Hi! I'm Jen. You might know me as the SwanQueen FanFiction author BrendaChenowith! You can find my work on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/users/BrendaChenowith/pseuds/BrendaChenowith DM's are always open!
Title: Elysian Fields [SwanQueen Fan Art]
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Artist: Butimachrldr2
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Title: Elysian Fields
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Author: BrendaChenowith
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Rating: Mature
Warning(s): Major Character Death
Words: 89k
Summary:
What if there was a way to find your soulmate, would you do it? What if all it took was a small blood sample for a computer database to locate your other half, would you take that leap of faith? What if this wasnât a guarantee that youâll find your mate, would you still take that chance?
Emma Swan had resisted The Eros Network for a long time, believing that love was a feeling, not a string of ones and zeros. It all seemed a little too far-fetched to be real. But her brother and sister were quite persuasive, and knew just what to say and what strings to pull to convince Emma to do just about anything, including signing up for The Eros Network with them.
Could The Eros Network really find her soulmate? Or was the whole thing just too good to be true?
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A Light in the Darkness - âThe Dark Oneâs an Idiotâ Fan Art
Fandom Trumps Hate (FTH) 2026 art inspired by dreadfulhintâs fanfiction: âThe Dark One is an Idiotâ.
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âThe Dark One is an Idiotâ by dreadfulhint is a dark and decadent tale. It weaves a path through the relationship of Emma and Regina all while pulling you along with them. It feels similar to the experience of enjoying sinfully dark chocolate truffles paired with an earthy dry red drunk on a furry blanket in front of a fireplace- if you throw in a pair of handcuffs and a very high libido.
This story is very NSFW, in all the best ways, with themes of alpha/omega and a very thoughtful and rich storyline. The emotional emptiness of Emma as the Dark Swan trying to fill the hole in her heart is the dark chocolate truffle at the start of the story. The self defeatist tendencies of Regina as she battles between martyrdom and her desperate selfish desire for true love are the dry red.
The fireâs warmth is Henryâs brilliant and pragmatic optimism and belief in his mothers. The flames Emmaâs family, specifically her father, wanting to protect her and burning through their own emotions. The random annoying sparks come from both Hook and Hood, sparking randomly and trying to set fire to the furry carpet.
Then thereâs the darkness throwing an alpha/omega spell at our lovely ladies in an attempt to execute the ultimate con, using the bonding mark to its advantage, only to have the tables turned at the very end. The handcuffs are found in both this chess match and the actual magical cuff on Reginaâs wrist.
If you want your blood to boil and your cheeks to run as red as the Dark Swanâs lipstick choices, then check out this tantalizing tale from dreadfulhint:
2026 FTH found me and a small posse of SwanQueen creators participating and offering art and stories. These folks are all amazing! dreadfulhint not only donated time to create stories but chose me to make art!
Thank you dreadfulhint for choosing me in FTH 2026! I am delighted to gift you this art! I hope you love it as much as I enjoyed creating it! Hope it adds to your amazing story!
Viva La SwanQueen!
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About this art:
The Dark One has implemented the ultimate ruse, binding Regina and Emma together via an alpha/omega mating mark. Taking the form of the Dark Swan, the darkness seeks to claim the woman it wanted all along...
Regina sits, rotting in prison, tormented not only by a Dark Swan, but by her own inner demons and self destructive tendencies. Will she hold out until her claimed mate arrives or will her resolve crumble under the manipulations of the Dark Swan?
Emma, claimed and marked, rushes into the Sheriffâs station. She is a beacon of light in the darkness. Can she prove to both herself and Regina that true love is not only possible for them both but that it may also be their salvation?
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This is a colored pencil drawing depicting Regina in prison tormented by the Dark Swan as Emma storms into the Sheriffâs office in an attempt to save her true love.
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This one was a challenge. Often Emma and Regina area hard enough and one misbehaves. This time I had three of them! lol. I really love how it came out. I drew each of them first and then added in the bars. The placement is purposeful to not detract from the imagery.
The collaboration with dreadfulhint was amazing and helped shape this art. The juxtaposition of the dark and light is purposeful. The rays coming from Emma are her light energy calling Regina back from the darkness.
I really love the details. The computer and the blinds. I love Reginaâs boots and hands. Their hair. Their clothes. The bricks. The bars. I am really happy with how it all turned out.
This was a big year for FTH -- our tenth auction, and a big year in one other important way, too.
This year, we've got two big numbers to announce.
This year, thousands (yes, thousands!) of us showed up to share our time, talents and goodwill with one another and raise some money for our most vulnerable neighbors and the organizations that support them. Together, we supported the fights for trans rights, for immigrant rights, and for the rights of the disabled; we helped fund local journalism and local clean-energy advocacy; we helped feed the hungry, in Gaza and in our own neighborhoods around the world; and so much more.
Together, we raised....
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(drumroll please)
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Warning: Fabulously glittery number incoming!
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But that's not all.
We knew there was no way we'd quite match last year's annual total -- everybody was motivated the recent election, and the damage of the new presidential admin was still in its early ramp-up. Still, we were hoping that enough folks would show up for FTH 2026 that we could raise a combined ~$70K, and push us to a major ten-year fundraising milestone.
As you can see, we blew way, way past that this year.
That brings FTH's ten-year fundraising total to:
That's right, over the past decade, as a community we have generated over HALF A MILLION DOLLARS in donations to progressive nonprofits!!
Yes, actually. We triple checked. Holy shit?!
Below you'll find the breakdown of how this year's donations were distributed across different organizations (this breakdown doesnât include employer match donations, which is why the total is a little lower):
Advocates for Trans Equality  - $17,313.86
Disability Law United  - $4,019.01
Environmental Integrity Project  - $4,049
Fight for the Future Education Fund  - $3,388
Freedom to Read Foundation  - $8,689.54
Gaza Soup Kitchen  - $20,362
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism  - $5,306.27
Greenlight America  - $2,732
In Our Own Voice  - $3,052
National Immigrant Justice Center  - $16,675.24
Never Again Action  - $5,452
Open Secrets  - $2,706
Vote Beat  - $2,067
Other organizations:Â Â - $1,548
Umbrella: anti-poverty direct aid orgs
Echo Food Bank  - $1,623
Madison Countians Allied Against Poverty  - $293.43
Peninsula Poverty Response  - $772
Sisters PGHÂ Â - $1,653
St. Louis Park Emergency Program  - $565
Womens Daytime Drop-in Center  - $910
Other anti-poverty direct aid orgs  - $4,266.17
So what's next?
Now is a great time to follow the @fth2026fanworks account. We'll use that blog to share any auction fanwork that gets posted to tumblr.
We urge you to keep up with the organizations you supported this year (and the others on our list!) Follow them on social media, subscribe to their newsletters, whatever works best for you. It will enable you to keep an eye on the good work youâve helped support, and to find out quickly when these orgs need some extra help, financial or otherwise.
And if youâre looking out at the world and feeling the itch to do more, here are some possibilities:
Follow @fthaction, the meatspace activism wing of FTH. We relaunched FTHA last year with some reading lists, an individualized activism bingo card, a couple of AMAs with some talented organizers and activists on our dedicated FTHA discord server, and some stories from folks on tumblr, talking about how they themselves got more politically active. We're still figuring out the best and most useful things we can do this with project, but we'd love your thoughts and we hope you'll join us for the ride, on tumblr or on our discord server (linked above) or both.
Organize your own auction! Weâve put together a detailed playbook that contains as much information and as many resources as we can provide for getting an auction off the ground, including detailed guides. Almost everything in the playbook is fully public; there are a few forms that are access-locked because google has stupid ideas about sharing forms, but weâre happy to give you access to those, too: just drop us an email.
As usual, we the mods are pretty wiped out and will need to take some time away from our screens to recuperate. But also as usual, it's completely worth the effort. We're so deeply inspired by what we've accomplished together, and by all of y'all who keep showing up, year after year, to be lights for one another in dark times. We'll see you again next year.
Thank you to all who bid and all who won and all who offered! Fandom makes a big difference!
Special thanks to @swanqueenalways @frozenwolf13 @maplesdonut and Dreadfulhint for participating and representing SwanQueen!!
Big thanks to those who bid on my auctions as well as the highest and second highest bidders!! @frozenwolf13 @anxiouspotatoinblue @italianbeatrice and Dreadfulhint you are amazing!!!
You have just under 3 hours left to get your bids in - bidding closes at 8pm EST!
Even if a bidding form is open later than that (many will be, it takes a while to close them all), any bid that registers with a timestamp later than 8:00:05 EST will not be considered valid.
Would you like a custom BrendaChenowith fic? That dreams could be possible if you win my auction! Only 24 hours left in my auction for Fandom Trumps Hate this year so donât wait much longer!
All of my auction information can be found below. And as always, please do not hesitate to ask here, on the email address listed in my auction profile or on discord at swanqueenalways
All money raised goes directly to charity!
See BrendaChenowith's works <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/BrendaChenowith/pseuds/BrendaChenowith" target="_blank">here</a>!<br
Do you have a story prompt thatâs been buzzing around in your head but you just canât quite find the words? Have no fear! I am participating in Fandom Trumps Hate this year and there is still time to bid on my auction and have your very own BrendaChenowith fic! 100% of money raised goes to charity!
Auction closes tomorrow, March 7, at 8:00pm EST so there is still time to put in a bid. All my auction information is below!
See BrendaChenowith's works <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/BrendaChenowith/pseuds/BrendaChenowith" target="_blank">here</a>!<br
