I know Stargate SG1 gif, stay with me.

What were Emma and everyone terrified about when Greg smashed into town? That he would see magic and the secret of Storybrooke would be revealed to the world. After all, magic being real is kinda a big deal. The revelation that fairytale characters aren’t just in books, I’m thinking it would be like discovering aliens are real for instance.

However, make something fictional and even if people hear rumors about it, they will just laugh. They’ll say “that’s a TV show, not real life.” and they won’t believe whatever the crazy story is. On SG1 they had Wormhole Xtreme, to help provide cover for the Stargate program.

What if, we have Once Upon a Time to provide cover for the real Storybrooke? Obviously, I know we don’t, I’m talking a fic idea.

Someone, sold the idea to the networks and they ran with it. They changed some things, basically pick whatever storyline went in a direction you didn’t like, because they knew better what viewers would want.

Now, no-one on SG1 was offended by how their alter egos were portrayed. There was a lot of eye rolling at how unrealistic it was, but they took it in the spirit it was intended. Plus, it was the show within a show concept, which enabled them to joke about some missteps the show had made in the past, or make fun of sci-fi tropes etc. It was quite funny.

I’m just picturing movie night in Storybrooke, where the new season is about to start. They crowd around the TV and fight over the popcorn. They are all bickering over what has happened in the past, and their pet theories about what happens next. Teasing one another about how their alter egos do stuff (either because it’s accurate, or because it’s not). Basically just pure lighthearted family banter and bonding time.

Family fluff basically. No roasting of the writers for their choices, just showing the ‘reality’ vs the show, and everyone having fun with it.

I have read some fics with this sort of concept. However, they all had the characters taking offense to how they were portrayed on the show because it had gotten out of hand when they weren’t looking etc. I’m thinking something a lot more fun than that. Nobody takes offense, it’s all very positive and happy. I like fluff heh.

I am so tempted to write this but – so many fic ideas, so little time!