Okay, so I wanted to post about this somewhat (okay, mostly) off topic thing weeks and weeks ago, but I never got around to it. Since we now know how s3 ended, it’s not as relevant, but I thought I might as well post it anyway.
The biggest fandom I was ever involved in was Sailor Moon. Up until the start of this season of Once it was the only fanfiction I had read in probably a good 10 years. One of my favourite stories is The House on Thornrose Lane by Alicia Blade (who, FYI is now a published author under her real name Marissa Meyer), which is a melding of fairytales and AU Sailor Moon. In it’s sequel the author has a chapter that is inspired by the Brother’s Grimm Story Godfather Death. On the off chance that anyone actually wants to read the fanfic and doesn’t want to be spoiled, I’ll put the synopsis of the chapter under a spoiler.
In the chapter Serena is reunited with Endymion, her True Love, who died in the previous story. They meet in what is essentially a purgatory, filled with candles of various sizes that represent the lives of every person, alive or dead. The size and thickness of your candle represents the kind of life you lead, tall and thin being a long but unfulfilled life, short but thick being a fulfilled life that was cut short. It is beautiful and moving, and closure for several events in the first story. A link to the specific chapter is here: Chapter 17 – The Cave of Lost Souls.
This chapter made me cry. In the weeks following 315 I started to think about something like this happening in Once. It could be both emotional, but still tied to the world of fairytales, even if it’s a somewhat obscure one. In my mind now I can’t help but picture Emma waking up in the cave and seeing Neal again. I just want to re-appropriate this whole part of the story and have it happen on Once.
Sorry if that was a little reaching, but it’s one of my favourite fairy tale inspired stories, even if it’s from a completely different fandom.
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