Maze of Darkness

[The Count]

Hmm, 3:00 PM... Time to take over the world!
Pinky: Oh no, wait, that's the time of the marathon.
Brain: Don't make me hurt you.

*Recognizes the beginning of Labyrinth.
*Also recognizes the lines from Princess and The Frog, yeah, I watched it on ABC Family.

Seems like Tamara's got some friends on the other side. She'd better be ready...

*Waits to find out the date and time for Once Upon a Time Wonderland's debut.

 

[The Count]

Now you've got me wondering how the Crash of 29 affected the rest of New Orleans... Would that have been the crippling of the La Bouff empire that the "friends" from the other side were waiting for? Would that have satisfied the terms of the deal, though late, so as to release Facilier? Questions abound.

BTW: I think the people who made that movie must have been watching one of 's SST News Flash sketches during the creation of the script.
Princess kisses frog, frog turns into handsome prince right? Nope.
Princess kisses frog, princess turns into frog instead.
Then both frogs travel to meet Grandma Willow's distant relation. Even if Mama Odie was a human, she was obviously her replacement in that film.

 

[The Count]

Thanks to Once Upon a Time In Wonderland's premiere I now have some ideas how Labyrinth could be tied into the franchise. Posted in HV, but we can talk between us in PM about it if you prefer. *Evil grin. If ever there was a use for an Uncle Deadly "maniacal" smilie, this would be it!

 

[RedPiggy]

OC: Wow, I have REALLY gotten behind ...


Jareth still found himself staring out of the window, lit in the pale moonlight, as his queen, Mizumi, draped herself around him. “You’ve been lost for so long,” she whispered, twirling his hair in her fingers.

“I’ve been thinking,” he told her quietly.

Mizumi ran her fingers across his jawline. “This curse has us all so upset, my liege, my shining star. I have yet to convince Regina to end her silly plot.” She chuckled and slapped Jareth’s back, stepping away. “Can you believe she wants to send the realms to a place without magic?” She laughed some more. “How can curses work in a world with no magic? As soon as everyone arrived, the curse would be nullified by simple virtue of the lack of magic!”

“Do you insist on words rushing from your mouth like a raging waterfall?” he replied coldly.

Mizumi frowned. “You spurn me, dear Jareth,” she hissed. “Do not do so lightly.”

Jareth sighed and bowed his head. “I must go.”

Mizumi’s heart skipped a beat and her face paled. “How can you leave me? Have I not--?”

“So the answer is ‘yes’,” he said, shaking his head and turning towards her. “Be still, dear Mizumi, for a single moment, and let me calm your fears.” He took out his hand and the sacred water of Moraine rose from his hand and formed a crystal ball as it hardened, with Mizumi looking on in wonder. “The Dark One, Regina … none of those people matter. Only children matter.”

Mizumi smirked and slinked over to him and kissed him. “You should’ve said something,” she panted in his lips. She started to take off Jareth’s robes. “We can have children anytime, anywhere ….”

Jareth smiled and gently pushed her away. “Not ours, my love. A human child, a boy, a ‘True Believer’, one who can create worlds, one who can sustain magic, one who bring life to lifelessness.”

Mizumi looked away, sullen. “You sound like Eshe.”

Jareth caressed her silver-white hair. “The Shadow of Neverland is looking for a boy.”

Mizumi sighed, rolling her eyes. “The boy who lost his manhood?” she asked coyly. “He’s a petulant, arrogant fool.”

Jareth nodded. “But a dangerous one. He’s been using up a lot of energy to spare Neverland from this curse. I can sense it. We will need to protect the Underground as well.” He paused, letting the crystal ball in his hand warp and twist until it appeared to spread out in countless directions throughout the room. “Have you no knowledge of the Underground, Mizumi? The tunnels beneath the world, the vessels of the Heart of the Worlds, they cannot risk his darkness spreading to them.” The images disappeared as the crystal ball reformed in his hand and then vanished.

Mizumi shook her head and began to pace. “I resent you feel you must do this alone. I resent you could not trust me with this knowledge. I resent --.”

Jareth took her by the hand and caressed it. “You are the Cup of Moraine, my love. Permit me the honor of protecting it.”

Mizumi’s eyes glistened in the moonlight. “Go, my love – and do not fail me.”

 

[The Count]

Okay... So glad you've updated.

1 I'm disappointed they went with the soul-switch plotline making it so Henry's now in Pan's body.
2 Posted by Redpiggy revelation:
"Mizumi sighed, rolling her eyes. “The boy who lost his manhood?” she asked coyly. “He’s a petulant, arrogant fool."
So then I take it you already know about Peter Pan's true familial relations.
3 Posted by painting the Piggys red:
"The tunnels beneath the world"
Do you mean the ones created by the White Rabbit's burrowing? *Evil smirk. I've been keeping up with the spin-off, Jafar's gotten Alice to use up two of her wishes, one more and then he'll be able to seize Cyrus to punish his dad. Who'd have ever thought that the Aggravanian sorceror was lashing out against the world because he wants his father to say he loves him. Guess that's one thing that both Once Upon franchises have in common, the screwed-up father/son dynamics.

4 Just finished tonight's episode... *Wicked happy grin. First Pandora's Box... Now the inclusion of Medusa? Oh, this means they could so get away with bringing in the underworld, as well as its ruler!

5 *Chuckles at the possibility of Hook and Tinker Bell.

So now it's on to next Sunday where The Curse will supposedly be unleashed by Pan who wants to turn Storybrook into the new Neverland under his and Felix's despotic dictatorship. Either that, or backfrie and send everyone into another literary void.

At least this universe isn't as confusing to follow as Fables.
*Leaves a choc chip 2 cookie for Kells.

 

[RedPiggy]

1. Yeah, it's cheap.
2. You wouldn't believe how hard it was to catch up, LOL.
3. GAWWWD! Why didn't I think of that! Actually, I was thinking that if you went into the mines underneath Storybrook, you could end up in Fraggle Rock, with its infinite tunnels to different worlds and the crystal caverns, which in my ficverse is the heart of the world. Kill the ditzies, kill the universe...

I thought the Jafar/Sultan thing was a neat twist, but it wouldn't bother me if Jafar was just lying to Mirage, I mean, Amara or whatever her name was, so she would take him in. Also, in the animated versions, Jafar has a thing for Jasmine, so if he's the Sultan's son ... ewwwwwwwwww.

4. James Woods must be Hades. That is all.

5. Screw Pan. I want Ursula.

 

[The Count]

Hmm, the Storybrook mines could connect to FR through the T. Matt Fraggle Room. Then again, those same mines could lead into the Labyrinth, dwarves and goblins are both craftsmen creatures, it wouldn't be that much of a stretch connecting the two.

I thought of that squick possibility between Jafar and Jazmin, but I think this is a different sultan. He had a true heir in the form of Nazir whom Jafar killed off with his magic.
Mmm, Amara could have been Mirage's teacher too... Though Mirage was supposedly learning her magic from the one-eyed Vizir before she turned into evil encarnate.

It would be interesting to see how Ursula came into play again after threatening Regina not to impersonate her a second time.
*<3 that Ariel found Eric in Storybrook.

Agree that James Woods has to return to be Hades, he loved the character. Just follow the trail of pieces of candy left by Peter Griffin.

Something that came to mind... You know how Tinker Bell was living in a treehouse in Neverland? And since Neverland was originally ruled by an ominous shadow-type entity... What if Neverland was actually Halloween Town? *Maniacal laugh!

 

[The Count]

Sorry to bump this fic, but I have a point to the bumping. I'ma wondering how this fic will be affected by the addition of Zelina/Zilema (SP?) as The Wicked Witch of the West as Regina's half-sister, the child Cora gave up when she was the Miller's Daughter to Rumplestiltskin. Wicked Witch's vowed revenge on Regina, has sent the fairytale characters back to Storybrook a year after the undoing of Pan's curse without their memories, can turn people into winged monkeys, has Rumple as her prisoner since she has the Dark One's Dagger in her possession, and has stolen David Nolan/Charming's swordhilt as a symbol of his courage. So this means Wicked Witch will end up stealing a symbol of someone else's heart and another person's brain? Also, is it so blatently obvious she wants to steal Mary Margaret/Snow White's new baby?

Need to catch up with Wonderland on Thursday, missed out on Cora's flashback return and Alice & Cyrus arriving at Storybrook cause I went to see the premiere of Muppets Most Wanted.
I'll say this, I think one of my HV roomies has a crush on Ms. Jabberwocky.

 

[RedPiggy]

I know, I know, I am running way behind. The hospital where I work at has auditing due within the next few months, so all the administration, myself included, became VERY busy, LOL. I do think about this fic from time to time, but at the moment, I am just swamped with professional issues.

 

[The Count]

S'okay, so long as you're still with us Kelly. We can wait for when things are less hectic for you.
BTW: I'll be gone on vacation for a week in early April, which means I'll have to play catch-up on all fics/threads when I return.

Oh, and that nightroot plant... Another botanical source for making fear toxin, I wonder if that white mossy plant would grow in the Hinterlands. *Eerie Pumpkin King scarecrow laugh.