Oh yeah! Half a million words in 2016 – goal met š Thank you to everyone for all the kind words and lovely encouragement. You are all amazing and I appreciate all of you *hugs*
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Tumblr question. If you are tracking a tag, is there anyway to stop posts from that tracked tag from repeating themselves over and over on the dash? Itās like every half dozen posts, thereās the one from the tracked tag. Iām sure that canāt be working as intended.
Trying to use @worryinglyinnocentās lovely smutty inspiration to power through my a-monthly-rumbelling ficā¦ While also still being distracted by Rushacey thoughts.
I hate my brain.
*shoos the Rushacey thoughts away – you can come back later once the fic is finished!*
You can do it!
*gets out pompoms*
I admire you both so much. I just gave up completely on attempting to get the smut prompt finished for this month. Iāll still finish the fic just not on time.
Thereās this Miss Congeniality exchange that I kid you not I use pretty much every day on myself. Donāt want to get out of bed? I quote this. Donāt want to go to work? I quote this. Of course I never actually have a cookie, I just quote the exchange, donāt know why. So anyway:
āIāll give you a cookie.ā
āIt better be a big one.ā
and have a cookie bribe š
Ok I haveĀ 4,345 words to write before tomorrow! Iām also procrastinating – yay me! š
Excuse me while I grumble for a second – I had to work that out with a calculator! I know the horror haha š Itās becauseĀ I built myself a word count meter, a very rough and dirty one to work like NaNoās graph and tell me things like how many words I have left to write until target. Unfortunately it doesnāt seem to like today and I havenāt coded seriously in years. I coded this meter in the summer and Iām just not up to debugging it today. So Iām just snarling at it because itās decided not to work.
In other news I saw Rogue One yesterday. Knowing what the outcome had to be because obviously itās a prequel, and watching the events live and in color are very different. No spoilers but honestly, I was torn between amazement at the wonderful visual scenes, and horror/sadness at the story. Also Governor Tarkinās very existence gave me so many ideas about digitally created people, and Lord Vader well ā¦ I know they said that they kept his scenes minimal because he then had a greater impact but seriously I would watch a whole movie of him swinging a lightsaber around.
I am like a child sometimes. I mean itās stupid because if I did just see a movie where it was all flash with wonderful fight scenes, then I would be griping because itās the story that stays with me, not the visual effects. So while I might watch a movie like that, it wouldnāt then be a very good movie. Itās just I mean itās Star Wars and that means lightsabers. Heh, I came home and I logged into Swtor to swing around the lightsaber myself. Iām going through the class storyline for the Jedi Consular at the moment – double bladed lightsaber and Iām kinda roleplaying as an Obi-Wan type figure. To be honest I have more fun playing on the side of the Empire. The Imperial Agent storyline is epic and I want to play that again. I probably wonāt because Iāve had this game since itās launch 5 years ago and Iām still barely halfway through the base game, I havenāt touched a single one of the expansions.
Iām going to shut up now. I have 4,345 words to write today /slaps self.
sarashouldbestudyingĀ reblogged your post and added:Ā āOk I have 4,345 words to write before tomorrow! Iām alsoā¦ā
Come on, I know you can manage 4.345 words! Btw, Star Wars is simply too cool for words.
mariequitecontrarie reblogged your post and added: āOk I haveĀ 4,345 words to write before tomorrow! Iām alsoā¦ā
My mind was boggled by Rogue One, too. I know justĀ what you mean about being torn between euphoria and horror. And yes, the digital effectsāto see Carrie Fisher as the Princess Leia before the events of A New Hope on the day she passed away. It was surreal in every respect.And yes, you will get the words done. Remember they donāt have to be perfect words. Just words.
Thank you both, you are so nice!
I have about 500 words, so Iām what 1/9th of the way there? It doesnāt matter, Iāve started and thatās the hard part. I just got to keep going from here. Right now, Emma and Bae have just gone into the school dance and Mary Margaret embarrassed them. Iāll be swapping back to Belle and Gold in a bit, where finally Gold will learn Belleās plans for their evening. Iāll give you a hint it involves a certain mansion by the sea š
2016 Fanfic Year in Review
I do a status update post on the 1st of every month. In fact Januaryās looking back at December will be posted tomorrow. However, I thought maybe I would do a round up for the entire year, just for the fun of it. I wasnāt going to do a complete month by month breakdown because it felt a bit redundant, given I only started posting in May. However, I decided that I would add it at the end, for ease of reference, itās under the cut for length.
First here are the high points of the year!
May 20th – First Rumbelle fanfic posted
– Wizard Love (oneshot written for Rumbelle is Hope)
June 21st – First multi-chapter fic started
– The War Within (Alternate season six)
July 23rd – First RCIJ / Gift Exchange
– Learning Curve (RCIJ fic)
September 13th – First multi-chapter fic completed
– The War Within (15 chapters, 71,905 words)
September 29th – First ever smut fic posted
– More Than a Feeling (A Monthly Rumbelling fic, War Within Verse, nsfw)
October 28th – First anyelle fic posted
– Story as Old as Video (Rushbelle, A Monthly Rumbelling fic, nsfw)
November 25th – First Lacey fic posted
– Fall All Over Again (Season Two canon-divergence, nsfw)
December 20th – First RSS
– Conspiracy Afloat (Rumbelle Secret Santa fic)
Stats:
Words Posted: 341,401
Stories posted: 27
Verses created (multiple fics, same verse): 3
Multi-chapter fics posted: 12 (6 completed)
WIPs still to complete: 5 (+1 prompt verse)
Works posted in June (and end of May):
– Wizard Love
– Heās Behind You
– Never Let the Pirate Babysit Alone
– The War Within (Chapters: One and Two)
Works posted in July:
– Learning Curve
– The War Within (Chapters: Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven)
– Painting Layers of Love (Chapter One)
Works posted in August:
– The War Within (Chapters: Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve)
– Painting Layers of Love (Chapter Two)
– Between Two Fires
– In Your Arms
Works posted in September:
– The War Within (Chapters: Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen)
– Painting Layers of Love (Chapters: Three and Four)
– Faith of the Heart (Chapters: One, Two, Three and Four)
– Transposing Digits (and Part Two)
– More Than a Feeling [NSFW]
Works posted in October:
– Painting Layers of Love (Chapter Five)
– Faith of the Heart (Chapters: Five and Six)
– Transposing Digits (Chapters: Two (Part Two), Three, Four and Five)
– The Tomb
– Fluffy Future Gold Family Portrait [Drawing]
– All Hallowās Fall
– Story as Old as Video [Rushbelle, NSFW]
– The Beauty and the Tragedy [NSFW]
– All We Are [Rush/Carter, NSFW]
Works posted in November:
– The Beauty and the Tragedy: Alternate Ending
– Swim to the Stars [Rushbelle]
– I Love the Way (Chapters: One, Two, Three and Four)
– Right Kind of Wrong (Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six)
– Painting Layers of Love (Chapter Six)
– Broken Apart
– All I Needed (Setting up the Nursery and Breaking the News)
– Fall All Over Again (Chapters: One and Two) [NSFW]
– Counting Stars (Chapter One)
Works posted in December:
– Painting Layers of Love (Chapter Seven)
– Fall All Over Again (Chapter Three) [NSFW]
– Conspiracy Afloat (Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven)
– Trouble Sleeping [NSFW]
– Unending Conspiracy
– Under My Skin (Chapter One)
– I Love the Way (Chapter Five)
I Love the Way (Chapter Five)
Synopsis: Following directly on from All Hallowās Fall. Due to the events of Halloween, Storybrooke finally becomes aware of Gold and Belleās relationship and small towns can be vicious places. Gold fears it will tear them apart, but adversity can lead to strength not just ruin, and maybe even one day – a happy ending.
Note:
I am so sorry, and kinda embarrassed, that itās been over a month since I last updated this. I had RSS and other excuses, and I donāt know where the time went, but well oops. Thanks to @woodelf68 for the frozen turkey prompt, and to @mariequitecontrarie for explaining about the football and the traditional thanksgiving fare. Anyway, no apologies for how fluffy this is – this is the fluffy fic š Enjoy!
On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four
Belle didnāt
regret a second of the previous day. From the talk sheād had with Alistair,
leading to the sort-of proposal, choosing the ring, the promise of a āproper
proposalā and then celebrating their āalmostā engagement all night. Yesterday
had been wonderful. However, if she could have a do-over then she would change one thing. There was only the three of
them for thanksgiving, their first thanksgiving as a family, so the bird was
only small. Unfortunately the size of the turkey didnāt help, given theyād
forgotten to get it out of the freezer last night and it was still frozen
solid.She had been so
frazzled this morning, with packing everything up to transport to the cabin,
that she hadnāt noticed the turkeyās state. Now, it was sitting on the counter of
the cabinās kitchen, and she was staring at it with absolute panic. This was
thanksgiving dinner, and thanksgiving was all about the food and the turkey was
the star. Belle felt sick, the horror show in front of her playing out live and
in technicolor. She was a complete failure, their first thanksgiving as a
family albeit unofficial at this point, and she had screwed it up.Her hand
automatically went to her cellphone. The reception was patchy out here, and all
the stores were going to be closed, but maybe Alistair could think of
something. Belle frowned, and chewed on her lip, contemplating both the turkey
disaster and Alistairās mysterious errand. She wished that he was here, and
that they had faced the revelation of the frozen turkey together. Alone she was
instinctively panicking which was making it hard to think logically. She had
just wanted today to go well.That was the best proposal ever. AND I ABSOLUTELY HATE FOOD PACKAGES THAT DONāT OPEN WITHOUT THE AID OF SCISSORS OR KNIVES. āTEAR HEREā THEY SAY. HAH! YOU COULD STARVE TO DEATH SURROUNDED BY FOOD.
*Ahem* Pet peeve of mine, there. It actually worked out really well with Moe. Belle gets time to prepare for his presence, he gets to go home and watch football, and the turkey gets to thaw. I fully support flexible holidays.
Heh well having just had a flexible Christmas, I supposeĀ āmoving parts of the holiday aroundā was on my mind. Also, itās thanksgiving in the fic – not the correct time of year for that due to the unexpected months hiatus – flexibility all around š Iām so pleased you liked it, thank you very much!
leni-ba replied to your post āI Love the Way (Chapter Five)ā
*melts into happy puddle* I loved all of this, from the little details like Bae asking for help opening the potato chips bag (didnāt we all, at that age? lol), to Moeās reaction at being told there was no dinner that day after all.
Poor Belle, lots of stress, but I really loved to see the two of them handle everything.
And then of course the proposalā¦ awwwwww! *hugs fic* This is so good!
At that age? You mean I shouldnāt ask for help opening stuff now? To be fair my family kinda swap things around. The rules seems to be if you canāt open something, pass it to the nearest person. If they canāt open it, then you need to go find the scissors.
Yeah I think Moe was a bit suspicious of the invitation in the first place, and then thought that Gold had pulled a fast one on him. Moeās theory was that Gold had asked him to score brownie points, knowing full well he couldnāt stay. However, Belle cut Moe off before there could be a fight. Yeah the proposal *cough* that was so fluffy but hey, some extra fluff right before New Year seems like a good idea to me š
Iām so glad you liked it, thank you so much!
11 Questions
Thanks @of-princes-and-savages for the tag š
1) Last thing you ate?: Salted popcorn
2) Favorite color?: Blue
3) Do you have a favorite Muppet? (I accept Sesame Street cousins.): I donāt even know any muppetās, that craze obviously passed me by completely.
4) First thing you joined a fandom for?: Fanfic, always fanfic.
5) Favorite fandom to read fanfiction for?: Once Upon a Time, I donāt currently read any other fandoms.
6) Strangest conversation you can remember having?: Any of several conversations I had with my grandma before she died. Either they were weird because she was actually asleep at the time (it wasnāt always possible to tell because she seemed awake) or because she had a period of about a year when she hallucinated sometimes because of her Parkinsons. Iām not sure what the strangest one was.
7) How long is your hair right now?: Quite short, sort of Samantha Carter length. Actually, at least originally I had Carterās haircut, as that was the picture I gave my hairdresser. I donāt really bother to style it these days and Iāve had a ton of trims, so itās probably not the same now.
8) Movie you want to watch but have yet to commit?: Some of Robert Carlyleās various filmography. I got a Ā£10 amazon gift voucher for Christmas, and Iām contemplating renting a couple from Amazon Video. I remain undecided.
9) Favorite candy?: Iām not really big on sweets. I like dairy-free chocolate, and fruit pastilles but I wouldnāt call either a favorite, because I could never have it again and not miss it. I donāt really care much about sweets at all.
10) A gun that shoots ninjas made out of lightning, or a bow that shoots flaming swords?: Wow, thatās random. Iām going to say the first, the gun shooting ninjas because ninjas are sentient and would attack the target, flaming swords would just fall to the ground.
11) Can you think of eleven questions???: No hence why Iām going to be boring and end my part of the chain here. Iām never very good at tagging people anyway. Itās weird I always like tags, but I worry that I bother people if I tag them.
Haha well I will definitely be doing Monthly Rumbelling next month. Iāve already written one of the fics. I would blame Ripper, but this fic wasnāt either of the ones that they were encouraging me to write. Yup, itās entirely my fault š
I know, I know, Iām supposed to be working on WIPās. Iāve decided to go through them in order that I last updated, as that seems the most equitable way of doing it. That means I Love the Way is first. I need 1k more to finish the next chapter for that. Counting Stars is next which I havenāt even started, then Painting Layers of Love which is about Ā¼ done.
I need to write 6k more this month to meet my goal. #TeamDoThing
Theory time!
So if Belle were to have a place in the wish realm in 6×11, what are everyoneās theories on how sheād fit in? Would she be the same age she currently is in Storybrooke, or 30 years older? Where has she been and whatās she been doing, all those years while Rumple was in a prison cell and the Charmings were ruling? Iāve tried to come up with a theory that fits the available evidence on the wish realm that was provided by canon, butā¦that just made my head hurt.
So what are everyoneās theories, logical or not?
*rubs hands together*
I love theory crafting. I donāt expect to ever see anything like this on the show, or for there to be any āreasonā to the wish realm. It was created by a wish and doesnāt have to stack up and make sense. However, I really enjoy speculation and coming up with in-universe explanations, even if itās just headcanon nonsense š Anyway, with that being said I have a number of theories. These all presuppose that Belle is alive, as otherwise itās no fun.
Under the cut for length.
1) Rumple was just pretending
This is my favorite theory to be honest. Thereās no reason for Rumple to be locked up in Reginaās dungeons because itās just not practical. From what I can remember from his canon imprisonment with the Charmingās, they still fed him. Reginaās castle is kinda inconvenient for that, and it was deserted in the wish realm. The Charmingās hadnāt taken it back for their own.
So imagine, wish!Rumple feeling the disturbance in the force of Regina arriving. How better to play apart in the proceedings than make Regina think that she has the upper hand? The history would run like this. Regina disappointed him by not casting the curse, and then getting banished. He goes to her castle to get the curse back, and finds Belle locked up in the tower. That mitigates some of his outright despair at having this path to Bae blocked. He takes Belle back to the dark castle, and then at some point he tells Belle about Bae, and Belle asks him if thereās anyway to see if Bae is ok.
He says about the crystal ball but heās never dared use it because whatever he sees, he canāt do anything about until he finds a way to Bae. Anyway, he uses the crystal ball and sees that Bae is on Neverland. He goes and rescues him and all is happy. Bae at some point crosses paths with Princess Emma, they fall in love, and have Henry but then one day Bae dies. Rumple is devastated, especially because I donāt imagine he would be allowed to see his grandson. However, he still has Belle, and they probably have kids of their own, so he still has a family and Bae died a hero and lived a life, and none of that makes it ok because Bae was his son, and Rumple would have protected him with all he had, but dead is dead and thereās nothing he can do but try and be the better man that Bae always wanted him to be.
So TLDR: Rumple and Belle have been married for thirty years, and have a family of their own. Rumple got the magic bean in a deal at some point, and kept it around to laugh at the irony of finally having something heād wanted for 200 years but now no longer needed.
2) Belle is under a sleeping curse
After Regina failed in casting the curse and was banished. The Charmingās didnāt want any reminders of the war – āthis family has done enough fighting.ā and Rumple was the āscourge of the realmsā and far too dangerous to let go free. So they transferred him to Reginaās dungeons, so they wouldnāt have to think about him, and basically left him there to die. How little did they know that his curse would sustain him.
Belle was one of the prisoners freed after Regina was banished, and she resumed her journey to the Dark Castle, only to find it empty as Rumple is in prison. She calls his name three times and he doesnāt appear, and so she goes looking for him. Eventually she learns that heās imprisoned and she makes an impassioned plea for his release but the Charmingās are intransigent. Belle is known to be reckless and impulsive, especially when she believes that she is doing the right thing.
She decides to force the issue, and make the Charmingās release him by placing herself under a sleeping curse. They would have to let her reunite with Rumple so that he could free her. However, the Charmingās donāt. Either because they donāt believe that they could possibly be true love, or because the Blue Fairy stuck her oar in and perhaps they never knew what Belle had done. Basically, Belle was laying in one of Reginaās castles rooms under a curse, while Rumple was imprisoned in the basement.
Bae made it back to the Enchanted Forest via Panās shadow. In canon it took him back to the land without magic, perhaps because by that point the dark curse was in effect and the Enchanted Forest was inaccessible. Without the dark curse that wouldnāt be true. Anyway, he lands and makes a life for himself, meets Emma and they fall in love, have Henry and he dies, all without knowing about his dad. Maybe he asked after the dark one at some point, without letting on about their relation, but the Charmingās said āscourge of the realmsā and he decides that the father he knew was long gone and heās glad that he never runs into him.
After Rumple was freed, he finds Belle. Perhaps this was why he said goodbye to Regina so abruptly after they made their deal, and he arranged to meet her at the lakeside – heād sensed Belle and there was somewhere else he needed to be. So he went and kissed her awake. Heād known what had happened to Bae for a long time because of his seer ability, itās the same way he knew about Storybrooke/the wish realm/where to get a magic bean etc.
3) Belle married someone else
Maybe she returned to Avonlea after being freed from Reginaās imprisonment. Maybe she settled somewhere else. Either way, she gave up on Rumple, despite her brave words of how she would āalways fight for himā. Maybe she was told that he was dead, as if the Charmingās had imprisoned and left him for dead (see above) then as far as they were concerned, he was dead or soon would be. She had a life, and was content, but something was always missing.
Then when Rumple said he was off to āraze some fake villagesā he really went to find her. Belleās husband had died, and even though thirty years separated them, the moment they see one another – true love wins out. Rumple has the ability to turn back the clock (he offered it to Smee and to Bae) so he winds it back thirty years. Sheād had a life without him, now she can have a life with him.
4) Anything else?
Iām not sure. Thereās variations obviously. Like Belle might not have married anyone else, but sheād still had the thirty years making a life for herself somewhere. Obviously, this ignores the theory that Belle is dead because thatās no fun, I donāt like that theory, it doesnāt have a possibility of a happy ending and Iām all about the happy endings.
Basically no matter what. My headcanon is that Rumple and Belle have a happy ending in the wish realm, whether they have been apart for the thirty years or not. I donāt expect the show will even have Belle in the wish realm, but this is why we have fanfic š
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OH MY GOD ITāS LIKE Painting Layers of LoveĀ by stillsearching47!!!!!
EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
(*and if she has a Tumblr somebody PLEASE tell me what it is cause she NEEDS to see this SO much HNNNNNGGGGGGG)
Wow yeah that definitely looks like Belle or Goldās front door. All the flowers are very atmospheric and that old lamp-post is brilliant. The cottages are kinda remote for that but perhaps in the nearby village? Itās definitely the right feel. Thank you so much @the1ultimatefan for thinking of my fic and thanks @beastlycheese for helping out š