Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28883990-20160629232119/@comment-24674051-20160703013910

I don't disagree about the TLK. I just put that forward as one option. And it is just as likely that there is an option 4 that I didn't think of that is the real reason. (You know, something concocted by Red Herring). XD

As for Ingrid dying and the barrier still existing, what's to say that the barrier wasn't already in place? from the time the gang returned from the EF by way of Snow's curse until the Ice Wall was taken down, we never saw the actual town line and what effects it might have had. First was Monkey's 'guarding' the border. After Zelena was defeated, there was like one day before Elsa erected the Ice Wall (which was reinforced by Ingrid). And during that one day, there was the post Zelena celebration, the Time travel incident, and the royal naming celebration. No one (that we are aware of) was even contemplating the town line yet. It was only after Ingrids defeat that Elsa was able to deconstruct the Ice Wall.

So the barrier could be left over from Ingrid, or the barrier could be the actual barrier associated with the 2nd curse. (My bet is actually the latter).