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| Posted by: | AlanScott 10:34 pm EST 11/18/14 |
| In reply to: | re: INTO THE WOODS magic-what am I missing-potion? - OnceMoreWithFeeling 10:16 pm EST 11/18/14 |
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| Of course, she is equally cursed. Not sure what that has to do with it. "Could be a curse placed on her for allowing the greens and beans going missing." I don't think there's any question about this. "When her own curse is reversed, the baker's family's is as well." Do you mean automatically? Why would that happen? She lost her youth and beauty because of a curse or a spell cast by her mother that was intended to last beyond her own death. Or do you mean that the mother is able to follow what's going on from beyond her death and she reverses the curse on the Baker's family? Even if she could do that (which isn't clear), why would she want to do that? Why would she care about them? If she had that much power, wouldn't she restore her daughter's powers? It is clear that when the Witch specifically invokes her mother, her mother is able to respond in some way. But that would not have been relevant in the situation discussed above. "And as far as her powers nullifying past curses, unless she was lying about her intentions to remove their curse, that doesn't make sense as she didn't know she would lose her powers." I don't know what you mean. What I'm suggesting is that perhaps the answer to the OP's question is that when she loses her powers, it's partly retroactive. So all her past spells lose their power. But clearly she had no idea that she would lose her powers when she lost her beauty. If she did, she wouldn't have done it. So she probably thinks that she has taken the spell off the Baker's family, especially since the Baker's Wife immediately becomes pregnant. But, in fact, the reason why the spell on the Baker's family has lost its effect is because all of the Witch's past spells have lost their effect. But she doesn't realize this until she tries to use her powers to punish Rapunzel and her prince. Just a theory. I haven't yet seen a more plausible one suggested. | |
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