Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24715640-20180408114413/@comment-4975807-20180410181535

The Lord of Deathless wrote: I am displeased that the writers simply had her leave. At least some of this mess is her job to clean up. She should have stayed, regained her magic, protected her sister and found a way to save Henry thereby regaining Regina's trust and respect and helping defeat Gothel and end the Curse. Another way to look at it is she did protect Ana by leaving for the New Enchanted Forest with her. It was to ensure Gothel could never reach Ana again and get her Guardian powers. At the same time, having Ivy stay in HH after evading the Candy Killer would have been a problem for the story because the Candy Killer was very likely not going to stop coming after Ivy until she was dead. Look at what he did to Hilda (the blind baker) at the hospital; not even armed guards standing outside Hilda's room could protect her because he found a way to get to her. So if Ivy hadn't left, she probably would have died. And I don't think Ana's magic could protect her 24/7. Logically, what kind of life would that be for Ana if after she just reconciled with her sister and then she has to be still constantly on her guard and stressed out over Ivy's safety? It would have been devastating for her, too, to lose the last family member she even has.