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thekatebridgerton · 2 years

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Ever consider the Bridgertons as a Mafia family AU? Like, the aesthetically pleasing sight of them in all black, Violet going down hall and one by one from oldest to youngest child appear either side of her. Right: Anthony, Colin, Eloise, Gregory. Left: Benedict, Daphne, Francesca, Hyacinth. Just Violet in the centre. Bonus: the spouses are normal people who wanted a normal life… most of them.

Omg yesss. I can see this totally happening.

-Daphne and Simon, with Daphne convincing Simon the very normal investment banker to be her cover/ Alibi anytime she's out playing honeypot for the mafia. Except they do fall in love and Simon joins the family business.

-Anthony and Kate as the typical mobster/ detective enemies to lovers where Kate is always trying to arrest him. But one day she shows up at his place badly injured because he's the only one she trusts not to kill her and Anthony absolutely loses it and goes on a murder spree on whoever hurt his favorite detective. Eventually Anthony and Kate come to a compromise and they open a detective agency together with him as a partner consultant

-Benedict falling inlove with a mystery girl at one of their mafia parties. But also absolutely crushing on Sophie the hard working barista of his favorite coffee shop. Until Araminta tries to sell Sophie to a pimp behind her back and Benedict practically kidnaps her and sets her up to be his mother's maid because there's no way he's letting her go back there. And unless she plans on letting him kill Araminta, she's his now, and he's keeping her. Even if she refuses to be his mistress. but eventually Benedict does give up the mafia to confess his love and have that normal life Sophie wants.

-Colin thinks his sister's best friend is the only thing pure and innocent in his life. Until he follows Penelope to a bdsm club and discovers she's actually into stuff way badder than him. Oh the betrayal, but also, the makeup sex. And friends to lovers passion, joining teams to build their own crime ring

-Eloise went undercover pretending be the cousin of some bothanist dead wife because he was developing a deadly plant excellent for mafia uses. But she got too carried away playing house with this Phillip and his kids. Fell in love And decided to marry him for real behind her family's back. When her 4 mobster brothers tried to kill him Phillip was not amused. But turns out he's a boxer and an excellent shot, so he fits right in with the family business and as long as Eloise doesn't leave him, he's okay with pretty much anything, her family's crimes included. (Years later it's Eloise who takes over for Violet after Anthony goes civilian)

-Francesca tried getting out and married John. But when he was murdered and she discovered that John's cousin Michael is sort of a mobster himself. so he pulls her back into the criminal world while they figure out who murdered John. Michael seduces Francesca, and Francesca seduces Michael. They marry and low key run the Scottish criminal world

-Hyacinth went on a seduction mission to steal Gareth's ancestral family diamonds, but the diamonds were fake and she ended up seduced herself. Teaming up with Gareth to bring down his narc of a father. Hyacinth never actually finds out what Gareth does for a living. Opposing mob Madam Agatha Danbury prefers it that way. Neither ever tells the other that they're 3rd generation mafia kids

-Gregory Fell in love with a popular girl in school and asked her best friend for help. He ends up liking the friend a lot more. After some time hanging out with him Lucy stumbles on Gregory's mob identity and he ends up teaching her all about it. Turns out Lucy is good at this. Because her uncle is a total creep. And she basically learned intimidation tactics at home. Gregory realizes he's inlove and she's inlove with him too. But when her uncle puts her in danger to save himself from charges of national treason. Gregory does everything he can to save her.

Someone plz write this!! Plz 🥺🥺

#mob boss au #mafia au #bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #kate x anthony #kate sharma #eloise bridgerton #benedict bridgerton #polin #kanthony #sophie beckett #benophie #philoise #penelope featherington #colin bridgerton #I want this

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jeanvaljean24601 · 4 years

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P-Valley Season 1 Review: Belly and Legacy

After being jailed for fighting with Patrice, The Pynk's O.G. found herself potentially stuck in a cell with her mother for the weekend on P-Valley Season 1 Episode 5. Her jailer was Jesse, a man with whom she had gotten into a disagreement at the club. So he wasn't inclined to help her out. Poor Mercedes. Unlike many of her peers, she had set up a path to respectability and was carefully following it. She should be admired for that.

She wanted to be the coach of her own dance squad, to bring accolades to Chucalissa. Based on what's been shown of the town, the question of why comes to mind. The upshot of that plan was that Mercedes's biological daughter, Terrica, was on her squad. Also, once Mercedes was running her own business, she would stand a better chance legally of regaining some form of custody of Terrica.

However, that plan went awry when Terrica started flaunted her body on social media on P-Valley Season 1 Episode 3 and her stepmother pulled her off Mercedes's team as a result, viewing Mercedes as a bad influence. So now Mercedes can't even see Terrica anymore.

Even worse, Mercedes forgot all about their checkered family history (much of which came to light) and trusted Patrice with her money.For a bright woman, that was sure a dumb choice. Patrice managed to rip off both Mercedes and the church which she felt had wronged her.

Patrice felt unappreciated by the men in her church. So she took Mercedes's money and used it to buy the building Mercedes wanted in which to establish her church.

The money they can't afford to drop at The Pynk would instead be spent at the casino. The town treasury would probably get a cut and Mayor Ruffin undoubtedly would be getting a kickback. But the residents, unless they end up working there, would be no better off.

Instead of her triumphant departure from The Pynk, Mercedes, in her new performance outfit, got perp-walked and treated like a piece of meat by the men (and some women) jailed there.

Jesse, the jailer, felt bad enough for her that he offered her his jacket so she could cover herself. Mercedes did the right thing turning down Clifford's offer of bail because she knew he had much bigger financial problems on his hands.

Give Gidget credit. Despite being miffed with Mercedes, she still attempted to put together the bail money. If only Mercedes hadn't dug herself such a deep hole legally.

Why did Autumn bail out Mercedes, despite their rivalry? She was probably just being opportunistic. She couldn't use her fake identity any more to transfer funds electronically, so she needed someone desperate to become her new partner in crime.

But maybe she sensed a kindred soul, someone else who had lost a daughter. Why else would she share her history which she has kept secret since arriving in town? In any event, it could prove a mutually beneficial arrangement. Autumn needs money to keep running and Mercedes just needs to replenish her stacks.

But Autumn's abusive boyfriend Montavius, from whom she's running, has arrived in Chucalissa. And he somehow seemed to be able to track her transfers as well. So Mercedes may be in trouble as well. Also in trouble was Uncle Clifford. If she's been falling deeper and deeper in the hole financially for months, even years, how is she supposed to come up with $55,000 in two weeks?

Why was she was at all surprised? It was clear that Mayor Ruffin had it for her. Trading The Pynk for the casino, which is his legacy project is a win-win situation for Ruffin. Ruffin is a truly despicable character who is looking out only for himself and uses people when it benefits him. Once he referred to Andre as his godson, it became apparent why Andre has had anything to do with him.

Chucalissa is proving to be a place where strange partnerships blossom. Unusual, beneficial relationships formed on P-Valley Season 1 Episode 6, all of which promise intrigue over the season's last two episodes. My favorite, even though it hasn't fully formed yet, was the last one, developing between the strangest bedfellows -- strip-club owner Uncle Clifford and holy-roller Patrice.

It was based on that oldie but goodie bit of wisdom by Sun Tzu: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."The enemy, in this case, would be the proposed casino, which Andre and the mayor are seeking to build in Chucalissa.

In Clifford's case, he was trying to preserve his family's legacy. What a great addition his grandmother Ernestine was this late in the season! It's a good thing Starz has already renewed the series for a second season.Blind Ernestine, who lost her sight to "the sugar," helped to fill in The Pynk's storied if sordid history. So Ernestine was involved with The Pynk, which was first a brothel, saved by God if you believe her, then a juke joint.

Then Clifford took over the club and its debts, changing it into a shake joint while adding to the debt. Is it any wonder that the respectable people in town resent The Pynk (except when they are there)? Let's count Patrice among those people. However, she is going to hate the concept of a casino even more. After all, people losing their money at a casino couldn't contribute to her new church.

At least those who go to The Pynk on Saturday night will donate to the church out of guilt on Sunday morning, paying for their sins.So the club is the lesser of two evils. I'd wondered why Clifford had seemed catty to the mayor's comely assistant Eloise.

So it turned out that Eloise was a Pynk alumna who had done Maite's job before her. No wonder Clifford was unhappy about being blindsided with the foreclosure notice. Both the sheriff she pays off and former employee Eloise failed to give her any advanced warning. But Clifford knew how to lay on the guilt after "running into" Eloise at her weekly nail treatment. That proved to be the move she needed to make.

That was because Eloise resented the mayor and his cronies even more than Clifford did. And she knew that Clifford needed to bring the secret project into the daylight for the public to consider. Who better to recruit for this effort than the self-righteous, and what better representative of that group than Patrice, who had been waiting to be bailed out of jail for nine days?

Clifford hadn't made his proposal by episode's end, but the writing was on the wall, to put things in Biblical terms.How can an alliance between those two be anything but uneasy? And what will Mercedes think about Clifford teaming up with the woman who ruined her life?

Mercedes was too busy learning the ins and outs of identity theft to give much thought to Patrice. She was trying to get back on her feet financially after Patrice ripped off her life savings. Watching Mercedes and Autumn do their Thelma-and-Louise routine, in a variety of different outfits, you had to wonder why the two never hit it off previously. android tv box

It was probably because Mercedes had it in for high-yella newcomer Autumn, who wasn't giving proper deference to O.G. Mercedes.But Mercedes needed to replenish her stacks, and Autumn required Mercedes's local connections so that they could come up with sufficient IDs for Autumn's electronic-transfer scheme.

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aaaaah, hello guys!

so...this was kind of supposed to be part of my 1 year anniversary thing but I just completely ran out of time and I've been super busy this week. so, whilst I desperately try to get some more daley screenshots together, I thought i’d set this up for you in the mean time!

as you may or may not know, I retired my Disney legacy a while back because I couldn’t keep up with 2 story-driven legacies as well as you would have deserved for me to, so I took a break from it. and although I’m still in no way ready to handle 2 story-driven legacies again *cough* @surreysimmer how do you do it????? *cough* I’ve recently been inspired by some wonderful blogs to start up a legacy that’s a little bit less story-based and is just some good old-fashioned, harmless, fun lil gameplay! hence, why this is here!

I want to keep up with my Daley legacy as much as possible and make sure that it’s as good as it possibly can be for you all story-wise, and because of that I tend to put quite a bit of pressure on myself to at least maintain its kind of mediocre standard. but with this new legacy, I don’t want that to be the case. I want to keep it fun and simple and just queue up posts for it as and when I get them and feel like it. so, I hope you don’t mind too much if there’s an occasional lull in posts; i’m probably just really busy!

I also don’t know if adding another legacy to this blog would clutter it up too much??? maybe i’ll make another side blog and post it there? I’m not sure yet, i’d love to know your opinion though; it would really help!

I didn’t quite know what exactly you’d want to see as this extra little legacy though, so I thought that I‘d create a few little sims, give them some backstories and let you decide! so, under the cut I’ll give you a few descriptions of my various sim bbies, which might help you make your decision!

thank you in advance for your support guys! vote away!

I’m a Lover Legacy - Bethany, the lil red head was born and bred in the quaint little city of Windenburg. Being raised by her grandparents, after her parents died in a car accident, by the time that Bethany walked out of Windenburg University with an English Literature degree she was rather desperate for some freedom, which they were more than happy to give to her. And so, not long after moving into her modest little house, Bethany started working towards her job as an author, joined a local book club, where she made some wonderful friends, and even found love with a beautiful, free-spirited artist called Rory. Their relationship went from strength to strength and every day they fell more and more in love with each other. A rose was there to greet Rory at every date that she went on, so, as her and Bethany’s birthdays were drawing closer, she has a certain little present that she’d like to give back to her... (I’ve been playing their save a little bit already, so their story’s already pretty established, which is why their explanation is so damn long lmao).

A Townie Legacy - okay, so this description is probably going to be tiny in comparison, but that’s because it‘s not really established yet. I've sort of become a little bit obsessed with doing ea townie makeovers, and would love to use them for something. I thought that, because we all know and love or hate ea’s townies, making them my own and then starting up a save to actually play with them and see how they develop might be a fun little idea. with this option i’d obviously post all my townie makeovers (which I plan to do anyway v soon but sshhhhh, you didn't hear it from me) first and then get you to pick which family you’d like me to play with most afterwards. hopefully that makes a little bit of sense! for now though, I thought i’d use bob and eliza as the spokes people!

The Disney Legacy - so...these guys aren’t really very new around here, but if I was going to even think about adding a new legacy, these guys just had to be included! I know that the last time I was posting with them, their storylines were starting to develop themselves quite nicely, but this time, if they win and I pick up where I left off, the posts for them would be a little more simple and light-hearted. basically, just less story-based. I promise i’d still do my best to keep them like the characters I created for them though, it just wouldn’t be as thorough, I guess. if you didn’t see them last time I was posting with them, they currently have 5 little kiddos: the first set of twins Ethan (a nerdy, shy little bean), and Nathan (a very energetic, slightly rebellious little bean), Blake (an uber cool, independent little tot already), and then the second set of twins Isaac (a very curious, crazy little thing) and Jennifer (the one and only little girl who has already deemed herself queen of the household). so their little family could very well be making a comeback if you so wish!

Differences in the Family Tree Legacy - my little girl Leah over here didn’t want anything more in life than to follow in her parents’ footsteps and start up a little farm of her own. so when her mum and dad surprised her with her own plot of land and a tiny little cottage to go along with it, she couldn’t wipe the smile off her face. and with her high school boyfriend Archie supporting her decision 100%, she couldn’t refuse! so off to Brindleton Bay she went, with the earth at her feet, the sunshine on her face and the joyous prospect of a life of her own in her heart. the life she’d always dreamed about was just starting, and she couldn’t be more excited...

The Shameless Legacy - Eloise has always loved animals, but with her mother’s severe allergies and her father‘s strict rules, having a pet of her own had never been a possibility. now that she was old enough to move out and start a life of her own though, there was nothing more that she wanted than to acquire a little companion of her own. the only thing left for her to do after that was to achieve her other life goal: to help all the other animals she couldn’t adopt as her own. and if she couldn’t manage to secure a job in any of the other clinics in the area, thanks to Brindleton Bay’s apparent lack of job openings, maybe she’d just have to start up her own...

The Gem Stone Legacy - Safiya Gem was always destined to make her parents proud, at least that’s what they believed. but the second that her wild, rebellious teen heart-throb of a boyfriend stepped into their house that dream crumbled before their very eyes. their precious, gifted, honest daughter was being led astray with every second that she spent in his company. her gorgeous chocolate locks were soon dyed to a shocking, electric blue. her face became clad with makeup. a tattoo soon adorned her skin. and at the first opportunity available, she was willing to drop everything to follow him to san myshuno and carry out life in a cramped little apartment in the heart of a not-so-pleasant neighbourhood. even though safiya was as happy as could be, head-over-heels in love as some may say, would this all end as perfectly as she thought?

Pethood Legacy - Julian had his whole life set out for him by his parents. he had a job lined up at the local newspaper ready and waiting, he had a lovely family friend to soon make his wife and he had a wonderful house to inherit when the time came. but Julian wanted no part in it whatsoever. and after revealing to his parents that writing articles was the last things he wanted to be doing, that he’d rather live in a cardboard box for the rest of his life than inherit that house and would only ever consider marrying this girl if she...became a man, then they wanted no part in his life whatsoever. they cut all ties with him, leaving him with nothing but the clothes that he was wearing and the tent he bought with the spare cash he had with him. it was an upgrade from the cardboard box he’d proposed, but was still a rather huge leap from how he’d been living up until that point. but he was free. he was himself, and unapologetically so. and if his family wanted no part in his life if he was to live this way, then he would find some people that did. or rather, something...

#legacy poll #sims 4 #sims 4 legacy #ts4 #ts4 legacy #ts4 legacy poll #i'm a lover legacy #ea townie legacy #Disney legacy #differences in the family tree legacy #shameless legacy #gem stone legacy #pethood legacy #littlemissnellie

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yainterrobang · 7 years

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What new YA books release this week?

What June YA books release this week? We have a list of this week’s new YA books! For more lists of weekly releases and all things YA lit, visit our website, follow us here and on Twitter, and subscribe to our newsletter!

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Aftercare Instructions by Bonnie Pipkin Publisher: Flatiron Books Release date: June 27th Gen finds refuge in her boyfriend―until he abandons her at a Planned Parenthood clinic during their appointment to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The betrayal causes Gen to question everything.

The Beautiful Lost by Luanne Rice Publisher: Point Release date: June 27th When Maia sets off on a road trip in search of her mom, Billy unexpectedly comes along. Maia learns that Billy wants to outrun his past, too. But what will the future hold if they reach their destination?

Eden Summer by Liz Flanagan Publisher: David Fickling Books Release date: June 27th It starts like any other day for Jess. Get up, cover up tattoos, and head to school. But soon it's clear that this is no ordinary day, because Jess's best friend, Eden, isn't at school . . . she's gone missing.

Generation One (Logan Legacies Reborn #1) by Pittacus Lore Publisher: HarperCollins Release date: June 27th Earth’s alien allies known as the Garde unleashed their Loric energy that spread throughout the globe. Now human teenagers have begun to develop incredible powers of their own, known as Legacies.

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release date: June 27th When British lord Monty makes a reckless decision that turns his trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.

Girl on the Verge by Pintip Dunn Publisher: Kensington Teen Release date: June 27th When her mother takes in Shelly, Kan’s growing discomfort compels her to investigate Shelly’s past, she’s shocked to find how it much intersects with her own—and just how far Shelly will go to belong…

The Impossible Vastness of Us by Samantha Young Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release date: June 27th And as India grows closer to Finn and befriends Eloise, threatening the facades that hold them together, what's left are truths that are brutal, beautiful and big enough to change them forever…

Into the Hurricane by Neil Connelly Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Release date: June 27th Eli and Max both have good reasons to go to the lighthouse on Shackles Island. But neither of them expected the other, nor the storm. Because Hurricane Celeste is roaring toward Shackles Island.

Midnight Jewel (The Glittering Court #2) by Richelle Mead Publisher: Razorbill Release date: June 27th Mira is not like the other Glittering Court girls. She is a war refugee, cast out of her home country and thrust into another. She plans to earn off her marriage contract price, and finally be free.

Now I Rise (And I Darken #2) by Kiersten White Publisher: Delacorte Press Release date: June 27th Lada Dracul has no allies. No throne. All she has is what she’s always had: herself. After failing to secure the Wallachian throne, Lada is out to punish anyone who dares to cross her path.

Reign of Serpents (Blood of Gods and Royals #3) by Eleanor Herman Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release date: June 27th Prince Alexander's mind has been touched by evil, even as his betrothed travels from afar to unite their kingdoms against a terrible darkness that threatens both realms: the Spirit Eaters.

Genius: The Con (Genius #2) by Leopoldo Gout Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Release date: July 3rd Pursued by the police, the FBI, and most dangerous of all, Kiran Biswas, visionary CEO and evil mastermind, three teen geniuses have to move fast and stay low as they race to save the world.

U.K.

If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak Publisher: HarperTeen Release date: June 27th They haven’t met, but Linny and Sebastian have one thing in common: an obsession with famous novelist and filmmaker Àlvaro Herrera, who who went missing and has just reappeared.

Flight of a Starling by Lisa Heathfield Publisher: Electric Monkey Release date: June 29th Rita and Lo, sisters and best friends, have spent their lives flying through air in their trapeze act, never staying in one place for long. Until Lo meets a boy. Suddenly, she wants nothing more than to stay still.

#ya lit #ya books #the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue #aftercare instructions #now i rise #new releases #weekly releases

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wesonerdy · 6 years

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In this week’s Once Upon a Time, we get some of Princess Tiana’s backstory; meanwhile, in Hyperion Heights, more is revealed about Detective Rogers’ missing girl and the Henry/Roni relationship. Full recap of “Greenbacks” (first aired Friday, November 3 at 8pm ET|PT on ABC).

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“Greenbacks” picks up in the Fairy Tale realm several years before the events that bring Henry and Cinderella together. This time we get Princess Tiana’s backstory. Her father has just died, and she and her mother are no longer able to afford their upkeep. They decide to host an auction to sell off some of their things. Tiana feels that this is humiliating… of course Drizella shows up to get her digs in, too. While looking around, Drizella comes upon something that Tiana claims shouldn’t be for sale: the award for heroism that her father won during the war. Tiana’s becomes even more frustrated, but her mother tells her that they don’t have a choice. If they don’t earn enough money at the auction, they might have to sell the castle to afford the King’s taxes. If only Tiana could find a prince to marry… she promises to start looking for such a hero to save them.

That night, Tiana travels to the bayou looking for the travelling soothsayer. She asks a local for directions, but it doesn’t go as planned. Before long, a group of people have gathered around her begging for help and to save them (but don’t they know that Tiana needs help herself?!). Someone intervenes before Tiana is accosted, and it’s the soothsayer she’s been looking for, Dr. Facilier. Facilier leads her into his lair and tells her right away that her prince will soon come. Tiana asks how he knows what she’s come for, and he says he has friends on the other side that share information with him. Facilier pour bones from a bowl, using them to divine Tiana’s story about losing her father and the king predating on the kingdom. Facilier promises to help Tiana find the prince who will save her and the kingdom. She will find her prince that night by following the red crow. And Facilier says he wants no price, only her smile.

Princess Tiana needs some help from Dr. Facilier…and his friends on the other side. Don't miss #OnceUponATime, TONIGHT at 8|7c on ABC! pic.twitter.com/gdZGHmALxQ

— Once Upon A Time (@OnceABC) November 3, 2017

That night, Tiana finds a red crow, the Crimson Crow is a pub. She goes inside and is approached by a man who tries to steal her earrings. But a dashing man intervenes to defend her, Prince Marias. Tiana’s prince has come! Marias invites Tiana to dinner and they eventually make their way back to the castle. Marias notices Tiana’s father’s award, the firefly ruby. She tells him about how her father enlisted in the army as a cook, but when the opportunity can to prove himself, he picked up a sword to defend his kingdom. Tiana laments the potential loss of her father’s legacy, but Marias promises that won’t be the case. As he’s about to take his leave, Tiana notices that her father’s ruby is missing, and Marias took it! She’s able to stop him (like the badass she is) and he confesses that he isn’t a prince and the whole plan is Facilier’s. Facilier is holding Marias’ true love hostage, and in exchange for Marias stealing the ruby, Facilier would let her go. Tiana kicks Marias out (without the ruby).

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Tiana reflects on the evening and realizes she’s been self-centered. Is there anyway to help the people in her kingdom who need help? Tiana doesn’t want to look the other way anymore. Tiana’s mother encourages Tiana to believe in herself as her father’s legacy. They don’t need a prince to save them.

Princess Tiana 🐸👑❤️ #OnceUponATime pic.twitter.com/VVxHOueWln

— Once Upon A Time (@OnceABC) November 4, 2017

Tiana returns to Facilier’s lair as he’s putting together a voodoo doll. She hands over her father’s ruby and demands that Marias’ love (a frog) be released. Apparently, this ruby has transformative powers that will set Facilier free. He plans to keep the frog anyway, but Tiana draws a sword and refuses to leave without the frog. Facilier stabs the voodoo doll, which incapacitates Tiana. She fights it off and is able to knock the doll off the table, which dilodges the knife and distracts Facilier. She’s able to grab the cage holding the frog. Facilier takes the ruby and disappears.

Tiana returns the frog to Marias and apologizes. Besides, she can be a hero herself. Tiana knows exactly how to make things better for her people, and the prince’s upcoming ball is a good starting point. She asks is Marias and his love would join her… but when he delivers true love’s kiss, he turns into a frog too! They are reunited and Tiana watches as they hop off to their HEA.

In Hyperion Heights Victoria returns to the she’s keeping a witch hostage. This time, Victoria brings a gift for her, a full tea service, meant to be a peace offering. However, the witch is skeptical of this visit. She asks Victoria about the difficulty of undermining Lucy’s belief. It seems that, unless Lucy forfeits her belief, Victoria will never see Anastasia again. (Hmmmm, that’s curious.) Victoria acknowledges this and asks for help. The witch offers some advice, that belief is something that grows wide and deep and Victoria’s only option is to uproot it. When Victoria offers the tea, the witch becomes agitated. Apparently, this isn’t the tea she prefers, her special brew. But Victoria will only bring her the tea after she helps to uproot Lucy’s belief.

Meanwhile, Lucy is waiting for Victoria and Belfrey Developments. As usual, Ivy couldn’t be bothered, even though Lucy is about to miss her ballet lessons. Sabine (we finally learn that this is Tiana’s Hyperion Heights name!) arrives to bring Lucy one of her beignets. Victoria arrives and brings so much shade with her. She orders Ivy to go to the herbalist for a few items. Then afterwards, Victoria tells Sabine that she has decided to increase the rent on the apartment she shares with Jacinda by 8%. Sabine and Jacinda can’t afford that, but no worries because Sabine is prepared to push back.

Sabine meets Jacinda at Mr. Cluck’s to tell her about the rent hike. But Sabine sees this as an opportunity. She’s taken all of the money from their rent jar to buy supplies so they can mass produce her beignets. Sabine wants to set up a pop-up restaurant out of Mr. Cluck’s while Jacinda’s boss is away. They’ll be able to make enough money to pay their rent plus more. At first Jacinda is unwilling to take the risk. Sabine encourages her that this is the time to do something big to change the game and make Lucy proud. Eventually, Jacinda does agree.

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Henry and Detective Rogers meet at Roni’s. Rogers has the files he’s amassed over the years about the cold case of the missing girl. Since he doesn’t trust Weaver and his other colleagues, Roni will keep the files for Rogers. However, he keeps the girl’s journal with him. Roni suggests that maybe Rogers needs to get a hobby? After Rogers leaves, Roni turns her attention to Henry. She’s concerned that he was hanging out with Ivy and getting drinks. Ivy isn’t any better than her mother. Henry speaks up for Ivy, saying that she might surprise them by standing up to Victoria.

Rogers arrives at the precinct to help a fellow officer handcuff a suspect who is getting violent. In the process, Rogers notices a tattoo on the perp’s wrist, a series of forks intercepting. He recognizes that tattoo as a drawing from his missing girl’s journal. Later, Rogers confronts the man to ask about the tattoo and the girl, Eloise Gardner. The guy says he got the tattoo when he was in jail (his cellmate told him it’s to ward off evil). Since the person the guy assaulted doesn’t plan of pressing charges, he’ll the released from jail. However, the guy issues a warning. Apparently that design is of a powerful rune… so if Eloise was drawing it, that means big trouble.

When Ivy returns with those herbs, Victoria takes them and leaves immediately. Ivy asks where her mother is going, but gets no answer, only an admonishment to shut up and do her job. Instead Ivy watches her mother through the security video and sees her take the elevator to a strange floor in the building. She then calls Henry and tells him to get in touch with her for “dirt” on her mother.

Henry shares with Roni the information that Victoria has been spending time in a secret room in her building. Roni doesn’t believe it though. How can Henry be falling for Ivy? Jacinda would be a much better option, anyway. Henry tells Roni to back off because she isn’t his mother. When Henry leaves for the bathroom, a text from Ivy comes in telling Henry to meet her at the Belfrey building lobby. Roni responds that “I’m on my way” and then deletes the conversation.

Mother knows best 😏 #OnceUponATime pic.twitter.com/gsz4ehYob2

— Once Upon A Time (@OnceABC) November 6, 2017

Roni meets Ivy instead and tells her to stay away from Henry. Ivy is probably just using this to stick it to Jacinda, who likes Henry too. If Ivy is so interested in standing up to her mother then she should prove it. Ivy takes Roni to the secret room and they see the herbal tea Victoria brought up, but nothing/no one else is there. Roni looks around the room and sees that there are a couple safes. She opens one and finds a photograph…

Sabine is a beignet making machine and a crowd really turns out. Lucy joins them at the restaurant (after fibbing to Victoria about ballet practice going over time). Lucy plans to help her mother and Sabine by stamping a firefly onto the bags for the beignets. Sabine used to tell her a story about how when she was young, she was so poor, she didn’t have stars to wish on, so she’d wish of fireflies. It’s a fitting logo for so many reasons! (Ray and Evangeline, anyone?! 🙂 ) Jacinda and Sabine start planning to even open a food truck! But good things don’t always last, especially when Victoria is involved. Victoria tries one of Sabine’s beignets and decides to sabotage their pop-up. She calls one of her henchmen (literally Wreck-it Ralph) to do the deed.

Ralph starts a fire in the kitchen that burns down the restaurant. No one is hurt, but Jacinda is in a really tough spot. What’s her Mr. Cluck’s boss going to say? Jacinda has surely lost her job, what can she do now? Lucy tries to intervene, but Jacinda isn’t having it. Sabine promises to move out of their apartment and gives Jacinda the profits from what they were able to sell, two months worth of rent. Lucy tries to convince Sabine not to give up on her dreams and run away. Sabine is supposed to be with Lucy and her mother. Sabine promises to always be there for Lucy, but there are some things in life that even she can’t fight.

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As Sabine is leaving, Jacinda stops her to apologize. Jacinda also has a gift, a truck that Detective Rogers helped them buy it from the impound lot. It’s going to be their food truck! (My Tiana/Alt-Killian ship sails even in Hyperion Heights!) That night, Sabine brings beignets to Rogers as a thank you *EEEEEEP* Rogers also tells Sabine that they fire at Mr. Cluck’s was deliberate and it was probably done by Victoria. As they talk, the guy with the rune tattoo watches from the outside and makes a call: “It’s me. We got a problem. Someone’s looking for the girl.”

At the bar, Roni meets Henry and confesses to deleting Ivy’s text from his phone and going to see her at the Belfrey building. She then presents the photo she found, a picture of Roni (Regina) and young Henry in Storybrooke. Henry immediately recognizes himself… but why would there by a picture of them together?

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At the Belfrey building, Ivy asks her mother if she can do anything, but Victoria only expresses her disappointment and embarrassment that Ivy will always fall short. Ivy returns to the secret room, and this time meets the witch being kept there. The two of them are working together on something, something to get Henry and Roni to trust Ivy. But then: “…don’t call me Ivy. It’s Drizella.”

WHATTTTTT????!!!

So… how long before Henry and Roni wake up from the curse?! Also, I’m even more against the idea of Henry/Ivy happening, *cough* I mean, Drizella. Ugh.

Once Upon a Time airs Fridays at 8p/7c on ABC.

RECAP: ‘Once Upon a Time’ Season 7, Episode 5 “Greenbacks” In this week's Once Upon a Time, we get some of Princess Tiana's backstory; meanwhile, in Hyperion Heights, more is revealed about Detective Rogers' missing girl and the Henry/Roni relationship.

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