#ouat 4a

[killiansprincss]

You can’t tell me if Will Scarlet wasn’t low-key afraid of Killian and his clearly making it clear Emma is his that he wouldn’t have tried his luck flirting with Emma

#wills type is badass blondes #obvi his heart is with ana but like you can’t tell me he wouldn’t have tried #he was so impressed when she picked the lock #and I think it would’ve been funny to see Killian fight will for daring to flirt with his woman #and then Emma being like you don’t own me blah blah blah but also like dang I have 2 guys fighting over me #will scarlet #ouat #emma swan #captain swan #ouat 4a

[vasfasan]

"I cringe so hard this season, I'll be grateful when we move past this arc. It's the Snow Milf" – My bsf, about 4a.

#i do not agree #ouat #once upon a time #ouat 4a #snow queen ouat

[happy-emmdings]

Captain Swan Vibes 1/2⚓️ 🦢

Seasons 2&3&4

#season 2: allies. enemies. kindred spirits. chemistry. #season 3A: tension. passion. adventure. orphans. heroism. #season 3B: team work. pining. running. homesickness. feelings. #season 4A: dating. opening up. closeness. danger. survival. #season 4B: protecting. consoling. good hearts. partners. #captain swan #once upon a time #ouat moodboard #motifs❤️✨

[wicked-storybrooke]

@dinneratgrannys day 6 - july 15 - favorite spell: Ice Magic / Cryokinesis

#ouatweek2022 #userstorybrooke #ouatedit #elsa #ouat #once upon a time #ouat frozen #ouat ingrid #ouat elsa #elsa of arendelle #elsa* #ingrid* #the snow queen #magic #cryokenesis #ice magic #ouat s4 #s4 #4a #my edit #my gifset #auntie ingrid #flash warning

[ladystrallan]

Once Upon a Time season 4A thoughts

I’m rewatching OUAT and I wanted to share some of my opinions on each season!

- Funny story about this season, back in the day when I was watching OUAT for the first time, me and my dad watched it on netflix, and when we finished season 3, season 4 wasn’t on netflix yet, so we bought a box set and then a week later (no joke) it was put on netflix lol

- It’s beck from You!

- That cgi ice…

- I mean marian is a little bit right (even though I don’t like her)

- I feel like Regina’s redemption was a bit fast, and her only motivation for being good is Henry (not her having actual remorse for her actions)

- Rumple visiting Neal’s grave :(

- The ogre wars are the funniest thing in this show

- How long did they last? How did they start?

- I guess we’ll never know

- Regina… girl… just turning evil at the smallest inconvenience

- RUMBELLE HONEYMOON

- They are so adorable omg

- Him trusting her with the dagger… awww

- Aaaaaaaa! The beauty and the beast dance

- This is too cute

- “Maybe we should have gone with baelfire” yeah if you want him to get bullied

- Sidney is so thirsty for Regina lol

- THE SORCERERS HAT

- I’m sorry but the enchanted forest also being called misthaven??? I kinda hate it

- “Anna, I will find you” would you say… you will always find her? Lol

- LONG HAIR DAVID

- Omg he looks like he should be riding a horse on the cover of a romance novel

- “They call her bo peep” aka the least menacing name ever

- What are your intentions with my daughter???

- I forgot they made bo peep a lowkey mafia boss

- Not David calling her a warlord lol

- “When I was six years old, one morning I woke up hearing my father and mother going at it” yikes

- Ohhhh they were fighting… I thought they were doing something else

- Nooooo he died from drunk driving

- Ok I think I’m a full on captainswan shipper now

- “I don’t like to say such a name out loud” he’s not voldemort

- I’d know that giggle anywhere…

- INGRID

- This is the frozen 2 we deserved

- Oooooooo she got the white streak

- Ponytail Regina looks kinda fruity ngl…

- That painting clashes so bad

- Marian looks like she ate a blue popsicle

- Why don’t they disguise Elsa? She’s not exactly looking inconspicuous like that

- WILL SCARLET (For some reason I called him will roland for the longest time)

- Wait but didn’t he literally switch it out with the real dagger though???

- The way he hooked her arm!!!

- It’s zoso

- Ooh has rumple not “succumbed to darkness in his heart”?

- Captainswan date!!!

- “I don’t pillage and plunder on the first date” lol

- Awwww that’s cute that he wants to hold her

- But the hook is kinda sexy

- “Captain hand” that’s so funny

- “Is there something wrong with your skin?” Please—

- Wait… granny’s ISN’T the only restaurant in town?

- His old self is coming back to haunt him…

- Those brooms in fantasia used to give me nightmares

- Placebo hand

- Should I watch OUAT in Wonderland?

- LILY

- Awwww they’re cute

- I like how she poofs away in a little blizzard

- Ooh this is like the broken glass curse

- The Neal picture…

- Omg plot twist (I actually remember this lol) Ingrid was Emma’s foster mom

- THAT OGRE IS SO SCARY

- Ogres killed my mom…

- OAKEN

- “I pray you never have to cross paths with that twisted man” she’s married to him lol

- Omg the duke’s moves lol

- Rumple is in every single story

- This man is everywhere

- Ew the duke of weselton is such a creep

- Oh no she froze her heart

- Yikes what happened to focus on your wife???

- Zelena actually could have been the sister Ingrid was look for

- She was born with magic and misunderstood

- Why does Robin dress like a lumberjack???

- I forgot about the whole rumple stealing Emma’s magic thing

- Why doesn’t Ingrid wear shoes?

- Why do they hate happy? What did he do?

- I really like the emma/elsa friendship

- Rumple stop being evil and just be married to belle!!!

- At least for a season

- My plan to resist the curse: wear goggles

- Noooooo the vows before they die

- That is so sad

- Honestly serves blue right

- Hey, at least the curse looks pretty

- Alternate plan: tear out everyone’s hearts (the curse didn’t work on hook because he didn’t have his heart)

- Everyone fighting each other is really funny

- Awwwww that’s actually so cute (Ingrid adopting Emma)

- Why does anyone bother running when they can just poof away

- Henry? More like Kevin McAllister

- And… she ruined it

- That’s sad :(

- Rip Ingrid

- Finally a villain that shows ACTUAL REMORSE for their actions

- “Don’t you sneeze on me, you son of a—“ lol

- Oh, rumple. When will you learn?

How I feel about the characters this season

Love: Belle, Emma, Anna, Hook

Like: Rumple, Elsa, Ingrid, Kristoff, David

Neutral: Regina, Snow, Henry

Dislike: Marian, Robin

Hate: Hans, the duke

Season rating: 7/10

I liked this season more than I remembered liking it! The beginning felt a little slow, but it got really good towards the end. I like Ingrid and I think she is the best ‘misunderstood’ villain in the whole show. Her sacrifice was so sad but such a payoff! I’m just not a fan of the Marian plot and Rumple being evil for the sake of it (he didn’t really have a strong motivation for his actions imo)

#ouat thoughts #once upon a time season 4 #once upon a time #once upon a time season 4a #emma swan #elsa of arendelle #anna of arendelle #ouat elsa #ouat anna #regina mills #rumplestiltskin #belle french #rumbelle #captain swan #killian jones #ouat frozen #shattered sight #ouat ingrid #outlaw queen

[once-upon-a-ouat]

OUATtober 2022 Day 7 - Favorite Spell (Alternative)

#once upon a time #ouat #ouattober2022 #spell of shattered sight #season 4 #4A #magic #my gif

[chaoticbug]

unpopular once upon a time opinion:

4a > 4b

#4a is wayyy better than 4b and i stand by that #i could write an essay on why #and maybe i will #the only thing 4b has going for it is the great season finale #once upon a time #once upon a time season 4 #ouat

[cssns]

We’re back, y’all!!! Please help me welcome @spartanguard to the CSSNS23!!!

What’s your Tumblr?

@spartanguard​

How long have you been in the CS/OUAT fandom?

A looong time--I watched the show live for its entire run, but didn't become super active until fall 2014 (4a).

When did you start shipping Captain Swan?

I don't know that I can fully pinpoint a moment, but sometime during 3A. (And my answer to that changes constantly, haha)

What drew you to this event?

The same thing that drew me to OUAT in the first place--I love seeing different takes on fairy tales/fantasy, especially against the backdrop of the real world, and love seeing what new adventures we can all take Emma & Killian on.

What inspired your topic?

So I've technically been working on this story since 2015. IIRC, there was a mirror-image manip going around of Colin on set, which brought up the theory of two Killians in my friend group. Which prompted one of them (I believe it was @kat2609) to send an anonymous ask regarding the shenanigans that Killian and his double/twin could get up to. (Note that this was long before the Wish Realm was even thought of, so well before there actually were two Killian Joneses in canon.) I kind of ran with the idea at the time, but then hit some dead ends when the 5A storyline resolved different than anticipated. It sat for a very long time until I finally came up with a workaround sometime last year. and now it's almost done!

If you would like to share a snippet/sneak peek/summary of your fic or artwork, please use the space below.

"I'm disappointed in you." The man almost sounded sad.

"As I told the asshole in the diner, you don't know me." He groggily sat up to stare the man down; a sheriff's badge gleamed from where it was hooked to his jeans, below crossed arms and a stern glare.

"I know you plenty well, pirate." He'd been called many things, but that was a new one. "How could you do this to Emma?"

Who? "Who the f*ck is Emma?" Something weird was going on, but his brain hurt too much to process it.

"I the f*ck am Emma," came a feminine voice from the hallway, followed by the clack of boot heels as she approached. The sheriff ran in her direction, stopping her before she came into view.

"Emma, hold on; I have to tell you something."

"Dad, what's going on?" His vision was blearier than he thought if he hadn't noticed that the man was old enough to have an adult daughter.

The rest of their conversation was too quiet for him to hear, so he slumped back against the concrete wall and glanced around the station.

The sheriff came back, followed by his daughter. Ooh, now there was a sight. A gorgeous blonde came into view, a vision in a red leather jacket. Now why wasn't she at the bar last night? A much better bedfellow she would have made.

Until he saw that she, too, wore a sheriff badge. Law enforcement was an immediate turnoff.

She wore a concerned look on her face as she slowly approached his holding cell. It seemed as if she was studying his face, searching for something. But she must have come up empty, as relief flooded her features, followed quickly by confusion.

"That's not him."

What are you looking forward to most about participating in this event?

Seeing all the great stories and gorgeous art everyone comes up with!

I’m so thrilled that Kaitlyn is back participating again this year! Her MC featuring Killian’s evil twin will be dropping on Wednesday July 5! Everyone go say hi and welcome her back!

#GTKM #CSSNS23 #spartanguard #gtkm interview

[kelyon]

In your opinion, what was the biggest lost opportunity on OUAT?

I mean, Neal is the obvious answer, though I am going to come in with a hot take that things might have been better if he had died sooner than he did.

If he had actually disappeared into a portal at the end of season two as some kind of heroic sacrifice and everybody who mattered to him had to actually deal with his death and the fact that their time together was cut too short... that would have been fine. Emma would have regressed a little in terms of her openness--because even if people aren't always going to let you down, you can still lose them. Henry would have to cope with only knowing a little bit about his father and wanting to know more. Snow, Charming and Regina try to comfort Emma and Henry and don't know what to do. Even Hook might be useful in this scenario, connecting with Emma about lost love, connecting with Henry over knowing Bae in Neverland. (And also about knowing Henry's grandmother, because that's never brought up. Which I get, but still. A kid might want to know that his dad's mother was a pirate.)

And of course Gold. Rumple had 300 years of working to get his son back and then when he finds him, Bae hates him and then he dies. How does a man come back from that? In the real show, he goes off to Neverland on a suicide mission, determined to give his life to save Bae's son. Then Neal is alive and they reconcile--but what if that doesn't happen? What if Rumpelstiltskin has really, finally, lost everything? How does the Dark One live with that? How does Belle cope with her True Love suffering so much and also probably becoming truly dangerous?

This is all a bummer of course, and I understand why ABC wasn't going to go in that direction. But if Neal couldn't live, is it too much to ask that his death mattered? That's the real insult of season 3b (and season 4a), that everyone just acted like this vital part of the story... never existed

#tmi tuesday #ouat #neal cassidy #baelfire

[jewishsuperfam]

genuinely how did ouat go from snow saying "you are not all evil and i am not all good, it's not that simple" in 4a to snow at the end of 5b being like "yeah regina you should totally split off and kill the 'evil' part of yourself and then you can be pure and redeemed :)"

[vasfasan]

What the fuck is up with ouat 4a episode titles honestly?

4x05 Breaking Glass

4x08 Smash the Mirror 1

4x09 Smash the Mirror 2

4x11 Shattered Sight

....and you expect me NOT to get confused???????

#once upon a time #ouat #ouat 4a

[dani-luminae]

What are you planning to do to replace OUAT Frozen arc in Rose's story thats got you so excited? I've seen you tossing around ideas so im curios on what you settled on

I'm gonna try and adapt something that OUat never even tried: the Nutcracker! It will end up sort of a mixture of the original ballet, the Nutcracker and the Four Realms (bc I love that version sue me), and something brand-new!

Bc Season 3B is sort of the world looking at Rose, reeling from the events of TOA, and reminding them "you are still a hero and Savior," season 4A is sort of the addition "you are also a prince, and you cannot change this" with the introduction of the one thing that a prince of Rose's stature is missing in these kinds of stories: a True Love!

Honestly, I get what the Frozen arc was getting at for Emma, but it was completely misplaced - it came too late in Emma's story. If we were going to get a "tentative fear to learn to trust herself with magic" arc it should have been season 3B. But as it is, the arc is completely avoided in Rose's story because of Rose and their family, so I'm really excited to get started on this new thing.

Of course. Gotta finish 3B first.

[themattress]

OUAT Observation

It’s funny...my system of grading the quality of OUAT episodes/seasons ended up making a perfect match for my ranking of the series’ story arcs....except for in one specific instance.

Season 5A / The Dark Swan Saga, is by my grading system, technically better than Season 2B / The Price of Magic Saga (Part 2) and Season 3B / The Wicked Witch’s Revenge Saga. Its quality is directly equal to Season 4A / The Frozen Storybrooke Saga; it even has the same style of pacing to the arc’s events and the noteworthy factor of having an episode that is a result of the network’s unexpected demands (“Smash the Mirror” as a double-length episode and “The Bear King” respectively). So why do I place 2B and 3B’s arcs above it?

Upon reflection, there are three reasons.

1. The “feeling” of 2B and 3B vs. 5A.  Because they were back when Daniel T. Thomsen was still the story editor, 2B and 3B still felt like Once Upon a Time, despite all their faults. They still felt like the same show I knew and loved. 5A, right from its very premise of Emma Swan as the Dark One, honestly didn’t. It just felt way too miserable and grim for the most part, or else doing the same substance-less Disney plugging it did in Season 4. Only the Camelot stuff felt on point; that should have been the main focus of the arc instead of Dark Swan.

2. The context. 5A directly follows after 4B, where a huge focus was on turning heroes into villains and trying to push Emma toward “going dark”. I didn’t like it then, so I naturally didn’t like any more of it in the following arc. Worse, 4B’s whole conflict was driven by Regina and Rumple feeling entitled to having reality rewritten so that they get what they want. In 5A, we see Emma and Hook suffering the consequences of this, while Regina and Rumple not only get off scot-free; they actually get rewarded. 5A is when it became crystal clear that when A&E say that OUAT is “a show about hope”, what they really mean is “hope for oppressors”.

3. The fact that while 2B lost the plot and spiraled into total misery before ending on a note that promised a better arc to follow, and 3B was a huge waste of potential that the whole series suffered from in the long run, 5A was both. Perhaps not to as drastic a degree as those individually, but still a combined problem that gets on my nerves far more as a result. The version of Season 5 we should have gotten, the one that was the show’s final season that ended it on a high note, was dead in the water once A&E botched this particular story arc. Emma and Hook becoming Dark Ones with the latter even dying, Rumple becoming the Darkest Dark One, all of that build-up and lore connecting to the show’s past history with Merlin and Nimue and Excalibur and Camelot and the Gods...it was ultimately all for nothing. The crappy Author mythos from Season 4 ended up being more meaningful to the show by the end of its run! This, above all else, is why I do not like this arc, regardless of its quality.

....Its usage of an obscure pop song was great, though!

#Once Upon a Time #ABC #Opinion #Analysis #This has been a PSA

[theonceoverthinker]

AHSKSHSKSHS I JUST FINISHED CHAPTER 23 OF MARITAL BLISS AND I WANT TO CRY YOUR WRITING IS SO GOOD (emphasis on so)

Will you continue it, or is it gonna stay incomplete? Either way I don’t mind and I don’t wanna pressure you into writing, I’m just curious. Thanks for all 23 chapters, they broke me 🙂

I’m trying to figure out the best way to answer this. If you can believe it, you’re the third person in as many weeks to ask about an update.

The passion that others have for my fic, it’s honestly so nice that it’s moving in many ways.

While the love of this fic has never been greater, my ability to write it doesn’t fully match it.

But at the same time, I WANT to keep writing it. Chapter 24 — last time I checked — is like 75% done. I’ve just had a lot of trouble following through on completing that chapter. I’ve been playing around in different fandoms and even in OUAT, other fics — fuck other Golden Hook fics — are things I think of more. I still intend to finish “A Tumultuous Embrace” and my imprisoned soulmates fic.

But THAT BEING SAID, I don’t feel completely ready to dismiss abandoning “Marital Bliss” either. I want to continue it.

I apologize for the inconclusive nature of this response, but I will say that response like yours are what push me to keep the inkling of interest in going back to it.

Perhaps as a compromise, if you have any questions about the story — spoilers or otherwise — I’d be happy to share what I have planned. I feel like after so long without an update, it’s the very least I can do for my fans (And this offer is extended to any “Marital Bliss” fans).

Thank you for asking this and giving me a more widespread means of addressing my thoughts about “Marital Bliss.” Should you wish to ask questions, you are more than welcome to do so via asks or IMs.

In the meantime, while they are not romance-based, I have written other Rumple and Killian fics. I have three fics that take place in 4A where Rumple tortures Killian as well as on where the two have a pseudo whump/buddy comedy trip. Perhaps you might enjoy them!

#golden hook #ouat

[intothewickedwood]

Elsa (OUAT) for the character bingo

No one can unerstand how much I love her. I adore her in all media but Ouat Elsa has a special place in my heart and might be my favourite version. Recently, I've been reading a lot of s4 crack recaps and it's making me love her a million times more than I used to, especially with it being pointed out how obviously in love she was with Emma (that's true for me anyway). I just want her to be happy and for her to find the girlfriend of her dreams. She's adorable and I can't wait to rewatch 4a so I can see her and Anna again!

Thank you again for all these, Maria <3. It was really lovely of you to send them and they've all been really enjoyable to answer! :D

#ouat #once upon a time #elsa #elsa of arendelle #ouat elsa #ask game #am*

[truessences]

Should I start watching once upon a time? How many seasons is it?

Thanks for your question!

There are technically 7 seasons but most people will only say there are 6 because the 7th season was supposed to be a soft reboot and it didn't quite work out.

I personally didn't mind it, it wasn't fantastic like the first two seasons but it was fine lol. I want to reboot it one day myself lol.

But if you like fairy tales and like to see how they connect, it's a good show. I think the first two seasons are the best, that first season is really killer. It starts to do this thing in season 3 where it has 3A and 3B and 4A and 4B stuff where each half of the season kind of follows a new story and I personally don't think it always works but I always enjoyed the story and the casting. If there is one thing OUAT did so fucking well, was the casting.

Also there are some really great episodes, like the beauty and the beast one, is so good.

Some personal stand outs: Regina, Rumple, Snow (in earlier seasons particularly), Zelena, Merlin, Jefferson.

There is also a short lived spin-off, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and it's not nearly as good but I did like it lol.

Give it a try!

#anon asks #true answers #ouat #once upon a time #totally watch this show