Killian Jones/Emma Swan

Pairing
Pairing:	Killian Jones/Emma Swan Captain Hook/Emma Swan
Alternative name(s):	Captain Swan, Hookma
Gender category:	het
Fandom:	Once Upon a Time
Canonical?:	canon
Prevalence:	popular
Archives:	FFN AO3
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Killian Jones/Emma Swan is the canonical het pairing of Killian Jones (Captain Hook) and Emma Swan from the Once Upon a Time fandom.

Canon

Throughout much of their interaction in season 2, Hook tends to be flirtatious and Emma, antagonistic. Though some of that remains in season 3, it is also made clear that Hook has very deep feelings for Emma, to the point of sacrificing his own chances with her to secure her happiness. As of 3x22, they are in a relationship.

"Trust has been a real issue for [Emma] together with getting to bond with her parents. And yet there’s been this one person in Neverland who she’s been able to confide with, who understands her and that’s Hook. ... In season 2 they might have fought over a compass, but in Neverland [Season 3] Emma has found a compass in Killian, someone she can completely trust and rely on, who believes in her and always puts her first. She knows that he hasn’t told her any lies, quite the opposite as he’s letting his guard down when he’s around her, just like she does when she’s with him."

Fandom

Emma/Hook immediately became a popular ship for the OUAT fandom following Hook's first appearance in the show in Season 2.

On Tumblr, it's common to find art that parallels Emma/Hook with Rapunzel/Flynn Rider (from the film Tangled). Additionally, there are many fans that note parallels between Emma/Hook and the series' primary couple, Prince Charming and Snow White .

Many fans also find parallels between Emma/Hook and Westley/Buttercup from The Princess Bride. This began with Colin O'Donoghue stating that the character of Hook was based on Dread Pirate Roberts and was further fueled when that film's popular phrase "As you wish" was used in OUAT canon.

In 2015, Captain Swan was number 5 in most reblogged ships on Tumblr. In 2016, Captain Swan was number 12 most reblogged ship on Tumblr.

There has been some tension between Captain Swan fans and fans of other ships within the OUAT fandom. See Captain Swan vs. Swan Queen

Common Tropes & Themes

• Common genres and tropes for Captain Swan works are: Romance, Angst, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Rivals to Lovers, Friends to Lovers.
• Emma teaching Killian about modern life in Storybrooke which includes modern clothing, technology, and watching film versions of Captain Hook.
• Dark!Hook - where Hook lets his villain side out. Many of these works feature dubious or non-consent.
• Priest!Killian; priest!Killian Jones is a somewhat popular trope in fics, possibly due to actor Colin O'Donoghue previously playing a priest in the 2011 movie, The Rite. Works can be Modern AUs set in a universe without magic, or canon divergent AUs where Captain Hook is cursed and living in Storybrooke as Father Jones.
• Deckhand!Hook
• Dark One Emma
• Alternate Universes:
  • Role Reversal AU: where Emma is a pirate and Killian is the Savior/Prince.
  • Princess!Emma AU, another popular AU where Emma has always been a princess (usually in the Enchanted Forest) and the whole Curse thing never happened. Hook is generally still a pirate or he's a lieutenant of a Navy ship.
  • Time travel, where most of their canon backstories still happened.
  • Cursed!Killian AU, where Killian was whisked by the Curse to Storybrooke along with everyone else and he meets Emma during Season 1.
  • Modern AU, used for stories set in modern time, usually with no magic.
  • Historical AU
  • Canon Divergence AU
• Love triangle with Neal, Emma's ex and Henry's father, which sometimes causes a lot of angst for Hook and Emma to deal with.
• True Love's Kiss is a popular trope due to the show's canon history with them.
• "As you wish" became quite popular when Hook uttered the words to Emma in canon.
• Missing Scenes
• Episode Tag

Terminology

• Captain Swan is the popular pairing name for the ship.
• Hookma is also a common pairing name for the ship.
• Lieutenant Duckling refers to an AU work with a young!Killian, where he is still in the royal navy, meeting young!Emma, who grew up as a Princess
• Captain Duckling AU where Princess Emma meets Captain Hook
• Lieutenant Swan usually in modern AUs where Killian is a lieutenant who meets Emma in a modern world without magic
• Captain Wench AU with Captain Hook and Emma, as a tavern wench
• Prince Duckling: AU with Princess Emma meeting Killian, who is a Prince
  • These names vary from Emma being a princess to a thief.

Challenges

• Captain Swan Big Bang
• Captain Swan AU Week
• Captain Swan Hiatus Meme

Fanworks

Fics

• Second Star to the Right was one of the earliest lengthy fics for this pairing and remains the most popular on ff.net (See Arts for the graphic created for this story.)
• The Daring and the Devious is part one of the most popular AUs. Its sequel Of Mirrors and Marionettes is still in progress.
• The Lost Boys by niniadepapa is a modern AU where Killian is a musician and Emma is an actress.
• Crimson by qqueenofhades is an AU where Snow and Charming hadn't sent Emma through the wardrobe when she's born, so she grows up as their daughter in Storybrooke. She attends Boston College, where she meets Killian Jones, a mysterious professor.
• The Fluffy Problem by effulgentcolors (also known as ineffablecolors). Post-Tallahassee. Cora takes her revenge on Hook and he is forced to run to the hero team for help. Good thing Emma is a cat person. Second place for Most Popular Fluff Fic at the OUAT Fandom Awards. One of the earliest Captain Swan fanfictions and likely the originator of the Kitty!Killian trope. The idea of Kitty!Killian was inspired by Buffy The Vampire Slayer fanfiction in which Spike was turned into a cat.
• Blunders and (happy) Beginnings by effulgentcolors (also known as ineffablecolors). Regency AU. The result of too much Jane Austen and associating everything with Captain Swan. You can also read it here on Tumblr and here on FanFiction.Net.
• The Wife by effulgentcolors (also known as ineffablecolors). No one knows all that Emma has been through and certainly no one knows all that Killian has been through and being husband and wife doesn’t make them any less unknown to each other. And really, how can you help someone heal when you don’t even know how hurt they are? Regency AU. You can also read it here on FanFiction.Net and here on AO3. Captain Swan with KnightRook and Curious Archer. The story was originally inspired by Middlemarch and then evolved a lot since then.
• The Queen's Librarian by shireness. As the palace librarian under Queen Emma's rule, former Lieutenant Killian Jones gains a reputation for knowing not just what books his monarch wants, but those she needs. Perhaps when all is said and done, she'll need the man himself as well. Written for the CS January Joy 2019 event. Librarian!Killian, Queen!Emma, Lieutenant Swan. Also here on Tumblr.
• a place in time by twistedroses (also known as swanslieutenant). Emma's an agent working to reunite missing people with their families when the biggest missing persons case of all time appears in front of her in a flash of bright, white light. Thousands of missing people from throughout history, including one particular pirate, appear on the shore of a lake in the middle of winter: none have aged a day since their disappearance and, with no memory of their missing time, must venture into a strange and uncertain future. Loosely based upon the TV show 'the 4400'.
• Bird of Prey by Shoedonym. The problem with living in a world of magic, Killian would argue, is that the lines between fact, fiction and fairy tale blur. He has always been warned to never visit the lake on the third full moon of Spring, because it is too dangerous, the risk too great. But it doesn't stop him. Swan Mythology AU/Fairy Tale AU. Inspired by Germanic/Celtic Swan mythology, inspired by Patrick Wolf’s Magpie. Posted during CS AU week. Fits in with Days 1, 3 or 7 of the AU week. You can also read it here on FanFiction.Net and here on Tumblr. Seastarved made a beautiful artwork of chapter one for Shoedonym's birthday. Shoedonym read one of her favourites passages from this fic for the Fic-Out-Loud Meme made up by Seastarved.
• Evergreen by Shoedonym. CS secret relationship/forbidden love AU. Princess!Emma AU, Enchanted Forest AU. Killian is wrong, she knows he is; they are not cursed. But she also knows he feels trapped between a rock and an even less forgiving place. It was never about her. It was never about whether he loved her enough to fight for them – nothing could be further from the truth. It was about him. You can also read it on here on FanFiction.Net and here on Tumblr.

Art

• Captain Swan Manip, ^{Archived version} by belovedbeauty
• Tangled Captain Swan
• Star to the Right
• Queen of my Heart
• It's About Bloody Time
• Enough to Go By
• Captain Swan
• Captain Swan (in Chibi form)
• Shipwrecked
• Almost a kiss
• Hook & Mermaid!Emma
• Team Captain Swan
• Magical and Full of Hope
• Emma/Hook, ^{Archived version} manip by scifitvaddict
• True Love's Kiss, ^{Archived version} manip by scifitvaddict
• Lieutenant!Killian & Princess!Emma, ^{Archived version} manip by scifitvaddict
• So let me come to you
• I think I might have inhaled you
• Oh, she is light guiding, she is light guiding me
• i’d tell you that i loved you before i ever knew you, ^{Archived version} by captainswanouat
• CS AU: Killian Jones was knighted when Emma became a queen, ^{Archived version} by feelhookssword
• Captain Swan Kiss, ^{Archived version} by waiting-for-autumn

Vids

• 101 Reasons to Ship Hook & Emma by nevergivingup (September 19, 2013)
• like mother, like daughter, a Hook/Emma and Charming/Snow vid, by xostelenaforeverox (December 13, 2012)
• like father, like son(in-law), another Hook/Emma and Charming/Snow vid, by xostelenaforeverox (February 13, 2014)
• I Don't Believe in Fairytales by AMatterOfPerception (February 19, 2013)
• AU - One More Night by AMatterOfPerception (March 2, 2013)
• Dust to Dust by xostelenaforeverox (October 20 2013)
• She's got me dancing by SSWmuffiinxx (November 7, 2012)
• fear and loathing
• maybe I just needed reminding that I could by xostelenaforeverox (May 14, 2013)
• Light up the sky by NerEdits (February 2, 2013)
• Shake It Out by tvfreakshow91 (November 14, 2012)
• Hook and Emma - Up (Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato) by Lucia Perez Aldeanueva (April 28, 2015)
• Silhouettes | Emma & Hook by gss42x, also known as gentlesleaze (December 7, 2015)
• Hook & Emma | Photograph by ouat.killian videos (July 17, 2015)
• how they fell in love with each other | hook + emma (2x05-5x23) by misscatherinepierce (July 8, 2016)
• Saturn by gss42x, also known as gentlesleaze (May 2, 2016)
• Arms | Emma & Hook by gss42x, also known as gentlesleaze (December 15, 2014)
• Run | Emma & Hook by gss42x, also known as gentlesleaze (October 19, 2015)
• a happy beginning | hook + emma (6x20) by misscatherinepierce (May 12, 2017)
• Hook & Emma || Road To You by Legendary Dreamer Edits (June 22, 2017)
• Hook & Emma || Perfect by Legendary Dreamer Edits (December 16, 2017)

Meta

Tumblr acts as the hub for most of the Captain Swan fandom and, as such, contains most of the meta. CS Meta is the tag used most on Tumblr for new meta posts. Some notable users that post meta are: OnceUponAMirror, When-You-re-Not-Yelling, and VickyVicarious

• Emma's Silent Sob: Her Acceptance that she cares for Hook and her Realization that its too late.

Recs

• Doomsdayy Captain Swan Fic Rec Masterpost

Archives and Fannish Links

• Emma/Killian works at FFN
• Killian/Emma works tagged at AO3

LiveJournal

• Emma/Hook tag at Once Upon a Time Fanfic
• Hook and Emma, LJ community

Tumblr

• Captain Swan Fanfiction tag on Tumblr
• Emma x Hook tag at Tumblr
• Captain Swan tag at Tumblr
• FyesEmmaandHook
• KillianSwanJones

DeviantART

• Emma/Hook search at Deviantart
• Captain Swan search at Deviantart
• CaptainSwan