I have no problem with them sacrificing Rapunzel like most of you I thought her character was rather uninspiring. The problem I have is that I do like Ivy and I wanted her to have the moment with her mom that she deserved. OUAT at it’s core has always been about parent/child relationships and this COULD have been another great moment on OUAT, but they failed. All they had to do was have Rapunzel have her ah ha moment without the imminent threat of death to her daughter. Rapunzel could have later sacrificed herself to save Ivy in the ultimate show of love, that would have at least been somewhat satisfying. I wanted and needed Rapunzel to actually “see” Ivy and realize that she did indeed love her. Instead we got Ivy admitting that she loved her mom enough to suggest the lanterns and then nothing. Writers it was not up to Ivy to show her mom that she loved her, it was up to her mom to show Ivy that SHE loved her!!! How hard is this thought process. As the adult parent of the sad, bitter, and angry child (yes I realize Ivy is a young adult but still emotionally a child who wants her mom’s love) it is Rapunzel’s responsibility to show Ivy she loves her. OUAT totally missed that, and I don’t know how when they are so good at doing these child/parent reconciliations.