Talk:Hexenbiest & Zauberbiest/@comment-2003:CC:A3E8:D600:BCA8:FA6:536F:5EAF-20180224165022/@comment-76.164.71.176-20180228053641

Here's the thing:Before the quest to recover adalind's powers, there was no concrete evidence of magic. It was all just weird alchemical stuff. a lot of it could be compared to pheremones. There was no telekinesis, illusion, pyrokinesis, or anything especially weird at first. I really think the writers just decided to commit later down the road to full fledged magic. For instance, why use poision on Nick's aunt when Adalind could have used telekinesis to squeeze her heart or mess with the equipment at a distance? She could avoid direct contact that way and not draw attention. That said, it seems to require a lot of power to effectively weaponize telekinesis. You could argue that most hexenbiests are weak enough magically that it is impractical to use it in combat. If they all could do what eve does they would dominate the wesen community completely. Still, i think the total lack of true magical powers before adalind's quest represents a period where the writers were unsure how magical their witches were going to be.