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Ratmaninoff wrote: Presumably, as Gothel is a corrupted tree nymph (so isn't human) and Alice is her daughter (hence only half human), their power comes from a different source than the "human magic" weilded by the Mills family. We can assume that tree nymph magic is stronger than human magic from the fact that Regina was so easily defeated by Gothel - indeed, her magic had no effect on her. Even Rumple with his DO powers didn't try to take Gothel on (although that was possibly because he wanted to avoid doing anything dark rather than lack of strength, we were not told).

It was only Alice (being half tree nymph) who was strong enough to take her mother on and defeat her. Hence, Alice and Gothel would appear to be stronger than the human magic users. Regina`s magic had just returned in that moment, we can suppose ( like another times in the show {season 2} ) that she wasnt 100% , and where did you get from "her magic had no effect on her" , she didnt let be hit like Black Fairy did to zelena , she blocked the fireball with a shild (maleficent did it in the 1x02 )  and regina look at one second to her hand and doesnt do anything. this scene  didnt prove anything. And just to remember, in the past , when gothel wanted to kill her "friends" , the human girl with "human magic" could defend herself very easily from gothel`s magic , so i dont think her magic is stronger then the mills family for exemple.