Magic, emotion, and blind spots

[Keb]

New theory just came together for me!

Rumplestiltskin has now explained that controlling magic requires emotion, and it seems to be the dominant emotion in the magic caster that works best.

Adam said (in a tweet, was it?) that Emma’s power to tell when people are telling the truth doesn’t work when her emotions get in the way.

And Rumple and Regina, powerful as they are, have had some serious blind spots in their various abilities. Like, Rumple can see the future and all sorts of other stuff, but genuinely had no clue that Regina was keeping Belle prisoner for at least a couple years in FTL and about a year after he regained consciousness of who he was in Storybrooke. So was it his emotional attachment that prevented him (on top of whatever Regina did, which I assume was potent in its own right) from finding or even seeking her? He accused Regina of lying when Regina said she was dead–but it was clear that he believed her nevertheless.

Both of them are definitely ruled by emotions, but I’m suspecting that it can both fuel and block their abilities.

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