#enchanted portals fanart

[empiireans]

robert and penelope from that one game

[zippydoodlez]

i felt like drawling the three toons :D (well video game ones xD) .w.

onistly i got no idea what the charater from enchanted portals is called but ehhh might as well add them in the art xD there is also bendy and cuphead of corse :D

hehe boredom >w<

[lizzie-wendigo]

Okay, I didn't know this shit had already been released either. If it weren't for the YouTube reviews, I'd never have known. Well, I don't know about you, but at least since this garbage was promoted with its trailer, I knew it wasn't going to work. Let's go in parts:

Animation & designs:

The visual section is not so bad, it fulfills the function of looking like rubberhose, however there is a colossal difference with the quality of Cuphead and Enchanted Portals. To begin with, unlike Cuphead, whose graphics are detailed, reaching an air of nostalgia for the essence of 1930s cartoons, this one seems somewhat insipid, as if the rubberhose was drawn by a fan and not by someone experienced. Although something I did like was in a level where you fight the witch, she momentarily changes to a style similar to Tim Burton. It was creative, but it doesn't save the poor quality. The game controls are similar to Cuphead, but you only have 3 types of shots that you have to choose from THE SETTINGS!! and not from the game menu.

History & Characters:

Just one word: EMPTY!!  Both the characters and "the plot" are EMPTY! There is no plot, it seems like you just fight the bosses, just for the sake of fighting. At least in CH there is a context and it tells you a story, including the DLC. But this seems like... it just happens and that's it. And the protagonists are so empty that they don't even have a name (or at least they don't say it). The bosses have no coherence or connection with the characters, they just exist and that's it. If there is no history, there is no coherence, there is no connection.... Although references are appreciated, it doesn't make up for anything.

Gameplay and Music:

Absolutely bad. Apparently there's a life bar, but you can't predict when it goes down. In cuphead, you have 3 hits, if you get hit 3 times, the level is over and you lost. Here you don't know when you lose. Then there're the enemies and bosses, it seems like you don't know what attack they'll launch or what they will do, and this is the music's fault. The sounds are HORRIBLE and generic. It seems that they saved budget when doing the sound mixing, since the enemies don't have gestures or sounds that indicate when the attacks are coming, unlike CH. It's as if: You're playing calmly and suddenly BOOM! stroke! You can't tell what or when it's going to attack you, and that will only cause you to lose, not because you caused it, it's because the game IS BADLY MADE!

IN SUMMARY: Enchanted Portals is simply a bad copy of Cuphead, which they also want to charge for the same price despite not being worth it. Save yourself 20 dollars, and don't buy this game

[meanookami]

The game kinda sucks but i really like his design :0)

[hideki-henry]

Enchanted Portals

[strangethingsdonebyme]

A project done on pure enthusiasm)

“Enchanted portals” finally coming out soon and I couldn’t be more happy, since I’ve been anticipating this for 3 years, after the reveal. You know, not every day you see a game that look like “b” class European TV animation, with an interesting cast of characters and designs.

The problem is, that even after all this work game still looks like it’s will be unfinished, but… you know I believe in it). Go “enchanted portals”, go for the win!

[batrogers]

LINK, CHILD OF THE KOKIRI Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Hyrule Warriors

[From my Link's Meet AU, That Broken Promise]

GENDER: Male (afab) PRONOUNS: He/Him or Gerudo “She” HEIGHT: 5'3" AGE: 20 [27?] HEALTH: Throat & Stomach scars, severe PTSD with violent startle response.

WEAPONS: Sword, Mirror Shield, Bow & Arrow ITEMS: Enchanted bag, Ocarina of Time, Fierce Deity Mask, Goron’s Bracelet, Lens of Truth SPELLS: Din’s Fire, Farore’s Wind, Nayru’s Love

Kokiri grew up, from ten to seventeen, in a past before his own birth and was pulled back to a future he almost no longer believed real. Zelda returned him to that original, deciding moment when they first met after his quest was done, but Hyrule had no more use for a boy of prophecy when the Triforce had always been broken. He travelled to Termina, then stayed with the Gerudo when his return to Hyrule turned sour. Shortly after, he was snagged through a portal into a strange place, rescued a young woman and found himself with little choice but to tag along with a Hylian army against a witch, a resurrected Ganondorf, and several others like him. Once the witch and Ganondorf were both defeated for good, he was returned to his time once again, this time (he hoped) for good. Unfortunately, the peace didn’t last at home either. Shortly before everything happened, he split his time between Nabooru, Zelda, and Malon as he tried to find peace again.

Kokiri is a bitter young man, with a sharp sense of humour and a tendency to pick at things he doesn’t trust will last. He is also deeply protective of others and sympathetic to seeing someone struggle. If he can step in to ease their pain, he will. He is as quick to laugh as he is to anger, and often regrets his actions when the moment has passed. His relationship with Zelda is strained more by his actions than anything she’s done in this time. Zelda and Malon both have no idea where he is, and do not expect to know.

Kokiri does not speak, learned literacy from Nabooru when he was twelve, and sign language while in Termina. Glossed as ASL.

Kokiri is bisexual, and extremely selective about who he lets touch him. He’s open to a lot of things once his trust is earned, and to many people’s surprise he is sleeping with Zelda still.

CURRENT MEDIA: Blue Gem Earrings, rated G (for now), backstory fic There With Bells On, rated E for RACK BDSM porn Unwise, Unknown, and Forbidden, rated E for graphic violence Unforgiven, rated M for interpersonal violence The Second Broken Promise, rated M for violence & mature themes Overflow, rated M for violence and mature themes Don't Be So Gentle, M & E rated short fiction Fluff Dump, below M rated short fiction In Another Time, fanart (semi-spoilery)

Songs from the Playlist for Kokiri: Dance on the Moon, by AURORA To Be Loved (feat. AURORA), by Askjell Teeth, by Dirty Land Not Ready To Make Nice, by The Chicks

[sugarpearsao3]

ZoSan Minecraft gamer AU

Sanji is definitely a builder and forager. He has a system, builds his farms, his house, and everything in order. He has a specific build every time and counts his blocks accordingly.

Meanwhile, Zoro...

He's a wanderer and gets lost every single time. The only thing he needs is a sword and a pick axe. That's the only thing you'll find in his inventory.

They own separate youtube channels and sometimes they collab on streams.

Every time it would be CHAOTIC.

Sanji: Where are you?

Zoro: I'm by this tree

Sanji: what tree where

Zoro: it's snowing

Sanji: WHY IS IT SNOWING OUR BASE IS IN THE OAK FOREST--

Zoro: Minecraft glitched it's not my fault

Sanji: FFS what are your coords

Zoro: what are coords

Sanji: WHAT THE FUCK--

But don't underestimate Zoro. He actually knows how enchantments work. He knows how to make potions too. Anything to increase his attack he'll learn it.

Sanji: Marimo, for the last time FUCK when ur getting wood you take everything! Don't leave floating trees everywhere! 

 Zoro: I already have the amount of wood I need y would I need to get the rest

Sanji: [chopping the remaining wood] GOD

...

Zoro: hurry tf up, cook we're supposed to be looking for an ender portal not picking flowers

Sanji: u won't understand this such ur such a caveman, but I NEED these flowers for the outside of our house

...

Their subscribers would cheer every time they schedule a collab. Quickly, shippers started flocking to their channels, completely smitten with their videos.

There are youtube edits, fanimatics, FANART

And they'd scream every time either Zoro and Sanji would retweet it or leave a comment.

...

Sanji: MARAIMO WHAT THE FUCK!!!

Zoro: What is it now!?

Sanji: why'd you bring A RAID INTO THE VILLAGE?

Zoro: bcus I wanted to beat it why the fuckk else?

Sanji: I haven't locked the villagers safely yet-- they're DYING!

Zoro: SO!? Just get more!

Sanji: I CAN'T MAKE MORE WHEN THEY'RE ALL DEAD-- who am I supposed to trade with now!!!

...

Sanji: Did you get a bed?

Zoro: yeah

Sanji:

Sanji: Where r u gonna put it?

Zoro:

Zoro: I-in the other room duh

Zoro, in fact, wanted to place it next to Sanji's bed, but he was too embarrassed to

...

Zoro: I got you this *throws down buckets of cow milk*

Sanji: How-- where did you get this?

Zoro: u said u wanted to make cake... so... I traveled 500 blocks looking for cows. I brought some back.

Sanji:

Sanji: thank you

...

Zoro: Oi, curly, I'm hungry. Give me food I need to heal.

Sanji: why tf didn't u bring any of the 64 fucking porkchops I put in our chest

Zoro: bcuz I knew u'd bring it for me

Sanji:

Sanji: f-fuck you *drops porkchops in front of Zoro*

[puspincarolartarchives]

After I Watched Inside Out 2. I'm having Fun Drawing some Birthday Gift Fanart of Alexis who turned into a Gaming Chimera after VG Character Altering Machine is having a Malfunction.

Alexis is a Gaming Chimera, A Head of Ribbuny, Right Arm of Meowscarada, Left Arm of Cow from Enchanted Portals, and Lower Half of Magna Charge.

It’s an Inspired Frankentoon but Gaming Characters. They Could be Described as Pal, Pokemon, Robot!

Happy Birthday, Alexis!

Ribbuny by Pocket Pair

Meowscarada by Game Freak

Cow from Enchanted Portals by Xixo Games

Magna Charge by Activision

[thespoonisvictory]

I posted 5,874 times in 2022

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4,515 posts reblogged (77%)

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@thespoonisvictory

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I tagged 3,314 of my posts in 2022

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Longest Tag: 140 characters

#like yes niki enjoys a good drawn out seagull eating bit and phil will do unhinged tts but who else would rp being stuck in a public library

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

ok fine I’ll say it. a good portion of dsmp streamers don’t care about the story and maybe arguably they never understood the enormity of what certain people on that server were trying to create, the integrity they were trying to maintain in it. they see clicks, engagement, and an endlessly appeased fanbase that will accept infinite promises and excuses, and as long as you still click on that stream they aren’t going to care. the farthest a good half of them got was “this seems cool” and then they streamed it and we took that and wrote fun analysis and did fanart. and as long as we all know that and accept that george and sapnap do not care or even understand why tommy’s house is so important, that’s fine. as long as we get that certain streamers only bring it up to promote merch and others only bring it up to pull attention back, and we agree to watch anyway because it’s fun, that’s fine.

but it breaks my heart seeing fans confused and heartbroken because they have to keep realizing that the vast majority of these guys don’t care about this server in that way anymore

1,528 notes - Posted June 27, 2022

#4

the manburg arc being set during the transition from fall to winter like ok you hadestown over the garden wall bitch you really thought of everything didn’t you

1,850 notes - Posted April 26, 2022

#3

I enjoy period accurate costuming but people who get mad at inaccurate but absolutely intentional choices in period pieces drive me up the wall

2,773 notes - Posted April 2, 2022

#2

the new minecraft lore is like:

there are no mobs in the cities. something is stopping them; something is either killing them or maybe even they know not to venture down there, that it’s too dangerous.

but down there, there are candles. there are wool pathways. there are redstone lamps. whatever civilization lived down there was smart, much more advanced than villagers. they had thick walls, and figured out that wool kept Wardens away, and made enchantments to allow them to run quickly and quietly. they had nether blocks, basalt and soul fire, and their buildings nearly resemble nether fortresses, or bastions. there were whole communities that thrived in spite of the threat, until they didn’t, of course. 

did they live in fear of the Warden? if so, why didn’t they leave? could they leave? did they try to make a portal to do just that? their cities are intricate and their floors are lined with wool that children could run across and stumble over without worry and did they whisper, constantly? did they teach children legends of the beasts that would come if they didn’t quiet down? did the children believe them? did they make candles on holidays and dare each other to set the skulk sensors off with small dripstone pieces? did they keep bees, or did they ration their wax carefully, trying to learn the secrets of redstone and soul fire to keep their lanterns burning before they ran out? how far did they get in their knowledge? why didn’t they leave? what were they staying for, what were they trying to find with that portal? 

why didn’t they leave?

5,025 notes - Posted February 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I just. maybe I should be mad but I’m not. Wilbur Soot is a cunt and this was a story about suicide and blue sheep and sunrises and utah and I love that he took a deliberate move to make it campy and insane and like all of the most memorable bits from this stupid server it is full of heart! his mom is a fridge! he fucked a salmon! tragedy and grief render everything around them obscene and hilarious and the fact that this story ended in such a silly way is the ultimate fuck you to c!wilbur’s mindset that he is some ultimate dramatic evil. the world is ridiculous! you have to forgive yourself! suck it green boy! 

7,567 notes - Posted September 3, 2022

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[gleviachain]

1st Art of 2023, 100 First Artworks and a Look Back (Number 26)

26. Loona (Helluva Boss)

I can't draw furries. It was a similar case to Enchanted Portals - certain character that looks cool and about to spawn tons of fanart. That last part was true though, Helluva Boss (didn't watch it) became an instant hit, especially one of its characters. Naturally made this piece wanting to hop on Loona's fame, but it did nothing. And I see why. Thought I could make it, like I did with Claire from The Summoning, however Loona didn't turned out this great. This might be the sole reason why I don't make furry art, I'm being reminded of this.

Maybe I should give another chance sometime. Although I don't feel confident.

[mario-19]

Cuphead  y Enchanted Portals, la inspiración española de Cuphead. Espero que os guste. Cuphead and Enchanted Portals, the Spanish inspiration of Cuphead. I hope you like it.

[botwstoriesandsuch]

In an effort to stop you from going insane from the anatomy asks, and because I'm curious and the Kip Cut is fantastic, I have some questions to ask: Firstly, if you were to add a weapon to any character in Age of Calamity, who would you add it to, what would it be, and why? Secondly, if you could add any character seen in Age of Calamity or Breath of the Wild to the roster, who would it be, what weapon would you give them, and why would you add them?

Ohh, this is cool! Thanks!

Bands are laaame, boooooooooo. Maz Koshia the FUCK you doing, you literally set up a trial with one of the most interesting weapons in botw, the One-Hit Obliterator??? Ummmm Those concept arts are just WAITING to be used, there’s even three types if you want to stick to the three tier system (and I know that it’s technically adding more that “a” weapon but I just think it’s cooler than his friendship bracelets ok?)

I could already see it now, like the parts could glow everytime he’s summoning those giant hammers and spikes, and then in an idle animation he could sit and meditate and it would turn into those four glowy orbs, can’t frickin do that with some rainbowloom bracelets now can you?

Alright so for the second one, casting aside Sooga, Purah, and Robbie, as they’re probably gonna be DLC. (Give Robbie the Ancient Bladesaw Nintendo...we’re waiting...) I just want my boy KASS. KAAASSSSS.......where were you in this game T_T I cry...they had room for two new villains and the four new gen champs and not KASS, the fucking EMODIMENT of connecting the past and the present heLLO??? I cry everytime....I wouldn’t even care if he was just an NPC I just wanted to see him....

Sooo, Kass moveset and weapons? I actually had two ideas. One, the obvious thing, where he has three types of concertinas, with the highest tier being his version in Botw. OR, and this plays into the moveset I wanna give him, he has different types of song/sheet music so his different weapons would be “Song of ___” or whatever. He’s already got sheet music wrapped by his waist so just like, make an icon out of that and boom, it’s a weapon now. And I KNOW that’s not unrealistic because fuck you, the Great Fairies and Maz Koshia have jewelry.

I don’t CARE if he has no use in the current story I will rewrite it AGAIN just to shove him in because I fucking deserve it. Uhhh, screw it, the plot point is now “The New Gen Champs don’t teleport directly into the Divine Beasts but instead just teleport directly in Hyrule Field kinda where Terrako is but it’s still a bit further away, and when Terrako plays his little tune and Zelda’s like ‘wtf’ but then Terrako’s little tune is echoed on a different instrument in the distance and then camera pan, horizon establishing shot, BABAM, Kass is there.” Aaaand, he can be there for exposition purposes, cause he actually would server really well for that. He can look around and just know what’s going on like “ah yes, I heard a bop about this once” and then since I’ve now retconned that the new gen champs have spawned in Hyrule Field too Kass can be like “Oh, a Rito, a Goron, a Gerudo, a Zora. Yeah betcha you all are here to go to the Divine Beasts or something” and then Terrako could chirp and Kass should be able to understand him perfectly like he’s speaking words like “Ah yes! Terrako was your name? Yes well Terrako here says that Impa is a little shit” because Terrako speaks in song and Kass can, should, and would bond to that. And also BABAM, fixed your fucking pacing Nintendo, if all the New Gen Champs spawn in Hyrule Field as you let Kass kinda round things out, then you can have four seperate Divine Besat reclamation missions, and have the champs split up to help the og champs in the mean time, that way you don’t have to deal with the moral dilema of “who do we save first” because now Zelda and Link actively know that someone is helping them. You’re FUCKING welcome. And you can still have your little cutscenes where they jump in just in time, and you can still have your little explanation of them “hearing” the Champions because uh...Time Magic idfk magic portals do whatever fuck you, Kass is here now no takebacksies

I’d think Kass’ moveset would be some weird combination of Hestu and Sidon. Maybe the Sidon thing where you click ZR during strong attacks, but it’s to like “stay on beat” or something? And then Hestu because yeah. And you know instead of making monsters dance, because I think Hestu only does that because it’s magic maracas, Kass should be able to like stun enemies, or get them to be in a daze, because wow his music is so enchanting and alluring and beautiful they just stop in their tracks to listen to him. 

I’m not too set on the specifics here, considering I am a writer and it’s a bit difficult to convey gameplay through words and a lack of experience with animation. But, basically he plays a song on his concertina (And the song and notes would slightly vary depending on the “weapon” he has equipped. And you know how in Warbler’s Nest you can see the notes the kids sing in the air with those different colors? So depending on the weapon Kass has those colors would also change) and just like how Sidon’s smile just inexplicably damages enemies, Kass’ song is just so powerful and amazing that monsters just fall flat on their face. ALSO one of his weakpoint smashes should be him uppercutting a Moblin with his concertina because I don’t know where it is, but there is fanart of that somewhere, I have seen it, and I need it to be a reality. 

[foryouthegays]

spreading propaganda [Dream SMP] liveblog yall lets go. this is so long i am sorry but the end is an actual summary of what happens asldkfa

sellout timer pog: 00:30:20, 01:00:40, 01:31:35, 02:02:03 (for like a second), 02:03:00, 02:34:35

time spent reading donations: 10 minutes, 20ish seconds. 

fanart credit he puts up (all from twitter i think): snumkt, reinneart, lihnsu, sestqr, jester_u, Brigade_Lost, natonyy

also taggin @antarctic-empire-technoblade​ :) theres an actual summary at the end that isnt just me ramblin so,,,,,,ye. i am so sorry its so long a;dkfja i dont know how to condense things 

00:00:35 “i stole a lot of sand recently,” ah yes, a casual conversation starter, the admission of theft 

00:03:55 hE HAS A VILLAGER TRADING HALL CHAPEL IN THE VILLAGE SIR THAT IS ILLEGAL 

00:04:13 

tubbo: -..--...--- 

ranboo: that means beans right

no, ranboo, not it does not (i put it into a translator and it just. it doesnt mean anything. i didnt see any spaces so im just. what was mr tubbo trying to say

00:04:35: relationship advice with technoblade! [reading donation] “‘techno, my boyfriend said he’ll never sub to you, how do i handle this travesty?’ uh, clearly you need to break up with him, and send me more money, is the most- that’s the most unbiased opinion I can give you, it’s just a good life decision, alright? It’s just a good life decision.”

00:16:00 ranboo hi!!!! him garden :D 

HOUND ARMY HOUND ARMY 00:18:10

00:20:15 ‘i have not made a tier list [for dinosaurs] yet’ Y E T? ? ? ?? ? 

00:20:55

“‘Hey, are you uncomfortable with being part of the SBI family dynamic?’ Uh, I don’t really- it’s not a matter of being uncomfortable, it’s just a matter of people making massive revisions to my character and the lore three months into the story without telling me, and it’s like, ‘no, that doesn’t- the story doesn’t- so many things don’t make sense now! What?? What???’ but if you want to make like, fanart of it, it’s fine”

00:21:25 imagine believing in airplanes, couldnt be me

00:21:35 SKLDJFAK a dono is like, hey can u call my new cousin a nerd, and technos like [claps] yOUVE COME TO THE RIGHT MAN im all about bullying infant children 

lakjshdfl 00:26:15 ‘philza this does not sound lore at all please’ poor techno

00:27:30 HKJSFDL :crab: TUBBO IS GONE :crab: also i cant tell if techno says ‘KILL HIM DEAD’ or ‘KILL HIM, DAD’ 

00:30:20 ‘we should have a grinch episode, where i go around stealing presents from l’manburg’ DO IT

also i was in chat at 00:31:25ish and i said ‘subscribe to technoblade’ and RIGHT AFTER techno said ‘did i hear subscribe to technoblade?’ and i felt so heard 

00:33:25 why is his only response to being seen in enemy lines to just stay realllyyyyy still a;lkdfjasf 

00:39:45 ‘this is crucial information coming to you live from anarchy news’ A;LSDKFJA;LSDF

00:46:25 :CRAB: RANBOO IS GONE :CRAB: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES 

alkdfja; 00:47:55 techno talks (sarcastically) abt how great it is when chat tells him where his stuff is

00:48:50 awww techno showin his not-dad his hound army!!! so cute 

00:55:30 techno specifies that theyre all characters/roleplayin!!!

techno talkin to phil is literally like a kid talkin to his dad after not seein him for a while. like yeah yeah family isnt canon in this but KSJDFLA hes like ‘phillll tommys being annoying also look at this new poster!!!!’ its so cute

01:09:20 A;SDJFADSL THE VILLAGER JUST. FALLS THROUGH THE FLOOR

techno nd phil reference smp earth at 01:19:50!!!!

(ik some people dont like enbyctechno so heres ur warnin, its just for this line tho) techno says ‘no one man should have this power’ but he HAS that power. therefore. mr c!blade is not a guy 01:35:00ish idk im not goin back to check

01:38:35 alright gang lets split up and look for clues 

01:45:20 ‘my chat’s sayin theres a 0% chance this is gonna work,,,,thATS A CHANCE I’M WILLING TO TAKE, CHAT’ skjdflasl;dfjaf (also, bit after, after readin the wiki say its 0% chance: ‘i like those odds’) 

01:48:15 [abt the zombie villager baby] 

Techno: on the bright side, we may have inflicted the optimal amount of trauma onto this child for it to become funny? 

Ranboo: ooooh yeah! it can become a minecraft youtuber!

techno: yeeeeeeah!!

pls get some therapy

a;ldkfassa the mental image of techno ownin an orphanage,,,,paldkfajslfasf 01:51:35

a;ldsifjasdklf ranboo is canonically a villager now, pog 01:56:50

01:57:50 ranboo: ‘they say that im built different, i am built different, in the fact that i have no moral backbone.’

01:58:30 BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD also why is techno so good at the bow like WHAT he looks in third person and turns nd shoots in like a second and hits most of the time its scary literally look at ranboo a;ldsjkfadsf hes like a porcupine 

ASKLJDFASLDF RANBOOS ‘OH NO HE KNOWS HOW TO OPEN DOORS’ AT 02:02:25 JUST HAS SUCH TECHNO SKYBLOCK VID VIBES ADLKJFALSDFJA OH MY GOSH

02:06:35 “i feel there has been an attempt on my life,” "no thats just how we greet each other in our country” nether lore pog?

02:08:45 why does techno casually type at 120 wpm?????  god i hate him so much why is he like thisssss ugh (also it took ~3 seconds to type 7 words (34 characters) which is 140 wpm and 680 cpm if i know how to do math i hate it here) /lh

nd then he types ‘punz we’re all outside your house get over here’ which is 47 characters nd 9 words nd it took him 5 seconds to type which is 564 cpm and 108 wpm so his average (from these two samples which. isnt a lot. should i do a post abt this in the future?) is 124 wpm and 622 cpm. hes so fast. 

SDA;FKJASDF PHIL WHY R U SO VIOLENT 

02:17:00 PUNZ POG ALSO MANIFOLD KILLED IN THE HOLY LAND

technos complainin bout the fights bein boring,,,,,,,fight them all, techno. do it. 1v8. do it, coward. 

02:24:02 ‘maybe the real combat was the friends we made along the way’ 

02:25:16 i love that technos first instinct when someone dies is to check what sword/axe killed them nd what enchants r on it aldskfjads

i love how techno calls the manhunt music ‘dream music’ its so funny to me

right before he ends the stream he says ‘p e r h a p s’ to techno plushies and i just,,,, wa n t 

if ya just want an actual summary and not that MESS:

Technoblade starts the stream in his house. the first thing he does is put another piece of fanart in his house, this one by snumkt on twitter. he goes to l’manburg, where he sneaks around very sneakily (/s) and replaces anti-techno propaganda with pro-techno fanart, stating that “If they take it down, it’s ‘cause they hate fanartists.” (00:09:18). 

While placing posters, Techno checks in on his hound army, and reveals that he thinks someone had been in the area, because a wolf teleported to him while he was home. He thinks someone placed water, the dog stood up, and then teleported. (00:18:25)

After breeding the dogs, Techno reads donations and one of the questions is about the SBI family dynamics. Here’s what he says at 00:20:55 

“‘Hey, are you uncomfortable with being part of the SBI family dynamic?’ Uh, I don’t really- it’s not a matter of being uncomfortable, it’s just a matter of people making massive revisions to my character and the lore three months into the story without telling me, and it’s like, ‘no, that doesn’t- the story doesn’t- so many things don’t make sense now! What?? What???’ but if you want to make like, fanart of it, it’s fine”

He then meets up with Philza, who is being escorted by Tubbo. Techno goes to Philzas house, and hides in his new basement. He joins their VC and finds Phil, Wilbur, Tommy, and Tubbo. talking about birthdays. Tubbo goes to the basement and sees Technos invis particles, hits him, and he is revealed. Techno kills tubbo, and declares it canon as a joke. 

He goes back outside, deafened on Discord, and puts down more propaganda. Philza joins his call, and they meet up to try and find Technos stolen items. They don’t find the barrel, but they do find a hidden room under the podium. Techno puts a piece of propaganda in the room. (00:43:30)

While Phil is killing an enderman, Ranboo finds them, and is killed by Techno. (00:46:25) 

Techno takes Phil to see his Hound Army, but they’re stopped by Tubbo. Techno tries to pretend to be Ranboo, but Ranboo goes up to them, so his cover is blown. Techno’s chased to the portal. Phil and Techno meet again in the Nether, and they go back to the house. 

At the house, Phil and Techno talk about the SBI characters, the sellout timer goes off, and then they go downstairs to cure a zombie villager. While it’s curing, Techno gathers books to make a new bow, with Power V, Punch II, Unbreaking III, Flame, and Mending. 

Philza reveals that Ranboo is coming over to give Phil a present. Techno seems excited at this, mostly at the fact that Ranboo can be his new bows test subject. 

Before Ranboo arrives, the villager is cured, and they find out it is a nitwit, meaning it can’t trade or get a job. Techno and Phil start working on a tunnel to bring the villager to a lava pool, so the other villagers won’t gossip and raise their prices. 

Ranboo joins the call at 01:15:35, right before they’re going to bring the villager to the lava pool. He gifts Techno and Phil four Netherite ingots.

After struggling to get the villager to the right height, Techno forces Ranboo to boat the villager into the lava. Ranboo escapes by throwing a pearl, and the villager dies.

Ranboo, Techno, and Phil talk about duping Netherite, and the current plot, and then Techno finds a zombie baby villager. It’s caught in a boat, and Techno nametags it ‘Orphan.’ They talk about the cobblestone tower, Philzas’ death to a baby zombie, and how if you don’t see a child's parents, you should assume that they are an orphan and attack them. 

Techno talks to Jack Manifold through chat about his axe. Techno, Philza, and Ranboo go around and look for zombie villagers. Techno finds an igloo, with two villagers. Techno was going to try and turn them into zombie villagers, but decides to not when he finds out that theres a 0% chance of that happening on Easy mode. 

They all go back to Orphan, and bully it when they find out it still hasn’t grown up. Techno and Ranboo make a joke about how it’s traumatized, so it’ll be funny and can be come a minecraft youtuber. please get some help. (01:48:15)

After Orphan grows up, Techno trades and gets the Bottle of Enchanting trade for one emerald. They all joke about Techno owning an orphanage at 01:51:35.

Phil, Techno, and Ranboo decide go to the Hound Army, but Techno remembers that Ranboo is part of L’manburg, and tries to kill him (with his new bow) when they enter the nether. He doesn’t succeed, and he continues fighting until he drinks and invis pot on the Prime Path. Techno and Phil meet up in the Bee Dome, where Ranboo finds them. Techno tries to kill him, but runs out of arrows. 

After reading donations, Techno, Ranboo, and Phil are back together at the Bee Dome, and they decide to team up in case someone finds them. They go outside of the Dome, and chase Jack Manifold out of his own country.

Manifold joins the VC, and they try to blame Punz on his attempted murder. After Manifold says “i feel there has been an attempt on my life,” Techno says that that’s how he greets people in his country.

Manifold asks if they want to help him get revenge on Punz, and Techno agrees. They gather more people, and by the time they get to Punz’s tower, their party is Manifold, Techno, Phil, Ranboo, Fundy, and Antfrost. Punz is in the Nether, so they wait until he gets back. 

Ranboo and Techno have a whisper conversation:

Ranboo: are you just going to jump fundy

Techno: no im gonna make jack 1v1 LMAO

Ranboo: good plan

While Fundy is taking a screenshot of Techno for his thumbnail, Philza attacks Fundy with a crossbow and his sword. He claims it was because he was getting bored. 

In the same spirit, Techno asks if they could kill Manifold to pass the time. The mob, which now includes Fundy, chases Manifold. He runs to the Holy Land, and the mob boos him.  Techno tells Antfrost to kill Manifold, and that the mob won’t tell that he was killed in the Holy Land. Manifold hands Antfrost his sword. 

While Antfrost debates killing Manifold or not, the mob chants ‘peer pressure!’ at him. Techno quickly realizes that Antfrost isn’t in the VC, and is extremely confused. The sword gets handed to Fundy, who gets into a battle with Manifold. Philza tells Fundy that he’s forgiven, if he can kill Manifold. The battle calms, and neither of the contestants die.

Techno convinces the mob to go to the pit trap, and tries to lure someone onto the trapped blocks using rotten flesh. Fundy takes the bait, but moves out of the way before the button is pressed. Antfrost sneaks up behind him and punches him into the pit. Fundy survives the fall, but is shot by Manifold to death. 

During the commotion, Punz makes his way back to his house, and the mob moves towards him to end his life. Manifold says that he’s going to kill Punz, and Techno says that the mob’ll have his back. He tells the mob to not have Manifold’s back. 

at 02:17:00, Punz joins the call, and is confused as to why Manifold wants to kill him. Manifold explains that Punz tried to kill him, siting his source as Technoblade. 

also, 2:17:15 technoswear!

Techno encourages Punz, saying “Punz, he actually dropped his sword by accident and now I have it, so it’d be really easy to beat him up,” and “he also just killed in the holy land, so you have a sort of...religious motivation to take him out.”

Punz tries to fight Manifold without armor (Manifold is wearing a full enchanted set of armor, with a Netherite chestplate and everything else Diamond), which fails miserably, and Manifold is killed. 

Techno decides to fight Manifold with his goons (the mob) for the audience retention, and Manifold’s quickly killed. The final hit was from CaptainPuffy. Ponk rushes in and grabs some of Manifold’s items. Puffy takes the rest.

Manifold complains about getting bullied, so Techno gives him his sword back and tells him to avenge himself. While looking for Ponk (or Punz? this is kinda unclear), Punz swoops in and kills Manifold in two hits. 

Manifold finds Ponk and chases after him, trying to kill him. The mob follows, and Ranboo kills Ponk with thorns. Manifold takes Ponks stuff. 

Right after respawning, Ponk was blown up by a creeper, and Techno claimed both as canon. 

The mini fights continue, and Manifold is killed by Punz. 

Ranboo changes the ‘Days since last war crime’ sign to 0.

Phil tells Techno that he’s going back to the base, and the L’manburgians question him as to what base he’s talking about. Phil tells Fundy that he ripped off his ankle shackles and left. While they talk, Techno starts running back to the base, and Ranboo whispers “lets run back” to him. Ranboo follows Techno, but quickly looses him.

Phil and Techno join a separate VC together and they go back to the base. 

At 02:29:15, Phil says “I trust you” to Techno and I am going to cry. 

Right before getting to the base, Phil drinks some honey, and Techno says “that’s the only thing we have honey for, now that we’ve uh...uh I guess you don’t know about that.” He’s referring to the Vault, I think, because the redstone required honey to work properly. 

Philza responds, “the honey- wait, what did you use the honey for?” 

“uhhh....food.” Techno, for some reason, doesn’t want to show Phil the vault. 

Ranboo whispers to Techno: “My alliance isnt with lmanburg, its with the people who help me. phil helped me.”

out loud, Techno laughs about it with phil, saying, “well, I’ve stabbed him like twelve times this week, so, I [laughs] I don’t know if that entirely qualifies here.”

Techno messages Ranboo back with “new phone who this” 

Ranboo replies, “no one,” and then, “:)”

Going back to the honey talk, Philza asked if Techno had been hiding anything diabolical from him, and Techno asks if he would do such a thing. Philza guesses several things he could use honey for, such as a flying machine, TNT dupers, and a door.

Techno takes him to the vault. 02:32:00. i LOVE peoples reactions to the vault, it’s always so good. Philza responds with a surprised ‘HOLY SHIT’ and some laughing. Techno also confirms my math of 55 withers. 

02:34:10 “i’ve seen this government, on the server, and everything to do with government is just bad. I’ve watched it completely destroy and tear down people’s wills and change people, I’ve seen it change the nicest people into complete and utter tyrants, so...I think it’s about time--”

“We need revenge. [sellout timer goes off] and more importantly, we neED SUBSCRIBERS ON YOUTUBE DOT COM” phil joinin anarchy pog? 

anyway that was it ;alskdfjas;f

[onewingednatu]

My take on Enchanted Portals

I have no strong opinions on this. Really, I don't. More than anything, I'm confused, to say the least.

So, Enchanted Portals is... well, to get an almost exact picture; Cuphead. Or, rather, a Cuphead... clone? Replica? I don't like calling it a rip off, because I don't think that's it. The creators of EP do not have any malice; they just love Cuphead.

But sometimes... just because you love something and it inspires you, it doesn't mean that you should copy as much as you can get away with. I'm not saying this for Cuphead's sake, I'm saying it on behalf of Enchanted Portals.

The resemblance is undeniable, at best. The art style is the same, the gameplay is the same... heck, they even have the same style of music!

I understand loving something so much that you want to create fanart or even an animation/game inspired by it. Really, I do! But this is not how you do it! It would have been fine with different gameplay mechanics and the same art style. It would have been fine with same gameplay mechanics and a different art style!

There's not enough tidbits in this game that are different from Cuphead to be able to set it apart. As long as the number of original things is minuscule, you're not going to get the results you want and deserve!

I want them to do good, I really do! I want Enchanted Portals to be something great! Heck, I love some of the character designs- the Witch, Giant Beethoven, the robo-cow... I even love how the main two reacted to the three-headed dog!

It's just, you can't get to where you deserve to be if you don't step out of that shadow.

Somehow, they need to break apart from the Cuphead cookie-cutter. I look forward to what they do, and I hope they can make enough changes to set it apart from "A Cuphead Replica"!

[prissyhalliwell]

This banner art is brought to you by the lovely @timelordthirteen!

Author’s Note: A big thank you to everyone for being patient while I wrestled with a stubborn plot in this story. I am happy to say that everything is FINALLY figured out and I will be posting the final four chapters over the next four weeks! But like, for real this time ;)    

P.S. This chapter is dedicated to @nropay​ for the adorable Fairy Gardener fanart that she did recently. Please go love on it: https://nropay-gallery.tumblr.com/post/180140343899/fan-art-for-the-fairy-gardener-by

Summary: The heroes face off against the fairy queens, but Fiona is still hiding a couple secrets up her sleeve.  Read on AO3 

CHAPTER TWENTY 

Rumplestiltskin was enjoying the look of confusion on Regina’s face. If he had known telling the truth was this much fun, he would have started doing it years ago.

“So let me get this straight,” Regina said, massaging her forehead to ward off a headache. “Not only is the Black Fairy your mother, but she got her twin sister to help her kidnap her own grandson and they’ve been holding him hostage for the last 300 years?” At Rumple’s nod, her eyebrows rose. “You’re telling me the munchkin that just left is older than I am?”

“Time moves much slower here,” Belle said. “I mentioned that at the cottage, remember?”

Regina shrugged, flopping back on the couch she had conjured upon her arrival. “My mind tends to wander whenever you start talking.”

Before Belle could rise to Regina’s bait, Rumplestiltskin cleared his throat, drawing both their attention. He couldn’t let them waste time on a pointless argument right now. While toying with Regina had been a nice distraction from his darker thoughts, it was time to get serious now that she was caught up on the day’s events. Bae had warned them that Blue would be on her way, which meant that Fiona and her sister could walk in any moment now. They had to be ready for them. “Alright,” he said, rubbing his hands together. “Everyone clear on the plan? We’re not going to get a second chance at this.”   “The plan sounded a lot better before I knew we were going up against your mother,” Regina grumbled. “Should I be worried?” After everything he had just told her, Rumplestiltskin was surprised she had to ask. The Evil Queen demanded revenge for the smallest slight; how could she even imagine he could forgive his mother for what she had done to him? To his son?

“Of course not,” he replied stiffly. “That woman may have given birth to me, but any connection we had ended then and there. If she gets in our way, I’ll take whatever actions necessary to defeat her.” He gave them both a grin he didn’t feel. “Besides, I’ve been an orphan most of my life. What’s a few more centuries? “Rumple,” Belle said softly, “you can’t just ignore - ” “That’s exactly what I’m going to do!” Rumplestiltskin growled. He’d tried so hard to contain the anger that had been bubbling inside him since Fiona had told him the truth. He couldn’t afford to be distracted by it, not now. Not when he was so close to having his son safe again. “I don’t owe that woman a thing!” “I’m not saying we don’t stop her,” Belle said gently. “But maybe there’s more to the story than we know. What if there’s another side to her?” “Yes, perhaps I should just split her in two and see if one of them will bake me cookies,” Rumpelstiltskin sneered.

No sooner had he said the words than an image of the Jekylls lying dead on their laboratory floor popped into his head. He shook the thought away, feeling slightly ill. He had tried not to think of them much in the past few days, letting the planning for the trip to the Dark Realm keep him busy. Apart from the realization that the men’s life forces must still have been linked despite their separation, Rumplestiltskin had gained nothing from the experiment except the knowledge that the splitting serum was useless to him.

Regardless, that was not something he needed to worry about right now, he reminded himself firmly. There would be plenty of time to kick himself over his failure once they were all back home. Belle frowned, watching his face worriedly. “I wasn’t thinking of anything as drastic as that. Besides, we already have powerful twin fairies to deal with. I don’t think we need any more of them running around.” “According to the hobbit, they don’t like each other too much,” Regina drawled. “If we’re lucky, maybe they’ll kill each other and save us the trouble.” “If they managed to get along for this long, they can probably survive a few more centuries.” Rumplestiltskin thought once again of the Jekylls, begrudgingly working together for a goal they shared until they could take it no longer. “If the prize is worth it, anyone can work together. For a while, at least.”    Regina snorted. “Meanwhile, they’ll be plotting the entire time how to kill one another. I know if I had a sister as powerful as I was, I wouldn’t wait for her to come after me. I’d grab both halves of that wand and strike first.” “That’s the part that doesn’t make sense,” Belle said, biting her lip in concentration. “Neither of them seemed that concerned about keeping their half of the wand from the other. Fiona must not be guarding hers if Bae could find it so easily, and Blue had her half well-hidden from the rest of us, but Fiona could have easily walked through the portal and grabbed it at any moment.” She frowned. “We need more information.”

That was an understatement, Rumplestiltskin thought wearily. There was so much they didn’t understand, especially when it came to why Blue and Fiona needed so much fairy dust.

When going up against rivals, he was always careful to make sure he knew everything about them: their desires, their weaknesses, and even their past. There was a lot to be learned from the decisions someone had made in their life, and it usually revealed a lot about what they might do in the future. But after all the lies were cleared away, the sisters’ past was essentially a blank slate. There wasn’t much they could learn from an absence of facts -

Rumplestiltskin's head shot up as his brain registered his thought. He turned quickly to Belle. “What do you know about the Golden Fairy?” he asked.

Belle’s mouth quirked into a smile. “I seem to remember asking you the same question not too long ago...”

He shook his head. “No, I know the legend of how she supposedly died, but what else? If she was the very first fairy in existence, the most powerful fairy who ever lived, why don’t we know more about her?”

She sucked in a breath. “Do you think they’re hiding something? Or covering up her death somehow?”

“Why not? They’re covering up her life,” he groused, rubbing his chin in thought. “It makes more sense than anything else at this point. Why else would we know so little about such a powerful being?”

He could see the wheels turning in Belle’s mind. “But clearly she did die or she wouldn’t have let her daughters get away with all of this.”

Rumplestiltskin shrugged. “We don’t know anything about her. Perhaps it was her idea and they’re just following in her footsteps. The only thing we know with any certainty is that they must be stopped.”

Belle’s eyes grew large. “What if she’s not dead? Maybe they have her locked up somewhere.” Her face lit up. “Perhaps she could help us! She is your grandmother after all - ”

“My...what?” Rumplestiltskin stopped abruptly. He had followed the family connection as far as Blue, but he had somehow failed to follow it another generation back. The realization that the Golden Fairy was his grandmother hit closer to home than he liked. Not only was he part of the very race he had always despised, but he was essentially descended from fairy royalty, or the closest thing the fairies had to it.

This would take some serious rethinking of his identity at some point.

“I don’t need any more relatives today, thank you very much,” he said roughly, suddenly wishing they would drop the matter.

Regina snickered. “But Auntie Blue has such a nice ring to it!”

He pointed a finger at her. “I’m warning you.”

“What are you going to do? Flap your fairy wings at me?” Regina cackled. “Can overgrown lizards even have wings? You’d just - ”

Her taunt was cut off as Rumplestiltskin waved his hand. A second later, the space where Regina had been sitting was occupied by a furry black and white creature.

“Rumple!” Belle yelped. “Is - is that a bear?”  

He leaned back against the bars, feeling pleased with himself. He didn’t know it until much later, but he had just invented the panda.

Back in the Enchanted Forest, Reul had come to a realization of her own. Today was just not going to be her day.

After putting up with the Evil Queen’s antics for a good part of the morning, she’d been whisked away by one of her lieutenants, who had led her to the two unconscious guards in the tunnels. She had wasted no time after that in heading straight for the library. This entire situation stank too much of her counterpart’s sparkly spawn and Reul was eager to get him taken care of once and for all.

She strode through the portal, finding Fiona sitting calmly at her desk, clearly waiting for her to arrive. It was hardly surprising; Fiona was always waiting for her when she came through. Whether it was a telepathic connection they were unconscious of or a side effect from what they had gone through, Reul had never found out. As it was, she had more important things to worry about right now.

Before she could speak, however, Fiona said nonchalantly, “I had some visitors today.”

“Rumplestiltskin?”

She nodded. “Along with your renegade fairy and a portal jumper.”

Reul scowled. “Jefferson. So that’s how they got in.”

Fiona wrinkled her nose. “They smelt slightly of pickled fish.” She glanced sideways at Reul. “That wouldn’t have anything to do with your horrid habit, would it?”

Reul simply sniffed.

With a roll of her eyes, Fiona rose from her seat and beckoned for Reul to follow her. They set off down the tunnel side by side, neither willing to expose their back to the other.  

“Does the boy know?” Reul asked.

“He found them first, actually.” Seeing the look on her face, Fiona continued. “They’re in my prison, so he’s of no help to them.”

Reul frowned. “You didn’t lock him up somewhere?”

Fiona gestured to the stone walls surrounding them. “More so than he already is? This entire realm is a prison.” The corner of her mouth twitched. “I usually leave being redundant to you.”

Reul ignored the slight. Unlike Fiona, she knew when to shut up and think. Rumplestiltskin and his friends had found their operation. The time for petty jokes was over.

They walked around the corner and into the chamber that held the prison. As they drew closer to the bars, Fiona let out a gasp. It took Reul only a moment longer to see why.

In the prison were two figures she had expected, and one she had not.

“I thought you said Jefferson was with them,” she said, frowning.

“I did.”

“You didn’t mention Regina either.”

“I’m well aware of that,” Fiona said, gritting her teeth. “Clearly, they’ve been busy.”

Rumplestiltskin leaned back against the bars, arms folded behind his head and looking as relaxed as if he were in the middle of a picnic. He gazed at the two of them lazily. “Glad you could join us, Blue. It’s a family reunion at last.”

She ignored him. “Where’s the Hatter?”

Regina smiled. “Enjoying far better company than any of us at the moment.” She wrinkled her nose. “Even I’d prefer an invisible cat to a bunch of pretentious fleas.”

“Why you vile little - ”

Fiona cut her off. “You can insult us all you want, highness. It won’t change the fact that you’re locked up in that cell.”

Regina’s smile widened. “Who said we’re locked up?”

Reul felt a shiver run up her spine. She looked from Fiona and back to the other three. “You’re bluffing. No magic can escape those bars.”

“Care to make a wager on that?” Rumplestiltskin grinned toothily from where he stood. “Our freedom against your - oh wait a minute.” He made a show of patting down his pockets before pulling out the now reassembled Golden Fairy’s wand and pointing it straight at them. “My wand.”

Before Reul could react, light burst forth from the wand. The bars of the prison hurtled forward, slamming into her and Fiona and knocking them to the ground.

Reul groaned, her head spinning as the bars pinned her in place. “This is all your fault,” she wheezed.

Fiona lie beside her, breathing heavily. “Shut up and push.”

“I remember telling you that 350 years ago and look what trouble that got us into!”

Fiona ignored her taunt and Reul focused her magic on pushing the bars away from them. Beside her, she could feel her other half doing the same. With their combined power, the bars slid off them easily. They stood up, ready to face their attackers.

Rumplestiltskin and Regina both stood with fireballs hovering in their open hands. Belle stood behind Rumplestiltskin, his body shielding her from harm.

The solution was obvious. If Reul could get to Belle, she would be able to control the Dark One. Or better yet, she could use the sorcerer’s son to hold him back.

“Where’s Baelfire?” she hissed to Fiona.

“Oh, he’s rounding up the children and preparing them for an escape.”

Reul turned her eyes from the others to stare at Fiona. “What?!”

Fiona smirked. “Didn’t I always tell you I was the smarter half?” An enchanted cuff materialized in her hand and she slapped it on Reul’s wrist, blocking her magic. With a wink, Fiona disappeared, leaving Reul alone to face their enemies.

“Oh, fiddlesticks!”

Fiona appeared back in her office a moment later. She seated herself comfortably in the chair behind her desk before waving her hand, summoning her grandson.

Bae looked started as he appeared in front of her desk, his eyes growing even wider as he saw her. “Wh-what’s going on?” he stammered.

“I think it’s time we had a chat.” She gestured to the chair behind him. “Do sit down.”

He regarded the chair as if it had fangs. “I’d rather not.”

Fiona nodded before sending the chair flying toward Bae, knocking his legs out from underneath him. He fell back into the chair with a huff.

“See? Isn’t that better?” She didn’t wait for him to respond. “I think it’s time we put all of our cards on the table. I know you gave your father my half of the wand so he could escape.”

Bae’s mouth opened and closed rapidly, reminding Fiona of a fish gasping for air on the dry sand.

“But how - ”

She chuckled. “My dear boy, you couldn’t have been so foolish as to think I didn’t know you were always in here, did you?” She pointed to the corner bookshelf he had always hidden behind. “Do you think I would have allowed you in my study if I didn’t want you here?”

Bae’s eyes grew wide. “You knew?”

She nodded, a smirk stretching across her dark red lips. “The only reason Ruel didn’t detect your presence was because my magic was hiding you from her.”

Her grandson looked at her in astonishment. He was clearly struggling with this new information, so she gave him a few moments to think it over.

“I don’t understand,” he finally said. “Why would you want me here?”

Fiona chose her words carefully. Bae was an intelligent child, but he was also an emotional one. Despite everything that had happened between him and her son, she could see that Bae still loved his father. She’d have to explain herself carefully or risk alienating him and jeopardizing her future plans.

“Oh, I have my reasons. Getting one over Ruel was always great fun, and I wanted you to see her for who she truly is. I knew you’d never believe a word I said otherwise.” She gave him a fond look. “I know I can be harsh at times, but I’ve never lied about how I feel about you or who you were to me.” Her eyes gleamed. “I don’t believe in being a hypocrite.”

“If you care about me, then you can’t let her hurt my papa.” Bae looked at her pleadingly. “He’s your son! You can’t let her kill him.”

Fiona giggled. “Whatever made you think I was going to let her do that?” Her laughter stopped as she sensed a presence outside her door. Her magic reached out, immediately recognizing the intruder.

She waved the door open. “No use lurking outside, Rumple. My magic sensed you the moment you came near.”

Her son walked through the door warily, eyes falling on Bae before flicking back up to meet hers. “Ah mother, I was wondering where you’d gotten to.”

Though the endearment had been said snidely, Fiona beamed at him. “Is Reul dead?”

Rumplestiltskin regarded her curiously, his brilliant mind clearly trying to chip away at her. But he would need more than his intellect to figure her secrets out. Her son was clever - hardly a surprise considering she had given birth to him - but there were ancient magics that even he in all his years as the Dark One hadn’t encountered.

“No,” he said finally. “But she’s not a threat anymore. I was more worried about where you’d scampered away to.”    

She gestured towards Bae. “As you can see, I’m just having a little chat with my grandson.”

Bae regarded his father silently from his chair. Fiona could sense his longing to run to him, but it was more than the threat of her magic that held him in his seat.

“Since we’re all here, we might as well have a family chat.” She pointed towards another chair. “Take a seat, Rumple.”

Belle didn’t really like being left alone with Regina to guard Blue. But she had sensed Rumple’s need to confront his mother on his own and hadn’t wanted to interfere. Besides, she didn’t trust Regina to watch Blue by herself, even if the latter was unconscious at the moment. Who knew what sort of twisted deal they would come up with if left on their own?

For the most part, Regina was lounging on her couch and doing a great job of ignoring her, which suited Belle just fine. She didn’t like the woman nor did she understand the weird antagonistic friendship the queen had with Rumple. Eventually she’d have to ask him about that, along with a hundred other questions.

Blue began to stir and Belle pushed her thoughts aside. There’d be time enough for them after they got themselves out of this mess.

It took Blue a moment to come around. When she did, she zeroed in on Belle’s face, her own contorting into a scowl. “I always knew you would prove to be a disappointment, Bluebelle.”

Once, her former mentor’s words would have hurt her. Now, they were only laughable.

“Me?” Belle laughed mirthlessly. “What in the world could I ever do that would come close to this?” She spread her arms to encompass the cave. “You’ve stolen children from their families, enslaved them for your own gain, and lied to every fairy who has ever served you.” All the anger and betrayal that Belle had felt since she’d learned the truth bubbled to the surface. “I can only be grateful that I’m a disappointment to someone like you!”

Beside her, she heard Regina let out a low whistle. “The little fairy’s got teeth.”

“I have two words for you, Regina,” Belle growled. “ Poison. Ivy.”

Regina sniffed and looked away, but she could see that the queen had paled slightly at her words. Belle considered it a win.

It was only when Blue began to chuckle that Belle turned her attention back to their prisoner, who wore a smug expression on her face.

“This is too precious. You claim to have the moral high ground while working with the Evil Queen and the Dark One.” Blue smiled at her patronizingly. “You really are in over your head, aren’t you?”

Belle stared her down, realizing any fear she had once felt had vanished. Blue couldn’t hurt her anymore. Or the children she’d forced to work in the mines. “It’s over, Blue. No one is on your side anymore. I’m going to tell everyone what sort of person you really are.”

“You think anyone will listen to you? The Dark One’s whore?”

“Hey!” Regina, eyes flashing, marched over to Blue and poked her hard in the shoulder. “You might want to keep better track of your tongue, unless you want me to remove it for you.”

Belle opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Being defended by Regina was hardly the strangest thing that had happened that day, but she still hadn’t been expecting it.

Regina caught her staring wordlessly at her and shrugged. “Don’t read too much into it. I still think you’re an annoying little flea.” Without another word, the queen turned and walked back to her couch before flopping down once again.

Blue for her part looked just as surprised as Belle felt. The other fairy looked as if she was going to speak, but Belle beat her to it.

“She’s not bluffing,” Belle said matter-of-factly.

A glare was Blue’s only response. Clearly, she had taken the warning to heart. A tiny part of Belle was almost sorry. A darker part of her, the side she rarely acknowledged, would have liked to see Regina put Blue in her place again.

The three lapsed into silence, giving Belle time to think. Sitting there between Blue and Regina, it was clear to her just how far she’d come since running away from the glen.

It was odd how things had turned out, but she wouldn’t have had it any other way. She’d tried her whole life to fit in with her own people, only to find acceptance from the very enemy she had been taught to hate.

The motley crew of characters she’d encountered in the last few months had become her family without her even realizing it. Jefferson with his strange quirks and eccentricities had quickly wormed his into her heart. Rumple somehow inspired an equal level of love and exasperation from her, which she was still trying to figure out. And while she knew she’d never be able to call Regina a kindred spirit, the queen was still a part of this new family Belle had found since she’d left her old life behind.

Flawed they may be, but she had discovered who she was with them. Just like them, she wasn’t a perfect hero who never made mistakes.

She was simply Belle, and for once, that was enough.  

Author’s Note: Thanks to everyone who suggested animals for Regina to turn into, but panda was the winner! Here’s a video of Lana Parrilla talking about the Evil Panda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LpH7xjyudU