Captainswan Cheering Section.

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[guardingkillian]

HELP! I'm working on a story & stuck on a plot point.Romance trope where woman ends up caring for an injured confused male stranger she finds wet & unconscious on the beach. Problem-She and her son moved away from hometown to avoid potentially dangerous ex- husband, the son’s father.

Question- I am trying to find a reason for her to have at least one or two adult men's outfits at her house since obviously her clothes or her son's clothes aren't going to fit the stranger and she can't go into town because of a storm. It would seem awkward for him to just stay naked under a towel while his clothes dried right? Would it make sense, if I had her parents leave some of their clothes at her house so if they come to visit and help her with the house they have work clothes? That way the stranger can wear her Dad's stuff. Or would it seem wrong that her parents know where she is? She's not in official witness protection, & ex hasn't directly threatened her. She just did it as a pre-emptive move because she feels he could become a threat. Trying to figure out all the angles here. Any input from avid fiction readers or writers of how to work this out would be greatly appreciated.

[guardingkillian]

Colin

The rational part of me understands the reasons he has apparently chosen this path, that it's his right, & I'm not entitled to demand differently. I confess, however, a part of me still feels sad & abandoned as a fan because he only seems to be working on Irish projects that likely won't be distributed in U.S. There also doesn't appear to be any signs that the situation will be changing anytime soon. I hope I am proven wrong but every day, I become more convinced that the rumor that went around that he agreed not to do any projects outside of Ireland for more than a couple weeks was true.

[dinneratgrannys]

[guardingkillian]

#CaptainSwan2YearAnniversary

[huffleporg]

Like or reblog if you ship CS and you care about Emma and her family.

I can’t be the only one. 

[forevercaptainswan]

REBLOG IF YOU THINK EMMA AND KILLIAN DESERVE EACH OTHER

AFTER ALL THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH 

[mr-and-mrs-killian-jones]

Heck yes!!!! they deserve each other.

[mayquita]

ON HOME TURF - COLIN O'DONOGHUE

On break from his busy schedule Star of stage, small and big screen Colin O’Donoghue popped in for a chat with Gerry on Late Lunch…

Late Lunch Podcast with Colin O’Donoghue

[fandomlife-confessions]

[castielamigos]

[guardingkillian]

Any New Colin News?

Has anyone heard or seen any news or rumors that #ColinODonoghue has any new projects lined up post FINY movie? Know I keep asking & don't want to irritate anyone but I can't help my desire to know. He's too young & too talented not to be working for too long.

[kellyn1604]

Tumblr Tips for Fic Writers

Ok, so ever since The Purge in December, it has been more difficult to get fics seen by potential readers. Here are some tips I have figured out mostly through trial and error but also by talking to other blogs here.

1. No hyperlinks. No links back to your masterlist. No links to previous chapters. No taglists. Any link in your post can potentially hide your fic from the searches. If people can’t find your fic in the searches you can’t build an audience. *edit: You can reblog your story with the taglist so people who want to be notified about it can be. Just don’t do it in the original post.

2. Use hashtags appropriately and use a lot of them. Tag the crap out of your fic. I tag general fandoms, characters, then ship pairs such as character x reader, character x you, etc. If your fandom has an abbreviated name tag both. Ex: GoT and Game of Thrones or Spn and Supernatural. 

3. Use a “keep reading” bar. When you are posting on desktop and hit the enter button a selection of little gray buttons appear. The one that is a grey rectangle with three white dots is the keep reading button. For mobile, you’ll need to google how to do it, but I have heard there is a way. If you have longer chapters, like over 500-600 words or so, you have to use this button if you want people to reblog your story…and you want them to reblog. Most people will not clog their dash or their follower’s dash with a story that will make them scroll excessively. I’ve talked with several other blogs about this and we all agree that no matter how much we love the story, a keep reading button is essential. 

4. Don’t sell your stories short. If an author’s note says “this is crap” “take my trash” “I suck but have a fic anyway” etc. Why would people read it? Most people I know will keep scrolling because 1. you already said it sucks 2. it’s passive aggressive manipulation. Let people decide for themselves. And let them go in with an open mind.

5. Have an easily accessible masterlist. I googled “How to make a masterlist link in bio on Tumblr” and learned how to do it. This is essential. If people like the fic they just read, they are going to want more. If they can’t find it, you may lose a potential reader, follower, and friend. You have to make your masterlist easy to find. 

6. Participate in challenges and events. If you see someone is hosting an event for something, grab a slot. People who host these things typically have already built a good following. This is a way for you to interact more with the community and get your name out there. 

7. After you post your own fic, reblog it. Reblog it with your reader taglist since they can’t go in the original post. Reblog it for timezones, not everyone is on Tumblr at the same time. Don’t be afraid to reblog your own story. 

8. Since reblogs don’t show up in the searches…I make a post with the Title, Characters, Summary, and Warnings with an eye-catching gif and a lot of tags telling people that I have a new story and that they can find my masterlist in my bio. Now, this may sound dumb, but I get a couple new readers every time I do this. 

9. This one is more for readers than writers. Reblog!!!! Please for the love of everything. Reblog. It is so hard to get our stories out there without it. If you love a story, reblog it. I can reblog my own story until I’m blue in the face, but it only reaches people that are already following me. Support your fave creators…fanfic, gifs, fanartists, moodboard creators, aesthetics, etc. Reblog their work.

[woulddieforgabriel]

I’m sure some of my followers are fic writers, so I feel compelled to share this and, more importantly, to emphasize the point about the keep reading bar. I love reblogging fics and art and anything people have put a lot of effort into, but I always feel bad reblogging super long posts because not all my followers are going to be interested, so I typically don’t. If I see a couple paragraphs and a keep reading bar, I automatically reblog it.

[lizacstuff]

Welp jen responded to the trolls

Ah, there it is.

[freudian-slip-in-a-skirt]

Jen continues to be a class act while some in the fandom continue to be entitled brats.

[damnthisship]

[guardingkillian]

Don't Get Me Wrong

I am absolutely ecstatic that Jennifer Morrison has a new pilot. I am so proud & happy for her. Will definitely give it a try, if it is picked up as a series. That does not mean, however, that I still can't be disappointed & sad Colin doesn't have one & likely will not, if it is true he will not be accepting long term work outside of Ireland. I know some still say it was just a rumor but with announcements of pilot casting starting & Colin still at home, with not even an inkling of that changing, I see nothing that disproves it. I know it is his right, his career, & his decision so I don't need to be lectured on those things. It just makes me sad that outside the one episode of the Dolly Parton anthology I probably am not going to see him on my screen again for a long time, if at all & that makes me sad. I am not counting on Fairytales of NY getting a state side release. Most independent films aren't that widely distributed. Sorry to sound so pessimistic & I hope I am totally wrong, I just have a sinking feeling I am not. If someone has some news, even if they are rumors at this point, to change my mind, please share them with me here or via private message. Again no lectures about selfishness & entitlement please. I am not judging only sad.

[lizacstuff]

Liza why do you think a&e tried to prove Regina and Emma were such “great friends” in the later seasons of o**t? Do you think it’s because they wanted to throw a bone to that group? Or that they wanted to show everybody is family? Either way it came as forced

Honestly, I don’t think the show portrayed them as “great friends” necessarily. I think it portrayed them as forced family where Emma was trying to make the best of it and they were all walking on egg shells, trying to keep Regina from going off and murdering the entire town. Emma sitting there rolling her eyes as Regina railed at her in 5x22 is a great example. They were in New York together, reluctantly, because of Henry, not for a fabulous girls weekend, and the writing didn’t pretend otherwise. The narrative that they were “best friends” and “like sisters” was one put out there by Lana and not necessarily the show. 

However, when looking at the number of episodes we had to sit through with Regina behaving abusively towards Emma, I think there may have been elements to both things you mention at work. 

I refuse to believe that any showrunners would stoop to really catering to online fans, and obviously they didn’t or it would have been a much different show, but I personally thought the Regina/Snow relationship was much more interesting and nuanced than the the one with Emma– 6x01 actually had great scenes that showed this– but the writers often ignored that dynamic in favor of planting a R/E episode in every half season and it does make you wonder if they were influenced in that direction, and away from Regina/Snow by the clamor of those fans.  

As far as everyone being family, I do think they always planned to have Regina integrate into the group, for her enemies to become her friends and that story could have been told, and those two ladies could have become real friends and family, but at the end of the day I think it came off as forced because the writers always wanted to have their cake and eat it to with Regina. They refused to really give her any sort of meaningful redemption, or to have her revert fully evil, so instead we were left with a character who never really took responsibility, was a complete hypocrite, often played the victim and treated those around her like her personal punching bags.

If the show had ever had Regina go through a real redemption, had she really took responsibility for her past, I think her being part of the family would have been much more believable, but as it stood, to me, it always just felt like an uneasy alliance that could break at any moment.  

[dancingships]

OUAT: Disliking Ships Based on Age?

So both Swanqueen and Rumbelle like to “eeeew” at CaptainSwan because Killian is 300 years old.

OK. Yeah. There’s an age difference.

So?

It’s not like Emma is in high school. So comparing CS to that abusive garbage (you know what I’m talking about) perhaps you should do some calculating of your own?

Emma

We know that in S5 only 2/12 to 3 years had passed since S1. Henry was turning 13. S7 curse only effected EF2. Emma was not cursed in S7. Baby Neal looked to only be about 6 or 7. This all fits for what we know of Storybrooke’s timeline. Emma announcing her pregnancy, Neal’s age & Hope’s birth is all consistent to Emma being around 33.

You can’t focus on Robyn’s age to try to fit the pieces in because she’s the odd piece out. Robyn is older but Zelena isn’t? Makes 0 sense. Why? Sex appeal. They wanted her with Falice for some reason & of course they can’t lose Zelena’s hotness by aging her. Same reason they de-aged Fook (that was one strong potion to work in a land without magic!).

Regina

In this post about Regina: Child Bride Debunked we uncovered that Regina is well above 18 years old when she married Snow’s father.

S1: Regina casts a curse that stops time for 28 years. But Regina isn’t cursed so she is aware that time is passing. By the time Emma shows up, Regina is well into her 60s. Both in age & experience. Lots of experience since she’s been raping a man for 28 years.

I don’t understand SQers calling CaptainSwan gross & using age as one of the reasons? They ship Emma with her 60 year old step-granny. A woman who tried to murder Emma when Emma was just an infant. A woman who abused Emma’s mother when her mother was just a child. You’re still shipping Emma with someone old enough to be her mother.

Rumple & Belle

We know Hook is over 300. If Hook is over 300 then Rumple is even older.

Belle was of the marrying age when she met Rumple. She was also cursed for 28 years. She may not feel 60 years old (since time didn’t move for her) but she is still technically 60 years old. She’s a 60 year old married to someone 300+

“Emma is having a kid at 58, I wonder if CY babies as relationship glue…“

RB seems to think that Emma was near 60 when she had Hope. But she wasn’t. She was in her 30s. Belle on the other hand was in her 60s when she had Gideon.

So who is using a baby as relationship glue? Rumple. Belle was trying to get away from him but it was because of Gideon that Belle was stuck with her abusive husband.

Amazing how Rumple, at over 300 years old, can conceive a child and they believe Gideon is his but those that “ew” at CaptainSwan’s age difference think it is impossible for Killian to have fathered Hope? Age is often disregarded & distorted in OUAT. Get over it.

[mayquita]

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