a story, a tale
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | a story, a tale |
| Author(s): | maleficently |
| Date(s): | Dec 12, 2012 |
| Length: | 27,000 words |
| Genre(s): | Femslash, Canon-divergent AU, What If |
| Fandom(s): | Once Upon a Time |
| Relationship(s): | Mulan/Aurora |
| External Links: | AO3 |
 Moodboard by youwerecovetingmygrappler (approx 2013) | |
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a story, a tale by maleficently is a canon-divergent Once Upon A Time fic focused on the Mulan/Aurora pairing. The story reimagines Mulan as the saviour of Storybrooke instead of Emma Swan.
Summary
Summary provided by the author on AO3:
AU; the curse is cast by Maleficent, not Regina, and its intended targets are Aurora and her true love.
Reactions and Reviews
AU where it’s Maleficent who casts the original curse on Aurora and her true love, not Regina on Snow and Charming. This is so fun because you can see all the similarities and differences in how the story unfolds compared to the show, including flashbacks to the fairy tale world before the curse is cast.[1]
A neat little AU which brings a post-curse Mulan to Storybrooke as a former soldier with memory issues, where everyone's roles are a little different from what we know. Alternates between Storybrooke as the characters start to notice their collective memory loss, and flashbacks to Fairy Tale Land which explore how Mulan grows to love Aurora and vice versa, as well as the strong friendship between Mulan and Phillip.[3]
#THIS FIC OMFG GUYS GO READ IT RIGHT THE FUCK NOW #KASHKLJAHSKFSDL #I DIED[4]
The main conceit of (at least the first season) of OUAT is that Emma Swan is the saviour, and only she can save the rest of the characters from the curse they’re under. This fic flips that burden to Mulan, and reimagines that story through the lens of Mulan and Aurora's relationship, both before the curse and after.[5]
Inspired Fanworks
- a story, a tale, Archived version fanmix by FreshBrains
References
- ^ "F/F Fic Recs". Archived from the original on 2024-11-30.
- ^ "Rec: A Story, a Tale by maleficently, at Fanfiction Recommendations by Isabelle Disraeli, July 8, 2015". Archived from the original on 2024-12-03.
- ^ Rec by Entropic at TVTropes
- ^ "Tumblr tags by darknight-brightstar, Jan 8, 2013". Archived from the original on 2024-12-03.
- ^ "The Rec Center #57". Archived from the original on 2024-12-03.