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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 1d

only a few hours left to submit prompts so if you want the possibility to help out a creator now is your chance! 👀🧡

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 22d

Continuing our yearly tradition, the prompt submission form is open once more for both fic and art!

You don’t have to participate in the event to help out with this, and the prompts don’t have to be holiday themed at all.

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#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow we close prompt submissions! Don't forget to send your prompt!

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 22d

Continuing our yearly tradition, the prompt submission form is open once more for both fic and art!

You don’t have to participate in the event to help out with this, and the prompts don’t have to be holiday themed at all.

forms.gle/gjmGXZg4VwH8...
#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 1d

Do you have any questions about our event? Head over to our updated FAQ on Tumblr: sqwintersolstice.tumblr.com/faq

If your question is not there, feel free to message us. 🤍 #SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 7d

The schedule for #SQWinterSolstice5 is here. More information is coming soon! 🤍

Full details at: sqwintersolstice.tumblr.com/schedule

#SwanQueen

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 5d

Our Discord server is up — we send updates there as well if that’s more convenient for you. It’s also a great way to get to know other participants and to share troubles, to do writing/art sprints, and get help from fellow creators! discord.gg/TJWtxbwFTz

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 7d

The schedule for #SQWinterSolstice5 is here. More information is coming soon! 🤍

Full details at: sqwintersolstice.tumblr.com/schedule

#SwanQueen

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 8d

It’s almost time! Are you ready? 🤍
#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 15d

Want to help out a creator? Don’t forget to send in a prompt! 👇

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 22d

Continuing our yearly tradition, the prompt submission form is open once more for both fic and art!

You don’t have to participate in the event to help out with this, and the prompts don’t have to be holiday themed at all.

forms.gle/gjmGXZg4VwH8...
#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 22d

Continuing our yearly tradition, the prompt submission form is open once more for both fic and art!

You don’t have to participate in the event to help out with this, and the prompts don’t have to be holiday themed at all.

forms.gle/gjmGXZg4VwH8...
#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 22d

Continuing our yearly tradition, the prompt submission form is open once more for both fic and art!

You don’t have to participate in the event to help out with this, and the prompts don’t have to be holiday themed at all.

forms.gle/gjmGXZg4VwH8...
#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · 26d

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#SwanQueen #SQWinterSolstice5

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 27

We’ve compiled a list of all 35 works posted for #SwanQueen Winter Solstice 4. You can find the link on our Tumblr homepage or by clicking here: sqwintersolstice.tumblr.com/sqws4

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 14

We’ll hopefully see you later this year for the next one - Swan Queen Winter Solstice 5! For now, it’s time to enjoy the beautiful works and leave kudos and comments — the creators deserve all the love!

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 14

With our awesome creators, betas, and cheerleaders, we have 35 works to add to the SQ archive. That’s 25 fics, totaling 281k words, 9 pieces of art plus 1 video for Swan Queen! A masterlist with all the works will be available soon.

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 14

And… that’s a wrap for Swan Queen Winter Solstice 2024-2025!

It’s amazing that we still keep the SQ magic going. Thank you all for making this fourth edition of the event happen and for believing in it! 🧡 +

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vicky 🌸 @delicatepoem.bsky.social · Feb 13

my #swanqueen winter solstice fic is here!!! enjoy 💖💖

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 12

Title: kiss me on the mouth (and love me like a sailor)
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62899267
Writer: DelicatePoem
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Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62735530
Artist: namelessranger

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kiss me on the mouth (and love me like a sailor) by DelicatePoem
Summary:
“Keep the change.” Captain Mills taps her hand twice before backing off.

“Who am I to argue with that?” Emma shrugs, a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips despite herself as she throws the coins inside her apron’s pocket.

The hint of a smile crosses Captain Mills’ face, that seemingly permanent scowl softening at the edges. She raises her tankard in Emma’s direction. “Aye, aye.”

or...

A pirate walks into a tavern and changes a bartender’s life forever.
Socials:
Twitter: delicatepoem
Tumblr: delicatepoem
SQWS 4
2025

kiss me on the mouth (and love me like a sailor) [Art] by namelessranger
Art taken from AO3 and blurred
Socials:
Twitter: -
Tumblr: -
SQWS 4
2025

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ang ✨ @refinedparrilla.bsky.social · Feb 13

My fic is hereeee 🥰🥰🥰

SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 13

Title: But If You Kissed Me Now (I Know You’d Fool Me Again)
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62972650
Writer: Angeii_K
Word Count: 60k
Rating: Explicit
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

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But If You Kissed Me Now (I Know You'd Fool Me Again) By Angeii_K

Summery:
“I have no interest in rekindling anything I may have had with Emma last year, so you two can drop it, and maybe better yet, tell my pain in the ass sister to stop meddling.”

……

An annual holiday trip at a hotel in Aspen makes things very complicated when Regina runs into the last person she wanted to see again: her ex-girlfriend, Emma Swan.

Twitter: refinedparrilla
Tumblr: refinedparrilla

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 13

Title: But If You Kissed Me Now (I Know You’d Fool Me Again)
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62972650
Writer: Angeii_K
Word Count: 60k
Rating: Explicit
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

Please check out the work and don’t forget to give some love to the creator! 🧡

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 12

Title: kiss me on the mouth (and love me like a sailor)
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62899267
Writer: DelicatePoem
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Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62735530
Artist: namelessranger

Please check out the works and don’t forget to give some love to the creators! 🧡

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 11

Title: Our Life Written in the Stars
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62697028
Writer: Butimachrldr2
Word Count: 17k
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

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OUR LIFE WRITTEN IN THE STARS BY Butimachrldr2

Summery:
Our lovely ladies met at a grief support meeting and became a family. This story offers us glimpses into their engagement and wedding and parts of their journey together surrounding those moments. This is pure saccharine fluff. Happy and sappy! Just as our ladies deserve.

Tumblr: Butimachrldr2

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 10

Title: The universe has a twisted sense of humor
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62873713
Writer: Z_OTAKU19
Word Count: 8k
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

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The universe has a twisted sense of humor by Z_OTAKU19
Summary:
Regina felt soft fingertips brush against her wrist. “And where does that leave us?” Emma asked, her gaze now fixed to Regina’s soulmate mark. “Our words match. Are we…? you know…”
“Be honest with yourself, Miss Swan,” Regina said curtly, ignoring the way her heart seemed to flutter from the touch. “Do you actually believe that our relationship—if you can even call it that—resembles the love shared between soulmates?”
Emma mulled the question over, then shook her head. “I think I would know if I was in love with you.”
“Likewise.”
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My take on a soulmate story where the twist is that the word that appears on their skin defines the nature of the pair’s relationship.
Socials:
Twitter: Z_OTAKU19
Tumblr: -
SQWS 4
2025

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 10

Title: all we are to each other
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/628339...
Writer: sssammich
Word Count: 26k
Rating: Mature
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

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all we are to each other by sssammich
Summary:
""What does it say about me when the people I choose don't choose me back?""

""Emma…""

""People get rejected all the time, right? This is nothing new. I'll live."" Emma grins sadly to herself, a humorless tilt of her head as her eyes meets Regina's. ""Well.""

The silence between them stifles, chokes. Regina has nothing to say, and Emma expects as much. She stands, one hand cold, the other empty, and walks home.

OR

emma saves marian, regina and emma are on the outs, and then something big goes missing.
Socials:
Twitter: samsmageddon
Tumblr: sssammich
SQWS 4
2025

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 9

Title: If we only have an hour
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62742517
Writer: texadian
Word Count: 4k
Rating: General Audiences
Warning(s): Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

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If we only have an hour by texadian
Summary:
Newly elected governor of Massachusetts, Regina Mills, would prefer to be anywhere else but the airport on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, needs must in her new position. She'd also prefer to enjoy her preflight drink in peace, but that won't be happening on this night.
Socials:
Twitter: Texadian_94
Tumblr: -
SQWS 4
2025

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 9

Title: seen this face before
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62736727
Writer: starchasm
Word Count: 3k
Rating: Not Rated
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

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Seen this face before by starchasm
Summary:
Regina Mills' orderly routine gets a not-so-unwelcome disruption in the form of Emma Swan
Socials:
Twitter: starchasm
Tumblr: starchasm
SQWS 4
2025

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SQ Winter Solstice @sqwintersolstice.bsky.social · Feb 9

Title: with all your faults, i love you still (it had to be you)
Link: archiveofourown.org/works/62728039
Writer: bytherosebushlaughing
Word Count: 11k
Rating: Mature
Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply

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with all your faults, i love you still (it had to be you) by bytherosebushlaughing
Summary:
She scribbles it down without a thought, three words taunting her from the page as she stares down at them: Ask Regina out. Her cheeks burn red at the confession, gazing around her suspiciously, afraid that someone within a hundred yards of her will be able to read what she has written.

Emma's got just one New Years Resolution—to finally ask Regina out.
Socials:
Tumblr: bytherosebushlaughing
SQWS 4
2025

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