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Captain Swan
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Etymology
en Captain + en Swan, a combination of Killian Jones' title as Captain Hook and Emma Swan's surname.Katharine E. McCain, "Canon Vs. 'Fanon': Genre Devices In Contemporary Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Georgetown University, page 53
Proper noun
en fandom slang The ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time (TV 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!
en 2016 Susan Henneberg 20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Tumblr https://books.google.com/books?id=Q09gDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=%22captain+swan%22 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
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References
en F/M ships Once Upon a Time Ships with portmanteau names (fandom)