#rumbelle throwback

[inamemyselficarus]

You know when a fandom you haven't thought about in YEARS just kicks down the door of your psyche like "I'M BACK BITCH"

[kelyon]

Has there ever been a thing you've written where you've taken a step back and wondered if it was too much for the fandom you're writing for? Doesn't have to be kink related. It can be anything from random subject matter to an action that was the equivalent of that town line scene in Once. If you wrote it, did you keep it in? What made you make that decision? Or, if you came across an opportunity to write something hard like that, would you?

It's hard to say what's too much sometimes. As much as each fandom has its own vibe, that vibe can change over time. We're a wave made up of particles, a crowd made of individuals. What hits the spot for some is way too much for others (and not enough for some other people).

Rumbelle used to self-identify as being THE horny fandom, shameless in our smut. We were pretty heavy with the angst, too. I feel like both of those have kind of tapered off. Honestly, I don't know what Rumbelle's identity is anymore, or if we even exist. I mean, I'm here, you're here, the Showdown and the new TEAs are here, but are we here? Are we a collective anymore? Is there Rumbelle or is there just a bunch of Rumbellers?

Part of my goal with On The House was to throwback to Rumbelle in the early days. In 2013-14, there was a real layer of darkness that could settle over a fic. In season two (for example), we didn't know how things were going to go in canon--if Rumple was irredeemably evil, if Belle would ever get her memories back, if them being together was actually good for either of them. Now it's so easy to write Rumple as a loving husband and father, but back then Bobby himself was questioning if "babies with Belle" was what Rumple really wanted. I'm planning on happiness for On the House, I'm planning on love to save the day. But it would be more accurate a throwback for there to be no love at all.

To answer the question, I don't think there's much subject matter that is entirely foreign to Rumbelle. Drink the Poison Lightly is the darkest fic I've ever read and it's amazing. (Please read it. I don't think it's on AO3 and I had to scroll through many pages of my archive to find my reblog). There are some things that won't be for everyone, and some things that won't be for anyone, but if I think they're really necessary, I hope I'll be brave enough to write them.

I mean, you are also asking this of the woman who added mpreg to an m/f ship in the year of our lord 2023, so maybe I don't know what "too much" even is.

[cartoonjessie]

Rumbelle Throwback Tuesday - to celebrate the end of an era (the end of OUAT), I’ll highlight old (completely finished) Rumbelle fics of mine, in case you missed them the first time they got promoted all those years ago!

The Fifth Gem - Explicit content - Over the past years, Queen Regina has tried to obtain all Gems of Life – some by trade, others by violence and war. With the fifth and final gem almost in her grasp, the people of the Empire and Agrabah are desperate to hold onto theirs. In order to stop Regina, they need to learn her weaknesses, and to do so, they need a spy. Enter Belle, who they set up to go and spy on the Queens’ most loyal ally – Rumplestiltskin. She fears she may not be up to the task… But little does she know that she might actually save the world… and the Dark One himself.

[vickyjona]

Throwback Thursday to the iconic Rumbelle scene in Storybrooke’s library.

[theoneandonlylittlebird]

“Fashion is important.” - Runway Star Goldstiltskin

Heart of the Truest Believer

[snowbellewells]

Fandom Throwback Thursday

The couple that come to my mind are both just moments in the show that caused a collective swoon or gasp of shock and awe in myself and the friends i was watching it with. I would host “Premiere Parties” with themed food and games and decorations to go with each upcoming arc when the premiere episode aired in Spring and Fall, beginning with 3b up until the end. (I miss having those SO much!!) 

Anyway, the first one is a bit tarnished now, because by the show’s end I wasn’t so sold on Rumbelle as a healthy True Love couple anymore, but I remember in the 4a premiere right after their wedding, when Rumple and Belle are in the mansion, and they have the ballroom, and the chandelier and the blue jacket and the gold dress, and suddenly “Tale as Old as Time” started playing. Everyone in the room where I was watching it just let out this collective charmed sigh of “It’s their song!” and melted on the spot. I still love that scene, even if it was hard to root for the ship much longer past that point.

The other fandom moment that I remember just blowing my mind was in the Season 5 premiere. I can still remember just the huge gasp I let out as they panned down the length of the broken Excalibur, and then suddenly it was the Dagger lying on Main Street, and you realized the Dagger was the broken end of Excalibur. Sometimes OuaT twists feel too crazy and out of left field and just for the shock value. This one though, hit me like a bolt of lightning. I didn’t see it coming, and yet it seemed to make perfect sense once it was revealed. Brilliant!! It still gives me the chills.

@thesschesthair (you said to tag if we answered it)  And I’m adding a few others whose answers I would like to hear...  @searchingwardrobes @whimsicallyenchantedrose @jennjenn615 @donteattheappleshook @hollyethecurious @kmomof4 @winterbaby89 @winterbythesea @elizabeethan @wefoundloveunderthelight  

[worryinglyinnocent]

Fic: Of Libraries and Ties (1/2)

Summary: Follow up to last month’s Of Comic Books and Sushi. Belle, Neal and Neal’s girlfriend Emma all end up at Gold’s for New Year’s. Belle falls in love with a particular room in Gold’s house, and a good time is had by all. 

Part one written for the @a-monthly-rumbelling prompt: Books, Tea, Big City, Drive. 

Part two written for the @a-monthly-rumbelling prompt: Surprise, Lingerie, Bedroom Eyes

Rated: Part one is T, part two will be E

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Of Libraries and Ties

Part One

Belle was still having a bit of trouble coming to terms with how small Storybrooke was in comparison to Boston. Ever since she’d come to America in the first place, she’d only ever lived in cities, her father figuring that there would be more opportunities in a big city than in a small town. Even back in Australia, she’d never lived anywhere quite as small as Storybrooke. 

“Are you ok?”

She glanced over at Neal in the driving seat of the little yellow bug. Emma was spark out asleep in the back. They’d decided that it would be more economical to cram everything into Emma’s car and all go up to Maine together, sharing the drive time, rather than all making their own ways to the same place. Andrew had invited them all for New Years - Neal obviously had a standing invitation as his son, Emma was welcome as Neal’s girlfriend, and Belle was welcome as Andrew’s own girlfriend.

It had taken Neal a while to get to grips with the idea of his roommate and his dad being together. It had taken Belle a little while to accept the fact that she was dating her roommate’s dad. Still, everything seemed to have worked out for the best, even if the relationship was still somewhat long-distance whilst Belle was still in college. She thought that they had the potential to go the distance, and she now knew Andrew enough to be assured that she wasn’t simply a flash in the pan, midlife crisis fling. 

“Yeah,” she said eventually, in answer to Neal’s question. “Yeah, I’m fine. I’ve just never been anywhere like this before.”

“That’s not the only thing though, is it?” Neal had slowed the bug to a crawl to comply with the town’s speed limits. “Come on, you can tell me. I’m your best friend.”

“Yes, and your dad is also my boyfriend. I think that there might be a conflict of interest somewhere along the line here.”

“Hey, as long as you never, ever talk about sex in my earshot, we’ll be fine.” Neal grinned. “So, it’s something about Dad that’s getting you down?”

“Not getting me down, per se. It’s just that every other time we’ve seen each other, we’ve been in Boston. We’ve been in my comfort zone, so to speak. Now we’re in his. In his house, no less. It feels… strange.”

“Maybe. But think about it this way. Dad’s lived in that house for over twenty years, so it’s got a lot of him in it. You’ll learn a lot more about him in Storybrooke than you ever could in Boston.”

“I suppose you’re right.” It would definitely be nice to get a first-hand glimpse of Andrew’s life, rather than having to imagine it all for herself as they talked about it. And after all, he had seen her home and how she lived. It was only fair that she should get the same kind of insight into his own life. 

“Ok, we’re here.” Neal pulled into the drive of a very impressively pink house on the outskirts of the town. 

“Your dad’s house is pink.” Emma had woken up and was staring out of the windscreen at the house, rubbing her eyes. “Is your dad’s house pink? Or am I still dreaming?”

“No, the house is definitely pink,” Neal said cheerily. He waved to his dad, who had stepped out onto the porch to greet them. “Come on, let’s get inside before we freeze. I hope it doesn’t snow. Not that being snowed in at Dad’s is necessarily a bad thing, but I left all my coursework in Boston and it’s due next week.”

“Is Storybrooke famous for snow?”

“Not really, we’re too near the coast. As in, literally on it. But when it comes, it comes with a vengeance.”

They manhandled all the luggage out of the car and into the blessed warmth of the house. Emma and Neal immediately took off up the stairs to dump their stuff in Neal’s room, leaving Andrew and Belle standing under the mistletoe in the hall. He leaned in, kissing her lips softly, and Belle dropped her bag to hook her arms around his neck and pull him in closer for a deeper kiss. He was smiling as she broke away, his eyes bright and a little shy. Belle saw then that he was feeling all the same nervousness about welcoming her into his home as she was feeling about visiting him in it.

“I didn’t know where you would want to sleep,” he said eventually. “The spare bed is made up ready for you if you would prefer, but I’d really like it if you stayed with me.”

Belle kissed him again. “Of course I’d like to stay with you.”

“I’d hoped you would. I just didn’t know if you’d be worried about traumatising Neal or something.”

Belle snorted. “Hey, he’s got his own girlfriend to traumatise us with, he can’t talk.” She grinned. “Why don’t you give me a tour of the house?”

Andrew gave a soft huff of laughter. “Why not indeed. Without meaning to sound in the least bit presumptuous, we can start in my room so you can park your bag.”

Andrew’s room was gorgeous, all dark woods and jewel-like colours, and Belle had to admit that the space suited him perfectly. She ran her hands over the intricately carved headboard, heat beginning to rise in her face as she imagined all the wonderful uses that it could be put to later. 

“It’s beautiful,” she said. “It’s very you. This is the kind of place that I can always picture you in.”

“I’m glad you like it.” There was no mistaking the quiet pride in his voice. “But there’s another room that I think you’ll like even more.”

Belle held out a hand to him. “Lead on, McGold.”

He snorted at the throwback to their first date together in Boston, back before they had really known that they were dating, but he nonetheless took her hand and guided her into the next room. It had originally begun life as a small box bedroom, but now, the amount of floor to ceiling bookcases in it meant that the only furniture it had room for was an old leather armchair and an antique end table. 

“It’s not exactly a library like you’re used to, but it’s good enough, I think.”

“Oh Andrew, it’s perfect. I’d love a room like this in my own place.”

She slipped her arms around his middle and rested her chin against his shoulder. It was nice to be dating a guy who didn’t tower over her for once. It was even nicer that he remembered how much she liked books and had known how much she’d like this room. Despite their age difference and the undeniable fact that he was Neal’s dad, Belle felt that Andrew was far better suited to her than some of her exes. 

“Dad, what’s for dinner?”

Belle felt Andrew’s sigh, but she didn’t pull away from him as he replied. 

“Neal, it’s only three in the afternoon.”

“I know, but we’ve had a long drive from Boston. We’re starving!”

“There’s a box of Granny’s peanut butter cookies in the kitchen.”

“Yes! Thanks Dad!”

Andrew always brought a steady supply of the mysterious Granny’s cookies with him whenever he visited Boston, and Belle’s stomach gave an aptly timed growl. Andrew chuckled. 

“Come on, before Neal and Emma finish them all. We can have the rest of the tour later.”

X

Belle curled up in the leather chair under her blanket, lost in Dickens’ prose. Dinner had turned out to be chicken chasseur, and now Emma and Neal had volunteered to do the dishes whilst Andrew made a couple of last-minute phone calls. Although, given the amount of hilarity that Belle could hear coming from the kitchen, she felt justified in wondering if they were actually creating more mess than they were cleaning up. 

“I thought I might find you in here.”

She looked up to see Andrew standing in the doorway, a mug in each hand. “Tea?”

“Yes, please.”

He placed the mug down beside her and made to leave the room, but Belle caught his arm. “Hey, stay. I’m sure that there’s room in this chair for two. Neither of us are very big, after all.”

Andrew smiled. “All right.”

Belle got up to allow him to sit down, then she scrambled up onto his lap, tucking the blanket back in around them both. 

“There, this is perfect. Good books, good tea, good company. I can’t think of a better way to spend the evening, personally.”

“No.” Andrew took a sip from his own mug. “No, I think you’re right there.”

“The only thing that would make this better is if we had a roaring fire and a cat stretched out in front of it.”

“I’m allergic to cats. How about a dog?”

“A dog’s good too. One of those big shaggy ones that just lies there like a rug. A retriever or St Bernard.”

“We had a collie retriever cross when Neal was younger. Looked like a collie but bigger. And hairier. She was the most docile pushover ever.”

Belle laughed at the image. “What was her name?”

“Tiff. Well, Tiffany. She looked like she was wearing a little black dress, like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

Belle thought about the scene, of Andrew and a big dog and a small child. She could see it easily. What was more concerning was how easily she could see herself as part of the picture as well. She shook her head; she was only twenty-two, she wasn’t ready to be thinking that long-term yet, and she knew that Andrew respected that. She loved what they had together, and she hoped that it would last, but the future was very big and very long. 

She glanced over to the window where the first few flakes of snow were beginning to come down. 

“Neal’s going to be pissed.”

“What?” Andrew followed her sight line. “Oh, yes. He never did like snow all that much.”

They watched it drifting for a while until Belle got up to close the curtains, keeping them safe and snug. The massed hilarity from the kitchen appeared to have finally ceased. 

“Shall we go down and join them?” Andrew asked. Belle’s response was to settle back down onto his lap. 

“Nah. Let them have some time to themselves too. I like it here like this, just you and me.”

“I like it too.” Andrew paused. “You know, you’re always welcome here without Neal. You don’t have to wait until he comes to visit.”

“I know. That’s good. I think it would be a bit awkward otherwise.”

“I’m sorry if we’ve made things weird between you and Neal.”

Belle shrugged. “It was weird for about a week, but then we got over it. We’ll always be friends. I know too many of his secrets for us not to be.”

“Well, that makes two of us. Together we’re invincible.”

Belle laughed and leaned in to kiss him. Andrew accepted her readily, pulling her in close beneath the blanket. They might not know exactly where they were going in the future, but that didn’t matter. They were happy in the present. It was the middle of the Christmas season, and they were going to enjoy themselves without a care. 

Belle kissed Andrew again, never wanting to let go. This New Year’s was going to be great. 

[kelyon]

Throwback to 2012 when my Rumbelle journey had just started

[briony-larkin]

@beautyandtheren tagged me! thanks liz <3

rules: choose any three fandoms (in random order) and answer the questions, then tag 10 people you want to know better except i’m not going to do that bc i hate tagging people so if you see this and want to do it you are officially tagged and that’s that!

alright, i choose star wars, doctor who (wow what a throwback!), and, uh... once upon a time.

the first character you loved and why:

i think it was padme? idk i was introduced to the prequels first as a very young child and i thought she was so cool (a queen?!) and interesting

listen... the moment river song appeared on screen, she owned my whole ass. she was who i wanted to be when i was thirteen. still kinda is, tbh,

definitely rumplestiltskin. i thought the show was cool, but i didn’t actually care about anyone particularly until i watched s1ep4 and went “he’s my trash son... and i love him.”

the character you never expected to love so much

SPEAKING OF TRASH SONS. i didn’t like kylo in tfa at all. did not care about him. but damn. after tlj and falling deep into the reylo trash pile, i gotta say... kylo ren has never done anything wrong in his life. (that’s a joke. i know we sometimes struggle w/ that concept on tumblr.hell lmao)

probably rory? idk he was just a dorky dude and then i went “oh man you’re really cool i love you actually and i would die for you and i don’t know how we got here either but we’re here now oops”

neal, i think, bc here i was just thinking he was a scumbag but oh no he’s got complexity and his relationship w/ emma and henry and rumplestiltskin was all v interesting (and then the writers killed him tf off lmao i’m not bitter it’s been four years)

the character you relate to the most

leia, because i’m a boss and people should listen to me and respect me also i’m a sassmaster ready to fight 3000% of the time

river; i like to do this thing where i pretend i don’t have any insecurities and i cover them up by being v loud (read: fake confident) and smart and funny

belle because i too am an impulsive, ethical little shit who’s very very bored living in her dad’s house. also i like books.

the character you’d slap

FUCKING SNOKE

madame kovarian (wow there’s a slight theme in this chili’s tonight)

FUCKING HOOK

a character you liked at first that you don’t anymore

ha trick question i love them all

maybe it’s just the rosy glasses of nostalgia, but i like all of them?

snow white got... very boring. but like most things on that show, that’s really the writers’ fault. (they fucked that show up, js)

three otps

reylo (obviously), hanleia, and finn x poe x rose

river x doctor, amy x rory, and martha x happiness

rumbelle (!!!), swanfire, and sleeping warrior (mulan x aurora)

[rufeepeach]

Because you wrote the first Rumbelle fics I fell in love with, which brought me seriously into this fandom. (Uncovered and My Four Walls Transformed)

Oh wow, that’s a throwback! Thank you! Well done for sticking with me through the tail-end of my teenage angst phase (and into the heyday of my college student angst phase xD)

[thebigmick284]

Random

Throwback Thursday-

When a Rumbelle fan said this to me about the ship- ‘(Rumbelle) don't have an abusive relationship they have a complex one learn the difference honey’.

[kelyon]

Ugh this is so good! Moody and yearning and lovely! This feels like a throwback to the golden age of Rumbelle fics

I’m on Fire

Summary: He knows he can never have her. It doesn’t stop him wanting.

AO3

A/N: I’ve been on a Bruce Springsteen kick, hence the title. 

*

Mr. Gold was a bad man, this he knew for certain. He was selfish, acerbic, manipulative, cruel, cowardly. There were any number of crimes that could be laid at his door and he would have no defense for any of them. He was a bad man, and usually it didn’t bother him much. He certainly had no use for anyone’s forgiveness, nor for their good opinion. He didn’t believe in regret. What was done was done, and though he usually had a perfectly good reason, at least to his mind, for his actions, he didn’t feel the desire to explain himself to anyone. He was feared and reviled and it served him well.    

And yet, there were moments when he wished he was someone else entirely. Someone who could possibly be worthy of her. 

He hadn’t meant to come here, truly. He’d been handling a bit of unsavory business in a certain part of town and his walk home had led him up Maple Street. Before he’d known it, he was here, standing in the gloom of late evening beneath a lone streetlight bathing the quaint little flower shop in a ring of light, and staring up at the window he knew to be hers. 

Keep reading

[cartoonjessie]

Rumbelle Throwback Tuesday - to celebrate the end of an era (the end of OUAT), I’ll highlight old (already finished) Rumbelle fics of mine, in case you missed them the first time they got promoted all those years ago!

A��SPLENDID BARGAIN - Wild West-AU - Explicit content - When Belle loses her father and her house in one night, her future looks bleak. Taken in by the ladies of the local brothel, she draws the attention of Rumford Gold, the richest man in town. He makes a bargain with her to get her out of her predicament, but awakens some of his own inner demons in doing so.

[vickyjona]

Flashback to the adorable Rumbelle scene in Sherwood Forest.

[freifraufischer]

This is probably so random but I know that you're super confident that neither CS nor Rumbelle will be brought up this season at all because there's no story but I have to imagine because the writers have dedicated years to those stories, they will somehow honor them going forward. For example if cursed Hook picks up a compass or something that we can connect to Emma or Rumple and a chipped cup. Does that make sense?

Sure there will be throwbacks and references.  But these writers have spent years telling these stories.  Now they’re telling new ones.  I’m not sure how people can fail to understand that.

[captainswanfairytale]

6x21-22 The Final Battle

Well, there were a lot of throwbacks, and a lot of feels, and a surprise ending we all pretty much knew was coming right?

Previously on...is showing clips from the first season, and I'm already emotional.

Fiona made it so that everything wasn't real, all it did was land Emma in the nuthouse for believing in him.

Also Fiona is the mayor and Henry's "mother" in this reality, ohh shit.

"She took you from your wedding to theirs."

Hook waking up with Snowing and Baby Charming and Regina in the EF, in THEIR CASTLE. That just gave me some feels ngl, I always dreamed we'd have them all together there, but of course Emma and Henry are missing.

Fiona suggesting that Emma go back to Boston when she's released, if that day comes, if she burns the book to prove to Henry that she doesn't believe.

They were all able to see Fiona and Emma through the mirror back in the EF. AHHH OMG! THEY'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT HER!

AND ZELENA SHOWS UP! WITH THE MUNCHINS! AND THE MAD HATTERS HAT! WHAT OMG THEY BROUGHT THAT BACK YES THANK YOU!

They use the hat to go into the room with the doors to realms, and Oz is nothing but blackness, and the others are fading, the realms are being destoryed, that's the Black Fairy's plan. OHH SNAP!

All the refugees from the realms in the room. Regina mentions seeing someone from Arendelle, and then Jasmine and Aladdin are there. Hook thinks he knows where to find something to help but Regina wants to do things her way, so of course he sneaks off.

Henry breaking out Emma. OPERATION CUCKOO'S NEST. AHAHAHAHA OMG!

Killian was talking about the beanstalk! He wants to go up the beanstalk again..."Bloody hell, it's taller than I rememebered." Charming followed him and is trying to tell him not to risk making Emma a widow. And Killian tells him he's climbed it before, that it was his and Emma's first adventure. THAT THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR LOVE AND HE'S NOT GONNA LET IT END THERE. Charming seeing how upset he was and is going with him up the beanstalk, YES I'M CRYING!

Henry trying to get her to remember by taking her to the rooftop, and she does a lil, but then he agrees to help her try and leave...hmmm.

Henry stealing the Storybook from Fiona, and she knows he knows this place is not real.

Fiona just magically pushed Henry down a flight of stairs. WHATTTTTTTTT. ARE YOU EVEN ALLOWED TO DO THAT TO A KID ON TV OMG. I mean I know he doesn't look that little anymore, but still!!!

Fiona faking being upset over Henry's accident to Rumple, haha okay.

Jack and the Beanstalk was always one of my fave fairytales, now we have Charming and Killian very tiny in a very oversized room. Killian saying he should be the one to swing up onto the table, and when Charming aggrees, he's suprised that he's trusting a pirate, Charming says no, his "Son..." and when Killian gives him the eyebrow, the adds, "in law." LOL OMG, AND YESSS, CRIESSSSSSSS, BEST BRO-SON-IN-LAW-OTP EVER. BUT KILLIAN GOT THE BEAN OMG! AND NOW THEY'RE RUNNING FROM A DRAGON!

Emma put the book into the incinorator, just as Charming and Killian are coming down the beanstalk, the darkness is overtaking the EF. As it's buring the book pages are turning and Emma sees the one of Killian, that got her attention, but it's still burning!!!

Charming catching Killian when he was falling, and then he falls anyway!!! And the beanstalk falls with Charming still it, and on top of Killian, who says to Snow..."Hello there, Mummy." Her face, OMG! "There was a wedding." Is Snow's explanation when Jasmine looks confused. David's not there and they need to look for him but Snow tells Killian to take the bean and get to Henry and Emma, YESSSSSSSSS.

EMMA'S BACK AT HER NEW YORK APARTMENT! Which apparently is still hers after 2 years away, lol. Always did love the the script writing on her door.

Emma already gets a call about a bail jumper. And Henry made her a storybook drawn on his own.

Killian taking the bean to Regina, who's upset that she left Snow behind..."She'll find David, she always does." HAHA YES!

Snow found Charming and he wasn't moving or breathing so of course she's gotta kiss him in that state, and of course he wakes up! While the play clips of their first waking up from the curse kiss, awe man these two.

"Snow we're gonna be fine, darkness never wins, it just fools you into thinking it does." AWE

Henry barging into Rumple's shop..."I'm not a customer, I'm your grandson." And Gold as being awake to the curse, again.

Henry asking Gold to help him save his family...OUR FAMILY. YESSSSSS.

Henry wanted Charmings sword, to go against the Dark Fairy himself, Regina was watching and Killian says he's a tough lad, but they need to get further from the curse so they can use the bean and get to Henry and Emma...So Evil Queen is holding them back, nice self sacrifice and atonement moment.

Baby Charming crying as the curse is circling around them all, (what did they do to make that baby cry omg), they are all huddling omg, shit shit shit.

Emma came back, cuz she wants to be the woman that Henry wrote about in his book, EMMA SAYING SHE BELIEVES MADE THE CURSE STOP JUST AS IT WAS GETTING TO THEM IN THE CENTER OF THE CASTLE! AND THEY KNOW THAT MEANS EMMA IS BACK AND BELIEVES! YESSSSS!

Fiona made Belle agoraphobic, SERIOUSLY! SHE DEFINITELY DESERVES BETTER!

Fiona tempting Gold with bringing back Baelfire from the dead, yeah they're trying to fit everything into these last 2 episodes, making sure they don't miss a throwback. Bet they won't mention Graham or Ruby.

Fiona has control of Gideon, and told him to kill Emma, WHOMP, Rumple actually killed Fiona though, damn. Now he's killed both his parents.

BUT NOW EVERYONE REMEMBERS, INCLUDING EMMA! Just in time for Gideon to show up all menacing like to challenge her.

Rumbelle is down in the caves looking for Gideons heart to stop him. She twists her ankle and Rumple has to leave her behind, wtf.

When did Emma stop to put her beanie on when they went outside? Lol. They meet up with everyone in the street, Emma hugs and kisses all over Killian's face.

Regina chooses now to reminisce about the past and how they hated eachother when she first got their and how Emma found a way to make it work, where they were both Henry's mother. And how her Evil Queen saved them all today, having hope that they'll find another way out of this final battle, one where Emma doesn't die.

Rumple is the devil on Gold's shoulder when he finds the heart and needs to make the right choice to save them all. Rumple tries to tell Gideon's heart not to kill Emma, but it didn't work.

"Nobody needs to save me, I'm the savior." Emma giving a big damn speech while being a big damn badass hero. And laying down her sword to die for them all, WHAT NOW!

GIDEON STABS HER AND SHE'S LITERALLY BURSTING OUT LIGHT! WTF!

Henry kneels down and tells Emma he loves her and kisses her on the forehead, so of course it's TLK and he's okay now.

Rumbelle is hugging and all of a sudden Baby!Gideon is back, with Belle's book. THEY GET A REDO! WHATTTTTTT!

Them all standing around the end of the book like...WHAT NOW. And of course Snow is the optimistic one like, we get our happiness, together.

All the realms being restored...Arendelle, Neverland, Wonderland, Agrabah, The Enchanted Forest.

Nice.

The Charmings. Rainboots by the door. They live on a farm. They have a dog.

Emma and Regina walking Henry to school. SUCH EMBARRASSING MOMS. LOL.

Snow teaching, with the bluebird again.

Emma and Killian in the bug, with his Deputy badge on, and them driving off with the siren going.

The Dwarfs fixing Regina's door, instead of "Mayor" it says "Queen.". And Evil Queen got an arrow with a note from Robin.

Rumbelle gets a beauty and the beast dance.

Everybody at Granny's celebrating, including Rumbelle.

Them all sitting at a long made table like THE LAST SUPPER!

And the little girl that was guarding the book in the forest is now on a train bring a new Once Upon a Time storybook to someone else's door...her fathers...a grown HENRY MILLS! Who doesn't remember having a daughter, who looks alot like Violet btw.

SHE SAYS HIS FAMILY NEEDS HIM! AWE MAN! HERE WE GO AGAIN!