Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20160123195431/@comment-24183764-20160123235305

I've been following OUaT for a while now and I would agree that the show has been in a, somewhat, steady decline over its last couple of seasons. I could also say I agree with pretty much everything else that's been said apart from one thing.

Ingrid's plan did have some semblance of rationale behind it, at least in her mind. To explain it, you kind of need to look at her life overall and read between the lines.

As we know the Rock Trolls removed Ingrid and Helga from everyone in Arendelle's memories (except Gerda's) we assume Ingrid was pretty much non-existant. But the show tells us Ingrid's memories were also altered.

Since Ingrid was still alive she obviously couldn't forget that she existed so the altered memories were more likely along the lines of her being alienated (which means, to Ingrid, the way she alienated herself in the flashbacks in 407 would be different in her own mind) and was simply forgotten about even by her parents. This would've caused an underlying hatred towards people for viewing her as "a monster", especially due to the fact that Gerda trapped her in the urn. Because Ingrid wouldn't have remembered killing Helga she would just see it as a spiteful act because of her magic.

Fast forward to when she is released from the urn and she realises her sister went on to become queen reagant and have children, one of which with ice magic of her own. It could be assumed that Ingrid began conceptualising her revenge at that point in time. This is because she felt better knowing she had a familial tie with Elsa and that Elsa had powers herself.

As Ingrid roamed the castle searching for the tale of the Trolden Glass, and possibly the Spell of Shattered Sight, she comes across her childhood bedroom and finds that there were 3 beds and 3 of them in the portrait. She suddenly realises that her plan would be incomplete without a third sister.

This, of course, leads her on her search for Emma and before you know it 4A happens.

The reason she performed the Spell of Shattered Sight wasn't really for the practicality of it, but instead for the symbolic meaning it had for her. Ingrid was tired of being viewed as a monster and decided that everyone should be viewed as monsters just as she was. Of course, this all falls apart when she regains her memories (thanks to the only useful thing Anna does in 4A).

In summary Ingrid's plan was to have sisters with powers and make everyone be viewed as monsters through any means necessary, even if it was a pyrrhic victory.

Hope that helps with explaining Ingrid's use of the Spell of Shattered Sight.