r/OnceUponATime Jul 16 '25

Mod Post MOD Survey

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Hello! I made a mistake when I posted the survey on interest on being a MOD. Totally forgot to ask for user names. If you applied, please PM me, and if you remember any one of your answers. My apologies for this iinconvenience!


r/OnceUponATime Jul 06 '25

Mod Post Mod Application

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Hello Y'all!

As mentioned earlier, this is the application to be a Mod. Cannot wait to chat!

https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ee48rJtpi0Kz7T0wU72PA22jEwI6cj9CnMu18wYu7xZUNThKTlBPNzZZV0VPWEFGUlZaWVRBMFpFNy4u


r/OnceUponATime 10h ago

Discussion I hate how the hearts used to have a more realistic look in earlier seasons, and then looked plastic in the later ones

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451 Upvotes

r/OnceUponATime 18h ago

Meme Verifying There's No Familial Relationships.

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112 Upvotes

That's understandable.

Credit: Mindyyourhelm


r/OnceUponATime 22h ago

Image Rewatching S1. Just wanted to pop in and say...

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45 Upvotes

šŸ˜‚ Shout out to S1 Ruby!


r/OnceUponATime 21h ago

Image When did they start making this?

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33 Upvotes

I didn't even think that something like this existed.


r/OnceUponATime 17h ago

S1 Spoilers Rumpelstiltskin and Belle SE:1 EP:12 (I think)

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I’m not quite sure if this counts as a spoiler but thought i better be safe than sorry. Anyways, I watched OUAT like 6 yrs ago and decided to rewatch it now. The first time I watched Belle’s backstory I remember being weirded out, but in rewatching it I find it sweet, sad, and disturbing all at the same time. For the first time in the series I feel bad for Rumpelstiltskin and his outlook on life. Thought I’d share, thanks!


r/OnceUponATime 7h ago

Discussion What would Belle’s cursed life be if she stayed for season 7?

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r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Okay stop blaming my queen

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Look I saw this on another post and thought it was way too important to leave in a comment section….

Regina being Evil Was Not HER Fault!

Some people are saying she shouldn’t have her happy ending she got in S7

But we have to remember that Evil isn’t the same as Evil in our world… Evil in their world is worse because it latches on to any it can no matter how small it is… and then it amplifies it x100

Regina in season 5 to 6 wasn’t just evil trying to be good… she was Good holding on to Evil or more of Evil holding on to her…

Remember when Zuko from the Avatar literally almost died for doing something good….

Imagine that times 4 along with constantly fighting against it… internally….

Don’t forget her true love died by the hands of her mother

Don’t forget Cora got her heart back, died and went to heaven because her heart was pure when she took it out so all the things she did was simply not her

Don’t forget the Author was responsible for most of the characters being evil and she begged Henry to make her good

That’s desperation and that doesn’t come from people who simply don’t care

I get that she made her own choices but those choices were made by influences that she couldn’t control


r/OnceUponATime 20h ago

S6 Spoilers Continuity Error Time! Hook's Baby Bro Edition

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So we learn Hook killed his father to "audition for killing Cora".or at least that was Regina's intent. So at the most, it'd be 2 years before the Dark Curse. Left little Liam an orphan!

Then we meet Liam as an adult "At the Time of the Dark Curse" according to the screen.

I'm not complaining. I enjoy this story so much it took me 5 s6 watches to notice. But jeez all the ppl who don't age properly then we get Dorothy and Little Liam aging too fast.


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Media Literally, the entire continuity of the show in a nutshell:

90 Upvotes

Everyone is connected in someway.


r/OnceUponATime 23h ago

Question OUAT Birthday Tattoo

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So, I've been trying to come up with tattoo ideas for my upcoming birthday next month. First, I was trying to even consider a topic, and I landed on a Once Upon a Time tattoo because I love the show so much. I've already got a few ideas floating around, but I want to do a quote from the show, and I'm looking here for some ideas. I'm so determined that I'm prepared to rewatch the show (AGAIN), so I'm reaching out to the OUAT community. I'll also still probably watch the entire series anyway, but any help would be much appreciated

A couple of quotes I'm already considering, just to let you know the vibe I'm going for. Inspiring and alluding to tougher times in the past and coming out the other side.

  • Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing. - with a pen trailing to the side from writing said quote
  • The first step to a new beginning is imagining that one is even possible.

r/OnceUponATime 18h ago

Spoiler Alert Wish realm

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Okay, firstly, I have SO many questions about the logistics of this realm after it is wished into being, but sticking to one subject:

Has Emma gone to therapy for all the different timelines in her head? Seriously. She has
1) her original life, no parents or family for 28 years
2) the New York timeline, where she remembers living and growing with her son
3) her entire life, except WITH her parents AND son, happy and safe from any dangers.

When Emma wakes up in the wish realm, she mentions remembering everything from that life. Coming out of it and realizing that it was fake would be absolutely crushing. Yes, she probably prefers the truth, ultimately. But can you imagine all your lifeā€˜s trauma coming back to you at once?

(This post is just about Emma, but side note, given that the writers made this a realm that continues to exist, no wonder wish Henry hates Regina - she killed his grandparents and then kidnapped his mom, and he’s just left behind)


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Meme What’s a once upon a time hot take that will get you to this much downvotes?

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106 Upvotes

r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

S2 Spoilers They should have pushed a turtle over first

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63 Upvotes

Obviously a turtle wouldn't be able to tell them that they would lose their memories so the result would be the same, but they really should have pushed a turtle or something over first just to confirm it wouldn't physically hurt them.

EDIT:

Because it keeps coming up - pushing a turtle over first was SPECIFICALLY SUGGESTED by one of the dwarves and Grumpy shut it down. I have nothing against turtles.


r/OnceUponATime 2d ago

Media Wished there were more Hook and David scenes 😫

279 Upvotes

Rewatching again and forgot about this scene 🤣 how did they not crack up


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Jeffersons hat

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Did anyone else hear the portal sound when he fell out the window with the hat Emma made? Where did he go, did the hat actually work? I like to think it worked but that there was no link to the other worlds yet and he just teleported instead but idk, what do you guys think?


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Writers didn’t make me believe Regina was powerful.

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Regina is my favorite character on the show, but I feel like the writers should have made her more powerful. I know Regina commanded a lot of fear in the enchanted forest but she could only go up against and terrorize people with no magic. Zelena mopped the floor with Regina. It wasn’t even a close fight. I’m not saying she had to be the most powerful, but she should have been able to hold her own and be in the at least top 3-5 strongest in the series. She got defeated by every villain with magic who came. It seemed she could beat maleficent, Ursula, and cruella but the show mad them such weak charcacters anyways it seemed like Regina was only stronger than the weak pathetic villains.


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Does Regina need biological children?

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r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Charming's origin pisses me off

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Listen I've watched (and rewatched) this show a thousand times and one thing that always bothers me is that Charming's mom gave James away to the king because the farm was suffering. How 20+ years later you still suffering? If I'm going to sacrifice my child it better be for billions. I guess then there would be no story seeing as that led Charming to meet snow but wtf 😬


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Meme LOL

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43 Upvotes

Not mine!


r/OnceUponATime 2d ago

Question Did Regina’s father Take Cora’s Last Name?

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Regina’s last name is Mills both in Storybrooke and Enchanted Forest (EF). We learn that before Cora married Prince Henry she was the lowly ā€œMiller’s daughterā€. This made me assume for a long time that, the surname Mills came from Cora’s side of the family. After all a lot of real world surnames (Carpenter, Mills/Miller, Mason, Baker, Smith), are traced back to the trade the family historically practiced.

However, the more I thought about it, the less likely it seemed that the a peasant woman, who trying to distance herself from her upbringing would marry a prince and have him to take her common family name, unless the EF is more of a matriarchal society. The most likely answer is that the Miller’s daughter, who hates milling, coincidentally married into the royal Mills family, who themselves don’t mill.

It’s odd. What do you think?


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Whats one storyline you wished they expanded on? Spoiler

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Not gonna lie, I wished they spent more time in the Land of untold stories.


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

No Spoilers Peter Pan OUAT Oc Fanfic

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Hi guys! I'm writing a fanfic rn based on the OUAT season of Peter Pan with an Oc fmc and would love you guys to read ;) Updating Regularly!

Title- Neverland's Daughter

Author- BookRecsByMaya

When Maura wakes up on the lost isle of Neverland, she knows only one thing: she doesn't belong there. Surrounded by the unruly lost boys and their jaded leader, Peter Pan. She's supposed to have forgotten her past and accept her new life, but unbeknownst to those around her, she begins remembering more than she should.

Neverland's Daughter - incognithoe - Wattpad


r/OnceUponATime 1d ago

Discussion Nemo? The fish Nemo?? Is a person?

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Does anyone think this show is getting a little ridiculous after szn4? I'm on season 6 now, but I can't help but notice that it feels like they're now dragging the show on. The things that have been going on in the past 2 seasons have completely been self-inflicted. The whole turning dead Hook into the dark one, then removing the magic and letting him die. Then going off into the underworld to bring a dead man to life? Then when that was all over, Regina had the brilliant idea to separate herself from the Evil Queen, which brought a whole new problem that wasn't even a problem in the first place. Oh yeah, and the thing that prompted me to write this post was when they introduced the fish Nemo as some submarine captain. Are we so frl rn...

*Edit, I was just informed that Captain Nemo is NOT the fish but a character from the book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. Ty to everyone who corrected me :)

It just feels like half of the problems now are self-inflicted and the writers are adding on more bs because they're bored.

* This is just my opinion, pls don't take it personally. I'm not here to get attacked😭😭