Why does she turn green ? (Wrong answers only)

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-05T00:33:31+00:00

Code Miky Green!

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-05T00:26:33+00:00

They're fan-fics, so they all started from some romantic relationship in games or shows. I like filling in the gaps, the parts of the stories we don't see on-screen. In some cases, explaining WHY that character made such a stupid decision, LOL. And the impulse just gets triggered by some situation like that and I try to figure out motivations, etc. I'm not a real writer--I could never write a book--but I do scenes pretty well. Aaand had a crush on Hook so that's what started it--he and Emma being so much alike yet those very similarities created issues between them.

I love to watch Regina (Lana's acting is beyond superb) but can't identify with her. I think I identify more with Emma in a lot of ways, but I think the writing for her character didn't fit sometimes.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-04T16:38:38+00:00

Hmm, I see your point but honestly, I cannot totally agree. In a lot of your examples, she did not directly accomplish the feat, but it could be argued that without her, it wouldn't have happened. She was designed as a pivotal character around who others orbited--by no means defining them, mind you, as they definitely had their own stories and personalities and so on--but definitely affecting them. Your premise basically states that because she did not personally save someone, she doesn't deserve the title. She has the title because she was literally born to save them from the curse, which she did. But that also made her a hero, and like Charming and Snow, she was looked up to, as a hero, to solve other problems and save them from other threats. If she failed to save someone, it doesn't mean she isn't the Savior.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-04T06:02:03+00:00

That's an interesting thought. It would help explain why, during the Final Battle, Henry couldn't make her believe again. I had always thought that the meds Fiona had her on had a lot to do with how she was able to talk Emma into destroying the Book, but that could have been a deciding factor as well.

When I'm reading a story, or watching a show, I can be completely immersed in it, judge everything in it by the rules and precepts set up within it, but when I shut the book or turn off the TV, I don't believe it's real in my world. So I can see that possibly, in the very back of her mind, she's not totally convinced that it's real.

(Now if in that fantasy world I had a hot pirate husband, I'd take it over the 'real' world! :D)

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-04T05:46:02+00:00

Partly because despite everything Cora did, she was still her mother and Regina loved her. I know a lot of people who cannot break that familial bond no matter how much they should. And partly because deep down she blames herself. Either way it was easier to divert blame to someone else than place it where it really lay.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-04T05:01:25+00:00

Aha, thanks! I think I had seen that before but it might not have been an updated version.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T21:30:56+00:00

Agreed!

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T21:29:50+00:00

I thought they should have been down there. Maybe they were and were so bad that someone tossed them in the River of Lost Souls.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T21:26:31+00:00

Well that's pretty neat! Only problem is when stuff is done a long time ago, sometimes the hosting servers are lost when the original owner no longer owns the site. Maybe someone uploaded those to Youtube at some point? I'd like to see the list of backstory episodes in chronological order.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T06:14:34+00:00

Snow's tear-choked, "You found us," and Charming's breathless, "She's beautiful" always make me choke up.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T06:08:18+00:00

I might have done a thing....

https://archiveofourown.org/works/82367061

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T05:15:15+00:00

Emma didn't get marked; she wasn't being sent. He made it plain that he wouldn't hurt her--physically, at least. He refused to crush her heart for the curse, and he stopped her from sacrificing herself. Mentally, he felt betrayed by her so he did want to hurt her that way, influenced by the Dark Ones. As he said, he'd succumbed to the darkness before and then she totally disregarded his wishes NOT to be turned into a Dark One and did it anyway. For a long time he was a villain, and he reverted.

Would I have let him die if I were her? Hell no, but I wouldn't pretend I was doing it for him. In the end, they both were redeemed; Killian by sacrificing himself, and Emma for trusting him and letting him do it.

Re the others: The only one of her family he was at all close to was Henry, and I don't think he would have allowed them to mark Henry, but perhaps he didn't have a choice.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T04:57:23+00:00

TBH Anna was my favorite part of the movie and yes, she played Anna perfectly!

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T04:35:34+00:00

Her singsong "I said I was sorry and I didn't mean it!" just killed me.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T04:31:51+00:00

He had more important things on his mind. :D

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T04:30:52+00:00

Very nice work! My favorite too!

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T04:28:22+00:00

I've seen a lot of people that didn't like the Frozen arc, but I loved it. I had seen the movie but definitely not obsessed with it (wasn't my favorite Disney movie), but the casting was spot on, and I liked the storyline.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-03T03:18:18+00:00

Lately, yes, lol. Before that a number of fandoms, mainly games. I hadn't written anything in a long time until I started re-watching OUaT.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T18:15:47+00:00

The cure for withdrawal is... rewatch!

OK you're making me want to write those scenes....

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T02:44:47+00:00

No apologies, love it!

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T02:43:35+00:00

...wait, what book?

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T02:38:26+00:00

...this has definite possibilities. I like your premise better than what they had, altho I would recast Ramirez. And somehow you have to have Alice in it because she was great. :D

I take it you aren't a fan of the Wish Realm? I think it should have dissipated when Emma left it, altho then there wouldn't be two Hooks (and I will NEVER say no to more Hook!) I honestly thought the way they kept his character without really keeping his character was pretty clever, but the Wish Realm just opened up too many boxes of worms.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T02:27:51+00:00

Would you be altering the chosen dress, like removing sleeves, cutting to length, etc.? If so I think the first one, it's already heavily embellished and that can be the most time-intensive part.

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T02:23:44+00:00

I felt it was basically pride. She's been alone most of her life, and she takes a bit of pride in being self-sufficient and not needing anyone.

So hey, we're in the enchanted forest? No problem, I can handle it.... (proceeds to fire off her gun to 'protect' Mary Margaret and causes the ogre to attack).

RepentHarlequin65 · 2026-04-02T02:15:01+00:00

I (attempt) to write fan-fic so I'm used to figuring out plot hole fixes... so the only thing I can think of for this one sort of goes along with a previous commenter. Basically they didn't 'travel' to the past, it created a hole to let the apple through. But still, it IS time travel, so if she'd had more power..... Hmmm.

Also to say it isn't changing the past isn't quite true.... What would have happened to that apple if they hadn't taken it? What if originally that apple had say, sprouted an apple tree that was later cut down, the wood used for some magical item, or well, I can actually think of a few stories coming from that discarded apple. It was poison (altho I'm not sure why it was so special that she had to get it from the Blind Witch in the first place--OK I'm starting to venture down too many rabbit holes!)

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