I’m so behind on fic (and on liking and reblogging gifsets to be honest). Real life’s a bit crazy and by the time I get to the PC I’m too tired to make the comments you guys deserve. So if I usually comment on your stuff, I still love you and your stuff, I’m keeping a list and I WILL get to it, it’ll just be a little late.

This has been probably a totally unnecessary PSA but it makes me feel better to say it. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m snubbing their stuff. It’s just me being busy and brain dead tired. Sorry and thank you.

Hi Giftee, this is Santa checking in. No more words on the page unfortunately :( I’m having a bad week in terms of mental health and all my writing has had to go on hold for a couple of days whilst I get myself sorted out. Still, slow and steady wins the race and I’m aiming to bounce back in time to get some work done during Camp Nano in July. You hang in there now! ~ Santa

Oh Santa! 🙁

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I’m really sorry to hear that! Please don’t worry at all about writing, and just forget the gift completely. I just want you to take care of yourself! You are what is important! I’m behind you 110%, with the anonymous restriction I guess it would be hard for me to actually do anything but please know that I care, that I really sympathize, and that I understand. Massive *hugs*

I hope you do feel better soon for your sake, and I hope you enjoy Camp NaNo! Usually I find NaNo to be a positive experience and I really hope that you will enjoy it. I don’t know if you know (and it might be a giveaway if you asked to join now heh) but there is a Rumbelle cabin for Camp. Also I don’t know if this will help you but I wrote a couple of pep talks in April, and I plan to do the same next month. There is also the word crawl that I made, and one Worry made as well. Best of luck for Camp! I’m rooting for you *waves pom-poms*

Do you enjoy the Marvel movies Santa? Spiderman Homecoming is releasing next month. If you do like those movies, then I hope you’ll enjoy it! The trailer looks good, I’m interested in the Tony Stark and Peter Parker interaction. Tony being a mentor is a new side to his character.

Anyway I hope the week is good to you Santa! Wishing you all the best! *hugs*

For TMI: Do you have any new fics that you are contemplating? If so, what are they about? :~)

Sorry for the delay! It’s been a hectic few days and I’m really tired. I did actually type out a long answer to this Tuesday night but I wanted to go over it before I posted. I love this question! Thank you so much for asking it! 🙂

There are three event fics:
– RCIJ (super secret *mimes zipping mouth shut*)
– Next months Monthly Rumbelling
– Rumbelle Vacation fic

The AMR fic is going to be another oneshot in the In Your Arms verse. It’s going to be a month or so after To Be Loved and it’ll summarize what happened in between the two fics, and also tackle the “should we move in together?” question. The Rumbelle Vacation fic as the spreadsheet says is going to be set at the North York Moors Railway. Gideon is going to be a small child, maybe 3-4 and the fluff I have planned is so fluffy I have no teeth left 🙂

In terms of ‘other fics’ I have a ton of ideas but this post would get extremely long if I talked about all of them.

Anything with smut is on hold for now because I’m just really not inspired that way at the moment. Also there are a few ideas which I’m more drawn to than others.

Nightwalkers
It’s going to be novel length and so I want to finish it before I start posting. I’ve had the first three chapters done since November. Basically be prepared for all the tropes – fake dating, bedsharing, “let’s hide in this small closet”, “let’s kiss as an alibi”, “oh no we’re tied up and we’re having to ‘wriggle’ and that’s awkward” hehe. In terms of plot Belle is a cop and she has to go undercover as Gold’s escort to infiltrate a high stakes poker game, because one of the players is a murderer.

Enchanted Forest AU
Rumple is the dark one, married to Belle, they’ve had TLK, he’s the hero of Avonlea. #NoSpoilers as to how that happened. Lots of Swanfire angst with a happy ending. As much as I keep going on about how much I want to write this I probably haven’t because there’s an 18 year time jump in the middle between the Rumbelle plot and the Swanfire plot, and I’ve never quite worked out how to handle that.

One Night Stand turns true love
I reblogged a prompt and whoops planned the whole thing – “You were supposed to be a one night stand, but we ended up talking till dawn instead of sex. And wow we really click, so do you maybe want to have breakfast and stay longer?”

Belle is a single parent
I am very attached to this concept. I think it has so much story potential so much so I have three story ideas from it. One is sort of like a remix of Transposing Digits where Gold still has Bae, but Belle has a daughter as well. It’s extremely fluffy. The other two scenarios? Not so much. One has Gold as Belle’s kids teacher and they met at a parent-teacher conference. Now you’re probably thinking Gold is the stern teacher and nobody can understand why he teaches, all the kids hate him? Yeah no he’s more like spinner!Rum, he’s kind, soft spoken, a little hesitant but he can put iron in his voice to say “stop that” so the kids don’t run riot. He loves children but he’s never had any because he’s terrified of interacting with them outside the teacher-student boundaries. He’s convinced he’d be a terrible father.

Gold has OCD
Yes I combined this with Belle as a single parent because it made everything more difficult. I have so many notes on this already I’m sort of wondering why the story hasn’t written itself, it’s practically all there. It’s probably the most angsty thing I’ve ever planned. I feel really sorry for Gold. Neal is a teenager in this and I feel sorry for him too. It’s a big mess.

Enchanted Forest AU
Fiona was blasted before she cut Rumple’s fate so he still had magic but Malcolm ditched him, the fairies lost track of him, so Rumple grew up a peasant and hid his magic. Nearby Princess Belle is also hiding her magic but she hears rumors about Rumple and goes to him for lessons.

BraveWarrior
I have a mighty need to write a full fic. I ship them a ridiculous amount. The idea is that Merida gets in fights to protect her brothers and the court sentence her to anger management. Her parole officer decides that if Merida wants to hit something than she should do so in a controlled environment, and signs her up for Mulan’s self-defense classes. It’s like a modern day AU of the lessons they had in The Bear King. Only this ends with them going out for coffee, and to the movies, and cooking each other dinner and all kinds of sweet dating fluff. I have so many BraveWarrior ideas. I want to write all the things!

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Oh did I say a few ideas? Oops. Well it is only a small sampling of the ones on my list. Oh and the above doesn’t even take into account the continuations I’ve promised. I have three outstanding prompts for different verses…

Costume Party!Gold, if a bad guy ever took Belle hostage, what would you do to save her? Belle, do you think you’d be able to free yourself, or would you wait for Gold to rescue you?

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Gold: I would burn the city to the ground if necessary.

Belle: *rolls her eyes* no you wouldn’t Cal.

Gold: *sighs* *mutters* Only because you wouldn’t like it. (Belle raises an eyebrow) *sighs again* alright and because it wouldn’t be helpful. I would do everything that was humanly possible though. I would spend every penny I had if it would help, I would hire the world’s experts. I would do anything.

Belle: I know *kisses him* but you know I’m no ‘damsel in distress’.

Gold: *fond smile* If you saw an opportunity you would save yourself. Oh I know sweetheart. You’ve saved me on occasion before now.

Belle: On occasion? How about we’re each others hero?

Gold: I like that and I love you.

Belle: And I love you.

Fires!Belle, what was it about Gold that made you fall in love with him? Were you worried that might happen when you were given your mission?

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(OOC: I love you anon, this is one of my favorite verses!)

Gold was my mission. Love was never supposed to be part of the deal. He was the target, I was to get close, infiltrate his life and then spy on him long-term. I would gain the dual benefit of access to his intelligence and my cover would be more secure due to our marriage.

Loving him went against …. well everything! However, it was impossible not to love him. Julian was like no man I’d ever met. He seemed to see through the cover identity which had been crafted to be irresistible for him – he seemed to see me, even more miraculous he seemed to prefer the real me. No matter how many times I told myself that he didn’t really know who I was, it always felt like he did. Oh he didn’t know the details of my past but I think he knew what was in my heart and he valued me.

It wasn’t about my training, or my pretty face, or what I could do for him. It felt like he cared about me just because I was me. How could I not love him? When I got subsequent missions, to sabotage operations or to kill his comrades I was very worried about what would happen. I never wanted our time together to end but it was doomed from the start. Even if there had been no side missions, I believed that he would never forgive me because of the deception that had brought us together.

It is possible that I might have been wrong about that…

Thanks for the TMI questions, you guys are the best! I started to answer but I am so tired my brain has stopped working. I’m going to have to pick them up again tomorrow. I haven’t been on tumblr really since Sunday night so I’m behind on fic, gifsets, everything really. I’ll catch up the moment I can.

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WIP meme — door; dearie; damn; down.

Thank you! I love this meme, I just wish I had more WIP’s written heh. I feel like I’m just looking in the same documents at the moment.

Untitled GoldenLace Bonnie and Clyde
Gold sniffed. “I still have standards.”

Lacey followed Gold round the house, avoiding the main door. To one side, half hidden by ivy was a discrete wooden door. Gold fished in his pocket and produced a key, pushing the door open.

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“Not to be cliché dearie,” Gold said evenly. “But that really depends on who is
asking.”

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She covered it by taking another gulp of wine and wrenching her gaze away from Gold. His eyes had been glittering and it was damn hypnotic. For the first time tonight, she stopped congratulating herself, and began to wonder if maybe she was slightly out of her depth.

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Lacey scowled at him and slunk over to the couch. She sat down, deliberately crossing
her legs slowly to see if Gold would look at them. His eyes flickered and she gave herself a mental point. He might be trying to be a superior jack-ass but she wasn’t without a few tricks up her sleeve.

From upcoming WIP – Nightwalkers

She could hear muffled voices and then an outbreak of laughter. The door was open
and Belle could see two uniformed officers leaning against the desk, clearly teasing one another. A young man with dark hair and an easy smile, and a young woman with long blonde hair.

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“Ah,” Gold murmured in satisfaction. “I knew you were going to ask me that. Cora handles it and as she doesn’t know you, there’s no way you’ll get hired. I told you dearie, Cora is paranoid about cheating. No, the only way you’ll be able to go
undercover in that game, is as my escort.”

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Something about this man just unnerved her, perhaps because he never acted like she would expect. Gold had layers, he was a mystery, and damn her if she didn’t find that
even more attractive.

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It was a small town and had somehow managed to hold out against big commerce,
maintaining all independent stores down the single main street which cut through the town. There was a large out of town shopping development half an hour away, but it might as well have been a world away.

From upcoming WIP – The Winning Bid

Belle French glared at the stack of bills which were rife with ‘final reminders’. She had managed to juggle the bills for a time, getting further behind with some, to pay off enough of others to keep the wolf from the door.

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Impatiently Belle stormed to the door, and clattered down the stairs, slipping out the side door of the flower shop. Game of Thorns barely broke even most months, but it
kept her father from sinking into despair, and so it was still operating.

TMI Tuesday

Ask me about the show. Ask me anything about my fics, ask my characters anything. You can send me a word and if it’s in my WIP doc then I’ll post a teaser snippet. I accept prompts for any of my existing verses.

This week I posted:
Nothing because I’ve been working on my RCIJ 🙂

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You could also ask me a question off any of these lists.

Greetings from Santa! I have many updates for you! Well, not many, but some! Firstly – there are more words on the page! Secondly – I’m splitting this fic up into short chapters rather than one long piece – I feel it just works better that way. I have the first two chapters written! Unfortunately my brain now wants to skip forward to the epilogue. *sigh*. Thirdly and finally – do you have any thoughts as to Gold’s first name? [cont]


[cont] I’m terrible with naming Golds. I am currently calling him Aiden, which is a traditional Irish and Scottish name, but I am in no way attached to it if you would prefer something different. (Maybe Aiden’s your dad’s name and it feels weird or something – got to take these things into account!) I hope you have a great week! ~ Santa

Heya Santa *waves*

Congrats on more words on the page! I’ve been poking at my RCIJ fic. It’s slow going, I keep getting distracted, but I’ve made a start and that’s always the hardest part. Woah a chaptered fic! *rubs hands together gleefully* I’m so lucky! You are the best Santa!

I’m completely fine with the name Aiden, I’ve used all sorts of names for Gold in various fics. Mostly I look at what Belle could shorten it too, or I try and imagine her saying it lovingly and then I go with whether it feels right for that particular Gold. Thanks for checking as there are a few names that I wouldn’t have been comfortable with. That’s so nice of you to think of that!

I hope you had a good weekend! It’s got a lot cooler thank merlin. It’s very rare for me to be too hot, I’m normally cold. My family despair, they are all going ‘ugh so hot’ and I’m pulling on a second sweater or huddling under a blanket or something. However, this recent heatwave made even me too hot! It was downright unpleasant. Hopefully there won’t be too many re-occurrences this summer 🙂

I hope you have a great week Santa!