#Tilly Weaver

[a-happy-beginning]

—Once Upon a Time, “Beauty”

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Also I really liked rumples father/daughter relationship with tilly. I had kinda hoped rumbelles baby would be a girl or they would have another baby that was a girl so I love that he still had that dynamic with her. And it's sweet that she wasn't in his blood related circle of people he cared about

[depressedstressedlemonzest]

THEY'RE JUST SO CUTE AND HAPPY AND IN LOVE WITH THEIR OLD LOVING LIVES

THEY'RE DANCING TOGETHER AND ITS SO CUTE 💙💙💙💙💙

They did a good fucking job making her look old .

My husband better still look at me like that at that age.

Aw she's opening up curtains again like so long ago.

She better not fall now.

I SAID SHE BETTER NOT FALL NOW

YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO BEING YOURSELF

ITS THE CHIPPED CUP

YOU'LL NEVER LOSE ME

THE SUN HASNT SET YET

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

IM FUCKING CRYING ALL OVER AGAIN READING THESE TO WRITE MY CAPTIONS AMD ITA KILLING ME

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

There's something I need to tell you.

I realized that the sun that needed to set at the Edge of Realms wasn't the one in the sky.

IT WAS MINE

HOW COULD YOU KEEP THAT FROM ME?

It means you have to believe our love is powerful enough to outlast death. Only then you will find the path to lead you back to me.

NOW ITS TIME TO LET ME GO.😭😭😭😭😭😭

WE FOUND OUR WAY BACK TO EACH OTHER MORE THAN A FEW TIMES

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I'm just fucking crying now.

[priscilla9993]

Chess Allusions: Pawn Parallels

Rogers: “So you can use [her info] as leverage against [Belfrey]?”

Weaver: “Well that’s how this game works, Detective.”

Talking in the park, Weaver and Rogers both want the information that Tilly knows, the kind that causes Victoria to feel threatened, enough to blackmail Weaver with Tilly’s imprisonment and some CCTV footage of his misdeeds. Although both detectives covet finding and questioning Tilly for what she knows, their motives differ. 

Weaver has a “means to an end” approach, valuing Tilly only when she can be useful in his schemes. His selfish nature sides with his freedom and power over her wellbeing, and he’s okay with that. Tilly might be his informant with the ‘best eyes and ears in Hyperion Heights’, but at the end of the day, she’s replaceable, someone worth losing if it means he gains a stepping stone in the long game against taking down Victoria Belfrey.

Rogers: “Is that all this girl is to you and Belfrey? A pawn? Then why don’t we split up, since one of us actually wants to help her?”

But to Rogers, who doesn’t even know Tilly at this point, he sees Victoria and Weaver’s game as something where people win at the expense of somebody else and goes into full papa bear mode. Rogers wants to help Weaver as a partner and wage justice against Victoria, but not at the cost of using Tilly. He sees Tilly as a vulnerable person caught in the crossfire of a game they didn’t even know they were playing, rather than a soldier in a chess match, and wants to talk to her on equal terms. 

His opinion of Tilly being a bit off kilter but innocent at heart only strengthens when Weaver, in the hospital, unexpectedly pardons her of assumed criminal charges, telling Rogers an obvious lie about a masked robber being the one who shot the gun. Upon meeting Tilly outside of the hospital room, Rogers sees a confused, distraught, and guilt ridden young woman playing a game of chess alone. He tells her the facts with a kind opinion, “Look, you weren’t in your right frame of mind. He doesn’t blame you.” They build up an acquaintance and the budding start of a camaraderie over chess.

However, this all changes when the monster that is Gothel/the fire nation arrives Eloise Gardener gets into the playing field. Victoria and Drizella play cat and mouse, Weaver uses Tilly in a game of lies, and Rogers tries to make sense of things, inadvertently rescuing Gothel, the big bad spider.

Rogers to Weaver: You lied! And you made Tilly lie. Why did you do that?!

Weaver: Because you don't know what's going on around here... But I did it for one reason: to protect you from your bloody self.

(gratuitous physical violence scene bc I love the dynamic)

What Rumple could mean by ‘bloody self’ could be that Rogers lets his temper cloud his judgment first before he goes seeking revenge on/fighting for justice for those who deserve it most. I think that's where Rumple sees the most Killian come out from the supposed "Eagle Scout" detective, stubborn and determined to stick to his guns until he gets to his desired conclusion, which in this case is finding Eloise Gardener (Gothel). 

Rogers defends Tilly, despite only meeting her a few times, going so far as to bodyslam Weaver as he confronts him. However, he loses his respect for her after finding Eloise, where no explanation could outweigh the cost.

Rogers: What do you want?

Tilly: To say I’m sorry about the page. Weaver said it was for the best and I can’t always figure that out for myself.

Rogers: Take a look at what he was covering up. Now tell me, was that for the best? You know what? I understand. I’m just disappointed. You weren’t the person I thought you were.

Rogers is a man of many things, holding grudges being one of them and being rational in the other. The blonde informant had gone so far as to even lie to him about Eloise, dead of all things. As much as he wanted to forgive Tilly, he didn’t know if he could.

At the end of the day, in Rogers’s mind, Eloise needed help, rescue, and emergency aid, something that only happened because of his deep obsession with finding a missing girl from a cold case. And Tilly deterred him from saving a life, unintentional or not.

Roni: “Henry told me about how Weaver used that girl, Tilly.”

Rogers: “Well, it seems to me like she wanted to be a pawn.”

Rogers feels his trust was betrayed and remains disappointed in Tilly. He saw Weaver being a shady bastard from a mile away, but he didn’t expect her to be complicit in Weaver’s dirty schemes. He wanted to believe Tilly was the kind of person who questioned whatever she was told and made her own path on decisions like he did, not so easily roped into following plans, especially ones of slimy bastards like Weaver. If Rogers saw Tilly as an innocent victim of society before, moved around like a pawn, he feels wronged in his judgment and probably thinks she was content to be a sheep to Weaver’s mysterious whims. 

Who was he to believe she could be more than a pawn when she chose to be one?

Luckily, Roni was there to whack the obviously menacing poisoned cake from his hands and knock some sense into him.

Regina as Roni: “You know, people only let themselves be used when they don’t have any other option. How about you give her one?”

Tilly, even if a marmalade sandwich was needed as incentive, had been willingly helpful to his case. The only moment she hadn’t been was when she was under Weaver’s thumb, someone she had known and trusted like a father figure, unlike him who was a stranger in her eyes. People came and went from the older detective’s team, knowledge of informants and detective partners leaving frequently unless they had a special skill set or blackmail hanging over them. If anything, she wasn’t fully to blame.

What Tilly and Rogers can't see until it's too late, being cursed and all, is that they are good natured people afraid of getting hurt, wanting to help others, but unfortunately victims of manipulation, of those with ulterior agendas that use them as playing pieces, making them no better than pawns. 

Roni was right. People like Tilly wouldn’t let themselves be used like pawns if they didn’t have any other option. She had been brave enough to show up to the crime scene to apologize to him in person after what she did, not caring about being forgiven, and he hadn’t even given what she had said a second thought. Knowing Weaver, Rogers would have concluded that the old bastard probably didn’t even give her the entire picture and used her good intentions in an ill manner befitting the man’s deceitful ways, leading her to think it was for the best. 

This leads to Rogers making a step in the right direction. It doesn’t take more than Roni’s small nudge of advice to get him to internally forgive Tilly and go in search of her, eventually offering a chess set to help pass the time with a weekly game and a friend who’d listen if she’d accept. From then on, Rogers and Tilly both grow and begin to trust again, trying to protect the other from getting harmed as the consequence of another’s scheme.

[ace-cf-cups]

That green jacket Tilly is wearing a lot that's a bit big for her ( see my last reblog )?

It used to be Weaver's but at some point he gave it to her because he "couldn't have his best eyes and ears come down with a cold" ( that's his excuse, of course, just like the dali regularly "mixing up" his order and giving him Tilly's favorite sandwiches is — he just cares about her, a lot, but can’t exactly buy her a new jacket because: 1) he's got a reputation of a heartless bastard to uphold, 2) Tilly might not accept it, 3) it might compromise their informant-cop arrangement )

[duckcruz]

Sister…. I got girls on my mind.

[ace-of-spaders]

Detective Weaver's iconic first appearance in season 7 episode 1 "Hyperion Heights"

[blackros78]

[fieryncbles]

Wow, I've had Alice / Tilly for an hour and I'm already convinced that adding her as a muse was one of the best rp decisions I've made 🥰

[jeevesreads]

15 Messy Marriage Romance Books: Convenient, Forced & Arranged

I love a romance novel where the characters find themselves married to someone unexpected, no matter the situation. Whether it’s a true marriage of convenience (where the couple has something to gain from the union), an arranged marriage to a business ally, or a lighter mafia-style forced marriage, these unlikely romances can develop in a variety of ways. I love the tension that comes from two…

[rawbutprecious]

✿ (for Tilly from Weaver and for Alice from Rumple)

headcanon meme

Tilly thinks Weaver's marmalade sandwiches are the best she's ever had. He figured the best bread to marmalade combo for her.

She likes that he comes and checks on her because she feels like most people don't care about her. It makes her feel special.

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Ricky Miller looks back at 10 years of Avery Hill and its packed 2023

Ricky Miller looks back at 10 years of Avery Hill and its packed 2023 #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel @AveryHillPubl

[smashorpass50plus]

Well, we finally did it. We have officially reached over 1000 polls on the blog..... so it's tournament time. Some of These elders reached this level at the beginning of the blog, some reached their level due to their acts in the public, but it's time for us to do an ultimate hot old person bracket.

Who's the brackets? Thanks to randomly mixing the names, these are the seeds to start with, with a total of 5 rounds. Each poll will be the standard week long and propaganda will be encouraged and welcome. In fact, I'll be swapping out photos with any better pictures reblogged.

Jennifer Tilly v Rekha

Ewan McGregor v Lucy Lawless

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan v Kōji Kikkawa

Eartha Kitt V Queen Ramonda

Lucy Liu v Ming Na Wen

Stevie Nick's v Ernie Hudson

Angela Bassett v Rachel Weisz

Andie macdowell v Blanche Devereaux

Bridget Christie v Sade Adu

Idris Elba v Michelle Yeoh

Sigourney Weaver v Trinity (newest matrix)

Tracy Chapman v Cassandra Peterson

Chaka Khan v Sophie Okonedo

Michelle Gomez v Gillian Anderson

Joan Jett v Missy Elliott

Mortician Addams (Wednesday) v Hiroyuki Sanada

Website I'll be using to track everything is here

Tournament will be tagged SOP T

Objects will not be included only due to them being a late addition to the blog but still taking up a large part of the top polls

[depressedstressedlemonzest]

Rumple vs rumple

Dark one vs. Dark Light One

Imp vs man

Double dose of rumple for us all!

IT WONT BE REAL

HE DID IT AND THEY'RE IN LOVE AND GIDEON IS A BABY AGAIN!!!!

A FRESH BEGINNING!!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

EVERYONE IS GETTING THEIR HAPPILY EVER AFTERS AND IM CRYING

Love these shots of rumbelle.

THE LAST FUCKING SUPPER KILLED ME INCACKLED AND LAUGHED SO MUCH

Season seven bitches

Aka the season I basically fast forwarded everything except rumple scenes.

Love Weaver in these shots.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I LOVE THEM

TO SEE THE WORLD

The apple drinks had me laughing

Love how he adopts street urchin children.

Love tilly

[saltyunordinaryprincess]

Shopping Trip

Continued from here [X]

@bluebellestorybrooke

Tilly's smile faded as she looked up at Belle, her eyes almost clouding over a bit. "I did... I promise. I told Weaver I wouldn't miss a dose when he invited me to stay this winter." The girl blinked a couple times, chasing away the fog as an image of a cracked tea cup seemed to appear in her memory but only for a brief moment before it was gone and already forgotten. "I promise Mrs Detective,, I did...." Tilly's smile started to reappear tho it didn't reach her eyes this time.

[priscilla9993]

Rewatching Flower Child, I flounced in horror and excitement at how quickly Rogers and Tilly got restrained once they got caught in Gothel’s trap.

The confusion, desperation, and concern he has for Tilly being pulled away from him quickly turns into protective papa bear mode once he locks eyes with “Eloise”.  

“I swear, Eloise, I won’t let my badge stop me from killing you if you hurt that girl!” Even when he’s clearly outnumbered, Rogers is ready to fight and do whatever it takes to keep Tilly from harm. Man was ready to murder (ngl I’d be too with a person like Gothel around) Like damn, how many times has it been since he’s forsaken his badge and the rules of the laws to protect Tilly? Once when he said a masked robber shot Weaver (when he barely knew her), another when he hid Tilly at Henry’s to keep her safe despite her being a murder suspect (Henry: Wait, you are the police. Rogers: No, not right now, I’m not.), and then right when they are captured in the theater. Okay 3, maybe not as many as I thought, but still way more times than he probably should.  

Even when he’s tied up and knows that his life is on the line, sickle to his throat, he urges her to choose her freedom and life at his expense. Please don’t do this Tilly, I’m just one life. This line hurts to hear as it implies Rogers sees himself as of less value than the world needs but also in a protective and parentally sacrificial way, believing it’s his last moment, he says, seeing Tilly as his daughter, If I truly am your father, don’t do this. Even when all he had to give was his life, Rogers didn’t want Tilly to go through something she absolutely didn’t want to do, especially when forced or controlled. Point is Rogers was willing to go the extra mile, rules or life be damned, to protect Tilly.