Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170501005830/@comment-25375217-20170505021336

The Lord of Deathless wrote: Eskaver wrote: I'm going to be a downer for a brief moment.

Claim #1: Black was one of the most powerful fairies ever. Well-versed in Dark Magic. Practically made it.

Response #1: She was knowledgeable in fairy lore and prophecy, but I can see her studying up on magic, but the previous statement has no merit (unless she came back countless times, which is weird she didn't come for Rumple).

Claim #2: Black Fairy made the Dark Curse. She used her dust to create a powerful spell.

Response #2: Well, she sort of found two forbidden ancient spells and wanted to combine them. But didn't. Dark Fairy Dust didn't even come into this.

I think it was a bit too rushed in the flashback department. Like TigerLily was like, "Hey Fiona, are you fine about your child's impending doom? Ooops, you're a fairy. Ooops, you're now dark. Oh my, you're now banished. Better run off to Neverland now because I'm useless." Thank you for pointing this out, this has annoyed me the entire week since the episode. If she created Dark Magic, she should have been the first villain in the entire timeline, but canonically it's Hades (who is a God but didn't necessarily create Dark Magic) and Nimue (first mortal to use Dark Magic) so what's with the stupid Double Retcon? One episode she says that she invented dark magic and then two episdoes later it shows she was born after Nimue. I mean... my mind broke. I cannot compute. Is this

1. another mistake?

2. More retconning?

3. Was she lying about inventing dark magic? How could she be lying if she could do things no one else could, even Nimue? Why are we taking her literally? She said she practically invented Dark Magic. I thought it was clear from the moment she said that, she's not being literal - what she means is that she is incredibly skilled in it. People say they "practically invented" that skill or that lie or whatever all the time; they didn't, they're just the best around, or at least think so. Fiona has some evidence to back that up, though, since she's the only person to ever poof the dagger and was able to walk through one of Zelena's ultimate blasts while laughing.