#▌✤ ❝ merida ;; behavior

[twisted-dork]

Ctimene Headcanons Her Relationship With Her Family (+Polites and Ares)

(+What she mainly calls them)

Mom (Anticlea): 8/10 I can see Anticlea disapproving of Ctimene being a bit of a tomboy but loves her regardless like any good (I said good, not great) mother would but is still vocal about her wishing that Ctimene would act more like a girl than a warrior. Despite this they have a good relationship from their often gossiping together, spending time together, to the times of Ctimene having a bad day only to be held in her mother’s arms like she always did for her and Odysseus since they were infants.

Father (Laërtes): 4/10 Laërtes and Ctimene used to have a good relationship before he went crazy. He would give her gifts and treasures he knew she would like, he would tell her stories of heroes, and he often carried her around. But when he was crazy he would sometimes not recognize her and treated her like a stranger until Anticlea reminded him who Ctimene was. They would have their moments but Ctimene wishes they could go back to what they once were.

Big Brother (Odysseus): Odysseus would be to Ctimene like Fergus (Merida’s father) is to Merida. He wouldn’t care that Ctimene would ‘do things a princess shouldn’t do’ if anything I feel like he would take pride in being the first person to say teach her to shoot a bow and arrow (Merida and The Challenge reference). And despite having rival war gods as their Patrons they have a more healthy sibling relationship than Ares and Athena. Let me paint you a scenario: If Odysseus were to win against a duel between them he would help her get up before ruffling her hair and instructing her what she did wrong and how she could improve. But if Ctimene were to win the duel she would cheer in excitement before doing a victory dance and saying how she was the best (classic sibling behavior). Odysseus knew that he wanted her to be happy so when he noticed that his friend Eurylochus would look at her as though she was the only person he was seeing and she would smile awkwardly at him he knew. So when his best friend asked to marry her he knew his answer not caring to hear the rest of his friend’s claim and unknowingly accepted a dowry for Ctimene marriage that he later gifted her as a wedding present. He is the number 1 Eurymene shipper. Through it all they both know that they can at least trust each other even if it feels like everything and everyone is against them.

Polites: Best friends who annoy Odysseus for fun sake’s. The number 3 Eurymene shipper. Knows what cheers her up when she’s down. Was adopted as another brother by her. Was either the flower boy (Hercules Mulligan) or Man of Honor at her wedding.

Ares: The number 2 Eurymene shipper. Even though Ctimene knew the story of Ares as a warrior and how he represented the bad parts of war she couldn’t help but admire the god for how caring he seemed to be with Aphrodite, Artemis (helping her with the Amazon warriors), Hera, and his daughters even killing a son of Poseidon because he had assaulted his daughter if anything she was shocked that not that many people in their kingdom worship him but she did. She made a little alter dedicated to the God of war and would always make sure that it was up to standards for the god. When he chose her as his champion she was ecstatic. As he trained her she began to view him as a father figure and she knew he cared for her like a daughter even if he never admitted it.

I attempted to draw her in the traditional way but I will say I didn’t get the hair right

[pjharvey-moved]

GAYEST pj harvey songs. not strictly in order just a starting guide incase any gay people who follow me still don’t listen to her. some of these selections require explanations which will follow.

yuri-g

catherine

o stella (“is it gay or religious imagery?” type vibes here which i know lots of you go nuts over)

my beautiful leah (kind of liability “i’ll go home to the girl i love” vibes bc leah was inspired by pj herself and her own mental breakdown while writing is this desire. but also like. hello. EVEN AS I HELD HER SHE WENT OUT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE)

man-size

the letter (letter writing is lesbian behavior.)

the garden (this one is about a gay male couple and i almost forgot to include it cos i was focused on the other end of things but it is the one explicitly homosexual song here)

big exit (BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS I JUST FEEL LIKE IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!)

this is love (back when i still had tiktok i once saw someone on there include this song on a “sapphic love songs” list in a video in full confidence. along with a bunch of songs by actual lesbi artists. i lol’ed a bit)

the pocket knife (gay subtext in the same way merida from the movie brave is gay subtext. very possible the protagonist really feels she is too young to get married. but also she specifically doesn’t want a wedding DRESS, and keeps talking about her pocket knife and its shiny blade. lowkey butch of her.)

[miku-hime]

☀️ 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢

🍄 okayy long story short I got the idea to make up another School located on Sages Island :>

🍄 It's an all-girls behavioral boarding & Magic School for the ages 7 - 18. The School has 5 dorms, and every dorm is based on a Disney princess.

🥿 Orcados - Based on Cinderella.

🐸 Parratol - Based on Tiana

📿 Elephador - Based on Anastasia

✂️ Albasan - Based on Rapunzel

🗡 Alpatel - Based on Mulan

🍄 Every 3 years, a so-called "Dorm Queen" gets choosen from every dorm to represent it in meetings with the Headmaster. The Headmaster is based on Pocahontas.

🍄 FUN FACT! My child oc Nico attends this School and is the Dorm Queen of Alpatel!

🍄 That is the School Uniform. As Students here are supposed to be 'Princess-like' after graduation, the Uniform is long like that to resemble a ball dress.

🍄 The School would be well acquainted with NRC and RSA.

🍄 A few teachers here include:

🍄 Merida based teacher, Mel Vida.

🍄 Mary Poppins based teacher, Maryann Povin

🍄 Belle based Teacher, Tori Verré

🍄 Elsa based Teacher, Petricia Lysa.

🍄 I hope this idea gets some attention 🥹

[yanderes-galore]

Been playing to much Disney mirrorverse now it got me wondering how would Yandere Merida react if she starts to fall for a villain who set fire to things ?

Sure! I love Mirrorverse so I'll see what I got for her :) I struggled on this but I think I got something ^^

Yandere! Mirrorverse! Merida with Pyrokinetic! Villain! Darling

Short Concept

Pairing: Romantic/Platonic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, One-sided enemies to lovers trope, Stalking, Manipulation, Dubious/Forced companionship, Overprotective behavior, Violence.

As a Guardian, Merida is determined and rebellious.

She uses the power of wisps and spirits to help guide her perform her duty as a Guardian.

She has enhanced perception and is an expert tracker around the Mirrorverse.

Fractured are no match for her!

Merida would be Caring, Temperamental, Persistent, Protective, and Obsessive at times.

She most likely met you during a mission to remove Fractured from an area.

She prefers to be independent yet is willing to work with other Guardians.

You may be a villain who got their hands on the Stellar Mirror.

That, or, you work for one of the main villains for one reason or another.

When Merida meets you while scouting, she quickly realizes something needs to be done.

You're a user of pyrokinesis... a power that has the potential to cause more damage than any Fractured ever could.

Merida's first thought is to get help and take you out of commission.

Although before she's able to escape the first time, however, you and her begin to fight.

How the obsession begins is rough.

You're both obviously on different sides and as far as you know Merida could ruin your whole plan.

Merida learns the extent of your abilities and you learn hers in this little fight you have.

Your first meeting concludes by either you being chased off or Merida is.

Her obsession would take more encounters to situate itself in her mind.

That first fight was just a taste... she thought she could take you down alone!

Unfortunately... Merida is ambitious.

It would take many fights with allies to finally take you down.

Merida may gain a small crush on you during fights but her behavior doesn't fully form until she has you caught.

Part of her admits that when she sees you use fire it's... ethereal.

She refuses to accept the idea of a crush so early on.

Once she beats you in a fight, she admits it feels fantastic.

Yet she also feels a bit bad.

Merida begins to learn more about you when you're taken into the Guardians.

Until you learn to 'behave' you're given a charm that cancels your fire powers.

Essentially... in this state you're nearly harmless.

A fact Merida taunts you with at times just to get a reaction.

This is not the first time a villain has been made a Guardian.

It's just with you... it's unwillingly which is more difficult.

Merida takes on the job of settling you in.

The Guardians try to convince you that you should be more careful.

You're being used....

For the most part you don't listen, but once Merida's obsession really starts, that starts to change.

Merida can be caring to those she trusts.

While it will take time to fully trust you... somewhere in Merida does care about you.

Your powers will make you a skilled Guardian with time.

She agrees with her fellow Guardians that you have potential.

The issue is convincing you.

Merida tries to convince you by listing off the benefits.

You half listen to her, finding her attempts to convert you pitiful.

Your lack of cooperation is something that sets off her temperamental trait.

There's times you two have to be separated because of the arguments you two would start with each other.

Despite you angering her at times... something tells Merida to keep trying.

Whenever she looks at you... she feels she can change you.

You must just be misguided.

This makes her persistent.

She does everything from bribes to threats.

Making you become a Guardian will be difficult... if you even do.

She becomes obsessive about this to the point you could probably manipulate her by faking just a little bit of change.

You can manipulate her maybe once before she catches on.

Who knows, maybe you're faking it at the start but soon actually believe your own lies.

A fact Merida would be very pleased with if she found out.

If you convert or just deceive her it doesn't matter to her entirely.

Merida would soon be at the stage where she's overprotective of you no matter the alignment.

The rebellious scout would try to defend you from any sort of distrust you're subject to.

Merida acts like she's your only friend... maybe even something more due to how she defends you so intensely.

It's flattering....

Merida's behavior changes if you are just manipulating her just to get the charm off.

The moment you try to use your fire magic to betray the Guardians, Merida shuts it down.

She'd shoot you down with one of her ethereal arrows, but not enough to kill you.

She's bitterly tell you that this was a punishment before putting the charm back on.

Merida would probably have you chained up even if the Guardians didn't consent to such extremes.

Your wounds will be healed... but you will not taste freedom.

All you'll ever see will be Merida, a loving smile on her face as she caresses your cheek in an attempt to bring you comfort.

You don't deserve this...

She believes she can make you change... she vows to protect you even if you don't...

In the end you're hers and she feels she's yours... she'll stay beside you, even if you are in chains.

[angelsandarsenic]

An ever after high oc?? In this economy??

Guys im having so much trouble with outfits. I have a ton I could show but idk if they're good/eah enough

It is so hard to find Scottish female voices I was about to bite the bullet and make it Kelly macdonald  anywayyyyy there's a short version of their story under the cut i'm not gonna write out a whole long thing so pardon the straightforwardness

Voice claims: Lachlan—Jamie Fraser, outlander  Saoirse—Laoghaire McKenzie—outlander

This story goes…a little differently. 

After the events of Brave, Clan Dunbroch continued to prosper, now in closer link than ever with the other clans. Princess Merida ascended to the throne, but she never did take a lover or have children. Hamish, Hubert and Harris, all grown up, went on to find their own partners and lead their own lives. Their eldest children—Shaun of Macguffin, Ailsa and Alec Macintosh, and Lachlan of Dingwall—are now all eligible for the Dunbroch throne

Now let’s turn back time a little bit.

The ancient kingdom is crumbling. The first prince has gone on a rampage and Isla has just watched her husband turn into a massive bear. 

She flees. 

It takes her two days to find the witch’s cottage. By then the spell had been set in stone, and the witch can tell the woman is with child. She’s not heartless, she wants to help, but all magic comes with a price. So she does the only other thing she knows how and shepherds them through the magic circle to the realm of the faeries, where no one will ever find them. 

~~~

Lachlan is certain he can win the competition for the throne. He wants it. His grandfather definitely wants it. He’s strong, skilled and fast and not afraid to knock his cousins out of the way, however close they may have been as children. Besides, he’s the Queen’s favorite—how could he lose?

The four clans have all gathered for three weeks of festivities and friendly competition before the actual games. After one too many ruthless victories, Lachlan gets in a fight with his cousins. After being scolded by his father for his behavior as well, the young prince has had enough and takes off into the woods to cool down. 

He brings back a girl.

An odd girl, to be sure; her thick braids make two strange piles on her head and she won’t ever tell him where she’s from, but there are no kingdoms or settlements around here, so a girl lost in the forest needs help! She introduces herself as Saoirse before the Queen and quickly gets welcomed to stay. 

Lachlan likes her at first. She’s fiery and mischievous and actually manages to beat him in combat. It’s just a sparring match, he tells himself, it doesn’t actually matter. Except it does matter. Because Saoirse is getting way too close to the Queen and she’s too good at everything for her- her existence to be natural. Lachlan's cousins loved her, meanwhile Lachlan himself was only growing more irritable and distant. Was she replacing him? What was more, there were rumors that the Queen wanted to let Saoirse, an outsider, compete for the throne! Too bad no one believed Lachlan when he tried to tell them. They all think he’s simply jealous. 

And then one night there’s a bear in the castle.

Understandably, Lachlan panics and draws his sword. He’s heard the stories. What happened to his father, his brothers and the late Queen Elinor. Heard about the demon bear Mor’du. If he doesn’t slay the beast then-

But just before Lachlan calls for help, the bear disappears and a wide eyed Saoirse is standing in its place. Her hair fell loose down her shoulders, revealing furry ears atop her head. 

“W-wait! It’s not- Lachlan listen-“

“Monster!”

“No!”

He had won. He had proof, right there under her hair! If he brought her before the Queen and lords, they’d probably kill her, but so what?

In a desperate flight for life, Saoirse ran through the palace as a bear to escape. The clans awoke with much clamor and the hunt was on, but the beast had disappeared into the night. 

The very next morning, the clans set out again, splitting into groups to canvas the forest more thoroughly. Lachlan set off on his own--he knew just where to go. 

He didn’t find the bear at the stone circle like before. He did find a wisp. A will-o-the wisp! Here to lead him to his fate, undoubtedly. 

Lachlan followed the little spirits eagerly, ignoring the way the trees grew thick and dark, and stone jutted further from the ground. At first, he thought the stone archway was a cave. Inside lay the bear, curled up by a pile of rubble, asleep.

“Wake up.” Lachlan kicked it. He had more honor than to kill a sleeping enemy. 

She transformed back as she startled awake. That was fine, a human was easier to drag back anyway. She was clutching a bow, a sword lay on the stone steps behind her. 

“Did you steal these from the castle?!”

“No, I made them you brute!”

Lachlan scoffed. “You made them?” 

“Yes. Did you think your weapons just popped out of thin air, your highness?”

“I- w- no. But you’re a beast, what the devil do you need weapons for?”

“I'm a human,” she hissed. It was then that Lachlan noticed. Stairs?? And were those carvings? 

“Is this the ancient kingdom? Do you live here?”

“No. I just…come here sometimes.”

“Why?”

The look on her face made him think she might snap at him, but she kept herself in check. Instead, she said, “becoming the kingdom hero won’t make you loved, you know.”

“What? I’m loved, what are you talking about?”

She raised an eyebrow. “Really? Because you don’t act like it. Are we sure I’m the monster here?”

“Yes!”

The girl huffed. “Well, I hope you figure yourself out soon, before it’s too late. You’re really lucky you know. You have so many people who care about you. Four whole clans at your fingertips.” Her own fingers traced a withered carving on cracked stone. She muttered something about “mum told me not to come back here” and stood. Lachlan readied his weapon again, not realizing he had ever lowered it. She didn’t attack him. She simply hefted another massive rock over to her spot from the other side of the cave and laid back down. “Do it then. Go on, I’m ready.”

…

“What?” 

Saoirse actually managed to look annoyed. “You’re planning to kill me right? For ‘attacking your castle’?” Her voice ridiculed him, yet she seemed completely serious. “Go on then.”

Lachlan actually dropped his weapon then. “What is wrong with you?” What was so important about the stone then that she wanted it close? “Don’t you- I mean okay, I understand being suicidal, but don’t you have someone who would miss you?”

“Nope.”

Lachlan’s heart fell. He dropped down beside her. Surely she couldn’t be serious. “Where do you live?”

A mournful frown pushed her bottom lip out like she was about to cry. “Right here. I was supposed to live here. Ages ago. But it- it got destroyed.” As if an afterthought, she added, “I was never going to hurt you, you know.”

Lachlan finally took a look at the carvings she had rolled over to lean against. The four brothers, he could recognize easily enough. He had heard the story more than enough times for a lifetime from his father and aunt. There were people with them. The king, he assumed, was one, standing in the middle with the crown. The others were three women—the fourth brother didn’t have one, but he held a little boy in front of him. All of the brothers had a family, Lachlan realized. Even the eldest, though he didn’t seem to have a child yet. 

“We never learned about them,” the prince murmured.

“No, you wouldn’t have. They all died.”

“But- but this is all ancient.” She must be crazy. “You can’t live here.”

“Time moves a lot slower in the realm of the faeries.”

Now Lachlan looked at Saoirse like she was in fact crazy. Then it clicked. “The circle…”

Well, that's...kind of sad... “You’re another victim of the witch,” he surmised. He hadn’t thought they could turn into humans again but maybe she had gotten a different spell?

Saoirse snorted. “No, the witch is married to my mum now. She’s lovely, really. I’m-“

“A victim of Mor’du then? Did he kill your family?” 

Saoirse cut him off with a roll of her eyes. “Mor’du was my family ya gommy nyaff.”

…

“Oh.”

~~~

All in all, they returned to the castle. Lachlan apologized and made up with his family. Saoirse, with some trials of trust, was welcomed back as well. Eventually, Lachlan does take the throne. Except there were never any competitive games. Or rather, the lead up was the competition, in a sense. The Queen wanted to test the heirs' genuine traits and familial bonds. With the ability to admit he was wrong and put family above himself, Lachlan passed with flying colors.

[wefallforever]

Season 4 and 5 Once Upon a Time Rewatch Reflections

I’m combining the two seasons because my season 4 post kept getting flagged as mature and then I lost my phone which had that write up on it 😔😔

-the dynamic between Emma and Regina gives me heart eyes! They are so fiercely protective over each other it makes me swoon. Honestly they should have kept Hook dead so that swan queen could finally happen. When Henry refers to them as his moms or when they call Henry THEIR son I die!

-thank god Belle finally accepted that Rumple ain’t shit. I know his accent is hot but damn girl stand up!

-It’s good that they gave Ursula a happy ending. I think it’s sus that they killed Merlin off in such a brutal way 🙃 anti-Blackness is too much man.

-Zelena is a dastardly ass woman 😭 getting pregnant so your opps can’t hurt you? Fucking diabolical. She’s in a race with Rumple for worst villain on the show.

-I’m glad they brought Mulan back but her story line still makes me sad :( Asian queer women deserve better than this smh.

-I was shocked that Ruby and Dorothy got an on screen kiss!!!!!! I guess gay shit is ok as long as it’s not the main characters? 😒😒😒 THIS IS MAKING ME SO MAD WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALLLLLL!

-Dark One Emma is incredibly hot ok?! I love how sultry her voice is.

-I don’t care how big a tantrum my kid would throw, there is ZERO chance I would be taking them to the underworld on a mission to save my dead lover. You can stay your ass at home with Granny and Merida! Henry is sooo willful I guess it runs in the family!

-When Cruella called baby Neal chisel chin junior I laughed for several minutes lol.

On a final note, I’m really intrigued by the idea of destiny and how it plays out in the show. I believe there is a path set out for us in life but it can take many routes, twists and turns. We as individuals navigate these routes based on our actions, environment, personal goals and ambition. We can choose to lean into our selfish “evil villain” urges in times of conflict, then change our direction by being compassionate, then turn back to confrontational behavior all in one day! We can choose to let our pain and suffering fester into “monstrous” behaviour, or we can confront it and transform it into our own personal “magic.” We are truly the authors of our fate. Here’s hoping that despite everything the writers put Regina through she has a happy ending!

Also I decided to wait until I finish the entire series to make the astrology post because I want to see everyone’s complete character development before I make my final judgement. I’m almost halfway through season 6 so it’ll be here soon ☺️.

[adrianasunderworld]

Imagine Twisted Princess AU with Headmistress Rosehearts AU.

Princesses have to suffer from the headmistress but the one who has to deal with her the most is Alice because she finds her annoying as she talks back without thinking of the consequences.

Rapunzel can see the signs of abuse that it made her reflect about her own mother.

From all the previous posts about Miss Yuu and how she is treated by the headmistress, all of that applies to the princesses and then some.

The strict dress code, the curfew, the slut shaming, the separation from everyone else and more, all apply here.

They're made to have a strict dress code. No more making their own uniforms or any of those other loopholes of theirs.

The lounge got shut down, so that means Ariel is out of work and that is one less income for Ramshackle. Because of the strict food rules in place, Tiana can no longer sell her lunches, so that's another loss of money for them. No internet, so Rapunzel can't take art commissions anymore either. They are just as bad off financially now as they were when they first came, Nothing but the bare bones necessities is provided for them and nothing extra.

Elsa is devastated when Crewel gets fired. She was the closest to him and she misses him a lot. Snow White wonders if Crowley is alright. Despite what everyone thought of the crow man, he had always been genuinely kind to her. Cinderella and Jasmine go to Trein for comfort. Because they don't know who else to turn to. One day Cinderella starts sobbing because living the headmistresses reign reminds her of her step mother.

Alice as the youngest and not technically a student, is often reprimanded by the headmistress, in lessons all day, and deliberately kept separate from everyone as much as possible. Because clearly everyone else is giving her a "bad impression that is showing in her studies and behavior."

Meg, Esmeralda, and Merida are the one though that mouth off the her the most. They have no qualms about talking back when something is unfair. Especially when she picks in underprivileged students.

All the one that she knows are close to any boys, she goes out of her way to keep separated as much as possible. Belle cannot see Leona. Tiana cannot see Azul. Merida and Ariel cannot see Floyd and Rook. Etc. Citing that it is a distraction and that some of the relationships were inappropriate.

Snow White came back to the dorm one day, bawling her eyes out, because a few of her admirers classmates, was helping her carry some stuff, and Mrs. Rosehearts kept bombarding her questions as if she had done something wrong and insinuated Snow was "easy".

And that's some of the stuff to be expected. Now this is all generic "Mrs. Rosehearts" horrible-ness. Not really anything @mangacupcake oc Felicity specific.

[velvet-cupcake-games]

How would our love interests react to a Marion with Disney princess powers? Birds will eat from her hand, small children will waddle up for a hug and grouchy cats will hop in her lap?

Disney princess powers always make me think of the OG!

Of course, Marion is much more of a Mulan, Merida, or Belle rather than a Snow White or Aurora. She’ll have those friendly mice trained up as a spy army and she looks distinctly uncomfortable when approached by unknown grubby-fingered small children. The cats are cool, tho’.

Robin: This Marion brings his jealous side, which he tries to keep under wraps most of the time, to the fore. He’d really rather have Marion as his special person and his alone. Get out, suspiciously cute bats and possoms!

John: He totally rolls with it. She’s a delight! He longs to make a home with her and a thousand friendly woodland creatures.

Will: He approves of training the friendly mice as a spy army. Is very curious where these strange attractive powers came from - her eyes aren’t golden but this seems awfully like a Blessing of Amun.

Meissa: The world is full of wonders, and Marion is the most wonderous of them all. They waste no time asking the friendly creatures if they’d like to participate in some simple and harmless behavioral experiments.

Alanna: She is suspicious that SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER and does not approach this Marion romantically.

Geoffrey: Oh dear, if it weren’t for Marion’s annoyance with her strange power, this would be altogether too cloying and cheerful for the dour lord. But since she’s still Marion and quite practical-minded about it all, he’s willing to overlook it.

Gui: Absolutely fascinated by this power of Marion’s. Completely understands her ambivalence about it. These two would make a good couple.

[bluezey]

This is gonna be one hell of a crossover

And one hell of a post, so hold on tight 😅

So, if you follow me, I am a big fan of Pixar, and have a bunch of toys of them, mostly from Inside Out onward plus Merida. I also like to imagine them interacting with each other, which leads to cute and funny situations

I mean, take one look at the lineup, and you can see what could happen

But you can also see, while a big crossover, it's all from one studio

Well, if you've followed me recently, I've done the one sin that no one ever should cross...

I've fallen into the Hazbin Hotel

Specifically with this guy

I'm just as shocked and terrified as you are

And now hoping for toys of this guy cause, holy crap, just the Pixar gang meeting Alastor

Fear: (frozen in pure fright)

Anger: (growling)

Ember: (flares up)

Merida: (aims her bow and arrow at him)

Ian: (hiding behind a protective Barley, pointing his staff at Alastor)

Miguel: thank God my family is in the land of the dead

Alberto: I like him

Luca and Giulia: che cosa??

Joy: aww he has to be nice, look at his big happy smile! 😁

Bonus if I can get a doll of Angel Dust (again, just as surprised as you are) but at that point I should get Charlie so they can be on their best behavior

Oh! I did find merch of Alastor, but still debating if I should pull the trigger just for fun when the Amazon reviews and pictures are mostly meh 😅

EDIT: oh my gosh, I just remembered! Because they didn't have merch of the Jerries from Soul, I bought some crafting wire to attempt to make one. I did make one, but over time it got trashed so I trashed it, the dolls are fairly fragile. But I still have some wire, so maybe I can make more. Cause I have tiny dolls of Soul Joe and 22, so more crossover material

Especial because the Jerries run the Great Before and have access to the files for people on earth! Imagine if they looked up the case files for each sinner turned demon

Counselor Jerry: (reads Alastor's case file) ...........

Terry: oh, so that's why he's down there

Counselor Jerry: I'm taking my break now....

OMG I forgot the Jerries can do this!! This is gonna be awesome!! 😄😂🤣

[jackiestarsister]

OUAT rewatch: Season 5

Overall thoughts:

Season 5 is (both literally and figuratively) the darkest season of the show, and it feels the least "normal" in terms of the characters' day-to-day lives. In both halves of the season, they are stuck in a prolonged crisis. They don’t have time to relax, yet they don’t have much urgency about what they need to do. The most happy and “normal” moments are those stolen during their time in Camelot.

I think the storyline would have done much better if the Camelot storyline and Emma’s descent into darkness happened in the present day, rather than being presented as flashbacks after a time skip. Using the Dark Curse over and over again makes it feel like a cheap plot device rather than the life-changing tragedy it was at the start of the series.

One of the biggest problems I have with this season is the way they treat “darkness” as a kind of entity in itself, and the ambiguity about whether individuals struggling with darkness (Emma, Hook, Gold, and Regina) are truly in control of themselves. My other problem is that Emma’s motives and actions simply don’t match up, and so much of her behavior is out of character. It’s hard to figure out how much of her words and actions are sincere and how much are a manipulation. Is she simply pretending to be evil in order to lead them on?

With that being said, here are my thoughts on each episode:

Episode 5x01 “The Dark Swan”

~ Regina immediately reverts to her snarkiest self. I wonder if it is partly because she is so upset about what happened to Emma. Is she hurt that after she worked so hard to protect Emma from going dark, Emma took on the darkness willingly? Or does she have survivor’s guilt, since Emma saved her from becoming the Dark One?

~ Hook’s capacity for darkness is immediately on display. He hasn’t appeared this dangerously angry since season 2.

~ How is Henry suddenly there and aware of what happened? Did he see the whole thing? How does he feel about his birth mother sacrificing herself for the sake of his adoptive mother?

~ Rumplestiltskin presents himself as the Roku to Emma’s Aang. It’s an interesting move, and a way to keep Robert Carlyle in the cast while Gold is in a coma. But it’s a bit confusing with regard to Emma’s psychology.

~ Ironically, embracing one’s power is usually the goal of a protagonist, but in Emma’s case it’s what she wants to avoid at all costs.

~ Hook and Regina haven’t had such direct or intense interaction in a long time, and it’s great to see!

~ Emma’s “first taste of darkness” seems similar to when Hook regained his hand and thought it was acting outside of his control.

~ Merida’s casting is PERFECT.

~ What is the definition of a witch in this show? What makes Zelena a witch, but not other female wielders of magic like Regina and Emma?

~ Merida and Emma’s scene is great, but the turnaround from enemies to traveling companions is a bit rushed.

~ Why is Henry just leisurely reading a book at Granny’s? Shouldn’t he be poring over the storybook or something else useful in the search for Emma?

~ Hook’s reaction to Henry’s news that he broke the Author’s pen is perfect. He does not get angry with Henry, and in fact seems to understand and respect the decision, but you can tell he wishes that the members of this family weren’t always so noble.

~ They are so not subtle with the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest allusions! Are the nurse and mopper really supposed to be from that story?

~ Regina didn’t give Hook a commodified portable spell; she enchanted his hook herself.

~ Why are Robin & Roland staying at the Charmings’ loft? Wouldn’t Regina’s house make more sense?

~ The idea of Robin Hood reading Goodnight Moon to his son is adorable! I wonder if he discovered the children’s section of the town library and set out to read Roland all of this world’s classics.

~ Who is Floyd?

~ “Secure the condiments!” might be my new favorite line!

~ Why would they bring Zelena with them? I can understand Regina and Robin wanting to keep tabs on her and the baby, but wouldn’t it be safer for their quest to leave her in jail?

~ Of course Leroy arrives announcing bad news! His speech to Mary Margaret is both endearing and hilariously self-aware about the fact that the dwarves have been missing from the action so much over the last couple seasons.

~ Rumple is just like Darth Vader and Palpatine, egging on the hero to “Use your anger.”

~ “When has that ever stopped me before?” So true: Hook has crossed worlds and time for Emma on multiple occasions!

~ Two seasons ago, Emma was the one making a motivational speech in the season premiere, convincing the heroes and villains to work together. Now Hook is presenting that to her as proof of what she’s capable of.

~ “Of course someone’s going to get a punch to the gut for putting me through this, then mercy.” That’s funny and in-character for Merida, but also a significant statement about the role of justice alongside mercy.

~ Does Emma expect Regina to kill her if she gets out of control? That would just make Regina the new Dark One. Emma wouldn’t wish that fate on her.

~ “Terrible news: no onion rings!”

~ How long does the journey to Camelot take? Geography in this world is as ambiguous as in the Galaxy Far, Far Away: distance only ever matters for plot reasons.

~ Sneezy wears a red leather jacket like Emma’s while filling in as sheriff! My only question is, who put the remaining dwarves in charge of the sheriff’s department?

Episode 5x02 “The Price”

~ Did everyone get new clothes from their hosts, or did Regina conjure them with magic like she does for herself?

~ Regina not knowing how to dance really doesn’t make sense. I’m sure Cora and Henry would have made sure she learned when she was growing up, especially before marrying her off to a king.

~ “Why can’t anyone accept that?” Maybe because you cursed and threatened them?

~ Maybe Emma’s words to Regina were a warning, not a threat. That would make more sense.

Emma wouldn’t want Regina to die.

~ Why did everyone in the present day switch back to the outfits they were wearing when they left?

~ I love seeing Belle have such great friendships with Hook and Grumpy/Leroy. She both gives and receives encouragement in this episode.

~ “It’s far easier to hate a Dark One than it is to love one.” That rings true even in real life.

~ Why is Regina’s leadership capability important now? She moved back into the mayor’s office weeks earlier and no one commented on it. Then again, how did that transition of power take place? Did they hold an election, or did Snow abdicate the role to her?

~ How much of Emma’s “new look” is involuntary? Can’t she control things like her hair, makeup, and wardrobe?

~ I don’t like that Robin has basically just become a plot device in Regina’s storylines, particularly in the role of “damsel in distress.”

~ Mary Margaret and Emma’s ballgowns are gorgeous! And even Granny has beautiful ball attire!

~ Why does Mary Margaret use that name instead of Snow White in Camelot? Why don’t she and David reveal themselves as royalty of their own kingdom? Do people there not know of them?

~ David, Henry, and Violet are like Hermes, Orpheus and Eurydice in Hadestown.

~ “Are you a knight?” “Better. I’m a writer.”

~ That ball montage is lovely! In such a dark episode and season, it’s nice to see the characters have a few moments of fun and happiness.

~ It’s nice to see David fight in Regina’s defense, but how can he just kill her assailant? What happened to “Heroes don’t kill”? They make such a big deal about it regarding enemies like Zelena and Cruella, but apparently not for random attackers?

~ Emma’s musical theme starts to play but then takes a dark turn!

~ Why did Emma choose that moment to kiss Hook? Did the idea of True Love’s Kiss only occur to her then?

~ Why/how were they able to fend off the Fury? They didn’t give a life as it demanded. Was it something about love defeating death, or love fulfilling the price?

~ How can David and Mary Margaret talk about winning or losing “this fight” when Emma hasn’t even said what she wants?

~ That montage at the end is so beautiful! Love Regina freeing Sneezy (though, why didn’t she do that earlier?) and Hook and Belle toasting to not giving up on love.

Episode 5x03 “Siege Perilous”

~ Have the dwarves been mining fairy dust regularly throughout these past few seasons? I thought it was just during Season 2 as part of the effort to bring Emma and Mary Margaret home.

~ It’s nice to have an episode focused on David as an individual, since he doesn’t have many! And this one shows the continuity of his motives and feelings. He has always done everything he could to protect/save his children, and had a lot of angst about his perceived failures and limitations in Season 3. His frustrations here are much the same.

~ Does Arthur wear his full armor all the time?

~ Arthur is out to flatter David from the very first moment he appears. He is very quick to suggest that he and David should consider themselves brothers.

~ Leroy is right that the dwarves, and the townsfolk in general, swallow a lot because of the royal family. But his threat is completely contrary to the loyalty he and the others have always shown.

~ I wonder if David’s red leather tunic is an homage to Emma’s red leather jacket!

~ “A leader does what needs to be done.” That might be Arthur’s philosophy in a nutshell.

~ Why does David feel the need—or the justification—to use deception? He did it when he made Snow think she’d pulled Excalibur, and he does it with the supposed “Chalice of Vengeance” now.

~ I don’t know what’s funnier: King Arthur driving a truck, or turning a car chase into a joust!

~ Those empty suits of armor try to drown David like the Inferi in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

~ Seeing Hook and Emma together, yet so distant and strange, is heartbreaking. Emma keeps changing tactics: since Hook didn’t go for her coy seductress act in the previous episode, she switches to the innocent look she had on their first date. They’ve basically switched places from where they began, as she is now asking him to trust her rather than the other way around.

~ It is confirmed that Hook told Emma the full story of what happened between him, Milah, and Rumplestiltskin. It is satisfying to hear Hook repent of his actions and acknowledge that he was the villain of that situation. He can now see that he created the crocodile as much as the crocodile created Captain Hook.

~ Arthur keeps Excalibur sheathed when knighting David, so no one can see that the sword is incomplete.

~ Baby Neal crying during his father’s induction to the Knights of the Round Table is the most realistic thing he has done since he was born. Too much of the time, the writers and characters just gloss over the fact that David, Snow, and Robin are raising young children. They just get pushed to the side while their parents go on adventures and deal with drama.

~ Lancelot tells Snow to “trust your eyes,” but then says Camelot is not what it seems. Mixed messages much?

~ Arthur and Grif’s scene is so chilling, like a cult leader pressuring their disciple to become a martyr.

~ When did Robin decide to put his thieving days behind him? And when did Hook decide he was no longer a pirate?

~ Did Emma set up the whole date with Hook just so she could get something that touched Rumple? If she knew there was something on the ship that would qualify, couldn’t she have just taken it?

~ I don’t understand why Emma fixates on turning Gold into a hero. Why not just get one of the many heroes in town to draw Excalibur?

Episode 5x04: “The Broken Kingdom”

~ Young Arthur and Guinevere are very well cast!

~ Why and how did Emma start making dreamcatchers? Did she request materials from the palace staff, or were there already some available that she decided to take advantage of?

~ “You’re the Savior. Save yourself.” Was that a direct allusion to Jesus on the cross?!

~ I don’t like the use of captions for every time and place in this episode. “Five years later,” “Five years earlier,” again and again. And those years don’t add up with Lancelot being banished and meeting Snow and David roughly thirty years earlier.

~ It’s nice to see Guinevere being proactive and having an arc, but it seems to be at the expense of Lancelot being an active character. He mostly just follows her and reacts to her.

~ Hook’s facial expressions throughout the scene with Henry and Violet are priceless! He is so pleased, proud, and amused.

~ I like that Hook has a healthy and realistic explanation for how he was able to cope with his trauma and demons during his long life. Being near the ocean is extremely therapeutic.

~ Guinevere’s ultimatum to Arthur seems to come out of nowhere. It would mean more if we saw them struggle more in their relationship.

~ When in his life did Hook have the opportunity to learn how to ride a horse? Is it difficult with only one hand?

~ Odd to hear Rumplestiltskin allude to Milah. Even more so considering he was the reason it didn’t end well for her.

~ As good a twist as it was, David and Snow revealing their ruse doesn’t entirely make sense. They put all their cards on the Round Table.

~ This episode shows how unnecessary the six-week timeskip was for telling the story of this half-season. The entire episode takes place in the past, jumping between two different points in time, except for the final two scenes.

Episode 5x05 “Dreamcatcher”

~ When Hook offers to give Henry dating tips, I think that may be the first time Regina realizes that he is becoming a parental figure/role model to her son, and how disastrous that could be!

~ Did Belle take the time to change outfits after discovering Gold had disappeared?

~ Finding a girl’s missing horse isn’t restoring a happy ending, it’s just doing a good deed.

~ How can Emma and Regina let Henry continue to go around Camelot unsupervised and unprotected after what happened to Snow and David?

~ You can actually see the moment when Emma gets the idea to do to Violet what Cora did to Daniel, minus the killing.

~ That is a pretty easy way to cheat a protection spell!

~ Henry trying to set up a date is soooo cute!

~ The magic stuff is weird, but visually, it’s cool to see Emma using both light and dark magic! When she’s done, Emma looks so proud of herself, tossing her head back a little.

~ Regina is a bit of a hypocrite in this episode: she just recently took Belle’s heart in order to blackmail Gold, but gets mad at Emma for taking Violet’s heart to deceive Henry. Does her anger lie in the fact that Emma did that to a young girl, or the fact that she deliberately hurt Henry?

~ Merlin’s question to Emma, about whether she is truly ready to be free of the darkness, has some real-life parallels. People may subconsciously cling to the sins, bad habits, and addictions that (they say) they want to be rid of.

~ The final shot of Emma against Regina’s house conveys more isolation and devastation than any of her other Dark One scenes. Their situation is so similar yet different to Season 1, when Emma was trying to connect with Henry and Regina wanted to keep them apart. Now Emma, not Regina, is the one hurting Henry in the name of protecting him, and Henry does not want to see Emma.

~ This episode has the most mentions of Baelfire/Neal without him being a protagonist or plot device. Apparently he told Henry about how he won Emma’s heart, and Emma told Hook some things about her relationship with Neal, such as his gift of a dreamcatcher.

Episode 5x06 “The Bow and the Bear”

~ I don’t mind Belle having a side quest with Merida, but the way it happens is just weird. Why would Merida expect someone she kidnapped to agree to help her if she does not have any leverage over her?

~ Gold uses the same trick to escape Emma that Emma used to escape Jefferson, breaking a teacup in order to cut through their bonds.

~ Does Emma really not care whether Belle lives, or is she confident in Gold’s ability to protect her? Either way, seeing her be so callous about Belle, who has helped her family so many times, and even saved Hook’s life, feels so wrong.

~ Interesting that Emma says she doesn’t believe some things can’t be forgiven. If she truly believes that, why would she wipe everyone’s memories?

~ Interesting that even when the tables have turned, Emma and Gold are still nemeses.

Episode 5x07 “Nimue”

~ They never explain what the Holy Grail is or where it actually came from. In Athurian legend, it’s a Christian relic, and in OUAT it is decorated with crosses; but the characters talk about it as if it’s a gift from a pantheon of gods.

~ Why would Merlin expect a different outcome from touching the Grail after his companion died trying?

~ Couldn’t Merlin and Emma just teleport close to their destination?

~ Merlin and Nimue are very much like Jesse and Winnie in Tuck Everlasting. A magical drink gives immortality to one, and the other has to decide whether they also want to be immortal, or live a normal mortal life.

~ A battle plan drawn on a Granny’s Diner menu is like the epitome of this show’s style.

~ The shot of Nimue passing the Grail to Merlin in front of the fire is beautiful.

~ Emma clutches Hook’s ring when she is afraid!

~ Nimue’s hair ends up in a style like Emma’s after embracing the darkness! But why doesn’t Emma’s skin turn crocodile-like the way Rumplestiltskin and Nimue’s did?

~ Emma’s declaration about her self-worth is awesome! She used to think she was an orphan who didn’t matter and never would; now she knows better!

~ Emma passing her test would feel more meaningful if the audience didn’t know about her going dark later on.

~ How can it be that easy to “tether” someone so powerful to an object?

Episode 5x08 “Birth”

~ I wish there were more scenes of Prince Charming, Captain Hook, and Robin Hood working as a trio! They’re the romantic partners of this show’s three main protagonists, and they’re some of the best examples of healthy masculinity in the whole show.

~ How can Mary Margaret voice doubt about Emma still existing? She’s always the voice of hope and love!

~ Hook’s hair has been longer and messier throughout this season, and his facial hair more pronounced. I wonder if he’s neglected his appearance out of worry for Emma, and/or if it is a costume choice meant to make him look darker.

~ Why is Dr. Whale so weird and awful? And have there really not been any babies born in Storybrooke in the months since Neal’s birth?

~ Why couldn’t Regina use magic to free herself?

~ You can barely see the moment when Hook is injured.

~ Emma and Regina’s conversation about the allure of darkness is actually one of the show's better ones on the topic. It’s the first time someone talks to Emma about it with sympathy, without trying to tempt her to embrace it.

~ Hook must be so tired of Emma chaining him up! How many times has it been since they met?

~ Emma and Hook’s love literally ignites a flame!

~ If tethering Hook turned him into a Dark One, why didn’t Merlin become one?

~ Jennifer Morrison’s acting during Hook’s “death” scene is amazing!

~ The title of this episode has a double (or perhaps triple) meaning: Zelena and Robin’s baby is born, and both Emma and Hook are reborn as Dark Ones.

Episode 5x09 “The Bear King”

~ The casting for Eleanor, Fergus, and the Witch from Brave is fantastic!

~ This is another episode that switches between two timelines in the past, showing how unnecessary the six-week timeskip was.

~ Ruby says the last time she saw Philip and Aurora, at baby Neal’s coronation party, they were about to have a child. But Aurora was pregnant at least a few weeks before Mary Margaret was, and Leroy implied that she had given birth before Neal’s coronation party, which would mean Aurora must had her baby before or at the same time as Mary Margaret had Neal.

~ If Ruby and Anton/Tiny managed to produce a bean, they ought to have given others the chance to go back to the Enchanted Forest too.

~ This is the first time a full-on battle between opposing armies has taken place onscreen in this show.

~ “Your magic is never very direct, is it?” from Eleanor to the Witch is hilarious!

~ I love the Celtic-inspired music in this episode!

~ This might be the first episode in which Emma does not make a single appearance!

Episode 5x10 “Broken Heart”

~ The dark version of Hook’s musical theme!

~ Hook’s transformation into the Dark One is so painful to see onscreen. It seems like a reminder that birth in itself is a traumatizing experience. Given that, it makes sense that such a rebirth, as he refers to it, would be full of trauma.

~ Interesting that once he emerges as a Dark One, Hook changes his costume for the one he used to wear in Seasons 2 and 3, rather than the fancier one he wore in Camelot.

~ What I just cannot buy about Hook becoming the Dark One: A) that he did not sense anything different about himself after returning to Storybrooke, and B) his sudden and absolute plunge into the darkness after regaining his memories. He had grown past his desire for revenge and recognized that it would not bring him fulfillment.

~ Hook acting like Rumplestiltskin is so weird and creepy!

~ So apparently there are Dark One chronicles just readily available? Did Hook read them during the years he spent plotting his revenge?

~ Why would Gold accept Emma’s offer of protection after what she did to him? What is she thinking?

~ Weird that Emma and Henry talk about him forgiving Gold, and Henry says Gold showed that he changed. Is he talking about how Gold saved Belle and became a hero worthy of Excalibur?

~ I was wondering where Lancelot has been since his breakout! And the Lady of the Lake is his mother? Was that already known? What happens to Lancelot after this?

~ I’m glad Mary Margaret defends Emma’s decision to save Hook! Everyone seemed to gang up on Emma telling her that she ought not try it.

~ Hook is right about Emma pushing away the people she wants to protect, but wasn’t that already covered during Season 4’s Frozen arc?

~ Do Dark Ones really need to worry about things like scouting a path and finding water? Couldn’t they just teleport and conjure the things they need? And splitting up right after finding each other is pretty bad strategy, especially if Emma is afraid of what Hook might do.

~ I like that Regina and Robin are giving Zelena a chance with clear boundaries in place; but what assurance do they have that she won’t simply disappear with the baby?

~ “Operation Cobra Part 2” isn’t a very original name! Plus, their current mission doesn’t have much to do with the first. “Operation Dreamcatcher” or “Operation Dark Hook” would be more fitting.

~ For all their intensity, Emma and Hook’s flashback conversations are a bit repetitive.

~ The part of Hook’s fall that is believable is his desire to never be controlled again. As is revealed in the next episode, he grew up basically a slave; then he served in the Royal Navy; he was manipulated into doing a corrupt king’s dirty work; and Gold controlled him by taking his heart. As a pirate and a former slave, he places an extremely high value on freedom.

~ If they are both Dark Ones, with equal amounts of power, how can Emma simply knock Hook out with a wave of her hand?

Episode 5x11 “Swan Song”

~ This is the first episode of the season whose flashbacks have nothing to do with the Camelot arc, and instead add backstory from further in the past to the context of a character’s actions in the present day.

~ The casting for Brennan and young Killian is great! Young Killian has amazingly good facial expressions as he thinks over his father’s question and decides on his answer.

~ What was the point of Rumple and Hook’s meeting on the road? Why does Hook let him keep Excalibur?

~ Why would Zelena show up and tell Regina and Robin what she plans to do? And what does Robin expect his arrows to do against the resurrected Dark Ones?

~ It’s such a reversal to see Hook having more magical prowess than Regina!

~ Why would Regina need to rendezvous with Hook outside the palace after recruiting him? And her outfit and the slinky way she comes out of her carriage are really over the top!

~ I get Mary Margaret’s point about wanting to spend her last moments well, but saying it might be a fight they can’t win is so out of character!

~ So, Belle didn’t get marked, and no one told her about the impending threat to the others? And she just blithely accepts Gold’s random offer of an opportunity to travel, while knowing that Hook and Emma are still Dark Ones? That’s insulting to her intelligence and integrity.

~ If you pause at the right moment, you can read what Emma wrote in the note she left for her family, and it’s heartbreaking!

~ There are way more Dark Ones than people who got marked.

~ You can see how guilty Hook feels as soon as he kills his father.

~ Even though her life was not in danger, seeing Emma in pain finally snaps Hook out of his fixation on revenge.

~ Hook is basically doing the same thing Ingrid the Snow Queen did last season, sacrificing themselves to save everyone from the very threat that they created.

~ Even after she’s no longer the Dark One, Emma still talks with the same deep pitch and strange accent/cadence she adopted when she was.

~ “How does one get to the Underworld?” There’s a whole song about it in Hadestown!

~ The weirdest thing about the Underworld arc is that there is no conversation about who will and won’t go. David, Snow, and Robin leave their babies behind, and Regina lets Henry make the dangerous journey, without any argument or explanation. There is no stirring moment of everyone deciding that Hook is worth it and that they want to help Emma.

Season 5x12 “Souls of the Departed”

~ This is one of the biggest episodes about Regina. I’m pleased that they did something they rarely do, filling in a gap in the characters’ larger story—in this case, how Henry Senior ended up Cora’s miniature prisoner, a situation first set up in season 1.

~ I’m guessing Emma’s dream/vision takes place in the amusement park that she and Neal broke into. I wonder if the name of the ride, The Revelation, is symbolic!

~ The idea of the Underworld looking identical to Storybrooke … really seems like they’re just looking for any way to keep using the same sets and locations, even when the characters go to different worlds.

~ Regina’s father’s words are true, but should have been spoken to her years earlier, before she ascended to Evil Queen!

~ I don’t like how childish Regina is in the flashbacks.

~ While I love that the two Henrys got to meet, I find it hard to believe Regina would bring Henry along for a confrontation with Cora.

~ The clock beginning to move the same way it did in the pilot episode is a fantastic callback—and interestingly, Regina’s reaction is the precise opposite of what it was then!

~ The revelation of Hades feels a little predictable, with all of this show’s homages to the Disney versions of classic tales. Personally I find the actor underwhelming for the God of the Dead, and the blue fire hair just doesn’t work; it’s enough of an homage to have blue flames when he teleports.

Episode 5x13 “Labor of Love”

~ That is one intense teaser, and shows so much of Hook’s character. Even after being tortured, he refuses to give up, at least when Emma is involved. He insists on helping his fellow prisoner escape, and holds off Cerberus so she can do so, trusting her with the task of finding Emma.

~ David using the name “Bandit Snow” feels a little too much like an awareness of the fandom’s nicknames for characters.

~ Young Snow running through the woods and falling into a pit feels like the scene in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves when she gets lost in the woods.

~ Hercules’ casting is great: he’s young, as most demigod heroes probably were; he’s handsome, making him a believable first love interest for teenage Snow; and he has a strong physique to go with his godlike strength.

~ I wish there were more scenes with Henry and Robin Hood! Henry is already the son of two former thieves, he would probably get along really well with Robin!

~ Hercules and young Snow basically have the same storyline as Anna and David last season, with the newcomer giving the future hero a one-day crash course in fighting so they can defeat their extorting enemy. Anna and Hercules impart practically the same lesson about trying what seems impossible. While the premise is repetitive and a little flimsy, I like that Hercules does not offer himself as the hero to solve Snow’s problems; instead he offers to teach her so that she can solve her problems.

~ The music when Hercules talks about his labors seems reminiscent of “Go the Distance”!

~ It must warm Hercules’ heart to see Snow carrying a bow and arrow when they reunite!

~ How does Robin Hood known about air ventilation ducts? Has he learned how to carry out heists in the Land Without Magic?

~ Regina calls Herc “Wonder Boy”!

~ Young Snow basically experiences the humiliation that Hercules experienced in the movie when he first came to Thebes.

~ It’s interesting and quite plausible that Regina worked behind the scenes to undermine Snow even before killing her father and trying to kill her.

~ Cruella says “We hear it all down here.” Just how much do the Underworld residents know about what happens in the land(s) of the living?

~ Regina being the one to give Snow White a pep talk really does seem like a ���when Hell freezes over” kind of moment!

~ Why didn’t young Snow change into that more practical outfit before confronting the bandits?

~ Did David and Hercules ever get a proper introduction? That would have been great to see!

~ Meg does not seem at all like her Disney movie counterpart. But, I like that Hercules does the same for her as he did for Snow by equipping her to defeat her fearsome enemy.

~ There are still many unanswered questions: Why/how did Meg end up in Cerberus’ path in the first place? And why did Hades imprison her? And why did he torture Hook?

~ As weird as it is to see Snow have a romantic interest other than David, her relationship with Hercules is pretty believable for the kind of people they are and the stage of life they were in when they met.

~ What Snow/Mary Margaret says about forgetting who she was, and reclaiming her identity as Snow White, is interesting for character, but seems like the kind of thing she should have said earlier in the show. It would have made more sense in Season 2, when the curse had just broken and everyone in Storybrooke had to reconcile their two identities. It would have been great to see Snow struggle to return to her old self, instead of immediately bouncing back.

~ Who are the guards working for Hades? Are they supposed to be Pain and Panic?

~ Hook seems a lot like Westley in The Princess Bride during his final scene, in terms of both the torture he endures and the nature of his threat against Hades (basically “to the pain,” since he can’t kill him).

~ This episode’s title is excellent, as it refers to Emma’s quest, Hercules’ labors, Snow’s efforts to protect her people, and the fact that Hercules finds love with young Snow and Meg.

Episode 5x14 “Devil’s Due”

~ Is the eye an homage to the three Fates/Gorgons who shared an eye?

~ Looks like Belle is hanging out with Grumpy/Leroy at Granny’s!

~ Milah kills a snake to save her son, like Mother Mary stepping on the serpent to save her children!

~ Milah seems at least somewhat aware of who Emma is, but still has to ask for clarification about her relationships. I appreciate that she doesn’t give Emma a hard time about either Hook or Neal; she simply asks to make sure she understands.

~ Putting Emma’s nursery furniture in her house is creepy as … well, Hell!

~ Why does Milah insist that Rumple be the one to kill Fendrake and steal the cure? Why not do it herself, since she’s braver and has the use of both legs?

~ Young Killian knocks out Milah’s assailant with his left hand, the one that he later loses!

~ Milah and Killian’s first meeting explains so much about them and their relationship. He is a foil to pre-Dark One Rumple. He stands up for Milah, showing bravery and physical strength, even though she is a stranger to him. Meanwhile her husband is reluctant to fight for his own wife and son.

~ It’s kind of amazing that Snow is the one to accompany Regina to find Daniel’s grave, since she was the one Regina blamed for his death.

~ Milah and Rumple’s relationship is wonderfully complex. Neither of them is completely innocent, yet neither is entirely to blame for how things turned out. They each caused each other to change for the worse.

~ Gold didn’t need to send Milah into the river of lost souls; surely he could have just used a memory charm to make her forget that she had seen Hades appear. Or would that not work because she is dead?

~ I’ll never forgive the writers for deciding that Milah couldn’t be reunited with Hook or Neal. Rumple, at least, seems to feel a little guilty for betraying her, but believes it necessary to save his child.

~ Regina healing an injured horse is interesting, and fitting since she used to love them so much. I totally thought it was going to be a horse that belonged to her.

~ How does Robin know that the friend was a “her,” and that she meant something to Gold? Did he tell them all that Milah was the one they were going to enlist for help?

~ “She made me who I am” is true, and sounds like a compliment, but I doubt Gold means it that way.

~ It’s so heartbreakingly ironic that after all the times Gold has pressed people into bad deals and even threatened to take away their children, he is now at the bad end of a deal that could cost him his child.

~ Hades chose the three central characters to stay in the Underworld. Emma, Regina, and Snow have been the main foci of the show since its beginning.

~ The characters seem to use idioms with the word “hell” in them more than ever now that they are in the Underworld!

Episode 5x15 “The Brothers Jones”

~ I’m glad that Henry acknowledges how hard it was for him to see Hook die.

~ I like that Hook is dealing with the weight of what he did as a Dark One, and is not immediately on board with Emma’s plan/desire to bring him back to life.

~ It’s sad to think of Liam waiting for Killian to die so they could be reunited, only for Killian’s life to continue for centuries.

~ The flashbacks seem to indicate that Killian always had doubts about his self-worth.

~ “If you served an honorable king, it would change you.” This seems to have come true, as Hook changed while serving the Charmings!

~ They totally robbed us of an emotional reunion hug between Killian and Liam! Why’d they have to cut from their first look to when they’ve settled down with drinks and apparently caught up a bit already?

~ This episode adds a bit more nuance to Hook’s relationship with rum. Apparently young Killian used it as a coping mechanism while working as a deckhand, and it cost him his opportunity to escape from slavery. When he then enters the king’s navy, he scolds a sailor under his command for possession of alcohol, saying it leads to bad form; now we know he was speaking from experience!

~ I like the wording of Liam’s declaration, but the delivery comes off kind of wooden, like he’s making a show of nobility rather than acting on real conviction.

~ The mayor and the sheriff having an affair seems like a callback to Regina and Graham in Season 1.

~ I’m curious when exactly Regina forgave herself for her wrongdoings. In Season 2, she asserts that she might actually be good, and that the title “evil” was given to her by her enemies. In Season 3, she says that she has no regrets about the horrible things she did because they all led to her adopting Henry. At what point did she come to understand that what she did was wrong? And once she repented, when did she forgive herself?

~ Regina says she tore out the pages of Henry’s storybook about herself so he wouldn’t figure out she was the Evil Queen, but I don’t remember that, and he did figure it out. Emma was the one who tore about the pages about herself.

~ Hades really plays the part of the devil, with limited power in this world, but enough promises of worldly power to tempt people to evil.

~ What would the point of a mutiny be if the new captain maintained the exact same course as the old captain?

~ With Emma being so protective of Hook and afraid to lose him, how could he be abducted from right under her nose?

~ So much of the dialogue in this episode comes across cheesy, but Hook’s line about the bar being so high he could only fail is great. That dynamic between the two brothers makes sense.

Episode 5x16 “Our Decay”

~ Dorothy has grown up a lot since the last time Zelena saw her! The scared little girl is now a powerful woman … but no explanation is given of how that happened.

~ They give Dorothy basically the same dynamic with Zelena as Snow did with Regina, a rogue heroine beloved by the people.

~ How does the Scarecrow have a brain now, if he didn’t go on that quest with Dorothy to get one from the wizard?

~ It’s cool that they lean into Hades’ jealousy of Zeus, but to bring out more parallels with Zelena, it would make more sense to stick with Zeus being the younger brother, not older.

~ How can Hades steer the bike with Zelena’s hat blocking his vision?

~ I’m surprised that Gold, who has spent so long hiding secrets from Belle, comes clean to her as soon as he sees her.

~ Gold’s little speech to Belle sounds like a conversation they should have had earlier in the show, perhaps in Season 2.

~ Zelena has never been as emotionally or psychologically complex as she in this episode. It’s refreshing to see!

~ If Hades’ heart was stopped, how can he claim to love?

Episode 5x17 “Her Handsome Hero”

~ Hades finding a flower in the Underworld and recognizing it as a sign of hope … should be a nod to Persephone, but of course they wouldn’t let her be his love interest in this story.

~ “I don’t have any issues.” The looks that the others give her = Emma is so in denial!

~ It’s good that they explore what is going on with Emma, since she has not been the focus for the last several episodes; but it feels like more telling than showing.

~ The toxicity of Belle and Rumple/Gold’s relationship is on full display in this episode. They both betray each other.

~ How did Belle get the dagger? Why would Gold part with it after saying how much he loves it?

Episode 5x18 “Ruby Slippers”

~ “It’s hard to be a Savior when no one wants you to save them.” That’s actually a good line, but it would have meant a lot more at some other point in the series, when Emma is in the midst of playing that role for her people.

~ I love that Hook and David talked, and that they work together to help Snow! They acknowledge the fact that everyone came to the Underworld to save Hook, and that it wasn’t just for Emma’s sake. And the one thing they have most in common is that they’ll do whatever it takes to help/protect the women they love. It’s great to see Hook help David to help his wife and son.

~ Ruby and Snow’s conversation about love has a lot of wisdom in it. I wish Snow had given that kind of encouragement to Emma when she was trying to figure out her feelings and relationship with Hook. Aside from the first season when everyone was cursed, they’ve never really talked about dating!

~ The way Hades kills Auntie Em demonstrates one of the biggest and most frequently recurring plot holes in fantasy fiction: if the villain is powerful enough to kill people so easily, why doesn’t he just kill the protagonists, instead of drawing out the conflict for so long?

Episode 5x19 “Sisters”

~ The song choice at the beginning of the episode and the wording of Hades’ proposal make me think of Loki. I wonder if those writers took inspiration from OUAT, or if there were any writers in common between the two shows.

~ “Because he’s a villain” really doesn’t make sense coming from Regina, of all people.

~ Interesting to have Hook and Cora reunite! I was not expecting that, and it went pretty well for both of them, considering that the last time they saw each other, they were getting in the way of each other’s plans.

~ The parallels between Zelena & Regina and David & James!!!

~ How is Robin able to take care of a baby by himself in the woods? I know it’s not his first time caring for a child, but logistically, how is that working out? Where/how is he getting milk for her?

~ Cora, Zelena, and Regina’s reconciliation is amazing! Barbara Hersey is one of the best actors on this entire show, and she knocks it out of the park; as melodramatic as they are, none of her scenes are cheesy or saccharine. And Cora being redeemed at the end was beautiful; I seriously wondered if she would go on to the worse place, after harming and destroying so many lives, but instead of consuming her, the fire seemed to purify her, like purgatory, before allowing her to move on to the better place.

~ David throwing his brother into the River of Souls just doesn’t sit right. It’s dissonant with both David’s character and the show’s theme of redemption.

Episode 5x20 “Firebird”

~ This is the first episode in quite a while that focuses on Emma in both past and present, and explores her relationship with Hook.

~ If Emma went looking for answers about her past in Maine, at the diner where she was found, she must have realized how close she was to the diner when Henry first brought her to Storybrooke.

~ Emma was on the receiving end of a bail bondsperson! And learned her tricks from her!

~ So apparently Emma only worked as a bail bondsperson for a year or so before Henry found her. What did she do to support herself during the decade after her imprisonment?

~ It seems weird that Emma continued to look for her parents even after placing her own son for adoption.

~ Hades’ explanation for why Emma and Hook’s heart split wouldn’t work makes sense. Emma’s plan always had that flaw: she would not have been sharing her heart with Hook’s physical body, only with his Underworld counterpart.

~ It makes sense for Peter Pan of Neverland to be one of the few people to say “tick tock,” the others being Rumple and Hook.

~ Robin has good reason to be suspicious of Regina trusting Zelena: there could be any number of magical deceptions at work, such as controlling her heart.

~ Emma and Hook’s first adventure was ascending a beanstalk into the sky; now, on what seems to be their final adventure, they have to descend to the deepest place underground.

~ STEALTHY! I hope he and Snow had a reunion at some point!

~ Emma looks back as she leaves the Underworld, just like Orpheus in the myth!

Episode 5x21 “Last Rites”

~ Hades kind of causes his own downfall by killing Arthur, giving him the opportunity to help Hook.

~ Hook knows the names of the stages of grief! That’s pretty funny, considering how long it took for him to move on from losing Liam and Milah.

~ Like when they first met, Robin and Regina are once again in a secret tunnel breaking into her own seat of power!

~ I would expect Hook, a pirate, to know well enough where someone would hide their treasure.

~ Even in death, Hook does everything he can to help Emma!

~ It’s cool to see Hook and Arthur both having moments when they decide to do the heroic thing.

~ It’s nice that Zelena reaches out to comfort Regina, but Regina should have tried to comfort Zelena as soon as she killed Hades, not turned to Robin’s dead body.

~ Emma, Regina, and Zelena all lose the men they love in roughly the same day.

~ Someone finally pronounced “prophesied” correctly! I wonder if King Arthur’s actor pointed out that characters had been saying it wrong.

~ Zeus is totally miscast. He looks completely unimpressive and underwhelming, not like a god or a king. They could have at least given him a decent haircut.

~ The fact that Hook already has a grave in the Storybrooke cemetery raises many questions: Who buried him? Was he buried with his hook, or did someone save it and give it to Emma? Did he leave behind a will and testament? Did ownership of the Jolly Roger pass on to Emma?

~ Everyone putting arrows on Robin Hood’s coffin is a beautiful, fitting tribute.

~ I have mixed feelings about Hook coming back. On the one hand, it’s fitting that he was only able to return after he and Emma were willing to let him move on; that kind of paradox makes sense. But for him to come back when Robin cannot is just weird, and it undermines the character growth Emma has been struggling with, learning to love despite the fear of loss and let go of those who cannot stay with her.

~ I would expect Regina to get rid of Hades’ ashes as quickly as possible, not let them lie in her office.

Episode 5x22 “Only You”

~ Roland joins the Merry Men’s toast with what looks like chocolate milk!

~ If Gold wanted to obtain all of Storybrooke’s magic, wouldn’t the well be the better place? That was where he brought magic to Storybrooke in the first place.

~ Emma uses the same arguments on Regina that the others were using on Emma in the previous episode, saying that she should take a break to deal with her grief.

~ This is not the first time Henry expresses the idea that all magic is bad and should be destroyed. But he has also expressed wistfulness about Emma and Regina’s magic, which has the capacity for good. And he himself uses magic for good as the Author. There could have been more, better buildup to him deciding to destroy magic.

~ Why would Gold appear to the heroes and tell them what Henry is doing? The only plausible reason would be if he wants them to find Henry for him. They should realize that!

~ I’m guessing Guinevere returns to Camelot with the other inhabitants, but does anyone console her about Arthur’s death or tell her about the role he played in defeating Hades?

~ Roland’s final scene is sweet, but it’s strange to see Little John so at ease around the witch who turned him into a flying monkey. And Roland’s relationship with Zelena is so weird at this point: they lived together for several weeks, so they must have bonded while she was pretending to be his mother, but she killed his actual mother, and Regina and Robin made him forget about the period of time when they lived together. And what does Roland think of his baby sister?

~ The scene of Emma and Regina in the apartment (which has now been inhabited by both of their dead lovers) is unusually long, and amazingly deep. Regina finally talks about the tension between good and evil inside her, and what motivates her from moment to moment. I only wish this had been explored or explained earlier in the series; but maybe she did not have the words to explain it, or enough trust in Emma to be vulnerable about it with her.

~ Henry is acting more like his father than ever, breaking the library’s exhibit and stealing an artifact.

~ I knew Gold would be behind the doors!

~ Gold choosing to save the Olympian Crystal rather than Belle from the portal is almost predictable at this point. Did he learn nothing from his centuries of regret over not choosing Baelfire over his magic?

~ I have mixed feelings about the new context they give to Baelfire/Neal. On the one hand, I’m glad they gave some explanation for what he did during those years apart from Emma, and his apparent hatred of magic resonates with the attitude he expressed to Hook and the Darlings. On the other hand, doing research to destroy magic goes against what he said about trying to forget about the Enchanted Forest.

Episode 5x23 “An Untold Story”

~ Overall, I don't like that this show treats works of science fiction like Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as if they were fairy tales, because they're categorically different. That being said, the steampunk-like landscape of the Land of Untold Stories is quite interesting!

~ Gold seems to change his tune to Regina throughout this episode: in one scene he tells her that she’s gone soft, in the next he tells her that the Evil Queen is who she truly is.

~ Henry seems to both teach and learn a lesson about the “willing suspension of disbelief.”

~ I’m a little disappointed that Emma and Hook did not get more screentime during this finale, after everything they went through this season in their struggle to be together. But I’m glad they finally had a moment and professed their love when they were not in danger.

[tangledbea]

I recently had a realization. As someone who has autism, adhd and ocd, it could be possible that maybe Merida from Brave actually has one, some or all of those conditions. Like you could read her character arc as someone who either has one, some or all of those conditions discovering that her impulsive, compulsive and emotionally dysregulated behavior and actions are inexcusable, and she has no one to blame but herself.

Hey, there is no wrong interpretation. To adapt what Mark Hamell said about Luke Skywalker, if you need her to be any or all of those, then she is. It's not uncommon to see oneself in fictional characters, and your interpretation is valid.

[eldorr1e]

I just did some searching here in tumblr abt the rise of the brave tangled dragons and I’ve come up with a few headcannons. Also don’t get mad at me if these headcannons aren’t close to cannon at all or don’t fit yours, this is MY headcannons and it’s up to you wether or not you like it. Take it or leave it. Also it’s been awhile since I’ve watched any of these movies so bare with me 😭

If they were in the modern au:

- Jack would be a prankster/trouble kid and always has something up his sleeve

- literally does not take anything seriously

- people are annoyed on how carefree he is

- his behavior makes it look like he actually doesn’t care about anything or anyone

- in truth he actually does but he doesn’t know how to show or expresses his feelings

- is the clown friend.

- has some very complicated feelings abt him not finding who he is and he feels so out of place at school. He’s desperate to know who he is and tries everything he can catch with his hands to see if that thing sparks joy or thrill inside him or not.

- he has tried every single club or extracurricular activities in school, but it seems he can’t find anything he enjoys and he fears that if he doesn’t find one he won’t be able to survive the real world. So he just keeps on trying and experimenting over and over again.

-he has so many hobbies he just doesn’t know what to do with it.

- but he does enjoy skateboarding so that’s that!

- okay I don’t know why but Rapunzel seems like she’d be a manic pixie girl for some reason to me 😭 like cmon bro was locked up her entire childhood and most likely mother gothel allowed her unrestricted access to the internet (probably? I’m not sure, maybe Rapunzel would find a way to use the family computer without her mom noticing 💀)

- she definitely has mode mental scar from the internet don’t even think that’s impossible

- you and I both know the internet… it’s a dangerous place 😁

- trauma from amino. I will not elaborate.

- and she would seem like a weird girl due to her being homeschooled and literally being so out of touch with the world so she wants to live up to every experience possible

- after she found out she was going to a real Highschool she was estactic

- has the touch of the tism (maybe all 4 of them too now that I’m thinking about it)

- I would love to see her in some outdated 2010-2014 outfits and her thinking she’s the most drippiest person on earth lmao

- she is in so many fandoms you have no idea.

- I would love to be friends with her because she’d likely know most of the fandoms I know and would indulge with me with each one 😭 (she’s an og for this✊)

- star butterfly kinnie probably

- okay it’s been awhile since I’ve last watched httyd (seven years *cough*) so my headcannons for hiccup will probably not be as accurate as it seems so don’t throw fire balls at me 😡

- most sane out of the entire three

- literally keeps everyone in line, is the mom too 😭

- responsible teen and is quite mature for his age

- well respected and has a great reputation, but him being friends with the three makes it falter just a little

- his dad owns some company or something and his dad keeps pressuring him to be the greatest yatta yatta yatta which makes him uncomfortable with the amount of expectations and pressure laid upon him on an early age.

- does not want to be apart of it bc he thinks he’ll fuck it up

- loves his friends so much you have no idea

- Merida would be THE sport kid in school don’t even test me

- she absolutely excels in archery and is literally apart of the school’s archery program. She’s very passionate abt it and is the fewest of things that makes her feel alive

- does fencing too but she likes archery more

- her mom doesn’t approve of this at all but her dad is very supportive and just wants her to be happy

- incredibly loud! Has an extremely extroverted personality and is friends with mostly everyone

- her family owns a big business too and she’s the next in line to managing it, except she knew at a young age that she really doesn’t want to do it and wants to be successful at her own thing.

- she’s both scared and angry at her mom for always restricting her with nearly everything and making sure she’s the ‘perfect girl/daughter’, always putting her in etiquette classes and stuff like that

- her mom keeps insisting she’s doing this for her own good and that it will come handy in the future but Merida ain’t having it.

- she’s scared at her mom because one time Merida was practicing archery for a little too long and was late for an important meeting her family was attending to. Her mom was so angry that she burned her archery equipment right infront of Merida which fucked up her brain chemistry 💀

- her mom feels bad but they haven’t really discussed or communicated about this yet, so their both on a tense situation everytime their near each other.

- mommy issues go her

- SHE LISTENS TO MITSKI

- she loves her mom to the bottom of her heart, she really does. And deep down she is aware everything her mom is doing is for her sake and that she should listen to her atleast once. But she has been hurt beyond repair due to their past experiences with her mom and they both don’t seem to know how to fix it.

- therapy is the answer girl 😭

Okay so right now that’s all I can think of at the top of my head. There are probably some more that I left out either on purpose or I just forgot. But holy crap this is the first time I’ve ever made a headcannon list so I’m pretty impressed with myself rn

[noxiatoxia]

Hi! So I have a few things I wanted to say/ask so hopefully this isn't too long or out of place or anything

Okay so first off, you always reblog and say such nice things about my art in the tags and I wanted to say I appreciate it so much, I never know what to say but like you're the backbone of the hikakao community so it feels like a seal of approval in a way haha. And your art is so amazing like, damn! I love it sm. Kaoru has been my fav character for nearly a decade so I love seeing that its not just me he has a grip on, and as an autistic person myself who loves princesses’ and specifically Cinderella… well your hc means a lot to me haha. Oh and your hanahaki fic??? I ugly cried. SO damn good like the characterizations… one of the best Hikakao fics I've read on god

So I kinda wanted to ask two things, first being if you had to choose for the other hosts to have a fav princess who would it be? Im personally very partial to Tamaki loving Belle, given the like french beauty and romanticism of it all, plus her giving herself up for the safety of a parent connection. I like the idea of him being kinda dumb and taking it as you need natural inner AND outer beauty, which he oh so obviously has in spades and that kind of nonsense. Idk I was just curious if you'd have an opinion on this as ive been giving it some thought lately. Especially on Hikaru, I think he would like a more down to earth princess that doesn't have too much frills or singing in the film, like Merida because it's the most adventurous one without character songs if you're just going off disney. But idk I feel like another princess would suit him better, I just can't think of one rn

Second was if you had any thoughts or analysis of how the maid the twins had when they were young impacted them and their development? And more importantly how it impacted them each differently? Like obviously her saying no one may ever be able to tell them apart fucked with their heads, but like idk. Ive been thinking about it. And what if they never met her, and she never said that? Would they of been less warped? I think they'd just meet someone else who they liked who couldn't tell them apart, who'd just say the same thing in a different way. But how key was her betrayal of trust during a high stakes robbery of their parent's estate to all this? Im just musing at this point lmao

Oh also less an ask but I personally hc Kaoru to dissociate and the like frequently, and how maybe them being in sync all the time in their mannerisms really helps him with his autopilot moments, and Hikaru is always ready and able to catch him up to speed on what's happening and what they just did, if its something he would care to know that is. And I hc Hikaru as bipolar, his depression just manifests really angerly instead of traditional sadness. But my point is I love the idea that they're just so used to the other that any mentally ill or neurodivergent behavior one of them does the others just like “Oh yeah Kaorus just like that. You know how it is. What do you mean you don't know anyone afraid of hairdryers? Like legit afraid? Yeah no thats just a thing. Hmm. Well you should get over it it's his fear not yours I dont see how it concerns you.” and like gets defensive if anyone tries to say it's weird lmao

Okay that was long oops I hope this wasn't out of place or weird or anything, I got excited talking about it haha. Hope all is going well!!

THIS IS SO FUCKING SWEET YES!!! I WAS DRAWING HIKAKAO RIGHT AS YOU SENT THIS ASK TOO BTW.... i was htinking like, should i post this... theres kissing..... but then i remember why it's so rewarding to do what I love <3 really and truly. I've met SO many incredibly kind, creative, and thoughtful people through hikakao it's insane. And tbh it makes me want to never stop posting about them even if it nets me hate every now and again LMAO it's just, stuff like this is irreplaceable to me. And I LOVE your art!!!!!! It's SO cute... the picture of Kaoru dressed as cinderella made me legit scream. I sent it to all my friends and showed it to my brother haha. The whole Kaoru/Cinderella headcanon is very personal to me as you can probably gather from my carriage posting. so whenever I see it I go nuts (in a good way. it not destructive).

I think it's very funny (in a good way) that you already had a special interest in princesses, esp Cinderella. For me, it's like...I can NOT look at anything Cinderella related normally anymore because I'm reminded of the carriage allegory, and yet we have Cinderella movie nights every thursday now because of me...I describe my relationship with Cinderella as "stockholm syndrome" because i legit didn't care about or really even know Cinderella before all this went down, but now she is my Worst Enemy but Best Friend and if anybody says Cinderella is mid I'm blowing up another hostage.

Also!!! Thank you so much about the fic!!! While looking back I feel like there are def things I could improve on, I do really like that fic. As somebody who's personally arospec, I have trouble writing the "feelings" of romance so I tried my best. I have other Hikakao adjacent stories I'm writing and I wanna post them here!!!

Okay, onto the questions...firstly, YES, Tamaki DOES seem like the type to love Belle. He may also enjoy Rapunzel and her whole being held captive her whole life because maybe he feels the same way with his own family situation. Haruhi strikes me as a little mermaid type, no real reason, I just get that vibe. Although Kyoya probably relates to the original fairytale of the little mermaid in some ways for sure. I actually HC Mori's favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast, so he's probably also really into Belle. As for Hani, I'm not sure...Giselle, maybe. He likes her whimsy.

Hikaru is interesting, because I feel like he's like Me in which he HATES Cinderella because he has to hear about it 24/7 but if ANYBODY said anything mean about cinderella he'd be like...you bitch...you take that BACK. Altho I have this headcanon that Hikaru's favorite princess is Alice from Alice in Wonderland (tho she really isn't a "princess") because he always liked that movie better. Kaoru would cry as a kid tho when Hikaru said he thought that movie was better so he pretended to like Cinderella more. But he doesn't. Merida tho...that's a very good choice, I can defff seeing Hikaru being a big Merida fan.

So, to the second question: it's very interesting! What stood out about that maid to Hikaru and Kaoru was the fact she was mean to them. being raised as rich and "better" than everyone else, all the maids HAD to be nice or they got fired pretty much, so to see a maid go against that status quo, to treat them honestly...that's why they liked her so much.

If anyone else had said "nobody will be able to tell you two apart", would it have hurt? sure. But it wouldn't be devastating, because they likely wouldn't care about that person's opinion. but they liked this maid, they looked up to her in a weird way. Having somebody you like and trust tell you something hurtful is way more harmful than if a stranger did it.

Now...would they be LESS twisted if it never happened? I doubt it. I mean, maybe they'd be LESS focused on looking identical, but they would still be rather cruel and mischievous, because that's how they were simply raised: they were raised being taught their actions have no consequences, because they're better than everyone else. Simple by being "Hitachiins", they had a pass to do all sorts of nasty shit to people because they were rich and powerful. Besides, canonically, their mom & dad were barely in their lives, and child neglect causes the children to act out to get attention, usually via things that would get them scolded. So, while they miiight not have been AS keen on matching had that maid never said what she did before leaving them forever, they would probably be just as mean and cruel.

To le third point: YES that is so good. Kaoru very much dissociates in my heart of hearts as well. He has days on end where he doesn't feel like he's in his own body, everything's sort of a blur, he can't remember things well...Hikaru's there for him in those moments at least.

I always saw Hikaru and Kaoru as ADHD/Autism solidarity. But bipolar is an interesting one, too. I could def see it.

Also the hairdryer thing FUCKING RELATABLE...I'd think Kaoru is "afraid" of hairdryers/thunder - just really fucking loud noises that are sudden and/or unceasing. They don't make him "cower" necessarily but like, he gets super jittery/irritated because he gets overwhelming anxiety from it. Hikaru as a kid probably didn't understand why his brother acted so strangely to certain sights/sounds/touches, and maybe at first teased him about it, but when it was clear these things actually DISTRESSED Kaoru he stopped and did everything he could to make him feel better. and if anybody makes fun of kaoru for it Hikaru beats the shit out of them.

This was super nice ;w; I love receiving long asks, asks about ouran and the twins especially. legit if you ever wanna talk about them u can send an ask or DM me you seem really nice!!

[sboochi]

Heeeyyy!

Been Busy with,,, too many writing projects tbh (and in the process of possibly making my blog into one for the Pokemon au- currently the main roadblock is that I Cannot draw and I'm afraid it'd be boring without art)

but! You asked so I shall deliver!

Pokemon AU Cass headcanons!

- A fairly regular traveling trainer tbh. Been to a couple other regions but ultimately stays in her home one most of the time

- Doesn't focus on one particular type but she does like Dark types! Definitely has a Pawniard or Bisharp on her team, idk why but that's just The Vibes

- Her dad is the captain of the region's police force (sorry Officer Jenny but not this time)

- Is practically sisters with Rapunzel at this point, after housing her when Raps escaped Mother Gothel, and Would Do Anything for this girl tbh

- Has a lowkey rivalry with Merida, the two not only have unofficial pokemon battles every time they cross paths, but also physically spar when they get the chance

- Actually traveled with Jamie for a little bit when he was on his journey, before becoming champion- the two of them are surprisingly close, and she was one of the people he asked to be part of his new elite 4, though she declined

- As a result of the above, she has clearance to go up to the league to visit at any time

- Does Not know who her mother is, barely remembers her and dad Will Not Talk About It

- Licensed to be a stand-in gym leader at Eugene's gym (again, enjoys dark types) but hasn't had to do it yet

- is followed around by a Misdreavus that likes to encourage,,, certain behaviors :)

Lemme know if you have any other character requests!! They're fun to do but it's hard to pick who to do next lol

Glad to hear these asks are starting an entire au, that's what they deserve 👏👏

Honestly the Jamie+Cass friendship is the interaction I didn't know I needed, the idea of a nerdy weird kid and sassy grumpy young woman travelling together is both wholesome and hilarious, thank you

I'd love to hear about the httyd gang and/or the guardians, if you had something in mind!

[adrianasunderworld]

Who do you think will join the Sunset Savannah event?

My first instinct is Belle. Because of course he would let her come. Other options I think would be Mulan or Merida. Because the story of the event from what I've seen is Leona needing the gang for a sporting event, so it makes sense to have one of the more athletic girls on hand. Though I think in terms of humor, Merida may be the funnier option just to see Kifaji be stunned by her behavior.

[hiccanna-tidbits]

This is such Jack and Merida behavior

I feel like the legal institution of adoption is unreasonably limited by restricting it to parent-child relationships. If me and some random asshole want to legally be second cousins, I think we should just be able to do that.