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I’m just watching the Star Trek: Enterprise episode 1×14 – Shadows of P’Jem and Archer and T’Pol are tied up together sitting back to back on the floor.

First they had to push back against one another to stand up – while snarking! But that was fine, no big deal but then …

“Do you think we could move round to face one another and untie the knots?” So then they are tied up facing one another!!! Bad enough right but then …

They are curling round and bending each other over to undo the knots tying them together. They lose balance and fall on the floor with T’Pol’s breasts literally in Archer’s face. I felt like I was literally watching a fanfic trope on screen.

I very nearly stopped watching mid episode because this needs to be ficced immediately. Only question is should I make it Rumbelle or SwanFire?

Hmm I need a scenario as to why they are tied up in the first place, and if it’s Rumbelle whether it’s AU or what reason Rumple has for not being able to use magic.

Edit: Decided to add this to Nightwalkers because that fic is clearly not going to be epic enough (I’m mad crazy excited for Nightwalkers already heh) still can’t 100% decide if it’s going to be Swanfire or Rumbelle but I’m thinking it’s going to be Rumbelle for you know reasons.

The War Within (Chapter Ten)

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woodelf68:

still-searching47:

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.

Note: This chapter is about 1,000 words longer than normal. I did think this fic would be about 50k once completed but yeah .. it’s going to be a little bit longer. My next fic update will definitely be Friday, I’m putting that in black and white so I have to do it, but it won’t be this, it’ll be Painting Layers of Love. Enjoy!

On Tumblr: Chapters One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine

AO3 Link

The land of
untold stories wasn’t completely without it’s charms. The ability to go into a
tavern, order a drink or three, and be able to drown his sorrows in peace was
rather nice. Nobody recognized him here. If they knew of the dark one it would
be his imp form, not the Mr. Gold look he’d now worn for over thirty years.

Back in
Storybrooke he had his liquor cabinet, which provided the alcohol. However,
there was something to be said for drinking anonymously in a crowd. He was
surrounded by people, yet completely alone. The low buzz of conversation
provided a small distraction from his maudlin thoughts, anything to keep from
dwelling on the situation he was in.

Rumplestiltskin
recognized the name of this establishment, the Benbow Inn, it was from Treasure Island. That was a story he had played no part
in. From what he remembered from his cursed memories, there was nothing within
that story that would help him either. For all that he was here to forget, he
was also on the lookout for anything or anyone that could help.

He needed to
find something he could use, or see something that would spark an idea. He
really couldn’t bear to fail another child.

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Very heartwarming scene where Jim was happy to see Silver, and Rumpel realising that it was his own disbelief in himself that has screwed up his life before.  I like that Regina has recognised that it was perhaps the wrong thing, an unnecessary thing, to split the ‘evil queen’ part of herself off into a separate persona. 

Thank you so much! Yup Rumple’s revelation is very important and yeah Regina has begun to realize something about the split. I don’t want to say too much (no spoilers) but it leads into the Evil Queen’s motivation and will tie heavily into the big dramatic finale scene I have planned.

This fic will be done by the season six premiere so we’re getting closer to the end, everything is going to start tying together, it should be good hopefully 🙂

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britishkitten27:

still-searching47:

@nynaeve88inspiration wow this is so gorgeous!

Belle French always wanted to see the world. After high school she planned on taking a year out to go travelling but her father had a heart attack, so Belle spent her year out working at the flower shop until Maurice recovered.

She then went to university, studying literature, because she loved books and because it’s what was expected. When you are intelligent, you get put on an academic track, going from school, to college, without really being able to object and say that you want something different.

After graduating university, top of her class, she moved back home to Storybrooke. The library was re-opening and by living at home for a few months she could save up funds easier to get her own place. It was the logical move but Belle felt trapped, like she would now never leave her home town and see the world, that her dreams would only ever just be dreams. Everyday she read books of far off places but she was tired of reading about them, she wanted to experience them for herself.

Weiterlesen

Love it! It kind of reminds me of the “traveller” story I wrote a while ago- also for one of these aesthetics- except much fluffier and less angsty. They both have this feeling of “I’m not where I wanted to be, but I’m with you, and that’s where I’d rather be” , which is an element I love for Rumbelle fics as it fits to their story. I’ll just put a link here in case you’re interested 😉 Love what you’ve done with aesthetic, the whole thing together makes me feel like taking a vacation somewhere warm and hooking up with Mr. Gold

Definitely want to see more of their shenanigans in Italy now 😉

Yeah I want to see more of their shenanigan’s in Italy too. I’m dead curious as to who the other ex-pats are and how Gold wound up in Italy in the first place. However, while I really want to read it, I have very little desire to write this one myself.

I have the picture in my head of theater actress Cruella being all sassy, maybe Regina running a nightclub, David and Mary Margaret renting out bikes and operating biking tours. Sort of Storybrooke but in the Italian sunshine and surrounding tourism.

Idea is up for adoption if anyone wants to give it a good home.

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For the first time ever I have given Gold a name that isn’t Nicholas/Nick because for some reason that didn’t feel right this time. Only problem is I now find myself using the name and not Gold, which I’m sure will be incredibly annoying for anyone reading.

I mean I suppose it’s because generally I don’t use someone’s last name when they are the POV character. In The War Within I call him Rumplestiltskin, not Gold and aside from that all I’ve been writing lately is original fiction. I did use Gold in Painting Layers of Love, so it can be done, I just need to focus.

Oh well I’ll fix it later, it’ll give future me something to complain about 🙂 Otherwise so far so good, aside from the fact I wasn’t supposed to be writing this particular fic today.

#apparently-i-decided-to-ramble-on-tumblr-this-evening

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Today’s writing observations:

– I am in awe of people that can create a living, breathing world, with just a few sentences. It doesn’t feel like there are paragraphs of info dumps and I wish them to teach me their ways.

– Opening sentences are damn hard.

– In fact getting started is the hardest part of this writing business. Once started, it’s easier to continue but that blinking cursor on a blank document, is full of intrinsic resistance.

So in summary, I tried to start my Positivity fic and failed because I couldn’t think of an opening line. I then opened Between Two Fires (my Monthly Rumbelling fic) and I’ve just written two paragraphs to “set the scene” which doesn’t feel like the way it’s supposed to work.

I love writing but it doesn’t half frustrate me on occasion.

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emospritelet:

thatravenclawbitch:

b-does-the-write-thing:

b-does-the-write-thing:

So, I FINALLY have time this week to do one of two things. Finish my 300 prompt-a-thon fics…..or catch up all on all the good fic from this summer. 

So, send me all the fic recs people. I’m going to go through RCIJ tags too, so anything outside of that I may have missed. Rumbelle Authors, don’t be shy, send me your works if you want me to check them out  (you can do it via Anon if it makes you feel better) but please do. I always get lost in the tag, or miss out on ficlets 

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I finished a thing. And @rufeepeach is posting Inheritance now! :))))))) I’ve also been enjoying The Cloistered Heart by @morganfir. I’m still trying to wade through the pile of RCIJ fics, but so far I really enjoyed rufeepeach’s and @emospritelet‘s. I haven’t had a chance to read most of them yet though!

Thanks Raven, I was trying to respond to this post but my dash is being weird and when I try to reblog things they disappear 🙁

I’ve written some stuff and my main WIP, is alternate season six, guaranteeing a Rumbelle happy ending no matter what happens come September 25th.

For recs I’m always terrified I’ll forget someone, so if I don’t mention you, it’s because I’m an idiot. I see you’ve already found and reblogged some of @rowofstars stuff, which would have been top of my list to recommend. I really liked @rufeepeach RCIJ fic Red Lights. @endangeredslug has posted a lot of cool things. I’m not sure when in the summer you took a break, and both @emospritelet and @thatravenclawbitch have already posted but definitely check out their updates. I actually reblog everything I read on tumblr, I just realized that, under my read this tag.

Scanning through it, if you had previously been following @toseehowthestoryends Ruins of Camelot, there’s a lot more chapters of that. @standbyyourmantis has started some cool verses, there’s the Five Times verse, Mr Good Mood, Fairytales and Happy Endings. @worryinglyinnocent had steampunk!Rumbelle for RCIJ and just posted a really sweet happy Rumbelle olympics fic.

Honestly I could probably rec stuff all day, there are so many good writers in this fandom.

Hello, it’s me from the Positivity Exchange. After much fire-extinguishing and circle-running-around, I have settled on Swanfire. We can always use more Swanfire. And I was just viciously attacked by a Swanfire plot bunny you might enjoy. This has been an update of Where I Am Now. Thank you for your time.

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of-princes-and-savages:

galactic-pirates:

Yay! That sounds awesome 🙂 I’m sorry for all the fire and problems but the new plot bunny sounds good. Yes we can always definitely use more SwanFire 🙂

Thanks for the update!

Hey, the more fire, the more Swanfire, right?

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…

*sits back down* Sorry.

Haha that was exactly what I thought when I typed “sorry for the fire but … SwanFire!!”

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thestraggletag

Okay, guys, it’s official: If tomorrow Juan Martín del Potro wins the gold medal for male singles tennis I will write this Rumbelle Olympics fanfic myself.

applejackcat

Go Juan Martín del Porto!

(I’m trying desperately to think of a sport in which pushy-coach!Rumple makes athlete!Belle angry enough to follow him into a locker room. Or where athlete!Belle decides she wants to lose her virginity to coach!Gold.)

thestraggletag

Swimming? Either that or skating, but that’s Winter Olympics.

verseblack

*cheers for Juan Martin del Porto!*

Though of course *I* want a fic where Rumple is a dressage trainer who has injured his leg and can no longer ride, and Belle the rider who inspires/goads him back into the sport.  Of course, she forms a close bond with man and beast!

thestraggletag

I’m 100% here for “Rumbelle at the Olympics” to be the next big fanfic trend in the fandom. I want ALL the fics. About ALL the sports. I want this to get so big it’s a category at the next TEAs.

woodelf68

How about if Belle is a pushy reporter who follows Gold into the locker room and gets an eyeful? THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES.

thestraggletag

ALL. OF. THE. RUMBELLE. OLYMPICS.

ALL. OF. THEM.

GIVE. THEM. TO. ME.

thestraggletag:

still-searching47:

I’ve just had a wild and possibly unpopular thought but I’m just going to throw it out there and see what you guys think.

The Olympics only come round every four years. Why don’t we have a little mini-event thing? Produce as much “Rumbelle at the Olympics” fluff/smut or angst with a happy ending as we can. Set the due date for around the premiere, that way no matter what the premiere throws at us we will be ready.

We had Rumbelle is Hope and this could work on a similar basis. I’d be happy to do what little organisation would be required should people be up for this idea. Just a thought 🙂

The problem, at least for me, is that it kinda coincides with the Rumbelle Revelry, that’s from here till October. I don’t know if it’s just me though.

It does sound like a cool idea.

Yeah I’m signed up to Rumbelle Revelry as well. That’s an exchange though, I was thinking Rumbelle Olympics could be a lot more casual. Like Rumbelle is Hope, no signup required, do it if the mood strikes you and you have time, don’t sweat it otherwise.

However, you are right it does clash. Also we do have a lot of events already. Isn’t the second round of the Blow-off due in September? Plus A Monthly Rumbelling. It’s no matter, I just thought it could be fun, especially if a lot of people were considering writing Olympic themed fics anyway. I thought maybe something special for the premiere, it was a wild thought 🙂

Not to be rude, but it’s hard to follow your stories if updates are so far apart

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evilsnowswan:

Um, then don’t? I mean, I do this in my spare time, I don’t get paid for doing it and I have a life outside of fandom that does demand my attention sometimes.  

I’m writing for myself, not you. And just because I like to share what I make and love to get feedback on it, doesn’t mean I have to cater to anyone.

It takes me long(er), because I get sidetracked, because I research stuff beforehand, because I don’t always feel like writing, or because, even when I do, the words just won’t cooperate sometimes … 

Do I wish I could write more and faster & update stuff more frequently and regularly? – Absolutely. Do you get to make me feel bad about something I do because I enjoy doing it? – Absolutely not.

Oh, and ‘not to be rude’ ? –

Best use of gif ever ^^

All that is going through my head right now is “wtf??”. Honestly how entitled is that anon? That is just appalling, why would anyone send a message like that? I’ve read it 3x now and my brain is still stuck on wtf.

If the anon doesn’t like waiting for updates, a suggestion tick ‘completed’ and only read those stories. Don’t complain about getting an awesome story for free. Wow, honestly some people *hugs you*

#fanfic is supposed to be fun#nobody is a writing machine#support your fanfic writers