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still-searching47:

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:
– Right Kind of Wrong
– Chapter Five
    – Chapter Six
– Chapter Four of I Love the Way
– Setting up the Nursery (Ficlet, Spite-Prompt-a-thon)

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

Somebody make me write *cries* I’m so far behind on NaNo it’s starting to look impossible. Anyway, if anyone would prefer to aid my procrastination demon, I’m here all day 🙂

Yay! Prompt: Setting up the nursery

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Note: Sorry for the delay. Silly timezones 🙂 Look, look, I actually wrote a ficlet, not a full blown fic! I’m kinda amazed at myself hehe. Enjoy!

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When Emma had
told her high school sweetheart Neal, that she was pregnant a month before
graduation, she hadn’t know what to expect. She knew Neal pretty well and had
expected that after the initial shock wore off, that he would be very
supportive. It was his father’s reaction that Emma worried about. Mr. Gold had
a fearsome reputation and Emma had imagined he would be furious. Therefore
nobody was more surprised that Emma herself, to be standing six months later
watching Neal and his father struggle with furniture for the nursery.

Emma had grown
up bouncing around the system. When her foster home had learned she was
pregnant they had thrown her out. She had called Neal in tears, not knowing
what the hell she was going to do. Ten minutes later Mr. Gold’s iconic Cadillac
had pulled up to the bus stop where she was sheltering. Ten minutes after that
Belle – Mr. Gold’s wife – was fussing around her and getting her a nice hot cup
of tea.

“Please say
here is good,” Neal pleaded, as they finished dragging the heavy wooden cot
into a different position.

“Oh I don’t
know,” Emma teased. “Maybe I prefer it back where it was before.”

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#a million thanks for the prompt#thank you so much for letting me join in#you guys are lovely

OH GOD THIS IS SO FLUFFY I LOVE IT. EMMA FINDING ALL THIS SUPPORT AND A FAMILY AND GRANDPA GOLD GETTING TO BE THERE RIGHT FROM THE MOMENT THAT HENRY IS BORN…AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!

Heh yeah I liked it – Gold family ficlet. I was going to write about Rumbelle setting up the nursery for their child, perhaps in my Right Wrong Number verse. However, I knew if I did that, then I would never keep it to a ficlet. I’m really glad you liked it, thank you so much! 🙂

leni-ba:

Awwww. I was so grinning from the first paragraph on, my face hurts now. SO CUTE AND PRETTY AND CAN I HAVE MORE, SIR? lol I always love outside pov on my favorite couple, and an Emma who has discovered how soft-hearted Gold really is and that his homelife is one of kisses and cuddles and unfaltering support… Yeah. That’s a family life anyone would wish for.

SO SWEET!

Love the little detail about Gold protesting being sent out, and Belle rolling her eyes but indulging him anyway:

TOO CUTE.

Awww thanks. I love happily married Belle and Gold, I should write it more often really. Well if you want to have some more, all my verses are open to prompts and it’s TMI Tuesday tomorrow, so feel free to prompt heh 🙂 I’m really glad you liked it, especially because it was your prompt. Thank you so much for sending me a prompt, that was really kind of you 🙂

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Yay! Prompt: Setting up the nursery

See? *THIS* is what fans crave: bits of happy fluff between crises, enough so that we know the characters we care about are going to be all right. Then, when Henry (would his name still be Henry?) is about three, Regina pulls something awful, or Hook or Cora shows up, and Emma has to become the Savior. And Gold has to let the Dark One loose.

This was set in non-magical AU Storybrooke, but you just made my mind explode. Twenty-eight years was always such an arbitrary number, likely chosen because Henry was ten. What if two things changed?
1) The dark curse pulled everyone from Neverland as well, it definitely reached Wonderland because Jefferson was brought along, so it’s not impossible.
2) Emma found her way to Storybrooke when she was much younger, waking Gold who discovered that Bae (Neal) was somehow in town and making time start to move again.

Regina had some magic because she gave David curse memories, when he hadn’t had any due to being in a coma. So a deal with Regina to tweak the curse and Neal is Gold’s son and Belle is released from the asylum to open the library and fall in love with Gold. When she fell in love with him, true loves kiss woke Belle from the curse, so their happiness isn’t a lie. They are just waiting for the curse to break. Which means Gold has an incentive to protect and be nice to Emma, but as family has always been the most important thing to Gold he would do that anyway.

The trick would be getting Emma to break the curse, but Gold wouldn’t be in any hurry. He has everything he wants already, and if the curse breaks, then Neal remembers everything and he doesn’t want his boy to hate him. Maybe he’s hoping he’ll be able to earn his forgiveness, with providing new good memories now. Then maybe when like you said, Henry is three, Emma and Neal share true loves kiss breaking the curse.

Emma would be confused, Neal would be angry. The curse on the town line would mean Neal couldn’t go with Emma and Henry, if he did try and get them away from crazy town, or maybe he would think forgetting his past was worth it, and then Rumple wouldn’t be able to go after him without forgetting Belle. Throw in Cora and Hook turning up, plus whatever Regina was concocting (though I prefer her conflicted to evil) and that’s an interesting mix.

Anyway, thank you so much for your comment heh 🙂 I’m glad you liked the ficlet!

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Right I’m 10k behind on NaNo and I just pledged not to validate until I meet my personal goals – time to panic! I have 10 days to write apparently 45% of my goal, thank you helpful and scary stats.

If I come back later and I haven’t written at least my daily pace, somebody yell at me or something.

Update just because I feel like it, seeing as I moaned here earlier. I have now reached pace! So I just need to try and maintain focus, to chip away at some of my word debt. Heh I’m doing so well with that, considering I’m procrastinating writing this post /slaps self

I have now finished Right Kind of Wrong, and I’m working on Nightwalkers, which is my primary NaNo project this month. It’s also the story I’ve been promising since July. I wish it wasn’t so rubbish because I would like to start posting it but I think it needs a revision pass first. I’m out of my comfort zone and I think it shows.

Don’t worry I will be working on Painting Layers of Love, probably tomorrow. I’m aiming to post on Friday, to get back to the every two weeks schedule. I have an evil cliffhanger to apologize for 🙂

I Love the Way (Chapter Four)

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still-searching47:

Synopsis: Following directly on from All Hallow’s Fall. Due to the events of Halloween, Storybrooke finally becomes aware of Gold and Belle’s 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: Thank you all for your lovely comments on the last chapter. I struggled to respond as I normally do because what I wanted to say was “oh ye of little faith” heh. Anyway, it’s Sunday which means fluffy fic time! I hope you enjoy this chapter 🙂

On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three

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Belle watched
Alistair panic and felt a curious mix of amusement, guilt and relief. The deer
in the headlights look, the frantic movements and the unconvincing denial was
amusing. However, she felt a trace of guilt for being amused when he was
obviously so panicked. She also felt relief because it was evidence, if she
needed it, that Alistair couldn’t lie to her. She didn’t think he ever had, and
she couldn’t imagine that he ever would, he wasn’t that kind of man, but it was
reassuring nonetheless.

“Alistair …”
Belle started.

“Yes,  yes, I’m nearly done and then we can leave,”
Gold stammered.

“Come with me,”
Belle said firmly.

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Hm, hopefully inviting Moe won’t backfire. He started off as his usual canon asshole self, but did seem to turn reasonable. As for the scene in the shop, yay! I am so glad that Belle saw his panic for what it was. I hereby award you with the Crown of Fluff! *Kneels respectfully* Carry on, my liege. 

You are a lovely, lovely person. I know I’ve said this to you before, but I think it bears repeating. I might not always reblog your comments anymore, as I’m wary about reblogging too much. However, that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate your comments – I seriously do appreciate them! Thank you so much 🙂

Anyway, heh yeah as I said earlier this story has somehow developed plot, backstory and a tendency towards angst. I’m fixing it with communication at the moment so hopefully I will be able to keep the Crown of Fluff! 🙂 I rather like having a story where they are basically happy, and they deal with their problems together.

leni-ba replied to your post:
I Love the Way (Chapter Four)

Awwwwww! This was delightful. I loved Belle sitting him down and telling him what her plans for the future were.

As always, Bae and Emma are adorable! Of course they want to be knight and samurai. Makes perfect sense.

Frankly, I’m not a fan of inviting the other’s family member without consulting first. but in fiction everything has this way of coming together in the end, eh? heh

Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it 🙂 Yeah, Gold thought he’d had a brainwave there. He believes that he’s the only problem between Belle and Maurice, and it’s a holiday and family shouldn’t be alone on holiday etc. So I think he imagines Belle will be happy about it, and pleased with him for reaching out and fixing it.

He meant well, he truly thought it was a nice gesture but yeah you are absolutely right, he should have asked Belle first, and I’m fairly certain she will make that clear to him. Somehow my fluff fic has developed plot, and backstory, and an unfortunate tendency towards angst which I usually fix with communication. Hopefully this little mishap will be as easily fixed …

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I just realised I posted my fluffy fic update for “fic Sunday” on Saturday, as apparently at some point I forgot it was Saturday and believed pretty strongly it was Sunday.

Yay for an extra day. Boo for being an idiot. This is kinda embarrassing.

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It’s all beginning to coalesce! I have officially begun writing. Thanks for your helpful answers! I tend to write with the TV on, unless I’m visiting home, then I listen to classical music. I live in a tiny apartment and I don’t have a dedicated quiet space, so the temptation of netflix is always there, haunting me! I have been hitting girl punk music lately, lots of Avril and Kesha and Sleater-Kinney, the little of them I have anyway. I’m really passionate about Stranger Things! And some (c)

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other shows like Buffy and Leverage. Nothing sits in my heart the way Rumbelle does, though. I stopped watching the show a long time ago, and at this point I’m not a fan of canon at all. I live in my happy Fanon place! 🙂 What sort of music do you listen to, Sam? And I see that you’re a writer – any jams that get your fingers flyin’? Talk to you soon! -Santa

Leverage! Oh merlin, I can rewatch that a lot. I think I’m on my 4th? complete rewatch and I only found the show a couple of years ago. It’s such a happy show to watch generally, the team are a family, the cons are interesting and the bad guys always get what they deserve. I also love the British Hustle for much the same reasons. Have you ever seen that?

Anyway, I’m thrilled that it’s all coming together for you! 🙂 I can’t write without listening to music and my music taste is … varied. Seriously I have something of almost everything on my iPod, from The Rat Pack to Linkin Park, and everything in between. When I’m writing, sometimes I’ll listen to music that fits the mood of what I’m writing. So if it’s a romance, then I’ll listen to ballads e.g. Ronan Keating. Other times I’ll listen to music to wake me up and get me going e.g. My Chemical Romance. Then sometimes I have certain artists that pick me up when I’m struggling e.g. Sick Puppies.

I like Avril sometimes, I like a couple of Kesha songs but don’t have any albums. I’ve not heard of Sleater-Kinney sorry. However, basically I love music. Silence isn’t really a thing with me. I find silence to be far more distracting than something with a regular tune which just fades into the background.

It’s really nice chatting with you Santa! I hope you have a great weekend 🙂

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Does anyone have any prompts for I Love the Way? Especially anything thanksgiving related. I’m not an American and I don’t really know anything about thanksgiving. So please if you have any fluffy prompts throw them this way. I need another 1k to finish tomorrow’s chapter and I’m stuck.

Gold would never have cooked a turkey for just him and Bae; it’d be way too much food. But if Belle’s going to spend the holiday with them, maybe she suggests cooking a small turkey? Bae’s excitement at the idea gets him to agree. But turkeys are notoriously difficult to cook; they’re either not done yet by dinnertime or they’ve overcooked and dried out horribly. You could have them dealing with that. Also, the traditional breaking of the wishbone! One person grabs hold of each end and pulls while wishing for something; whoever gets the larger piece when it breaks supposedly gets their wish. 

Ooooh that’s a good prompt. Marie has helped me as well and the chapter has got way longer than I thought it was going to be heh 🙂 So I’ll use your prompt in the next chapter, if that’s alright. Thank you so much!

Hey Sam! We seem to have more and more in common with each passing message! I also dislike Zelena and Hook, and the Blue Fairy (to a lesser, less visceral extent). I don’t write much angst, and never character death! So we’re good there. Now my next question: Which Rumple/Gold do you like best? I haven’t firmly plotted your story yet, so I could go either fluffier, more moral and upright Rum, or Space!Dark One. Your choice! Hope you’re well – Santa

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Hey Santa *waves*

Great to hear from you again! Hmm wow that is a really good question. I suppose either way he has a softer side towards Belle, letting her see behind his mask – it is just about the mask he shows the world. While he’s fun as the crazy playful Dark One, I’ve always been more fond of him as the sarcastic emotionless dealmaker. On the surface a bastard, but deep down so much more than that.

Everybody thinks he doesn’t care because he exacts a price, but what they never seem to understand is that the price is never more than they can pay. It’s all set out in a contract so it’s all very clear and everybody knows what they are getting. It’s a win/win. They get what they want, he gets something he wants. Plus he would only take jobs that he was comfortable with, because otherwise his “price” would be too high. However, everyone still hates him because he doesn’t do things because it’s right. He might quip that a man has to make a living. He’s definitely grey, though most would probably consider him a villain. He’s done things, or walked away from situations, and his conscience has let him.

It’s up to you of course how you write him. What I want most is for you to have fun and enjoy this. So if you get started and you would have more fun writing him as the crazy playful Dark One, as opposed to the more reserved Mr. Gold, then go right ahead. I want you to enjoy this!

How are you Santa? You know I love Stargate, but do you have any other shows that you absolutely love? What about music? Do you listen when you write? I hope you have a good weekend! 🙂

6.08 – I’ll Be Your Mirror (Review)

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Last night I watched Sunday’s episode. It took me two hours because I kept having to pause it to make notes. You know I think tumblr did me a favor by taking the edge off because watching it was nowhere near as awful as I thought. Plus writing my fix-it fanfic, made me really try and get in Belle’s head and suddenly the episode started to make more sense.

Now I can’t speak as to the promo for next week because yikes that did look terrible. However, for Sunday’s episode? I said I would try to find some hope and you know what, I think I found some. It took me a while to persuade myself to write this up, I had so many notes and I’m lazy. However, I did it eventually.

Spoilers for 6.08 – I’ll Be Your Mirror under the cut.

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The Eye of the Storm

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Last night I watched Sunday’s episode. It took me two hours because I kept having to pause it to make notes. You know I think tumblr did me a favor by taking the edge off because watching it was nowhere near as awful as I thought. Plus writing my fix-it fanfic, made me really try and get in Belle’s head and suddenly the episode started to make more sense.

Now I can’t speak as to the promo for next week because yikes that did look terrible. However, for Sunday’s episode? I said I would try to find some hope and you know what, I think I found some. It took me a while to persuade myself to write this up, I had so many notes and I’m lazy. However, I did it eventually.

Spoilers for 6.08 – I’ll Be Your Mirror under the cut.

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