Dreamworks ‘Once upon a time’ AU idea

I would love it if there were a Dreamworks Animation version of Once upon a Time (without the moments where the writing got bad or incredibly stupid at times). Instead of limiting it to just the ‘fairy tale’ stories, it would cover all sorts of films from the DW canon.

For those of you who don’t know, ‘Once upon a Time’ is about how a handful of famous characters are cursed to be sent into our world with new identities and/or new personalities, and they completely forget who they are as well as certain significant others. They are stuck in a town and never age until the main character (who is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming) comes into town 28 years later is prophesied to break the spell.

The idea is similar but of course I think Shrek and Fiona would get Snow White and Charming’s role and they’d have a son who is fated to break the curse. (And while the son was born in ogre, he had to be turned into a human at birth in order to survive in our world).

I don’t think there’s anyone from Shrek who would fit the Evil Queen/Regina’s role, but I’m leaning towards Pitch Black from Rise of the Guardians since he seems like a good fit. And like Regina, he’d adopt a child–a girl in this case–but she’s not directly related to the savior this time. (Don’t worry, Jack’s got a role somewhere in here).

And honestly, I could see Megamind getting Rumplestiltskin’s role, except he’d be less frustrating and addicted to power (like he’d be a WAY less frustrating version for reasons I refuse to discuss). He’d be a perfect person to mess around with Pitch Black. Alternatively, Jack would make a good choice for obvious reasons.

As for the others, they’d get more unique ‘real world’ counterparts that don’t completely parallel the characters from the show, but their stories tie into each other one way or another. They’d also have names or something about who they are that hints at who they were. Though unfortunately, the curse would have affected others than most–some were forced into human forms (like Shrek and Fiona), families and loved ones are divided, etc. Let’s just say my ideas would break some hearts.

It would be a fun AU to discuss with someone. The reason I wouldn’t write it out myself is because 1. It would be a LONG fan fic 2. I care about certain story lines more than others because I like certain films more (including my personal favorites–and if you know me, you can probably guess which one I had the most fun with using for this AU idea). Also, I haven’t seen EVERY DW film.

(And of course, look at the tags below this original post to see some of the movies that would be among those that’d get used.)