Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3456168-20151202043748/@comment-25926288-20151206060447

Farerb wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Farerb wrote:  The only curse that needs to be broken is the forgetting spell Emma did with the dreamcatchers and we already saw what needs to be done for it to be broken and it doesn't involve TLk. Might I remind you, that Dopey is still a tree? The town line was always cursed even after any curse was broken. Correct. Did we say, "Those people lose their memories if they leave, so it's still the curse.

The curse is multi-layered and the only one the wiki and the show focuses on is the memory spell. The first curse was only broken because Rumple put Emma as a specific person. They never explain the logistics of the other curse because technically Snow and Charming should have broked that curse easily. Plot convenience and rules don't go together.