Citations:Captain Swan

Proper noun: "(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!
 * 2015, "The Fandom Fellowship", Community Connections, Summer 2015, page 70:
 * If Captain Swan and Stucky walk into a library - what's the punch line?
 * 2015, Katharine E. McCain, "Canon Vs. 'Fanon': Genre Devices In Contemporary Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Georgetown University, page 53:
 * These portmanteaus work around a logistical difficulty while also referencing a notable characteristic of the ship itself, such as the fact that some fans see “Mad Swan” as an odd ship even by fandom standards, or how “Captain Swan” touches on Emma’s dominance over Hook— as she is both the “swan” and the “captain” of that particular ship.
 * 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, Eftychia Misailidou, "Social Media Fandom: The construction of identity in the cases of 'The 100' and 'Once Upon A Time' Tumblr communities", 2017 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS):
 * Swan Queen was the focus of the first three seasons, while later on Captain Swan took their place.
 * 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— that there is nothing interesting or new about these romances that has not already been seen in storytelling.