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  1. Rec 39

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    Regina’s fingers curl around the fluttering heart, still buried deep within the woman in front of her. She hesitates at the steady ba-bump ba-bump ba-bump rhythm it carries out. Unchanging even when Regina flexes. Her eyes lock with this new, incomprehensible foe: a bizarre creature who dares meet Regina’s gaze with steely determination even in the face of imminent death.

    “Okay,” the woman says. Soft, but resolute. She staggers forward into Regina, features pained but open in something like tenderness.

    And when their foreheads fall together, Regina marvels at the realization that for the first time in her life, she’s holding a heart devoid of fear.

    “Maybe it’s time for a new tactic, huh?”

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    The Evil Queen awakens one evening to find her castle under siege. She takes to the battlefield, intent on putting an end to Snow White’s rebellion at last.

    Regina dies. Then she wakes up to fight her war all over again, and the cycle continues.

    Until one night, a strange woman meets her on the battlefield.

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    15 Mar 2026

  2. Rec 5

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    AI fic is crossing my screen more and more often but filtering it out isn't particularly effective... so how do I identify it?

     

    That's what this guide is for!

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    22 Feb 2026

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    A Swan Queen-focused re-imagining of the 4x07 - 4x09 arc because, as much as I loved Gay Elsa, bringing Emma back to herself and in control of her magic should have been done by Regina.

    On top of all the Swan Queen, plenty of Swan-Mills Family feels abound.

    "Regina clenched her jaw, tried to look more annoyed than the fear she felt. Eventually all she could do was slowly reach out and press her palm to Emma’s. It felt like fire, hot but not painful, like closing a circuit; the flow of nervous electricity. And then Emma braided her long fingers with Regina’s and in the tapestry of their knuckles, everything else disappeared."

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    07 May 2025

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    A SwanQueen re-imagining of 4x10-4x12, where the Snow Queen's Shattered Sight curse hits and Regina becomes the Evil Queen again for just a little while.

    Set soon after  Normal [Monsters], and while I don't think it's entirely necessary to have read that first - hey, it could be fun! This is a little darker, and maybe a little dirtier. Best to presume spoilers for all of 4a.

    "In the quietness of stone and woods, Emma had found solace and fortitude; in the cathedral of a mouth, something like benediction. All day it echoed - when she stood in front of the ice wall, or helped Elsa with her sister’s bespelled necklace - her body twinged, ached pleasantly; reminded her of time spent with the woman who never stopped surprising her. Regina Mills."

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    07 May 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Don’t let the unfinished status or the length put you off. This is fantastic and stands up quite well just as it is. Gorgeous characterisations in a delightfully smutty study of two flawed human beings finding that their ragged edges match up like the last two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. If these two are already your blorbos, give this a read. You’ll enjoy it. If you’re new to this pairing, understand that this fic is better written than the show.

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    "At age seventeen, Emma still has only a few belongings. She has a red jacket and a baby blanket and a few good memories she can visit in the dark with her eyes closed. The rest are lessons."

    About Time au

    This is a story about mothers, children, and time travel. Or alternatively, how Emma Swan finds a place to belong.

     

    [ i'm all bloody knuckles, longing for home // if it weren't for second chances, we'd all be alone ]

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    28 Jul 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    This could easily stand alone as a novel without the OUAT background. Great read. Interesting premise well executed.