#fairy tales (sort of)

[endreal]

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?"

"I am, milady, for is there anything more fair than saying the truth even if I fear you may shatter me for it?"

~

"You're not my grandmother. Leave. Immediately." The wolf, chagrined, sulked out of the house and back into the deep forest. It was true, after all; his dichromatic eyes had not been able to tell the young woman's cloak was yellow.

~

Sputtering voices barely rose past his waist as the prince strode forward. "My lord, please. My brothers and I can only tell you so many times this is not a prison it is a quarantine, and you are endangering yourself!"

~

"And you will give this to Snow White and no other, do you understand Huntsman?"

"Yes, my queen."

From atop the mountain, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite gazed down upon the apple in hungry jealousy.

~

The Woodsman sat on the bank, contemplating what he had just done to save the girl and her grandmother, until the water's reflections soothed his worried mind. The most beautiful man he had ever seen gazed back at him from the rippling surface of the pool.

~

"Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."

The Huntsman hefted the enchanted apple, lobbed it to the side of the path near where the gingerbread man was pulling ahead. He did not need to catch the gingerbread man, only to win this race to secure his hand in marriage at last.

~

"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"

The hopeful voice of a young bear quavered from the other side of the door. "Goldilocks, have you finally come back to play?"

The wolf drew his yellow cloak closer, suddenly unsure what to say.

~

"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"

Grandmother scoffed, and finished tamping gingerbread crumbs into a brick mould bound for the oven. "You and those damn kids."

~

The prince strode up to the dais where the glass coffin lay, leaned down and kissed the lips of the one slumbering within. There was a flash of light and suddenly the prince had become a frog.

"At last," he croaked. "The evil queen's curse has been broken!"

~

The prince strode up to the dias where the glass coffin lay, leaned down and kissed the lips of the one slumbering within. A chorus of lamentations sounded behind him. The prince glared scornfully down at the seven guardians he had bested, who now seemed dwarfish and low as they groveled on the cracked flagstones below.

"What now, you wretched things?"

"Foolish prince. You have awakened the sleeper."

A chill ran up the prince's spine like a presence. He turned back to the dais. The glass coffin lay empty.

#Endreal vs. writing #fairy tales (sort of)

[splickedylit]

Last night at work a coworker asked if I was strong enough to pick her up and I scooped her up in my arms princess style and immediately felt the indescribable queer power of a thousand butches of a thousand genders well up in me. My god. My god! People become immediately so precious and important when you carry them in your arms!!!

#WILL I THINK ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME I SEE THAT COWORKER AGAIN AND WISTFULLY HOPE SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS ME TO CARRY THEM??? #YEAH MAN IDK WHAT TO TELL YOU IT STIRRED SOMETHING IN ME #if I could pick up my male coworkers princess-style as well I would because they deserve it but they are too big unfortunately >:I #which is why I continue to go to the gym!!!!! Gotta get BEEFY so I can lift all sorts of people into my arms #and feel like a Fairy Tale Knight (gender neutral)

[creekfiend]

I think a lot of this 'religion is necessarily oppressive' stuff honestly is kind of like the confusion about ppl thinking that like, slavery and scientific racism and etc came about BECAUSE OF beliefs that Black people etc were not fully human rather than those beliefs -- those ARGUMENTS, really -- being JUSTIFICATIONS that were invented to allow white ppl to continue to engage in slavery which was at its core about economic exploitation. Like that most systemic bigotry serves a Useful Purpose to those in power and that's why it exists; the policies aren't put in place because of the beliefs. The cart isn't pulling the horse. Christian stuff was used to justify the same things that later, "scientific progress" was used to justify in the west (e.g. scientific racism, eugenics, etc. Very very very much rooted in the idea of certain beliefs and cultures as inherently more rational and forward thinking because BEING RATIONAL AND VALUING SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS WERE CULTURAL VALUES AT THE TIME.) (This does not say anything about Science. It says things about Institutes and power and oppression.)

Similarly, you see a lot of people saying "well religion is used to justify oppression by the people in power" and its like yes. Religion is not unique. Beliefs about what is true about the world -- ideology -- can always be used to do this and frequently is.

When there are common beliefs held by a majority of people in a given culture those beliefs will be used by the people in power to explain and justify the things they do to maintain power and control in society.

This isn't a function of religion. It's a function of power.

When people say "well, this religious rhetoric is/was used to justify misogynistic legal standards in this society" the answer is yep. And if it wasn't that it would be something else because that society had an investment in that specific kind of oppression of women. We have seen this morph into 'rational' 'scientific' explanations for women's inferiority and justifications for making women second class citizens once the cultural values swing more towards rationality and science, as well. Thats... regular.

Like... love to have a good faith convo about this with someone who doesn't get weird and reactionary about "Religious People" but sure not seeing much of that going on. Weirdly.

Anyway.

#jewish #i think this can be a tough pill to swallow bc it necessarily involves #accepting that your secular ideology and philosophy can be exploited just as easily for violence and harm #as religious ideology can #because thats humans babey #fascinating also to me is the phenomenon of people believing that bc they do not subscribe to any beliefs that they see as #''religious'' or ''spiritual'' they are immune to magical thinking of any sort. #i promise you that is not true in the slightest. #and also the things that we each identify as SILLY AND OBVIOUSLY UNTRUE FAIRY TALE SHIT is... culturally determined hee hee #im sorry to tell u that no one is objective about reality. thats rough buddy!

[daniwolf9005]

Sorry this came so late- but Merry Christmas @part-time-pixie !! I was your secret Santa for the @mlsecretsanta 2023 event! This piece went through a lot of complications because I was so unsure about a lot of things! Let me run down the process!

I knew it had to be your AU since that’s a lot more personal and I myself am a big fan of personalized stuff! So I actually never knew anything about Winx before this so I researched- about 6 episodes for context of the fairy and specialist relations- so that’s one reason why the startup was slow but then!! I needed to figure out a setting- originally I was going with Magix City- but the color palette was more green and I wanted a more warm palette- but for the life of me I couldn’t find a place that screamed romance- eventually I gave in and just looked up “date in Winx” or something like that- and boom!! This place showed up- so heavy inspiration of the setting from this screen shot (lots of details were forgotten waaah-)

And then it was little things- from my research I realized they only transformed when battling so I needed a casual outfit (note for some reason I forgot to apply this logic to Luka’s fit I’m sorry 😭) for Adrien that wasn’t his powered up form for a casual setting- I ended up just asking- and I hope that didn’t clue you in but nonetheless I hope it was still somewhat a surprise! I’m so glad I did though because at that point I could finally finish the sketch- which was around the end of December so I was stuck on that for a while 😭

I finished the line art and coloring in a rush and man you can tell ;v; I went through a lot in coloring stage- I tried finishing this piece during a family outing and my markers (about 80+) fell out of their holders and went everywhere- also learned coloring over my white pen did not in fact keep it solid and the white began to get washed away from the marker on top, revealing the line art I messed up on beneath- one of the things that made me glad I was late is when you made this piece and I realized his gem clasp was teal- I was gonna make it yellow since that was the last red fountain specialist color not used and I assumed he’d just take it lmao! Though in short I went through all the stages of grief when doing the coloring ;v;

All to say though I hope despite all the flaws you still like it! I was really happy with this around the line art stage and even now- I’m just harsh on my own work but this is actually the biggest piece in my art book (I’ve been working on this book since Summer 2022!) so I suppose that is to say I’m glad I was able to try something new with this one!

(Also small note but I realized the quality turned out really fuzzy on here- if you want @part-time-pixie I can send a zip file to you in dms?)

#ml secret santa #mlsecretsanta #mlsecretsanta2023 #ml secret santa 2023 #part-time-pixie #ml winx au #miraculous winx au #miraculous luka #specialist luka #specialist!luka #miraculous adrien #fairy Adrien #fairy!adrien #lukadrien #miraculous lukadrien #screenshot redraw #sort of?? I just stared at it- no tracing #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanart #miraculous lb #traditional art #fanart #fan art

[tsartistry]

I absolutely love your Niobe kidnaps Lester au!! In a post you said that Niobe was dating Circe, so I'm just wondering that since Circe is a witch, would she teach Lester some witchcraft? (Other than the ones you have to be born with)

No, at least not at first! Lester's brainwashing is a continuous process. There are times when Circe needs to cull memories that bubble up from time to time. If she teaches Lester how to practice her witchcraft, there's a small risk that he might realize she's been using magic to mess with his memories.

Since Egyptian magic is different from Circe's brand of witchcraft, she and Niobe are a little more comfortable with him learning it.

#circe pjo #lester papadopoulos #trials of apollo #the trials of apollo #apollo pjo #ask #absolutelynotyouidiot #niobe kidnaps lester fic #took extra time and effort to draw the comb in at the right angle for this doodle #because The Snow Queen is one of my favorite fairy tales #and the old lady gently erasing Gerda's memory with a magic comb just sticks with me i love it so much #so i drew it here #will probably incorporate it into the story too #someone starts combing lester's hair and he just blisses out #so Circe combs his hair regularly as an excuse to touch his scalp and sort through his memories

[starlit-mansion]

Ideal post-otj story father-son dynamic between kellan and oko for me is

they do run into each other occasionally, never on purpose

kellan is completely inoculated against oko's bullshit and IMMEDIATELY hears kill bill sirens in his head upon seeing him and does his damnedest to fuck up whatever scheme oko is on

objectively, if it was happening to someone else, oko would think it is both ironic and hilarious for someone to have accidentally created their perfect polar-opposite enemy through their own hubris

subjectively, that would require him admitting that he's ever done anything wrong ever, so he will not do this. even in his heart of hearts

oko will however make snide little comments about their family connection (e.g. 'you must get this from your mothers side') during their various conflicts, which only makes the enmity in kellan's soul burn brighter

unclear if he realizes that and is doing it on purpose, or they are just fated to completely misunderstand each other (while being very convinced they understand each other) for all of eternity

however occasionally oko will be reading the newspaper and have to see an article about some dumb hero shit his failson did. and he will roll his eyes. then read the whole article

#i feel like the eldraine in kellan really jumps out when people reveal their true colors. that's fairy tale logic right there #if you're nice to a vulnerable person then you get rewarded later. if you're a dick. then your eyes should be pecked out by crows. #you know. the sort of sense of justice that also can become a major character flaw under the wrong circumstances :) #mtg blogging #kellan orrinshire #oko

[ostick]

#fran bow #chise hatori #mahoutsukai no yome #the ancient magus bride #art #fanart #sketch #doodles #sketchbook #artwork #drawing #paper #photography #my poor girls #matured Fran who probably continues to undergo treatment;; The fairy-tale world is certainly beautiful but were itward and palontras real? #I drew a depressed chise because I'm in a bad mood #I think it was not easy for her to study at school because of her characteristics;; all sorts of disturbing and terrible things and bullying #xD it's nice to think about other people's injuries

[fastcardotmp3]

Robin stops mere inches in front of Nancy, bends at the waist to be at eye level as she raises a hand and lets the gentle pressure of her fingertips trace across the apple of Nancy’s cheek.  “There’s magic woven into you, Nancy Wheeler.”  » Ronance // Rated T // Immortal!NancyxDragon!Robin // 2.8k » Febuwhump #14: left for dead, “no…not like this” & not allowed to die » Febuwhump Masterlist

read on ao3 // preview under the cut

“So, are you a witch?” asks the girl with hair like fire and a tongue to match. She goes by the name of a boy without an ounce of shame. She bruises her knees and brags intelligence. She is living a life Nancy might have in a different time. 

A life she is somehow, impossibly, still living. 

“What makes you think I’m a witch?” 

“You live in the woods and you saved Will,” she points out like it’s obvious. 

“I found Will. Your friends saved him.”

“Same, difference,” Max shrugs. “But why else would you live out here? So far from everyone else? If you’re regular?”

“I don’t have to be a witch to not be regular,” Nancy can’t help the breath of amusement that cuts through her voice. Can’t help feeling it either. 

Can’t help that enough time has passed to make it hurt less, if not entirely absent of the hurt even still. 

“Are you even human then?” Max asks, a glimmer in her eyes, a spark in the curiosity that envelops her like an aura. There’s no malice to her search for knowledge. 

There’s so much wonder, like a girl behind the counter in her family’s shop so many years ago, books hidden in her skirts, cracked open behind the register. 

“Endlessly so,” Nancy smiles, and she feels an old, forgotten glimmer return to her own aura as well. 

#dot does febuwhump #febuwhump 2024 #ronance #dot fic #nancy wheeler #robin buckley #nancy & barb #fairy tale au #of sorts #the final one!!! gah!! 🥹💜

[ruinikaido]

my deltarune designs

#draws #where kris and susie have smoother painting ralsei and noelle have a textured look to them which is mainly meant to #give them a fairy tale sort of feel and also to provide contrast in their designs and how it relates to their characters #also noelles dress is a hospital gown lol #also i wanted to give ralsei black fur because i like it more also susies jacket is meant to be like a battle jacket #and kris is a knight of course ^_^ #also kris and susie look more similar while ralsei and noelle look more similar #to each other

[quietwingsinthesky]

i do love canon amy & rory but god, does some part of me wish they really had gone with the idea of the doctor picking up a child as a companion (and then later, that child’s best friend with a huge crush on her.) with the rest of the season really not changing at all, except now it’s amelia pond with an angel in her head killing her and lost alone in the woods. it’s little rory who dies and is forgotten and becomes a toy soldier. if this is going to be a fairy tale, then let it be one. children have never been safe in fairy tales.

#it wouldn’t have to change any of the actual plot of the season. except MAYBE amy’s choice but even then i think amy’s choice would be the #one episode where they should be adults. if only for the half where they live in a village in that dream. #because that’s the kind of future that children would dream up. they live in a little cottage and nothing ever goes wrong and their best #friend visits them all the time even though they’ve grown up. #they aren’t actually adults there just children with an idea of what they should be as adults and acting accordingly #and it would still end the same way. #but idk its just. rory’s 2000 years waiting for amy inside the pandorica is already tragic. yes. #now imagine its a kid. a kid in a little roman soldier helmet who will never grow up. who will not leave his best friend. #he loves her and she’s more important than the whole universe and that sort of love is supposed to MEAN something in a fairy tale! #its supposed to melt the ice out of hearts and transform people from stone. #and what that love means here. is that he will have to wait 2000 years. a child and a box. #little rory and the amelia who followed the doctor’s letters to the pandorica. and she doesn’t recognize him again. #and amelia in the pandorica… 2000 years a child trapped in a small box waiting to be rescued. #s5 is already fucked for them but it could be worse. it could be so much worse. #and it would make the doctor choosing to take her place in the pandorica to save the universe later even better. #because who else but the doctor would put the fate of the universe on the shoulders of two children and realize much too late what a #monstrous thing he’d done. and still have to hope. have to hope. that amelia would remember him fondly enough to bring him back to reality. #the logistics of all of this would have been a pain lmao. child labor laws in acting and all that. #BUT. hypothetically. it would have slapped. #doctor who #amy pond #rory williams #<- also this entire time ive been referring to him in my head as rory pond so much that i fuckin. forgot his actual last name. #and then like if you want them to be adults in s6 or whatever you can just timeskip to them getting married and still have amelia remember #the doctor there. it would work. it would. #amelia pond au

[scribefindegil]

rlly obsessed with the dynamic of Q and Guinan as rival cats who have both decided that the Enterprise is their territory

#to boldly split infinitives #tng liveblog #i'm not even on a Q ep (there are none in S5! sad!) #just thinking about him #tbh both of them are sort of fairy tale archetypes but in VERY different directions #and that's why they hate each other

[trainingdummyrabbit]

dream of a black swan .

#<- girlies who r still catching up w their reading #piktalk #projmoon #when th. 'Although we don't have anything to pass onto you; we have the most valuable treasure; honesty and diligence.' #like okaaaay. ok. okay. ok ok. okay. okaaaayyyyy. hurting me. #'if she just worked a little harder things would sort themselves out. like what her parents told her. like in fairy tales.' OKAYYYYY. #[tearfully] haha hashtag girl ! ✌ #and so the fable enjoyer enjoys the fables. avast..

[no-more-tales-tavern]

Sinful Gifs 2C for Glynda from Jaune. The powerful Archmage needed help with a certain magical ritual and Jaune certainly had the right tool to assist her.

Sinful Gifs: 2C

“Lady Goodwitch~ Ah~ is something~ is something supposed to be happening~?”

Jaune groaned as he rocked his hips up into those of the gorgeous blonde riding him—every motion she made was like heaven to the young Paladin, so he really didn’t know why he was trying to argue with her. Still, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

He was answered by a lustful moan from above, and the sight of the gorgeous arcanist rolling her head back over her shoulder to look down at him. “These magics are strange and unique, Jaune~ we must be patient with them, and hold nothing back as we seek to harness them~”

Before he could reply, the arcanist’s hips rocked harder down into his, forcing his cock even deeper into her, and making the knight let out a lustful groan of his own. “And I sense that you are holding back quite a bit~ that will not do~” Her eyes narrowed, and she leaned back against his chest. “Give me your all~”

“Fuck~” the paladin muttered, and his hips instinctively bucked up into hers. With a groan, he leaned back into her, his hands slowly dragging up her curvaceous form to start greedily and wantonly fondling her chest. “Apologies, Lady Goodwitch~ I-I’ll do as you wish~!”

“That’s it~” she moaned, and leaned back to press her lips to kiss, moaning with desire as she bucked and slammed her hips down into his, forcing his cock deeper into her. Her hand rose to rise behind his head and tangle in his hair, the kiss growing more passionate and aggressive. “Give it to me~ give me your all~”

And he did, much to her delight—and though the ritual circle never activated, the arch mate got exactly what she’d been hoping for.

#a twisted tale (nsft snippet) #a different sort of fairy tale (rwby au) #burdened by expectations (jaune arc) #the good witch bitch (glynda goodwitch)

[seawaterstar]

Some characters from a fairy tale comic I’ve been developing

#character art #webcomic #webtoon #artists on tumblr #stel talks #cinderella #beauty and the beast #snow white #sort of she’s not snow white exactly #original art #original character #fantasy #grimm fairy tales #fairy tale retelling #fairy tales #fairy tale art

[lumibye]

hiii charmm 🫶 im so late w/ this one but happy bday !! heres some sycamari for you, i hope u had a wonderful bday and week 🤍 (@dmclr)

so that this was the first thing i saw after my nap and i was so very close to tears ( had to go for a VERY LONG walk around my house ) 🩵 🩵 this makes my heart ache so badly . . 🥺 claraaa . . they're so dreamy and gentle with each other i could cry and i honestly think i might ( i wrote that and IMMEDIATELY cried so there's our answer ghgjj ) you're genuinely just the loveliest and sweetest soul i swear it's truee 🩵🪽 . . and the blues you used for this , too ? everything about it makes it just the most special thing to me in the world they just look so perfect and precious . . 🥺 i can't express properly just how grateful i am but i really really am . . this will live in my heart forever and ever like a photo in a little locket 🩵 thank you so so much forever clara i'll always be so unwell about this omg . . that's my darling beloved . . 😔 🫶

#⊱ mailbox ⊰ #⊱ mutuals : clara ⊰ #⊱ 𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 ⊰ #⊱ gallery ⊰ #⊱ day-after-birthday tag ⊰ #( ← for sorting 🫶 ) #and them in your art style as well !! 🩵 all of your drawings just have this feeling of like #being in a fairy tale if that makes sense ? ( it probably doesn't 🤧 ) #it's just the most gorgeous thing i adore it so . . #like i want to live in your art so badly ! take me thereee !! please . . 🥺

[whimsicallyenchantedrose]

Girls' Trip Fairy Tale Ending--Chapter 5 of 5

Summary:  This is my combined birthday gift for Joni (  @jrob64​  ), Marta ( @snowbellewells ) and Krystal ( @kmomof4 ).  Happy birthday ladies! Four fandom friends are nearing the end of their annual girls’ trip when they’re suddenly visited by Isaac, the author before Henry.  He gives them an each a gift–an opportunity to jump into any scene in the storybook they want and fix it.  Large focus on CS, although other characters and relationships will be explored.  A big shoutout to @hollyethecurious​ and @winterbaby89 for betaing!

Word Count: 1090

Tagging a few people who may be interested (Let me know if you want to be added or taken off the list): @sailormew @annaamell @flslp877 @emmateo26 @bethacaciakay

@ultraluckycatnd @effulgent-mind @ilovemesomekillianjones @kat2609 @brooke-to-broch

@missgymgirl @galadriel26 @the-lady-of-misthaven @charmingturkeysandwich @jennjenn615

@laschatzi @kimmy46 @snowbellewells @iamanneenigma @daxx04

@nickillian  @gillie  @britishguyslover @ginnyjinxedandhanshotritafirst @kmomof4  

@linda8084 @golfgirld @captain-swan-coffee @searchingwardrobes @hollyethecurious

@laughswaytoomuch  @allyourdarlingswans  @winterbaby89 @facesiousbutton82 @therooksshiningknight,

@lfh1226-linda @tiganasummertree  @jrob64  @anmylica   @booksteaandtoomuchtv​ @elfiola

Other chapters:  (1) (2) (3) (5)

Can also be found on: (ao3) (ff.net)

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Note: I know it's been forever since I posted (and you've probably forgotten what this fic is all about by now), but in the spirit of the thing, I decided to post on the last birthday of our group--which happens to be mine! I hope you enjoyed our adventures!

Epilogue

And with Jen’s return to the cabin, the fairytale adventure came to a close.

“I don’t know about the rest of you,” Jen said, “but for me, that is by far the best way to watch Once Upon a Time.  You get to meet the characters, fix plot holes, and experience the Happily Ever After.”

There were unanimous choruses of agreement all around.

“Well, I’m glad you enjoyed yourselves,” Isaac said with a roll of his eyes, “but I hope you also learned something.  I hope you all learned that my job is harder than you thought it was–that when you change one thing, there is an entire cascade of unforeseen effects.”

“Is that really a bad thing?” Jen mused. “When the original trajectory was stupid, changes are a good thing.”

“Speaking of,” Krystal said, “can we finally talk about our experiences?”

Isaac sighed. Loudly. “Fine, but no cheating!  You have to disclose all of it, not just the things you liked, but the ways it changed the story, the ripple effects it had, the boring moments, the epic romantic moments that no longer happened.”

“Can you wrap this up?” Joni asked, “or is this lecture going to go on for a while, because if it is, I’m going to bed.”

Isaac sighed again.  “Just get on with it.”

“Gladly,” Joni said. “I went back to the beanstalk.”

There was a chorus of excited voices at that revelation, being, after all, a very significant moment in the Captain Swan journey.

“So what did you do?” Jen asked. “How did you change it?”

“I convinced Emma to go back and free Killian,” Joni answered. “How about the rest of you?”

“I saved Graham’s life,” Marta said with a sound that was half-way between a sigh and a giggle.

“There’s a shock,” Krystal said.

“How did you make that work with the story?” Jen asked.

“I really didn’t have to do much,” Marta said.  “I got Henry to distract Regina, and then I took back Graham’s heart. I got to put it back!  Then he kissed my hand and used a Killian line on me.”

“And you’re still alive to tell the tale?” Joni asked.

“Barely,” Marta said, clapping her hands and giggling again, “but it was touch and go for a little while.  Anyway, Emma decided she liked Graham, but she wasn’t sure she was in love with him. Then Regina got mad and banished Graham to the mental asylum. Then Ruby and Graham fell in love and lived happily ever after.”

There was a universal chorus of oos and ahs at that.  The consensus was that that would have, indeed, made for a better story.

“I went back to season six,” Jen said, when the discussion died down.  

“How could you possibly pick one scene from that hot mess to fix?” Krystal asked?

“Wasn’t easy,” Jen answered.  “Hot mess indeed.  Ultimately, I would have liked to change the entire arc with Killian killing David’s dad and all that came after that.  After all, that made no sense at all.  Since when would Killian kill someone to keep them from telling people he killed the king’s soldiers?  Wouldn’t that enhance his pirate street cred?”

“I needed one more conflict between them before their happily ever after!” Isaac said defensively.

“One, why?” Jen asked, “and two, if you needed one, you could have actually made it necessary to the plot and not just angst for angst’s sake.”

“Well…well…” Isaac spluttered, “that’s not even the scene you picked, so why are we even talking about this?”

“Because you need to hear it,” Jen answered.  “Anyway, I decided what bugged me the most about that whole arc was that Emma immediately believed he’d left her, and everyone else in her life just….went with it.  I talked some sense into all of them.  Oh, and I made it Christmastime–which let them bring Killian home with a little Christmas magic.”

“Well, of course, you can make things work out when you just randomly introduce a magical item!” Isaac exploded.

“You’re complaining about magical MacGuffins?” Joni asked. “May I introduce you to…any of your writing?”

Isaac grumbled under his breath, and then turned to Krystal.  “All right.  Let’s get this over with.  Time for you to tell us about your adventure.”

Krystal shrugged and gave him an evil grin.  “I killed off Neal.”

“Naturally,” Jen said.  “I assume there was pain?”

“Do you know me at all?” Krystal tossed back. “Of course there was pain.  Lots of it.  And screaming.”

“So Rumple didn’t absorb him?” Marta asked.

“Nope, and almost nothing ended up changing,” Krystal said.  “Except Snowing’s baby’s name, of course.”

Jen, Joni and Marta gave her blank stares.

“What does Neal’s death have to do with the baby’s name?” Marta asked.

“Without Neal around to be a ‘hero’,” she explained, “they ended up naming him Graham.

The blank stares continued.

“Oh come on ladies,” Krystal said, “I thought that would be your favorite part.  No one, and I mean no one liked that they named their son Neal.”

“What?” Joni asked.  “Why would they name their son Neal?  Who would name their son after their daughter’s ex-boyfriend who sent her to jail and broke her heart?”

“Exactly!” Krystal agreed.  Looking around, she noticed the other ladies were still giving her odd looks.  “Wait….you mean that’s NOT how you remember it?”

“No!” Marta said emphatically.  “There was a lot I loved about the CS movie, but the thing that always brought tears to my eyes was the naming ceremony when they named their baby after Graham and talked about how much of a hero he was.  It was just…”  There was the giggle sigh again.

Krystal looked over at Isaac, and he shrugged. “Far be it from me to deny it when I’m wrong.  Neal was a stupid naming choice.”

“You’ve got that right,” Jen said.

With a dramatic sigh, Isaac shook his head and threw up his hands.  “I give up.  Clearly there’s no reasoning with fanfiction writers.  Enjoy the rest of your trip, I guess.  And next year?  Lay off of the head trauma.  By my count you knocked Will upside the head seven times in your story. Gave me a headache just reading it.”

And with that, he was engulfed in a puff of smoke, and a moment later, there was no sign that he’d ever been there.  No sign, that is, but the excited chattering of the four ladies in the cabin who discussed their adventures long into the night.

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