#OUAT reimagined

[evl-qn]

so . . . who's gonna give me maleficent ?

[septembersghost]

haven't actually watched these movies in a while but if anyone wants to watch a good adaption of snow white where she's a "girlboss" I guess, snow white and the huntsman is really really good and it manages to stick to the basis of the story while making it fit the setting its set in! kristen stewart plays snow white, charlize theron is the evil queen and chris hemsworth is the huntsman!

also it gives some backstory to the evil queen which is very interesting!

the huntsman: winters war is even better imo! (it has little to do with snow white herself though) it has more to do with the huntsman, the evil queen, and her sister, the ice queen!

the first part of it is a prequel explaining why we've never seen the ice queen and why the huntsman is the way he is, then the rest of the film is a sequel where the huntsman must get the magic mirror back from the ice queen because it could make her extremely powerful! emily blunt is the ice queen, and jessica chastain is in it as well!

both these movies are very very interesting and I love both of them sm!

it has been a very long time since i saw snow white and the huntsman, and i never saw the prequel, so i appreciate your thoughts and summaries!!! the actors they cast for both films are great. mirror mirror with lily collins was a very cute, more lighthearted take on the story as well. i remember swath's inspiration and aesthetics (and the costuming was gorgeous) was much more rooted in the original grimm's fairytales, and it's interesting seeing explorations of those. i should definitely rewatch/watch them both!

[lucyllawless]

Caved and finally watched OUAT after seeing some of your gifs, and while I rarely think listening to fans could fix anything, listening to the fans definitely could have fixed this show. Regina and Emma shacking up could have solved so many problems, like soooo many problems.

Why do I feel like I should be apologizing to you rn for making you go through that???

Objectively, it is not a good show after s4 (s4 I have my reasons for loving s4 coughdqcough*) but it will always hold a very special place for me. Regina/Lana is the main reason for watching tbh.

There’s a reason the episodes centered around Regina and Emma’s relationship are some of the best ones in the entire show. They hit almost every romantic trope on the list, shared a son, and were each others perfect opposite. The ship literally wrote itself.

They set out to “reimagine” fairy tales, but instead of giving us what could’ve been one of the most memorable fairy tale romances, we got the freakiest Pinocchio’s I’ve ever seen and warlord Little Bo-Peep.

Fanon swan queen is an amazing world to live in. I have some messages asking about fic recs, so I’m working getting them answered. Fans fixed everything and created so much more than the show could’ve ever imagined.

[fandomshatewomen]

So, I have a novel recommendation. 👀

It’s The Grimrose Girls series by Laura Pohl. It’s very similar to Pretty Little Liars in that it’s about a group of girls who investigate on the death of their friend and are targeted by something ominous that they can’t seem to escape, except that there’s magic and supernatural! The protagonists are all reimagined fairytale characters who study at a boarding school in a castle!

It takes a bit long before something truly mind-blowing happens but let me tell you that once it happens, it gets more and more intense! I’ve only read Book 1 but I’m definitely going to buy Book 2!

In terms of representation, I would say it’s great! Two of the main protagonists are POC! And one of them is a half- Black, half-Native Hawaiian girl with dark brown skin and curly hair, who is casually described as « fat » and it’s so refreshing to see this word being used as simple adjective and not something negative! And she’s not reduced to her fatness! She has a whole, complex, likeable, sweet personality, a sense of fashion and she’s not the « funny » one in the group! She’s also not insecure about her weight and literally nobody cares about it! It’s stated that the only reason why she feels like a she’s a bit of an outsider is because it’s a private school for rich people and also because she’s one of the few Black and students but I liked that there’s no arc or something where she has to deal with racism. The students are only intrigued by her because she’s the « new » girl. Also I love how it’s casually stated that she has a Hawaiian accent!

All of the protagonists are LGBT+! Amongst them, there are two Lesbians and one asexual character! And there’s a trans girl as a love interest! She doesn’t have to deal with transphobia and everybody respects her! It’s even implied that she’s quite popular for being pretty and flirting with many boys! And when she came out, the school quickly changed her name on her papers and she at some point that the school is supportive of trans rights! Her character was very mysterious and intriguing! I can’t wait to find out more about the way her story goes (especially considering which fairytale character she is)!!

I absolutely love this idea of a story that is set in a remote place in Europe with a very medieval vibe where you’d expect to see mostly racist and conservative people but there’s actually people of the global majority and LGBT people living peacefully because while that place is still grounded in reality, it still exists in its own bubble, unaffected by the outside world and its oppressive ideologies and stuff! It’s kind of like Storybrooke from Once Upon a Time (the series is described as a mix of OUAT and PLL, by the way).

I’m really hoping that someday, we will get a TV show based on this series (and that they will cast everybody right because people keep whitewashing Nani, the Hawaiian character, even though she’s literally described word-for-word as Black and dark-brown-skinned multiple times in the book and I’m pretty sure that the people who do that are the same ones that are the first to scream « Make your own characters! » whenever a POC is playing a role that is often white by default)

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[annebrontesrequiem]

(Sorry about to be incoherently ranting about Disney)

Not to be an asshole about Disney remakes because like the energy's not worth it but "we're gonna make Snow White the leader she dreams of being, she's not going to be saved by the prince" literally just like hit me over the head with a frying pan.

Firstly "badass" Snow White has been done like four times at least - OUAT comes to mind the earliest followed by Snow White and the Huntsman.

Secondly a girlboss veneer of feminism on Snow White is not worth much of anything. Snow White not being a CEO is not what's wrong with Snow White. And if Snow White did want to be the best queen leader in the kingdom girl power, like, that doesn't make the story feminist.

Thirdly. Oh for fuck's sake you don't want Snow White. You want a different story but you know Disney remakes make money for some reason as of yet unknown to scientists (seriously, why are there so many shitty Disney remakes why are they making money can they die yet? WHY did Little Mermaid make 500 million at the box office WHYYYY).

Fairytales can absolutely be reimagined as more feminist than the original stories (Twisted Tales and Neverafter my beloved hell also Ever After High my beloved). But like making Snow White a girlboss is not how you do that. How about we go more than skin deep when examining the way a story can be made less misogynist. Except that's alien to making a profit the way Disney wants.

Anyways don't see this movie not gonna bother trying to hide this from tags, goodnight and good luck

[mothman-milk]

I have the honor of receiving Rebecca F Kenney's newest book ahead of release! The Nameless Trickster is a Rumplestiltskin reimagining, with lots of spice and a plus size heroine!

As a fan of OUAT, this was sooo up my alley. It's out TODAY, so be sure to get your copy!

[adarkrainbow]

Fun fact: In both versions of “Hansel and Gretel” in Once Upon a Time”, there is no wicked stepmother in the story

Huh... I had never noticed that. That's actually an interesting point...

... And it just made me realize, in the first Hansel and Gretel version (True North, if I recall the name of the episode?) there is actually a "wicked stepmother". Or a "wicked stepmother would-be". Regina! I mean think about it... She already has the "wicked stepmother" status thanks to being the Evil Queen. She purposefully sends the siblings in the dangers of the wood with no care if they will be killed or not ; and once they succeed she offers to adopt them and to become their new mother... I never noticed it until now, but in this episode, the writers of OUaT actually did write the wicked stepmother character, but reimagined as Regina. Plus, Regina has strong connections to the witch of the candy house, being a witch-rival of hers with business to settle ; the same way the wicked stepmother is connected to the witch of the tale in an ambiguous ways (since the wicked stepmother is found dead upon the siblings return, right after they killed the witch, which acts as a double of the stepmother/mother figure...)

I had never thought of that before...

[dentpx]

when ouat was still on (up until frozen) my family would literally MAKE time to watch it. we loved it. it was so fun and interesting. and then frozen happened and we were like ok there's no way this doesnt just become some shitty disney shill after this. we watched grimm too. i should rewatch these shows

That is so sweet I think there’s genuinely something really enticing about media that tries to reimagine and fit together fairytales (I wanted to post about this later once I remembered more but like Sisters Grimm and Wolf Among Us which is objectively the best telltale game) because there’s a reason that’s an idea people keep coming back to. It’s so fun to see a TV show like that. But if it makes you feel better Elsa is only in 12 episodes so if you skip season 4 maybe it’ll go back to normal?

[lilacmoon83]

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Chapter 152: Hyperion Heights

Storybrooke

2018

"Henry Daniel Nolan," the Principal of Storybrooke High School announced, as eighteen-year-old Henry made his way across the stage at commencement. Upon the announcement of his name, his family cheered loudly and at a slightly embarrassing octave. His cheeks colored, as he shook hands with the Principal and received his diploma. Following commencement, there was a big celebration at Granny's, with all his family and friends in attendance. If there was one thing he knew, his grandparents would go all out when it came to celebrating the accomplishments of their children and grandchildren. And he proved to be no exception.

That evening, they finally came out of Granny's after an afternoon of celebrating.

"We're so proud of you, kid," Emma gushed, as she hugged him again and Neal patted his shoulder.

"Yeah and don't worry if you don't know what's next for you. There's plenty of time to figure all of that out," Neal added.

"And in the meantime, we think we have something to help fill the void," David added, as he walked over to something that was covered by a tarp.

"What is this?" Henry asked, as David and Neal pulled the tarp off, revealing a motorcycle. Henry's mouth dropped open.

"You got me a motorcycle?!" he exclaimed. Neal chuckled.

"Sure did...obviously it needs some work," he added.

"Yeah, we thought about just getting you a new one, but we thought that this might be a nice summer project for the three of us to do together," David added.

"This is awesome!" Henry exclaimed, as he hugged them both.

"Can I help too?" eleven-year-old Summer asked excitedly, as he looked up at her father. He put his arm around her and kissed the top of her head.

"Of course, peanut," he agreed, as his wife sided up to him and he put his arm around her.

"I still can't believe I let all of you talk me into letting Henry have a motorcycle," Snow mentioned nervously. He smirked and kissed her hair.

"Well, I was pretty convincing," he whispered to her and wriggled his eyebrows playfully. She grinned and lay her head on his shoulder.

"Well...he is happy," she mentioned. He nodded.

"He'll be fine," David assured.

~*~

A few months later

Henry turned the wrench, making the final adjustment on his bike.

"There…I think that's going to do it," he said, as Neal and Emma looked on.

"Okay...fire it up," Neal replied. Henry got on and the engine started right up. The bike was completely restored, complete with a fresh coat of paint.

"It works…" he said, grinning at them, before killing the engine.

"Yeah...so any decisions on the college front?" Emma asked. Henry looked at them.

"That's actually kind of what I wanted to talk to you both about," he replied. They exchanged a glance.

"Sounds serious," Neal said, as they sat down together.

"I know we went on a few college visits and that we have Storybrooke University here...but I'm not sure that any of that is the right path for me," Henry replied.

"I'm sure any of those writing courses would be great...but let's face it. I'm the author and I've penned all these stories over the years," he continued.

"Yeah, and you're a great writer, buddy," Neal said.

"He's right," Emma agreed.

"I know...but I'm not really in it. I don't really have a story," he replied.

"Sure you do...you're in the book," Emma reminded.

"Yeah, I'm in it as the grandson of Snow White and Prince Charming...the truest love in all the realms. I'm in it, because I'm the son of the Savior and son of the son of the Dark One," he retorted.

"I'm in it, because I have the heart of the truest believer and I'm the author...but that's it. And I guess I'm looking for more. Is that wrong?" he asked.

"Of course not...I get it. You want to leave home to find your own path," Neal replied. Emma nodded.

"As much as it breaks my heart, I get it too," she agreed, as she hugged him.

"So...you're going to travel the country? Maybe the world? I've got some spots you should visit," Neal stated.

"Yeah...not this world exactly. I mean...I'm the author and something tells me that my story isn't out there in the Land Without Magic," Henry replied.

"You want to travel the realms," Emma realized.

"Think about it, Mom. The only reason that I recorded Rose Red and Fandral's story in the book was because they came here. Think about how many other people there are out there waiting for someone to record their stories. And maybe while I'm doing that...I'll find mine," he said. She sighed and swiped a tear away.

"Oh, I'm gonna miss, kid. But I know you have to do this," she agreed.

"I'll miss you too and it won't be forever. Tiny has so many beans now that traveling the realms isn't hard at all anymore," Henry reminded.

"Yeah...it's a really good crop," Neal said, eyeing him suspiciously.

"The author wouldn't have anything to do with such an unusually big crop, would he?" he teased. Henry rolled his eyes.

"Come on Dad...you know that would be against the rules. But Tiny does get plenty of magical Phoenix fertilizer from Leo at the reserve, so that might have something to do with it," he replied. Emma wrinkled her nose.

"Ew...I didn't need to know that," she complained, as they laughed.

"Well...I guess we should break the news to everyone and you should get packed," Neal said, as he patted him on the shoulder.

"Yeah, I better go tell your Grams so she can go crazy with some outlandish going away party," Emma joked.

"Can't you reign her in a little? My graduation party was insane," he complained. Emma laughed.

"You know your Grams...in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if she throws a town ball like she did when I graduated," she joked.

"Please don't give her any ideas," Henry pleaded, as his parents chuckled. He sighed.

"Can you at least make sure she doesn't line the walls of Town Hall with gigantic blown up baby pictures of me like she did at my open house?" he asked. They snickered.

"I'm still scarred by the bathtub pics," he complained.

"Hey, she did it to all of us, so if you think you're an exception...think again, kid," Emma replied. He sighed and shook his head, as they went inside.

~*~

A few days later, Henry was packed and readying his bike, as his entire family was there to see him off. His grandmother was already crying in his grandfather's arms and he went to hug them.

"It's okay Grams...I promise I won't be gone forever," he said. Snow sniffed.

"I know...but you know me, I have a really hard time when one of my babies or grand babies leaves the nest," she sniffed.

"A bird metaphor? Really?" Regina teased, as she hugged him too.

"Good luck," she said.

"Thanks Aunt Regina," he replied, as he hugged Snow and David again.

"Thanks again for the going away party. It was great," he said.

"See Charming...it wasn't too much," she chided.

"You were right...a carnival wasn't too much," he replied, as he and his grandson shared an amused look. Henry then hugged his parents, as well as Tink and Hook as well. Then Rumple and Belle. Then came time to say goodbye to all his uncles and aunts. Once that was done, he mounted his motorcycle and tossed the bean in front of him. A vertical portal appeared and with a wave to his family, Henry Nolan set off on his new adventure to a new land…

~*~

Seattle

Hyperion Heights

The past - September 2018

David pulled up to the building in his old truck. The old red truck had seen better days for sure, but it sufficed to get him and his daughter around, especially since he spent much of his time on the job driving his work sedan. Bobby hopped out of the passenger side and came around to the other side, before looking up at David. This old red truck brought memories back of his dad's old brown truck back home. It was good to know that some things didn't change.

"This place doesn't look so bad," David said encouragingly.

"That's because most people only see the outside, so Dr. Samdi makes sure it looks really nice so everyone thinks his patients are taken care of," Bobby replied.

"I take it you're not a fan of the care he gives your mother," David said.

"If you can even call it care. I told you, she's locked up all the time and the orderlies force pills down her. She has bruises on her arms where they hold her down," Bobby told him, with tears in his eyes. David instantly felt the instinct to put his hand on the boy's shoulder and followed that feeling.

"Okay...let's go help you Mom," he agreed in a softer tone, as they strode into the building.

The reception area was dark, given that it was technically after hours and David followed Bobby, who seemed to know exactly where he was going. They traveled through the labyrinth of stark, white corridors and eventually rounded the final corner. That's when they heard screaming coming from one of the rooms.

"That's my Mom!" he cried, as he hurried to her room and David picked up the pace to follow.

~*~

She sat in her tiny room on the bed, legs curled up against her chest, as she gazed out at the same dreary landscape that she had for the past two long, horrible years. Another curse plagued them, but this one was perhaps the worst one of all, at least for her since she was aware of it part of the time.

Her curse this time was having two lives in her head and two identities. Part of the time, she was timid former school teacher, Mary Blanchard, who sadly was institutionalized when she became disillusioned with reality and her mind split into two personalities. At least, that's what her file said. Dissociative Identity Disorder is what they officially called it. And her alter was none other than Snow White.

But the reality was that she didn't actually have D.I.D at all. She had a real identity and a curse identity. She had a feeling that this is not what they had actually intended for her under the curse. She wasn't supposed to remember at all, but somehow she did. And when they discovered this, she had been snatched up and locked away to prevent her from finding her family and unraveling the curse.

But they also hadn't intended for Bobby to remain with her either. Clayton had to manipulate hers and Bobby's records to claim to be her brother and thus wrestled custody of her son away when she was committed.

She didn't know where the rest of her family was and she almost relished the days where she was Mary. Her existence was miserable, but at least as Mary, she didn't remember anything except her son. Because when she was Snow, like now, she remembered it all and everything that had been stolen from her once again. She cried through the nights for Charming, begging and pleading with the powers that be to let him hear her. But it was no use. There was no magic here and it was likely that he had no memory of her, which further broke her already shattered heart.

She hated that Clayton had Bobby, but at least she knew he was relatively unharmed. She had no idea about her other four children and that was perhaps the worst part of all. She had no idea if they or her husband were okay. And if they were physically okay, she had no idea what kind of lives they were living. Were they sad? Were they with people they shouldn't be? Had her husband been cursed to be with someone else? She shuddered at that. She wasn't sure how much else her heart could handle and every day seemed as hopeless as the last.

As her cell door opened, fear gripped her again, as it did every night. The two orderlies that worked for Facilier's grandson entered with her meds. The meds would cloud her head and give her terrifying nightmares, as they usually did. She would fight them, but they likely would win and she'd been in for another bout of night terrors in which the horrors of her past plagued her. And Charming could not rescue her from these, for they had been successfully separated again. It made her heart ache so badly that she almost wished someone would just rip it out of her chest and end her misery. But then she knew that she didn't actually want that, for Bobby kept her going. Clayton tried to keep a firm hand on his whereabouts, but he was busy with his museum full of the priceless things he loved and her son was very good at sneaking in to see her.

"Well Princess...it's time again for our nightly battle," Horace said.

"Then I hope you're ready for the fight," Snow replied and then yelped, as he roughly grabbed her arm. She struggled, as he pinched her cheeks by grabbing her face.

"If you bite me again tonight...I'm afraid I'll have to get really rough. I'll make that split lip I gave you last week seem like a tickle," he growled, as Jasper handed the pills to him.

"Hold her Jasper," he ordered. Snow screamed, as the portly man threw all his weight into her and pinned her against the wall. He forced the pills into her mouth and she spit them out, only to earn her a backhand across the face.

"Damn you…" Horace growled, as he put his hand around her neck and she gasped for air. His smile was sadistic, as he watched her try to breathe and her lungs burned for air.

"Mom!" Bobby cried, as he saw what the two men were doing to her. David's eyes widened, as he saw it too.

"HEY!" he called and without thinking, he peeled the skinny man away from her. She gasped for air, as Bobby hugged her around the waist and she sat down, before pulling him into a crushing hug.

"I did it, Mom...I found him…" he said, as he looked at her. Snow could barely breathe again, but this time, it was not because she was being choked. It was because the man that owned her heart and soul was here and currently handcuffing her assailants. She stared at his profile, her breathing now coming in ragged gasps. He still took her breath away; that certainly had not changed and never would. Her heart felt lighter in her chest and she knew that was because the other half of it was once again the same room.

"Does he…" Snow uttered.

"Not yet...but he will," Bobby insisted, his voice full of faith; the same faith that his father had always had an abundance of.

"You're under arrest for assault," David said, as he looked at the woman and her child. His breath caught, as she looked at him with the most mesmerizing green eyes he swore he had ever seen. He was purely captivated by her in a way he was sure he never had been and that stunned him. He had barely looked at any women since Iris' mother...died.

"What is going on in here?" Dr. Franklin Samdi exclaimed, as he rushed into the room. Mary clutched her son close, as David flashed his badge.

"Detective Nolan...these two are under arrest for assault," he replied.

"Detective...this is not necessary. I assure you that my orderlies were only doing their jobs," Franklin refuted.

"Their jobs? Because if their jobs include abusing a woman, then I'm going to have to arrest you too, doctor," David growled.

"Miss Blanchard is a very difficult patient. If they have to get rough with her, it's only because she is very unruly about taking her mandated meds," the doctor replied.

"I don't care how difficult she is...a man should never put his hands on a woman like that and I'm going to make sure these charges stick," David said, as another officer in uniform arrived, having been called.

"Good...you're here. Take these two down to the precinct, Officer?" David questioned.

"Officer Rogers, sir," he answered in an accented voice.

"Rogers...I'm going to escort the witnesses to the station. I'll meet you there," he said. Rogers nodded and escorted the assailants out.

"Detective...I must protest. Miss Blanchard is a very disturbed woman. She can't be let out," Franklin protested.

"The law supersedes your protest, doctor. She's the victim of a crime; a crime which happened in your hospital. Expect a full investigation when Captain Weaver gets wind of this," David said, as he turned to the woman.

"Mary, is it?" he asked. She stared up at him and then swallowed thickly.

"Yes…" she answered.

"I'm going to take you down to the station. You need to make a statement about what happened here tonight," he told her. She nodded and stood up, as her son helped her. But she felt woozy and her head hurt, so it was no surprise when she stumbled. Fortunately, his reflexes were quick as ever and he caught her in his arms. They stared at each other, utterly captivated, as he helped her back to her feet.

"I'm sorry…" she finally said.

"Don't be…" he responded, as he led her out. Bobby smiled smugly at Dr. Facilier and followed them. Franklin looked livid and quickly took out his phone.

"It's me...we have a serious problem," he hissed into the phone.

~*~

Henry pulled up to Mr. Clucks in Hyperion Heights.

"Well...here we are," Henry said, as he killed the engine and they got out. Henry followed Lucy into the restaurant and looked around. Lucy went to the counter, but before she could ask one of the other employees where her mother was, they heard yelling.

"I've had it, Jacinda. First you're late...and now you want to leave early?" a portly man questioned, as he burst out from the back room.

"Please...my roommate just told me that my daughter is…" Jacinda started to beg, but then saw her standing there in the restaurant.

"Lucy!" she cried, as she scooped her into a hug.

"This ain't the place for your little family reunion. Get back to work or don't bother coming back!" the boss said testily, as he went into the back room.

"Lucy...I've been worried sick since your Aunt Sabine told me you sneaked out," Jacinda cried.

"I'm sorry Mom...but I had to. I found my Dad," Lucy said. Jacinda stared at her and then looked up at the man with her.

"Uh...I'm really not sure why she thinks that, but I thought the least I could do was make sure she got home okay," Henry stammered. Jacinda sighed.

"Thank you...that was kind of you. Lucy has a...very vivid imagination," she said, looking slightly mortified. He smiled kindly.

"It's okay...there's nothing wrong with that. I had a pretty good imagination too when I was her age. I hope she holds onto that...longer than I did," he replied, as she smiled too, before turning to her daughter.

"I'm calling your Aunt Sabine to come and get you. Hopefully, if we're lucky, your grandmother won't find out about any of this," Jacinda said, as she took her phone out of her pocket.

"Oh, she already knows and you can put your phone away. Lucy will be coming home with me," another voice said. Jacinda looked up to find her step-sister there.

"Ivy…" she uttered.

"Mother is, well to be blunt, pissed. She's tired of your irresponsibility and it's quite obvious that you can't handle Lucy," Ivy stated.

"Hey...take it easy," Henry chimed in, not even sure why he was getting defensive. Her eyes flicked to him.

"And you are?" she asked.

"Henry Mills...I brought Lucy back. She wasn't in any danger," he replied. Ivy snorted derisively.

"Right...she wandered off into Seattle alone one a bus and then was in a stranger's car. That screams of harmless," she replied sarcastically.

"He's not a stranger! He's my Dad! And I wasn't alone on the bus! I was with my...friend Bobby," Lucy interjected. She was reluctant to call Bobby by his true title, for he was around the same age, thanks to the fact that time passed so slowly in Storybrooke. So telling them that Bobby was actually her great Uncle sounded crazy even to her, for their relationship was much more like cousins.

"Really...you're the drunken one night stand that Jacinda had ten years ago?" Ivy questioned derisively.

"No...he's not," Jacinda chimed in, as she took Lucy's hand.

"Please...just let me take her home. This whole thing is just a big misunderstanding," she pleaded.

"Sorry...but Mother has ordered that she come home with me. She'll be filing a motion with a Judge in the morning on custody. And I'm sure they'll be some kind of investigation to prove what we already know. You're an unfit parent," Ivy replied.

"I am not unfit...please don't do this, Ivy. You know what she's like," Jacinda pleaded. The other young woman looked at her and she thought she saw a brief flash of sympathy in Ivy's brown eyes.

"I do...but when she's focused on you and all your problems, that means she's leaving me alone," Ivy replied, as she took Lucy's hand. The girl looked devastated and her eyes never left her parents, as Ivy led her out to her car.

"I'm so sorry…" Henry offered. Jacinda nodded.

"Thanks, but this isn't your problem. Thank you for bringing her back," she said again.

"It was no trouble," he insisted.

"Jacinda...get back to work!" the boss called from the back room and she winced.

"I have to go," she said, as she returned to the back room, leaving Henry alone.

He left the restaurant and got into his car, sighing, as he thought about everything that had happened. He glanced over to the floorboard of the passenger seat and instantly noticed that something was missing. His bag with his laptop was gone. He looked all over the car and then realized what had probably happened. Instead of being angry, he found himself shaking his head in amusement.

"That little sneak," he muttered, as his phone chimed and he read the text. It was from a number he didn't recognize, but somehow he knew it was Lucy.

"If you want your laptop back...meet me at Roni's bar tomorrow after school in Hyperion Heights," Henry read from his phone. He shook his head and found he wasn't really all that upset, especially if seeing Lucy again meant also seeing Jacinda as well.

~*~

Storybrooke

2021

A portal opened and deposited a young blonde haired girl in her teens upon the pavement. She looked around in bewilderment and started walking along the street. Few people paid her much mind. It wasn't like portals were an uncommon thing in Storybrooke now.

"Excuse me...can someone help me, please?" she called. But people just kept going about their business and she kept walking, until she saw a building with a star on the door. Henry told her about this building and that his mother and grandfather could often be found there.

"Can someone please help me? Henry Nolan sent me for help," she called. The three shorter men that were loitering around a very strange looking carriage eyed her suspiciously.

"How do you know Henry?" the one with a beard asked.

"I'm a friend and he sent me here. He told me to find his grandparents, Snow White and Prince Charming. And his mother...the Savior," she replied.

"Or so you say…" Leroy said suspiciously.

"Yeah...maybe you're really a spy," Sleepy said, as he yawned.

"She doesn't really look like a spy," Happy chided.

"That's why it's perfect," Sleepy argued.

"Can it, morons...what's your name, girl?" Leroy questioned.

"Alice…" she replied. Happy snorted.

"From Wonderland?" he joked. She looked offended.

"And other places!" she corrected hotly.

"You know I've been to all kinds of places, but one little trip to Wonderland and suddenly that's all I'm known for," she complained.

"Shut it...look if you want to see Charming, then you need to come inside and answer a few more questions. Too many nut jobs have come here looking for Snow and Charming, so we need to make sure you're on the level," Leroy said.

"We appreciate that, Leroy, but that won't be necessary," David interjected, as Alice looked passed the shorter man to see an attractive couple there, holding hands. Behind them was another attractive couple as well and her breath caught in her throat. Could it be?

"Papa?" she asked, looking at Hook. The former pirate and now deputy's eyes widened and he looked utterly flabbergasted.

"It is you! It is you, papa...she said you were dead!" Alice cried, as she started toward him. But unfortunately, that was when Hook suddenly felt a pain in his chest and he collapsed in agony.

"Killian!" Emma cried, as she knelt beside him. Alice started to cry, as she backed away.

"Oh no...your heart is still poisoned and now you don't even remember me," she sobbed.

"Hey...it's okay, it's okay…" Snow said gently, as she managed to get the girl to allow her to hug her.

"Take deep breaths and maybe start at the beginning," Snow urged.

"My name is Alice and he's my Papa. The evil witch that is my mother poisoned his heart, so he had to leave me or he would die. Then when I finally escaped the tower she imprisoned me in, I couldn't find him. She told me he was dead, but I should have known she was lying," Alice cried.

"I should have known she'd do worse than that. He doesn't even remember me," she sobbed.

"It's okay...fortunately, around here, we know quite a bit about stolen memories and I know someone that might be able to help restore those memories," Snow said. Alice looked at her in confusion.

"You'll help me?" she asked.

"Of course we will," Snow replied.

"But you don't even know me," Alice argued. Snow shared a smile with her husband and daughter.

"Your a friend of Henry's, so that makes you a friend of ours," David replied.

"He's right," Snow agreed, as she took out her phone.

"Regina...we have a bit of a situation. Can you come down to the station?" Snow asked and there was a puff of purple smoke, as the other woman appeared, before Snow could even hang up.

"What's going on?" she asked, as she saw the state Hook was in.

"Sounds like a poisoned heart and stolen memories," Snow said.

"So you called the dark magic expert," Regina replied, with a coy smile.

"Okay...let's get the hand-less wonder into the station and see what we're dealing with," Regina agreed.

"Can I just say that this whole thing reeks of trouble?" Leroy asked.

"Easy Leroy, I need you and Happy to take my afternoon patrol. I'm sure this will all be cleared up by the end of the day," David replied.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that, handsome. Come on boys," Leroy said gruffly, as they left to run patrol, while the others dealt with this new crisis.

[bookwyrrm]

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your parents

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

OUAT’s greatest sin in terms of non-problematic stuff is that it never bothered going beyond the standard canon of Perrault, Grimm, Grimm, and/or Andersen fairy tales Disney already adapted for itself. Where was the weird reimagining of “The Bremen Town Musicians” or “Feathertop” or “The boy who went forth to learn fear” or “Beren and Luthien” or “Madame White Snake” or the frame story of “Arabian Nights”?

ouat's greatest sin is they never utilized bill cipher as one of the dark ones

[disregardcanon]

OUAT’s greatest sin in terms of non-problematic stuff is that it never bothered going beyond the standard canon of Perrault, Grimm, Grimm, and/or Andersen fairy tales Disney already adapted for itself. Where was the weird reimagining of “The Bremen Town Musicians” or “Feathertop” or “The boy who went forth to learn fear” or “Beren and Luthien” or “Madame White Snake” or the frame story of “Arabian Nights”?

it would have been VERY cool if they dipped into more sources, i agree

[jedinightsister]

Once Upon A Thor

Reimagining the characters from OUAT as characters from MCU's Thor. ✨

Evil Queen as Hela

Emma Swan as Mighty Thor

Mr. Gold as Loki

[dani-luminae]

Alright, folks, here's the deal:

Me and @disneyfan50 talk A LOT about different scenarios for movies and TV shows. Particularly, we also reimagine them to the best of our abilities. One of us put an idea out into the atmosphere, and if we like it enough, we roll with it and build on it. Sometimes, it goes as far as entire movie plots and seasons on certain shows! We talk about Descendants, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S, and the topic of today: Once Upon A Time.

(Now, anyone who's been to my blog knows I come up with the craziest out-of-the-box ideas! I take into account casting, abandoned ideas or deleted scenes from the script writers, historic backgrounds and plot holes. Oh, those get fun to fix!)

Now, for those of you who watched the show, you either liked it, disliked it, or have a season or 2 that favors the rest. Now, me and @disneyfan50 reimagine stuff all the time, but mostly I'm the true Imagination Mastermind! So, I go deep into my ideas. And this spark a question:

What of Emma died before she could go to Storybrooke?

Yes, it's sad and tragic, but as OUAT is that show where anything and everything could go wrong. Rumplestiltskin manipulated everything so that he could search for Baelfire/Neal Cassidy. And then he was prepared to do a long waiting game for Emma to come and save the fairytale characters.

She's the Badass with a Heart of Gold. The Sheriff. The SAVIOR.

But in world when she died before she could fulfill her destiny, who else would save them when they were all riding on her future?

The answer was simple:

Meet Lilith "Lily" Page, the jaded, tough-as-nails, punk yet incredibly insecure, Private Investigator.

Y'all probably remember her story, right? How the Charmings were so insistent that their unborn child be born "Good", that they took Maleficent's unborn dragon egg and wanted to put all of their child's Darkness into her in fear the unborn baby would be as bad as their mother, only to not only complete the ritual just as the dragon egg revealed to be an innocent baby but was banished to the Land of No Magic.

(Ring any bells? Yeah, that was bullshit and the Charmings deserved to have lost years with Emma!)

Anyways...., as I imagined it, Lily was found and adopted, but she felt invisible and unseen. She ran away, but was caught and brought back and because she was unable to get the Pages to understand her plight, she was kicked out. She was a thief, a con artist at best, and an incredible schemer despite feeling alone and that her life was full of darkness (Geez, I wonder why?🙄) Eventually, Lily gets arrested by Cleo Fox, a bail bondsman, for skipping bail and is set to a prison in Phoenix. It's there where she bonds with a pregnant inmate that "makes her life feel brighter" and decides to turn her life around. She's released and intends to meet with Cleo Fox but can't find her. By chance she meets with Dinah Raines, a Private Investigator, who she wants to hire to find Cleo. Unable to pay, Raines tells her she'll do it if she (Lily) helps her. The entire experience opens a door for Lily of stackouts and snooping, her expertise, and even though they learn of Cleo Fox's death, Raines sees the potential in Lily and offers to become her "Fairy Godmother" and help her join the P. I. Business.

For years after that, Lily thrives despite being poor and living out her small box of an apartment when Raines gives her a job:

Henry Mills, 10 years old, ran away from home and is seeking assistance in finding him. Giving a small file, Lily takes the job and indeed finds and tracks Henry to a cemetery, where she finds him at a grave of "Emma Swan".

Learning that he ran away to find his birth mother, Lily takes pity on him and spends a day with hil before taking it upon herself to bring him home.

Home....which is Storybrook, Maine.

Tell me what you think!

(Yes, I am still using Nicole Munoz!)

You put this AU proposal in far better words than I could, and with more backstory than I imagined! And I really like that we’re still using Nicole Munoz... changing her up for a white actress as an adult really bothered me.

But this is quite the AU with a lot of potential!

I wish we’d gotten more about Lily in the show... 

(And god I so agree with that part about the Charmings… how am I supposed to like them again...)

[killjoys-make-some-noise-nax100]

My Fandom’s

Detroit: Become Human- Best Memes

DSMP/MCYT- Best Fanart

Supernatural- Best Ships

Death Note- Best Antagonist

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss- Best Animation

Demon Slayer- Best Kinnies

Dear Evan Hansen- Best Quotes

Hamilton- Best Music

Be More Chill- Best Actor (Georgie Salazar yes yes)

Five Nights at Freddie’s- Best Lore

Danganronpa- Best Game(s)

A Series Of Unfortunate Events- Best Author

Once Upon a Time- Best Crossover Event In All Of History

Bendy And The Ink Machine- Best Game/Book Pairing

Star VS The Forces Of Evil- Best 2016 Vibes

Gravity Falls- Best Jokes That Go Over Little Kids’ Heads

Gorillaz- Best Secondary Characters

The Promised Neverland- Best Baby Boy (Phil)

Haikyuu!- Best—Looking Characters

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid- Best Nostalgia

My Hero Academia- Best Cinnamon Roll

Avatar TLA- Best Character Development

Avatar LOK- Best Bisexuals

The Office- Best Chaos

Wings of Fire- Best Universe

Marvel- Best Recognition (and ships)

Stranger Things- Best Feminism (able to be feminist without being sexist against men; pogchamp!)

Game of Thrones- Best Deaths

The Land Of Stories- Along With OUAT, The Best Crossover Event In History

Green Eggs And Ham- Best Reimagine Of A Kid’s Book

Sherlock- Best Fandom

[palizinhas]

On one hand do I really want to go through an A&E show again, but on the other hand I’m a sucker for lighthearted fairy tale reimaginings.

All in all I hope OUAT 2.0 doesn’t suck. OUAT S7 was so good I have hopes A&E learned from their mistakes.