#sq dimension

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Welcome to the Swan Queen dimension! A crazy meta that explains the world building of Once Upon a Time AND why romantic SQ is canon once you understand how the rules work.

1. Maybe we’ll meet in a different dimension

A general explanation of how the different dimension works and how it relates to OUAT.

2. Dimensions infographic

A visual representation of the dimension to make it easier to understand.

3. Rules of the world 1

Explanation of the first rule you need to understand to get OUAT world building: Every story is somehow about Emma Swan.

4. Rules of the world 2

Explanation of rule number two: The story is a mix of the wisdom of archetypes and fairy tales, combined with memories from Emma’s past and new stories from the world around Emma’s body. 

(I will update this pinned post with links whenever I write a new meta.)

OTHER META

The big conversion therapy post

Why Emma’s wedding was full of shade

The show really ended with a SQ wedding duh

Henry is a shitty author (sorry boy, love yah, you clitblocker)

SwanQueen IS intentional

Another SQ-Snowing parallel

Long-ass hopeful SQ crap

SQ synchronicity in the real world

Emma/Lily/Ruby parallels

Grace & Frankie ship SQ

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Previous post: Maybe we’ll meet in a different dimension

Now that we agree that Once Upon a Time (mostly) takes place in a realm where all of our human thoughts (art, stories, music) are physical, touchable things, the show makes SO much more sense.

You’ve been sayin’ plot holes, I say WRONG! It’s world building, bi*tch! Seriously though, when we said “EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME BACKSTORY THEY’RE SUCH LAZY WRITERS!” we were actually so close to getting it! Hear me out.

I know what you all do at night. Don’t lie.

That’s right, you go over the same thoughts over and over again. Every trauma and every issue is brought back over and over and over... to be looked at from every angle. No mercy for yourself.

Yeah, I thought so.

HOW DID WE NOT SEE THIS? The repetition of car crashes, abandoned & abandoning/sold children, killing of fathers, shitty dudes, references to conversion therapy, ... over and over and over again was SO on purpose. We do it all the time, except we don’t live in the nightmare where THOUGHTS TURN TO F*CKING THINGS like Emma Swan does! Seriously, imagine all that sh*t from the past in your mind suddenly become personified.

Yup, you got it. Indeedio, when Emma crashed her car, she got stuck in a dimension where all of her issues became real all around her, played out by both her and other characters. Now you imagine facing an endless version of your night. Not fun. Does that make us sadists for watching? Guess I always knew this fandom was full of kinky bastards.

Anyways, I think that’s enough for now. So to sum it up; rule number one is: 

“Everything story on Once Upon a Time is connected to the present and the past of Emma Swan.”

And I pinkie promise we’ll get to SQ, but I gotta get through all this stuff first.

Coming soon: Rule number 2 

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This is a little extra info to explain the first SQ dimension meta post which you can find here. Wrote it as a reply, but hey, I did the work, so now it gets its own post. Lazypeoplehighfive!!!

I get that it can be confusing, because I’ve needed time to be comfortable and familiar with all these ideas before presenting them! Basically, the theory is that our thoughts form another dimension (or another level of reality if you will).

We have the physical dimension, which is our bodies and everything we see. Then there is another dimension made of our thoughts. Our thoughts vibrate “faster” so we don’t see them (kinda like vapor compared to ice) when we are not dreaming/meditating. 

The world of thoughts is divided into two parts. One is personal, but another part of the world of thoughts is shared by all humans. And that’s basically where most of Once Upon a Time takes place.

I made this pretty kick ass info-graphic up there to help, sometimes it’s clearer visually than with words. I know, I’m just too nice.

The easiest way to really imagine it is actually by thinking of the physical dimension as ice. It’s solid, you can hold it. The personal dimension (your own thoughts and memories and traumas) is more like water. You can still see it, but you can’t really take it in your hands, it’s fluid. And then the shared dimension (which is where all stories are, in our collective memory) is like a gas, like vapor. We know it’s there, it occupies the same space as we do, but we can’t really see it.