#( swanfire but lets make it hurt )

[writelikeyouarerunningoutof]

'✉' Neal, for Emma

meme: five times text meme status: accepting (from mutuals)

[ unsent text: Emma ] I'm sorry. [ unsent text: Emma ] I miss you. [ unsent text: Emma ] God, I miss you so much, Em. I hope you find them. Your parents. I hope it's everything you dream about, and you find Tallahassee and - [ unsent text: Emma ] what could a thief ever do for a princess? [ unsent text: Emma ] Guess I'm a coward just like my dad, huh? [ text: Emma ] I'm so sorry, Emma. (this number has been deleted.)

#( swanfire but lets make it hurt ) #morethanweseem #rp; neal cassidy #rp; emma swan #;ic post #;text #;answered #five times text meme #v; tbd

[deadlyflames]

Swanfire Month Day 14: Classic fairy-tale that reminds you of Swanfire: Orpheus and Eurydice

Emma was a poor girl. You might say she was touched by the gods. She would to bring the world back into tune, and fix what was wrong.

Baelfire was a hungry young boy. A runaway from everywhere he’d ever been. He was no stranger to world, no stranger to the wind.

It's a love song. It's a tale of a love from long ago.

It's a sad song. We keep singing even so.

It's an old song. It's an old tale from way back when.

And we're gonna sing it again and again.

This one is a bit of a weird connection. You can blame my obsession with Hadestown. I drew a lot of comparisons between Orpheus and Eurydice and Emma and Neal. Both work in either role. But I went with this interpretation.

I have this very specific image of a Swanfire version of the Underworld storyline. Like, it’s so easy for me to picture that arc being done for Swanfire. I mean, Rumplestilskin would obviously help Emma get to the Underworld for his son. Henry would follow for his dad. Regina would follow for Henry and Snowing would follow for their daughter. Even Hook would go with them for Baelfire.

But I think a really interesting way they could have used the Swanfire relationship in the Underworld was for Emma to do the Orpheus test. Because it makes so much sense for them.

(I think that’s what they were trying to reference with the true love test? Maybe? but it fell kinda flat in my opinion, but that’s a whole other thing)

Because it’s a test of trust and with their history, that trust was shaky, and still in the process of being rebuilt.

Just picture it though.

Emma walking through the dark.

She can’t look behind her and, for added uncertainty, Neal can’t speak either.

You can hear the echoing of footsteps and you can see the shadow behind her, but it’s uncertain. Maybe it’s a trick. Maybe it’s not.

Maybe he only said he would be behind her because he wanted to get her out of the Underworld.

She’s talking about all the hurt she felt after he abandoned her. All the pain they’ve gone through since they reunited. How he broke her heart and how she’s not even sure if he’s there now.

From Emma’s perspective, her and Neal are always being separated by powers beyond their control. When he left her when they were young, because of her destiny and his father’s curse. When he fell through the portal after being shot. When the curse was erased and they were ripped from each other again.

Why should this be any different?

It takes all her strength not to look behind her. To take that leap and believe that this will work.

When she’s just about to exit the underworld and return to the world above, she hits that pivotal fork in the road.

She can let her doubt take route, and turn to look behind. She can loose him one final time, and this time will be for good. But it will be the last time she gets her heart broken.

Or she can continue on. She can reach across all that hurt between them, and put her trust in him once again. She can open her heart up, even though letting him in risks the chance of losing him again.

The trust vs doubt dichotomy would be so interesting to tackle. Because that kind of blind faith is something that Emma has always struggled with, and it would be especially relevant to her relationship with Neal. It either ends in tragedy or a happy ending. I would lean towards happy ending because I feel like Emma choosing trust would be a good moment of growth.

Xxxx

Though the tragedy angle would break me. Can y’all freaking imagine. Emma turning back and Neal is there. She’s stunned and horrified.

“It’s you?”

He’s shocked but gives her a broken, comforting smile before he fades away.

“It’s me.”

Emma’s next arc is about the aftermath of guilt and grief. And then we all cry forever.

Anyway, sorry this part of the post was totally incoherent. The Underworld plot was a total missed opportunity. Hadestown is great, listen to it if you wanna cry.

#swanfire #swanfire month 2022 #ouat #emma swan #baelfire #nealfire #neal cassidy #once upon a time

[the-brown-midnight]

Birthday wish

A swanfire drabble

When she turns 21, Neal kisses her for the first time. He's been shy when it came to physical intimacy. She doesn't know why she's surprised. He lives in the streets too. People like them aren't touchy. But, she guesses, he looks huggable. Looks like he was made for hugs and kisses and simply never really experienced that side of himself. Or, she thinks, maybe he was touchy, but didn't want to scare her. Maybe he wanted to take his time in order to keep her from running away, afraid by too much affection. Either way, he doesn't kiss her after their first date. Neither does he kiss her after their second date. He holds her hand during the third one. He pretends to lead her somewhere and keeps his hand in hers afterwards, acting like he didn't even notice. She finds it oddly endearing, and his hand is warm in the cold of November anyway, so she doesn't let go. She marvels at how red his ears turn but doesn't comment on it. He starts holding her hands all the time. He adds other things. Putting his arm around her shoulders. Brushing her hair away from her face. Wiping food off of the corner of her mouth. Holding her by the waist. Putting a reassuring hand on the small of her back. He even offers her a massage once. Every single time, she feels giddy. Like one of those little girls with a crush in TV shows. Everywhere he touches her tingles and warmth spreads through her. One time, she says something that makes him laugh and he lifts his hand, caresses her cheek softly and tells her "I'm glad I met you", but she knows that's not what he wanted to say, truly, and she. Feels. Like. Bursting. He doesn't kiss her. Three months passe, four, ans he still didn't kiss her. She never kissed anyone. She wonders. What his lips would feel like. How could it possibly feel better than when he touched her cheek, she doesn't know. But she wants to find out. She's also terrified of finding out. What if this time, he actually kills her ? What if her heart truly explodes in her chest ? What if she doesn't know how to kiss back and he leaves her ? She'd survive, she always does, but damn, it would hurt. But time passes and he doesn't kiss her and she becomes obsessed with it. She wants to kiss him so bad. She wants to get it over with. She wants him to throw cautions to the wind and kiss her senseless and touch her all over. But he doesn't. So she does a thing, she never did before, ever. She takes the reins in their relationship. For her birthday, he gets her cake and lets her make a wish. She feels great. She's wearing a nice dress that she found in a donation box and judging by the way he's looking at her, she looks good in it. She's going to do it. She's going to be bold and sexy.

Wanna know what my wish was ? She asks. Her heart is beating so fast in her chest she feels like throwing up.

If you tell me, it won't become true ! He tells her. She gets a little mad. Does he not want to kiss her ? It seems that he gets the fact that he upset her. He smiles and suddenly changes his opinion.

You can take that risk if you want, though. So. That's the moment. She can tell him. "I wished my boyfriend would finally grow some balls and kiss me." But the words are stuck inside her throat. She can't say anything. What if he laughs? What if he tells her he's not her boyfriend? What if he does kiss her and regrets it? She feels a warm pressure on her chin, lifting her head up, and all she can see is him. His kind eyes and his smile.

What do you want, Emma? He asks. She answers without thinking. She feels safe with him. She can say things she holds secrets and share them with him without fear. She's almost scared of the trust she put in him. She should be wary. But she can't help it.

I want you to kiss me, she whispers. He doesn't even look surprised.

I thought you'd never ask, he says. He puts an arm around her waist, presses her close and kisses her. All her worries disappear. Her birthday wish came true for the first time in 21 years.

#swanfire

[boopsterliv]

No matter if you’re a Swanfire or Captain Swan shipper (and shout out to my Swan Queen and Mad Swan peeps out there too) the simple truth is this: any romantic arc Emma could’ve had would’ve been better if Neal had been left alive.

The curse couldn’t have been cast without him going to the land without magic.

Emma wouldn’t have ever gone to Storybrooke, let alone had Henry in the first place.

If Regina had never been able to cast the curse and adopted Henry, she might’ve spent the rest of her life sad and in pain.

Hook never would’ve gotten out of Neverland and gone on to even be with Emma. 

Neal was the heart of the show. Once Upon a Time has three protagonists: Emma Swan, Regina Mills, and Rumpelstiltskin. Three characters who are all parents that would do anything and everything for their children. Three characters who, whether they realize it or not, are all connected to Henry and, tangentially, Neal. With Neal in the picture, we saw Gold get his redemption, Regina finds her happily ever, Emma is reunited with her family. When Neal died, he took the heart and soul of Once Upon a Time with him. 

Any romantic arc Emma had after him would’ve still been good if he had been left alive. Neal isn’t the type of person to cling to his ex. He makes it clear he loves her, but after Neverland, she isn’t sure if she wants to be with him. And Neal would’ve accepted that. But they killed him, instead of letting them coexist and parent together. Neal’s death undid seasons worth of Rumpelstiltskin’s development just so they’d have an easy villain to write. Neal’s death stole Henry’s father away from him, and he didn’t even get to properly mourn him. Neal’s death was just a steppingstone to continue Emma’s love life. If he had to die, then let him die a hero. Let the other characters remember what he sacrificed for them. Because he was loving until his last breath, and it hurts no one remembers that later on.

#this isn't a post calling out your otp #it's calling out the show in general #neal cassidy #baelfire #once upon a time #ouat #once upon a time salt #ouat salt #neal cassidy meta #baelfire meta #once upon a time meta #ouat meta #salt #heavy salt #meta

[heytheredeann]

What about SwanFireQueen appeals to you? Besides, sharing a child together. ❤️ 😃

Hello! Sorry for taking a while to answer, I apparently have a lot of thoughts LOOOL

So, there are lots of things that I love about them actually! Henry being in the picture is definitely a factor that makes me interested in their dynamic, because CO-PARENTING, and I just think I would have LOVED to see them all interact for more than two seconds.  

I’m a fan of both Swanfire and Swanqueen, and as far as Swanfirequeen goes I’d love it both as a closed triad (or a open one, why not loool I love Hookedqueen too and I’m just saying that Emma would have the time of her life roasting Regina for her dating choices and Neal would be like “Nope NOPE I don’t want to know ANYTHING that you are doing with my stepfather, please and thank you”, it would be hilarious) and as a V relationship with Emma in the middle. Or also Swanfire together romantically and Regina just vibing queerplatonically, because aro!Regina my beloved.

Whether as romantic partners or metamours or anything else, I definitely crave Regina/Neal interactions. Because they are my two favourite characters, obviously, but also because I think there’s a lot of potential there! They definitely don’t start in a place where they would be too friendly with each other, Neal being so wary of magic and having first met Regina in s2 (when Cora was guiding her down a Not Really Nice spiral) and Regina not being particularly good at sharing (meaning both Henry, because I definitely think that she would struggle a lot with having another co-parent, and also Emma).

I would have loved to see them going from “I don’t trust you and I vaguely dislike you” to “I trust you but only in a very limited capacity, meaning I trust that we both want what’s best for Henry and/or Emma and that is going to have to be enough” to “forced to spend time together and reluctantly growing to like each other” to caring deeply about each other. Just *chef kiss*

I feel like they could bond over their complicated relationships with their parents, just. parents who choose power over their children, trying so hard not to repeat their parents’ mistakes but ultimately failing (Neal because he wasn’t there for eleven years of Henry’s life and Regina "not knowing how to love very well” and hurting Henry before she starts letting him go and learning how to break the cycle), but they could also talk about Rumple specifically, since Regina had him as a bit of a father figure (s6 whomst, I don’t know them).

And there’s also something that I really love about Neal, so scared and distrustful of magic, ending up trusting Regina deeply when so much of her identity is entangled with her magic. I think I threw it in a fic at some point in the form of Neal seeing some magical threat and being like “NOPE” and cowering behind Regina, who definitely wasn’t expecting him to instinctively turn to her for protection.

AND HONESTLY, these two could and should have worked together in s3 when they were in the Enchanted Forest, they should have set aside their differences in the name of how much they both wanted to get back to Henry (and Emma), I DESERVED THAT

But alright, other than these two LOL, I also feel like the three of them as a unit work well together: Neal and Emma have huge abandonment issues but love really deeply, Regina is a clinger who has issues with unconditional love (meaning that she expects people’s love for her to be conditional), it’s a match made in heaven I’m telling you

Plus I feel like both Neal and Emma are pretty messy, so it makes total sense to have Regina, all neat and organized, paired with them. And by “it makes total sense” I mean that they are going to drive her insane and it’s hilarious.

Not to mention the potential for an Extremely Awkward Roommates to lovers storyline: they end up all staying at Regina’s because Neal doesn’t want to stay with his father and his wife and he wants to be with Henry, Emma also wants to be with Henry and her parents’ loft is starting to get crowded with the new baby, and Regina goes for it because Henry just really really wants to enjoy all of his parents and she just can’t say no.

Except Neal and Emma still haven’t figured their shit out, Regina is pining after her son’s mother and is extremely annoyed at said child’s father for taking away from her time with both Emma and Henry, Neal is extremely uneasy living with the literal Evil Queen, and Emma WHILE trying to deal with her feelings for Neal is also starting to realize that something might possibly be up when it comes to her feelings for Regina. Neal and Emma also keep leaving snack trails around the house, they are a nightmare to wake up in the morning and Regina is going to kill both of them (Neal and Emma, on the other hand, think that she’s a dramatic neat-freak). Meanwhile, Henry is just enjoying the show while eating popcorn, safe in the knowledge that if he leaves crumbles Neal and Emma will get blamed for it.

The POTENTIAL is all I’m saying

#asdfghjkl thank you for your question i hadn't thought about them in a while #swanfirequeen #neal x emma x regina #swanfirequeen family #regina mills #emma swan #neal cassidy #once upon a time #ouat #not spn #ely replies #doctorwhowhore

[lostboybae]

Tagged by @maroonblush like two weeks ago apparently and I just saw this oops sry!!!

Rules: List five things you never get tired of writing; it can be tropes, themes, characters, phrases, whatever brings you joy. Then tag five people!  

1. Parent and child dynamics. It’s actually not something I’ve really thought about before, but that’s something I’ve done in pretty much every fandom, and in original stuff I’ve written? I do a lot of kid fic, because it’s fun to see my faves become parents, especially bc it tends to be a complicated thing for the characters I love? But something I do a lot is adult children and their parents, especially if it’s like a OUAT situation with snowing meeting grown emma, etc? 

2. Hurt/comfort. I don’t really have much to say about this one, but it’s about the tenderness and the intimacy being magnified but an intense situation/protectiveness? 

3. Pet names. I really love finding pet names that feel “in voice” for a character, if that makes sense? Swanfire has canon “baby,” and I’ve used babe a lot for them, but I have other favorites that I love sweetheart or honey or darling for. And sometimes pet names don’t fit the character, but there may be a situation where they come out, or another form of expressing familiarity--it’s just a fun way to make the intimacy specific to that character. Also sometimes it’s hot. 

4. TIME TRAVEL. I FUCKIN LOVE TIME TRAVEL. IT’S TIME TRAVEL??????

5. Stream of consciousness/inner monologue? Idk really how to explain this one but like.......third person close pov, where you’re just in the person’s head, writing in their specific voice with their mannerisms? most recently i did it this spn young dean pov fic. I think a lot of my Emma POV fics were like that too? I’m a third person girl 99% of the time, but I switch between kind of third person omniscient where the narration has its own voice, and this, and at the risk of sounding pretentious, it feels like i’m letting the character speak for themselves? Voice is something I think I have a pretty decent feel for so it’s honestly just me being indulgent about something that comes naturally to me?

EDIT: I COULDN’T THINK OF ANYONE TO TAG BC I’M DUMB SO I WAS GOING TO IGNORE IT BUT ACTUALLY NO I TAG MILLIE @sherriffgrahams. 

#lol this was legit fun and reminded me i actually like writing lmao #bc i've been stuck in a rut trying to plan my nano and my stupid mary lives spn rewrite smdh #shut up christina #ILY LIZ THANKS FOR THE TAG

[justanoutlawfic]

Hi I’m back! I was wondering if you had any Captain Snowing (Killian/David/Snow) and Swanfire (Emma/Neal) headcanons made yet? Any thoughts on how it would all go down with that relationship?

I would find it kinda hilarious when Killian finds out he is related to the bloody crocodile aka Rumpelstiltskin 😂 David and Snow would have to hold them down, just calm him down at the loft cause Killian was just having a simple conversation with Grumpy while grabbing groceries as he comes home to find out that information by his spouses. Especially since he was hesitant about Emma, Henry and possibly Alice too going with Rumple to find his son, fearing for the lives of his children/grandson, and also curious to Bae actually being here in their world. Seeing how he regrets how that ended for them.

Also he would be surprisingly trilled to see that Bae/Neal is alive and hell. I believe Killian would go racing to New York to protect his children and make sure Rumple doesn’t do anything harshly to harm anyone. David has to call Emma telling her that her Papa is on their way. Once Killian arrives in New York and finally finds them he is in shock to find Bae who is a adult now and completely understanding the situation at hand to the best of his abilities. It hurts a lot of everyone’s side of the story but it is dealt with soon. Killian would definitely seeing Neal as family more than ever, not blaming Emma or him too much for their actions since they were young.

Over the years, Neal and Killian grow closer together with their father-son relationship. Alice possibly becoming that annoying little sister than Neal never had and Emma being embarrassed about it especially after coming home from dates to Alice wanting to hear all about it! Snow is trilled about it and a little curious about everything since he wants to be the cool mom and ask about the dates and such.

David is very overprotective of his daughters and always looking out for her no matter what happens so it takes some time for him to grow close to Neal but they do ofc! (which is probably why Neal tries to go to Killian first before proposing the idea to David about marriage to Emma 😂 and Killian watches Neal ask David for his blissing trying not to laugh at his husband and future son in law’s interaction)

What do you think? I just had this idea bouncing in my head for a while and i have so many other ones lol

This would be funny and awkward because technically Swanfire would be step-siblings in this universe. And normally, I’d say it wouldn’t work but in case, they obviously met prior to knowing who they were and their connections. I also think it works as Neal definitely views Killian as a father figure but he’s not technically his dad?

Honestly as much as Killian loves Neal, I see it going a little like Gilmore Girls (idk if you watch) where Luke grills Jess about treating Rory right and Jess is like “ you know you’re my guardian and not hers, right???” (Adding video for reference)

I’d actually make this an AU of my “Every Little Thing” verse where Killian had Alice right before falling in love with Snowing, then both she and baby Emma go through the wardrobe only to be separated. (I think Alice is like 3-4 years older in this verse) She would totally be the obnoxious big sister that wants to pick out what Emma wears. And Snow encourages it. (She lives vicariously through them as she always wanted an older sister).

I see David as totally making Neal squirm and think he’ll say no. And then burst out laughing.

I’d also work in Baby Snowing into this mix somehow (I always name him Ben is universes where Nealfire is alive). He’d be the only sane one in this family lol.

In this version of reality, I think Henry would like Hook 1.0, because he’s not an asshole trying to burn down the city. He’d be the cool pirate grandfather telling stories of a life at sea (and stories about his dad). Add in Regina as she and Snow are very close. She’d roll her eyes and tease the hell out of all of them, but also find joy in having a family this big and crazy.

Forget when Tallie (Swanfire’s daughter) is born. That little girl will be the most beloved in all the realms.

Now, I want all of this. It’s be a crazy, hectic life for all of them. In this universe. Emma being overwhelmed but also loving all the family who clearly care about her and her well-being. Thank you for giving me all these feels!

#Captain snowing #Swanfire #hookfire #ouat #once upon a time #emma swan #Snow White #Neal cassidy #David charming #Killian jones #Alice Jones #jackiequick #asked and answered

[hannahhook7744]

Descendants and ouat masterlist part 1;

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Once upon a time fanfictions;

Papa Rumple and Neal;

Summary; Neal never died because Emma found a way to separate them both. Neal is in the hospital and Rumple is no longer under Zelena's control. Not a swanfire fic. Can also be found on wattpad.

You're getting what?!;

Summary: Neal never died but he's not with Emma, and he finds out about Rumbelle. How he reacts is not what anyone expected. There will be a part 2 of him talking with Belle. And a part 3 of him talking with Rumple again about the issues discussed down below. Can also be found on wattpad.

Fanart;

Devie fanart;

Summary; Fanart for the descendants couple, Doug/Evie (Devie).

Mulan fanart;

Summary; Fanart of Mulan wearing a shirt that says 'those who crossdress together stick together'.

Merida Fanart;

Summary; Fanart of Princess Merida wearing a shirt that says 'bows before Hoes'.

Once upon a Hope Au:

Part 1:

Summary; Where a 10 year old Killian Jones runs away from his care giver, Avery Gold, to find the lost princess from his book so she can go and break the curse.

Part 2:

Summary: same as first part.

Part 3:

Summary: Same as other parts.

Part 4:

Summary: Same as other parts.

Part 5:

Summary: Same as other parts.

Part 6:

Summary: Same as other parts.

Part 7:

Descendants fanfictions;

Hans is so gone;

Summary; How Hans met Drizella Tremaine and fell in love.

Cedric regrets everything;

Summary; Cedric is Zevon's dad. This is his reaction to Zevon kidnapping Ben.

Love exists on the isle;

Summary; what the title says. Shows alot of vks.

The isle is posioned;

Summary; The isle of the lost is posioned. That's something Evie knows quite well. More than she's willing to admit actually, even as she reflects back on it. Even as it slowly tears her apart.

Isle kids interactions in Auardon part 1;

Summary; The isle kids are fish out of water in Auardon. This makes for some interesting interactions.

Unsteady;

Summary; The barrier has been taken down and the residents of the isle are settling down, getting jobs and houses, and going to school. Anthony and Dizzy are no different.. or so the residents of Auardon thought. Aka Auardon assumes some things, Dizzy avoids fairy godmother, and Dizzy meets the charmings.

That time EVERYONE wanted to kill Diego;

Summary; What could possibly go wrong when you let Diego de Vil babysit Hadie?... you'd be surprised....

The isle kids are werid;

Summary; The Auardon kids think the isle kids are weird. And that they make the Auardon adults act unexplainably werid..... It's not until they're adults that they understand why this is.

Free;

Summary; Hadie and Mal are free at last. Free to be actual siblings for the first time in forever. Words cannot express the joy this brings.

The de Vils "I lived";

Summary; Diego and his band play their first gig in Auardon, and as he sings, he thinks of his family. Past and present, and imagines life through their eyes as he does so.

You being out the worst in me;

Summary; dark auardon kids take over.

A very isle wedding;

Summary; Harriet Hook and Anthony Tremaine get married with their friends and family present. It goes better than expected.

Soaring Angel;

Summary; LeFou Deux Loves Claudine Frollo.

I'm sorry brother;

Summary; Lars writes to Hans.

Doofen-dad;

Summary; Carlos finds out his dad is Dr Doofenshmirtz.

R.I.P To Everyone;

Summary; Sequel fic to unsteady about how Anthony and Dizzy Tremaine handle the lose of their family.

I didn't mean to;

Summary; this is the story of the tremaine fire.

Guardian Angel;

Summary; Shiro atones for his sins.

Descendants/ouat fanfictions;

Stolen away;

Summary; Chad Charming and Harry Hook are not from this world. Cs /captain swan angst.

He's a stick;

Summary; Harry's reaction to Jafar getting turned into a staff.

Bruises;

Summary; someone has hurt captain Hook's son, Harry, and he is not pleased at all. He wants answers and he isn't gonna leave until he gets them ( can be found on wattpad here).

A wish fulfilled;

Summary; a Chad and Audrey centric fic where they get sent to the world of ouat and meet a different version of our favorite sea three who take them in. And find what seems to be a happy beginning. More is to come.

That's illegal;

Summary;literally just the descendants kids reminding eachother and their parents that something or another is illegal.

Operation baby au;

Summary; The Vks (along with Chad Charming and Audrey because I say so) are originally from the ouat (Once Upon a time) verse but were stolen by their Auardon parents. A few years later (before Ben's proclamation) ,Fg accidentally summons the parents to Auardon because of Ben and of course they aren't too pleased that their kids are afraid of the people who they think are their parents. Or their fear towards them for that matter and take their kids back. Oh, and the kids inherit their parents' powers, so that oughta be fun, right? (Can also be found on wattpad).

Remember me;

Summary; Not long after Hope is born, Killian Jones (Captain Hook) looks back at the children and his past loves he had lost in the past.

Operation Kowalski;

Summary; Emma deals with Jay, Chad, Harry, and Gil after they steal a Penguin.

Word buliding:

My ships;

How would you write your version of Descendants?;

My descendants ship names;

Small/deleted descendants characters;

Descendants and ouat edits/scenes part 1-14;

Auradon kids aesthetics part 1;

Auradon kids aesthetics part 2;

Auradon kids aesthetics part 3;

Auradon kids aesthetics part 4;

Auradon kids aesthetics part 5;

Tourney players;

Auradon background characters named;

More descendants ocs/fancast;

Descendants in Storybrooke;

Summary; A help sheet for my friend about the disney descendants in the world of Storybrooke. Using Movie, show, and book info (on wattpad).

Happy Valetine's day!;

Summary; Bal, Jonnie, and Janlos edits I made for Valetine's day.

Descendants theories:

2nd parent theories 1-5;

Summary; my theories on who the kids' other parents are.

Ouat/descendants incorrect quotes:

Harry's been spending too much time with his dad and friends:

Papa Hook incorrect quotes part 1:

Chad, Evie, and Harry ;

Chil Gay Name:

Harry and Uma about Gil:

Ouat Gaston about Gil:

Gil, Harry, and Jay:

No more YouTube (Incorrect descendants quote):

Chad doesn't care;

Descendants wasted potential series in which I tell/rant about the wasted potential descendants characters had:

Wasted Potential in disney descendants part 1;

Wasted Potential in disney descendants part 2;

Wasted Potential in disney descendants part 3;

Author's note; I have a wattpad account-- slimeypirate7744, where I write mainly descendants/ouat crossover fanfictions as well as original works. Enjoy and please check it out. More works will be added later.

And a special thanks to my good friend @descendants-extended for being my beta and proof reader. Go check out her blog and the blogs of the others listed. You can also find me here: Wattpad and Ao3.

#descendants #ouat #ouat descendants #once upon a time #disney descendants #harryhook #ouat killian #ouat hook #captain killian jones #a twist in their tales #masterlist #ouat fanfiction #descendants fanfiction #ouat au #descendants au #disney descendants au #descendants ouat #descendants x ouat #descendants x once upon a time crossover #etc. #to be continued

[teaespensonawards]

2022 TEA Nominations Open!

It’s 2022 T.E.A. Nomination time!

Not sure where the last year has gone, but the time has come once again! It’s time let us know which fics and artwork you enjoyed (and that helped you survive) over the past 12 months. Go back, re-live the joy, and tell us which of those fan creations you want to see on the 2022 T.E.A. ballot!

Nominations begin January 2, 2022 Nominations are due by January 23, 2022, 11:59 pm (CST)

Just in case you need a refresher on T.E.A. Rules, there’s a link to them

Here is the Submit Page, freshly cracked open, where you can send in your nominations. Don’t forget to include the work’s title and its creator when nominating fic and art! And please be sure you have the creator correct. It would also be super helpful if you would make sure that the works you nominate are eligible, as the mod cannot verify each and every one of hundreds of nomination. 

Keep in mind that during the nominations phase, you can submit as many nominations as you like. You’re not limited to one nomination per category. Nominate out the wazoo, if you feel like it! And if you forget something, you can come back and nominate more creations all the way up to the due date.

Hit up our Ask Box if you have any questions!

((Apparently tumblr is having issues with anything showing up in tags. What a shock. At this point, please just reblog to help your fellow Rumbellers see this post, I don’t know. *sigh*))

And now, the categories for the 2022 T.E.A.s! Below is the list you’ll copy and paste into the blank on the Submit Page to send in. Please click through the read-more here to see the full list of categories for which you can nominate fandom creations for this year. Look out below!

(Note: we are aware that some categories might not apply this year, such as events that didn’t take place in 2021. That’s okay. Just skip them where needed.)

2022 NOMINATION CATEGORIES

FLUFF

Family

Comfort

Fix-It

Reunion

Best Child Fic (fluffy fic centered on children in the Rumbelle family)

SMUT

Kink

Romance

Comedy

Threesome

Best First Time

Best Afterlife Smut

PWP

BDSM

ANGST

Why?

Death

Oops

Hurts so good

ROMANCE

Best Date (Overall)

Best Hamburger Date

Best Courtship

Best First Meeting

Best RomCom

Best Bathing Scene

GENERAL AWARDS

Best One-Shot

Best Drabble

Best Post-Ep Fic

Best Comedy Fic

Best Movie AU

Best Book AU

Best TV Show AU

Best AU Inspired By Other Media (including but not restricted to video games, musicals/plays, and graphic novels)

Best Historical AU

Best AU

Best AU!OUAT

Best Series

Best Novel Length Fic (does not have to be finished, but must be a minimum of 40k words to qualify)

Best Holiday Fic

Best Remix

Best Crossover Fic

Best Dark Castle

Best Storybrooke

Best Travel (taking place outside of Storybrooke or Dark Castle)

Best “Missing Years” Fic (taking place between Gideon’s birthday party and That Thing that happened in ‘Beauty’)

Best Argument (Angst)

Best Argument (Fluff)

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Best Golden Lace

Best Woven Lace

Best Woven Beauty

Best Rumbelle Poly Ship (ex: Golden Swan Beauty, Mad Golden Beauty)

Best Background Swanfire

Best Side Pairing

Best Afterlife Fic

Best Crack!Fic

Best Drama

Best Supernatural

Best Sci-Fi

Best Horror

Best Creature AU

Best Unexpected Twist

Best Dark One Lore Fic

Best Bobby Squared (a fic featuring more than one Bobby character, including multiple instances of Gold and/or Rumple)

Forgotten Gem (a fic completed more than three (3) years ago, that you feel has been overlooked)

Best Pandemic/Quarantine Fic

Best Trope

Best Trend

Best Meta

Best Prompter

EVENTS

(All fics in these categories are limited to 2020 events only.)

Rumbelle Secret Santa

Rumbelle Christmas in July

Rumbelle Summer Gift Exchange

Fluffapalooza

Monthly Rumbelle (Non-smut)

Monthly Rumbelle (Smut)

Rumbelle is Hope

Rumbelle Monsterfuckers Ball

Rumbelle Big Bang

CHARACTER AWARDS

Best Belle

Best Dark One!Belle

Best AU Belle

Best Lacey

Best Detective Weaver

Best Dark One

Best Mr. Gold

Best AU!Gold/Rumple

Best Spinner!Rumple

Best Woobie!Rum

Best Wish!Rumple

Best Baelfire/Neal

Best Gideon

Best OC Rumbelle Child

Best (Worst) Villain

Best BFF/wingman

ART

Best Fan Art

Best Cover Art

Best Graphic Art (GIFs)

Best Graphic Art (Still Images)

Best AU in Art (encompassing traditional art, gif sets, still photo sets, etc.)

Best Fluff Art

Best Angsty Art

Best Smutty Art

Best Comic/Graphic Novel

Best Dark One Form

Best Use of Color

Best Video

Best Artist

Best New Artist

- BEST AUTHOR

- BEST NEW AUTHOR

- BEST RUMBELLE FIC

- BEST ANYELLE FIC

- BEST ANYEM FIC

- Rumbelle Fandom Lifetime Achievement Award Awarded to a person who has done something spectacular in the fandom. Either by making people feel welcome, organizing events, or simply embodying the Rumbelle fandom as a whole.

- Newbie Spotlight This award goes to people who began contributing to the Rumbelle fandom since the last T.E.A.s. Those eligible include new writers, artists, gif-makers, etc. Anyone who creates content for the fandom. This category is not voted upon - every newbie whose name is put forth is added to the Spotlight list so that older members of the fandom can get to know them and their work!

#The Espenson Awards #Rumbelle #Rumbelle fic #Rumbelle art #Rumplestiltskin #Belle French #Anyelle #Anyem

[mystical-flute]

All is Calm, All is Bright

Merry Christmas, @sassyandclassy94! I was your Secret Santa! I hope you enjoyed this Teen Swanfire Christmas with Henry!

Also on AO3 || FFN

The cold, Bostonian winter was howling outside, snow covering everything it could reach. It was a far cry from last Christmas, when they’d been in Tallahassee and Henry had only been four months old. They hadn’t had much then, just a small, light up statue of a tree and a few crudely wrapped gifts from the kind old couple next door. It hadn’t been much, but with a four month old, Emma hadn’t exactly been sure what they should have done.

Now, though…

Bing Crosby’s voice warbled through the large CD player, twinkling lights they’d snagged at a garage sale were draped across the doorways of the small apartment, and a tiny, three-foot Christmas tree was tucked in the corner, a mishmash of cheap ornaments and lights dangling from it. The topper was a precariously perched Super Mario star plush Neal had scored at a resale shop the day after they learned they were going to be parents.

Henry, despite being a newborn, had cried the minute Neal showed it to him, so it had been put away for the rest of the year. Emma had made a joke that he wouldn’t be one for video games, much to her chagrin.

Thankfully, when they’d put it on top of the tree this year, Henry had been too distracted by the pretty lights to notice it.

It wasn’t much, but it was something, and for Henry’s second Christmas, that was all Emma could ask for. Henry wouldn’t remember it anyway, and hopefully by the next year, she and Neal would be able to give him a bigger Christmas tree and more gifts than the two sets of clothes and small teddy bear she’d bought with her Christmas bonus. She hoped she would be able to give Neal more than the couple of worn books she’d found too.

She wouldn’t trade her life for the world, but a little more money wouldn’t hurt, if for nothing else, for the ability to give Henry what he deserved - which was a much better Christmas than she or Neal had ever had, and while that wouldn’t be a stretch, Emma’s goals seemed to be a little too lofty given their current financial state. The $20,000 they’d gotten from the watches hadn’t stretched as far as they’d hoped, with Henry’s unexpected arrival and the eventual move to Boston. Even though they were making more with their new jobs, it still wasn’t exactly everything she’d hoped.

She let out a soft sigh and kissed the wispy hairs on Henry’s head. “Sorry we can’t do things the way you see on TV, Henry. But at least we’re together, right?”

Or, they should be together, but Neal was taking an awfully long time running errands, which, given it was the week of Christmas, wasn’t too surprising, but as the minutes ticked on, Emma grew more and more concerned.

“Where do you suppose your Papa is?” Emma asked Henry softly as ‘White Christmas’ began to play in the background. “It’s not like him to be this late, is it? Especially without a call or a text.”

Henry let out a babble, reaching for the stuffed lamb on the table, which she handed him. He was happy and safe, and that was all that mattered.

The sound of keys turning in the lock had her glancing over as Neal stumbled in the door, covered in snow. His arms were laden with gifts and groceries.

“Neal, what is all this stuff?” she asked with wide eyes, lifting Henry into her arms and following him to the kitchen.

“One of the guys at work was talking about an Adopt-A-Family program the high school was doing. I guess it was the band’s idea and a bunch of other clubs jumped on board with it too, so I signed us up, and then…” he said, gesturing to the bags of food. “There was a food pantry down the street. I tried to get some Christmas staples for us. They threw in some softer foods too, that we can have Henry try.”

Emma stared as Neal began unpacking the bags. “Wait - so all of this stuff was given to us? You didn’t steal it?”

“Emma, we barely got away with the watches. Do you really think I’d be able to get away with all of this if I stole it?”

“I guess not…” she said, glancing into the pantry. She couldn’t remember the last time it looked so full. She then set Henry down in his high chair and began to look through the bags of gifts. She saw toys - some she had enviously looked at in some of the stores - clothes, but what caught her attention was the red leather jacket - an adult’s sized jacket - laying at the bottom of one of the bags.

“Neal, why do I see an adult’s jacket?” she questioned.

He turned and closed the fridge. “Adopt-A-Family isn’t just for kids. They ask what the adults need or want too. I told them you needed a new coat, but weren’t into the super girly stuff. I guess that’s what they got you. Is that okay?”

Emma ran her hand along the smooth leather. “All of this is for us?” she whispered. “But why?”

Neal shrugged. “People like to help out around the holidays. I wouldn’t question it.”

It was a dream come true, which in Emma’s experience usually meant there was a catch somewhere. That a shoe would drop and everything would go to hell… and she was scared that would happen now.

“Emma,” Neal said, breaking her from her thoughts. “Everything is okay. This is a good thing. The Adopt-A-Family is anonymous, unless we sign and send them a thank you card. The food drive was at St. Peter’s, run by a group of nuns. They aren’t going to chase us down either - helping people like us is what they do.”

Emma sighed, then glanced at the bags of gifts again, and thought of the food they now had. “I guess this means we can skip grocery shopping this week. We can put our money into savings…”

“The nuns said we’re free to come back to the pantry at any time,” Neal said. “We just have to call them and tell them we’re coming.” To make his point, Neal pulled a card out of his pocket and stuck it to the fridge with a magnet. “Hey, I know you’re not used to this - accepting help without strings attached, but I know we can trust these nuns.”

She’d been to a private school once, at one of her foster homes, and the Mother Superior had been charged with embezzlement the year after, so she glanced up at Neal and raised a brow.

He sighed. “These are different nuns, Emma. And the toys came from teenagers with big hearts - ”

“ -or that need extra credit.”

“So what? Them needing extra credit doesn’t hurt us in any way. We get new stuff, Henry gets food in his stomach and a proper Christmas, and some random teenager bumps their grade from a B to an A and pleases their overbearing parents. Win-win for everyone involved, right?”

“I guess…” Emma replied, looking at the bags of gifts again. “It’ll be nice to see stacks of presents under the tree, right? And we’ll have normal looking pictures of Henry opening them, with a bow on his head…”

Neal smiled. “We can pick up wrapping paper tomorrow.”

Emma looked at their small Christmas tree, imagining the brightly-colored wrapped gifts beneath it, and felt her worries ease and her smile grow larger. “Yeah! Oh Neal… I can’t believe it’s really happening. A proper Christmas, with people that I love and who love me…”

Henry let out what must have been the baby version of a yell, distracting both of them.

“It’s five o’clock. He must be hungry. We’ve got leftover spaghetti, right?”

“In the fridge,” Emma confirmed, going to tend to Henry, and the small apartment was lighter with the promise of a happy, brighter Christmas.

On December 25th, they were awoken just after dawn by a fussy Henry. They took him into the living room where Neal switched on the tree, illuminating the room in the pretty multitude of colors and catching Henry’s attention immediately.

“You like the colors, Henry?” Emma giggled, holding one of the gifts out to him. “Look! I think Santa brought you something special!”

She had no idea if Henry was comprehending ‘Santa’, but he squealed in excitement and took the gift from her hands, tiny fists ripping at the paper anxiously, to her amusement, while Neal snapped pictures behind them with their beat up digital camera. They would take family photos with her old Polaroid.

After presents and breakfast, they lounged on the couch, watching A Christmas Story and White Christmas. Henry hadn’t taken his eyes off either, but had appeared to like the music and dancing in White Christmas more than the comedy of A Christmas Story.

“What do you think, Henry? Do you want to become a famous Broadway singer and dancer? Maybe perform at a ski lodge in Vermont?” Neal asked, swaying with Henry as the final notes of White Christmas rang through the apartment.

Henry laughed and squirmed in the grip, clearly wanting to dance on his own, so Emma switched on the CD player, setting it to the radio, where all Christmas music would be playing all day. Neal set him down, and they laughed as Henry bobbed along to Jingle Bell Rock. Emma couldn’t remember the last time her heart felt so light - so free.

They had a feast that night for dinner - well, in their eyes, it was a feast. Ham steaks, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, and cupcakes she and Henry had made for dessert (well, she had made the cupcakes and dabbed some frosting on Henry’s nose so she could get a funny picture).

And when Henry was down for the night, she and Neal snuggled together on the couch, the music low as they watched the snow fall gently over the city.

“This was the best Christmas ever,” Emma said softly. “We got to give Henry the first Christmas he deserved.” The first Christmas they all had deserved, really.

He held her close. “I know. After so long, it feels impossible, but we’ve finally done it, baby. We might not be in Tallahassee, but we are home.”

And there was nowhere she’d rather be.

#swanfiress2021 #swanfire #emma swan #neal cassidy #ouat

[ouatsnark]

CS - Hate Debunked - Keep Reaching!

Because I just like debunking stupid things I see while scrolling through Once posts. Here's some more I've run across.

“Emma denied she was with Hook but never denied loving Neal”

Yeah she did deny she was in love with Neal. When she was on the beanstalk with Killian she denied ever being in love. You can say “well, she wasn’t about to open up to a stranger” and you’d be correct but you can’t say she “never denied it”. Cause she did. She tried to forget about Neal and the pain he obviously caused her. She was denying to herself that she ever loved him.

She also denied it to Neal’s face when she gave him his necklace back. Saying she wore it to remind herself never to trust again.

She also stood Neal up. She may not have been afraid to admit she loved Neal but she was afraid of letting him in again and was even hoping he was dead. If Emma’s love for Neal had never died then she’d have never wanted that nor ever needed that closure so he could never hurt her again. Did Emma love Neal? Yeah. He was the first man she fell in love with and is the father of her child. But that doesn’t mean he was anything more than a former lover or that she was still in love with him. That was pretty obvious when she stood him up and it was Killian’s attention she encouraged at the town line, not Neal’s.

I find it amusing that these Swanfire fans have to use Emma’s confusion about where she stands with Hook after a pretty hot make-out session as proof she “denied being with him”. She didn’t know what they were in 4x01 because she’d only just let her walls down and then she became worried about Regina going all evil queen if she saw them together. Her walls had gone back up by that point because as she says she was “afraid of losing him too”. Which brings me to the following claim:

“Emma loved Neal & wasn’t afraid to say it but could only tell Hook she loved him when they were in danger”

It’s like they missed the part where Neal was the reason Emma built her walls and the reason she couldn’t open herself up was due to Neal’s abandonment and betrayal. Neal caused that. Regina too. She was just opening herself up to Graham when Regina murdered him. To Emma, every time she opened her heart to someone she lost them. Not just romantically either. It happened to her in the foster care system. Emma was afraid to love and lose that love. It took her a while to overcome that.

She couldn’t admit out loud that she loved Killian because she was afraid of losing him. And that is very significant difference. However, once she was over that she did openly admit to everyone that she loved Killian. Killian was the one she couldn’t stand to lose and literally went to hell and back for.

And before anyone says “but she tells ghostNeal she’d have done the same for him!” Honestly? I don’t believe it. She wanted his help because she immediately goes from that to “please tell me how to save him” and then in true Neal fashion ghostNeal denies her her happiness. Also, Emma may have cried over Neal but it was Killian Jones she couldn’t live without. Emma hoped Neal was dead. Emma fought for Killian. Emma cried once over Neal but she didn’t mourn him. But Emma mourned Killian.

“Hook didn't believe Emma until he saw the ink from the pages on Liam's hand. Neal would have believed Emma the instant she said it without any proof.”

I spit my wine out when I read that.

Neal accused Emma of being jealous of his fiancé and mocked her super powers. He also questioned her abilities when she suggested that she pick up the watches. So please, the idea that Neal would “believe her without proof” is absurd.

From my point of view - and this is my opinion - How often did Killian Jones follow Emma’s lead? Many times. He followed her lead up the beanstalk, in Neverland, during the Ice Witch Hunt, during the hunt for Zelena and trusted her plans to get them all home when in the Underworld. I don’t look at this as Killian not believing Emma but Killian not believing in himself & the fact that he regarded his brother as a hero. Anyone would have a hard time believing the worse in their hero. It takes more than someone elses opinion to knock our heroes off the pedestals we put them on no matter who that someone is. He thought he knew his brother and Emma had just met the guy. Also, Killian was dealing with a lot of guilt and remorse at the time.

Killian also apologized to Emma. Neal didn’t until he decided he wanted her back after his fiancé was dead and it was convenient for him.

“Hook said “one of these days I’m going to stop following this woman” before following her into the time portal. Regina wouldn’t have hesitated”

I LOLed at this one. First off, Hook wasn’t hesitating. He was making a sarcastic remark before letting go and following Emma to uncertain ends. And secondly, Regina stood by when Emma disappeared into the hat. Snow jumped in without hesitation. Regina wouldn’t even, initially, face her sister so that they could get to Emma after Emma took on the darkness. Killian did though. He met the issue head on. Regina would hardly ever follow Emma’s lead. In fact, I can’t think of one time Regina did … Regina always thought her plans and ideas were better than Emma’s.

And before anyone says “But what about the Wish Realm! It was Regina that went not Killian!” Well, yeah, Killian couldn’t. He wasn’t in control of the genie. Regina was. She says as much to the EQ before she makes the wish. Which by the way … why didn’t Regina just wish Emma back? Was there a reason she didn’t? Other than to make the two most ridiculous Regina Fan Service Episodes to ever exist?

“Emma kissed Hook while Henry’s life was in danger and that makes her a bad mother”

Soooo what does it make Regina when she was banging a dying woman’s husband and ignoring calls from the people looking after the son she illegally adopted and abused for 10+ years? I’ll wait.

I don’t think Emma kissing Hook in that moment made her a bad mother or a bad person. Snowing kissed a lot during that time… are they bad grandparents? Funny how I’ve never heard anyone make that insinuation!

Emma wasn’t ignoring the gravity of the situation they faced. It was a single moment. Now if she’d decided to make out with him instead of following a lead they’d just gotten then I’d listen to you… but as Killian says “you have to enjoy the quiet moments” and that was a quiet moment. And she wasn’t getting any urgent calls either… soooo… shut up and enjoy the chemistry.

It’s fine not to like CaptainSwan but can we at least stop trying to rewrite the show? Thanks.

Anything you’d like me to debunk? Send me a message or let me know in the comments!

#captain swan #anti swanfire #anti swan queen #cs hate debunked

[redbone135]

Fake Dating AU

(I’m posting this here for Swanfire week because it bothers me to have unfinished fics on my AO3 account. It’s the set-up for a fake dating AU that I’m fairly certain will never actually get written. Strap in, it’s a long post.)

“Wait in the car,” Rumple hissed as sheriff Humbert let go of Neal’s shoulder with a resigned shake of his head, disappearing into his back office and leaving the front desk clerk to deal with this mess. The recurring shenanigans of Neal Gold had become way below his pay-grade.

“I didn’t do anything wrong!” Neal insisted with a pout.

“I said. Wait. In. The. Car!” His father managed to get out through gritted teeth.

“It wasn’t my fault!” Neal shouted, kicking at the front desk as he passed, causing a heap of papers to fall over onto the floor. 

“CAR!”

“FINE!”

“Can I see his emergency contact form,” Rumple asked with a grimace, “I’d like to add Milah Cassidy to it - that’s Cassidy with two Ss and an I. If you could give her a call first next time-”

“You know,” the front desk woman - who the Gold family was on quite intimate terms with at this point - began while eyeing her stack of toppled papers on the floor, “There’s a juvenile support group for young offenders. Their rehabilitation program is said to work wonders.”

“I’m not an ‘offender’!” they heard Neal shout from the front entryway of the county sheriff’s office before slamming the door behind him. 

Rumple shook his head. His son would never agree to that. And honestly, he knew where Neal got it from. He wouldn’t want to sit in a room with a bunch of other bad decision makers and share stories of his failure while people plied him with cliche platitudes, assuring him he was still, deep down, a good person. He waved the flier away politely.

“We don’t need that.”

She shrugged, “You know, you’re going to run out of bail money eventually, right?”

“Bail money only runs out when he does.”

They both cast a thoughtful glance back to the front window, Neal visibly sulking in the passenger seat of his dad’s car. He’d somehow managed to find a sharpie in the immaculately clean car and was adding to the permanent collection of his ‘artwork’ on the car’s dashboard.

The front desk clerk raised an eyebrow.

“Ok, fine, give me the flier,” Rumple sighed.

*

Rumple had been right, Neal did not want to go to the group meetings. In fact, he had been so vehemently opposed that he had threatened to pack his bags and run away, and that had been the end of that conversation. So they hadn’t talked about it, or his community service, or the fact that he hadn’t seemed to learn his lesson at all. In fact, his family had stayed suspiciously quiet about it up until the day they had decided to all go out for a family lunch at Granny’s diner and Belle’s minivan had pulled up to a stop in front of the little church advertised on the flier. And even though Neal begged them to talk about it then, they hadn’t had much in the way of a discussion as his little brother undid his seatbelt, and his stepsister pushed him out of the car, slamming the door behind him, while his father waved spitefully and Belle promised they’d be back to pick him up in an hour. 

And he had never planned on walking into that church, he’d hitchhike to his mom’s and it would serve them right, but just in that moment a woman had walked by with a box of doughnuts and they had smelled really, really good. So maybe he had time to grab a snack before he booked it to the relative freedom of the Cassidy-Jones houseboat. 

Yes, the plan had been simple. Get a free cup of coffee and doughnut, sneak out the back before anyone noticed, get to his mom’s, and then when stepdad started to irk him - probably around day three - he’d come back to his dad’s and they would have all been so worried about him there would be no more talk about him having to go to these stupid meetings. 

Flawless plan.

And then he saw her.

She was slouched over in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs, flanked on either side by two other girls that looked about as terrifying as Neal’s stepsister, picking at the loose threads in a hole in her leggings. She had thick, black-rimmed glasses that made her bright blue eyes look seductively large, and red lipstick that wasn’t her shade but definitely proved her point. 

And a homemade tattoo on her wrist. Intriguing. Neal had done enough homemade tattoos on his friends to recognize talent. His mind began to swim with daydreams of the two of them, stretched out across his bed with a bottle of India ink between them as he added intricate details to the daisy, transforming it into a work of art befitting the masterpiece of a canvas it had been painted on.

New plan.

So he stayed for the meeting, taking carefully timed sips of coffee so that he wouldn’t have to share anything with the group. She didn’t share either, he noticed. Perfect. She also didn’t want to be here.

So he waited for her by the snack table afterwards, watching her put extra doughnuts wrapped in napkins into her purse - like anyone would have cared if she’d just taken the whole box. 

“Neal Cassidy,” he said, extending his hand and startling her into jumping and dropping the doughnut she was holding.

She glared. “You don’t need to know my name.”

“I like your tattoo,” he offered, turning to follow her as she walked away toward the front door. “I have one myself, want to see it?”

“Not if it involves you taking off any articles of clothing,” she said, offering him a smug grin.

“Maybe later then,” he said, speeding up his pace to step in front of her and stop cold, blocking the only door, much to her obvious annoyance. “So, why are you here?”

“Stole a car.”

“Wow! Same, we’re twins!” he exclaimed with a grin, and he thought if he wasn’t mistaken he saw the tiniest hint of a grin on her face. “So why’d you do it?”

“Why did you?” she shot back a little too aggressively.

“My mommy didn’t love me enough,” he laughed, “It’s this whole tragic backstory thing, if only I’d had someone to be proud of me, maybe then I wouldn’t be living this life of petty juvenile crime. I was just one caring parent away from being a scholar and a gentleman. You?”

She definitely chuckled at that, her shoulders letting go of some of the tension as she placed a hand on her hips and shot back with equal glibness, “No excuse. I just enjoy pure, mindless vandalism.”

That was kinda hot.

“Really?” he asked, “No tragic backstory? No evil step mom, followed by one who is way too young for your dad? No little half-sibling that gets all the attention and an aggressive step sister who is just staying with you until her mom gets out of jail? No creepy step dad who hits on your friends and takes money out of your wallet when you’re not looking?”

“Nope. My parents are perfect.”

And the way she said the word perfect told Neal everything he needed to know about her family. There was her reason, beyond enjoying the random chaos of destruction, the slight inflection on the word perfect was her reason. And so Neal adjusted his plan slightly.

“Oh, wow. Well you want any of those things? You can have mine, I wouldn't mind sharing.”

“I think I’ll pass, thanks,” she laughed, pushing him lightly out of the way to walk to the church parking lot where a lot of the other teens were climbing into family cars. Of course his family wasn’t here yet. 

“Listen, Anna,” he said, “I know you don’t want to be here. Neither do I. What if there was a way we could help each other with that?”

“It’s Emma,” she corrected before realizing the trap she had fallen into. “And if you’re suggesting some sort of murder-suicide pact then you should know I’m already pretty close to murdering the creepy stalker who just tricked me into giving him my name.”

He grinned, shoving his hands in his pockets as he waited for her to finish surveying the parking lot. Her parents weren’t here, either. What a shame.

“Listen, you need someone to help you convince your parents you’re rehabilitated. It’s not a question. With your attitude, they aren’t gonna buy it without some outside assurance. I’d be excellent at that. What says ‘walking the straight and narrow’ better than a polite boyfriend who also happens to be really good and drawing up fake reports cards and providing alibis. I swear, I’ll have you out of this thing in under a month.”

She turned to look at him skeptically, “You think you can charm my parents? My mom literally calls my dad Prince Charming and you think you can charm them?”

“I know I can.”

She mulled it over, not seeming to hate the idea as he had anticipated. 

“And in exchange? I’m what? The sweet girl next door in a floral sundress who promises your parents she’ll take you to church and make you normal again?”

“Nah. Dad’s on his third wife and mom lives on a boat. They have no idea what normal even looks like. No, I want you to convince them this whole group thing is hurting more than it’s helping. And you look like exactly the kind of girl who can scare the daylights out of my dad. Tell me, how good are you at faking a pregnancy scare?”

“Who’s faking?” she laughed, rubbing her stomach sarcastically.

“Perfect!” he ginned, pulling a pen out of his bag and scribbling his number on a napkin for her. “I’ll pick you up at six tomorrow - wouldn’t want to have you out past dark. Oh, and one more thing, when you finally do meet my dad, I need you to mention how cute it is that he and my stepmom have matching British accents. That will make more sense when you meet them.”

“Goodbye, fake boyfriend!” she waved, as a rusty blue pick-up pulled into the parking lot, jogging over to climb into the cab.

Neal waited another thirty minutes for his family to arrive.

“How was your meeting?” Belle asked over her shoulder as Neal shoved Regina out of the way to get to the back seat. 

“Start any fights yet?” Regina asked, reaching into the back to punch him in the knee, “Light any fires? Get anyone pregnant?”

“Regina!” Belle scolded, “Don’t talk to your brother like that.”

“Step brother!” She and Neal chimed as one.

“And in the spirit of fairness, dearie,” Rumple mumbled from the passenger seat, “Those are all very good questions.”

Neal hoped Emma was as great as acting as he was. Because if his family thought he was trouble now, it was about to get a lot worse.

#sfweek2020 #fake dating au #neal cassidy #emma swan #ouat #sorry it's so long #no graphic today cause adobe is driving me crazy

[intothewickedwood]

Once Upon A Time Rewatch: 3x15 Quiet Minds

So my mum’s security camera picked me up walking through a solid door last night, so I don’t know how to feel about that. Phasing isn’t the power I really wanted but I’ll take it. Can I get some super speed with that?

I’ve decided to watch Deaf West Spring Awakening tonight so I’m hella excited! But I’ll try to concentrate.

Ooh and excited for the Curious Archer Girl in the Tower fandom rewatch this weekend! So much excite!

I love Zelena’s SB outfits! Nanny chic  

I wonder why she can’t summon Rumple? Is it cause Bae’s mind is preventing her?

So much snow.

It would be too awkward for Neal to call Belle “mum.” xD

So does the fact that Emma’s necklace survived the curse mean that Swanfire is true love?

Lumiere is kinda creepy. Or maybe I’m still just freaked out about phasing through doors.

Aww Henry going fishing with Leroy.

Hook, your jealousy is showing

Zelena got there fast because she teleported, Snow!

Wicked Snow! Wicked Snow!  

Midwife!Zelena is so goddamn sweet! I love her! I mean, you know I love Zelena always but there’s a special place in my heart for midwife!Zelena.

I always almost call her nanny!zelena

Her voice is so soothing. I want her to be my therapist!

What’s in that orange juice?!

Zelena with her hands on Snow’s tummy: “I am not letting you have this baby without me.” Wicked smile of wickedness.

Yes, I have just watched this Wicked Snow scene 4 times.

Robin shooting that arrow at Regina is shady as hell!! Dude knows he’s suppose to check who’s there before shooting. The way he does it just makes me believe that ‘Robin’s always been a villain theory’ or at least it makes me believe that he might be seeking revenge for Marian at least at first. Who knows, maybe he was always trying to mess with her heart and then he actually fell in love with her. There’s just no way he didn’t shoot that arrow at her on purpose!

No, I’m sorry. I just watched it again and he has a while to look at her before shooting. And he hears her talking. Shady as all hell!

So now you remember that Bae was once a boy that you looked after! Time to stop this nonsense fighting over Emma. *Whispers* Because Emma loves Baelfire.

Oh yeah. I never thought about how Bae’s desperation to get back to Henry parallels Rumple’s determination to get back to Bae!

It’s snowing! Weeeee!

Emma why you being like this?? Your family loves you. Please don’t leave them and take Henry. Regina would no way allow that.

Gold is not having a good time right now.

That monkey could be yo cousin David!!

Come to think of it, I wonder if David, Snow and Regina have any cousins as well as aunts and uncles around Storybrooke.

Does Robin know at this point that Regina killed Marian? He seems to have ‘heard’ a lot about the Evil Queen. You know what? He freakin does and he wants REVENGE. I saw you with that arrow, boy.

Baelfire! Don’t do it!

I know Zelena takes credit for ‘killing’ Baelfire but I’ve never understood that. She just left out some important information, which yes, lead to his death but it was still his decision and he knew there would be a great price for resurrecting someone.

Ow! That hand must hurt!

Baelfire: “Was it serious?” Emma: “He proposed.” Baelfire: “Wow!” Emma: “And then he turned into a flying monkey.” Baelfire: “Sounds intense.” That is intense!

The way they laugh together! The way they interact is just one of the reasons I love Swanfire! They have such great chemistry and they just get each other.

Baelfire: “I care about you Emma and always will. I just want you to be happy. Even if it isn’t with me.” Emma: “We we’re happy once.” Baelfire: “We never found Tallahassee.” Ugh! The feels!!

Belle: “If Neal used that key, he should be dead right now.” Neal: *immediately screams and collapses*

Bae’s face Turing into Rumple’s is one of the creepiest god forsaken things I’ve seen in my goddamn life! Ew!!

At least he resurrected fully clothed! Voldemort could take a page outta that! Imagine if Rumple just stood there naked lolololol and the whole Charming gang were there!

How did Rumple know that absorbing Bae was something he could do? Had he tried it before?

He chose his son over the dagger!!

Rumple disobeyed an order. I know he had a lot going on but he was told to kill Belle. I wonder if that’s the only time he ever disobeyed an order like that. Or did he? Their decision to go to the realm where Belle grew old did hasten her demise. Was he influenced by this seemingly long forgotten instruction? Or am I just going off the deep end. Probably the latter xD.

AAAAAAAAAH!! Rumple’s face on Bae! Why does it look like that?!!

Nooooooooo! Bae please stay awake!!

I can’t!!!!!!!!

Rumple: “I love you son.” Baelfire: “I love you Pap-“

And now I am tears!!

Snow’s like, “What the hell? My homeskillet biscuit Zel just went to the bathroom. You better not be messin’ with my girl!”

Snow’s so upset the Wicked Witch is her buddy!!

Zelena: “They may know, who I am, now, but it no longer matters. Not, when I have you, Rumplestiltskin. Not, when I have your beautiful brain. So be it then little Dark One and get back in your cage.” I love the way she speaks! My wicked child!

Where does he go to the toilet.

Aww, Roland playing with his dad. Maybe he’s the little mastermind behind Robin’s revenge plot!

Aww. Snow hugging Belle. I love the little moments with those two.

Emma telling Henry about Neal! My soul just shattered! Maybe that’s how I can walk through doors?!

#3x15 quiet minds #ouat 3x15 #ouat #once upon a time #swanfire #baelfire #neal cassidy #ouat rewatch #ouat rewatch 2019

[paradigmparadoxical]

2020 TEAs: For Your Consideration

Because it's the thing, and I'll regret it if I don't.  I regretted it last year when I missed the chance. Really, I just want people to read my fic, and this is as good a way as any of getting it out there.

So.

At this time last year I was a raw tumblr newbie and had a grand total of one rumbelle fic published.  I am so excited to have eligible offerings for you this time around. Everything I've written for OuaT can be found on my Ao3, with the exception of some scattered teasers for Never Let Go, the smutty 100k thing that ate my life.

Best Cover Art

I went on a cover art spree in August.  From that collection, the cover for @kelyon 's fic Golden Cuffs was definitely the most popular, whether for its own merit, or because kelyon is amazing--who knows?  I know the artwork wouldn't be half as good without the invaluable feedback from kelyon and @wayamy .

I'm photosensitive and tend to dim down colors that others may not find as bright as I do. Case in point, @timelordthirteen 's cover for Revenge Radio.  The neon glow was an effect I'd never tried before.  How it looks to other people's eyes? Who knows.

I had a lot of fun with the perspective in @thestraggletag 's cover for her fic Human Nature.  Gold broke my heart and put it back together again.  I want to squish him and hug him.

The cover for @killingkueen 's fic Creature was my first foray into vector art using GIMP.  I'm in love with the elegant simplicity of the medium, and the tiny file size.

All of the covers were a lot of fun to make, and hey... if anyone is in touch with marchionessofblackadder ( @missblackwood-blog ), I'd really love to post their cover for Who Favor Fire to Ao3, but I'm sort of waiting to make sure it's okay first.

None of these pieces contain the pairing itself, which (imho) kind of misses the point.

I'm still getting the hang of the GIF thing.  A lot of my GIFs were too big for tumblr, and don't load correctly.  My favorite of them is Morraine's character study, which isn't rumbelle at all, but she's a cutie and her mother was rad as hell.

Best First Meeting

Belle first meets Rumplestiltskin in the dwarven mines in The Quill.  He's filthy, and halfway mad, and mesmerised by the one person who seems to care for his well-being.  That she also happens to be the first real human contact he's had in months doesn't hurt anything.

The Quill and A Life for a Life are both eligible for Best AU!OUAT.  There's others much better, but they fit, which is supposedly the point of writing the For Your Consideration thing.

A Life for a Life has plenty of hurt/comfort, which puts it under 'comfort' in the fluff category, as well as 'hurts so good' in angst.  Rumple throws the dagger to Belle in that snowy clearing, and later finds himself incapable of both holding it and keeping Baelfire safe.

I wouldn't call it dagger porn, because there is no porn, but there is daggerish-ness.

Spoiler:  Zelena dies.

As intrinsic as Belle is to Rumple's character, Endless Years Between is more of a papa!Rumple and swanfire fic than rumbelle.  Belle doesn't even appear in Cinnabons, because it's an AU of 2x14 that is mostly set in and en route to New York, and she only gets a brief far-in-the-future mention in Reprieve.

Also, I'm using tumblr on mobile, and I've heard the links can be wonky, so I hope this works.

#stuff paradigmparadoxical makes #TEAs #teaespensonawards #the espenson awards #for your consideration #TEAs for your consideration #ouat #rumbelle fic #rumbelle fanart #rumbelle art #rumbelle

[shipperqueen93]

For the prompts: how about something short and fluffy? Swanfire taking little Henry trick-or-treating?

Well this isn’t exactly what the prompt called for but I hope you like it all the same.

Edit: I forgot to mention that @ishtarelisheba was wonderful and beta'd this to fix my obscene lack of commas lol.

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“What about Bambi? We could do those onesie suits of a deer, skunk, and a rabbit. Bam, you’ve got Bambi, Thumper and Flower! It’d be warm and very little effort,” Emma suggested to the room. 

She was spread out on the couch, her feet resting in Neal’s lap, Henry stretched out in a similar position on the floor. Halloween was coming up in a few weeks and while Henry had decided he was too old to go trick-or-treating, Mary Margaret was having a party and insisted that costumes were mandatory. It had been Henry’s idea to do a group costume, but the three of them hadn’t been able to come up with something they all agreed on. So far they had nixed Zootopia, Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Toy Story for various reasons. 

“Mom, I’m fifteen, I’m a little too old to be Bambi,” Henry said without looking up from his phone. He claimed that he was looking up suggestions, but the rapid clicking he kept doing suggested he was more likely texting the Vidrio girl he wouldn’t admit he was seeing. 

“Okay, so Bambi has been shot down. What else do we got?” Emma snickered upon realizing her bad play on words. The glare shot at her from Neal only made her laugh harder,and even Henry had to chuckle. 

“What about Finding Nemo? We don’t have to do the giant costumes, but maybe like a blue dress for Mom, Dad and I can get some orange shirts, and we can do face paint to get the stripes and everything,” Henry suggested without looking up from his phone. 

“Yeah, I’m not dipping into two tins of blue face paint just so I can scrub it off later. Hard pass on that one, Kid.” 

Henry shrugged from his position on the floor, still tapping away on his phone. Eyes narrowing slightly, Emma looked at Neal only to find he was also on his phone. A sharp jab to his ribs with her foot had him looking up sheepishly and tucking his phone away. Nodding to Henry continuing to text, she motioned for him to give a shot. 

“Henry, put the phone away while we figure this out.” 

“Just a second, Dad, Jacinda got in a fight with her step-sister.” He didn’t even look up as he replied. 

“Put the phone away or we will be dressing up as Bambi and I will find the fuzziest pink bunny costume and you will be Thumper while he’s twitterpated,” Emma threatened. 

That got his attention. Looking at his mom, he tried to discern how serious she was. The glare he received in response clearly stated that she wasn’t joking. “That’s just wrong, Mom.” 

“So is wanting a group costume but not helping out. I still say we should have just got some of those ‘This is my costume’ shirts. Fifteen bucks and we’d be set.”

“Yeah, and have Mary Margaret hunt us down for it? I’d like to live long enough to get my drivers license, thank you.” 

Emma had to consent to that assessment. Her cousin was only a few years older than her, but she had a very “mothering” presence that had you simultaneously trusting her and not wanting to cross her. The fact she was one of those women crazily obsessed with Halloween meant that every year growing up, even well into adulthood, Emma had been forced to dress up whether she wanted to or not. Now that Mary Margaret was married and had her first child, everything was ramped up even more. If they showed up without a real costume, not only would they have to listen to a lecture about being unprepared, but she definitely would have back up costumes for them. 

“Okay, you have a point, but we’re running out of ideas. What about Beauty and the Beast?”

Henry mulled over for a minute before nodding. “Yeah, I suppose that could work. You could be Belle, Dad as Beast, I could be Gaston”

“Try again, Kid. You are not being Gaston, the implications of that are just wrong. You can be Chip.”

“Come on, Mom, I’m not a baby. I’m not going to be Chip.”

“Fine, you can be the clock.”

“Mooooooom.”

“It’s pointless to argue, Henry.” Emma smirked, but Neal's interjection made the feeling short-lived. 

“Yeah, it is pointless. Papa and Belle are doing Beauty and the Beast.” The shocked faces he received almost had him laughing. 

“I’m sorry, I must have heard you wrong. You said your dad is both going to Mary Margaret’s party and dressing up?”

Neal shrugged. “Apparently. I was talking to Belle earlier this week and she said they are doing Beauty and the Beast. Gid is going to be Chip and Granny was helping her with the costume.” 

Emma shared a look with her son. He looked just as shocked as she was. She had been married to Neal for several years now, not to mention growing up with him, and she could still count on one hand how many times she had seen his father without his trademark suit. She was finding it hard to believe that he would agree to dress up as anything, let alone step into furry territory and be the Beast. “Oh, I’ve got to see this. We’ve got to decide on something.”

There was quiet while everyone seemed to think, running through the list of possible costumes and combinations. After several moments Henry spoke up. “What about Peter Pan?”

Emma turned the idea in her mind. It wasn’t a horrible idea. “Okay, if you’re Peter, and I’m, presumably, Wendy, who’s your dad going to be?”

“Captain Hook. Duh.”

Emma couldn’t help the shudder that rolled through her. “Nope. Veto. Not happening.”

Neal gave her a curious look. “Afraid of pirates?”

“No, not pirates, and I’m not scared by any means, but Hook always just came off as creepy as hell. I mean seriously, he’s a grown man obsessed with a little kid? Like he goes out of his way to hurt this child, not caring who he hurts in the meantime. Not to mention he’s just not attractive.” Emma shrugged.

Neal rolled his eyes, which earned him another jab to the ribs. 

“You come up with something if you are so great then.” Emma huffed. 

“Are you just going to shoot it down like all the others?” Neal teased.

“I’m going to shoot something alright,” Emma spat back at him, hearing Henry chuckle at their bickering. “Kid, pick your battles.” 

Neal dodged another attempted jab to the ribs, putting himself on the floor with Henry. “Maybe me and Henry should just do something together and you can figure something out on your own.”

“Neal, I swear to God, if you don’t come up with something, I will shove this remote so far-”

“Emma, there is a child here! Watch your language,” Neal chided, a little hypocritically given the way he used Henry to duck the pillows Emma threw at him. 

“Hey! Mom! Dad! Knock it off.” Henry laughed as Emma continued to throw pillows and small items at Neal and he continued to use Henry as a shield. Neal ruffled Henry’s hair with a smile as Emma ceased her assault on them. 

“Okay, so do you have an idea or not, Neal?” Emma asked as she relaxed back on the couch. 

“Of course I do, and you both are going to love it!” 

When Neal didn’t expand on his idea, it was Henry who actually hit him with a pillow. “Dad, come on. What’s your great idea?”

“Star Wars.”

Emma stared at him dumbfounded. How in all their planning had they missed the obvious? A glance at Henry had her satisfied that at least she wasn’t the only one shocked they had completely overlooked the possibility. They had seen the saga probably a hundred times, Henry watched it every time he was sick, she and Neal had gone to see the movies while they were dating. 

“I really hate that you came up with that idea and I didn’t.”

“Well, you can worship me if you want, I won’t stop you.”

“That’s never gonna happen, but sure, keep dreaming.” Emma dodged the pillow he tossed back at her. “Let’s talk this through. Henry, I’m assuming you want to be Luke?”

Henry shrugged approvingly. “Yeah that works. Can I get a lightsaber?”

“We’ll see. Okay, Henry is Luke, I’ll be Han, and Neal do you want Vader? Or Obi Wan?” Emma asked, ticking off possible characters.

“I thought I’d be Han. Why do you get him?” Neal asked almost petulantly.

“I mean, I called him first, but if it’s such a big deal, you can have him. I suppose I can be Vader. I’ll get a mask and we can do the whole ‘Luke I am your father!’ thing. It’ll be great, and... Why are you guys staring at me?” Emma trailed off when Henry shared a look with Neal. 

Both Neal and Henry were staring at her like she was missing something extremely obvious. “What’s the deal, guys?”

“Mom, shouldn’t you be Leia?” Henry posed the question as if it was a clear answer. 

“Sure, and you can be Thumper!” she shot back. Henry held up his hands in surrender and she turned to Neal. “Let me guess, you think I should be Leia, too?”

Neal shrugged. “I mean, you are the only woman. It’d make sense. Plus what’s Han without Leia?”

Emma raised an eyebrow. “Sad and alone, which is what you’re going to be if you keep that attitude. So just because I’m a woman I have to be Leia?”

“What’s wrong with being Leia? You talked about her for weeks after we saw The Force Awakens.”

“Nothing is wrong with Leia, but that doesn’t mean I have to be her, especially just because we both have breasts.”

“Ew! Mom! Mom, you’re not allowed to say breasts. Okay? It’s just creepy and weird and, no. Oh gods. No, Dad, she can’t be Leia.” 

Emma pointed at Henry. “See, now you made me traumatize our son. He’s never going to be able to watch the Gold Bikini scene ever again.” 

Henry groaned and dropped his head back, palms pressed to his eyes as if to push the image out of his mind. Part of her was biting back a laugh while the other half of her was trying to focus on Neal. 

“I’m not saying that just because you’re a woman you have to be Leia. I was just saying it makes sense that if one of us is Han, then the other should be Leia.” 

Emma smirked and Neal felt his heart drop. 

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Mary Margaret heard the doorbell ring at the same time as Leo threw his sippy cup on the floor. With a sigh, she reached the pick it up before calling out, “David can you get the door?” 

She waited for a reply or to hear the door opening, but neither came. Grumbling under her breath, she took Leo from his high chair, brushing stray crumbs off of his Dopey costume. A search in the seat of his chair turned up his missing hat. She and David had decided to go classic Disney this year with Snow White and Prince Charming, and Dopey had been a perfect choice for little Leo, even if her loveable dwarf did happen to hate wearing his hat. It didn’t matter though. Once everyone was here, it was going to be perfect. They had the perfect costumes, the perfect house, the perfect family. Everything was going to be perfect. 

The doorbell rang again. 

“David! The door!” she called out again. When still nothing came from upstairs she sighed and headed to get the door. A peek through the peephole showed Henry dressed as Luke Skywalker, lightsaber and all, smiling at her. Patting over her hair, she made sure any flyways were tucked away before putting Leo’s hat back on once more. Once everything was perfect, she opened the door. “Happy Hallow-oh…” 

Henry walked by her, giving her a greeting and mussing Leo’s hair, knocking his hat askew. Emma followed after him with a kiss to Mary Margaret’s cheek, the short wig and blaster at her hip clearly marking her as Han Solo. It was Neal following after slowly that left her truly speechless though. Long braided wig, slave outfit, and chain around his neck, Neal was Princess Leia in the gold bikini. 

“Don’t ask,” Neal said without even looking at her. 

Dread pooled in Mary Margaret’s stomach. Tonight was not going to be perfect. 

#shipper writes fic #swanfire #my fic #emospritelet

[heytheredeann]

Playlist tag

I was tagged @im-the-punk-who........ I don’t remember how long ago LOL. Sorry, I left a reminder to do this buried in my drafts, as it happens too often XD Anyway, thank you for tagging me!

Rules: we’re snooping through your playlist, put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first 20 songs and then choose some victims

I took out my ipod, which is extremely old, it has a very very small screen and if you are imagining one of those Apple ipods... you are very wrong LOL. I always called it an ipod because technically you could play videos on it, I was differentiating between this and an mp3, which was music-only (does this matter? Not really).

The poor thing is a little battered but it still works (mostly: regulating the volume works depending on the positions of the planets or something), so I keep using it to avoid draining my phone’s battery. Now. There are 400 songs here (no, really, they are exactly 400, which makes me weirdly happy - round number!) and I’m putting them all on shuffle, this should be interesting...

1) Aftermath - Lifehouse: WOAH okay, just attacking me with Flinthamilton feels right off the bat, okay...

2) In the end - Linkin Park: Very old, still very much like it, sue me.

3) Wonderland (Rock Cover) - Twenty One Two: The original song is by Taylor Swift. There’s actually a good chance that I have a couple of her songs somewhere in here, though I generally don’t like her music much (not her voice or the lyrics, just the kind of music she does), but this one is a cover and I really like how they rearranged it.

4) 21 guns - Green Day: Oh god, I feel fourteen again listening to this. Still catchy though.

5) The ghost of you - My Chemical Romance: ..........digging up My Chemical Romance aren’t we

6) Wrong side of heaven - Five Finger Death Punch: Oooh yeah, good band and good song *nod of approval at my own music collection*

7) Fire and Ice - Within Temptation: I love this band, I’d be surprised if only one of their songs came up.

8) Devil’s backbone - The Civil Wars: This is a ship aesthetic and I’m proudly owning up to it. 

9) Love is a fragile dance - Alec Benjamin: .......fair. every time it comes up I consider skipping it and then I just... don’t.

10) The ship is fine - The Jolly Rogers: LOOOOOOOOOOL, okay, okay, listen. Basically when I started obsessing over Black Sails at some point Youtube looked at me and went “Um. you like pirates, eh? here, try this” and recommended me some pirate songs from The Jolly Rogers... and that’s the story of how you can look into my ipod and find a bunch of pirates singing about remodeling their ship. 

11) Stand my ground - Within Temptation: *looking up at number 7* Yup.

12) Out in the fields - Mono Inc: RECENT DISCOVERY BUT I LOVE THIS BAND. LOTS. LOTS LOTS LOTS. 

13) No light, no light - Florence and the Machine: I.............well. this is a thing that’s in here apparently. 

14) I want you here - Plumb: LOL I’ve got many tragic ships that this could be applied to... though this was the fault of a Swanfire video specifically, I’m pretty sure.

15) What about now - Daughtry: Aaaaah hello old friend.

16) Angels - Within Temptation: ........aaaaaaaaand here’s Within Temptation #3. This should probably be my answer when people ask me what’s my favourite band, instead of some version of “I have no idea, please don’t ask me that ever”.

17) Hold me now - Red: I honestly didn’t even remember this one, I haven’t listened to it in forever, I had to get to the refrain for my brain to go “OH RIGHT”.

18) Soldier - Gavin DeGraw: ...another ship aesthetic, let’s be real.

19) Right here - Ashes Remain: I’m laughing because both this and the one above sort of have an hurt/comfort theme and if that’s not who I am as a person........

20) You know my name - Chris Cornell: THIS IS SO OLD. IT’S FROM WHEN I WAS STILL EXTREMELY FIXATED ON DRAGON BALL, I REMEMBER. OH MY GOD. I LOVED IT SO MUCH. (Still love it tbh LOL)

Woah. This took forever but it was fun LOL. I don’t have enough braining left to pick people to tag right now, but if you want to do it go ahead and tag me, I’m always more than happy to discover new songs! 

#thank you again for the tag these are always a wild ride lol #im-the-punk-who #tag game #not spn #ely has shit to say