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kmomof4 · 6 years

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Happy birthday Lena!!!

So today is @lenfaz‘s birthday! Happy birthday Lena! It might be tomorrow where you are, but it’s still your birthday here, so technically I’m not late. Right? As she is one of my favorite authors in this fandom, I wanted to share with you all my favorites of her works. You can find all her works here. These are my favorites:

Of Thieves, Smugglers, and Reformed Hearts Rated T with 6chs. Modern AU. Granny has a program to help petty criminals get back on their feet after serving their time. Killian and Will are both part of the program.

The Beanstalk Rated M chapter of Lena’s fic The 150, a series of CS tumblr prompts.

The Rembrandt Files Rated M with 16chs, Modern AU, Killian is an art curator assigned to contemporary artist Emma Swan’s first solo show.

Brother of a Preacher Rated M with 10chs. Modern AU. Emma moves herself and Henry to Storybrooke, Ohio for a fresh start where she meets the sinfully handsome Killian Jones, brother to the local preacher.

Private Dancer Rated M with 3chs. Modern AU Emma is an exotic dancer that Killian just can’t stay away from.

The Princess and the Pirate: I Love the Way You Lie rated M WIP with 14chs so far. AU set after 3x11. Killian has an unexpected surprise when he leaves the Charmings in the Enchanted Forest.

Time Upon Once Rated M WIP with 18chs so far. This is Lena’s reimagining of S1 with Killian as the parent that Henry finds and brings to Storybrooke.

And finally, my absolute favorite of Lena’s works,

Old Habits Die Hard Rated M with 15chs. Lena is a huge Liam Jones fan and in this fic, Liam was alive in Neverland the entire time, escaping home to the Enchanted Forest just in time to be caught up in Regina’s curse. Once Emma comes to town, they form a friendship, and when his long lost little brother makes it to Storybrooke, things get very interesting!

I hope your birthday was the best Lena, and for those of you who are not familiar with Lena’s work, enjoy these!

#Happy Birthday #@lenfaz

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aion-rsa · 3 years

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Marvel’s What If…? Episode 2 Review: T’Challa Becomes a Phenomenal Star-Lord

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This article contains spoilers for What If…? episode 2.

The second episode of Marvel’s latest Disney+ series, ‘What If…T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?’, explores the possibility of T’Challa becoming the iconic galactic outlaw in a twist that also involves him being portrayed as very different from the Peter Quill version of the character. It’s safe to say Star-Lord never needed to perform a dance-off to save the universe in this timeline!

As you may know if you visited the site last week, our What If…? reviews are adopting a different format. More of a “breakdown” that we hope will still satisfy regular readers but also help younger viewers and those less familiar with the MCU keep up.

With that in mind, let’s dig deeper into ‘What If…T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?’…

Required viewing

For episode 2’s branch timeline, it helps to have seen Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 and Vol 2, and Avengers: Infinity War.

What’s different?

Not only do we get to see an alternate life for T’Challa, we also get to find out what Peter Quill’s fate might have been if he hadn’t been picked up by Yondu as a child, and what Thanos would have done if he’d just chilled tf out.

The ‘What If?’ moment in this episode addresses what would have happened if Yondu had outsourced the assignment of retrieving Peter from Earth (see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1) to the Ravagers, and they ended up lifting T’Challa instead, nixing the events of Black Panther. In their defense, they say, the cosmic readings in Wakanda were off the charts. Since it was built on an ancient vibranium meteorite, T’Challa concurs.

It is T’Challa we see lifting the Power Stone from Morag and not Peter at the beginning of the episode, changing the events of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1. Korath has heard of Star-Lord in this alternate timeline and is a huge fan because T’Challa is basically a galactic Robin Hood here.

Korath is so enamoured with T’Challa, in fact, that he begs to join the Ravagers. The gang, along with Yondu, have reformed. They are no longer simply grimy thieves smugglers, criminals, bandits, mercenaries, bounty hunters and pirates, and they plan to use the recently-acquired Infinity Stone to jump-start a dying star and save a planet in peril.

We see that T’Challa has managed to change a lot of the cosmic MCU’s major fates as Star-Lord. He’s even broken through Thanos’ mindset in this branch timeline, convincing him that there’s more than one way to achieve his goals, and he’s changed Drax’s life by saving his home world from a Kree invasion, too.

As Star-Lord, T’Challa runs into a friendly and now-minimally cybernetic Nebula, who initially comes across as a kind of blue Jessica Rabbit. She manages to pique his interest by describing a MacGuffin called the Embers of Genesis – cosmic dust that can terraform ecosystems. T’Challa understands he could use them to eradicate hunger across the galaxy, but they’ll have to steal them from The Collector, who has filled Thanos’ power vacuum.

T’Challa and Nebula plan a heist on Knowhere, which involves evading the Black Order. They’re working for The Collector in this timeline, in an alteration from Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.

Who are the voices?

Jeffrey Wright returns as What If…?’s narrator, Uatu The Watcher. Chadwick Boseman is T’Challa/Star-Lord, Michael Rooker is Yondu, Djimon Hounsou is Korath the Pursuer, Chris Sullivan is Taserface, Karen Gillen is Nebula, Josh Brolin is Thanos, Seth Green is Howard the Duck, Danai Gurira as Okoye, John Kani is T’Chaka, Angela Bassett is Ramonda, Benicio Del Toro is The Collector, Carrie Coon is Proxima Midnight, Kurt Russell is Ego, Sean Gunn is Kraglin, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is Ebony Maw,

Drax is the real omission here, as Dave Bautista did not return to reprise his role in the series. He claims he was never asked, but executive producer Brad Winderbaum chalked it up to a “miscommunication.”

Standout moments

This was a wonderful episode, and it was great to see how much of a positive influence T’Challa had been on the universe after getting the opportunity to leave Earth and satisfy his natural curiosity. It was also consistently funny to note how much better T’Challa was at being Star-Lord than Peter.

Of course, it was all bittersweet knowing that What If…? marks the late Chadwick Boseman’s last performance, and it was hard not to get choked up during the episode’s final scene in Wakanda. I can’t wait to see the other versions of T’Challa that pepper this season of the show.

The reformed Thanos in ‘What If…T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?’ was also a treat, and I loved how he always seemed to be just on the cusp of falling back on his old plan, but his Ravager family, their banter and their friendship had drawn him in too deep to take it too seriously. Murdering half the universe has become a running joke in this timeline, which was some dark comedy I couldn’t help but warm to.

It wouldn’t be a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1-adjacent episode without a brilliant Howard the Duck appearance, and this one was glorious, but hearing Seth Green’s voice coming out of Howard’s beak made me yearn for the recent Howard the Duck animated series that never was.

T’Challa’s fight with The Collector was a schmorgasboard of Easter eggs for Marvel fans, too. We saw that in this timeline he’s managed to get hold of Hela’s Thor: Ragnarok headpiece, Thor’s hammer Mjolnir and Captain America’s shield! I’d love to hear the stories behind those objects of desire falling into his hands. Maybe we’ll get to revisit it in a later episode of What If…?, but if we don’t, that’s fine. I’ll let my brain fill in those gaps with some wild stuff instead.

How does it work out?

T’Challa finds a Wakandan ship in The Collector’s stash and realizes that Yondu has lied to him about the country’s destruction, but the two objectively have more of a father-son relationship than Yondu ever did with Peter, and they have a nice heart-to-heart that ends with T’Challa returning to Wakanda to reunite with his father, T’Chaka, and the rest of his Wakandan family.

Meanwhile, Ego eventually finds an older Peter mopping the floor at a Dairy Queen, but this altered meeting might mean the end of the world, we’re told, as in this timeline there’s no one to guide Peter away from Ego’s nefarious Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 plans!

More to come

This won’t be the last time we see T’Challa pop up on What If…?. Winterbaum told IGN that Boseman appears in four episodes of the series playing different versions of the character. “Each time, he was just so enthusiastic about finding a new spin on the character.”

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shady-swan-jones · 7 years

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Hey! Could you please recommend some of your favorite long multichapter CS modern AU fics? I don't really care about the trope, tbh. I've already read tons, but I'm looking for some more, and those I find are either abandoned, or just awfully written. And well, i really like your recs, so I trust you will link me to some amazing ones!

it’s my pleasure. i’m recommending you complete or active multichapters

Lightning Strikes the Heart by @thebravestprincess

Dark Horse by @initiala . in the same universe: Horse of a Different Color , The Forest for the Trees

Fragile Design and Make You Feel My Loveby @xerxesrises

the importance of being idle by @captainjayharkness

A Lost Boy’s Guide to Hollywood by @blessed-but-distressed, FindEmmaSwanAFriend , Harsh Realms , A Somewhat Terrible Idea

when we were young by@bisexual-killian-jones

As Real As You Want It To Be , More Than A Memory and Unfinished Business by @ive-always-been-a-pirate

Some Sort of Neighborly and Guilty, Your Honor by @shipping-goggles

Headlights Fading by @evil–isnt–born

Hit Me With Your Best Shot by @iminwinnipegthatsincanada

Time upon Once ,The Pirate Chef , The Rembrandt Files, Separate Lives and Of Thieves, Smugglers and Reformed Hearts by @lenfaz

Can’t Erase Me by @icapturedkindness

Lethologica by @lifeinahole27

Air of Hope by @madquerade

A Million Shores and Bays by @piratesails

Amaranthine by @caprelloidea

Something Old, Something New by @siren-lungs

Instantly in Love by @haleigh91

Freaky Friday, Love and Other Bruises , Walking in a Straight Line and Team Bonding by @msgenevieve447

What the Water Gave Me by Eaasybugboy

#cs fic recs #cs multichapter #cs active mcs #cs complete #cs ff #answered #Anonymous

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athenascarlet · 7 years

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Fanfic recommendations!

Cleaning out my AO3 bookmarks after a successful road trip that allowed me to have some reading time. All story links are AO3.

Special Instructions by @bleebug Drunk Emma really likes pizza. She also really happens to like the cute delivery guy who seems content to carry out all of her wishes via the "Special Instructions" box on the website.

Operation Pirate Law by @hollyethecurious All of Liam’s efforts to get his older brother together with the town Deputy have not had the desired effect. Maybe he needs to change tactics and find himself an accomplice? Fortunately, the Deputy’s son has the same idea, and together they put into action -- Operation Pirate Law.

Fate Knows What The Heart Wants by @lizzyc807shipscaptainswan Unlucky in love in the past, these two neighbors have guarded their hearts and put work first in their lonely lives. A chance encounter may just be the medicine that their stubborn hearts need to find true happiness.

Of Thieves, Smugglers and Reformed Hearts by @lenfaz Modern Life AU - Granny has a special program where she gives reformed petty criminals room and boarding at Granny’s and help them get back on his feet. Killian and Will are part of the program. Killian’s path will lead him to the sheriff, Emma; while Will’s will take him to the arms of the recent divorced librarian, Belle.

Once Upon the N Train by @businesscasualprincess Emma finds herself in an unexpected conversation with a handsome stranger on her ride home, and it just might change everything.

first day of my life by @piratesails Killian has never been one to give in. No matter how shitty the hand he’s been dealt. Because, really, Times Square on New Year’s Eve just as the ball’s about to drop? Bloody hell, you’ve got to be kidding him.Soulmate AU where you get a tattoo telling you the time and place you’ll meet them.

How to Ruin the Holidays by @lenfaz Kids, this is the story of how Killian Jones ruined Christmas, Emma Swan ruined New Year’s Eve and how they fell in love in between.

And now I’ve finally made it to my backlog of Christmas fanfics. Merry Christmas to me!

Also, if you need something else to read don’t mind me rec’ing myself, here’s my most recent: It’s Complicated. Also, make sure to start following me at @jennyredford or on Twitter @jennyredford to get updates on my crazy idea to publish original fiction.

#captain swan #cs ff #fanfic rec #once upon a time

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kmomof4 · 7 years

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Fic Rec List part 2 of 3 tonight

Since my original post was too long, I had to break it up into 3 posts tonight. Hopefully this works. The whole thing is the definitive list of all my favorite fics. On a scale of 1-10, all of these are rated 11 or higher. A single asterisk next to a fic is a desert island fic that I couldn’t do without. A double asterisk is a #1 all time favorite fic that I reread regularly. All links, Tumblr handle (if I know it), ao3 and/or ff profile, links to fics on ao3 and/or ff, are included. So settle in for some fabulous reading from this EXTREMELY long list.

From @lenfaz on Tumblr, lenfaz on ao3 and ff *The Beanstalk is ch12 in her fic The 150, a collection of one shots. This is where her mind went when Killian tied the scarf around Emma’s hand. And I must say, I joyfully joined her. Rated M. ao3 and ff.

Time Upon Once is Lena’s retelling of season 1 with Killian as the savior. WIP with 13ch so far. Rated M. ao3 and ff.

Private Dancer is a modern AU. Killian falls for exotic dancer Emma. Rated M with 3ch. ao3 and ff

The Princess and the Pirate: I Love the Way You Lie is a canon divergent that picks up when Killian leaves Snow and Charming in the EF after Pan’s curse. Rated M WIP with 13ch so far. ao3 and ff.

Old Habits Die Hard is a canon divergent in which Liam was alive all this time on Neverland and escapes back to the EF just in time for the curse. So he is in Storybrooke when Emma arrives and becomes good friends with her. Things get interesting when Killian arrives in Storybrooke. Rated M with 15ch. ao3 and ff.

Of Thieves, Smugglers, and Reformed Hearts is a modern AU where Granny helps petty criminals get back on their feet. Rated T with 6ch. ao3 and ff.

A Tale of Two Brothers is an EF AU where Liam and Killian defect to Charming and Snow’s kingdom after discovering the treachery of their king. Rated T one shot. ao3 and ff.

From @xemmaloveskillianx on Tumblr XHookedonKillianx on ao3 The Reason is a modern AU WIP with 9ch so far in which Emma, Snow and David, and Liam and Killian all share an apartment building. Rated M.

Time After Time is a canon divergent in which Emma thinks the reason Liam doesn’t like her is because he believes she’s not good enough for Hook. But what if there is more to it than just that? Because the Underworld isn’t the first time Liam Jones meets Emma Swan. Not rated with 3ch.

Unbreakable is a canon divergent in which Killian is able to escape Pan’s curse with Emma and Henry. Rated M with 35ch.

From @hooks-and-happy-endings on Tumblr, Hooks-and-Happy-Endings on ff, HooksandHappyEndings on ao3

*The Crooked Hook is a canon divergent that features Dark Hook split from Killian with Dr. Jekyll’s serum looking for payback from Emma for leaving him on the beanstalk. Rated E one shot. ao3 and ff.

Will Work for Coffee is an expansion of her one shot Working for a Living. It features Boss!Killian dominating Employee!Emma in every possible way. Rated E WIP with 5ch so far. ao3 and ff.

Her Master and Commander is an EF AU in which Captain Hook buys himself a pleasure slave ahead of a long journey. Rated E WIP with 11ch so far. ao3 and ff.

*Bless Me, Captain is a canon divergent fic with elements of seasons 1 and 6 in it. Emma has been sheriff of Storybrooke for as long as she can remember, so when the mayor's son Henry starts insisting that his mom is an imposter created by Dr. Jekyl's potion and the whole town is under a terrible curse she thinks he's going insane. But even worse is his claim that the local priest is her one true love. Rated E WIP with 8ch so far. ao3 and ff.

From @alexandralyman on Tumblr, AlexandraLyman on ao3 and Alexandra Lyman on ff. The world of *Between Heaven and Hell. Features Demon!Killian and Angel!Emma. Rated E WIP with 20ch. ao3 and ff. Also includes one shots Carnaval on ao3, Small Miracles, Devils Night, and Annual Sacrifices on ff. All rated M.

From @fergus80 on Tumblr, ao3 and ff *To Make Your Heart Race is a modern AU in which Killian is NASCAR’s bad boy and is assigned to social worker Emma Swan’s group home for community service. Rated M with 35ch. ao3 and ff.

From Scheherezade06 on ao3 and ff *Ten Hours is a rated E canon divergent two shot where Killian tracks down Emma once he arrives in Storybrooke to get back the 10hrs she owes him. ao3 and ff.

Bedroom Hymns features cursed!Killian as a priest and Emma must convince him that he’s more pirate than priest. Rated M with 6ch. ao3 and ff.

My Night with Captain Hook (And Killian Jones) is exactly what it sounds like. Canon divergent during the CS movie. Rated M one shot. ao3 and on ff, it’s ch4 of A Dozen Lemon Filled.

Two Princes is an EF AU. Emma is cursed and sent to Neverland where she eventually meets Captain Hook. He takes her under his protection and gets her home where her father rewards him with a title. Rated T with 33ch. ao3 and ff.

From @mediumsizedfountain on Tumblr, jncar on ao3 ***Peace I Leave With You is a canon divergent featuring Cursed!Killian. Covers seasons 1 and 2. Rated M with 30ch.

From @dancingdoula44 on Tumblr, DancingDoula on ao3 and ff ***An Age Cannot Sate Love is a canon divergent fic in which Emma travels back in time to before Killian Jones became Captain Hook. Torn by her love for the same man in a different time, she must figure out a way to get home while preserving the timeline so that he can eventually find his way to her. Rated T with 39ch. Complete on ff, only 3ch posted on ao3.

From @krustybunny on Tumblr, Krustybunny on ao3 and ff Ever Dance With the Devil is a CS werewolf AU. Killian is a werewolf who is hunting down a serial killer of his own kind, a wolf who now has his sights set on Emma Swan. Rated M for violence with 35ch. ao3 and ff

From @effulgentcolors on Tumblr, effulgentcolors on ao3 and ff New Tales From the Old Forest is a modern AU where Killian is a bestselling author who meets Emma and Henry Swan when they come to his book signing in NYC. Rated M WIP with 3ch so far. ao3 and ff.

‘Tis the Season was a series of Christmas one shots published last December. New Tales started out as part of it. Rated T with 25ch. ao3 and ff.

No Way in Hell is a modern AU where Emma and Killian are actors on the same movie and they hate each other. Until they don’t. Rated M with 15ch.

Edit Your Own Fairytale is a modern AU 2 shot based on the prompt New employee slept with the new boss without knowing it. Rated M.

From @singingisfun on Tumblr, singingisfun on ao3 ***Changing Tides is an EF AU WIP. Emma grew up in the EF, Snowing defeating and banishing Regina before she could cast the curse. Pirate and the princess AU with some LieutenantDuckling thrown in. Rated M with 20ch so far.

From @onceuponataarna on Tumblr, TaarnaT on ao3 and ff White Light on a Black Sea is a Dark Hook/Princess Emma fic. Princess Emma is on her way to marry Prince Neal when her ship is taken by pirates. Contains very dark themes. Rated E WIP with 30ch so far. ao3 and ff.

All of You is a Neverland canon divergent in which Pan puts Emma and Hook/Killian in a very strange situation. Rated M one shot.

From SmeeTheRat on ff Payback Has Its Rewards is a season 3 canon divergent fic in which Emma realizes that since returning from Neverland, Hook has kept watch over her at night from the building across the street. She decides to give him a show that he won’t soon forget. Rated M one shot.

From PetiteCafe on ff A Friendly Wager is a season 2 canon divergent fic where Emma and Hook make a bet, the stakes being his continued pursuit. Rated M with 4ch.

From @vanillatwilight17 on Tumblr, VanillaTwilight17 on ff A New Beginning picks up a year after Emma and Killian’s happy beginning. Emma is pregnant and the fic follows them through their new adventure as parents. Rated T WIP with 9ch so far.

From @word-bug on Tumblr, WordBug on ao3 Of Dates and Misunderstandings tells the story of how Emma meets Killian Jones, the actor she hates, through a dating website. Rated T one shot.

From @fandomflail on Tumblr, jamespadfoot on ao3 Recognition is a CS soulmates AU. In a world where humans and elves coexist, it is said that “soul meets soul when eyes meet eyes.” They call it Recognition, and it only happens to elves. So what if a human experiences Recognition? Rated M WIP with 6ch so far.

From @a-fictional-life on Tumblr, kissmelikeapirate on ao3 and ff Under the Crimson Flag and sequel Beyond the Spiring Towers are both EF AU’s. Emma is running away from her past when she comes across the infamous Captain Hook. UtCF is rated M with 32ch. ao3 and ff. BtST is a WIP that hasn't been updated in over 2yrs. Rated T with 5ch so far. ao3 and ff

From @thesschesthair on Tumblr, ao3 My Burden is a split!Killian fic. What happens when Emma comes across 2 versions of the same man? Rated T 2 shot.

Drunk and Insatiable is a smutty one shot where Emma and Killian have to try and stay quiet. Rated E.

*Snow Sees is an absolutely beautiful one shot of Snow’s thoughts as she watches her daughter and husband. Rated T.

Part 3 for tonight will be up shortly. Thanks for your patience. Tagging those authors listed here who are on Tumblr. @thesschesthair @a-fictional-life @fandomflail @word-bug @vanillatwilight17 @onceuponataarna @singingisfun @effulgentcolors @krustybunny @dancingdoula44 @mediumsizedfountain @fergus80 @alexandralyman @hooks-and-happy-endings @xemmaloveskillianx @lenfaz

#Krystal Recommends #All time favorites #fic rec list #part 2 of 3 tonight #hopefully #rest of the list out early next week #definitive list of favorites #desert island fics

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