#stable queen

[dinneratgrannys]

ONCE UPON A TIME 1.18, The Stable Boy

[hardcore-evil-regal]

I absolutely hate the fact that Regina loses every person she ever loves (except maybe Henry) but damn…. My girl looks so fine when she’s grieving.

Her outfit at Robin’s funeral (the hair, the dress which was so Mayor Mills aesthetic, the classy hint of cleavage)

The New York outfit when searching for Henry after Robin’s death (the classy casual aesthetic, the crop top, the leather skirt)

All of her EQ outfits after Daniel’s death (I think this explains itself)

Even her outfit for Leopold’s funeral (I know it was an act, but still - the hair with that side swooping fringe gets me every time, the dress with that neckline, the red lipstick)

Like I know she looks good all the time but there’s just something about how good she looks at a funeral 😮‍💨

[victoriously-regal]

Song: Who is She? by I Monster

[thornyheartstales]

🍎 Once Upon a Time RP 🍎

Seeking: any characters, ships and plots you want to throw my way. I have a few ideas and plots in mind, but I'm always open for more! Doubling is an option, so feel free to ask me about other canon characters. Highest interests are written in bold italics.

🍎 Characters & relationships

Regina Mills - Daniel/Regina, Regina/anyone, Henry & Regina, Regina & anyone

Belle French or Mr. Gold - Belle/Gold, Gold & Neal

🍎 Themes & ideas [bookmarked plots]

found family, slice of life, romance, modern and medieval fantasy

canon compliant missing scenes - e.g.: Heroes and Villains storybook

non-canon compliant rewrites - e.g.: and all was well post-season 3

what if scenarios - e.g.: What if Regina became the dark one? What if Regina were Gold's daughter? What if Zelena's time traveling spell had different long lasting consequences? What if Cora became the Dark One? What if Daniel's revival was successful?

alternate universes - give me all the arranged marriage, flower shop, undersea, supernatural, soulmates, anything AUs, I will take anything!

crossovers - e.g.: fairy tales that were unused/underdeveloped by the show, respective adaptations, or any other fandoms

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⤥ Desired plots will be bookmarked by the tags below ⤦

[heatherfield]

@giftober 2023 | Day 30: goodbye

Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story [x] + Once Upon a Time

[swanqueensalad]

okay top 3 cute sq headcanons that you have right now and top 3 more angsty sq headcanons you have right now?

thank you for this anon!!! i love doing these <33

cute:

emma is actually so dad vibes she falls asleep on the couch every night the minute she, regina and henry start watching netflix. she kicks up such a fuss about what they watch then just straight up passes out. henry always complains and makes fun of her, but regina (though she would never say it) really likes it. it makes her feel very warm and safe and comforted to be snuggled up on emma's chest watching tv, feeling her breath rise and fall, listening to her silly occasional snores. because even asleep, emma never stops holding her. (and then emma wakes up at the end of the episode or the movie and insists she wasn't asleep and saw the whole thing)

every saturday morning, regina mills has a baking session. she is basically a pinterest mom who also is obsessed with organizing and scheduling, and baking is a hobby that benefits everyone, so it becomes part of her routine. emma is gradually learning to help: this means being annoying in the kitchen, eating ingredients, giving regina cuddles and neck kisses when she's trying to do something, and singing along badly to the music on the radio. though regina pretends to be annoyed, she secretly loves it. after henry grew out of helping her, she always baked alone until emma, and rarely got much joy out of it. now it's one of her favourite parts of the week. simple, peaceful, and happy. (and every time she bakes with emma and then they eat some of the freshly cooled goods together, it undoes cora's voice in the back of her head a little bit, every week her questionable relationship with food gets a little bit better)

as much as emma loves storybrooke, she sometimes misses the outside world, and so another tradition that develops is emma taking regina for date days out of town. they'll pick random towns, forests to hike in, and places to visit and take a leisurely drive, stop for food somewhere. for a while emma gets weirdly obsessed with weird thrift/antique stores and finding the dumbest stuff she can (regina and henry, when he hears, both tease her for 'keeping some Mr Gold genes after being the Dark One') and while regina makes fun, she secretly loves leafing through antique books and reading inscriptions left in them. also, whenever they speak to waitresses or shopkeepers on these outings, they have to make up different stories about how they met. every time, emma comes up with a different story and makes it as rambling and silly as possible, and every time regina smiles and shakes her head and sometimes inputs something funny that comes to mind.

angsty:

i've def spoken about this one before, but regina has nightmares very regularly. multiple times a week, about various things from her past (god knows there's enough nightmare fuel). emma is a light sleeper and lifelong insomniac herself for many reasons, and if she is asleep, she wakes up very quickly when she hears the familiar change in regina's breathing, or feels her lashing out with her hands or feet in her sleep. it aches deep in emma's chest every time, knowing there are things that have happened that will always haunt regina like this, knowing there are some things she can't fight off. and she's still learning what to do with those things, how to help her without a sword and fist, but she wakes her as gently as she can and kisses her forehead, strokes her hair and whispers silly things and dumb jokes to her until they're both okay. regina doesn't like to talk about her nightmares or what they contain, and emma doesn't ask. they just hold each other and learn to feel safe.

idk if this is a controversial one, or if my view of them has just changed a little as i've gotten older, but emma and regina are both people that are still struggling big time with their mental health, processing, healing etc and though they love each other and are definitely on a one way path to peace, there's no way this doesn't cause issues sometimes. when regina and emma fight (beyond the everyday quibbling that undoubtedly means i love you), they fight badly. they both say awful stuff they don't mean or believe. they both spiral. (but afterwards, when they've calmed down and the dust has settled, they always find each other with immense apology and understanding. and the good thing is, because they both struggle, they both understand wholeheartedly what the other one went through, why they said those things, and they know unequivocally that they didn't mean them. their fights are not common, but after them they are always extra caring and tender and honest with each other, just to be sure the other knows how much they are loved.)

this is more sad than actually angsty, but it means a lot to me so. i have forgotten if this is actually canon or not, but regina had a version of daniel's tombstone brought over to storybrooke with the curse and it is still very important to her to visit it regularly, bringing his favourite yellow flowers. emma respects her privacy and that it's a very personal thing, but one day when emma asks where she's going and she says there, regina tells her very gently that she's welcome to come if she'd like. and so emma, after making sure it's not overstepping any boundaries, joins. she is quiet and respectful, holds regina's hand and sits with her there. after a while regina turns to her and tells her how much he would have liked her. how similar they are, in some ways. how totally not in others. before they go, when regina has already left, emma pretends to have forgotten something so she can have a quick moment to touch the stone and tell him a quiet thank you, for loving regina and taking care of her before she could.

[believingispowerfulmagic]

Wednesday100: “Betrayal” (Bartender Part IV)

Part I,  Part II and Part III

Regina hoped she was wrong.

Her heart pounded as walked toward a table in the back, praying it was a case of mistaken identity. She paused just before she reached it, looking back as she hoped Daniel would be just entering the bar area. But he didn’t.

She had to keep going forward.

Reaching the table, she took a deep breath before asking: “Daniel?”

The couple broke apart and the man jumped up, his eyes wide. “What are you doing here?”

“Daniel?” the woman asked, glaring at Regina. “Who is this?”

“His fiancée,” Regina replied. “Who the hell are you?”

[henryhas2moms]

to me regina calling daniel her fiancé even though they were only engaged for a day is so much more heartbreaking than calling him her ‘true love’. for one because it’s a real life word we can connect to, it means something specific in our world and theirs, without getting muddled or mystified by fairytale magic. and for another because it alludes to a future they never had, an unfulfilled promise. she wanted to spend her life with that boy but they only got a few stolen kisses and so much heartache