Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160527015013

Although I enjoy them trying to rebalance the wonky magic system of Once, I'd like to throw this gem to you all.

Rumple has all the "power off every Dark One" which means to me (Nimue + Merlin) or to I guess the Showrunners means (everybody!). We accept that he's stronger than Merlin, weaker than Hades (as Hades didn't care about his threats). Therefore, we accept:

Hades

Rumple

Merlin

But let me throw you guys some little gems. Regina and Emma showed enough power to break the containment spell Hades had on the library (apparently). But then Emma can barely match the portection spell that Zelena put up around the Mayor's office. But let's get passed all that XD.

Here's the real kickers;

1. Hades said that he couldn't bother with the Sorcerer's mansion because "it didn't agree with him". So, why is the God of the Dead not strong enough to break the spell on the mansion? Weird.

But lets skip to the finale,

2. Hyde, an educated man, uses the Sorcerer's wand to open a magic portal big enough to get a single item (guess he knew it was an item). Let's remember that that wand is Merlin's magical energy (somehow). Why then is Rumple creating a complex portal with the charged Olympian crystal? He is at least (Merlin + Nimue) or (=Merlin), why can't he simply do things?

But we could boil it down to two things.

1. The Apprentice and the Dragon just know more than Rumple, know the secrets of the LWM (even though Rumple had this whole big plan), can seemingly open portals in this land, and Rumple's just a dumb, narrow-minded man. or,

2. The writers just make things up, haven't planned it all, any cross arc comparisons make little to no sense, and magic is just "what the plot demands" than anything else.

But don't fret, it's not as bad as Deity Poseidon not being capable of poofing a shell out of Hook's hand. XD. Here's to hope.

By feats and whatever the show wants to show at times, (Just 5b and a little of 5a and yes the following is a joke)

Zeus (by statement)

Merlin

Regina + Emma (by action)

Hades (By all the above)

Rumple (by statement)

The Dragon (by action)

Regina + Emma (by (in) action)

Rumple (by action)

Zelena (by action: overpowering Emma, by using the wand)

Emma (by action)

Regina (by action: using the wand)

Emma (by action)

Zelena (by action: by being drained by the wand)

Regina (after BW attacked)

The Blind Witch

Regina (before the blind witch attacked)