#otp: tallahassee

[ljf613]

SwanFire for your ship game 👉🏻👈🏻🥹

Haven't answered a Swanfire ask in a while, this should be fun.

Just off the top of my head, I'd have to say...

Neal’s the werewolf and Emma’s the hunter

Emma’s the mermaid and Neal’s the fisherman

Emma’s the witch and Neal’s the familiar

Neal’s the barista and Emma’s the coffee addict

Neal’s the professor and Emma’s the TA

Neal’s the knight and Emma’s the princess

Neal’s the teacher and Emma’s the single parent

Neal’s the writer and Emma’s the editor

Ask me about my ships!

[kazoosandfannypacks]

subtle little captainswan lockscreen/wallpaper combos. rb or like if used! 🦢🏴‍☠️🧭

[elizabethbennets]

“I don’t meant to upset you, Emma, but I think we make quite the team.”

OKAY SAY LESS

[mccallhero]

favourite otp meme: captain swan

[1/4] episodes: tallahassee (2x06)

[ljf613]

“Be careful with that one, love He will do what it takes to survive.”

You have torn it all apart, I’m watching it burn…

requested by anonymous

[fearforthestorm]

How is 'no children' misrepresented and what is it actually about? <- genuinely curious and likes people ranting about things like this (and only really knows about the 'hand in unlovable hand' line though maybe that's part of the problem(?))

oh god okay so. how much tmg lore do you want because if we want to get into no children we're gonna get into the alpha couple and they've literally been present in the music since the very first tape ever released under the name the mountain goats over 30 years ago. actually yknow what it's 2am I don't want to mess things up I'll just give you this:

that's the backstory that's what no children is about. the song is so named because (paraphrasing a quote) "if there's one thing I know about this couple it's that the world will be better for it if they never have children". and here's the thing is that no children is a REALLY cathartic song I don't fault people for enjoying it and god knows that it's fun to belt at concerts but it is NOT a love song. it is not a song about a relationship that is in any way good or stable or healthy. it is about a couple that are bad for eachother and for everyone around them and should get divorced but are never going to because filing those papers is a few hundred bucks and you can buy a lot of alcohol with that money. please understand that: they aren't a tragic mutually doomed couple who despite that love each other. they are actively dragging the both of them to their graves because they're too far in to turn around now. they've been drinking for decades like it'll fix their problems and it never will and things only ever get angrier and louder and more destructive and worse so they just keep fucking digging the graves they've been digging since the beginning. first rule of holes is stop digging second rule is that once you do you're still in a hole but they're never even gonna get the first one and they sure as hell aren't ever going to acknowledge that they're in a deep deep hole much less would they try to get out. no children is about wanting the worst for yourself and your better half because it's the only way you can see any of it ending. no children is slinging insults across the living room several drinks deep into the evening at the person you married and realising that you fucking mean it when you say you hope it all goes to shit and takes the both of you down with it.

no children isn't the tragic otp. no children says "I hope I lie and tell everyone you were a good wife" and "I hope when you think of me years down the line you can't find one good thing to say / and I hope that if I found the strength to walk out you'd stay the hell out of my way" and it means every goddamn word when it says them. and I know people like "hand in unloveable hand / and I hope you die / I hope we both die" but they ALWAYS use that quote in a "it doesn't matter if we're unloveable because we're hand in hand" kind of way and that's just completely fucking wrong. if you're going to use no children for your blorbos fucking commit to it, they better be a couple that is genuinely entirely going to bury each other alive for the sheer goddamn fact that they would rather die than try to stop digging.

anyway. go listen to Tallahassee (album) because it is genuinely extremely fucking good and no children probably isn't even in my top three songs from that album.

[ljf613]

Swanfire Week Day 1: Parallels

"Mike, what do you remember about my dad?" At Neal's apparent non sequitur, the mechanic blinked. "Because what I remember is sneaking out of my room at night to sit at the top of the stairs and watch him sew." "Sew?"  Michael scratched his head. "Look, Neal-" "Dad spent hours at the shop every day, working his rear off," Neal said, ignoring the interruption. "He had a lot of debt, and the only way he could afford to pay it off was to work every free moment he had. But he never opened the shop until after I'd gone to school, and he was always closed by the time I got home. When I was there, so was he. And if that meant working late into the night after I was already in bed to make up the difference, that's what he did." "That's very nice, but-" "Michael, my dad wasn't perfect," said Neal, shaking his head. "He was stubborn, and old-fashioned, and much stricter than any kid would have liked. But at the end of the day, none of that mattered. What mattered was that he was there."

- Excerpt from “Not My Homeland Anymore”, Chapter 8: “Though I Can't Recall Your Face”

After an earthquake shakes things up, Neal (and Henry) try to help two lost kids find their dad.

A belated entry for @mysteryandnonstopfun's Swanfire Week. (As always, this one's for @swanfireprincessmydear-- this story would not be anywhere with out you.)

[Chapter 1] [Chapter 2]

[heretolurkandnothingmore]

tag game time! 5 current favourite songs.

big thank you to 3 of my wonderful mutuals and treasured friends, (@cottonraincoat @willameena and @kingdomvel) for tagging me! you guys rock.

picking just five was a riddle and a half, so i elected to leave out the musicals and anything that's in russian. just let me know if you want the other (russian) list :D

i extend the invitation to @yourfavoritefridge, @piecesofeden11, @palfriendpatine66, @virahaus and @dreaminghour. have fun, dear ones)

now, in no particular order:

1. the oh hellos - soap. here representing the folk part of my playlist, filling in for the crane wives and of monsters and men. this song is a comfort. it's a midday drive on a long empty road with the windows open. it's dandelions breaking through the pavement in spring. basically, if you want a song telling you you're loved, look no further.

choice lyric: "all the things we've broken can be puzzled again and again."

2. mother mother - until it doesn't hurt. hello fellow shut-ins! did you just discover you haven't seen the light of day for three days? me too! and this song is just the thing to make us feel better about it. careful, side effects may include: feeling like you're in a kick-ass movie about revenge, getting goosebumps from the chorus, being inspired to write a new character. ok, that last one may just be me. but the song is still pretty good.

choice lyric: "i wanna fight, i wanna bite, i wanna swallow all the light"

3. the mountain goats - sax rohmer 1, here representing the lo-fi end of the spectrum. i have recommended tallahassee the album on this blog twice already, so today we're picking heretic pride. as a wise youtube comment once said, "the affection of no creature is left unrepresented in their songs" - this one is for those of us gritting their teeth through every day of all of this.

choice lyric: "all roads lead toward the same blocked intersection"

4. fall out boy - headfirst slide into cooperstown on a bad bet. time for a little guilty pleasure! i was torn between this and the killers or panic at the disco. the battle has been won by this beautiful earworm. perfect fit for when you need the music to just wash over you and drown out the rest.

choice lyric: "i don't just want to be a footnote in someone else's happiness"

5. daughter - run. and the final one, here for all the other sad songs, having won over placebo, amigo the devil and florence of florence and the machine. i dare you to imagine your otp to this one - it's hard not to!)) good pick for those evenings when you need a singer to cry with you.

choice lyric: "i won't tell my mother, it's better she don't know. and he won't tell his folks, 'cause they're already ghosts"

[ljf613]

No words appear before me in the aftermath Salt streams out my eyes and into my ears Every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness 'Cause it's all over now, all out to sea

what could've been, would've been you

[poptart-cat-78]

and captainswan for the ship asks because i know your opinion but am gifting you an opportunity to ramble

OMGGGGGG

Not just “Ship it” but they’re my forever OTP

What made you ship it? Did you see the tension between them in “Tallahassee”?!?! Like 🔥🔥🔥

What are your favorite things about this ship? OH BOY. I just adore how much Killian supports Emma. How he was willing to become a better man in order to feel worthy of her. THEIR PARALLELS. How Emma never thought anyone would truly love her yet Killian would go to the end of the world or time for her. THE WAY THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND MAKE ONE ANOTHER HAPPY. The way Killian was able to tear down Emmas walls, slowly with patience and determination. How Killian helped Emma open up to love again. There is JUST SO MUCH I LOVE ABOUT THEM!!!

Do you have any unpopular opinions about your ship? Killian is SO MUCH BETTER OF AN OPTION FOR EMMA then Regina and Neil, I said what I said

[sassyandclassy94]

Another commission of young SwanFire this time from Erica Buckmaster. I love them so much!!!

[totalmadncss]

Once Upon A Time Discovers Social Media + SwanFire

[ljf613]

In the middle of the night, in my dreams I know I'm gonna be with you

knew I was a robber first time that he saw me…

[ljf613]

are you ever finishing your swanfire fic? it's one of my favorites.

Absolutely! In fact, I just updated it!

[fatimagic]

if i had a nickel for every time my otp were two outcasts who fell in love under criminal circumstances and then planned their happy ending by running away together only for person a to abandon person b at the last minute because someone told person a that person b would be better off without them and person a was so terrified and insecure that they believed them only for said otps to have an inevitably emotional reunion after their forced time apart

i'd have two nickels but it's insane that something that specific happened twice

[sassyandclassy94]

SwanFire Appreciation Week Day 6: Actors AU or Social Media AU