What do you think Cruella's power is?

I think, like many, Cruella has the power to shapeshift into a dalmatian. I’ll take it one step further by theorizing that not only can she shapeshift into a dalmatian, but she can shapeshift into whatever animal’s fur she happens to be wearing.

Yup basically that. I think she’s  a shapeshifter

Interesting. So the Dalmatian puppy Belle came across, that was Cruella? The effects have been very awesome this season, so shape shifting would be cool.

I think that puppy was Cruella.

Oh, and to answer your other question: I’m pretty sure her accent was Irish. The actress herself is Irish

Side question: Was anyone really distracted by Cruella’s accent? What was that? German, Russian?

Yes. I had to rewind her first line many times before I actually understood what she said. It sounded like another language, like she was mushing her words together. But someone in chat, I forget who, suggested its to indicate she’s a drunk and slurring her words so I chose to go with that. Dont know how to explain them eyebrows though 😛
As for being a shape shifter, I’m iffy. We’ve seen Regina shapeshift into a rat (1×02) and Mal is a dragon of course. Why would Cruella need to wear what she wants to change into in order to change into them? Plus, unless I’m mistaken, her coat doesn’t look like a puppy fur coat. And then what does that mean for Pongo, what’s his role in this? Sorry, just thinking out loud. Idk. We don’t even see Cruella do any actual magic during any of her scenes and if A&E hadn’t said she was a witch then I would question it. I am literally drawing a blank as to what can be so special about her and her furs. Hmmm…. Maybe she wants to be the ultimate shapeshifter and to do that she has to consume 100 of any particular animal she wants to change into while its still a baby.

I called that the puppy could be Cruella after I saw it in the promo. That puppy did not look “innocent”.

I think Cruella has to be able to do more than just shapeshift, after all if she is hanging around with Maleficent (who can turn into a dragon amongst other things) and Ursula (a sea witch/goddess) then she must bring more to the table than just shapeshifting.