#the-dark-swan-writes

[pinkcreek]

‘They Said That She Had Been Killed By Swans,’ a short story by me is now live on my substack.

I remember my late grandmother telling me when I was a kid that I should be wary around the swans in the local waters because they were strong enough to drown a child my age. I have no idea if that is true but it has always stuck with me and I think about it every time I see a swan.

[omaxy]

I need to be loved like how Edward loves Bella.

[moonlitlycanthropy]

Night’s eerily beautiful song weaved through the dense oak trees that stood like sentinels in the night, stoic and looming. The haloed moon, pale and ever-glowing in all her gothic glory, hung low in the midnight-blue sky, haunted by thin, wispy clouds that followed her, worshipped her, like a moth to a flame.

Long, black, wildly untamed hair shone like an oily puddle in the moonlight, sweeping down to the rich soil and dead leaves as she danced and twirled between the trees. Crooked branches snagged and snatched at her pale, soft skin, and gnarled roots clawed at her bare-feet; desperate to assimilate her, to absorb her, to drag her deeper into the depths of the night, into the heart of the forest, where shadows would feast on her flesh, forked tongues delving into the marrow of her bones.

She threw her head back, baring her slender neck to the sky; an offering to the moon. Her arms reached out, as if to embrace the night, her back arching almost painfully. She was a swan, delicate yet powerful, pirouetting into deep, dark water, great white wings beating still. Her lips split, mouth agape with silent surrender, the cold darkness swallowing her voice.

[knight--error]

OUAT hot(? Perhaps lukewarm) take: Dark Swan arc would be vastly improved by two (2) things.

1. Scaly Emma. Emma should be scaly and reptilian in the Enchanted Forest and they cover it with a glamour in Camelot. Same for Hook when that happens. This show CANNOT be too good to cover their leads in weird glitter and contact lenses; if Robert Carlyle can do it, so can they. Gimme gimme gimmegimmegimme

2. In Storybrooke, Emma should look and act The. Same. Only wardrobe change is she keeps the elaborate braided updo, maybe dresses a little more like Regina (power suits, stuff that's a little more fitted and elegant than her usual), but NOT BY MUCH. She should be smiling, chatting, acting like this is all very normal and fine, it's fine, I'm just the same guys, see? See?? I'm fine :) She is FORCEFUL in her insistence that everything is Totally Normal and this is all Fine. Hanging onto the belief that she can keep all her old connections by her fingernails. The leather jacket is ON, the beanies are ON, she is smiling so hard her face looks like it aches. The best Dark Swan scene was when she wore the cutesy pink dress and pony tail during her date with Hook; it should be exactly like that the whole time. Performative normalcy.

And then she very casually does super Dark One things, all while looking exactly like Emma should look. THAT'S how you do Dark Swan. She is CONVINCED that every action she takes is good and necessary and, you know what, if everyone else just UNDERSTOOD what she was trying to do, if they could just grasp the situation like she does, then they would go along with everything. She's right! She's right. She knows she's right. She acts with the same force of will and conviction that she had before, only all channeled towards Dark One plans.

Secret 3rd thing: instead of whatever weird little outfit he puffed into when he realized he was Dark One 2: Electric Boogaloo, Hook should poof into his Camelot coat. That thing was sick.

[swanetteballet]

Twilight 🚏📺🕯️

[june-rambles]

we dont talk about this enough. like at all really.

for context this is emma's letter from when she and killian were the dark ones. and killian had just cursed everyone to go to the underworld.

and she left this letter at grannys basically telling them "hey im gonna sacrifice myself to save all of you"

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"I'm sorry but I can't let you all pay for my mistake. Deep down, you know I'm right. So please, promise me you'll move on and find happiness and help Henry grow into the best man he can be. That's enough for me. To die knowing the family I always wanted is safe."

and theres this moment where she hesitates and looks over

but then sees this

and just mumbles "im sorry" before putting the letter down

like how ready she was to sacrifice herself is heartbreaking. like "bye guys please move on!" and assumes they'd just be ABLE to move on from her death. that speaks SO MANY VOLUMES about how much she underestimates how much she means to people?? shes just ready to die. "promise me you'll move on and find happiness." "thats enough for me. to die knowing the family i always wanted is safe" because that IS all she wanted. all she wanted was her family and she had to put up with so much to have them. she overlooks all of her own trauma because in her mind its like, "Hey why am i complaining. i have a family". and NEVER speaks up for herself.

sorry im insane about her why is she like this 😭😭 get this girl some therapy

[dy-mph-na]

The Solitary Swan

[wordedarchive]

[popcosmi]

౨ৎ let me love you and let me hold you

let me mold you without blindfold ౨ৎ

[lilspiritsworld]

i think you need me. why can’t you admit that.

[queenofhearts-444]

I haven’t posted on here in a hot minute. I kind of left my tumblr era in the past with my ex bf but I think I’m having a come back.

Thanks for the movie, The Craft. I loved it, and had chills at a couple of different periods. But it made me have a realization.

I mentally started connecting dots. The craft, girl interrupted, speak, black swan, thirteen etc.

And then I thought back even farther, in terms of my hobbies.

The bell jar, my year of rest and relaxation, Lolita, my dark Vanessa, etc.

Mentally deranged women. The landslide of women’s mental health decline in literature and cinema.

Women not being taken seriously, feminism, or whatever you want to call it. This genre.

It’s one of my favorite genres. And I don’t necessarily know how to explain my reasoning for roping all of those things together but hopefully you see my point lol.

[selcouthdiaries]

I blame this for my unrealistic idea of love

[i-want-to-be-a-poet]

[bellasfog]

my favorite part about being a die hard twilight stan is that my name is actually bella, so reading the books always makes my heart skip

[academicwellness]

knowledge is key; strive to be your best self

[isthatmyjacket-covenofchaossq]

Regina was in her chamber, a goblet of wine in one hand, and Maleficent sprawled on her bed.

Despite the cold outside, Regina's bedchamber was quite warm, not only because of the heated round of sex that had just taken place but also due to the dragon fire burning in the fireplace.

Regina sat up in bed when she felt a disturbance in the magical protection of her castle, especially in her room. She placed the goblet on the bedside table, and the next moment, Maleficent was alert too.

Even before the gray smoke finished dissipating in her room, Regina had her hand around the person's throat and with surprising speed, pinned them against the wall.

"Who are you?"

"Regina, it's me, Emma."