Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25613119-20150302121703/@comment-5106672-20150303150317

CoolDudeAl, you might be right, since we've only seen her blasting sleep or freezing spells at foes with her fairy dust. But that would help too: freeze Zelena (with Light Magic, no less), get Rumple's dagger, get her pendant, problem solved. Freeze Ingrid (pun not intended) and question her, instead of letting Emma do it with her still raw and unstable magic. It's most likely a matter of Keegan's schedule, but the writers really need to address why she's never on spot when she would be needed. As we and Utter said, a single line such as "I'm not as powerful in this land as I was in the Enchanted Forest" or "We don't have enough fairy dust, we need to save it for specific potions and specific spells" would do, and would also explain why all thr Storybrooke fairies can do is run for their lives. But they can't leave it completely unaddressed.