woodelf68:

verseblack:

So I don’t really like the way I’ve been feeling about Belle lately…  I would appreciate some fic recs that my fellow rumbellers think portray her in a more positive light than the show has lately!  Don’t be afraid to point me at classics or stories from a few years ago 🙂  I’d love to see a strong Belle fighting for Rumple.

I’ve got some Rumbelle rec lists on my blog, as well as my own fic list. Lots of fluff! If you want a well-done imagined alternative to season 6 (written over the hiatus), try @still-searching47‘s “The War Within”. Much, much better version of what happened to Belle while she was under the sleeping curse, and the realisations that she came to. Written in a way that feels very like episodic canon. 

Thanks for the rec @woodelf68

#I’m so glad you enjoyed it#someone recced my fic wow#that is so kind