#this is about ouat and peter from the book

[meet-me-behindthemall12]

this is a peter pan hate blog.

don’t stay here if you love him

[gothamsgirlfriend]

This is from my wattpad and you can read it on there my name is bosinclairsgff (same as my horror blog on here)

Built On Memories (ouat Peter Pan X reader)

The plan

Pan had wanted a mother for his lost boys for a long time. He thought Wendy could take the act of being a mother but she wasn't up for the challenge. It's not so much that he cared for any of the boys particularly, no, he just simply thought it would shut them up and take some of the responsibility off him. That's why he had been watching y/n. She has a little brother who he had taken interest in for the sole purpose of learning about her. She was about 19 years old and basically her brother's nanny. It seemed like her whole existence revolved around the young boy. Getting him up for school, walking him to the bus stop, picking him up, making his meals and so on. They had a mother but she seemed to work all day, everyday. Leaving y/n to take on the role of his mother. Which was perfect! She was so good at it Pan thought she'd have no trouble stepping into the role for all of his lost boys. His plan was simple, kidnap the young boy along with y/n then give her a choice. Her brother's life will be spared if she did exactly what Pan wanted. If she didn't, then he'd kill the boy. Either way he'd have his way but the illusion of a choice was a game he always liked to play. Peter had waited long enough and decided to take both of them tonight.

After a long day of chores are working it was finally time to lie down and drift off to sleep. "Y/n?" You heard your little brother calling out for you from his bedroom. You sighed, putting down the book you were reading while all cozy in bed. Getting out from under the covers the cold winter night air hits you harshly making you shudder. You slip on your house slippers and make your way to Jackson's room. "What's the matter Jackson? I thought you were going to sleep." You ask standing in the doorway of his room, looking slightly annoyed with your younger brother. "There's a- a monster! Right outside of my window! It had white glowing eyes." Jackson hid his head under the covers. You smile softly making your way to his bed, taking a seat on the soft mattress. "Jackson, I promise there are no monsters outside of your window. You must have been asleep without even realizing it. It was just a bad dream." You gently pull the covers off his head. He allows you to do so, looking up at you with fearful eyes. He was only 7, he didn't know any better you thought to yourself. "What if it comes back?" Jackson whispers just loud enough for you to hear. "Hmm I'll be right in my room so all you'd have to do is yell my name. And I'll storm in here and tell him to go away and never, ever come back because if he did...well I'd cook him up for dinner!" You tickle Jackson and his laughter fills the cold, quiet room. "See? I'll always be here to protect you. Now please go to bed. I'm exhausted." You yawn. Jackson nods and gives you a tight hug. "I love you, goodnight." You say as you get up and leave. "Love you too." Is the response you get. Turning off the lights and closing his door slightly you head back to bed. Getting under the warm, soft covers seemed to immediately put you to sleep.

Peter Pan's shadow lurked just outside of Jackson's window. Watching him sleep. Waiting for the right moment to steal him away forever. Not only was he watching Jackson sleep, he was watching you sleep as well. Once he knew both of you were in deep slumber he slowly unlocked Jackson's lwindow. Allowing it to fully open and letting himself in. He looked around the room cautiously. Seeing no signs of a threat the shadow made its way to Jackson's bed. Hovering over him, watching him breathe in and out softly. Pan's shadow waved his hand over the boy's body making purple smoke swarm around his body. When it was all gone, so was Jackson. Next the shadow crept its way into your room. Being completely silent. He made his way above you, hovering looking down. As his face got closer to yours you started to stir in your sleep. Making the shadow slightly jump, not expecting the sudden movement. Before this could all go downhill for him, he waved his hand over you, sending you away in the same purple smoke. You had no clue that you and your brothers life just changed forever.

[insanelydeadlybookcollector]

One of my favourite things Once Upon A Time did was skew fairytale, myths, fables, and folklore. This isn't new or even remotely groumdbreaking, especially because the entire premise was adapting these stories. But I like how they did it and how much attention they paid to other retellings and, in a manner of speaking, validated those retellings and interpretations.

By this, I mean, how the writers have harnessed the story world Author plot and storybook existence and shown how in a few oral retellings or translations the gist of the story that we as an audience (and Emma in the story world) know has the bones of autobiographical truth but misses a few crucial details.

I could talk all day about retellings of snow white and Cinderella and Red Riding Hood that the writers of OUaT pay homage to (Red as the Wolf is no where close to being a new take but God they do it well). And then even changing the stories in a way that matches what they do with retellings in a novel way (Regina as the Ursula from Disney anyone? meaning the "real" Ursula can be anyone at all because this audience doesn't actually know Ursula) which serves in the same manner as their nods to existing appropriations and adaptations.

But I think, for me at least, how well they do this in their character of Captain Hook, a literary figure with near nothing specific tying him down and 101 readings because academicians and creatives alike have no consensus on what the hell Barrie was on about.

And from these little glimpses and subtle nods to retellings you can see how the story might have been twisted from autobiographical truth to some of the adaptations we know to the source texts. For example,

1. Hook as the original lost boy - a popular theory in adaptations. We see Killian and Liam in Neverland when he is barely an adult and still naive (sort of) and hopeful, long before his revenge days.

2. Hook as a symbol of adulthood, maturity and aging - for those who read Barrie as an allegory for children rallying against growing up and the only adult cast as a symbol of that, this guy is 300 years old.

3. Hook as the villain - sure thing.

4. Hook as fighting the tyrannical Pan - guess what? We've got that too.

5. Hook as rescuing Lost Boys - got that.

6. Hook as the guy kidnapping or otherwise delivering Pan lost boys - you'll never believe it.

7. It's an Crocodile that takes his hand - Hook calls the guy that took his hand that he's afraid of and hates with a passion a Crocodile.

8. Hook is Pan and vice versa, one grew up to be the other - not quite that. But we have a close enough story in 2 ways - pan/Malcolm and pan/henry.

9. Hook is Peter's father - again, a close enough story is provided that could easily be misremembered a few generations down or mistranslated a few times. Peter is Rumples father.

10. Hook wears red and has a perm - and I really do love this. They drop Blackbeard (the Treasure Island character that Hook was based on [so there's an even better nuance there too, not just in story world building but a nice nod to canon that their story world plot of misappropriations of the oral tradition of bedtime stories and generational stories is entirely feasable]) in Neverland looking exactly like Disney's Hook. Indicating that 'hey a pirate that looks like that is in neverland and well, there's only one of those in the story so it must be Hook' happened at some point.

I'll never get over how good they did that in story plot device of we're an appropriation, but our story is about this one source book existing that's a hundred percent accurate although it doesn't have all the details and somehow this realm is a bit mixed up on the facts.

[fandom-fae]

honestly i really don’t like those hot takes that hook was the good guy/peter pan was the real villain-

first of all for the original storyt;

here it’s true that pan does morally questionable stuff and that he’s not a purely good guy in the original, that’s not wrong, but he’s also not pure evil. he was literally willing to die for wendy in the original story and he did save the lost boys and the darlings from the pirates towards the end and he did let the lost boys and the darlings all leave neverland even if he wasn’t happy about it (which imo is understandable, because what kid would ever be happy about all their friends choosing to leave them? yk) (alsohe doesn’t kidnap them, the darling siblings literally wanted to go with hims. that argument makes no fucking sense). anyway like he’s obviously no angel and these good things don’Ät cancel out his bad deed (like breathing rapidly to kill as many grown ups as possible (that was hilarious tho ngl) or killing pirates for fun or cutting off hook’s hand), but to say that he’s pure evil is just plain wrong. like i would say he’s very much chaotic neutral. and especially with the level of forgetful the original character has, i really don’t think he can be called evil. he’s just childish through and through yk? yk, careless, not thinking about consequences, selfishness, but also whimsy. i don’t to forget the line people always point to to claim that he kills the lost boys when they grow up, but i also disagree with that becuase the phrasing “thins them out” is ambiguous at best and doesn’t confirm anything.

and now for hook in the original. he’s literally the most one dimensional villain i’ve ever seen (which i think is on purpose). iirc, he explicitly kills members of his pirate crew for iirc pretty minor stuff. and he’s a child’s arch nemesis. that alone is imo enough to disqualify him as the “secret good guy” some “theorists” want to turn him into. he attacks kids guys. in what world would a secretly good guy do that? especially cuz he doesn’t even just attack pan himself, but he also kidnapped the lost boys and wendy and her brothers. people like to claim based on pretty much nothing that he wants to save the other lost boys from pan, but really i don’t think making them walk the plank is really “saving” lol. like idk about you, but that’s not my definition of saving someone. and then that idea that he’s a former/the first lost boy who escaped pan and that his crews are also former lost boys. where did they even get that from?? that has no basis in the original story unless i missed like half the book when reading it lmao. just no. like that’s a fun au, sure- but to act like it’s the “hidden true story” behind the tale is just bullshit at best.

but then sometimes people also specifically point to the (animeted) disney version of the story when discussing theory, and here i have to say that it makes even less sense tbh. like pan is morally better in that movie than the original tbh (he still does questionable stuff obviously, but still) and hook is just as one dimensionally evil as in the original imo.

the only version i know where that theory would actually make any sense is the “once upon a time” one, but ouat does not have the best track record of accurate adaptations, so idk how anyone would genuinely think that could be a good argument for that “theory”

[strangethings-everywhere]

10 Questions for 10 Writers

Thank you to @sassyandclassy94 for the tag! I love these kinds of things

1. Is writing a hobby or a way of life?

I’d love for it to be a way of life, but it’s just a hobby

2. A journal full of notes or a clean completed manuscript?

Not even a journal, I write what the vibes tell me lol

3. Who or what inspired your writing?

Mostly my love of reading. I’ve been writing original stories since I was 12 and I’ve been writing fanfic for about nine years (I started on wattpad). My first fic was OUAT and I’ve always written about characters that I love. If I could, I’d be an author

4. Which is worse: Someone you ‘idolize’ reading your first draft or listening to you sing?

Definitely reading my first draft. I can definitely sing and I like performing in front of people but i have a pretty low opinion of my writing. (If y’all ever wanna hear me sing, lemme know lol)

5. Has writing from someone else’s POV changed your perspective?

It’s given me the opportunity to put myself into the minds of others which is always fun. I write mostly male characters so it’s a fun challenge as a female to try and understand life from a male perspective. It’s also allowed me to try and write LGBT characters which is also a challenge as a heterosexual person and I try to do it respectfully.

6. Tumblr, AO3, LiveJournal, or FFN?

Oh god, tumblr and AO3 FOR SURE! I started on wattpad (my account is fully gone lol) but tumblr and AO3 are where I’ve been for much longer. Plus I prefer the story quality there lol

7. AO3 word count? And are you satisfied with it?

126,584! Yeah I feel like that’s pretty good

8. What movie/book gripped you irrevocably?

I really got going with the marvel universe (Peter Parker/Harley Keener) which is my most popular story so far. OUAT’s Peter Pan was what started me on fanfic so shoutout to Robbie Kay and his performance 😂 Now it’s TBITB

9. What’s the highest compliment you could ever be given, and have you been given it?

Just that people enjoy what I’ve written. I have a low opinion of my skill and I tend to compare myself to other incredible stories that I’ve read, but getting comments and knowing that I’ve written something worth reading is the best thing ever

10. What defines your writing style?

Oh lord who fucking knows 😂 I definitely enjoy some angst and it’s definitely a part of every fic I write. I also love writing the whole falling in love process, I will never write an established romance between my main ship. I physically cannot. It’s also gonna be a slow SLOW burn because I live for the tension, the yearning

Tags: @seasidesandstarscapes @sparrow-in-the-field @arokel @kcsplace oh god i’m forgetting someone i know i am and all other writers! I can’t wait to read yours! I know this isn’t ten tags but shhhhh don’t tell anyone

[jackiestarsister]

OUAT Rewatch: Season 3

Spoilers for future seasons are noted in parentheses.

General thoughts:

~ I don’t like the pattern that the show developed of focusing on a new world and “big bad” antagonist each half-season. I generally prefer when most of the action takes place in Storybrooke, attention is given to the various townsfolk, and the different plotlines overlap.

~ Despite this, the introduction of Neverland for a while makes sense thematically. Peter Pan is full of children alternately rejecting and longing for parents. Neverland serves as metaphorical underworld, a place for the characters to wrestle with their demons and face themselves, and each other, for who they really are.

Episode 3x01 “The Heart of the Truest Believer”

~ This is an episode with no flashbacks, a rare thing in this show. It makes sense given how many different parties there are to juggle at the same time.

~ This episode starts with Emma saying “I can’t be a mother,” and ends with her saying “I’m a mother.” It’s like an encapsulation of her whole character arc in the show!

~ Henry is an interesting contrast against Greg and Tamara. He’s usually framed as the optimistic believer, but here, they are the ones showing blind faith while he asks logical questions.

~ “We don’t ask questions. We just believe in our cause.” So basically, Greg and Tamara are part of a cult.

~ Who are the “countless other people” Emma says they’ve lost since the curse was broken? Is she thinking of the refugees Cora killed? Does Emma know about Johanna and the others Cora killed or transformed in Storybrooke?

~ “The minute I let go of the belief that things will get better is the minute I know they won’t.” That’s an interesting take on optimism and pessimism. Sounds sort of like self-fulfilling prophecy, or the idea that “your focus determines your reality,” as Qui-Gon Jinn says in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Basically, your attitude shapes the world.

~ What are the rules for when/where Gold needs his cane? He needed it in Storybrooke even after bringing magic there, but he leaves it behind and seems to walk fine in Neverland.

~ Greg and Tamara unknowingly working for the Lost Boys doesn’t make a lot of sense, considering how much they supposedly relied on science to counteract magic. I would have preferred for them to be part of an actual network of people opposed to magic.

~ Tamara yells at Henry to run. Did she care about him on some level, despite killing his father?

~ Why does Henry immediately think he can trust the kid that pulled him out of the way? How does he know he isn’t also one of the Lost Boys?

~ Hook encouraging Emma, giving her Neal’s sword, and drinking to Neal’s memory is so sweet. He may deny being sentimental, but he does feel deeply, and he is sensitive to others’ (or at least Emma’s) feelings.

~ Hook’s answer about how long Baelfire was with him is suitably ambiguous, since this show likes to play with time, sometimes glossing over long periods, sometimes inserting stories within stories.

~ Everyone is so out of sync, each following their own ideas for defense against the mermaids. I feel bad for Hook trying to keep his ship steady while his new crewmates just add to the chaos!

~ How would catching mermaids in a net help? They shouldn’t want them on board!

~ Mulan and Neal’s scene feels like it’s more about her than about him. We already know what he did and why he did it, since he explained it two episodes earlier.

~ Those slow-motion shots when the waves crash on the ship are pretty cool!

~ How does Neal know about Rumplestiltskin’s castle? They never lived there when they were together. Did he learn about it from Henry’s book?

~ For someone who hated magic, Neal seems quite adept at detecting it and figuring out ways to use it.

~ Emma and Hook working together at the helm!

~ (Spoiler:) All the talk about outrunning a storm comes to a head in the lyrics of “A Happy Beginning”!

~ The weather-emotion symbolism may be heavy-handed, but honestly, the fights that break out make sense for who the characters are. Snow vs. Regina, David vs. Hook—they all have bad history, and in a crisis, stress can unleash bottled-up emotions.

~ Getting to fly must be such a dream come true for Henry!

~ Emma finally takes a leap of faith, signifying a turning point in her story. And although she says she blames her parents, and the recurring theme in Neverland is that she feels like an orphan, she trusts her parents to save her.

~ Hook is so quick-thinking and pragmatic, and willing to cooperate with the guy he was just fighting, when Emma is in danger.

~ Rumple is self-parodying now!

~ Neal and Rumple both come across items that had to do with both themselves and their fathers.

~ The interior of Rumple’s cabinet looks like it’s decorated with roses!

~ Hook raises his brow at Emma when she says they’ve been at each other’s throats; thankfully, she owns up to her part right away.

~ As they follow the heroes, Hook gives Regina a look as if to say “Oh, what the hell?” or “I’m game.”

~ “It’s so much easier to get people to hate something than to believe.” True words, even though they’re from Pan.

~ What happened to the freaking mermaid?! I’m going to assume that after the storm calmed they turned her back to flesh and set her free.

~ That last scene, with the Lost Boys coming out and surrounding Henry, is pretty terrifying cliffhanger. It lets us imagine the worst, but the following episodes make it seem like they haven’t done much to harm or frighten Henry.

~ This might be one of the best episodes of the show!

Episode 3x02 “Lost Girl”

~ It’s really cool to see so many characters—Emma, Snow, David, Regina, and Hook—share so many scenes. It’s a balancing act for the writing and directing, and it gives the actors plenty of opportunities for their characters to play off each other, in both old and new ways.

~ Emma may have declared herself the leader, but she backs up Hook as their guide, showing great trust in him. This is impressive considering how mistrustful she has been toward him and how untrustworthy he has been toward everyone.

~ Snow’s insistence that “It is never too late” doesn’t really make sense in this kind of context. They could quite plausibly reach Henry after he’s been hurt or killed. But Snow seems to take it back at the end, when she says they found Emma too late.

~ I had forgotten/not realized that Snow’s identity is questioned as much as Emma’s, Hook’s, and Gold’s in this part of the series. In the flashback storyline, she is told not to deny who she is, just like Emma in the present struggles with admitting who she is. While she cannot hear the children’s cries—probably because she knew her parents loved her, and she was practically grown when her father died—she did lose her parents and her home, so she is a type of lost girl.

~ Leaving the campsite to investigate the eerie children’s cries alone is not a smart move.

~ David says “Just name your price” way too easily, as if he doesn’t know how great the price of Rumplestiltskin’s deals can be. He should know better by now.

~ Hook and Regina both call Emma by her first name, something they rarely do. It makes sense that it would be when she’s wrestling with her identity, though I’m not sure it was intentional.

~ Emma’s voice is so flat and emotionless when she admits that she is the Savior. (Spoiler: Her proclamation at the end of season 6 is a huge contrast to this!)

~ Did Hook already know about Emma being the Savior, or did he follow up her admission with questions about what that means?

~ As much as I love Belle, the vision of her that Gold sees in Neverland is really weird. Did they just want to find a way to include Emilie de Ravin, keeping her part of the regular cast? Or was it so Gold would have a character to play off of as he wrestles with his demons? In a way, she is still serving as an angel/devil on his shoulder.

~ Hook mentions “what [he] did to Rufio”! Interesting way to allude to Hook. Since the Lost Boys are framed as villains in this version, it may not have played out the same way.

~ The moments where Pan and Regina simply call off their forces and leave their enemies alive doesn’t make sense. They have no reason to retreat. What was even the point of the battle with the Lost Boys?

~ The show never really delves into matters of governance and what makes someone a rightful ruler/leader. It is presumed that Snow and Charming were rightful because they were noble, heroic people.

~ I wondered why Snow was suddenly wearing an ostentatious necklace. It’s cruel of Rumplestiltskin to take that knowing it was her mother’s. Only, how did she have it at that point, after being driven out of her palace and living on the run for so long?

~ Hook actually hasn’t brought out the rum often up to now. The first time was to wash Emma’s cut, and the second time was to toast Neal. This is only the third time he offers it, but the first time Emma comments on it as a recurring thing.

~ Emma and Hook’s moments are natural and understated, and that’s great. They’re getting used to each other as teammates, and at the end he confirms that he wants to know her better. That last shot of Emma seems to be Hook’s point of view watching her walk away.

~ Appearance vs. reality is actually a theme throughout the episode. Hook warns that Pan looks like a boy but is really a demon. Snow thinks she has found Excalibur when it’s an ordinary sword. Gold has a vision of Belle. Emma and Snow’s identities are both questioned, along with David’s identity as shepherd/prince.

~ I hate the fake adventure/false confidence trope.

~ I like seeing David and the dwarves having tension. They may have helped Snow pursue him, but they really don’t know him, and it makes sense for them to be skeptical of him given how much Snow has put herself at risk because of him.

~ Despite what he has said about honesty being important in their relationship, David deceives Snow in both the past and present timelines of this episode.

Episode 3x03 “Quite a Common Fairy”

~ “You think you’re the diner at the feast, tasing the offerings: a little love, a little darkness. What you don’t realize is you are the feast, and the darkness has tasted you.” That’s an interesting metaphor!

~ Rumplestiltskin is the one who tells Regina that her rage is all she has.

~ Tinker Bell was the first person to give Regina a second chance!

~ Hook says David won’t see summer. Does that mean it’s springtime at this point (assuming Hook is referring to Land Without Magic time)?

~ Robin Hood and Neal also talk about second chances!

~ What did Tinker Bell mean for Regina to do? Have an affair, which could be considered treason for a royal consort? Forsake her responsibilities as queen, wife and stepmother?

~ Why is the Shadow still looking for believers at this point, after Henry has already been found? Does Pan still want to recruit Lost Boys anyway?

~ I want to see a whole series (or at least an arc) about Hook’s various adventures in Neverland, as it’s repeatedly hinted that he has quite a history with Tinker Bell, Pan, and the Lost Boys.

~ “Come with us to our camp,” as if they have one set up already?

~ It’s quite harsh of Tink to say that Regina ruined Robin’s life by not seeking him out. He ended up falling in love with Marian and having a child with her; that was pretty good. (Season spoiler: The way she really ruined his life was when she had Marian put to death.)

~ Why does Pan trust Tink? What is their relationship like? How did she even end up in Neverland?

~ Robin’s lion tattoo is probably a tribute to Richard the Lionheart!

Episode 3x04 “Nasty Habits”

~ Why does Rumple make and put on war paint? It’s true that he uses masks, but what is the practical purpose of making and wearing it?

~ Hook was probably the one who taught Baelfire/Neal to tie an overhand knot!

~ Baelfire was an artist, like Milah! He’s shown sketching as a boy, and the walls of his cave are covered with drawings. He drew the Darling family, their house, and the second star to the right; and he made a new version of Hook’s labels for port and starboard!

~ Baelfire in this episode acts more like Neal as we’ve seen him in adulthood.

~ Rumplestiltskin accurately predicts Belle leaving him someday

~ Regina smiles when he hears what happened to Greg

~ Hook acknowledges that Neal was Emma’s “partner in crime”

~ This may be Rumple and Neal’s first real father-son adventure. It seems a little too easy for them to get the squid ink after Rumple made it sound so impossible to get last season.

~ It seems a bit dissonant to see evidence of multiple points of Neal’s life that all had to do with Neverland

~ Charming insisting “I’m plenty hot”!

~ Hook throwing Charming’s own life philosophy back in his face is so ironic and interesting! But then Hook follows it up with “hope and reality are often worlds apart.”

~ Hook tries to be self-sufficient, lighting the torch on his own, and he looks so annoyed when David steps in to do it for him.

~ Part of Pan’s pipe tune sounds like “Hedwig’s Theme”

~ Strong Lord of the Flies and The Crucible vibes from the Lost Boys’ dancing

~ I’m impressed that Emma is the one to figure out how the star map works. Maybe she really does have a bit of pirate in her!

~ “This is a real family reunion.” The dramatic irony is that all four generations of men are in the same place, yet they don’t reveal it!

~ The irony that generational wisdom was passed from Pan to Neal and then to Emma, about never breaking in unless you have an escape plan.

~ Why can Henry now hear the music? What changed for him? Did his supposedly dreaming about Neal make him suddenly feel unloved?

Episode 3x05 “Good Form”

~ The teaser scene is a good way to show Henry getting more comfortable with the Lost Boys, but it doesn’t have much to do with Hook, and this episode is really focused on him.

~ Flashback Killian looks so incredibly happy when he sets out on his mission with his brother.

~ Snow watches Emma to see how she reacts to Hook’s flirting!

~ How many times does Hook call David “mate” in all? Seems a little too much.

~ Even Captain Liam Jones whoops in delight when the ship flies!

~ Killian used to tie his hair with a huge blue hairbow!

~ Killian expresses the hope that they’ll “never have to bury another sailor at sea,” but ends up adding to that number. Kind of like Frankenstein trying to reverse death and instead causing more of it.

~ Even Pan knows that Hook is good at surviving!

~ The cliff, rope and possibility of the person at the top killing the one climbing up give big Princess Bride vibes. When Hook says “You were supposed to wait,” I really expected David to reply “I hate waiting”!

~ It’s fitting that Regina’s chosen method of communicating with Henry is to use mirrors!

~ Henry using his sword to draw a home!

~ Why does Henry drop and break the mirror?! Keep that magical item, kid!

~ Charming’s triumphant musical motif when he’s healed!

~ Emma, Regina and Snow each pulling out their different weapons when they think an enemy is approaching is both funny and really cool!

~ Hook’s reaction after Emma kisses him = he is stunned! I agree with whoever posted the theory that that was the moment he realized he was actually falling for her.

~ The cut from his old crew cheering “Captain Jones” to Hook drinking alone is a striking contrast. He no longer has a crew following his lead, but he has true friends and allies and is willing to follow their lead.

~ Hook really is layered, in the sense that his actual motives are hard to figure out. At the end, there’s still ambiguity about how much of his good actions were because of his ideals of honor and how much were in an effort to win Emma’s favor.

~ Hook’s frequent tangling with poison is actually in keeping with Peter Pan, where he tries to poison a cake for the Lost Boys and Peter’s medicine.

Episode 3x06 “Ariel”

~ Did Snow lose consciousness when she jumped into the water, or was she resigned to drowning?

~ If Snow’s past experience with mermaids consisted of Ariel, she should have been more sympathetic to the ones that attacked Hook’s ship!

~ Regina trying to teach Emma about magic feels like a sudden development, and isn’t explored for the rest of the episode. There’s been no discussion of Emma’s abilities since coming to Neverland.

~ Hook, Snow, and David’s conversation about the nature of secrets turns out to be setup for what they have to do later!

~ It makes sense for Snow to blurt out the truth: she gave away Regina’s secret as a child, and lying is pretty against her nature. It would probably be even harder to attempt to lie to her daughter, who is already a pretty mistrustful person.

~ Flashback Snow affirms Ariel’s believe in love at first sight, but she herself denounced that as a reality when she met Charming.

~ Rumple got rid of his war paint

~ Why do Pan and Rumple say that Pan can only die if Rumple also dies? How does that work?

~ Pan foreshadows Rumple and Belle having a child! But how does he know what she looks like? And Peter Pan, boy of eternal youth, talking about a woman’s fertility, while eating eggs, is just weird.

~ So above-the-knee skirts are acceptable formalwear in Eric’s kingdom? Is that just so Ariel can show off the fact that she has legs? And is that a tail on Snow’s dress? Where did they even get these fancy outfits—did they steal, or use Ariel’s shipwreck treasures to buy or barter?

~ Did Snow give Ariel some dance lessons before they crashed the ball?

~ The dancing and talking scene is so awkward, as everyone else is watching while they discuss such personal matters.

~ There’s some irony in Regina being the one to save Rumple from an imposter, when she herself impersonates someone else in this episode.

~ “Happy endings always start with hope.” That’s Snow White’s philosophy in its simplest form.

~ “I can’t ask him to give up his dream for someone he just met.” Isn’t Eric asking her to leave behind her life for him?

~ Snow’s attitude about being open to love is fleshed out more in her conversation with Ariel than with Emma: “Even if you get hurt, you’ll know you tried.”

~ Making Regina the Ursula stand-in is weird. Lana Parilla does a fine job imitating the animated villain’s way of speaking and moving, but story-wise, it’s just weird.

~ The confrontation between Regina and Snow on the dock doesn’t make sense. Regina turning Snow into a mermaid in order to kill her more easily … just doesn’t make sense when she’s sitting on a dock. Snow could have jumped into the water and caused Regina to lose her trail.

~ I have to admit, though: Ariel using the fork as a weapon is great!

~ Hook only has a few scenes in this episode, but he shows so much emotion and character in those moments focused on him! He is so uncomfortable, yet resigned, about sharing his feelings about Emma with the group. Then, he looks so concerned and sad watching Neal hug Emma, while Snow is happy, and David is probably trying to decide whether he likes Neal or Hook better as a potential match for his daughter. And when he overhears Neal and Emma, you can see in his face and the cinematography that this is when he really starts to view him as a rival.

~ I want to know what happened when Neal crossed the rock bridge and faced Hook, Snow, and David. He’s barely interacted with Emma’s parents, but they know how much Emma and Henry care about him; and it his first face-to-face meeting with Hook since he was a kid. (Hook was unconscious when Neal saw him in New York, and Hook had just tried to kill his father, so it wasn’t much of a reunion.) How did they greet each other?

Episode 3x07 “Dark Hollow”

~ This is another episode that doesn’t use flashbacks, except at the very beginning to fill in a gap.

~ There are scattered references to believing in this episode, without much of a consistent theme: Mother Superior encourages Belle to believe in herself; Snow tells Charming he didn’t believe in their love; and Regina questions Gold’s belief in Belle.

~ The Darling brothers’ car has a teddy bear keychain hanging from the rearview mirror!

~ Hook and David are both feeling so awkward, as Hook has become a third wheel/part of a love triangle and David is being shunned by his wife.

~ The dwarves make a good point! Trouble seems to follow Snow and Charming like a magnet.

~ The Hook and Neal scene is so awkwardly written. Why does Hook throw it out there? And “dalliance,” while suitably old-fashioned, sounds like it could mean so much more than just a kiss. Did he really not realize Neal didn’t know? Or did he want to make Neal jealous?

~ “You came to Neverland on a pirate ship through a portal, but you draw the line at a magic coconut?” “Fair enough.” Indeed!

~ Ariel says “Look at this stuff!”

~ Considering that the show’s main theme is hope, it’s odd that they don’t talk about that aspect of the myth of Pandora when they introduce her box as a magical item.

~ It makes sense that after the secrets were shared in the previous episode, their repercussions need to be worked out in this one.

~ Neal’s reaction to Hook keeping and passing on his cutlass is the same as Emma’s: “I didn’t know you were sentimental.” He totally is, he just doesn’t want to admit it!

~ Emma and Hook’s scene is excellent! Honesty looks good on him, and gratitude looks good on her. He shows faith in her abilities. As serious as he is, he shows his arrogance in his certainty that he’ll win her heart, and he shows his lightheartedness at the end.

~ Ariel closes the door on their way out of Gold’s shop, but it seems to be open when they pass by it.

~ Snow’s declaration to David has so much emotion—anger as well as love, which is an unusual combination.

~ Snow and Charming’s theme sounds so sad when they hug.

~ Why does Hook ask about how to ignite the candle? Does he not have some method of starting fires, like flint, or his hook?

~ Ariel asks “Who is she?” as if the men’s sister must be someone known to them.

~ It’s sad that Baelfire sacrificed himself to prevent the Darling family from being torn apart, only for that to happen anyway. Wendy went back to look for him, and John and Michael must have spent some time there since they're still young men.

~ I still wish Greg and Tamara’s network had actually been dedicated to destroying magic. Then John and Michael’s involvement would have made a lot more sense.

~ Looks like Pan could have let Wendy live in relative comfort in that treehouse furnished like her old nursery, but instead he keeps her in a cage just because.

~ “It wasn’t the lighter we were fighting over.” Actually, they were, since Emma was the one who lit the candle!

~ Emma’s reprimand of the two men makes sense. Just a few days earlier, Neal was engaged to someone else, and then she thought he was dead; and Hook alternated between enemy and fair-weather ally. They have had no time to think or talk about what their relationships will be like when the crisis is over. Emma is nowhere near ready to “choose” either of them.

~ How does Tinker Bell knowing Baelfire/Neal fit in with her storyline with Regina? He was there a century or two before the curse was cast, but Tinker Bell only lost her wings about a decade or two before it was cast. Did she live in or visit Neverland even before losing her wings?

~ How long did Regina and Gold wait for Ariel on the beach? Her journeys and her adventure in Storybrooke must have taken her hours, possibly a whole day and/or night.

Episode 3x08 “Think Lovely Thoughts”

~ They did a good job casting an adult who looks like Pan and a child who looks like Rumple/Gold!

~ Why does Rumple have a Scottish accent when his father has an English accent?

~ Rumple’s father teaching him about the power of names!

~ Emma is the one who says “Family means being together!”

~ So when Baelfire got a bean to take him and his father to another land to be a family, history was repeating itself!

~ So apparently Hook told Emma about his brother at some point offscreen. I would have loved to see that conversation.

~ Rumple/Gold calling someone a coward is such a pot-calling-kettle-black move!

~ Emma’s reaction to Rumple/Gold agreeing to something just because Neal asks is great

~ David throwing Hook a knife and saying, “Here, in case your good looks fail you” is quick but hilarious!

~ Neal saying his father abandoned him, in front of his father, hits so much harder when you know Rumple’s father did the same to him!

~ If the Shadow predates Peter Pan, what is its origin?

~ Skull Rock is such an obvious Underworld—not only is it full of skulls and an hourglass, traditional symbols of death, but they also have to cross water in a boat to get to it, like Charon!

~ That musical buildup as Rumple/Gold enters Skull Rock is different from the score’s usual style, and it sounds epic!

~ Pan and Rumple are actually the same type of person: they consider themselves weak as they are (which may cause self-fulfilling prophecy), so they gather magic to make themselves feel powerful.

~ Pan shedding the responsibility of fatherhood is actually in keeping with J. M. Barrie’s story, where he wants to stop play-acting as the Lost Boys’ father.

~ Pan’s formerly Scottish accent comes out when he says “just as we planned”!

~ Why aren’t the spinsters who raised Rumple given names? Why are they never mentioned? They gave him a decent home and taught him a trade; they were the closest thing he had to family until he married Milah.

~ It is strange and unsettling to have a place of death set in a place of eternal youth.

~ “Any rule can be broken” = Pan’s life motto, and possibly a big influence on Rumple

~ This is when Regina and Emma really face the consequences of lying to Henry in the past

Episode 3x09 “Save Henry”

~ Why does Regina’s preservation spell have a time limit? For Daniel it endured for years.

~ Emma finding her identity as a mother in Neverland and becoming a mother-figure to the Lost Boys is so much like Wendy in Peter Pan!

~ It is so sweet to see Regina and Henry’s first meeting!

~ Hook pulling Felix down when he stands up to Emma says so much!

~ What story was Regina going to tell Henry on her first try? She is cut off after “there was …”

~ Dr. Whale confirms that Henry always had a strong heart!

~ I’m surprised Regina would let Snow White, the person she hates most, hold Henry, the one she loves most!

~ The hospital seems to be bustling with pediatric patients. Were they there during the whole curse?

~ Gold supposedly didn’t remember his old identity until he heard Emma’s name; but he really does act as if he knows what he did when Regina confronts him.

~ When the baby isn’t crying and the camera shows a good view of his face, he really does look like kid Henry!

~ Although Regina’s motherly love shines through in this episode, she shows that she still lacks remorse for her past wrongdoings. In her view, they were worthwhile because they led to her adopting Henry.

~ It seems a bit too easy for Regina to take Henry’s heart back from Pan.

~ Do the mothers just leave Pan on the ground? Why don’t Emma and/or Regina try to kill him, or capture him in Pandora’s box then?

~ Hook calls Henry the guest of honor! And gives him the captain’s quarters! That’s their first direct interaction, instead of just watching each other interact with the others, and it’s wonderful!

~ I’m extremely surprised that they would leave Henry alone. Even if there was really nothing to fear, I would expect at least one of his three parents to want to sit up with him.

~ What made Neal change his attitude toward Rumple/Gold? Was it learning that Pan was his father and had abandoned him as a child?

~ What does Rumple/Gold mean when he says “Blood magic works both ways”? Did Regina’s protection spell involve blood magic?

~ Gold telling Regina that she raised her son well is such unexpected praise from her teacher!

~ Who is the “bo’sun” that Hook calls out to? David? Neal?

~ David revisits Emma’s speech at the start of the season, and expresses, without explicitly saying it, just how proud he is of her becoming a leader and uniter of people.

~ Tinker Bell is absent this whole episode until her scene with Wendy on the Jolly Roger. Their interaction is sweet, but it raises a lot of questions: Did Wendy and her brothers ever interact with Hook and/or Tink during her time in Neverland?

~ (Season spoiler:) Neal is so sweet telling Henry that he has a dad, and always will; but it’s hard to swallow that if you know who Henry really is and what happens to Neal.

~ Jared Gilmore does such a good job of playing Pan, it’s scary!

~ Seeing the beginning of Regina’s relationship with Henry makes their interactions in the next two episodes even more heart-wrenching!

Episode 3x10 “The New Neverland”

~ Ariel and Belle look like they coordinated their outfits to be reverse colors.

~ Eric chopping fish as a nod to “Le Poisson” is funny, but how does he feel about Ariel being a mermaid?

~ Snow and Ariel reunited! I’m glad they showed that, even though there was no dialogue.

~ I was wondering where Wendy got that bathrobe/dressing gown; a while later I realized, it is the same one Baelfire wore when the Shadow abducted him and Hook rescued him! Either Hook must have kept it on his ship all those years, or Baelfire must have left it in his cave and got it back during this trip. Either way, one of them must have offered it to Wendy during the journey back!

~ What happened to all the Lost Boys that came to Storybrooke? Where did they stay that night? Did Emma and the others keep their promise to find them homes? Did some of them go to England with the Darlings? Or do they become vagrants in the Enchanted Forest after the next curse?

~ Good on Snow for giving Regina credit in front of everyone. She didn’t do that after returning from the Enchanted Forest.

~ David does the same thing in this episode’s past and present storylines: encourages the women he loves not to lose the joy of the present moment due to fear of the future.

~ Hook looks so sad and wistful watching Emma with Henry. He may act nonchalant with Neal, but he is really sad about the decision he is making.

~ Hook deciding to back off and let Emma and Neal have a chance, for Henry’s sake, is significant because it’s the opposite of what he did when he and Milah fell in love. He didn’t care about taking her away from her child and his father. Hook is trying to do right by Henry, as he did not do for Baelfire.

~ Earlier in the season, Emma said she couldn’t think about herself and the men who love her because they needed to focus on saving Henry; but even now that Henry is safe, she says she can’t think about herself because of what he just went through.

~ Why was Medusa living in the Enchanted Forest, rather than Greece or some equivalent? Are there other gorgons, as David refers to her, in their land?

~ Did they make a reference to The Lightning Thief when David talks about sending Medusa’s head in a box?

~ David saying he knew what he was getting himself into, after the way he fell in love with Snow on an adventure, is pretty sweet, and reassuring!

~ Neal sitting by himself is made more awkward by the fact that he’s behind Emma’s parents and across from his father and almost-stepmother.

~ David and Emma finally have a good father-daughter moment, full of parental wisdom and free of crisis or tragedy!

~ How can the Blue Fairy be (seemingly) killed so easily? Does she have no defensive magic?

~ David mentions Frederick! That’s a nice callback to a minor character.

~ If Pan and Henry switched bodies, they should be speaking with each other’s accents, not their own. Henry, at least, wouldn’t be speaking with a different accent; Pan would try to imitate his.

~ Snow and David talk about having a child in both the past and the present! The flashback carries such a poignant message, and is relatable to any parent or potential parent who has worried about raising a child in a world with so much suffering. And Snow is right about how they’ll always have someone or something threatening them.

~ Neal, Hook, and Tink could be their own trio! They’re all Neverland veterans, and apparently they all knew each other long ago.

~ Emma’s conversation with Snow and David is a nice contrast against their conversation at the start of the season. She is more patient and respectful toward them, and even affirms that they are good parents, even though she disagrees with them.

~ What Emma says about being the Savior sums up her attitude across the series. At this point, she more or less accepts her identity as the Savior and the responsibility that comes with that role; but in the second half of this season, after she has a taste life without that responsibility, she keeps trying to run away from it.

Episode 3x11 “Going Home”

~ The structure of this episode works differently than any other thus far: instead of one storyline told through flashbacks, it’s more like a series of vignette flashbacks. This spreads the focus across the whole cast of characters: the Charmings, Hook and Tink, Henry, Rumple and Belle, and finally Emma. It feels fitting for a mid-series finale.

~ Peter Pan calling something “child’s play” is a strange choice of words.

~ If Pan is telling the truth about never loving Rumple, then his appeal to him at Skull Rock was all a lie.

~ (Spoiler:) Tinker Bell talks about the Black Fairy, who apparently was exiled by the Blue Fairy.

~ Tinker Bell’s storyline really doesn’t line up with everyone else’s. Flashback Hook speaks as though they just learned about the dagger from Baelfire, but Tink says she lost her wings a long time ago, which would place the scene sometime after Regina became queen, only a few years or a decade or so before the Dark Curse was cast.

~ It’s interesting to see a battle in a church. For one thing, the shadow tries to get through stained glass windows. For another, the name Killian means “church,” and this is one of his more heroic moments!

~ David is the one who pulls Hook back to safety!

~ This might have been Neal’s first direct (onscreen) interaction with the Blue Fairy since she gave him that bean when he was a child. But they were in the same scene when August became Pinocchio again. Did she recognize him then?

~ Possible inconsistency: In Episode 2x19 Hook said Cora gave him the cuff, but now Pan says he made it.

~ How and when did Gold get the cuff from Greg and Tamara before they went to Neverland? By the time they all found out the truth about them, he was too distraught by the news of Neal’s death. And the cuff disappeared from Regina when the Blue Fairy healed her.

~ (Spoiler Alert:) Knowing that the Black Fairy is Rumple’s mother makes his use of her wand to defeat his father more ironic.

~ “Your happy ending may not be what you expect, but that is what will make it so special.” That is so true of real life!

~ So, since Ruby is inexplicably absent (I’m guessing the actress didn’t want to keep coming back), they have Granny use her wolf senses instead?

~ I don’t like the device of simply freezing everyone. It feels like a weak excuse so they can see the important interaction but not be able to intervene. And it takes away the actors’ ability to react openly. But you can see Belle reacting slightly to Rumple, realizing what is about to happen.

~ It seriously seemed like Rumple was going to cut off his own hand, which would have ben both an echo of his self-harm during the Ogre Wars and his amputation of Hook’s hand.

~ Rumple talks about wanting to give Baelfire/Neal a chance at happiness, but that was never really his priority. He wanted to find him so he could apologize and try to start over.

~ I was wondering where Rumple’s dagger and shadow were! Nice way to bring that back. Although I still don’t understand why Pan’s death required Rumple’s death.

~ This may be reading too much into a running gag, but Grumpy announcing “It’s here” whenever a curse approaches kind of makes sense for his character: his pessimistic personality has him watching for any approaching danger or impending doom.

~ Hook jokes about preparing their souls for death, and how his will take some time (spoiler: ironic knowing about the Underworld arc)!

~ When Regina is explaining the curse to Emma, there are two brief cuts to Hook, where you can see him reacting to the news that he has to be separated from Emma and possibly never see her again.

~ Couldn’t Hook and Neal also have escaped the new curse, since they weren’t victims of the first one? Did they decide to return to their realm just so they wouldn’t lose their memories? Or did they not want to force Emma to choose between them in that moment?

~ Emma’s second chance with Henry is such a “be careful what you wish for” moment. She is getting the kind of life she spoke about in the previous episode and the start of this one, a life free from the responsibility of being the Savior; but the price is being away from the rest of her family and friends, and that devastates her.

~ The shot of the smoke overclouding the storybook!

~ It looks like Emma and Henry had to leave behind everything—even the belongings she has always held onto, like her baby blanket.

~ Emma and Henry seem pretty well-to-do in their new lives. Does she have more money now?

~ From the end of this episode through the rest of the season, Hook now serves as the prophet, just as Henry was in Season 1, calling Emma back to her true identity and relationship with her family and kingdom.

Episode 3x12 “New York City Serenade”

~ This episode has so many callbacks to the pilot episode that then diverge from how that one went: opening shots of a rider in a hurry, only for it to be a non-emergency; Emma meeting a man in a restaurant, only for it to be a steady boyfriend rather than a stranger.

~ Why is David back in his bloodstained shirt from the day the first curse was cast, while the others have new outfits?

~ The curse was also a “be careful what you wish for” moment for Snow and David, since they had been talking about returning to the Enchanted Forest, yet when they return Snow is so dejected when she says, “We’re back.”

~ “Emma Swan always gets her man.” We’ll see if that holds true!

~ Since Hook and Emma didn’t meet until after she broke the first curse, it’s interesting to see him interact with her as an unbeliever. He’s in the same situation as Henry, Jefferson and August in Season 1. His words sound very much like The Matrix.

~ It can’t have been very long since Snow and Aurora last saw each other, maybe two months or so. How did Aurora and Philip defeat the ogres and “take back the kingdom” so quickly?

~ The dialogue is a little clunky in an effort to impart information about the time skip, like Emma’s reason for moving to New York and her first date with Walsh.

~ Adding characters like Tamara and Walsh, to who try to ensnare the heroes with romance, may seem like mere soap opera drama, but it actually is in keeping with fairy tales involving a true spouse and a false spouse. Some examples are Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, or Una and Duessa in The Faerie Queene. For a biblical example, it’s like the metaphor of Israel forsaking their relationship with God to pursue love with pagan gods/nations, who end up causing harm and destruction. It takes a prophet to remind them of their past relationship and call them back to it.

~ David and Snow are so disappointed that Hook is leaving! Despite their rocky start, after their week together in Neverland, they really saw him as a friend.

~ (Spoiler:) Hook is so emphatic about the Jolly Roger being his home and his need to find it! That speaks volumes to his actions during the time skip and what is revealed in the season finale.

~ Neal may have suffered the greatest loss out of any of them: he lost his father, lover, and son all in the same day.

~ Henry is so sweet, but his attitude is almost the opposite of how he was in Season 1. Instead of insisting that something is wrong in his life, he chides Emma for always looking for something wrong.

~ Emma’s dilemma in this episode is a relatable one: whether to stay where she is, in her comfortable life, or leave it for something that is more difficult but also more true and satisfying.

~ Hook has seen Emma take a literal leap of faith, at the start of this season, so it makes sense that he would be hopeful about her doing it again.

~ Emma chaining Hook by the wrist and him calling “Swan!” is just like during their beanstalk adventure!

~ Belle persists in hoping that Rumple can come back!

~ Regina refers to “our castle” so soon after David and Snow talked about whether it was hers or theirs!

~ Who are the mounted knights riding with the others?

~ Hook’s expression when she says he hasn’t changed = she is wrong, and has no idea how much! I think in that moment, he considers telling her about what he did to find her, but then decides against it.

~ “There was nothing for me in the Enchanted Forest. Why would I stay?” The implication of his words, with such a long, serious gaze, is clear: he had nothing without Emma.

~ It’s no wonder Hook pours another for himself: he has to sit and wait while Emma talks to the man she now loves.

~ Emma asks Henry to give Hook a hand! Pun intended?

~ Emma taking her red jacket makes sense, because it is pretty much the only thing she still owns that she had during her time in Storybrooke.

~ The part when Emma sees Mary Margaret is so well directed and shot! And that maternity outfit is so cute!

Episode 3x13 “Witch Hunt”

~ That may be the longest teaser yet: three separate scenes before the title card!

~ In the season 2 finale, it was revealed that Blue Fairy/Mother Superior had figured out how to make a remembering potion, using a hair from Pinocchio’s head. Why could she not do that for Henry to restore his memories? Did it only work for victims of the curse with double lives? At this point, Henry practically has the same situation, with fake memories of a normal life.

~ David smiles proudly when Mary Margaret says—not untruthfully—that she committed banditry!

~ So, this curse made Regina the mayor again?

~ Regina using magic to lift rocks = Star Wars tribute!

~ Who was in on the fact that Emma and Regina’s fight was fake? Did Leroy/Grumpy, Belle, Archie and the others know?

~ Is throwing her drinking glass at the mirror just Regina’s usual way of dealing with anger?

~ It’s funny that Regina is the one who thinks to make Leroy/Grumpy the town crier!

~ This episode kind of plays with how (over)dramatic the characters can be. Emma, Regina, and Leroy/Grumpy all play up their usual roles in order to deceive the townsfolk.

~ I wish we saw more of David, Hook, and Robin working together. As the romantic interests of the show’s three main characters, they’re probably the three most famous, heroic, and romantic male characters in this show!

~ I also wish we saw more of the Merry Men as a group. And why is Mulan not with them? I know she comes back later, so her absence is probably explained away, but just how brief was her stay with them?

~ So, do flying monkey bites work the same way as werewolf and vampire bites? If you’re bitten you become one?

~ “She couldn’t be prouder of you.” Regina is talking about herself, not Emma!

~ In an odd way, Regina and Henry are going through what Emma and her parents have been going through: they’re physically together, but emotionally distant, because at least one party does not know/remember their previous relationship.

~ The way Regina talks about the Wicked Witch and Hook refers to Emma as the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming makes me wonder how aware all the Enchanted Forest characters are of the fact that they are considered fictional characters in the Land Without Magic.

~ Rumple/Gold is back where he was at the start of the series, insane and locked in a cage.

~ How long was Zelena in the castle? What was she waiting around for? She had no way of knowing Regina would return from the Land Without Magic.

Episode 3x14 “The Tower”

~ It feels fitting to have an episode focused on David/Charming’s feelings about fatherhood. Mary Margaret/Snow is generally a more central character than him, so she has had more screen time with Emma, and her feelings about motherhood were explored when she and Emma were stranded in the Enchanted Forest together. Also, one of David’s primary characteristics is his “fearless bravery,” so it is very humanizing to see him wrestle with his emotions as he faces a future he cannot control.

~ In the dream sequence, Emma says “You found me,” just like Snow and Charming always say to each other, but it feels totally different.

~ Did Charming pick up Hook’s drinking habit?!

~ How did Robin actually help Regina break into the castle? He hardly did anything, just accompanied her.

~ “Speak of the handsome devil” sounds more fitting for Rumple or Hook, or even Zelena, Regina or Cora. Even what Zelena then says, that she’s there to make their lives “as easy as possible,” sounds like a devil’s temptation.

~ It is strange for them to hire someone they barely know, when they know someone in the town is the Wicked Witch.

~ Did Zelena actually know Johanna, or was that just a lie to get her in Snow’s good graces?

~ I love Emma and Hook’s music motif!

~ It feels weird to have a classic fairy tale play out post-curse, for a character who is aware of the Land Without Magic.

~ The Wicked Witch owns a bicycle!

~ The whole conflict centered around fear is reminiscent of Frozen—and David actually shouts “Let it go” to Rapunzel!

~ Charming saying they should build a nursery at the end of the episode shows so much growth from when he saw it in his dream! It’s an act of faith that their child will be alright and that they’ll be together.

~ Regina seems pleased when they find out Rumplestiltskin is alive!

Episode 3x15 “Quiet Minds”

~ It sounds as though Hook and Neal had a chance to talk in the Enchanted Forest, and that Neal expressed his ideas, even before Hook’s departure and Neal’s conversation with Snow and Charming. I wonder if Hook asked Neal to go with him to find the Jolly Roger?!

~ So, Rumple/Gold can run now? What happened to his limp?

~ It’s nice to see Snow and Emma finally interact directly with Belle, and actually look supportive of her relationship with Gold.

~ The fact that Emma can communicate a request to Hook just with a look, and that he understands and grants it, says a lot about how much they understand each other. It is a pretty big request, for him to help Belle and Rumple/Gold given his history with them. (Spoiler: His apology to Belle is so flippant here, I’m glad to know he gives a better, sincere one later on.)

~ It’s nice to see Neal and Belle finally spend some time together. They never really got a proper introduction, since she was suffering from amnesia and false memories when he arrived in Storybrooke.

~ It is ironic that Baelfire/Neal, who was so determined to rid his father of the darkness and magic, is now willing to use darkness and magic. This episode shows him doing some of the same things his father did, going to extreme lengths for his son’s sake.

~ Belle says Neal and Emma had “true love.”

~ Emma saying “We’re not in Manhattan anymore” = a twist on the line from The Wizard of Oz?

~ The idea of Leroy/Grumpy (and presumably the other dwarves) taking Henry fishing is cute!

~ That book looks beautiful, not “befitting the Dark One.”

~ This is the first episode since Season One that goes into the lore of the Dark One. Why are Belle and Neal not curious about how Lumiere knows so much about it?

~ Is Regina’s blue scarf significant? It’s such a bold color, which is rare for her.

~ Why is Robin near the farmhouse? Was he tracking the Wicked Witch on his own, or did the heroes give him an update?

~ Neal wanting Henry to know who he is may seem presumptuous, but kind of makes sense, because Neal knows what it’s like to think your father abandoned you. He wouldn’t want Henry to feel the way he felt.

~ Emma asking Hook to stay with Neal is kind of a big deal! They never resolved their complicated triangle of relationships.

~ I love Hook and Neal’s conversation! They’re finally seeing each other as friends again.

~ Belle and Neal talking about having the courage to die for one’s family … such sad foreshadowing!

~ David is the first one to get Emma to admit that she hopes she and Henry can go back to their lives in New York.

~ Why is it that Gold can hear multiple voices, but not Neal?

~ Regina has challenged the label of “Evil Queen," but here she says “The name served me well.”

~ I generally like Robin Hood, but he is way too quick to act all romantic with Regina. At that point, he barely knows her, and if he truly knows her reputation, how can he say the stories were exaggerated?

~ This is the first time Belle comments on what Rumple did by making the Dark Curse. She refers to it as a “mistake,” because it “condemned countless people to misery.” But it did reunite him with his son, so it kind of makes sense that Neal would have the same recklessness seeking a way back to his own son.

~ Emma and Neal laughing over their similarly failed love affairs is pretty funny. It’s the first time we’ve seen them really relax around each other since they reunited at this stage in their lives.

~ “I just want you to be happy, even if it isn’t with me.” For all his immaturity at times, Neal really does love Emma and want what’s best for her, regardless of whether he is part of that.

~ “You can’t hang on to both.” That is Rumple/Gold’s conflict in a nutshell, torn between his love of power and his love of his son.

~ Rumple/Gold actually taught his son something good, the power of sacrifice. But since that cost him his life, Gold probably regretted imparting that lesson. (Spoiler: Maybe that contributed to his character regression?)

~ The characters learning Zelena’s identity as the Wicked Witch would have been more impactful if it were also when it was revealed to the audience.

~ Cutting from Gold mourning his son to Robin Hood playing with his son is really effective!

~ That whole montage is almost as emotional as the actual death scene, and helps to show how the cast really is like an extended family. Regina now realizes she has a chance at new love, both romantic and maternal. Snow and Charming comfort Belle and Hook, who they’re not exactly related to but both had connections with Rumple/Gold and Neal.

Episode 3x16 “It’s Not Easy Being Green”

~ This episode’s title is way too silly in contrast with the serious opening. Neal’s burial is so beautifully solemn, as everyone who had a connection to him helps to bury him. The only thing I don’t like is the presence of random extras; why not just have some of the dwarves or other recognizable friends there instead?

~ The cut between the first shovelful and Rumple’s underground cage is so effective!

~ Emma and Hook’s conversation is one of their best. It starts out with their usual quips, but it then becomes quite serious, talking about vengeance and grief, and then offering and accepting great help and great responsibility. It’s not at all flirtatious, and not a word is said about Emma’s feelings or relationships with either Hook or Neal. It’s more like Emma and Hook have reached the point of trusting each other and being comfortable enough to confide, advise, and help each other.

~ What did Tinker Bell do after returning to the Enchanted Forest, and what does she do after being pulled back to Storybrooke? Did the Blue Fairy reinstate her, or whatever was needed for her to serve as a fairy again? Does she live with the nuns now?

~ This is the second time a character in this show has said “prophesized,” when I think the correct verb is actually “prophesied.”

~ I think the revelation about Zelena’s relationship to Cora and Regina would have been more impactful if it took place in this episode, rather than at the start of this half-season. When they meet in the Enchanted Forest, Regina does not have much of an emotional reaction, and the audience does not relate to the characters’ reactions in the moment because it’s been known for a while.

~ They’ve mostly stuck to the Hollywood version of The Wizard of Oz (which is annoying to a book nerd like me), but they take the silver color of the shoes from the book.

~ How did Rumplestiltskin not know about Zelena? He has the gift of foresight, and he knew that Cora’s daughter would be the one to cast his Dark Curse.

~ Why would Rumple tell Zelena about the Curse he plans to cast? He never seems to have told Regina. In fact, Regina traded it to Maleficent for the Sleeping Curse, as shown in the pilot episode.

~ “I don’t think that a sleeping curse would be good for the baby.” No kidding!!

~ What is with all the creepy closeups of Zelena, and of Rumple/Gold when they interact?

~ Why would Robin be so bold as to ask to read Regina’s letter, which she clearly is upset about? They barely know each other, why would he expect her to confide in him?

~ It’s so good to finally see Hook and Henry interact! Up until this half of the season, they had barely even spoken to each other.

~ It is way past sundown when Zelena goes to the town square for the showdown.

~ Zelena being in the clock tower seems like a nod to Wicked!

~ Why does Zelena bother with flying on a broomstick when she can just teleport?

~ Regina seems to be branching out in her wardrobe by adding vivid, bright-colored accessories. In the last episode it was a deep blue scarf. In this one it’s red gloves. Is this a sign that she is growing out of her Evil Queen persona?

Episode 3x17 “The Jolly Roger”

~ They totally stole the idea of a fake army in a road robbery from BBC’s Robin Hood!

~ This is the first time we’ve seen Hook in armor!

~ “This is a way of life. You have to fully commit to it.” Sounds like something a Jedi or martial arts master would say to their pupil. But Emma’s reply, “Not a problem,” gives a kind of false impression: she is only willing to improve and embrace her magical skills as a means to an end, not as a way of life.

~ The light reflecting off the water shines around Hook, making it look like he’s surrounded by light! Coincidence? Possibly, but still quite symbolic!

~ Hook saying “my reasons” when Emma and Henry are framed by him and Mr. Smee = they are both of his reasons!

~ Hook gets so serious and heated when he hears news of the Jolly Roger. He really does care passionately about his ship. But Smee is also onto something: what Hook says about the ship is also how he feels about Emma being gone from him.

~ Hook and Henry’s little exchange about cheating says a lot about what Hook is wrestling with in this episode! He could get away with nobody knowing about how he betrayed Ariel, but he chooses to come clean.

~ Blackbeard hardly has any beard to speak of!

~ Hook actually says he’ll “never give up the Jolly Roger without a fight”! If only he knew.

~ The shadows on the sail while they’re fighting are a clear reference to Disney’s Peter Pan!

~ If Hook and his ship were outside of the curse when it was cast, how did his spyglass end up in Gold’s shop?

~ Why would Eric being underwater necessarily mean he was dead? Isn’t it possible that he could have found a way to be underwater, just as she found a way to be on land?

~ The way Zelena wants Hook to remove Emma’s powers is really twisted in itself: it would be a kiss of betrayal.

~ Why did Zelena send Walsh to seduce Emma eight months before the curse was cast? Did she already anticipate Emma being a threat to her?

~ Emma actually expects/hopes that Hook will join her family for dinner! But now that she does, he pulls away, literally and figuratively, not wanting to hurt her.

~ Regina and Snow actually sit side by side for dinner! Henry may not realize how momentous this is, but it’s probably the first time he has all these family members with him enjoying a meal together!

~ Hook using the spyglass he retrieved earlier is a small but fitting setup/payoff. He is so wistful watching Emma with her family, seeing her so genuinely happy—he probably has never seen her so happy up close.

Episode 3x18 “Bleeding Through”

~ Regina makes the same move that Charming did in the first episode, throwing her knife the same way he threw his sword, only for their enemy to vanish!

~ It’s a mark of how much Regina has changed that her first question upon arriving is whether anyone was hurt.

~ Regina and Emma both wear vivid blue in this episode! But Regina covers hers with her black coat. Later, Regina has a white shirt on, opening to reveal a black top underneath. Is that symbolic, like she’s becoming light on the outside but still has darkness within?

~ I had forgotten about Zelena and Rumple’s scenes in this episode—I must have blocked them out, because I hate how sickening their dynamic is.

~ I’m a bit surprised that the Charmings all went along so easily with Regina’s plan to summon Cora’s spirit, and Regina’s confidence that they would go along with it, to the point that she didn’t tell them beforehand.

~ Did Hook really interrupt the ritual by bumping the table, or was that a joke?

~ When Regina tells Emma “Make sure you are [ready,]” Hook and Snow stare at her for a moment, like they can’t believe Regina is encouraging Emma, or they see that as a sign of how serious things are.

~ As they leave, Hook starts to reach out as though to put his hand on Emma’s back, but then he pulls his hand back.

~ This might be the first time Regina and Snow have been alone since right after Cora’s death, when Snow asked Regina to kill her.

~ Cora and Leopold starting a fire together is pretty symbolic.

~ Some interesting information about Snow’s parents is revealed in this episode, such as the fact that they were engaged since infancy. That may explain why Snow had such strong relationships with each of them, but we never see them onscreen together during her lifetime. Also, Leopold says he’ll have to have an heir “immediately,” but apparently, as in the original fairy tale, it took them many years to finally have a child, since Snow is years younger than Zelena and Regina.

~ Emma is surprisingly excited about progressing with her magic. It’s kind of sad that Hook is finally seeing her in a good mood, at a time when he is weighed down with worry.

~ What is Hook reading at Granny’s? Are he and Emma just hanging out there because they’re both staying at the inn?

~ How in the world did Leopold swing a proposal to Cora while his betrothed, Princess Eva, was visiting him? How did she and her family react? Why was she still there afterwards?

~ As selfish as Cora was, she must have felt more love for Zelena than she did for Regina, because she still had her heart when the first was born, but not when the second was born. I wonder if part of the reason she was so awful to Regina was because she reminded her of the daughter she gave up.

~ Snow and Regina are both literally and metaphorically cleaning up the mess left by their parents!

~ The last scene with Regina and Robin is so beautiful! While I think their arc in Storybrooke could have been written better, they do have great onscreen chemistry.

Episode 3x19 “A Curious Thing”

~ If Snow was about a month pregnant in the teaser scene, and then eight months went by, she really was full term when the curse was cast! I’m guessing that time was frozen in Storybrooke until this episode, when the curse was broken.

~ Why is Regina so contemptuous and contentious with Robin? What happened during those eight months?

~ There is a ceramic swan decoration in the hotel room behind Emma!

~ Regina’s bright red dress is beautiful—and considering it’s Emma’s usual color, and matches Mary Margaret’s coat, it seems to cement her as one of the good guys!

~ For such a formidable fighter, Hook seems to get abducted and/or tied/chained up quite often and easily!

~ Hook is aware of what a telephone is!

~ Gold abducting Hook could have been a really impactful closing scene for the previous episode or opening scene for this one. It must have been full of emotion and suspense for Hook, and extremely mixed feelings for Gold since they have such a bad history but also a mutual enemy in Zelena.

~ One interpretation of the spinning wheel in “Sleeping Beauty” is that it represents the cycle of life and time. Rumple alludes to this symbolism while using his own spinning wheel!

~ Was Leroy supposed to be supervising Henry? It’s strange that Emma is so comfortable leaving him behind with no magical protection, knowing that Zelena and Gold are at large.

~ Hook is like both a protective parent and a co-conspirator with Henry. I love it!

~ The way they talk about Snow and Charming’s child, it sounds like, even though he isn’t a Savior, he might have light magic of his own by virtue of being another product of true love.

~ Did Snow and Charming tell all their friends/followers that they were going to cast the curse, or did they make that decision on their own, without warning anyone? Even if they had a good and noble reason for doing it, not consulting the people it would impact is pretty messed up. They uprooted countless people who had already been uprooted before.

~ How many flying monkeys were there? And how can the heroes kill/destroy them so easily, knowing that some of them could be their transformed friends?

~ What happened to Mr. Smee? Did he continue running and leave Henry behind? That seems in line with what we’ve seen of his character.

~ The way the camera focuses on Regina as Snow and Charming say their goodbyes … what is she thinking/feeling? She probably still wishes she had a love like that, and may envy them theirs, but also has difficulty with the fact that they are sacrificing it.

~ Biologically, it would have made more sense for Regina to duplicate Snow’s heart rather than split it in half.

~ How is Neal able to communicate with birds? I thought that was just Snow’s talent? It does harken back to the bird that delivered August’s postcard to Neal in Season 2.

~ I really hope they figured out it was Neal who sent the message and memory potion!

~ The weather in this episode seems to fluctuate from moderate to winter/snow to moderate again.

~ This episode both begins and ends with a rose!

~ What is the “curious thing” of the title?

Episode 3x20 “Kansas”

~ Dr. Whale/Frankenstein, the man Mary Margaret/Snow dated and had a one-night stand with, being the one to deliver her baby is kind of messed up. I can’t see how Whale, Snow, or David are comfortable with that.

~ Glinda telling Zelena what she cannot do reminds me of Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked, and how Elphaba sings about refusing to accept limits that others set for her. Zelena is actually similar to her in that she refuses to give up.

~ Now that they know about Hook being cursed by Zelena, they should realize that him accompanying Emma is bad strategy.

~ What Glinda tells Zelena about innocence being reclaimed ends up being true of Regina in this very episode, and is also applicable to Hook and other redeemed villains in this show.

~ If Emma performed CPR on Hook under any other circumstances, he would be sure to say something cheeky when revived; but here, he gives no thought to their relationship, he is only alarmed and concerned about the consequences of her saving him.

~ The lights flickering as Mary Margaret gives birth strengthens my theory that the baby has its own magic.

~ It’s cool to see so many characters forming lines of defense to protect the royal family, but disappointing to see how easily Zelena blows past them all—even Regina, who out of all of them should have been able to hold her own.

~ Regina wearing red is a visual contrast against Zelena’s green, as they are opposite colors.

~ The writers seem to be trying to set up Zelena and Dorothy as analogues of Regina and Snow White: an older sorceress who feels threatened by a younger woman. Or maybe that is just the nature of those fairy tale archetypes.

~ Why doesn’t Dorothy talk about her desire to return home when she is with the witch sisters? Does she ever have her hero(ine)’s journey with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion?

~ “If you believe you are evil, then that is what you will become.” Glinda is right about self-fulfilling prophecy, but it could also work for other people believing that someone is evil and then causing them to become just that.

~ Dorothy’s final scene begins with a closeup of her shoes, so the change to the slippers is more visually impactful.

~ I wish there was a longer focus on the lineup of heroes arriving: Robin Hood, Regina, David, Emma and Hook with their respective weapons drawn.

~ Zelena’s defeat seems to come too easily, considering it’s had a half-season of buildup. And in the end, as with the Neverland arc, it comes down to Regina alone, rather than a team effort with the wonderful ensemble cast.

~ “He can handle anything, just like his big sister.” So sweet, and followed by Emma having a protective hand on the baby’s head while David holds him!

~ Regina actually sounds like Snow when she talks to Zelena about second chances. It’s so interesting that they make the callback to her season 1 line “Evil isn’t born, it’s made,” now with the addition of “and so is good.”

~ The music in this episode is wonderful, the way it weaves in character motifs and emotional beats in each scene.

~ Hook looks so stunned and dismayed when Emma reveals that she still intends to leave, though he keeps his own emotions in check as she enjoys a happy moment with her family. His brief, wistful smile as he watches their reunion/first meeting is heartbreaking.

~ I can understand Rumple/Gold wanting revenge on Zelena and falling back into his old ways, given that she killed his son and enslaved and abused him. But Rumple/Gold pretending to give the dagger back to Belle doesn’t make sense. Why not just keep the real one, since she was willing to let him have it? It’s really contrived for him to pretend to give it up and lie about not having it.

~ The fact that Gold chooses that moment of deceit to propose to Belle is pretty messed up, because it means they are starting their marriage on a foundation of a lie.

~ Gold’s overall regression, starting now and continuing into the next season, makes Belle seem naïve for having faith in him when he is deceiving her; it’s kind of insulting to her intelligence.

~ In terms of theme and character focus, this episode feels a lot more like a wrap-up of many season-long or half-season-long arcs, rather than a self-contained episode.

Episode 3x21 “Snow Drifts”

~ The connection between the flashback and the present day is that Emma finally has the family she always wanted, but now is leaving them.

~ I wonder if Emma thinks that her parents don’t need her anymore now that they have another baby.

~ Robin and Regina’s scene may seem like fanservice, but it is FULL of foreshadowing.

~ Robin’s words, “Maybe things happen when they’re supposed to. Maybe it’s all about timing” is so in tune with both the show as a whole and this episode in particular!

~ The mention of Rumplestiltskin’s vault is also setup/foreshadowing within this two-part season finale.

~ It feels like there should be a scene setting up where Hook is at this point, since all the other characters had scenes like that.

~ It looks like Granny’s chalk drawing of the stork has the Charming family’s coat of arms on the baby blanket!

~ From what Leroy says, it sounds as though Aurora had her baby just a day after Snow had hers! I wonder if the two kids grow up sharing birthday parties.

~ Henry giving the storybook to Hook is a significant gesture. Both of them, at some point, tracked Emma down in order to bring her to Storybrooke so she could save her family. Handing the book off to Hook is like Henry passing on the role of reminding Emma who she is and where she belongs. This is a great show of trust and acceptance on Henry’s part.

~ Hook says that Emma defeated Pan and Zelena, but it was really Regina and Gold who did.

~ Hook telling Emma “Hold on” and Emma saying “I can’t” pretty much sums up their dynamic in this half-season!

~ When I first saw these episodes, I had never seen Back to the Future, so I didn’t get that the whole finale was based on that story. But the fact that they are self-aware about it, with Emma mentioning Marty McFly, and the way it impacts Emma’s character arc and relationships makes this seem excusable.

~ Emma’s reaction is so happy when she recognizes her parents and realizes this is the moment they meet.

~ Hook attacking his former self is not only amusing, it also has some psychological symbolism. It’s like putting to death his former self, who he now knows was not worthy of Emma.

~ Emma’s choice of the alias Leia is not only a laugh. It’s fitting in two ways: they are both characters associated with hope, they both have interactions with close family members without knowing they are related, and they both fall in love with thieving scoundrels who have a change of heart after meeting them.

~ Where and when did Hook learn how to waltz? Did his mother teach him as a child? Did the royal navy have balls? Did his pirate crew infiltrate such events in order to rob the guests? Did they have music nights on his ship? Did he ever waltz with Milah or other women he met?

~ Hook is clearly pleased to be in such a romantic setting with Emma!

~ I’m curious how the politics and hospitality customs work between neighboring kingdoms. Apparently Midas has to show deference to Regina, even to the point of letting her arrest a guest in his home.

Episode 3x22 “There’s No Place Like Home”

~ I really like that they brought Neal back for the finale, and that his words to Emma frame her arc in these episodes. Even though he is gone, she still feels his influence, and it leads her home.

~ Where did Emma get that new outfit? Regina might have taken away her ballgown, but she wouldn’t provide her with such a nice dress and cloak, with a matching headband to top it off.

~ Even if Regina went to the trouble of feeding her condemned prisoners, there is no way there would be metal wires on the spoons that apparently serve no practical purpose.

~ It’s hard to tell how much of the footage of Snow and Charming is from the first season and how much was reshot! It must have been a directorial and editorial challenge to hide Ginnifer Goodwin’s pregnancy while filming her as young Snow White; the camera focuses on her face to hide the shape of her body, and they probably used a double for the shots of her running, climbing, etc.

~ Hook and David’s heart-to-heart is simultaneously so earnest and so amusing! Does David remember that conversation in the future?

~ It looks like Hook is crying they see Snow White burned at the stake. They may not have had many direct interactions, and not many of those may have been positive, but he really does care about her.

~ Hook shares how he relived his brother’s death after losing him, but he probably experienced that with Milah too. Both of them died in his arms, and he probably blamed himself for both of their deaths.

~ Since Emma says “It’s so nice to meet you” after learning her brother’s name, I think she may not have actually touched or talked to him until that moment. She probably did not want to get attached to him when she was planning to return to New York.

~ I suspect that seeing her parents fall in love was part of what helped Emma accept and act on her feelings for Hook.

~ The fact that “home” is the big theme of this half-season, and particularly this finale, makes Hook’s revelation about the Jolly Roger even more impactful, both to Emma and the audience. He gave up the closest thing he had to a home, in the hope of helping her find her home and having a place in it.

~ Gold and Belle’s wedding seems like it may not have taken place the same night as the coronation, but the way it is visually and thematically interwoven with the other three couples is really beautiful.

~ This season finale feels as though it was written so that it could be the series finale if the show had to wrap, but then they got the green light for more episodes and wrote in cliffhangers to lead into new conflict in the following season. If it weren’t for Gold’s deception and the arrival of Marian and Elsa, this would have been a perfect spot to end the show, with the four romantic couples together and happy, and all the children happy with their parents (or potential stepparents in the case of Regina for Roland and Hook for Henry).

I plan to explore a lot more about this season in my character study fanfics!

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Watching C's podcast on YouTube, if you are a shifter you know who she is. I really respect her because she doesn't just follow what everyone else is doing plus her SJ in her Hogwarts dr is insane!

It was Stranger Things late last year. It's still unfinished but I made it on google docs and I did post it on here. Besides my written one.

I think Hanna (the one who made this survey) says it best so I will link her TikTok on it! HahaShifts

I connect with my drs through Pinterest boards, FMVs, watching the shows, movies or reading the books, writing fanfic, music, Chat AI as well as Tarot readings & channeling, scripting.

I don't have one.

Asleep or 5 senses method

Birthdays, christmas or Yule, Anniversaries

I don't know yet. Only holidays I have memories of are with Bruce Wayne during Christmas and Valentines Day with Billy Hargrove.

Renee West Wells is a forensic Anthropologist & Journalist as well as makes the costumes for Team Flash and Team Arrow. Michelle Renee in my Fame drs is an Indie Singer, scriptwriter and has her own makeup brand. Lilianne is a SHIELD agent, Mandy Moorington works at Scoops Ahoy as well as a record store, Isabella in my OUAT dr works at the library and Mr Gold's' shop when he's away.

In my Marvel dr I like collecting things, as well as reading, hanging out and playing board games or drinking games with the team. Peter, Pietro and I also like playing video games together. Renee in my Flash dr prefers having sleepovers with Caitlin & Iris or cuddling and watching a movie or show with HR & Harry. Drawing new costume ideas. Michelle in my Fame dr would probably being hanging out with her Crue drinking, having sex ect...or writing a new script or song lyrics. Also hanging out and playing with her kids. If it was My Fame dr with Sebastian they'd probably either be doing some light D/S play or hanging out watching a movie or having him read to her. Mandy in my ST dr would be cuddling with Billy, Eddie or Chrissy. Writing, reading or dancing. Also her and Chrissy doing each others hair and makeup. Bella in my OUAT dr would mainly be reading or hanging out with Ruby at the diner or with her sister.

I travel back and forth between The Avengers universe and XMen universe alot so if you count that... Also go on missions with SHIELD. She doesn't have a set place but she likes Madripoor kind of and Budapest. Renee would want to go to Italy or France. I also want to visit Greece with Tommy Lee because that's where his family is from and Romania with Seb.

My Marvel dr is partly based on the comics. I do have a Shadow & Bone dr but it's unscripted and I haven't tried shifting there. There are moments in my ST dr that is based around 'Flight of Icarus' Eddie's book.

Of course my Marvel dr takes place in the MCU (except GOTG) My Gotham 89 dr is based on the older Batman movies and the new Flash movie. Motley Crue's life is still like the one portrayed in The Dirt (just including me, they also look like them when younger)

My relationship with Tommy is based Pam & Tommy's in the miniseries. Obviously The Flash dr is from the series as well as LOT. Same with most of the Marvel shows (Loki & Hawkeye especially) My Mod Gotham dr is inspired by The Gotham series, TWD series, OUAT and Wonderland, Stranger Things Series.

Yes I've posted about them but in My Marvel dr I am a Valkyrie in one and a Mutant or super in the other. As Lilianne I have control over both light and shadow, as well as healing abilities and the ability to phase through if someone attacks me. (I have to be actively trying though) In My Flash dr I am a Storm Goddess with control over lightning and the weather. I also have magic in OUAT taught to me by Rumple. Since I am the daughter of The Evil Queen.

I already have when I shifted to My ST dr and saw Billy. I posted it HERE.

They all have very different styles since I'm so eclectic in my cr lol Ok I picked a name randomly and got Renee. So for her I'd say basic, classy, rich looking when going out (she went on a date with Harry once dressed casual and felt so self conscious) or dressing up in what her men like. A bit edgier when she's Obsidian Storm. I have an outfit post HERE.

I only have the idea for my rooms in my ST dr and I know what the rooms in My Fame drs due to memories. My room with Tommy looks like in the series and My room with Seb is also in creams and whites with a raised floor where the bed is which was a canopy bed with white lace curtains.

Mandy's room looks similar to this on the opposite wall is a floor length mirror and pink dresser.

8. Okay I got Amara who is Loki's girl and a Valkyrie. So that Marvel dr as a whole...

9. oooh I got Carrie aka The Carrion Crow! I do have a playlist for that Gotham dr.

Bellyache- Billie Eilish

Badder-Emlyn

Pretty Little Psycho- Porcelain Black

I'm gonna show you crazy-Bebe Rexah

Vicious-Bohnes

10. Whiskey and Motor oil (grease) remind me of Merle Dixon. I've literally smelled popcorn while watching the episode of Pam & Tommy where they go to the Barbed Wire premiere. I do have ClairSalience. Billy Hargrove smells like alcohol at times but mainly cologne and mint when I channel him.

11. Yes but I will talk about them in a seperate post.

12. I have tons. I usually write them down and post them on here. I will be posting about my Fame drs soon.

13. I don't make scenarios unless it's to help with writing my fanfictions. (like filling in holes) I find that if you call them scenarios then that causes your subconscious to think that reality shifting isn't real so it's harder to shift. I also find scenarios to seem forced as opposed to an actual memory that comes out of nowhere.

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Under the cut is a list of muses I have for those who can’t open the google doc. Note: the google doc has detailed information about them so if you can, please open it up.

Bold is primary, italic is secondary, regular is by request.

TVD/TO/LEGACIES:

ELENA GILBERT

KATHERINE PEIRCE

DAMON SALVATORE

ALARIC SALTZMAN

LIZZIE SALTZMAN

josie saltzman

caroline forbes

bonnie bennett

Klaus Mikaelson

FINAL FANTASY:

CLOUD STRIFE (ff7r)

aeirth (ff7 remake)

tifa (ff7 remake)

Jill Warrick (ff16)

Clive Rosfield (ff16)

snow villiers

THIRTEEN REASON’S WHY:

Justin Foley

Bryce Walker

Jessica Davis

Clay Jenson

911/911 LONE STAR:

ATHENA GRANT

MADDIE BUCKLEY

OWEN STRAND

TK STRAND

GRACE RYDER

AHS:

Brooke Thompson

Montanna Duke

donovan

BBC SHERLOCK:

SHERLOCK HOLMES

BRIDGERTON:

Simon Bassett

Daphne Bridgerton

kate sharma/bridgerton

Penelope Featherington

BTVS/ATS

Buffy Summers

CORDELIA CHASE

CAOS:

SABRINA SPELLMAN

ONE CHICAGO:

natalie manning

JAY HALSTEAD

ADAM RUZEK

KIM BURGESS

Hank Voight

CRIMINAL MINDS:

Spencer Reid

Emily Prentiss

DAREDEVIL:

MATT MURDOCK

DEXTER:

DEXTER MORGAN

DCTV:

SARA LANCE

JOHN CONSTANTINE

SPOONER

EUPHORIA:

JULES VAUGHN

RUE BENNETT

FROM DUSK TIL DAWN:

Seth Gecko

Kate Fuller

GOOD GIRLS:

BETH BOLAND

Greys’ Anatomy:

meredith grey

JO WILSON

CARINA DELUCA

Ameila Shepard

GAME OF THRONES:

DANY

Jon Snow

Sansa Stark

NCB HANNIBAL:

WILL GRAHAM

HAUNTING OF BLY MANNER:

DANI CLAYTON

PETER QUINT

HEMLOCK GROVE

PETER RUMANCEK

HTGAWM:

CONNOR WALSH

LAW AND ORDER SVU:

OLIVIA BENSON

Elliot Stabler

kathleen stabler

alex cabot

casey novak

LOST GIRL:

BO DENNIS

LUCIFER:

CHLOE DECKER

lucifer morningstar

mazikeen

MINDHUNTER:

Holden Ford

POSE:

ANGEL EVANGALISTA

BLANCA EVANGALISTA

PRODIGAL SON:

MALCOLM BRIGHT

RIVERDALE:

ARCHIE ANDREWS

BETTY COOPER

TONI TOPAZ

CHERYL BLOSSOM

FP Jones

JUGHEAD JONES

ROSWELL NEW MEXICO:

MAX EVANS

LIZ ORTECHO

STRANGER THINGS:

NANCY WHEELER

BILLY HARGROVE (BILLY’S TATTOOS POST SEASON THREE HERE )

STATION 19:

Vic Hughes

SUPERNATURAL:

Dean Winchester

THE MAGICIANS:

ELIOT WAUGH

MARGO HANSON

THE WITCHER (GAME, TV SHOW, AND BOOK MIXED MEDIA):

GERALT (please note, geralt has cat-eyes. not the eyes we see in the show. if you need a visual, think game geralt)

CIRI

Yennefer (only willing to write her with @writtenmisfits at this current time)

TRUE BLOOD:

SOOKIE STACKHOUSE

TARA THORTON

jessica hamby

JASON STACKHOUSE

SAM MERLOTTE

WYNONNA EARP:

WYNONNA EARP

WAVERLY EARP

NICOLE HAUGHT

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY:

KLAUS HARGREEVES

ALLISON HARGREEVES

VAN HELSING:

Vanessa Van Helsing

YOU:

BECK

JOE GOLDBERG

LOVE QUINN

THEO

FORTY QUINN

DCU:

WONDER WOMAN/DIANA PRINCE

HARLEY QUINN (au verse 1 here)

DESCENDANTS:

HARRY HOOK

MAL BERTHA

EVIE GRIMHILDE

MCU:

DEADPOOL/WADE WILSON

EDDIE BROCK/VENOM

STEVE ROGERS/CAPTAIN AMERICA

WANDA MAXIMOFF

BUCKY BARNES

NATASHA ROMANOFF

YELENA BELOVA

THOR

LOKI

MICHAEL MORBIUS

Peter Parker (the amazing spiderman)

POTC:

CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW

ASSASSIN’S CREED SERIES:

JACOB FRYE

EVIE FRYE

EIVOR

KASSANDRA

DETRIOT BECOME HUMAN:

Connor

DRAGON AGE:

MORRIGAN

FENRIS

GARRETT HAWKE

MARIAN HAWKE

LUCANIS

TAASH

CYBERPUNK:

V (both male and v, both streetkid and corpo)

JOHNNY SILVERHAND

JUDY ALVAREZ

LAST OF US:

joel miller

ELLIE

LEGEND OF ZELDA:

LINK

RESIDENT EVIL:

ADA WONG

LEON KENNEDY (previously traumamade)

ETHAN WINTERS

LADY DIMITRESCU

Claire Redfield

dimitrescu daughters

TOMB RAIDER:

LARA CROFT

UNCHARTED:

NATHAN DRAKE

BLEACH:

ichigo kurosaki

GRIMMJOW JAEGERJAQUEZ

VAMPYR:

JOHNATHAN REID

BLACK BUTLER:

SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS

BLUE EXORCIST

RIN OKAMARU

HELLSING:

SERAS VICTORIA

INTEGRA HELLSING

NARUTO:

NARUTO UZUMAKI

TSUNADE

SEVEN DEADLY SINS:

BAN

VAMPIRE KNIGHT:

yuuki cross/kuran

ZERO KIYRUU

OUAT:

Regina Mills

Emma Swan

SOA:

JAX TELLER

VENUS

GEMMA TELLER

WHITE COLLAR:

Neal Caffrey

FAR CRY:

FAITH SEED

NEW AMSTERDAM:

MAX GOODWIN

CRUELLA:

CRUELLA DE VILLE

MASS EFFECT:

JOHN SHEPARD

JANE SHEPARD

KAIDAN

SAMARA

KASUMI

MIRANDA

DOCTOR WHO:

rose tyler

GOSSIP GIRL REBOOT:

ZOYA LOTT

MAX WOLFE

DOOM PATROL:

JANE

LARRY TRAINOR

A WAY OUT:

LEO CARUSO

CASTLE:

RICHARD CASTLE

BITTEN:

ELENA MICHAELS

TEEN WOLF:

CHRIS ARGENT

ALLISON ARGENT

SCOTT MCCALL

LYDIA MARTIN

STILES STILINSKI

THE FLASH:

BARRY ALLEN

NORA WEST ALLEN

BART WEST ALLEN

IRIS WEST

CAITLYN SNOW

KILLER FROST

SUCKERPUNCH

BABY DOLL

SHADOW HUNTERS

ISABELLE

ALEC

HOUSE OF ASHES

JASON

THE MEDIUM

MARIANNE

THE LAST KINGDOM

UHTRED RAGNARSON

Iseult

MOON KNIGHT

STEVEN GRANT/MARC

FIRST KILL

Calliope Burns

Juliette Fairmont.

THE QUARRY

Kaityln Ka

Dylan Lenivy

Laura Kearny

THE SANDMAN

Dream/Morpheus

INTEVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

Louis De Pointe

Claudia

HORIZON SERIES

Aloy

THE VAMPIRE ACADEMY (TV SERIES)

Rose Hathaway

NETFLIX’S WEDNESDAY

Wednesday Addams

Morticia Addams

Enid Sincliar

DAYS GONE

Deacon St. John

QUEEN CHARLOTTE - A BRIDGERTON STORY

Queen Charlotte

MAYFAIR WITCHES

Rowan Fielding

Critical Role (currently caught up to episode 97 and both seasons of the animated show)

Vax

Vex

Keylith

THE EVIL WITHIN

Sebastian 

Baldur's Gate 3:

Astarion (at @spawnmade )

Karlach

Orin

Hazbin Hotel:

Angel Dust

Charlie Morningstar

Niffty

Alastor

Outlander:

Claire Fraser

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES SERIES:

Feyre (started and currently reading book 3)

[lcsthings]

VERSES:

V. DISNEY FILMS/ANIMATION. ORIGINAL BOOK.

TAG: [ PETER PAN / VERSE: straight on till morning. ] FACE-CLAIM: TBD. SUMMARY:

NOTE: This verse will be based mainly off the original book. This verse will coincide with other disney/animated films. This means, for the sake of the roleplay, Peter exists in each realm/world the film takes place in, as Neverland is an unreachable place save for Peter.

Peter is the guardian of Neverland. With each breath he takes, the lands grow fuller, the trees greener, with spring eternal unless he says otherwise. He'll protect the occasional lost boy or girl ( though rarely girls, for they are far too clever to become lost ) if they find themselves abandoned or having run from home. With his everlasting youth and mischief, Peter visits different worlds out of pure curiosity — or perhaps to find more lost boys and girls to take back to Neverland.

This verse could take place before, during, or after the movie/book canon. There is also the option of having Peter grow up, which I would love to explore.

V. CHILD THIEF / ARUTHURIAN LEGENDS.

TAG: [ PETER PAN / VERSE: & all the devils grinned. ] FACE-CLAIM: TBD. SUMMARY:

NOTE: Don't necessarily have to have read the book to ask for this verse.

Peter knows what it's like to feel lost and alone. For thousands of years, that's all he's ever felt: unwelcomed in the court of Avalon for his wild nature, for being half-fae and half-human, and unable to live fully in the human world for his strangeness. Dedicating himself blindly to the Lady of The Lake, Modron, he gathers the abused, abandoned, and lonely souls of boys and girls who won't be missed. He brings them to the Deviltree, where he turns them into Devils, warriors of youth to protect Avalon and the Lady.

But with the ravages of time, Avalon is beginning to show its decay. Each hundred years or so, the human world makes itself known to Avalon, slowly bringing about the end of this beautiful, magical realm. Peter cannot allow that. As the half son of the Horned God, he cannot be accepted in either the Fae court or in human society. This is his only home. He must protect and save what he can, even at the expense of other young lives counting on him.

V. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS.

TAG: [ PETER PAN / verse: guardian of the lost. ] SUMMARY:

When a child dies, their soul is guided to a better place where the children can live forever in peace and fun. Peter Pan knows this, and guides each child to Neverland where he keeps them safe until they are ready to move on to the next life.

NOTE: This is much like the book/movie, but just a different take. Everything would be the same, except that Wendy Darling still would be alive, yet Peter took her and her brother against the rules to Neverland. They couldn't stay, otherwise, they'd die eventually in the real world.

V. ONCE UPON A TIME.

TAG: [ PETER PAN / verse: what once belonged to me. ] FACE-CLAIM: ROBBIE KAY. SUMMARY:

NOTE: I hated OUAT's version of Peter Pan, so here's my solution.

Before Malcom, father of Rumpelstiltskin, became known as Pan, there was another boy that was the Guardian of Neverland. He was the island's lifeblood, and the lost boys were free to be just that: boys. He was wild and free, a boy at heart. But like all human creatures, he struggled with the darkness in his heart as each century passed, with each lost boy taken away by adulthood. He became darkness, as Peter Pan himself was purely magic, and soon Neverland was lost to him and the lost boys. He found salvation in Malcom who yearned for youth, and he offered his eternal life to the other in the promise that he took care of Neverland. But Peter did not know how corrupt Malcom's heart truly was, and when Malcom became Pan, Peter knew his mistake. When Pan was defeated, Peter once again took form of his true self, a free and mischievous boy who once again became the guardian of the abandoned boys and girls who found their way to Neverland.

Occasionally, Peter will go to Storybrooke or the enchanted forest to make amends with those Malcom/Pan wronged, but Peter is still a boy at heart and causes more trouble than it's worth.

V. GREEK MYTHOLOGY.

TAG: [ PETER PAN / verse: I am flesh & blood. ] WORLD: Greek myth/Vampire Myth. SUMMARY:

the greek version of a vampire is called the vrykolakas, though peter spent many a year unaware of this fact. born and raised in a norse village of old, peter lived a hard life as both the son of a great warrior and a farm hand. his family, although hearty, could barely survive the winters with little to hunt, considering the bandits that lived at the edge of the woods always eager to fight. one day, these bandits took peter from his home as leverage over his father, hiding him away on unconsecrated ground. he was starved and beaten, but he remained strong as his father would until he no longer could. but peter did not know that unconsecrated ground was a birthing place of the dead, nor did he know that when the bandits forced him to eat the raw, tainted meat of a sheep ravaged by a pack of wolves would make him so sick. his death came in the form of a devastating sickness, so powerful it took any and all form of memory he had.

now, the norwegian people have a name for the vampire in their country: the draugr. but with the vrykolakas, one becomes such a thing when they are buried or killed on unconsecrated ground, or ate the dead meat that was last touch by a wolf/werewolf. when peter woke, he did not know his name nor who he was, but followed the first thing he smelled: blood. the bandits were found at his old home he no longer remembered, but in the process of destroying them, he also killed his family. he was no longer human. he spent a long time without a name until he took on 'peter' and nothing else. he is a mischievous creature, knocking on doors and provoking his prey, sitting on the chests of sleeping victims until they gasp for breath in their sleep. he is but a phantom, and yet still a child in both body and mind, appearing no older than nineteen. greece has become his home, and also his playground. from time to time, he'll steal boys and girls from their home, make them his 'friends' for a time. this has attracted the attention of the gods, and being an abomination of human life, they are at a loss on how to handle the situation, mainly out of curiosity and disgust.

[themattress]

Oh hey, look what I found! It’s circa 2013, reflective of the show’s first two seasons.

Producers:

- Lost is what shaped Once Upon a Time’s structure; the latter show could not have happened without the former. Unfortunately, it didn’t learn the biggest lesson that Lost imparted: plan out a set end-date rather than going along until you’re suddenly cancelled. Maybe the negative reaction to Lost’s finale spooked OUAT’s producers from doing that; idk.

- Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis’ personal backstory is truly inspiring: having the patience to wait a decade from having their original idea for OUAT until all the pieces were ready to fall into place to make it the best version of itself right out of the gate. It’s a reminder that with patience and dedication, you too can ultimately have your big ideas pay off and create something great that you can then proceed to callously ruin...oh wait, ignore that last part.

- With that said, Adam and Eddy are pretty loose-lipped on the fact that the initial idea wasn’t truly centered around the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, who was just a means to an end, but around the Evil Queen and how unfair it must feel that she can’t get her Happy Ending. The show tragically devolved back to that morally stupid premise in the end.

- Seriously, so many times in this book there are accounts from producers, writers and actors talking about how it was the show’s pilot script that drew them into the project. Said pilot is ultimately not reflective of where the series actually ended up, since the pilot centers strongly around Emma, Henry, Snow and Charming, with Regina and Rumple as the antagonists.

- According to Adam and Eddy, following the success of the first season the cycle is always the same: the show is renewed by the network, after production on the current season wraps in Spring all the writers map out what they want the next season to look like, and then they reconvene in Summer to start pre-production on the new season. Rinse and repeat until the show’s cancelled. As we ended up seeing, with Adam and Eddy in charge this kind of cycle works far better on seasons with two interconnected half-season story arcs rather than ones with full-season story arcs; Season 1 was lightning in a bottle they just couldn’t recapture.

- Captain Hook and the Peter Pan mythos were wanted for Season 1, but they couldn’t secure the rights, which is just as well since I don’t really feel it would fit in that season.

- Some A&E bullshit that maybe they once stood by but ultimately discarded: “We don’t want mythology to trump character, so we want to do our best to make the show simple, even if it’s complicated.” “We want to strike a good balance between introducing new characters and developing the main ones introduced in the pilot”. “We want to make the real-life Storybrooke stories as exciting as the ones in a faraway land where the characters are slaying a beast”. Literally every single one of these statements rang false by Season 4; it’s kind of amazing. Mythology trumped character, the show became exceedingly complicated, new characters were constantly stealing the spotlight from the old ones sans Regina and Rumple, the main characters stopped developing in organic ways, and Storybrooke stories were almost all beast-slaying all the time with little of the engaging real-life stuff being utilized anymore.

- “An interesting arc is that Regina chose Henry’s life over the Curse”. Um, did she? Because her admitting the truth about the Curse to Emma and teaming up with her to save Henry does not remotely indicate that she was ready and willing for the Curse to break; it breaking as a ripple effect from Emma’s True Love’s Kiss on Henry clearly came as a surprise to her. Man, the whitewashing of Regina’s character by A&E started up even earlier than I thought it did!

- Let’s have a toast to some of the show’s unsung heroes: the majority of its directors. Directors like Steve Pearlman and Ralph Hemecker did their damndest with the show the whole way through, even with the later material that didn’t deserve their talent backing it up.

Writers: 

- Andrew Chambliss’ demeanor gives off the same impression his writing credits on the show do: if he’s paired up with a more talented screenwriter like Ian Goldberg than his work will be passable at best, but if not then it’s probably gonna be subpar because he has a severe overestimation of his own abilities and is a self-admitted graduate of the Joss Whedon School of Writing where characters constantly need to be tortured and “darkened” for the Hell of it.

- Speaking of which, Ian Goldberg dropped out following Season 2. I get the impression he was not on board with the sudden Neverland-based shift A&E took the show in toward the end of that season, which is understandable even though I think it worked out for the best.

- David H. Goodman is a good man (ha!), his main issue is that, if anything, he’s too good; too trusting and deferential to the whims of A&E. Otherwise, he really knows, likes and respects all of the characters and truly wants to explore and depict their emotions as best as humanly possible. He should’ve been the showrunner; the show would’ve been better off.

- Christine Boylan seems like a nice person/writer, I hope she went on to better things after she left. (Checks her IMDB page, sees “Cloak and Dagger” and “The Punisher”) Damn it.

- Robert Hull was hit-or-miss with his writing, and he’s even more trusting and deferential to A&E than Goodman (incidentally his frequent writing partner). But ultimately he left the show to pursue his own ambitions, with limited success so far outside a two-year run on Gotham.

- And then we have Daniel T. Thomsen, the man who was among the show’s greatest assets in its prime of Seasons 1-3.  If Felix Hernandez was OUAT’s Production Wizard, then Thomsen is its Pre-Production Wizard, the one primarily responsible for its overall high writing quality. As one would expect, he’s very thoughtful and insightful, taking his job very seriously and caring greatly about the characters, their relationships and their development. It’s little wonder he left after Season 3, since all the plotlines and character arcs he managed got wrapped up at that point. He also appears to be the main guy to thank for the “Captain Swan” pairing; he has great care for Emma’s character (it’s no coincidence that Will Trent has many similarities to her) and in his own words “I don’t think anyone’s going to get tired of Captain Hook anytime soon” (little did he realize we’d tire of everyone by the show’s end!)

- Last but not least is the show’s most frustrating writer: Jane Espenson, who is both one of the undeniable best screenwriters across the whole series and another graduate of the Joss Whedon School of Writing, with all the flaws that entails. A telling quote of hers in this book is that she loves that the show is willing to “go there” and have these huge, shocking twists and unexpected dark developments happen. In earlier scripts of hers like “That Still Small Voice” and “Red-Handed”, things like that worked since the characters were fresh and new, and the show “going there” with them added onto them. But by the time of later scripts like “Best Laid Plans” and “Murder Most Foul”, it actively ended up harming the characters, feeling dark and shocking purely for the sake of it. And I don’t think Jane ever came to realize this distinction.

Actors:

- Ginnifer Goodwin is a treasure, and I love her personal take on Snow as a character who was the same core flaws as her stepmother (vanity, obsessiveness, and clinginess) but ends up dealing with them in a healthier manner, alongside her family. This made her a highly effective foil to Regina in the show’s early days. I deeply miss that Snow / Mary Margaret.

- Reading Jennifer Morrison’s segment is painful because it’s so obvious how much she invested into the character of Emma Swan and making her a relatable, flawed protagonist, and from the sound of it A&E at least used to try to be invested in that character and her development as well. Like with Ginnifer Goodwin’s situation, I can’t even imagine what it must have been like in later seasons when the actress realized A&E only truly cared about Regina and were all too willing to throw their character under the bus for her. At least she can take comfort in knowing she, unlike Robert Carlyle, made the right choice bowing out in Season 6.

- Speaking of which, Robert Carlyle! He is so amazing, as honest about the show’s many strengths back in its prime as he would later be about its many weaknesses later on, and as acutely aware of what kind of character he is playing as always. I love reading his insights about what drives Rumple, what his conflicts are, what his justifications for his actions are (while maintaining they are not true excuses). The show was incredibly lucky to have him.

- Lana Parilla’s an odd case. She’s not a bad actress by any stretch of the imagination, but when it comes to Regina she clearly believes in going 100% extreme. Subtlety is difficult to come by with her; she’ll take what’s on the page and play it at full volume. This can work, especially early on when the extremity of her performance made the character legit intimidating, but other times it’s a problem. As Lana reveals in this book, she was totally convinced Regina’s road to redemption out of love for Henry in 2A was going to be an enduring thing so she played it completely sincere and sympathetically. As a result, her joining Cora and relapsing into evil in 2B feels way more jarring than it otherwise might have. Regina being written and acted crazily is fine when that’s the point; when not it’s just grating.

- Funnily enough, Josh Dallas has the same problem in Season 1 and admits it, saying he just went as over-the-top as possible in making David Nolan a thoroughly un-charming wimp. Honestly, he lucked out that this side of him didn’t last past that first season and that he built up enough goodwill with his fantastic depiction of Charming; otherwise I’d resent him more.

- Jared Gilmore was not a very good actor at this point, but he was always a very good kid. None of my feelings of frustration or annoyance toward Henry ever transferred toward him.

- Emilie de Ravin never watched Beauty and the Beast before filming “Skin Deep”. That explains a lot about how underwhelming she was as Belle in Season 1. I feel like she came into her own in Season 2 when Belle started to form a more unique identity for herself, and like many others I feel sorry for what became of her character given her talk of enjoying playing her (”She puts herself on the line for what she believes in; it’s not for selfish reasons or trying to make herself look good”; boy, would Emilie’s words there not hold up overtime.)

- Colin O’Donoghue is very much like Robert Carlyle. He knows his character inside out, the good and the bad and the reasons for all of it, and he does such a good job talking about it. There’s a damn good reason he and Hook ended up being mainstays beyond just being hot.

- Megan Ory, much like her character, deserved better. That is all.

[darkandsinister-man]

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This is a sideblog, and I follow back from my main @grimmusings. Please direct IMs there, since it's easier for me to keep all my messages on one blog. It's also easier to start interactions with me there, where I regularly post open starters and meme prompts. For a full list of rules, see my main. Honesty hour questions will largely be answered IC and treated as anonymous unless signed by a muse.

Captain Hook is a canon character from Peter Pan. His portrayal is primarily pulled from the original play/book, with very little from the films or shows. I do not pull any of my characterization from OUAT, but I'm happy to write with those muses with the understanding that this is not Killian Jones. All details vary based on verse, and I'm happy to write Hook into crossovers or AUs.

default verses:

storyverse: Any events that take place in Neverland or adjacent, where Hook is a pirate. He's able to sail in and out of Neverland waters easily without aging, as long as he doesn't stay away too long.

fableverse: When the storybook worlds collapse, the Jolly Roger sinks and Hook finds himself landlocked a contemporary town called Fableton, where he recreates his beloved ship in a seaside bar with the same name. (bio)

mcu: James Hook is an ex-Navy SEAL now working out of Madripoor as a thief and a smuggler who can find just about anything for a price.

[hanaasbananas]

hii hope you're well! your tags about james hook reminded me that i originally followed you (many years ago!) for peter pan retellings. i wonder if you have any recommendations? i loved the christina henry one, and peter darling was alright too. thanks so much!

hi!! wow you must have followed me a LONG time ago because i legitimately do not remember talking ab peter pan retellings on here-even though i did go through a big phase of reading them when i used to watch ouat and wanted to read some good Hook centric stories lolol

anyway!

Alias Hook I LOVED this. it's told entirely from Captain Hook's pov, but goes into his life before Neverland and how he basically got cursed to be stuck there. This one really stuck with me and i remember being genuinely terrified of pan-not because he was manipulative or cunning or whatever, but because he's a literal feral 11 year old and seeing him from hooks perspective was FASCINATING. Also, I really loved the idea of hooks crew being former lost boys who left neverland and then found their way back as adults. this book made me cry and i highly, highly recommend

this second rec is a little bit complicated...um. I first read this story on wattpad way, way back in 2012 or something. the original fanfic was a sequel to peter pan and is PHENOMENAL. the author ended up rewriting the story and making it a trilogy called the Nevermor series. You can get the second book in the nevermore series WITH the original fanfic though and not gonna lie i've read it multiple times over the last 12 years.

Neverland: Forsaken Dreamscape. Even if you don't read the whole trilogy, you can find the original fanfic in this deluxe version of book 2. Essentially the story is set four years after the end of peter pan and a LOT of stuff has happened since. Peter comes to get Wendy from the asylum she's been in because Neverland is dying and he needs her help to gather up the lost boys again so they can work together. (Honestly even just talking about it is making me want to reread so I know what i'm picking up tonight lol) this is really twisty and really and fun and has probably been my favourite peter pan story ever which is annnoying because nobody else has ever read it lol so feel free to hit me up if you read it!

These are the only recs I have for now-hope you enjoy! :D

[firadessa]

Releases in November and Feb

(just found out about this one- 3rd graphic NG novel about the mist horses releases in September)

Released 2023

Released 2018

These are all the recent and upcoming releases, it was not discontinued fully in 2015 when the movies ended and not when the toys and merchandise stopped being produced as much

If it really was "discontinued" there would be no website, products, and it's whole existence would generally be phased out. Additionally, things can be discontinued in some countries and not others and certain things can be discontinued. Making it confusing

They did try to make a Tinker Bell brand around 2018 too, but I think it failed. I think they realized how heavily DF brought up Tinker Bell as a brand, so they tried to change their directive. Of course things that are "just" Tinker Bell would sell but they seem to have shifted away of just Peter Pan TB, showcasing the wing design of DF TB even during that period. I was curious about it and I did look at trademarks cause I'm a nerd and yes they did renew a few Disney Fairies trademarks around 2018 or so, close to the GFR manga release and the new translations and reprints. Part of me wonders if they even attempted to gauge if there was still interest in the brand even when the movies and such were over, and decided to go ahead and not fully stop producing stuff with it even if the releases would be slow and the interest isn't as big as it was when movies were out

Also, it went from being US centric to non US centric pretty quick in that half dormant period and then US centric again. I hope these books can receive translations.

Bleakwatch Chronicles is the first in a series as well. I'm not sure they will make more of the NG graphic novels (which I'm still mad are unintentionally ignored in the fandom tbh)

Another notable thing is that Wings of Starlight is a YA book, the first Disney Fairies related YA book. Disney Fairies was featured in YA media but of course this is the first book (Silvermist in OUAT in wonderland)

(PS I wonder what flower Clarion is wearing? Is it forget me not?)

Another new Disney Fairy book for preorder!!

This one focuses on Queen Clarion and Lord Milori!

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/764001/wings-of-starlight-by-allison-saft/

So happy seeing all these new books/reprints coming out 😭

[happilykrispypirate]

Not going anywhere

Pairings: Peter Pan x fem!reader

Warnings: my shitty writing

Summary: After the curse, Y/n, daughter of Snow White and Charming, got sent to Neverland instead of Storybrooke. She met pan and they fell in love and got married (yk just adding a little something extra). Now that the curse has broken, the Charmings set out to find their long lost daughter.

A/n: So, I'm only writing this because I've been watching ouat for the first time and I cannot seem to find a lot of fics about him. So, I'll be writing a few of them as time goes by. Enjoy!

P.s. Peter is not Rumple's father

-

Peter woke like every morning at the crack of dawn in his hut. Every morning he'd turn to Y/n and kiss her all over her neck and face until she waked up.

However this morning, when he turned to her side of the bed, he found it empty along with the door open.

Peter got out of bed in a panic. He rushed outside of the hut, ready to hurt the person who took her when he saw her staring out at the ocean.

His hut was near the edge off the cliff that overlooked the ocean and some parts of the island. The two of them would lay under the stars most nights, admiring the twinkling lights.

"There you are, love," Peter said as he approached her, wrapping his arms around her waist and burying his face into her neck and leaving soft and sweet kisses, "Almost scared me to death when I didn't see you next to me. Why are you up so early?"

"I don't know," She spoke, placing her hands on his, "Thought I'd watch the sunrise. That's when I saw that."

Peter lifted his head and looked out onto the ocean and saw the ship. He let go of Y/n, rushed inside to grab his spyglass before rushing back outside. He looked through the spyglass at the ship.

His stomach twisted in anger as he saw the familiar pirate ship.

"Who is it?" Y/n asked as she saw Peter's angry expression.

"Someone who's going to get killed," He glared at the approaching ship.

"Love," She spoke, placing a hand on his arm and taking his attention away from the ship, "Who is that?"

"Hook"

-

Snow and Charming looked around at the forest, they both knew this place was big and they didn't know how they were going to find their daughter.

If she was still alive that is, but they were hopeful.

"I thought I told you to never come back here," They heard a voice. They turned, weapons at the ready, but they saw a boy.

"We're just here for the girl," Hook said, "Just give her to us, and then we'll leave."

"I don't know where you've been, Hook," Pan glared, "But there are only boys on this island, no girls. Except Tinkerbell, of course."

"You're lying," Regina said, "I know I dropped her off here."

"She must've died then. Neverland is a dangerous place," He said.

Snow and Charmin's hearts both sank a little, they didn't want to accept what he's saying is true.

Peter smirked at the look on their faces, he knew they'd never go looking for her now.

"Now, get off my island," Peter said.

"No," Snow said, and Peter raised an eyebrow at her, "She's still alive, I know it. I won't stop until I find her."

"Why are you so adamant on finding her?" Peter asked.

"She's my daughter," Peter's eyes widened slightly as Snow spoke, "And I won't stop until I find her."

"Well, that's never going to happen."

-

Peter opened the door to his hut and saw Y/n sitting on the bed, she had a book in her hands. She looked up at Peter when he walked in.

"I don't see blood," She said, looking him up and down, "You spared him?"

"I almost didn't," He said as he sat down on the bed next to her.

Y/n sighed, and closed her book. She out it down on the bedside table and turned back to Peter, "Alright, shoes off," She said.

Peter smiled as he kicked off his shoes and turned to Y/n. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on her stomach as they laid back on the bed. Y/n's arms were wrapped around him and she was combing her fingers through his hair.

"You should stop getting so stressed," She said softly, "You're going to get wrinkles."

Peter chuckled, "I'm over 400 years old, love, I'm never getting wrinkles."

"Now it sounds like I'm dating a Grandpa," She cringed.

"Dating?" Peter said, looking up at her with a raised eyebrow, "Also, you're over 200 years old by now, love."

"Atleast I didn't say married, that would've been weirder. I'm married to a boy, not a Grandpa. Also, yeah I am, but it's a lot better than 400 years."

"So you'd date a Grandpa."

"No, ew."

Peter laughed af her before kissing her on the cheek, "I love you so much, you have no idea," He said.

"Love you too," She smiled before leaning down and kissing him on the lips.

-

Y/n was instructed by Peter to not leave the hut, not even to go to the camp like she usually does to hang out with the boys.

She obeyed his orders, knowing that he's only doing it because he wants her safe.

She was on the bed, like always, with a book in her hand when she heard familiar voices, but they were too far away to be able to know who they belonged to.

"That's Pan's hut," One of the voices spoke as they got closer, "He might be hiding a clue as to where we'll find her."

Y/n's eyes widened, and she closed the book and threw it on the nightstand before getting under the bed, making sure she's covered.

She hoped that Pan would sense that they're near the hut. That he did, because just before Hook could open the door, Peter stopped him and threw him back.

"Hook!" Emma rushed over to Hook to make sure that he's okay.

"Where's my daughter?" Charming yelled furiously at Peter.

From inside the hut, Y/n could hear the voices clearly now. Her eyes widened and her heart skipped a beat when she realised who's voice she just heard.

She quickly got out from under the bed and headed for the door.

"She's not here," Pan said, "Now this is your last warning or I-"

"No, don't," The door swung open and there stood Y/n, looking the exact same as when the Charmings last saw her.

"Y/n," Snow breathed out a relieved sigh.

"Mom," Y/n smiled as she pushed past Peter and engulfed her mother in a hug.

Charming joined in and wrapped his arms around both Y/n and Snow, happy that he has his daughter back and that their family is whole again.

Peter felt his heart break, his worst nightmare is coming true. She's going to leave him, because he knew she'd rather be with her family than him.

"Where you guys?" Y/n asked, sniffling as she pulled away.

"The curse swept us up and sent us to another world, we forgot who we are," Charming said, "We forgot about you and Emma."

"Emma?" She said with surprise, "she's okay?"

"I'm right here," Y/n looked at Emma and she smiled as she saw what a beautiful and strong woman her baby sister has become.

"Uh, where's Pan?" Snow said, making Y/n turn around and sigh.

"I'm going to go find him," Y/n said.

"No, absolutely not, we're leaving this blood island," Hook said.

"Who said anything about leaving?" She asked, raising an eyebrow, a trait that she had gotten from her husband.

"That's why we're here," Snow said, "We came here to save you from Pan."

"I don't need saving from Peter, I can promise you, he won't ever hurt me," Y/n smiled at Snow.

"How can you be so sure of that?" Emma asked.

"I'm pretty sure."

-

Peter sat with his back against his thinking tree. He was angry and sad and a lot of other bad emotions all at once. He knew Y/n was going to choose them over him.

"It's like you wanted me to find you," He looked up and saw Y/n standing there.

He laid his head back down in his arms that rested on his knees that were pulled up to his chest.

Y/n sat down next to him, "I'm not leaving, Peter," She said placing her hand on his arm. She knew that he wad thinking that. She would never leave him.

"I know you want to," He said.

"Peter, we've been married for over a hundred years. You're insane if you think I'm going to leave now."

Peter looked at Y/n, he saw the soft smile on her lips, the smile he fell in love with. He realised how stupid he was for thinking she would leave him. If she wanted to leave him, she would've already.

"I'm sorry love," He said as he pulled her into his arms, "I was just so afraid of losing you."

She wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her face into his chest.

"You won't ever lose me," She said.

After a few moments of silence, Y/n spoke up, "You know you have to meet my parents now, right?"

"They don't like me very much, I mean I did threaten them."

"If you showed them the real you, then they would love you. Just like I love you."

"I love you too."

[not-wholly-unheroic]

Things that I am tired of seeing in the Peter Pan fandom:

Dark, edgy retellings with Peter as the villain. Been there, done that. It’s not new anymore. Be more creative.

Hook being turned into some goth Jack Sparrow wannabe. OUAT isn’t the only version that has done this, but it’s definitely the most popular. To be entirely fair, I enjoy OUAT…but Killian is NOT James Hook anymore than Rumple is Prince Adam. Also, just…Hook can be attractive while still actually looking like Hook. Case in point: Jason Isaacs in the 2003 film.

Sexually explicit retellings and drawings. I know everyone’s entitled to make their own fics and drawings, but please at least tag your stuff that’s explicit and stop making me need eyeball bleach. It’s a children’s story, and my mind would like to maintain the innocence. Barrie would be rolling in his grave if he saw some of the stuff out there.

Turning Hook into a pedophile. This goes along with the above but is even worse because YIKES. Hook is a lot of things, but a pedo he is not. There is literally no hint in the book or play that he feels that way about ANYONE, much less a kid, and it’s super gross. Just…no. There’s a quote from Disney’s Straight on Til Morning (Twisted Tale series) from one of the pirates talking to Wendy about Hook that I think about sums it up: “He might slit your throat, but the rest of you is safe.”

And finally…Hook is a former Lost Boy trope. This one isn’t terrible. I don’t mind it all that much. It’s just been done so many times, and it isn’t really consistent with the book. Hook canonically attended Eton, and he couldn’t have realistically done so unless he either went to Neverland BEFORE he went to Eton or left Eton after having been there only very briefly. But most of the “Hook was a Lost Boy” retellings don’t allow any room for Eton at all and I feel like it’s a pretty essential part of who he is. It’s why he’s so hung up on “good form.” Expressing his loyalty to Eton is literally the last thing Barrie’s Hook says before he dies. (“Floreat Etona” - “May Eton flourish.”) You can’t take that part of his history away from him and have the same character.

Okay, rant over. I just needed to get that out.

[countrymusiclover]

Hello everyone,

I decided to make a side blog where I will post my whole fanfictions from Wattpad and my favorite country music

Original blog is bellarkeselection

Wattpad username ActionInfinity

Complete books in Red

On Going books in blue

On Hold in Orange

Kayce Dutton

Country Rancher (Kayce Dutton x reader, Yellowstone) On Going

Falling for my Bestie (Kayce Dutton x reader, Yellowstone - @stellarosedutton co author) completed

Married to my Best Friend (Kayce Dutton, Sequel to Falling for my Bestie. @hcwthewestwaswcn Co author) On Going

Rip Wheeler

I Don't Wanna Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Rip Wheeler x reader, Yellowstone - @stellarosedutton co author) completed

James Dutton

Tomorrow is never Promised (James Dutton x reader, 1883. @hcwthewestwaswcn Co author) On Going

Ryan

Cowgirl's Don't Cry (Rip/Beth x daughter reader) Coming Soon

Obi wan Kenobi

Yoda's New Padawan (Obi Wan Kenobi x reader. Star Wars) Complete

Kenobi's Future (Sequel to Yoda's New Padawan) Complete

Charles Xavier

She's Human or Weapon (Charles Xavier x oc x Erik Lehnsherr, X - Men) Complete

TASM Peter Parker

Spider's Backup (Peter Parker x reader, Andrew Garfield, The Amazing Spider-Man) On Hold

Iron Heart (TASM Peter Parker x reader/Tony Stark daughter. MCU) On Going

Tony Stark

Iron Stone (Tony Stark/Iron Man x reader) complete

Peter Quill

A Guardian's Princess (Peter Quill x reader fic) On Going

Owen Grady

Hybrid Trainer (Owen Grady x reader hybrid reader, Jurassic World) complete

Daughter of Dino Legends (Owen x Sattler reader) - On Going

Klaus Mikaelson

Her Life Means Everything (Klaus Mikaelson x Forbes, Caroline's sister. TVD) On Going

"Princess" More than a Nickname (Klaus Mikaelson x reader, TVD) complete

Ken God

A God Worthy Soulmate (Ken, Legacies) On Going

Alaric Saltzman

Werewolf Forbes (Alaric Saltzman/Klaus Mikaelson x reader. TVD) complete

Rumplestiltskin

His Golden Princess (Rumplestiltskin/Gold, Emma x sister. OUAT) complete

The Charming Sister - (Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold x reader, Once Upon a Time) complete

Rumple's Light Apprentice (Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold x reader, Once Upon a Time - only on Wattpad) complete

Texas Romance (Georgie Cooper, Young Sheldon) On Going

Victor's Daughter (Gale Hawthorne x reader. Hunger Games) complete

Everything Changed At 21 (Luke Bryan fic) complete

His Other Admirer - Jake Perry x reader (Sweet Home Alabama 2002) complete

The Lion's Bride (Jaime Lannister x reader. Game ofThrones) complete

Unique Flyer (Rafe McCawley x reader, Pearl Harbor movie) complete

Military Lovers - (Jay Halstead x reader, Chicago pd) complete

Kane and Griffin Blood (The 100 Bellamy Blake x reader) complete

The Wolf and Lioness (Robb Stark x Lannister reader, Game of Thrones - @stellarosedutton co author) On Going

Might unpublish

Youngest Delinquent (Bellamy Blake, The 100) On Hold

Lost Gilbert and Forbes wolf (Co author with @tyrionsprincess29. Alaric and Caroline x reader) On Hold

Comment on here or my Wattpad about these books

Comments really appreciated ❤️❤️❤️