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spartanguard · 10 months

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sons of love and death, 1/13 {CSSNS 23}

Summary: After the Final Battle, Killian Jones had finally settled into his happily ever after with his wife and family. Until a new foe arrived in Storybrooke: the infamous Dorian Gray, who looks rather familiar—one might say identical—to the pirate, and he's on a mission: to claim the powers of the Dark One for himself. There's only one problem: the Dark One no longer exists. What follows is a journey of vengeance, revelations, magic, and finally facing down the darkness within himself that Killian thought he'd finally put to rest. [roughly canon divergent from 5B, though set post-canon]

A/N: It's time for @cssns 2023! Although this story has been in the works for a VERY long time—since fall of 2015, in fact, when a casual manip of some set photos featuring a mirror image of Killian was floating around tumblr and I was suddenly overcome with the desire to see two Killians. (Note that this was WELL before we actually had two Killians in canon!) A not-so-anonymous prompt (from one @kat2609 ) requested I follow that idea, and I started to—but then canon happened and meant the canon-divergent idea I'd been playing with no long worked. And so it sat for quite a while, until I sat down last year to finally hash it out. And here we are! Hope you enjoy this adventure—which is also complete! Eternal thanks to @optomisticgirl for her excellent beta skills on the whole thing! Quick note: the text in italics (or not in italics, during flashbacks) are quotes taken from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (considering I also borrowed the main character, in what I hope is an OUAT-esque take on that tale).

rated M | 1.9k words [prologue] | AO3

The man approached the barrier. An untrained eye might only see the neon line on the pavement, but he could tell that wasn't all—he could feel it. The hum of magic dinned quietly in his ears and made his skin prick ever so slightly, raising the hairs on the back of his neck. He held his hand up to the invisible wall and closed his eyes, concentrating on some unknown. A cigarette burned at his lips and a bit of ash fell on his leather motorcycle jacket, yet it rolled off the material like water.

In a few moments, his hand began to glow a fiery orange, matching the ember at the end of his roll; slowly, he passed the limb through the barrier, feeling a tingle as he did so. A wicked grin covered his face as he opened his eyes and continued to walk over the town line. He tossed the butt of the cigarette off the edge of the road, not caring if fire caught—things tended to go up in flames wherever he went, anyway.

Centuries of chasing down the Dark One were about to pay off. He'd finally take what was rightfully his—what Rumpelstiltskin had stolen—and finally claim the darkest magic known to man for himself.

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Signs pointed the way into town. Despite being in a land without magic, this little village was brimming with it. He almost felt as if he was drowning in light magic, even though the town was created by the Dark Curse. As he walked past the cemetery, he picked up a whiff of something different; curiosity piqued, he followed the pull to a mausoleum. Getting in was easy, and he had to admit, that was quite a collection of hearts. But it didn't belong to the Dark One; this must be that of the Evil Queen who dragged everyone here in the first place.

In his time spent with Zoso, he’d grown accustomed to the feel of the Dark One's magic, and the few times he'd been near closing in on Rumpelstiltskin, he easily recognized it. But here—he wasn’t sure. There was something in the air, but he couldn’t put a finger on it; it was just outside the cusp of his awareness. But magic worked differently here, so he kept searching.

Another cigarette fell to ash as he trekked out of the graveyard. He tossed the remains on a random grave (Neal something, whoever the poor sap was), and promptly lit another one. Tobacco was just one of his many vices; women, booze, and gambling rounded out the list of usuals, but magic was by far his biggest, and while he had plenty of his own, he craved more—of a specific variety. After all, the only way to get rid of a temptation was to yield to it. Resist, and the soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.

It was a short walk to the main drag of the town. A seedy bar, ridiculously named The Rabbit Hole, was definitely calling to his baser instincts. The diner across the street was still open, and a few town residents were making their way home in the twilight. He pulled the hood of his sweatshirt up to hide his face, letting the embers from the cigarette illuminate his jagged scar, strong nose, and blue eyes in a threatening manner.

To his surprise, though, the few people he passed on his journey to nowhere-yet actually acknowledged his presence, and even seemed to give him a nod or a smile—he certainly wasn’t the neighborly type, so why these dimwitted townsfolk saw fit to welcome him was baffling.

By the time he reached the street corner, it was forgotten, as something far more interesting had captured his interest: Dark One...residue, he supposed. There was no sign of the actual sorcerer, but he’d definitely been nearby, and left a trace. The trail seemed to lead him to one Mr. Gold’s Pawnshop. It was faint, but there was definitely something sinister about the little storefront—so many of the seemingly random objects displayed in the window had any number of macabre uses. Definitely his kind of place.

He tried to turn the doorknob, but it wouldn’t budge. So he waited a moment. Again, his palm glowed orange, and a hissing sound filled the air as he melted his way in. With the knob and deadbolt reduced to molten metal, pushing the door open was nothing, and he proceeded to investigate the shop.

The more he looked around, the more he knew that he’d found the man he was looking for. Who else would have a pair of creepy marionettes on full display? Or a seemingly innocuous collection of cursed animal horns? A hand preserved in a glass jar caught his attention; he had to admire someone who kept such trophies around.

But he was here to find the dagger. He couldn’t rely on his extra senses to find it in a shop full of magical objects, so he’d just have to dig on his own. He began searching through cabinets and drawers, overturning stacks of paper and storming through boxes. It was actually an impressive mess he made. There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful. But nothing.

He ran a hand through his hair in frustration, but knew that he wouldn't get anywhere else until the next day.

The night was still young, though, so he made the quick trip back to The Rabbit Hole. The dingy bar was just what he needed to blow off steam: low lights, loud music, and ample ladies. A pretty brunette on the dance floor caught his eye, and the bartender took his order: the finest whiskey, on the rocks, keep 'em coming. He could afford a night of fun before he finally—finally—took what was his.

He didn't notice the sideways glances that followed him as he began to grind with the girl, hips moving in time with the music and each other. He was used to them.

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The next morning's sun was too bright and the air too crisp for his hungover self to appreciate; if he had any say, it would be cloudy and murky, just like his mind. The girl he went home with last night—Tisbe or something equally ridiculous—kicked him out early, leaving him on the streets of this absurd town with a raging headache and an empty stomach.

He threw open the door to the diner and slouched onto a stool at the counter, unaware of the dying buzz of the patrons as he did so. The elderly proprietress of the establishment asked him a question, but he was still too unfocused to properly hear it or respond and so grunted an assent; hopefully, she was asking if he wanted coffee. He'd really take anything right now.

The woman paused after his half-assed response, then walked away. As he studied the dated pattern of the counter, he heard a scoff from the seat next to him. "What's your deal, man?"

Blearily, he looked up; a short, stocky man with a thick beard was glaring at him. "What's it to you?" he slurred.

"I saw you at the Rabbit Hole last night and now you're being a dick to Granny?"

"And now I get to be a dick to you: fuck off, dwarf." He was in no mood for a lecture. He knew what kind of person he was.

"I told you I was gonna keep my eye on you. Guess you haven't changed."

Enough. He grabbed the dwarf's collar and stared him down. "You don't know me, pal. And if you think you do, you're sorely mistaken."

"Hey man, back off." The dwarf pushed back and he tumbled from his stool.

"Oh, you'll regret that," he said as he slowly stood. When he turned back to face the dwarf, a fireball was at the ready; he relished the way his foe's eyes widened.

He pulled back, ready to send the flame flying, but before he could, he saw a fist and then nothing.

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If he thought his hangover was bad, whatever this was was worse. His body was a solid bruise; he was sure of it. He remembered being punched but he must have fallen, too, and the scene from the diner slowly came back to him. His stomach grumbled in protest of still not having any food, and the echoing groan from his lips told the story for the rest of his body.

Sunlight streamed in through a window and had just reached an angle to hit him directly in the eyes, which made him realize he was lying down on something hard. Before the light had blinded him, he made out the too-familiar sight of bars and figured he was in this town's version of prison. He rolled over in an attempt to escape the sun, prompting a chuckle from somewhere nearby.

"Haven't you inbreds heard of blinds?" he barked, his voice hoarse.

"I'm surprised you even know what those are." It was a man's voice and he sounded annoyed.

"You clearly don't." He slowly opened his eyes so he could adjust to the room's brightness. The cool gray cinderblock was a good start.

"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 fuck is Emma?" Something weird was going on, but his brain hurt too much to process it.

"I the fuck 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. He still cursed their lack of window hangings.

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 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 Killian."

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thanks for reading! (longer chapters to come!) tagging some peeps (let me know if you do/don’t want a tag!) @kat2609 @xpumpkindumplingx @shipsxahoy @mryddinwilt @cocohook38 @annytecture @shireness-says @ohmightydevviepuu @wistfulcynic @pirateherokillian @colinoeyebrows @wingedlioness @word-bug @thisonesatellite @wellhellotragic @welllpthisishappening @let-it-raines @killianmesmalls @thejollyroger-writer @ineffablecolors @ive-always-been-a-pirate @nfbagelperson @stubblesandwich @phiralovesloki @athenascarlet @kmomof4 @ilovemesomekillianjones @whimsicallyenchantedrose @snowbellewells @idristardis @scientificapricot @searchingwardrobes @donteattheappleshook @jrob64 @the-darkdragonfly @stahlop @klynn-stormz @resident-of-storybrooke

#cs ff #killian jones ff #cssns 2023 #captain swan supernatural summer #sons of love and death #my ff

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ouatsqincorrect · 5 months

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I think my favourite episode is 4x13 because I love to see Regina and Maleficent together. But I also like Emma in that episode. That whole ep she runs through the town searching for Regina. And her reaction when she founds out Regina is undercover with a dragon! You can practically touch the jealousy (like it has been all season since Maleficent was there)! But I also like 4x12 bc Emma was ready to risk everything to make sure Regina is save!

What is YOUR favourite ep?👀

darkness on the edge of town is my absolute favorite. it’s just easy, you know? emma’s just running around, trying to save regina. snow and david are having their little freak out moment but it’s mainly offscreen and ursula, cruella, and rumple are headed into town but what else is new? just peaceful all things considered lmao. plus i think it’s one of the last like…really easy episodes of ouat to watch before things get. you know. s5/6ish.

but i do really love enter the dragon. regina’s relationship with maleficent is something i really wish they would’ve explored more because there was just soooo much potential there

#ask

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likehandlingroses · 1 year

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OUAT Rewatch 4x13 - Darkness on the Edge of Town

All that we seek is just beyond that line. So please: if you think you can find your way into this town and face all that light magic without my help, then be my guest. But if you can just trust me, you won’t just get inside Storybrooke - you’ll be invited.

#ouat #once upon a time #ouatedit #once upon a time edit #emma swan #regina mills #cruella de vil #ursula #rumplestiltskin #rumpelstiltskin #ouat rewatch 2022

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intothewickedwood · 2 years

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Once Upon A Time Rewatch: Links to My Recaps

So, I finished 3 year long rewatch of ouat & ouatiw a few weeks ago and I thought I’d post links to my live reaction posts of each episode. If anyone’s interested in anything specific you can find it here. It’s also just to have them all in one place. I would love to see your comments about the episodes or in regards to any questions I raised, or anything really if you would like to add anything! I’d love to talk Ouat with you!

All Episodes Tag

Chronological Order | Last To First Order

Season One

Season Two

Season Three

Season Four

Season Five

Season Six

Season Seven

Once Upon A Time In Wonderland

#ouat #once upon a time #captain swan #rumbelle #snowing #emma swan #regina mills #killian jones #curious archer #knightrook #alice jones #mary margaret blanchard #david nolan #henry mills #ouatiw #ouat rewatch #ouat rewatch 2019

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eirian-houpe · 1 year

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TMI Tuesday

Happy Tuesday - has it really been a month since I last posted on of these?

Life has been crazy and busy, and busy and crazy, and then I took a vacation. I did manage to write a chapter of Secret of the Seas while away (aboard a ship), but since I got back I haven’t had a chance to type it up or edit it. Hopefully soon. I also still have some chapters of Disparate Pathways, and Time’s Curse to edit and post - again, soon!

Anyway, go on and drop me an ask and let me know what you’d like to see updated next. If you drop me an ask like that, I’ll give you a tidbit for the named fic. How’s that for a fair exchange?

Otherwise, here are some other suggestions for you…

Ask suggestions

Ask something about any of my fics (full list is below the cut). If you want specifics from some fics that are already outlined, you can ask about:

Disparate Pathways, Chapters 48 through 56 All Our Past Mistakes, Chapters 11 through 44 Lover’s Leap Series, Stories 15 through 31 Time’s Curse, Chapters 4 through 10 Laer o Faen, Chapter 27 & 28 Stargate: Atlantis, Harms Way or any of the 20 fics in the series.

Ask something of any of my characters in general or you can get really specific if you like - for example you might want to ask Gold from Pawn Shop a question about a chapter, a thought, a feeling… (the world is your oyster really)

Ask about my process as a writer, what makes me tick,, or even ask about me personally. Almost nothing is off limits.

Also, if you want to see a specific character or fic featured in Three Things Thursday, or Saturday Secret, feel free to send in prompts, if no one does, then either the choice will be random or they just won’t happen at all. I made an analogy for why that might be in a different post about a car stuck in the mud with spinning wheels. Those wheels are still spinning!

Please remember: if you read a fic you enjoyed on AO3 or on Tumblr (not just mine), please take the time to comment and/or leave kudos, and to reach out on TMI Tuesday. It means a lot to the writers and artists.

You can find all my fics currently on AO3 here, and there is a full list under this cut.

Storybrooke’s Best Kept Secret - Rumbelle

Darkness In Hyperion Heights - Woven Beauty au

Seven Tastes - Rumbelle

Tuesday - Rushbelle AU

The Language of Flowers Series - Rumbelle

Disparate Pathways - Rumbelle AU

Scattered - Rumbelle AU

All Our Past Mistakes - Rumbelle AU

What the Actual Fuck! - Sutherelle

Breathe - Rushbelle

The Lover’s Leap Series - Rumbelle

Awakening - Rumbelle

War Is Coming To Storybrooke - Rumbelle

Given No Choice - Rush

Thoughts On A Happy Ending Series - Rumbelle

Darker Hearts Series - Wish!Rumbelle

Modern Wonders - a OUAT/Alice crossover

Time’s Curse - Rumbelle

The Pawn Shop On Main Street - Rumbelle

The Mansion On the Edge of Town - Rumbelle with a side of Jefferson

Cobra: In Your Prayers - Cobra/FatWS/UC:Undercover et al

To See Series - Rumbelle

Nobody Knew (Bingo) - Rumbelle

Secret of the Seas - Rumbelle AU

Butterfly and Phoenix - ST:DSC

Laer o Faen - Tolkien

Ship’s Rats - ST: DCS

I Amar Boe Men Heb - Tolkien

Coming Down - Halt and Catch Fire

Armor of Ice - Halt and Catch Fire

Duath i-Achas Eriol - Tolkien

Balance of Terror - Sleeper Cell

What To Believe - UC: Undercover

If: In The End - UC Undercover

Precious - The Mummy Series

Forbidden - The Mummy Series

Power Is - The Mummy Series

Angel of the Heart - The Mummy Series

Star of the Morning - The Mummy Series

Not Yours To Keep - Foundation (TV)

No Saving Throw - Stranger Things

Here are fics that haven’t yet been started, but are in the Muse’s bucket.

The Miner’s Day Festival - Rumbelle

Aftermath - Rumbelle (with a side of madness)

Saving The Dark One (WT) A twist on a twist of Rumplestiltskin.

Brought To You By The Color… (Red)

Calcul(us)

(In)consistent equation

The Boston Storybrooke Line

Breaking the Waves (Movie AU)

ILP (or IEP) for Rumple.

One Last Wish

In Service to My Son

Playground Games

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed

“Only Remembered For What We Have Done.”

Librarian: UC

Exquisite Harmonies

Resolutions - Rushbelle in the Deck the Halls universe.

#TMI Tuesday #asks #send asks #send me asks #ask me anything #ama #feel free to prompt me

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skywitchmaja · 1 year

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top 5 tv series? (or tv episodes if that's more fun)

adventure time is my number one. full stop. no doubts no questions. if i had to pick one episode— ooo! i don’t think i could even pick five episodes of adventure time alone, but if someone has never seen an episode of an adventure time, i would recommend slumber party panic, it is a good first episode.

after that. hm.

succession is my current namesake so there’s something to that, i guess we’ll soon see if there’s a strong finish! i’d pick the season one finale simply for the uptown girl needle drop honestly.

and then revolutionary girl utena bc like. narratives 🤩. the episode where nanami is trying to prank anthy by putting a snail in her pencil case, only to find that anthys pencil case is already full of snails.

and i haven’t even mentioned a sitcom yet what an egregious oversight!! ugh okay i have to say 30 rock for probably shaping who i am as a person for better or worse, rosemary’s baby. and it’s very early in its lifespan to name abbott elementary, but i’m going to name abbott elementary. early to chose an episode too but the conference was quite good.

and hmmm welllllllll… the other shows i want to mention aren’t necessarily “””””goood”””” BUT they have at various times consumed my life and they deserve a mention for that so here’s to teen wolf and motel california, ouat and hmm darkness on the edge of town, and riverdale with…. the jughead paradox i guess, idk, for some reason it’s hard to distinguish individual episodes in my mind. ooo! and the oc rainy day women. and!! oh my god i almost forgot!! greys anatomy the bomb episode.

another honorable mention for my own personal firefly, the wilds </3 episode, hm, the episode with dots birthday :-)

#this is so fun and i totally know how to count to five :-)#one. two. three. four. four and a half. five and a quarter. five and a half. five and three quarters… six! oh wait how’d that happen?#anyway thank you! :-)#asks

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vargesz · 2 years

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#swan queen #swanqueenedit #ouatedit #emmaswanedit #reginamillsedit #lana parrilla #ouat #once upon a time #jennifer morrison #2.22 and straight on 'til morning #4.05 breaking glass #4.12 darkness on the edge of town #5.17 her handsome hero #5.20 firebird #6.01 the savior #mine #mine: once upon a time #mine: once upon a time . gif set #mine: once upon a time . parallels

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wicked-storybrooke · 3 years

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4x13 Darkness on the Edge of Town for @dailyonce Timestamp Roulette Event

#ouatedit #ouat #userdailyonce #regina mills #emma swan #killian jones #reginamillsedit #emmaswanedit #killianjonesedit #captain hook #ouat 4x13 #captainhookedit #4x13 darkness on the edge of town #s4 #4b #mine #my edit #my gifset #timestamp roulette

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sweetbuckybarnes · 2 years

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Hospital Trips

Pairings: Captain Killian Jones + Emma Swan

Summary: Emma slips whilst in the shower calls Killian in a 'damsel in distress' moment, and she has to go to the hospital.

Killian was sketching out the bay of Storybrooke when his telephone device started ringing, and with a smile on his face - he saw the face of Emma, Henry had taken a picture of his Swan one night at Granny's.

"Swan! To what do I owe the pleasure?" Killian said, bringing the phone to his ear, he felt like his face would split from the smile on his face.

"I need you to go find my dad, I slipped in the bath, I think I need to go to the hospital," Emma said into the phone, and that's when Killian heard the shower still running and the occasional slip of her foot against the tub.

Killian got up from the table/desk and started scrambling around for his jacket. "I. I'll be there as quickly as possible, love," Killian promises as he makes his way out of his room at Granny's and quickly stop at the station to get David.

Killian barged into the Sherriff's station and saw David sitting behind the deputy's desk (on any given day, Killian would have laughed to himself that David is the deputy to his own daughter), but his worry for Emma short-circuited his brain.

"Emma called, she's slipped and we need to get her to the hospital," Killian says, rather quickly pulling David from his paperwork, and up to look at Killian.

David scooped up his car keys, the pair ran out of the door and made their way towards the loft.

Killian and David arrived at the loft, they heard the running walker from the bathroom - and Killian made his way over. "Swan?" He called, and a shout back allowed him in.

He saw the woman he'd fallen rather hard and fast, laying in the bathtub, with a fluffy bath towel wrapped around her.

"Hey," she gave him a smile, and Killian offered his hand and hook - knowing she's got more of a chance of getting out of the tub with both of his arms rather than one.

"I think I've dislocated my shoulder," Emma said, Killian had taken one look at it - and knew that she had, he had seen many different dislocated bones during his time in the navy and his pirating days.

Killian had helped Emma into a flowy blouse (that he'd swiped on the way out of his room, one that was from his aforementioned pirating days) and something called 'yoga pants', that David handed to him, when Emma was propped up against him and was handed the pants.

Killian lifted Emma up off her feet and carried her out of the bathroom and down to the car with David trailing after him.

David and Killian went up to the counter and got a form to fill out. "From what the nurse said, you'll be seen after Leroy who claims to be having a heart attack, but appears well enough to be playing Doodle Jump on his phone..." David tilts his head, thinking for a second and then shook it, looking back to the form.

"Describe illness or injury," Killian said, as David began filling out some of the information on the form - however, he didn't know the majority of Emma's life (there were still gaps in between stories).

"I dislocated my shoulder," Emma said, as Killian rested his arm around her, rubbing her side.

"And how did the accident occur?" David said after he finished writing down what he knew.

Emma looked over at her father. "You already know that," she says, tilting her head back and looking at the ceiling.

"Cause of accident: Slipped in the tub," David said, making Emma roll her eyes.

Killian noticed that David had missed out some of Emma's medical history. "Okay, medical history," Killian said, Emma chose not to say anything that her father didn't put down some of her medical history...

"Dia- Diabetes? What the bloody hell is that?!" Killian says, looking at the form that David held.

"It's to do with the insulin in your body, and no," Emma explains.

"Kidney disease?" Killian raised an eyebrow to look down at Emma.

"No," Emma said, and she knew that she would have to explain some of these to Killian later.

"Migraines?" Killian asked, having heard that weird before, he'd been around Emma when she'd had a migraine before (Milah had some with the sun shining on the ocean, bouncing back into her eyes).

"Getting one," Emma complained, resting her head on Killian's shoulder.

Killian's eyes widen when he saw the next question. "Are you pregnant?" He asked, looking down at Emma, he knows they've done... things... And she had promised that with 'modern medicine' that she wouldn't get pregnant (at some point, he hopes that she will have a child with him, he's holding out hope).

"No," Emma shut down quickly, rolling her eyes (maybe one day she would have a baby with Killian, but not right now).

David looked over at his daughter and looked at her face. "Are you sure? You look a bit puffy," David commented, remembering how Snow looked when she was pregnant with the woman who was sat in the chair next to the pirate with a dislocated shoulder.

Killian knew from the moment that what David had just said, he wouldn't be a man alive - and considering the withering glare that Emma gave her father, she really wasn't happy. "Change migraine to yes," she stated looking away from her father.

Killian knew that he was in trouble with what he was about to ask the woman he is seeing and is absolutely crazy about. "When was your last menstrual period?" He said, Emma's eyes widened and she silently gasped.

"Oh. Next question!" She exclaimed, rolling her eyes, and looked away from her father.

"I'll put 'In Progress'," David said, making Emma fling her head to give him the look at him, and Killian brought his arm around Emma and calmed her down. "Okay, moving on to psychiatric disorders. List all major behavioural diagnosis, e.g. depression, anxiety, etc." David said, making Emma roll her eyes once again, and look at her father.

"Oh my God, what the hell does this have to do with my stupid shoulder?!" She exclaimed, resting her head on Killian's shoulder, as he gently massaged her shoulder.

"Episodes of sub-psychotic rage," David commented, making Emma sigh extremely heavily.

She looked at her father and then looked straight ahead. "Ass," she's 30-years-old, despite the fact that this is her father - she really didn't like people calling things out on her that wasn't true.

"Possible Tourette's," David wrote down.

Dr Whale and simply took Emma's hand and popped her shoulder back into its socket - then bandaged it up and sent the three on their way.

The three arrived back in the loft, Henry got up from his place on the chair, ran over to his mother, being careful of her arm and hugged his birth mother.

"I'm ok, kid, Dr Whale just popped it back in, I'll be fine," Emma said, running her fingers through her son's hair - smiling as he looked up at her with a happy smile on his face.

"I'm happy you're ok, mom," Henry said into her other shoulder and she rocks him back and forth - as she pressed a kiss to his head.

#once upon a time #ouat #captain swan fanfic #captain swan #captain hook | killian jones #emma swan #prince charming | david nolan #victor frankenstein | dr. whale #henry mills #based on a big bang episode #s03e08 the adhesive duck deficiency #injured emma #six weeks before s04e12: darkness on the edge of town

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yellowbugifs · 2 years

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once upon a time 4x13 - We all have something in common, apart from mutual distaste. We're villains. And it's time the villains got their happy endings.

#captain swan #emmaswanedit #hookedit #ouatedit #ouat #once upon a time #s4 #ogpe #darkness on the edge of town

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dinneratgrannys · 10 months

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ONCE UPON A TIME 4.13, Darkness on the Edge of Town

#ouatedit #onceuponatimeedit #swanqueenedit #once upon a time #ouat #swan queen #emma swan #regina mills #s4 #4x13 darkness on the edge of town #dynamic: swan queen #event: rewatch 22 #y'all know my favorite emma ship is cs but there is just no straight explanation for this moment

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celticheartedfangirl · 4 years

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My OUAT Rewatch -- S4E13 -- Darkness on the Edge of Town

Link to Rewatch Review and Ranking archive

Me walking into the second half of this season knowing damn well the bullshit that awaits me . . . .

Look, this is a decent episode, loaded with woobie Gold, professor noodles, and hot damn, Rumple is back. As outlined in this post here:

https://celticheartedfangirl.tumblr.com/post/112510523992/detectiveweaver-he-went-from-0-to-100-real-quick

BTW -- Professor noodles:

https://delintthedarkone.tumblr.com/post/112894415708/until-we-get-an-official-name-im-calling-him

There’s a lot of awesome in this episode. Cruella and Ursula. The Queens of Darkness flashback. Some damn good Swan Queen. Snow thinking the damn Chernabog is a FAIRY, girl, WTF????

But then you have the BS. Emma and her lamp, and this shit:

Okay, I’ll be honest -- I’m trying -- TRYING to really be low key on my Hook hate. Yes, this has been me trying. But I have just about reached my breaking point, so I gotta ask.

What is he even FOR???? And why???? Aside from eye candy and to appease the shallow faction of the fandom -- what purpose is there for him there????? I just . . . . .

Me every time Hook is on my screen

ALSO me every time I have to wade through 800 million fucking screen caps and gifs of the Emma and Hook face suck festival of that episode when I’m doing my reviews. I hope those of you who are reading these appreciate my suffering.

I’ll save that gif above for Season 6 . . . . . . . .

Points tally:

40 points to start

5 points for Swan Queen

10 points deducted for the fucking Hook and Belle scene, GTFO

Never fucking forget

5 points deducted for Hook in general

I’ll give 15 bonus points for just a bunch of Rumple goodness in this episode. There was lots of it.

Total points: 45

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#celtichearted ouat ranking #darkness on the edge of town #anti hook #anti cs #ouat criticism

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intothewickedwood · 4 years

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Once Upon A Time Rewatch: 4x12 Darkness on the Edge of Town

It’s my birthday Tuesday, so I have an exciting week ahead. I’m excited! Party food! Yummy! And gonna watch Bare: A Pop Opera and Next to Normal and cry my eyes out over them on the day, as is tradition xD!

Back to the rewatch

I miss the Frozen arc characters so much already! I wish they’d stayed in Storybrooke.

Maleficent: “I don’t bow down to fish.”

I guess Ursula’s a princess, then? Or a demigod? Is she Percy Jackson’s sister is the real question?

Maleficent: “I’m the person whose valet you either knocked out, strangled, or tried to impregnate. I don’t know what those tentacles are for.” Oh my God lmao x’D!

Cruella’s smelly breath powers!

8:15 again, of course!

It’s nice to see everyone just chilling out.

So MM still teaches Henry? Cool! 

Granny babysitting :)!

Chill out Killian, my dude

I guess Belle and Killian are buddies now

I wonder if Ursula can talk to fish. She called the ones in her house her babies.

I seriously hope that coat is not made of puppies!!

Go back to your girlfriend, Cruella! Sea Devil liiiiives!

Cruella: “Not exactly the religious sort.” Well her surname is De Vil lol.

This has always confused me. First they say Rumple created the dark curse, then the Queens of Darkness have to retrieve it for him, then they say the Black Fairy created it. Which one is it? I’m gonna go with, the Black Fairy created it, Runple needed it retrieved and then he claimed to have created it. Perhaps he made some adjustments to it.

Rumple, Ursula and Cruella ordering food at a drive in is freaking hilarious!!

Regina conquered entire realms? When?! And which ones?!

Oh yeah! I remember Rumple was the Professor Belle was in contact with! Very sneaky!

But Regina didn’t even say an incantation, like Belle said.

The fairies are freeeeee!

I wonder what it was like in there.

Uh oh! Did Rumple mean for that chernabog thing to be released too??

Couldn’t they have just followed Rumple through the door or have Maleficent teleport them out? 

Oh yeah. I remember they thought the Author and the Sorcerer were one in the same at one point.

Why does the Sorcerer have the Author’s books? And Blue seems like she knows a lot more than she’s telling them. The way she said “no.” when Regina asked if she knew who the Author is seemed so shady.

Why are they assuming the Author is a dude?

If I saw that huge-ass monster I would simply run the hell home!

Just teleport, Mal!

Can’t Cruella control it?

Honestly, I’m surprised Cruella’s heart doesn’t have the most potential for darkness. She killed her own parents! Maleficent must have done some messed up stuff.

Cool scene! I love it when Emma and Regina use their magic together.

Couldn’t Regina have turned it to dust, like she did with Daniel?

If that’s the phone he used in SB, won’t they recognise his number?

Regina: “The Sea Bitch.”

Oh, they did recognise his number! That should have made them suspicious.

I wonder how Regina and this Ursula know each other.

Ursula about Cruella: “Yes. We’re back together” Sea Devil is canon!

Ursula helped Mal! That was very kind! Ursula does have a heart for other people. She always did. Maybe that’s something she’s tried to repress but she didn’t wanna kill pirate’s all those years ago and now she won’t let someone else be destroyed by that monster.

I wonder how they found Ingrid’s scroll

I like the twist that Emma had the most potential for darkness.

Love this car scene.

Aww. Regina tried to sacrifice herself for Emma.

Imagine having those huge hands try to grab you. Zoinks!

One thing about the Queens of Darkness is that none of them were ever all that formidable. We didn’t see them do many evil things in the past (except for Cruella, but by then it was too late) and we didn’t see them do many evil things in the present. I wasn’t genuinely frightened for the heroes like Zelena or Peter Pan made me. I didn’t find their presence as intriguing as Ingrid’s. I like them all well enough but when we were told they were going to have an arc, I was expecting to be genuinely scared for the heroes’ lives. I’ve always seen Maleficent as one of the most formidable and powerful Disney Villains. She’s probably my favourite. I’d have liked her to inspire more fear and for her to have shown even more of her power. They needed to have them kill in the present day, I think.

Poor Rumple. I wouldn’t have trusted them to let him in. He looks so sad. He’s got literally no reason to trust them.

That was very kind of them to let him in. I bet it was Ursula’s idea. While I’d put Mal and Cruella in Slytherin, I think I’d put Ursula in Gryffindor. Yes he says he’s going to help them but I think she did it because he helped get them that far and she wasn’t about to leave him in the middle of nowhere. Ursula has a big heart y’all! She just tries to hide it!

How on Earth would Cruella know that Malificent’s dead?

And how does Maleficent not die? What kind of creature is she? A fairy, like in Sleeping Beauty? That could explain how Blue woke up after being killed by that shadow monster!

Snowing, please just tell Emma what you did! I’m still annoyed that the writers made them do that.

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