#for adri

[bandsanitizer]

moving along calum and ydgtp calum… same calum?

[kristalpepsi]

Catch me drinking that LOVING AND SUPPORTING MY FRIENDS juice??

[sweetwonderlnad]

This one is for Adri. I never really talked to her, but followed her for a long time and her posts always brought a smile to my face. She reblogged and posted for happiness and joy, nothing else; and I admire her for that. I never knew her, but her passing moved me deeply. She was a steady presence on my dash, and her absence is striking, especially today. 

At one point, I was breaking contact with two friends, and were at a real low point. One of those days @sheriffswan posted the words below. I screenshot it and have had it on my phone since. I look at it sometimes and really cherish the words. I haven't spoken to those two persons since, and my life is better for it. Of course I was the one to make the decisions considering that situation, but I really feel Adri’s post helped me somehow.

”When friendship dies away, I think the best thing you can do is to think of that person as someone who accompanied you for a part of your life. They helped you, they were here at a certain time and added something to your life. They were not meant to stay for longer than that but celebrate the short moment and let them go. They were on your road to help you at one moment of your life. You will find other friends who will follow you and walk by your side forever. Some friendships die away but that doesn't mean they didn’t hugely touched you or have an impact on your life. Cherish that.” - @sheriffswan

I hope you are happy, Adri. Wherever you are

”Well… This should be interesting.”

Killian had been out for an hour. An hour of grocery shopping and checking up on the Jolly by the docks. She had been home alone for an hour (well, alone apart from the baby, but he didn’t think the infant had much part in this), and their house looked like someone had ransacked it for through and through. The couch was moved, there were pillows on the floor, lamps, food, blankets and other small trinkets spread over the entire room, and his wife in the middle of it all; her tongue slightly out trying to, what it looked like, balance a blanket on a stick.

Killian walked over to the bassinet by the corner of the room, and lifting his daughter into his arms, smiling widely as she gurgled happily and wrapped her tiny fists into his shirt.

”I’m making a fort.”

Killian turned at Emma’s words, confused. Obviously he knew what a fort was, but what was the meaning of having one in the middle of the living room? And one made of pillows, blankets and furniture at that. Emma seemed tense, though, so he didn’t comment, instead observing as she kept on balancing and clamping stuff onto each other.

”Do you want some help with that fort of yours? You see, I have loads of experience building regular forts, so one made of pillows should be no match.”

She gave him an amused look whilst she tightened a knot connecting two blankets.

”You had forts on the ocean?”

”I wasn’t always on the ocean, love. Two hundred years give you loads of time to explore many different terrains. And trust me, keeping Pan and the lost boys at bay, you sometimes required a real good fort.”

She smiled warmly at him; eyes glimmering, and his heart warmed in his chest.

”Okay, handyman. We could really use a mattress. There is one from when we bought Henry a new one, just inside the door to the attic. And blankets, we need more blankets.”

With a rumbling chuckle Killian bowed his head mockingly, as if he was following orders, and when she swatted the top of his head with a ”hey, you offered” he handed her the baby and kissed her on the cheek before going after that mattress and blankets.

Another hour of building, and they sat inside a cramped fort with blanket walls and mattress floor, close, close to one another. The baby was fast asleep on Killian’s chest and there was a computer playing the Princess Bride in Emma’s lap. She was tucked tight into his side and he was enjoying the company of his two girls far more than the movie playing in front of them. He knew there was something behind this little impromptu blanket fort-building, but didn’t want to press just yet.

Resting his head against Emma’s, Killian breathed her in and closed his eyes, dwelling in the moment. With his baby daughter’s steady breath against his neck and his wife’s scent in his nose, he started to drift.

”It’s a year ago today.”

His eyes opened and he automatically tightened his arm around her slightly.

”What is?” He tried to remember, what happened a year earlier? It wasn’t her becoming the dark one, that was later in the year, as was his deaths. Neither was it finding out they were expecting the little bundle currently on his chest; that was also around another time of the year.

”I haven’t seen Elsa in a year today.” Realization hit him, but he stayed quiet, offering his silent comfort.

”It just hit me earlier, and I got antsy and just… like…” Her hands were waving at their blaketconstruction in explanation, unable to find the correct words.

”Decided to build a blanket home?” He asked and she chuckled halfheartedly, nodding. He kissed the side of her head and she sighed shakily.

”It’s okay to miss a friend, love,” he whispered into her hair, like a secret only between the two of them. She leaned into him further and sighed heavily again.

”Yeah,” she whispered back. ”I miss her.”

Their blanket fort remained in their living room for almost another month, with several more nights spent watching movies on the computer. Sometimes it was the three of them, baby on Killian’s chest and computer in Emma’s lap. Sometimes Henry joined them (the boy was overjoyed when he came home finding the fort, though a little upset over the fact that he wasn't included in its building), and they squeezed together tight and all falling asleep before their movie was over. And, sometimes, when Henry was at Regina’s and their little infant were all tucked into bed, it was only the two of them.

Those were the nights Emma enjoyed the very most, their little ’they time’. Usually they didn’t even bring the computer or decide on a movie. Usually, the two of them just spread out in the fort; bodys close, hands linked together and silence in the air; whispered and hushed conversations at most. They took comfort in one another and more than once they couldn’t bring themselves to get up and go to bed, so they spent the night on the old mattress and woke up with backaches, but contentment.

The fort remained in their living room for almost a month before it was cleaned up and everything put into their respective place. Though, every time a tough anniversary came up or either of them felt down, the other would come home to the chaos of fort-building. (Henry even got to help a couple of times)

It was a safe space and the air in the blanketfort always comforting and understanding. Killian definitely saw the point in building an inside fort of pillows and blankets by then. Their little cocoon of contentment.

[brassringclub]

[villains-happy-ending]

#ouatfriends askers, I haven’t forgotten about you. Real life has been a bit hectic recently, but I will be sending my messages before the week is out.

[jell-obeans]

♥ For Adri ♥

[trueromantic1]

OUaT Friends

yesgraphicmaniac’s original post as found here

R.I.P Adri (Sheriffswan)

First of all, I wanna say I’m sorry for your loss if you were close to her. I personally wasn’t but I am still shocked and saddened by this news.

But I wanna turn her death into something positive. Something we all will remember her by. Some of us had the pleasure to know her, but the majority of this fandom knew her url and followed her but never talked to her. I wanna turn that around. I rarely talk to people on tumblr. I have a few friend over in the captain swan chatroom run by Chelsea (captainswansource) but other than that I don’t have many tumblr friends. And I am noticing a lot of people in this fandom are afraid to send asks or start a conversation with someone. So I got an idea. what if we would all just talk to each other?

I wanna start a sort of penpal post. you fill out a small form and post it on your blog with the hashtag #ouatfriends you can search through the tag to find someone that likes the same TV shows or movies, that has the same hobbies or has been through similar struggles.

Are you interested in making new friends? Fill in this form and post it to your blog!

Let me preface this form by saying that I never knew Adri, but she sounds amazing from everything I’ve read about her.  I did, unknowingly, admire her work.  It seems the fandom has lost an amazing person and talent.

I’m not super active in the fandom (at least with posting/sharing/reblogging things), but some people might recognize me from reviews I’ve left on their fics or various other ways I might have interacted with them (or from my places online, where I’m almost always called TrueRomantic).  I tend to go through phases where I’ll go months barely even going anywhere online except FF.net and AO3, then I’ll pop back into the fandom world for some of my various shows, then go sort of dormant again.  Maybe making friends with some of you (or better friends) will keep me more active.  I made some amazing friends in a couple of my previous fandoms I was active in, and though I met very few of them in person, I still talk to many of them and consider them great friends even if I only really get active in those fandoms during our traditional celebration times of year.

I would love to get to know you guys, so feel free to talk to me.  I’m a bit of an introvert in some ways, but get me going and you’ll probably be wishing you could find my OFF button.

Name: Kimberly, but most people now call me Kim, except my graduating class that calls me Kimbo.  One friend calls me Kimba and another calls me Kimmi or Kimmi-kins, but those are special to them.  I’ll answer to Kim or Kimberly, or if you want I’ll answer to my online name TrueRomantic or TR.

Age: 26, 27 in March 2016

Country: United States

tv-shows: For sake of brevity, I’ll only list what is currently airing new episodes and a couple other shows, otherwise we’ll be here all day.

Once Upon a Time [Captain Swan], Big Bang Theory [Leonard/Penny], Scorpion [Walter/Paige], Castle [Casket], NCIS: LA [Kensi/Deeks] (I used to watch the original, but I’m still boycotting until Ziva comes back and I get my Tiva), Signed Sealed Delivered [Oliver/Shane] (it was a Hallmark show, but now it’s a Hallmark movie series), When Calls the Heart [Elizabeth/Jack], Criminal Minds, Bones [Booth/Brennan], Elementary [Sherlock/Watson], Haven [Audrey/Nathan], Rizzoli & Isles, Defiance, Doctor Who, ...I know I’m forgetting some... :(

A few shows that have ended over the years that I was big into are Stargate: SG1 [Sam/Jack], Firefly [Mal/Inara], Farscape [John/Aeryn], Charmed [Piper/Leo], Walker Texas Ranger [Walker/Alex], Eureka [Alison/Jack], Warehouse 13 [Myka/Pete], Psych [Shawn/Juliet], The Mentalist [Jane/Lisbon], Roswell [Liz/Max], Buffy the Vampire Slayer (in my happy place she and Angel are living happily ever after somewhere), Veronica Mars [Veronica/Logan], ...Ask me about others and I might have loved them too lol.

Movies: Most RomComs, most kids movies, and lots of Hallmark movies.  Pride and Prejudice (both the Colin Firth and the Keira Knightly versions, though I prefer the Colin Firth version), Harry Potter, Pitch Perfect, Lord of the Rings and Hobbit, ...

Hobbies: Reading (I’m a really fast reader, and often read a full book in 1 or 2 days)---I especially like books with romance and happy endings. And smutty books.  But I like my smut books to have some plot too lol.  Mystery Romance, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy Romance, some Erotica if there’s plot...You get the picture.  Some of my favorite authors are Nora Roberts/JD Robb, Jennifer Ashley, Hannah Howell, Laurann Dohner, Lynsay Sands, Lora Leigh, C. L. Wilson, Kresley Cole, Patricia Briggs, Christina Dodd, Christine Feehan, Ilona Andrews, and Nalini Singh.

Playing with my pets.  I have a Chihuahua mix, Pug, Australian Sheppard/Lab mix, and two cats.  My family also has a Pekingese, long haired Chihuahua, Boxer/Mastiff mix, and another cat.  I love most animals.

Writing.  I haven’t actually written anything in awhile, but I’m hoping to get back into the swing of it soon.

Gimping/Photoshopping. I can’t do gifs, but my most recent fandom before OUaT, the Stargate fandom, has a site called GateWorld where I would make sigs and avatars and the occasional wallpaper for people.  I enjoy it, but I haven’t made anything in about a year.

Talking/hanging out with friends and family.  I love my people.  I don’t see them that often (I swear I’m not a hermit, even if I live alone and don’t leave home unless I have to, I just spend a lot of my free time reading), but I talk to someone on the phone at least once a day.  My very best friend is the kind of amazing friend that I’ve had since we were about 6 and we can go months without talking and just pick back up like no time has passed.

Going places.  Growing up my mom and I would go to Fredericksburg, VA or Gettysburg, PA or Lexington, VA at least once a year.  I grew up in Northern Virginia, so they were all within a days drive and we’d spend several days there going around the historical places.  As I got older and we finished the historical stuff, we just went to enjoy the towns and people and downtown shops.  I drive between where I live in Oklahoma and where my family is in Virginia at least once a year, and I love it.  One day I’m going to accomplish my “Outside of the United States” travel list.

Baking/Cooking.  I absolutely LOVE being in my kitchen.  I often improvise and guesstimate with my recipes, then can’t tell people how to do it even though I can make it the same every time lol.  I’m definitely not “professional” or anything like that, but I absolutely love it.

Something interesting about you: I was reading Nancy Drew books without help when I was 5 or 6 (the age that most kids, at least in the US, are still just learning how to read), and my teacher forbade me from bringing them to school to read because I “upset the other children” who couldn’t read as well as me.

I was also originally left-handed, but that same teacher forced me to use my right hand instead because she believed left-handed people were evil.  I haven’t practiced the writing in awhile, but I’m technically ambidextrous and still do some every day things as if I were left hand dominant.

I’m actually kind of shy in most settings, but I often meet people while out and about that I talk to for a long time once they talk to me.  My mom jokes that I make a new friend everywhere I go.  It’s kind of true.  In driving between OK and VA, I often stop in the same towns and hotels and restaurants, and some of the people and I will remember each other even if we only met and talked for an hour or less and then didn’t see each other for 6 months or more.  But I rarely approach people on my own.

[prosewithwoes]

OUAT Friends!

This is an amazing idea so of course I’ll be doing it!

Name: Seffra Age: 20 Country: Canada tv-shows: OUAT, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Merlin, Arrow, The 100 Movies: WAYY too many! Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Marvel movies, Dracula Untold, Bollywood films..and probably a lot more I just can’t think of them at the moment. Hobbies: Reading, reading, Netflix-ing (I’m making that a verb..), ummm reading. Something interesting about you: I’m studying to be a Teacher! OUAT oriented... I was a fan of Once Upon a Time from the beginning.