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PaintingLayers!Nick: What would it mean to you if Belle really does return your feelings? Would you change your life for her? Can you imagine how she might fit into your life away from the cottages? I know it’s early at this point, but it seems to me she merits those what-if thoughts, with how special she clearly is to you.

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I haven’t allowed myself to consider that Belle could ever regard me as more than a friend. I consider myself fortunate enough to have her friendship.

However, if we are to enter the realm of fantasyland. My son Neal believes that I will hurt her, and he is probably right. It wouldn’t be intentional but work has consumed my life. Would I change for Belle? I’m not sure I know how, I’m not sure I could. I’m not sure there would be anything left of me if I tried.

#does anyone else spend an inordinate amount of time trying to select the perfect gif to accompany the answer?

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I just watched a couple of episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. I’m coming towards the end of the second season now so no spoilers, as I have no clue what the next two seasons hold. Man I am shipping Archer and T’Pol so hard. Honestly, the mutual respect, support and deep friendship they have just jumps off the screen.

I could list several encounters that screamed UST. Then there was the episode where Archer admitted point black he liked T’Pol. I googled for gifs again and the amount of T’Pol/Trip stuff is just yuck. Trip is occasionally a half decent person, and a reasonable friend, but he is forever insulting T’Pol and I rarely see him support her. That is no basis for a relationship.

I wish I knew how to make gifs. I can easily think of several sets I would make. I know the show was cancelled ages ago but I really don’t care. I didn’t discover Stargate until a couple of years ago, I’m forever late to all the parties. Plus just like with Stargate I’m completely unspoiled about what is coming up in Star Trek: Enterprise. It’s so funny, I yelled at the screen so many times watching Stargate, even when the episode was a decade old. Heh, stuff is always new to somebody.

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ARCHER AND T”POL YES GET ON THE TRAIN TO UST TOWN

Whoop! Someone else that sees it. That’s about the only problem I have with Star Trek: Enterprise. I can’t find the fandom and so I’m watching and it seems so obvious to me, but I google and find nothing. Clearly my google skills suck. Anyway, it’s nice to have confirmation that it’s not just me. I’m not someone that has a ship on every show, I only ship when it jumps out at me and makes me ship it.

The last episode I watched, literally just had Archer and T’Pol in the shuttle talking the entire time. There were flashbacks for the story Archer was telling but seriously I am so there for that. The friendship and the support and everything, the nuances in their performance. I would literally just watch those two talk for 40 minutes.

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You know what, I give up. I have officially bitten off more than I can chew. I’ve written over 86k of Rumbelle fanfic this month, a new personal best for a months fiction total. However, my deadlines are now starting to slip all over the place. I’ve lost my writing willpower thanks to a real life thing.

Anyway, I’m not going to make the deadline for the smut prompt for this months Monthly Rumbelling. Fall All Over Again will be finished eventually, but the next two chapters (to reach the scene that includes the prompt) aren’t going to be finished for tomorrow. I just don’t have it in me, there’s 4 scenes to write and one of them is pivotal to the whole story.

What I’m going to do instead, is focus on finishing Chapter Seven of Painting Layers of Love. I’m feeling really guilty that I didn’t finish and post that last Friday. That is going to be the next thing I post. After that, I really need to work on my Rumbelle Secret Santa fic. So I’ll alternate RSS, with updating my WIP’s so they aren’t completely ignored.

I posted 19 fics/fic chapters this month. Next month about all I’m willing to promise is that I’ll post something every Tuesday. I haven’t missed a Tuesday since June I think, I’m not planning on breaking that streak if at all possible.

Painting Layers!Gold – Are Belle’s paintings really that good or were you just being nice?

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I’ve been accused of many things dearie, being nice isn’t one of them.

I haven’t asked how Belle lost her sight. From her paintings I assume she could see at one point. When I first saw the paintings, I believed they must have been painted when she could see. I was impressed then, learning that she had painted them recently … words fail me. Her paintings are incredible, she has a real gift.

Painting Layers!Belle – What’s your favorite thing to paint? Have you ever thought about painting something special for Nick? Maybe something he can take with him at the end of his sabbatical to remember you by? ;)

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I like to paint landscapes mostly, both of the places I’ve been and of the places that I once wanted to visit. Well, I say that’s what I like to paint, I have no idea whether the image in my mind translates to the canvas. It could be an unrecognizable blob of mixed paint.

Nick has been very kind, and very complimentary, but I don’t know. He probably wouldn’t want one of my paintings anyway. Don’t tell him, but … I don’t usually paint people but after he let me map his face, I tried to paint him. I could never, ever show him, I wouldn’t want him to be offended.

Counting Stars! Bae and Emma: How was the dance? Did you have fun? Did you kiss? ;~)

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Bae: I’m sure the dance is going to be great – if we ever get there! Papa just went to make Nadia choose a book, so we should be leaving soon. Do you … do you think that Emma would like to … (whispers) kiss?

Emma: (checks the clock again for the hundredth time in the last five minutes) Bae isn’t late but ugh I hate waiting. Mom and dad already left so they could chaperone. All the older kids always say the dance is lame, so I don’t know, I think it’ll be cool. Kiss Bae? *blushes* well maybe, if it feels right. Do you think he’ll want to kiss?

TMI Tuesday

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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:

– Breaking the News (Swanfire, Prequel to Setting up the Nursery)
– Fall All Over Again
– Chapter One
– Chapter Two
– Chapter One of Counting Stars

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I have seen Leverage at least four or five times as well! We have that in common… Sorry for being late on my love. Thanksgiving week was tough. How are you doing, dearest? -Santa

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Hi Santa *waves*

It’s nice to hear from you again. I’m sorry thanksgiving was tough, I hope you had some good times as well. I’m doing alright I guess, mustn’t grumble 🙂 When I had to go out this morning, there was ice on the car. In England we’re wimps about the weather really, and so I was a bit grumpy about it heh. How’s the weather where you are Santa? Do you get snow for Christmas?

I hope you have a great week! 🙂

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Ok it’s 2:40am. I couldn’t sleep so I read all the live blogging. I still have a ton of questions and I’m reserving judgement until I can watch it for myself on Wednesday but …

The crazier the show gets, the more I itch to write a crack fic, where the “true timeline” somehow crosses over with the shows timeline. Just picturing all the horrified and disgusted expressions of the characters, as they learn of everything that has happened in the show, is quite entertaining.

#i once had a similar idea to this which was a consequence of the time travel shenanigans#that allowed for more drastic changes