#lena huat

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woops i realized i never posted my Once Upon Another Time art here

[justarandomidiot1]

James Riley Appreciation Week!

Fruit / AU

Mob Psycho Au for Half Upon a Time/Once Upon Another Time trilogies! Explanations and rambles under the cut

Jill as Reigen and Jin as Mob because Jill is just as resourceful and cunning as Reigen and would definitely be a conwoman lol. Jin is nothing like Mob tho (except for the whole "power of god inside an adolescent boy" thing they both have going on lol) but the Mob and Reigen dynamic is how I see the Jill and Jin dynamic

The Spark as Dimple just bc of how The Spark was like when Jin had absorbed it in the first book and kept telling him he should use his powers for himself and destroy everyone. Also i did not mean to make it look like a cockatiel LSDKFJLSKDFJ

Lena as Tsubomi bc I see them both as aroace (tho that's only canon for Lena lol) and also Lena is also like Tsubomi where she's confident in who she is and doesn't like to conform to others around her. also because Jin canonically has a crush on her like Mob does with Tsubomi lol

Shefin as Teru because honestly he acts like he's the most important person in the world but I thought it'd be hilarious to keep him at his canon height in the books of 6 inches tall. He tries to kick Jin's ass as if Jin couldn't just beat him by stepping on him lmao

May as Shou and Eudora/The Evil Queen as Toichirou bc evil older family member who tries to take over the world with army of followers she managed to get on her side. However because May is Shou while Jill is Reigen, i literally have no idea where to put Jack in this AU lmao

[lanihaluki]

HI heres a huat/ouat DUMP

[someone-online]

James Riley Appreciation Week 2022: Angst / Fluff

"'Lena!' she heard her mother yell, following her out. But Lena couldn't bear to see her, talk about any of this, not now. Instead, she ran, the king's words echoing in her head. You knew this... creature was not allowed to participate in such a sacred ceremony. I'd have thrown you down to the earth where you belong, with the rest of the filthy monsters. You are no giant. You are a mistake. YOU ARE NO GIANT."

anyway go read Once Upon Another Time by James Riley to meet my girl Lena i love her so much

[james-riley-author]

Not a question but I just finished Once Upon Another Time. I found to way to listen to the audiobook while at work (don’t worry I got my work done). Loved it! I’m just angry that I have to wait another 6 months for the next one. I knew I should have waited, haha. I have other books I need to finish so I guess I could take a crack at finishing those.

Seriously, can’t wait to see where you take this!

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! We had new readers for the audio book on this one, so Lena got a British accent :D Would love to hear from HUAT readers about what they thought! I'll keep any spoilers behind tags, so feel free to reveal all!

[justarandomidiot1]

Day 3 of James Riley Appreciation Week. The final book for Once Upon Another Time is released today, so here's Lena and Rufus to celebrate (I can't draw cats well). I chose the prompt fluff because I'm pretty sure the angst I'm gonna read in this book whenever my preordered copy arrives is gonna destroy me.

[musicallygt]

i am choosing to ignore the end of book 2 until book 3 comes out, but until then the ending of book 2 didn't happen and they all got to sleep after their adventures

[musicallygt]

Once Upon Another Time by James Riley is very good

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[musicallygt]

i'm so obsessed with these three after reading Once Upon Another Time: Tall Tales by James Riley, please go check it out if you haven't yet (these are also posted on his tumblr and instagram since i emailed this art to him)

[musicallygt]

I REACHED THE SCENE JAMES PREVIEWED ON HIS BLOG LAST YEAR WHEN HE REVEALED THAT LENA IS AROACE

[someone-online]

i still wanna draw more stuff for the Klapollo Huat Au but now i wanna also develop stuff based on the Once Upon Another Time spinoff series lsdkjflksdf

[musicallygt]

The lgbtq+ experience

[musicallygt]

No,,,,, Lena;;;; 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[james-riley-author]

In your mind (so not officially) are you calling the new books 'OUAT' or HUAT 2? (Or something else?)

This is going to sound weird, but I never think of the books by their titles. It's just more like book 1, book 2, in Lena's series, vs. Jack's. I don't know if that's because the titles always end up changing after I wrote the book or what, but the numbers are usually the easiest way to keep track for me!

That said, this is very much a story about new characters happening in the same world as HUAT, twelve years later. And whether or not those former characters show up, or play a part, you'll have to wait and see. So I'd probably call it OUAT, as in, just because I'm writing a sequel spinoff series doesn't mean I'm OUAT of ideas yet! I hope!

[james-riley-author]

For your HUaT spin-off series, I read that the new characters (I guess main too) are going to be named Lena and Jin. How old are they going to be? And idk if this counts as a spoiler- but are they going to be based of fairytale characters? Like, you know, May being Cinderella.

I always forget what I’ve revealed where, so I forgot I even said this somewhere. But yup, Lena and Jin, and both are very definitely fairy tale characters ... but as for which ones, you’ll have to see! (It won’t be a secret for long, though, as you’ll find out - or can guess - by the first few chapters.)

[james-riley-author]

Who are going to be the main characters in your HUaT spin-off series? Are Jack and May going to return?

A girl named Lena and a boy named Jin. They’re ... new (and each getting their own narration like in Story Thieves or the later HALF books).  You MIGHT see Jack and May in the first book, but I wouldn’t count on it. They’re not the main characters anymore, as their story is basically over. But what they accomplished in the first three books will definitely be shaking things up still, 12 years later (as it now is both in the series and will be in real time from when the books first came out!)