Emma might as well make the best of her magic

Sorry what? Did I miss something?

It was in the very beginning. Very briefly.

Oh :*) ... I did miss the first three minutes. I'll watch it tomorrow on Hulu then answer.

That would make sense lol.

I hope this will be the first of many more lessons to come....

^ Me too! Though I want her to stay with Rumpel for now cause at least they're doing something to save Henry unlike the Charmings. "I've been camping with the Charmings for a week and getting nowhere." Regina preaching the truth. :D

^^ Same here. But I'm glad she ditched the Charmings and their lack of production.

^^lol, that was so funny and true:) I'm glad too but I kinda wish Emma had gone with her! I want more magic lessons:D

I loved the idea of Regina teaching Emma something as Emma's involvement in Regina's life has taught her a lot and it seemed to me when I heard that Emma was learning from Regina that Regina was, in her own way, trying to give something back. But I also think that when it comes to magic Regina is not the right type of person to impart this knowledge to Emma. None of the magic users in the show are.

Regina, through her teaching by Rumple was encouraged to use her hate to power her magic. Rumple, due to the Dark Curse, also used his dark emotions. Cora is the same. Magic seems to need strong emotion to come to the fore in OUaT verse and because hate is such a strong visceral emotion it's an easy one to manipulate and channel magic through. But Emma is not someone to give into her hate. She pushes all such bad emotions aside in order to get on with the job. This is in turn very counterproductive when it comes to learning magic in a very high stress situation. Emma is very afraid of how her emotions in Neverland could influence her, and she's seen the result of 'bad' magic, so to speak, in Regina, Cora and Rumple, and doesn't want to turn out like that and disappoint her son.

What no-one in the show seems to realise is that hate is not the only strong emotion. What they did know and seem to have forgotten, is the strength of love. Emma herself says it halfway through season 2: "Love is strength". Love, especially the love a mother has for her child, does not necessarily mean fluffy, soft, warm. Love does not have to mean gentle, love can be one of the fiercest emotions a person has, especially when it comes to their children. A parent can do the cruelest, most vicious and terrible things in order to keep their children safe and happy. Love burns. Emma doesn't need dark, she doesn't need hate or anger in order to use magic. She just needs to think of her natural, animal instinct to protect her child.

Why has she not thought of this yet?

I feel like Regina could learn something from Emma too--like perhaps how to use magic for good and in a positive way. But I do agree with you there--none of the magic users on this show have been good guys. Maleficent, Gold, Cora, Gina, etc. All evil. But I guess that's how Disney was too.

I also feel as though Regina is teaching Emma magic the way Rumple taught her. And Gold isn't exactly a teacher of morals.

^ what about the fairies?

^ I sort of put the fairies into a different category of magic users. It's almost like their people but not human? They use wands and their magic seems to be different to the magic of the others and now Emma.

^^ I question Blue and everything she does. She may have the 'good guy' label but I don't trust her. As for the other fairies, my questions is can Emma use their type of magic.