Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160516005939/@comment-24674051-20160516050846

JennaMae wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote:

One problem I have is what happened to the townline issues, that Henry, Violet, Gold, Emma, and Regina can all just walk out of town. Did the writers forget that there is a spell on the town line to prevent people from just crossing? I'm guessing the spell was broken when Dark Swan/Dark Hook was over. Now if someone could untree Dopey, that would be nice. XD Yeah, I think at this point, they could get away with saying that the curse was broken when Emma drove Excalibur through Hook and we saw her become herself again. They could say that, but I'm not buying.

before the first curse was broken, it was just "bad things happen if you try to cross the town line". After the first curse broke, it was "You forget who your FTL persona was 'permanently'" (Sneezy/Mr.Clark and Belle/Lacey). After second curse was cast and everyone returned, it was back to "Bad things happen when you approach the border", in this case being nabbed and changed into a flying monkey. Then the frozen wall was next, simply preventing escape. Once that was gone, it was "You cross, you can't return, at least not without a magical mcguffin". Then with the third curse, before it was broken, is where you have turning into a tree.

So, the first question is did Emma killing Killian with Excalibur break the curse? I am personally not sure, but it is possible. Second, what replaced the tree conversion. I find it hard to believe that there is NOTHING at the border to prevent people from crossing, and more importantly, preventing outsiders from entering.