Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27810039-20160217103443/@comment-27810039-20160221112649

Blaziken rjcf wrote: Like I said, Gwen being an Anodite explains her innate ability. She was able to pick up and use Hex's staff (only usable by a master magician) in two seconds flat without having studied magic. Being an Anodite and a magician are not mutually exclusive. This is a reaffirmation that doesn't adhere to a plethora of instances replete within AF in which she could have benefitted from her predisposition to magic in a combat situation in the case that her anodite powers had been rendered ineffectual. There's no clear distinction between the two which presents them as coexisting facets of her character--it just doesn't add up, especially in light of what other characters have said and what Gwen herself has stated and accomplished.

Belaboring the obvious here, but ultimately this is a case of an initial retcon that undergoes retraction throughout the series' progression.