#whyilovesq

To be honest I don’t know why I love Swan Queen. All I know is one day I was watching season 3A and suddenly I went “Wait, what?”

It’s just a thousand little things that amounted to these two belonging together. 

It’s them putting aside their differences to work together to find their son, because they both love him. It’s how it was a lot easier for them to actually work together than I would have expected. 

How Regina, Regina who doesn’t ask anyone for help with anything, asked Emma to put their magic together to get results because she knew they’d be great together. And looking hurt when Emma refused. It’s Regina asking Emma to back her to be able to talk to their son. It’s Regina doing the dark, dirty work to find their son so Emma doesn’t have to. Because they’re one happy family. It’s this comment that even out of it from being tortured Regina absorbed everything she overheard and was told, like Emma coming to find her and the fact tat Snow and Charming actually did and then told her that it was because she’s family. It’s Regina expressing jealousy in hurtful comments toward Emma when Emma backs what she sees as Hook’s plan and not hers. It’s how Regina relates this to Emma feeling something for Hook. As if she’s miffed that Emma doesn’t feel anything for her and that that’s the reason she doesn’t get Emma’s support. It’s in the way Regina stays with the Charmings, working with them instead of the way she’s always worked, alone. It’s how she chooses to follow Emma’s lead, a kind of respect she grants no one unless she’s trying to fool them into thinking she’s on their side when she’s not. It’s in how she pleads with Emma not to go after Neal, which she thinks is Emma going on a goose chase. 

It’s Emma rushing in to save Regina (backed by the entire team) from Tinkerbell because she’s “a pissed off mother.”  Because that’s what Emma does, she’s good at convincing people to back her cause and she did it to save Regina. It’s Emma backing Regina’s plan to talk to their son. It’s Emma trusting Regina to teach her magic in a way that won’t turn her dark. It’s the jealous way Emma reacts to Regina and Robin being together instead of the supportive and happy way a friend who is happy you’re happy should. It’s Emma fighting for them, not giving up on them and all they can be.

It’s them literally working to save each other’s souls.

It’s basically every interaction between Emma and Regina and even some interactions between either Emma or Regina and others or between Emma and Regina with others present and how they react to them. Telling me that I’m not alone in what I’m seeing.

It’s the entirety of seasons 4 and 5 where Regina and Emma spend so much time worrying about each other even as they’re with and worrying about their respective partners and their problems.

It’s how they follow each other to the ends of the earth to support each other no matter what it means for both of them or their respective partners. No matter if those partners choose to follow them or if they even think to ask.

It’s how they look at each other like they couldn’t imagine their lives without each other. Like the other person hung the moon and stars specifically for them.

It’s because the best kind of romantic relationship, the kind of love that lasts, is the kind that grows from friendship combined with mutual attraction. 

It’s because according to their world and ours they fit the recipe for true love

-magic

-sacrifice

-trust

-honesty 

-hard work

and most importantly, love

It’s because they see and understand each other clearly even when they don’t see and understand themselves clearly. 

It’s because they actively work to make each other happy. How they’re never truly happy unless they both are. It’s because they’re the best, most honest versions of themselves when they are with each other. 

And isn’t that whom you should be with? The person who brings out the best, happiest, most honest version of yourself? 

Oh, look at that. I guess I do know why I love Swan Queen.

And it’s not because they share a son they both love that brought them together. Or that they’re two women. Or that representation is important. Because while all of that is true and important,

These are all the responses we collected. I know it’s a pretty small amount, but nevertheless, these responses were powerful, beautiful, and real. I really appreciate those who took the time to respond to us. 

Now I’m asking you guys for help. Like I said in the description, I really want to keep this blog up and running, but in order to do that, I need to have responses to post from the SWEN fandom.

Please spread the word and if you’d like (please, please, please!), I’d love for you to answer the question yourself:

Why do you love Swan Queen?

You can submit anonymously or not, whichever you decide. You can also write a post on your own blog and I’ll reblog it. Just don’t forget to tag with #whyilovesq. 

Thank you again, and even if this doesn’t get off the ground, I’m really happy that I got the chance to post these and share them with y’all.

Three seasons ago, I didn’t understand why I loved the idea of Swan Queen so much. The only thing I knew was that I was head over heels first for this OTP. Three seasons later, I finally realize why. I love Swan Queen because it showed me it was okay to be myself, that it was okay to love and let love, that it was okay to be lesbian or bisexual or wherever I fall on the spectrum because if these two women could have a beautiful love story, then why couldn't I? It showed me that there are people out there just like me who accept themselves for who they are and will accept me for who I am, whenever or if I ever find out who that is. I am forever grateful to Once Upon A Time and the SWEN fandom for helping me through a really hard time. Even if Swan Queen isn’t canon, it will always be a part of my heart and my life. 

In conclusion, I really hope Swan Queen is endgame because representation is so, so important for the LGBT community and for kids like myself who are struggling to discover who they are and where they belong. Plus, who doesn’t love the story of a Savior who saves the Evil Queen? It almost writes itself.

However, it wasn’t until past the big hiatus after the airing of “Stable Boy” that I had the urge to find my fandom, I couldn’t be the only one who had seen their connection, the potential those two had. I didn’t fall in love with this couple because of their gender, I felt in love with what they meant for each other, The Saviour and The Evil Queen seemed like this epic love story that makes you cry, laugh and love with them. Much interesting and significant than any of the ones that the show was promoting by then.

It wasn’t another ship for me. It was The Ship. And when I got to know the fandom, the motherfucking talented, hillarious, kind and creative fandom, it’s when I knew it, like that warm feeling you get when you’re back home after a very long time. I knew belonged in SWEN.