Forest. So what you see as inconsistensy, I see as Blue's powers being different in EF versus SB.