Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-8567299-20130429223841/@comment-5679696-20130805003812

YayMona wrote: I think Cora has more of the Disney's Sleeping Beauty Maleficent traits then OUAT's Maleficent does. Maleficent in OUAT is written as being on par with the Evil Queen magic wise, while Cora seems to be vastly more powerful then the both of them, being almost on par with Rumplestiltskin. Cora might seem to be more powerful than Regina because she has WAY more practice. Cora uses magic since before Regina was born... and then while Regina spends 28 years without magic, Cora is still able to practice. But if you compare them proportionally, you will note that:
 * 1) Before Cora started using magic, Rumplestiltskin didn't even notice her power. He was even surprised she wanted to learn magic.
 * 2) Before Regina started using magic, Rumplestiltskin already sais she is powerful. "Rumpelstiltskin: So… Kind. So… Gentle. So… Powerful. You could do so much, if you just let yourself."