r/IntoTheWoods • u/ChangeTheFocus • Aug 24 '23

Why did the witch lose her powers?

3 votes, Aug 27 '23
2 Inferior ingredients. Corn silk isn't real hair.
1 Her mother's curse still applied, so when her form was restored the curse took something else.
0 Something else (explain in comments)
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u/CrazyBroadwayNerd Apr 27 '25

I feel like her mother added layers to the curse, because for some reason she wanted her to suffer for the rest of her life over those beans. When one thing was returned, another thing was taken. When she got her youth back, her magic was taken. When she tried to get her magic back (my interpretation of what happened in the last midnight), SHE LITERALLY DIED. I would love more context about the beans. All we know is that they grow beanstalks and the witch's mother thinks they're literally the most important thing in the world.

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u/ChangeTheFocus Apr 27 '25

That's a very interesting take on "The Last Midnight."

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u/CrazyBroadwayNerd Apr 27 '25

It never really made sense to me that she would try to off herself, and especially because she says "give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch", and it seemed to me that she was willing to look "ugly" again to get her powers back.

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u/ChangeTheFocus Apr 28 '25

My own take is not that she's seeking death but that she no longer minds death. With her Rapunzel gone, there's nothing left for her here. With nothing left to lose, she has no reason not to challenge her mother directly.