Captain Swan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Captain + Swan, a combination of Killian Jones' title as Captain Hook and Emma Swan's surname.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Captain Swan

  1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.
    • 2015, Merrin Dungey, quoted in Mars Tonic, "Once Upon a Time - It's Good to Be Bad", GayCalgary Magazine, May 2015, page 30:
      And the 'Captain Swan' fans would have been like, grr!
    • 2016, Susan Henneberg, 20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Tumblr, page 43:
      In its annual “Year in Review” for 2015, Tumblr listed Captain Swan, a “ship” or relationship between Captain Hook and Emma Swan of the TV program Once Upon a Time as one of its most popular pairings.
    • 2017, Shannon A. Suddeth, "(Dis)Enchanted: (Re)constructing Love and Creating Community in the Once Upon a Time Queer Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page 31:
      Additionally, wittyoncer states that Swan Queen is “compelling,” echoing the shared belief that Outlaw Queen and Captain Swan are anything but []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Captain Swan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Katharine E. McCain, "Canon Vs. 'Fanon': Genre Devices In Contemporary Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Georgetown University, page 53