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TheSamTrickster wrote: I think my explanation is sound about Ingrid not being part of the curse. If you rewatch "the apprentice" they already established that Ingrid did not come through a curse. While it is still true that Rumple and SQ had dealt with each other before. I have this crazy/weird theory on how the SQ got the LWM, think about that slippers from OZ, it maybe highly unlikely, but its possible. That would be awesome if they showed the slippers BUT it would be a bit weird showing them right after the OZ story arc. Zelena had them to travel to the EF as a young woman remember, so it's totally possible she kept them. I would assume Zelena kept them under lock and key since Jefferson couldn't find them. The slippers are the only way Zelena knows how to travel between worlds.

I agree, Ingrid is not part of the curse. I never thought she was. She came to the LWM some other way. She had to already be hear before Emma or A&E have to explain what happened to Arendale during the first curse. The EF was frozen in time during the curse so it would be weird if someone outside the EF just showed up and saw everything frozen. Ingrid must of got that prophecy and then started looking for a way to travel between worlds. This is proabably where she met Rumple.