True Love Incarnate

[Killian Jones]

I had this theory I posted in another thread:

Now I guess it was assumed that Emma was magical because she was the savior the only one who could break the curse, she’s the product of the true love of Charming and Snow the humanized version of the true love potion as it were. Then also in Lady of the Lake we saw that Snow and Charming both drank the magical water from the Lake as part of their secret wedding for Charming’s mother. So with that I know this sounds like a stretch but those two types of magic mixing is almost the same as how Rumplestilskin mixed the true love potion with the water of magical underground lake that runs under Storybrooke to bring magic. Emma really could be the product of two very powerful types of magic true love & the water of the lake.

[schmacky]

Not only is she the product of true love and not only did her mother drink from the lake but her father did too.

[Myril]

I would find it lame, if it had much to do with Lake Nostos, as plausible as it sounds. I prefer to think, that there is still something special in the love between Snow and Charming, explained by their personalities, their development over time and what they’ve been through (I’m despite all an idealist). Their love goes beyond most romances, beyond love on first sight, happy Valentines Day and media induced pictures of true love. Or in other words: other FTL couples might have found true love as well, but the true love between Snow and Charming is a special one, stronger than any. And as well, as Marilou said, you might not need true love, love can be enough, to have a happy life and family.

But furthermore, possible Emma shows that kind of power, and so strong, because of her own story as well. She was looking for her parents all of her life, wondering, questioning, craving, that makes her different from other kids of true love.

Does it make her a kind of good wizard? Nope, or hopefully not. Think any attempt to fully control that power or magic will end badly. Not magic per se is a problem, but wanting full control over it, using it as a power for whatever purpose, no matter what good intention. Look at Rumple, Regina, Cora, they are all corrupted because of wanting to control magic, of seeing it as power to use merely for their own purposes. It might have been more in their personalities to end up being so corrupted by it than maybe other people would be, but trying to control magic is always a dangerous path. And yes, I think the fairies shouldn’t be seen as simple all good beings either, but they are maybe more aware of the dilemma.

So far Emma’s power is more of a passive kind, it’s a power happening when need be. The moment she tries to control it, it will be corrupted, and it will eventually corrupt her. Simple: love and the power / magic coming from it is something you can’t control, and you shouldn’t try to.

Is it stronger than the Dark One’s magic? Yes, it is.

Might Emma be able to break the barrier between Storybrook and the outside world? Maybe, but what good would be in this? Think the people in Storybrook are better equipped to deal with the kind of Cora and Rumple, their magic, than our world would be. We can’t handle them, they can. It’s not just a barrier preventing people from leaving SB without giving up their FTL identity, so keeping them from exploring our world and making friends here, or Rumple from finding his son, it’s as well a barrier to protect our world – that’s how I see it. And because of what I said before, of making willfully use of the power and that that might corrupt the power as well as Emma, I sure don’t want Emma to even try to break the barrier. If it happens accidentally, so to speak, that would be something different of course.

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[Killian Jones]

@Schmacky wrote:

Not only is she the product of true love and not only did her mother drink from the lake but her father did too.

Yeah so I kind of thought of Emma as being like the cloud of smoke that Mr. Gold created to create magic in Storybrooke. I really want to see if she actually learns to harness that power within herself. Against Cora she didn’t even know what she was doing, maybe the Blue Fairy can help her figure out how to control that power and use it for good?

[timespacer]

@slurpeez108 wrote:

Emma’s power was unleashed in the episode when Emma deflected Cora with magic! Mr. Gold confirmed that Emma’s power is owing to the fact that she’s the product of true love, or put another way, she is true love incarnate, the most powerful magic of all. So, we’ve seen Emma’s ability several times. Emma created a separate hat for Jefferson in 1×17, which might have worked. When Emma decided to stay in SB, time started again, MM awakened David, and the mine shaft caved in when Emma put on her deputy badge. Emma recharged Jefferson’s hat just by touching it in 2×1 and broke the curse when she kissed Henry in 1×22. What else is Emma capable of now that she knows about her power? Is she a good wizard of sorts? Could she possibly break down the barrier between Storybrooke and the outside world? Is she more powerful than the Dark One’s magic?

Remember she also caused a transformer to blow out on a power line when she first arrived in Storybrooke in the pilot episode and slammed her car door in anger.

[Grimmsister]

@myril wrote:

Does it make her a kind of good wizard? Nope, or hopefully not. Think any attempt to fully control that power or magic will end badly. Not magic per se is a problem, but wanting full control over it, using it as a power for whatever purpose, no matter what good intention. Look at Rumple, Regina, Cora, they are all corrupted because of wanting to control magic, of seeing it as power to use merely for their own purposes. It might have been more in their personalities to end up being so corrupted by it than maybe other people would be, but trying to control magic is always a dangerous path. And yes, I think the fairies shouldn’t be seen as simple all good beings either, but they are maybe more aware of the dilemma.

So far Emma’s power is more of a passive kind, it’s a power happening when need be. The moment she tries to control it, it will be corrupted, and it will eventually corrupt her. Simple: love and the power / magic coming from it is something you can’t control, and you shouldn’t try to.
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Very well explained. Thank you. My thoughts exactly, tried to explain in a nother post but I just couldn’t put them in to nice words like you could 😆

[Gaultheria]

I suppose Aurora’s mother could still be the original Sleeping Beauty, but Aurora’s father can’t be the prince from that tale.

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[hellraiser-89]

I would have thought Emma’s powers had more to do with crossing over from FTL before the curse than being a product of true love. Or does that mean none of the other princes and princesses have true love?

[mike]

Totally off the wall, but we may come to find out that Snow’s mother, and Charming’s father were good wizards, who’s powers were passed down to their grand-daughter – Emma. 😮

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