I was the anon from before. Okay now I mainly disagree with you saying the show is "smart" for pushing Hook because he tracks well with the GA. As a fellow anti-Hook fan I ask that you don't believe the myths spread by Hookers. 5B was marketed heavily with Hook. He was the only character on the official promo poster for the arc and all the promos and social media were all about #SaveHook. The 5B premiere had the smallest audience and lowest ratings of any OUAT episode. The GA has spoken!

Eh, I have to disagree. I tend to take the word of credible shippers like @sgtmac7 and @freifraufischer who know about GA tracking. Most of the Hook promotion was online, and fandom differs from the GA. The one thing I DO know the GA was displeased with was the Robin/Regina/Zelena baby storyline, NO ONE liked that. From what I understand, Hook is pretty popular among the GA, but he’s definitely NOT the lead. Also, the GA doesn’t ship like people in fandom.

Out of all the fanfiction you've written, what was your favourite story to write?

Beyond all else, I would have to say without a doubt that my favorite to write was Fragmented. It was rough as HELL to write; I took Deeks to some very, very dark places in it, from drowning his sorrows in liquor to contemplating suicide after his torture, but above all else it is the one story that I am the most proud of. I’m proud of the way it came together, proud of the way it ended, and beyond all else, proud that I was able to finish it. I must admit, I pulled some of my own struggles with depression into that story because in a way, unless you’ve been there, I feel like it’s hard to write from a realistic perspective. I have NEVER been happier with a piece that I have posted. Never ever. So while it was rough, while it tore at my own very soul, while I felt in a way fractured as a wrote it, it was then, and it remains my most favorite story that I have written. Ever. I feel like if anything, Fragmented was the apex of my writing, my defining point, the answer to just how far I might take poor Marty’s tormented soul. I won’t say it was a FUN story to write, because I’m not quite THAT sadistic. But the finished product is far away the one that I am proudest of, and not to sound conceited because I know I am not that great of a writer compared to those who are paid to do it for a living, but God, I wish we had seen at least a little bit of Marty’s struggle as he fought his way back from his torture. I just wish we had been given the information of what happened between the hospital and the cronut. Just…something. I wouldn’t be so presumptuous to say that I filled in those blanks, but I’m proud of the way it turned out. And it will be my favorite for God only knows how long. 

And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the story itself would not have been possible without @tryalittlejoytomorrow and @sgtmac7 pushing me through the hardest parts. But, as Kensi said in Blye K pt 2, I made it. :)

I was wondering if you know of any well-written Regina centric fics? I’m craving a good character study but I can't find anything particularly Regina/Regal Believer centric. Any recommendations?

My standard recommendations are Safe by @sgtmac7 (which is SQ but a beautiful Regina character study with a lot of Regal Believer) and and Beyond the Walls (I saw a Prince) by @coalitiongirl which has SQ in the background but is primarily a Regal Believer fic.