Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20151218130356

Toma Cre wrote: Eskaver wrote: The Regina wand thing is a fluke anyway because they retconned the reason why Regina couldn;t use the wand. Regina believed in herself always so that didn't make any sense what so ever. The belief statement actually makes sense if you combine it with the scene at the end of The Price, where Regina removes the stone enchantment spell from Sneezy. Why did she wait until then instead of doing it immediately after Emma left the diner at the beginning ''The Dark Swan? ''

Recall that The Price was the episode where Regina was struggling to be seen as a savior for the town and she thought everybody doubted her, including Snow. But at the end of the ep, Grumpy acknowledged her which may have helped her regain her confidence and strengthened her magic.

Also, Hook was the one who said Regina was lacking dark magic but since he is not a magic user, his statement must be taken with a grain of salt. We have seen the Apprentice use the wand multiple times, so he is not lacking in dark magic even though he is hardly a villain.

Eskaver wrote: Regina even didn't use the wand correctly because it is suppose to use a trinket to guide the spell. Zelena probably has tons of trinkets on her person that are Ozian in origin.

His satement could be taken with a grain of salt, but alas the show is the greatest canon.

It makes sense in the Price, but Regina's magical efforts weren't in that episode. Regina's belief thing being tied to her magic was totally fine, but they didn't set it up that way. They should have had Hook say nothing and say she wasn't powerful enough and nothing else. (But then again Zelena said that, so I'm still perplexed as to why the writers would have Hook say anything, but Hook has shown to be wrong countless times, i.e. Emma defeating Cora, Pan, and Zelena.)

Zelena is still more powerful, but we would already know that without the pendant, Zelena is only slightly above Regina aand Cora.It appears to be Zelena with a slight edge over Regina and then Regina above Cora.

Zelena is more of that natural with speed and packs a punch, while Regina is the trained one who might have a secret technique (light magic), but isn't as fast or natural with it.