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I was planning on posting this final chapter of Faith of the Heart on Tuesday. I have one scene left to write and then it’s done. However, it is so damn fluffy I’m wondering if I shouldn’t wait a few days and post it for Rumbelle is Hope. I’ve got something else in mind to post for that but I’m not sure I’ll finish it in time. Maybe I’ll hang onto the chapter, until I’m sure that I’ll have it finished, because I would be sad if I had nothing to post for the event.

Anyway, I’m so relieved to soon be able to scratch one fic off my list. October is going to be the month of finishing things I’ve decided. By the time November gets here, I want my only WIP to be Painting Layers of Love. Everything that has been lingering for months, is going to be done this month. I need less on my list. I know it’s bad when I can’t sleep because I’m running through the list in my head.

So with that in mind, I’m going to go re-order my list. Normal service will be resuming at some point (I hope) but right now all I’m willing to guarantee is that there will be fic of some description on Tuesday. I haven’t missed posting on a Tuesday in months and I’m not about to start now.

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How is everyone doing on their prompts?

In case anyone has forgotten or missed the posting for October’s prompts, here a reminder….

Non-smut: Mr. Gold Loses His Cane

Smut: Watching Porn Together.

I have planned the smut one. I did that the day the prompts came out and I’ve been itching to write it ever since, but I have a priority list for what I work on. As I don’t post this until the end of the month I have to write other fics first (like my wips), otherwise my update schedule gets thrown out of whack.

I have a vague idea (so vague it keeps changing on me every time I think about it) for the non-smut one and it’s possible I won’t write it. I’ll have to see if I have time and feel like it. So many fics, so little time 🙂

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I finished my fic for Rumbelle Revelry!

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It might possibly be a little bit long but the 10k maximum was only a guideline right? Oh well, I’m not cutting it, and it’s only 3k over the limit, which yes is 30% but that’s within a semi-reasonable margin … and I’m going to go hide now.

Tomorrow should be a Painting Layers of Love update day. I was late with the last update which is why it was on the Tuesday before last. However, I’m going to be late with this one as well. In fact I probably won’t even make Tuesday, it’s more likely to be next Friday but at least I didn’t make any promises about chapter six, which makes the delay slightly more permissible.

I feel vaguely guilty about it but I really would like to finish at least one WIP, so it’s not weighing on my mind anymore. My list for this month is still looking intimidatingly long. Therefore the final chapter of Faith of the Heart will hopefully be happening for Tuesday. I have the first bit done already, I think there are 3-4 more scenes left.

Faith of the Heart (Chapter Five)

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woodelf68:

still-searching47:

Synopsis: Following directly on from The War Within. Rumplestiltskin and Belle have a lot to talk about. True loves kiss might have woken Belle from the sleeping curse but their marriage won’t be fixed over night. They have a little less than nine months to sort themselves out as a couple – then they’ll become a family. It’s time for them to reconcile properly, and to finally have the courtship that circumstances originally denied them.

Note: I think this chapter should have a warning notice for extreme fluff. Also, part of this chapter was inspired by a prompt fic I did ages ago. It fit this story nicely, and I probably wouldn’t have written it otherwise. There will be one more chapter after this one. Enjoy! 🙂

On Tumblr: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four

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Three Months Later…

Rumplestiltskin
was content. It was an odd feeling for him, but one he was fast becoming more
familiar with. Just over three months ago, and he would argue over thirty years
in the making, he and Belle had finally shared true loves kiss. It had woken
Belle from her sleeping curse, and had been the start of their reconciliation.
In the weeks that had followed, they had talked a lot, finally putting all
their issues on the table. However, no amount of talking could fix their
marriage, only time could do that.

There had been
arguments, and he had despaired on occasion whether their marriage could be
fixed. They had rehashed the same conversations, and slowly over time the trust
that had been shattered between them had mended. The night that Belle had taken
him by the hand, and asked him to come to bed, was the magic moment when he had
known that everything would work out. Up until then, they had been living in
the house separately. After that night, they were truly back together as a couple
and sharing everything.

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Hearing Rumpel recite the history of their ‘courtship’ sure is depressing, isn’t it? Man, this show. *shakes head* It’s too bad that they named Ashley’s kid Alexandra, because I would have liked Alexander for a boy, with Zander as his nickname, because it’s a bit more unusual, as befitting the son of Rumpelstiltskin. 

Yeah Alexander is a good strong name, with a lot of variations for shortening and for being a bit ‘different’ but yup unfortunately taken. Their relationship has certainly been a bumpy ride but in this fic at least, they are getting some happy peaceful time now 🙂

Painting Layers Bae: Now that you have met your father’s mysterious friend, what do you think of her?

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Who’s Bae????

My name is Neal but I’m assuming that you mean me, seeing as you are asking about dad’s friend/neighbor Belle. I kinda already said how I felt about their relationship (link) but you want to know my opinion of just Belle?

I don’t know man, she seems nice enough but it’s clear she has some problems. I just came over to do her garden and beyond saying hi, it’s not like I really know her that well, just what dad has told me and what I can see for myself. To be honest I’m kinda worried about her.

I hope dad treats her right because if he thinks in three months he can just walk away *shakes head* I know he has it pretty bad, but I know how he is about work. This thing between them it might work now but it’s not likely to end well and … gah I don’t know … I don’t know whether to encourage it or not. It might be good for dad but it could be devastating for Belle.

Transposing Digits!Emma: How did your mommy and daddy react when you told them who your best friend was?

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Mommy went really quiet and then said “that’s nice” over and over and over *insert child eye rolling*

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Dad already knew because my dad runs the soccer club and Bae is his best player – next to me of course 🙂 *puffs out chest in pride* He grinned and told mommy that Bae is a “good kid” and then they went and did whispering (why do grown-ups do that?) and then mommy said we could call Bae’s papa and see if Bae could come and play.

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.

I have actually seen Sunday’s episode this week (that might not always be the case) so if you want to chat about it, feel free to hit up my askbox 🙂

This week I posted:
– Transposing Digits
    – Chapter Two (Part Two)
    – Chapter Three
    – Chapter Four
– Chapter Five of Faith of the Heart

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chaneloberlyn:

#sorry, Ella #there’s only room for one Prince Charming on this show

I liked this bit. But shouldn’t it be Queen Snow by now, or am I missing something?

I’m guessing that she’s still ‘princess’ because Regina is still queen (evil and contained to her castle or not, she holds the title while alive?).

Well technically Regina was only Queen by marriage. If it was gender flipped, so married a queen, then the title would have been Prince. This is because traditionally King was seen as the more powerful role, so if the Queen was the ruler, there isn’t a king.

Therefore, the moment Leopold died, the kingdom passed to Snow, and she became Queen. It’s like “The king is dead, long live the queen.” Now her coronation might have taken a year or so to come about. Like how Queen Elizabeth became Queen on death of her father in 1952, but wasn’t crowned queen until 1953.

However, Regina framed Snow for the crimes of treason etc. and there was no other heir, so as the dowager Queen, she kept on ruling as like caretaker for the kingdom. Plus basically she had a ton of power, magic and her black knights, so nobody was going to argue.

Disney tends to get confused about how monarchies work. I love the Princess Diaries movies, but the end of the second movie makes me bang my head against the wall. Clarisse was queen by marriage (just like Regina), ruling as a regent until Mia was old enough, but they had her wearing the crown, and it being transferred to Mia.

So Snow is called Princess a) because they don’t know how the monarchy works or b) because it’s a fairytale thing I don’t know about or c) they thought it sounded better for some reason or d) some other reason I haven’t thought about.

Evil be thou Good

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I know that quote comes from something creepy, and it probably doesn’t mean what I’m intending it to mean. However, ‘evil be thou good’ keeps popping into my head these days. It seems like watching Once Upon a Time has everything flipped in reverse. The ‘evil characters’ are more good, than the ‘good’ ones these days.

Spoilers for 6.03 – The Other Shoe, under the cut.

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