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Rumplestiltskin & Belle: “Why are you/we…

Aww, I love it when these two are friends, and they sound so comfortable around each other! *hugs ficlets* Love it when Princess Belle teases him about being ‘her hero’… though I suspect there’s more truth in that than what either can admit. Heh.

I love it when they are friends as well. I haven’t got the timeline properly ironed out so I’m not sure how long they’ve been friends but I’m definitely thinking a few years. He was assigned to Belle’s protection when she went travelling (and they got in some adventures along the way) so yeah I think he’s saved her, and she’s also saved him. Then after her father died, things changed. She was now the heir to the throne and had to return home.

leni-ba replied to your post:Whispering!verse prompt: Belle and Rumplestiltskin…

*glares* WHY ARE YOU PUTTING ME THROUGH THIS? Not that I don’t love every word and second, but my poor heart can’t take much more of these two babies in denial. (Give me more, please!) I love it. Love it!

Haha I did say after I posted the first ficlet that the mutual pining would be legendary, and that’s why this fic screamed to be written. Rumple rose to be a senior knight because of his ability, unlike someone like Gaston who was born to that position. In the eyes of the kingdom he’ll forever be a lowly knight and therefore not a worthy consort for the queen and he knows it – they both do.

Duty before love has stopped them from admitting their feelings. I think Belle knows Rumple loves her, but Rumple doesn’t believe that Belle could love him. He’s convinced himself that Belle just thinks of him as a good friend, and her protector, and that she’s Belle and nice to everyone.

I’m so happy that you liked it so much. Seriously that makes my day 🙂 Anyway, if you want more, hit up my ask box with a prompt or six and I’ll see what I can do 🙂

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In my defense, you did say six.

I did indeed haha 🙂 Seriously, if you could see the big grin on my face right now you’d know this is not a problem. It’s funny and helpful, though it might take me a couple of days to do all six. Thank you!

As a Male reader of your fics I’m sure you don’t get many Male readers as like 98 percent of fandom and fiction writers/readers are female , I just want to Thankyou for writing Cora. I absolutely love Cora and I appreciate people who write her well , respect her character and don’t bias write as I find most the female fandom hates Cora

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Oh wow, thank you so much anon. To be honest I’ve never really given much thought to the demographic of my readers, I’m still stunned and exceedingly grateful that I have readers at all. Personally I have no idea what fandoms feelings are towards Cora. I haven’t come across any Cora-hate myself, but then I do tend to steer clear of character hate altogether. To be honest I don’t really hate any character. I think they all have a lot of potential and would be interesting to explore via various storylines.

I find Cora particularly fascinating and there’s so much about her that they left unexplored. In many ways I wish they hadn’t killed her off. Imagine Cora left behind in Storybrooke, when the gang went to Neverland to save Henry. Imagine them returning to find Cora had taken over the place – “my daughter is the mayor, and you can’t leave a town without leadership.” – and due to Cora’s heart-taking ability, they wouldn’t be certain who was acting of their own volition or not.

Cora was awesome really. She had that understated class I love in an antagonist. She would work via manipulation, make people doubt that she was doing anything bad at all, sow seeds of doubt and dissent. Cora was smart. She changed her status from miller’s daughter to princess and in a class system that’s huge. I don’t know if you’ve seen Alias anon, but Cora reminds me a bit of one of the Derevko sisters. They were incredible characters.

Anyway, I’m going on a bit so I’ll shut up now 🙂

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leni-ba replied to your post “Rumbelle, #16”

So… Regina’s got a brother? And he has all his memories? Or did I guess wrong.

Anyway, ALWAYS will love Rumple being awkward about asking out cursed!Belle. lol Wonderful bittie!

Heh I already answered the question of the OC’s identity here but your theory is interesting. It makes me wonder what if Regina did have a brother? How would Cora have been different with a son? She very much lived vicariously through Regina, pushing Regina to be queen and to live the life that Cora had wanted for herself.

Would Cora have put the same pressure on a son? Irrespective of Cora, what would having a sibling have changed in Regina? It’s an interesting question. Anyway, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I’m glad you liked it! 🙂

Shoot!! Erase that last Ask. I meant #26.

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tinuviel-undomiel:

OMG THIS IS SO PERFECT!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

THIS IS PERFECT AND NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED!!!!

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galactic-pirates:

Heh it’s entirely possible I might do both. I’m having fun with these 🙂

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It was the event of the year. Invitations were more sought after than the holy grail, despite the countless movies that had made it a quest. It was like the ‘gold’ standard. If you received an invitation to Gold Consolidated’s New Year’s Eve party, you were someone. If you were one of the very few entrusted with a coveted +1 ticket, then you were suddenly the most popular person in town as everybody wanted you to escort them.

Belle French had been hearing rumors about the party for years. Her boss Cora Mills went every year, and she had a ticket allowing her to bring a +1, and didn’t everybody know it. Cora usually took her daughter Regina, but Regina had cancelled this year on account of being unwell. Belle happened to know that wasn’t true, and Regina had other more personal plans, but Cora would never have accepted her daughter putting her love life ahead of the potential business networking that could be done at the party.

Cora couldn’t bear to waste her +1 ticket, lest people believe she hadn’t received one this year, and it was too last minute to get anybody else. Belle had been stunned to get the call to dress in her nicest clothes and meet Cora’s car, to accompany her boss to the party. It was the opportunity of a lifetime, and rather guiltily Belle hoped that she might get a new job out of it. She didn’t like working for Cora Mills but she didn’t see the point in quitting until she had a better offer.

“Don’t embarrass me,” Cora snapped, just before the exited the town car.

“I’ll behave,” Belle promised dryly, earning herself a vicious glare before Cora pasted on a smile for the other party attendees.

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Thank you for the prompt fill! Totally different than anything I might have guessed you would do, and that’s what makes these flash prompts so fun.

You have me curious now as to what you guessed I might do. The other possibility that popped into my head was mistaken identity. Maybe a masquerade party and so they wind up kissing the wrong person. Anyway, I’m so happy that you all liked it!

This was something a bit different from me, as usually I write either Belle or Gold (or quite commonly both) as being anxious, whereas in this they were supposed to come across as relatively confident. I have a few ideas where this could go next (when do I not?) but with my current WIP status, what I’m going to say is prompt me, if you want more of this 🙂

Rumplestiltskin & Belle: “Why are you/we whispering?”

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sarashouldbestudying:

OMG, my poor woobies! You can’t leave us like this T.T

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galactic-pirates:

Number 43 – you got it! 🙂

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“Good morning your majesty,” Rumplestiltskin greeted warmly.

“Shhh,” Belle hissed, lifting a finger to her lips.

Her eyes sparkled as she smiled at him. Rumplestiltskin felt his heart constrict. Oh, how he loved her, but then who couldn’t love Belle? Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Avonlea, was beloved by the entire kingdom and that was what he needed to remember. Belle was his princess, and soon to be his queen, and he was charged with her protection. That was all it was, and all it could ever be – nothing more.

“What are you reading today?” Rumplestiltskin asked quietly, knowing he was wearing a fond expression, and probably looked like a besotted fool, but they were the only ones in the ballroom, so it didn’t really matter.

“An adaption of a classic tale. The princess has just agreed to go with the dark sorcerer forever to save her people,” Belle told him.

“Well don’t get any ideas your majesty,” Rumplestiltskin teased, wagging his finger at her. “Your wedding is next week.”

“I wouldn’t get two steps out of the castle before you saved me anyway.” Belle smiled, placing her hand on her chest and pretending to swoon. “Sir Rumplestiltskin, my hero.”

Rumplestiltskin rolled his eyes. “Or so you would tell the court, just as you have done on more than one occasion in the past. You and I both know, no saving would be required because you would have no doubt dispatched with the villain yourself. ”

“Of course,” Belle said haughtily.

She winked at him and her composure broke. She collapsed into giggles, before clapping her hand over her mouth, an expression of horror on her face. Gingerly she peered up to the entrance into the ballroom, before sighing in relief. Rumplestiltskin glanced upwards but he couldn’t see anyone.

“Why are we whispering?” he asked.

Belle grimaced. “I’m hiding from my ladies maids. If they find me I’ll lose the entire day to wedding preparations again.” She sighed heavily, and stared at the engagement ring on her finger.

Rumplestiltskin’s heart clenched again. She looked so miserable and he couldn’t stand it. He was charged with her protection wasn’t he? It was up to him to make sure that no harm came to the crown, and harm wasn’t just physical. Surely he would just be doing his job, if he stepped in to cheer her up. It was a flimsy argument, but truthfully he really didn’t need much convincing.

“Oh Princess?” Rumplestiltskin smirked mischievously at her, and held out his hand.

Belle eyed him with bemused suspicion but accepted his hand. “Where are we going?” she asked.

Rumplestiltskin hesitated for a moment, as he hadn’t thought that far ahead, but then the perfect idea came to him. “You’ll love it,” he promised.

He couldn’t do anything about the wedding, or the upcoming coronation, but he could give her one stolen afternoon of peace. One last free day before responsibilities and their separate lives beckoned.

*screams loudly and uncontrollably* I NEED SO MUCH MORE OF THIS I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!

Yay I’m so happy you liked it! Well knight!Rumple is on my to do list. However, I did promise Ripper I would write knight!Rumple/Lacey, and this is obviously Belle. However, the insane levels of mutual pining in this, just screams to be written. Given my current WIP status, I think I’m going to say for this if you would like more then prompt me. Will write for prompts heh 🙂

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To the anon who just sent me that prompt, and anyone else if you feel like sending prompts heh, it’s gone midnight and I’m going to bed. I will write whatever I have in my askbox tomorrow morning.

Thank you so much to everyone for sending me the prompts, I am really grateful, and I had a lot of fun 🙂 

*whispers* Who is John Mills in that fic? *sneaks away feeling silly*

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Oh poor anon I’m sorry. You don’t have to feel silly. I should be the one feeling silly or at least a little embarrassed. I joined the fandom in May, but in the previous October for reasons best know to myself, I started writing a Once Upon a Time fanfic. I wrote about 12k actually of a season one rewrite.

You see when I can’t sleep at night, I tell myself stories. This particular story all hinged off Regina’s line at the end of the pilot – “A place where the only happy ending will be mine.” – as for some reason that kept playing back in my brain and raising the obvious question of “what if Regina did get her happy ending?” and basically then led to me asking the next question of “how would season one be different if Regina wanted to break her own curse?”

To cut a very long story short (seriously it would have been long, that 12k only covered up to Emma’s second day in Storybrooke). Regina and Rumple made a deal, which meant that Belle got given new cursed memories, like David did when he woke from the coma. Belle thought she’d just moved to town to open up the library, with no recollection of the previous twenty-eight years in the asylum. If Regina could have woken Belle from the curse completely then she would have, but it’s impossible so cursed!LibrarianBelle was the best option.

Anyway, none of this answers your question of who is John Mills? He’s Regina’s husband basically. An original character of my own creation, which is a very dangerous thing to do in fanfic. It’s quite rare that it actually works well and to be honest in this fandom, with the shipping wars the way that they are, it’s probably an even worse idea. However, I do have a certain fondness for that first fanfic idea. I plotted it all out in my head, going up until the end of 3A. So seeing as I was just messing around with random ficlets, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to amuse myself. I’m sorry I confused you.

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Voting is now open! I did a complete list of my nominations here and I was going to leave it at that. I don’t have the confidence to do posts for individual fics. I’m beyond humbled, grateful and honored to have been nominated at all. Honestly, I’m utterly overwhelmed by the support, especially because I’m new this year.

Anyway, I’m now going to do something that’s probably incredibly bad form, I’m going to highlight a couple of my nominations in particular. I know I should treat all of the nominations equally, and please don’t misunderstand, they do all mean a lot to me, but some fics are a bit closer to my heart than others.

Special: Best Drama – Painting Layers of Love

Synopsis: Belle French lives alone and she likes it that way. She’s lived alone ever since the terrible car accident which killed her mother and claimed her eyesight. Belle spends her days painting, in complete solitude, until one day she wakes up and hears movement outside. Somebody has moved into the cottage next door. She had grown comfortable in her solitary existence until Mr Gold crashes into her life. Now her future is uncertain, like a blank canvas, waiting for her to apply the paint and decide what kind of story she is creating. [Tumblr, AO3]

Special: Best Season Rewrite – The War Within

Synopsis: Alternate Season Six. Storybrooke is visibly under threat once more from Hyde and the Evil Queen. However, not all threats are visible as an old forgotten foe has been manipulating events from behind the scenes. The very nature of darkness is revealed as everyone struggles with the most difficult beast of all – acceptance. [Tumblr, AO3]

Events: Best Revelry – The Beauty and the Tragedy

Synopsis: When Mr. Gold calls in Lord French’s marker, bankrupting his estate, it leaves Lady Belle with nowhere to go until Mr. Gold offers her a deal. She enters his service as a maid and true love blossoms between them. Belle dreams of forever but there is a room, which is permanently locked, that stands in the way. [NSFW] [Tumblr, AO3]

#sorry for the bad graphics on the war within and the beauty and the tragedy#I made them myself

Song Shuffle Meme

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@rowofstars thanks for the tag! Now the dilemma of “do I do this honestly or not?” because I’ve never deleted anything off my iPod and my collection stretches back about 15 years. Oh well there’s no point if I’m not honest. Urk, this could be embarrassing 🙂

Rules: You can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Put your mp3 player, itunes, Spotify, etc. on shuffle, list the first 10 songs and tag 10 people.

  1. I’m Gonna Find Another You – John Mayer (Continuum)
  2. A Different Kind – Marked as His Equal (My Scars Speak Volumes)
  3. Til Kingdom Come – Coldplay (X&Y)
  4. Sugar – Maroon 5 (V Deluxe Edition)
  5. Addicted – Enrique Iglesias (7)
  6. This Is Never Going to End – The Parselmouths (Pretty in Pink (and Green))
  7. The Fallen Interlude – Blink 182 (Blink 182)
  8. Everything’s Gonna be Alright – Enrique Iglesias (Euphoria)
  9. Saved – All Caps (Songs in the Key of Email)
  10. Figured You Out – Nickelback (The Long Road)

Wow, I’m actually really surprised by that. I know the whole point of shuffle is that it’s actually random and therefore not representative, but I have getting on for 14,000 songs, so getting duplicates of genres/artists is weird. Plus it’s missed huge swathes of my collection. Hmm interesting 🙂

Tagging: @worryinglyinnocent, @bookwormchocaholic, @little-inkstone and @woodelf68

Full Circle

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still-searching47:

Synopsis: During the first ogre war Lady Belle of Avonlea desperately searches for a way to save her people. A chance encounter sets her on the path to a mystical dagger. Two hundred years later Rumplestiltskin is desperate to provide a better life for his son. If the Dark One can sense anything, it’s a desperate soul…

Note: Written for @a-monthly-rumbelling in January. The prompt was Dark Castle Forbidden Room. Does anyone remember that rumbelle bingocard I made? Well I seem to have taken that as a bit of a self-challenge, not the whole thing obviously, but at least one of each option. This one checks two boxes – Dark One!Belle and spinner!Rumple 🙂 Basically it’s a Desperate Souls/Skin Deep remix. I hope you enjoy!

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Rumplestiltskin
stumbled out of the ramshackle cottage he called home. The night air was cold,
not that it was that much warmer inside, and the gusts of wind smarted against
his skin. It was just what he needed to cut through his rising panic. He had
tried to hold it together, but Bae was now sleeping peacefully, and without his
boys alert gaze watching him, his fear was overwhelming. Life could be worse he
supposed. Bae might be fourteen and without prospects, but at least there
wasn’t a war raging right now.

The village
well wasn’t far, and to hold onto the shreds of normality, Rumplestiltskin
staggered in that direction. He cranked the handle and drew up the pail,
cupping his hand and drinking what he could. The water froze against his skin
and he shivered, knowing he should get back inside, but fearing the length of
the night. He could always sit and spin, Bae had long since learned to sleep
through the quiet creaking of the wheel. That usually quietened his mind, but
tonight it just reminded him that his beloved boy was out of options.

The son of a
coward, who was himself the son of a coward, was never going to be top pick
among the village traders. However, Rumplestiltskin had hoped to secure Bae’s
future. He was good friends with Morraine, the bakers daughter, and on his more
optimistic days Rumplestiltskin had imagined an apprenticeship and a betrothal
but it wasn’t to be. The baker had selected another boy, one who wasn’t saddled
with Bae’s reputation.

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That was a really interesting role reversal and I always love me some spinner!Rum. It was so heartbreaking for him to lose Bae but it still felt better than in canon because of how they parted. Well done.

Thanks! 🙂 Yeah in this Rumple left to give Bae “his best chance” and he did think that he would never see him again; but with circumstances being what they are, I expect that Rumple and Bae will be reunited at some point. With some gold behind him, Bae could easily become Sir Baelfire, a knight worthy of Princess Emma’s hand, giving Rumple a couple of royal grandchildren.

Obviously Rumple and Belle have the misunderstanding of true loves kiss to work out first. While Belle doesn’t need the power like Rumple did, it’s all she’s known and had for a couple of hundred years. The darkness twists everything, we’re talking major trust issues and self-loathing, especially given that she always wanted to be a hero. The darkness convinced her at first that she was being a hero, perverting something that had once been so important to her.

Add in Rumple’s confidence issues and we’re definitely talking one step forward, ten steps back for this pair. Then there’s the question of what a successful true loves kiss would do to the curse of the dark one. I’m going to explore one theory in my EF AU, whenever I manage to get the time to write it, but there are several possibilities. Heh sorry I’ve gone on a bit *whistles* not that I was thinking about any of this 🙂

I was going to scream ‘how dare you leave this here!’ but am mollified somewhat by this response. Eventual TLK, curse breaking, Sir Baelfire, grandchildren…yes, I’ll take all that. 🙂

Haha well it wouldn’t be a Skin Deep remix if I didn’t leave it there. At least I didn’t end it with Belle throwing Rumple out of the castle, and then somebody telling her that he was dead – that would have been far worse! I’m glad you liked it, thank you 🙂

worryinglyinnocent:

AAAARRRGGGHHHH!

*flailing and armwaving*

WHAT DID YOU DOOOOOO!!!!!

Ahem. That was an amazing role reversal!

Heh thanks! I’m so glad you liked it, especially seeing as it was kinda your fault. I got the idea for this while I was talking with you 🙂 This was fun, trying to imagine how Belle would be as a Dark One, how she would be different from Rumple but still the same, and then how she and Rumple could still have crossed paths. Another place, another time – same old story, true love means they always cross paths sooner or later 🙂