Forestry

It's Not The Blinking Of The Eye, But The Eye That Blinks. Captain Swan, Willow Rosenburg, Anita Blake, Architecture.

[frauleinsmaria]

When you’ve never seen an episode of GoT in your life but all the discourse is mildly entertaining

[forestiyari]

Same

[frottinq]

Do you ever interact with someone and you realize “this person has never had to consider or think about what their place in the world is, and why they believe certain things or act certain ways, this person has never considered society at length” and it’s just terrifying

[prokopetz]

Schrödinger’s cat is basically the Lord of the Flies of quantum physics – i.e., a deliberately absurd scenario formulated as a critical response to a very specific piece of popular bullshit that’s subsequently been misrepresented as revealing deep truths about the universe.

[silverhawk]

dare i say that stuffed animals are one of the single greatest inventions of all time and im thankful every day for the fact that someone thought to make animals but in huggable plush form…..saved me from a lot of bad nights and nightmares as a kid, i love you stuffed animals

[kreature-ofthenight]

 You may offer your thanks to Magarete Steiff

She lived in Germany and could be considered as the first person to sew stuffed animals merly for children to play with and to counter the common “hard” toys out of wood or metal wich were popular back then.

There is even so much more to the story, because she was as you can see paraliezed from polio, she couldnt walk or use her right arm, she had to fight all her life just to be accpeted as a human being, she wasnt even allowed to sit in the front row of church in her home village and had a pretty abusive mother. One time she and her brother almost drowned but the townpeople only attempted to save her brother because he was healty. Her father saved her from drowning in last minute.

 Only her father and brother stood behind her, still she learned to accept her faith and make the best out of it. After a failed operation she said she had gone around living this way anyways. She started to sew, more importantly she started to sew with a sewing machine wich was realy new at this time. People would not buy from her at first but then she made a realy beautyfull dress for her best friend and suddenly everyone was crazy for her work.

Then she started to sew little elephants as pincushions, but when she attempted to sell them around christmas she quickly realized that for one children were crazy for them and wanted them as toys and also. this was what she wanted to do, bringing happiness to kids.

She expanded futher and gave work to over 20 women as sewers in her factory, her brother helped her to do so, and she started producing stuffed animals of all kinds (almost) their trademark was a button sewed into every anmals ear. It still is to this day.

Whit the economy crisis her factory, and she almost lost it, she already couldnt pay her workers, he factory was about to be forceclosed and the last hope was a toy fair they would attend,

and then she had an idea, she sewed a bear, the very first stuffed toy bear there was, with moveable head and limbs and realy soft fur and glass eyes, it was beautyfull, but at the toyfair most people thoght it was to expensive

most people because one american buyer fell in love with the bears, he bought them all and he ordered 3000 more, it saved the factory

you may ask why would anyone need 3000 stuffed toy bears easy, to support and advertise the candidacy of  Theodore Roosevelt as the U.S. president, trough that the toy bear invented by Magarete Steiff became well known as the

Teddy Bear

[friendlyfrankenstein]

<3 

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Disability history matters!

The fact that she faced so much ableism and discrimination in her life was indeed sad (and infuriating!) – and that may be the reaction of many abled people when they hear her story (the poor disabled little girl).

But the fact that she survived, and innovated, and brought modern machines to her hometown, and advocated for herself, and brought joy to so many people, in spite of that discrimination (and I do mean “spite”) is not sad at all.

It’s downright victorious!

[autistic-poohbear]

I owe this woman my life stuffed animals are the best and I’m so glad to finally know who to thank for my babies

[rootbeergoddess]

I want a movie about this woman

[akhuna]

There is a movie about this woman. It’s a German/Austrian production. Wiki doesn’t have an English translation, but the German article is here, so you could probably try and run it through google translate or some other (*cough* better *cough*) program.

[frauleinsmaria]

Help me out?

Hey all. With the introduction of CS Fic Rec Monday’s and general fic recs, aesthetics, etc., I’ve seen a lot of great stories being promoted. That being said, I’ve also seen complaints that most stories getting attention are already popular and/or from well-known writers in the fandom. Admittedly, I do think these criticisms are valid, and it’s made me want to show love to stories that may have not gotten the hype they deserve.

I’d love it if you guys would consider sending recommendations my way for fics you think are underappreciated. This can include your own stories too since I know it’s disheartening to put a lot into something and only get a handful of notes in response. Please note I’m not a fan of graphic smut, or fics that portray rape, non-con, dub-con, incest, abuse, and things along those lines within CS, and would prefer not to be recommended stories that go into that territory.

Thanks in advance! Even if you don’t have a recommendation, maybe consider reblogging to help this go a bit further?

[chibird]

Good friends know you well and want to help you! 🌱💕 They can often see things more objectively than we can, so trust them when they believe in and support you!

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[forestiyari]

Dear Nonnie,

I didn’t answer the last three messages, why would I answer this one?

You think you know something? Bully for you.

But I am only quoting Jinkx Monsoon from now on: it’s all water off a duck’s back and I shall kill them with kindness.

[forestiyari]

It’s your CS Fic Formal gifter here! I already sent along some messages and wanted to see if you had gotten them? If not, HI AGAIN! Hope you’re doing well and looking forward to brainstorming and coming up with the perfect fic to give you!

Oh my goodness I’m such an idiot!I haven’t been on tumblr in forever and have left you hanging... I’m so so sorry.So, tell me what you like to write!  The list of things I don’t enjoy in fic is pretty short... I’m a canon divergence girl at heart but can’t resist most modern AUs either.I love time travel, cop fics, interrupted liaisons, domestic bliss, friends-to-lovers, adventures...I promise I really am easy to please!

[katie-dub]

#FrostJones

Ice dancing duo Killian Jones and Elsa Frost barely made the cut for the PyeongChang Olympics after a disaster at the World Championships that left them without a coach. Enter Emma ‘The Saviour’ Swan, their new coach who might just help to add a little magic to their routines.

AKA a Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir AU, with a twist.

The wonderful @welllpthisishappening Master of the Sports AU told me that she had a prompt for a Virtue and Moir AU and I had the thought “shame they’re just great friends”. Somehow this idea was born and Laura and @distant-rose told me to “WRITE THE THING” and here we are. Thanks ladies for enabling me and giving this a once over. All mistakes are very much mine.

#FrostJones

A Song of Fire and Ice: The bumpy road to PyeongChang for America’s ice dancing duo Frost and Jones

Eyebrows were raised when fiery Killian Jones, who missed out on the Sochi Olympics due to the infamous attack that left his former partner (both on and off the ice) dead and his hand gravely wounded, teamed up with solo figure skating champion Elsa Frost, whose icy characterisation and flawless technique earned her the title of Ice Queen. The unlikely pairing narrowly qualified for the Olympics after a disastrous performance at the 2017 World Championships left them with barely enough points to make the cut. That event also saw them part ways with their coach, Leroy “Grumpy” Short, following a rumoured face off between him and Jones. With less than a year to go to get medal-ready, in stepped Emma “The Saviour” Swan, who has a reputation for rejuvenating the careers of failing figure skaters. Here’s hoping The Saviour has worked her magic on Team USA’s ice dance duo, who are merely hoping for a place on the podium, while Virtue and Moir…

Killian flung aside the newspaper, scowling. He really didn’t need to read more about the bloody Canadians who were certain to beat them to the gold, not least of all in a piece that was meant to be about his “road to the Olympics”.

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[distant-rose]

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

Notes: Holy crap, what a ride guys. What a ride. The fic has so many hours poured into. A lot of sweat and even more tears. There was a point where I thought I would never finish it and I nearly fell into the abyss. However, I had such a wonderful cheerleader, beta and friend in @aerica13. I’m so glad I met you. You’ve been nothing but a gift. Shoutout to the moderators of @captainswanbigbang, it’s been quite the experience. I would severely remiss if I didn’t give the incredible @shipsxahoy love. Do you see that art? It’s positively breathtaking! It looks just like 80s movie poster! She makes this fic look like a blockbuster! Without further ado, I give you my Jopper-esque Stranger Things AU.  Summary: In November 1983,  eleven-year old Henry Swan goes missing under mysterious circumstances. His mother Emma willing to do anything to get him back even if it means teaming up with her ex-boyfriend from high school - Chief of Police Killian Jones. They soon discover the truth is stranger than fiction. Rating: T+ (swearing, suspense, adult situations, scifi creepiness and mentions of sexual activity) Word Count: 14,800+ Links: AO3 | Art by Bianca | Fic Soundtrack

The worst week of Emma Swan’s life began like any other - on Monday morning, late to work and looking for her keys.

“Where the fuck are they?”

The worst thing she could imagine at this point was August firing her for being late again.

(It wasn’t the worst. Not by a long shot.

Unimaginable pain was a stone’s throw away because she lived in Storybrooke, Maine where the last time someone disappeared was 1923 and the last murder was in 1961.

But that was about to change.)

“Did you check the couch?” David asked calmly, not looking up from the frying pan where he was fluffing scrambled eggs to perfection.

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[forestiyari]

There are maybe... three people in the world who could pull off a Stranger Things AU in under 15k... and two of those don’t write fic and wouldn’t know how to do it justice.

And that you not only did it, Ro, but seriously improved on it... added in all the back story and UST and made the characters so perfectly in character for Once but thrown into ST... And it wasn’t a stretch to have David in three roles and MM in two because it all just fit together and melded perfectly.

And you did that @distant-rose.  So stop talking yourself down or I shall come and kidnap Killian and you will be forced to write SwanFire until you prove you can behave.

I love the flashbacks and the formatting and how you managed to get everything in without skimping on the plot.

*applauds wildly*

[frauleinsmaria]

Everything Comes Back to You (1/1)

Summary: Ready for a change in their lives, Emma and Henry move from New York to her hometown of Storybrooke. But she gets a bigger change than she bargained for when Henry’s new teacher is the ex-boyfriend she hasn’t seen since college … who is also Henry’s dad, and doesn’t know he has a son. Written as part of the Captain Swan Little Bang.

Rating: T (Language, implied sex)

Word count: 14,842

Also on AO3 and FF.net

AN: After months of planning, writing, and editing, I can’t believe it’s finally time to share this not so little story of mine!

A few thank yous: First, to the mods of the @captainswanbigbang for putting this event together and giving me the opportunity to participate. I’m grateful for how this experience has challenged me as a writer, and even more so for the friends and connections I’ve made in the community over the past few months.

Second, words can’t express how lucky I was to get Tessa, aka @the-reason-to-sail-home as my beta. She’s been encouraging throughout this whole process, helping me deal with writer’s block more than a few times and giving incredibly useful feedback. I’m so glad we got paired together and can’t wait to read your own LB story soon!

In addition, I was also lucky to get paired with two artists who made gorgeous pieces for my story! Go check out @treluna2 and @polarbearmorgan’s art- I’ll be reblogging both and posting links to them here once they’re up later today!

Lastly, I have to thank @irishswanff for posting this prompt right before the LB sign ups began. I’ve never had such a strong initial connection to a story idea before, and I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

She should have known this day would come.

Emma stood in the kitchen, mouth agape as she read the letter Henry’s teacher had sent home with him:

Parents,

Just a reminder parent-teacher conferences are Tuesday afternoon. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Killian Jones

This was just her luck. She couldn’t believe he was in Storybrooke, let alone working at the elementary school. How could she face him after almost ten years, at a parent-teacher conference of all things?

More importantly, how would she explain to her son that his new teacher was also his father?

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[forestiyari]

@once-uponacaptain... this fic is amazing!

Seriously, where have I been without finding-out-your-babydaddy-is-now-your-son’s-teacher fic before now?

And Killian is perfect... y’know when you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop and for him to just go beserk and then... he doesn’t, because he understands, he gets it... he gets Emma.

He always just gets Emma.  And it’s lovely.

And of course they never stopped loving each other.  Cos they can’t.  Cos they’re perfect. *sticks out tongue*

*insert appropriate Meredith-approved Killian Jones gif to express my emotions here*

And I am ALWAYS (ooops, hand slipped) up for meddling Henry playing matchmaker.  Whether he’s eight or eighteen he’s just so good at it.

[distant-rose]

Stay Out of the Kitchen

Notes: I can’t believe I actually wrote this. No, I can but at the same time I can because I live for awkward domesticity and I refused to believe that there wasn’t ever an awkward moment were Henry walked in on Emma and Killian going at it. I’ve discussed this at length with @forestiyari though we went into much more graphic detail than this. This is definitely tame compared the original script. Anyway, the unofficial name for this fic is Operation: Amy Smiles because it’s dedicated to her. She’s been having a rough go of it recently and I’m hoping that this fic will make her smile. A special thanks to @welllpthisishappening, @katie-dub and @awkwardnessandbaseball for pulling the double duty of cheerleading and beta-reading. You’re absolutely fantastic. Summary: Henry Mills is having a bad week. His Overwatch team isn’t doing too hot, he failed his math quiz and now Regina has taken his video game privileges away. What could possibly make it any worse?  Rating: M  Word Count: 3,300+

When Henry Mills was younger, he had prayed for the model family - a loving mother, supportive father and a bunch of little siblings to love and adore him. Now that he was older, he had long since decided that the perfect family unit was more than a little overrated and he truly had been blessed with two moms, a pirate pseudo-step dad and two very attentive grandparents. The set-up allowed him to have three different places he could crash, two bedrooms to call his own, two sets of gaming systems and more interesting gifts than the average child had on holidays.

While all of those benefits seemed well and good, Henry’s personal favorite was being able to jump ship and head over to one parent’s house if the other was mad at him. It allowed him to avoid any further ire that he was likely to face if he stayed with the offended mother in question.

Like now for example.

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[forestiyari]

Aaargh!

So one off hand conversation turns into this?!?  Ro you spoil me.  I am spoiled.

And Henry... oh Henry... ignorance is bliss... and now you’re back at Regina’s you know exactly what Killian’s up to, right?  Pretty sure he can convince Emma to get back in the mood... or console her that your forgery skills and C+ grade does not make her a bad mother... Either way they’re taking advantage of your absense...  Quite possibly somewhere *else* in the house you don’t want to think about...

Just be pleased there were no utensils involved.

[welllpthisishappening]

With a Little Bit of Luck

She’s not sure why she agreed to do this. 

She didn’t really agree. She offered. And so did he. Because they’re good people and true love conquers all, including overbearing mothers and wedding impossibilities and maybe she doesn’t really mind spending time with him. 

That’s not really part of the schedule. 

Just her dumb, stupid luck. 

Rating: Like slightly older teen? High-school teen? They swear. They kiss. They swear after they kiss.  Word Count: 10K. ADJECTIVES.  AN: I heard this rumor that @forestiyari​ enjoyed CS fics where they sort of played matchmaker for Snowing and this is not…quite that, but it’s almost close. I hope you enjoy it, Amy! And thanks to @distant-rose for telling me that rumor. Plot points shameless stolen from real-life experiences and kind of from that one Meg Cabot book because all I want in life is to be Meg Cabot.  Also on Ao3 and part of that whole Tumblr prompt collection that I’m always down to add to. 

“Are you going to be a dick about this?” Emma drops the not-so-small pile of papers on the table in front of her, grinning when Killian nearly chokes on whatever fancy coffee she’s sure he ordered. He arches an eyebrow and that’s as much of an answer as she’s going to get.

He’s totally going to be a dick about this.

“What exactly are you suggesting, Swan?” he asks, kicking at the leg of the chair opposite him, a silent invitation to sit down that she doesn’t take.

She crosses her arms.

Tightly.

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[forestiyari]

Laura, you’re a gift.  Seriously.  And I am honoured.  And overwhelmed.  And is this really happening?  Oh @welllpthisishappening (see what I did there?  I’m so witty)

And I love the sass and the banter and the Emma melting down and the total lack of an actual plan... and the fact that if Killian hadn’t stepped in with extra money Emma *so* would have kidnapped Lance to get Snowing married.  Don’t deny it.

You amaze me, your ability to churn out words that are perfect and wholesome and wonderful and make me smile in the middle of a horrible day is unrivaled.  Please never stop being you!

[distant-rose]

It Was Always You

Notes: I am a woman of my word and may the record reflect that. I promised @forestiyari​ a gift if she completed some productive tasks and that gift is this little one-shot here. I’ve taken some cues from the wonderful @katie-dub and started a policy of positive enforcement. Which is why she’ll get a ficlet too if she ever finishes her fic. It’s sappy but I know that Amy loves fuckstruck!Killian and cop AUs and this kinda has those elements. This is more bounty hunter!Emma and detective!Killian. I apologize for the Killian focus on this, Amy, but I love him as much as you love Emma. Forgive me. A special thank to @welllpthisishappening​ for always being my cheerleader. I am nothing without your support. Summary: Four words completely change Emma Swan’s frienship with her favorite police detective Killian Jones when she drops off one of her skips on Valentine’s Day. Rating: T Word Count: 2,300+

As a bounty hunter in a big city, Emma has her choice of police districts to drop scum off at, but she has a preference for District D-14. This preference was born of a variety of reasons but mainly because it was close to her apartment and the fact its employees could actually brew a decent pot of coffee. It had absolutely nothing to do with the detectives who worked there, despite popular belief. 

“Brought us another winner, eh Swan?” Detective Killian Jones asked as she unceremoniously pushed her perp onto his desk. He didn’t blink at the action, merely leaning back in his chair and chewed on the end of his pen as he regarded her. The perp in question let out a groan and glared at her. She ignored him in favor of giving the detective a smirk. 

“Thought you would enjoy a Valentine’s Day gift.”

He eyed the tight red dress she wore with a tiny smirk of his own. “And what a gift it is. You look quite ravishing in red.”

“I meant the perp, Casanova,” she retorted with a roll of her eyes. Her words were stern but lacked heat. Detective Jones loved to flirt, but he was relatively harmless. He always backed off when she asked.

“Not that I don’t appreciate the thought, but I prefer my gifts to be, well, less criminally inclined. What did this guy do?”

“Oh you know, my favorite - credit card fraud, insurance fraud and hasn’t paid child support in two years. He’s quite the catch.”

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[forestiyari]

So, y’know when you give out a vague idea and it could go any way?  When I said to @distant-rose I like fics with fuckstruck!Killian and cop AUs I never thought I’d be in for such a treat.

Seriously.  This is the most perfect fic... and that it was written for me?

Ro, you’re awesome and I love you- with the jacket and the clueless Emma and Killian being perfectly Killian-esque with the perfect mix of flirty and sincere.  You write him so perfectly.

Is it possible to have too many incidences of the word ‘perfect’ in a single reblog?

[csficformal]

Attention Authors & Artists

Welcome to the 2018 Captain Swan Spring Fic Formal!

Hey there shippers! Do you enjoy interacting with shipmates? Like writing? Making art? Mixing some music? Making people smile? Didn’t have time for the other fandom events because the holiday season is insane? Bummed by the Spring slump between CSLB and CS Supernatural Summer? We have something for you!

The Captain Swan Spring Fic Formal is a mini secret gift giving event hosted by @distant-rose and @awkwardnessandbaseball​ to celebrate one of our favorite ships in Once Upon a Time and make the Spring season even brighter! Who needs to wait until Christmas or Valentine’s Day to spread the love? Certainly not us!

Matching is done in mid-March and the showering of gifts starts in late April!

SIGNS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL MARCH 5!

Sign up here: [LINK]

Things that should be included in your initial joining ask: 1. If you’re participating from a sideblog. 2. If there are any users you wish to avoid 3. If you are willing to be a multi-gifter or buzzer beater gifter (aka people who are willing to give abandoned giftees fic/art in the event that they don’t receive anything from their gifters.)

Interested? Check out the following pages: Main | About | Guidelines | FAQ | Participants | Prompts

[liberatingreality]

“If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything.”

or you could disregard vague obligations to antiquated moral dogmas, forego the excruciating repression in self-censorship, communicate your genuine thoughts and feelings to others, and orchestrate a potentially uncomfortable, though highly empowering, educational interaction.

[forestiyari]

Huh.

Gonna come back to this.

[lierdumoa]

[whatyouwanted-whatyougot]

I reblog this every time I see it, because it’s one of life’s hardest lessons.