Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20141208070047/@comment-25617147-20141211172959

I think how one becomes a hero is not important. Yes Ingrid's changes may be abrupt, but she did the right thing in the end and I believe that should be recognized. Look at Regina, even as a hero her ways are not always the nicest way possible. The point is, Ingrid changed after she read the letter, and that's that. She died undoing the curse she casted. Even the snow falling at the end of the episode kind of added the impact of bittersweetness, which convinces me more that Ingrid in fact died as a hero.