Me: *gets a fic idea*
Me: No, I shouldn’t do it.
Me: I can’t do it.
Me: I have too many fics already.
Me: ….
Me: I’m doing it.
Category Archives: Stream of Thought
TEA Thank You
First of all a huge thanks to the wonderful mods who run the TEAs. I can’t imagine the amount of work that goes into collating all the nominations and the ballots. I’ve never been in a fandom that has so many wonderful events. The Rumbelle fandom truly is fantastic and I’m so grateful that you guys let me join in. Everyone has been so kind and welcoming. Honestly this is just a wonderful community. You guys are great!
This was my first TEA experience and my hope was that maybe I might gain a couple of new readers. To get nominated was mind-blowing and I am so very grateful for that! To win two categories is just … wow, I am overwhelmed. Thank you so much for the compliment, I’m really honored. Truly it means a lot, totally made my month 🙂
Special: Best Drama – Painting Layers of Love
I confess when this got nominated, if I was hoping for a win with any fic it was this one because it means a lot to me personally. I know I’m quite slow at updating, it’s hard to write sometimes because I really want to do it justice if I can. This started life as a quick response to an inspiration aesthetic. It’s amazing how stories can grow. Thank you all so much for supporting this fic!
Events: Monthly Rumbelling (Non-Smut) – Transposing Digits
This fic is like the ‘little fic that could’. It started off as a oneshot, which then gained four more chapters thanks to prompts, and has since spawned an entire verse. I didn’t think to ask for consideration in this category, so the nomination was a complete surprise and I’m humbled by the win. I do love the Monthly Rumbelling event. The only problem is it spawns more plot bunnies than I can keep up with 🙂
Seriously thank you all so much! I feel like I should do something to say thank you/celebrate, but I suppose the best thing I could probably do is crack on with the next chapter of Painting Layers of Love yeah? So I’ll do that 🙂 Honestly, thank you all again, I really am truly honored.
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I’m so happy for you! I whooped when I heard your name/stories announced! Well deserved!
And hey, if picking up a TEA or two inspires you to give me more of what I love, this is a win for me (and everyone else!).
Thank you *hugs you* heh I was inspired before honest! Painting Layers of Love is due another chapter. I’m averaging about once a month at the moment, and it was last updated January 15th so I’m running late as it is. I didn’t need a TEA win to make me write it. I would do it anyway I swear.
My writing discipline has been MIA for a couple of months so I’m quite behind on everything, but it will happen! I’m not going to make any promises as to when, probably next week given the current progress level 🙂
omg, that’s so sweeeeeet!
(and, okay, I did enjoy MM having to eat humble pie. *happy sigh*)
I just love the idea of Gold listening to Belle’s concerns about their dating life and immediately suggesting the the kids can watch over themselves for a couple hours. 🙂
Also, Emma’s thoughts that poor Bae had a younger sibling to destroy his denial made me laugh. So, no younger brother for Emma in this version? Or just not yet? lol
This was too cute, I really did enjoy it!
Heh I’m glad you enjoyed it! No Emma doesn’t have a younger brother (yet) though that could still happen. This verse is ‘finished’ for the moment, but as it started with a oneshot and now has 3 multi-chapter fics + 1 oneshot due to prompts, never say never to adding more 🙂 Thank you so much for the lovely comment!
Do you like and use ship names?
Honestly? Up until Once Upon a Time I NEVER used ship names. I would refer to a ship by their names e.g. Rumple/Belle. I think it’s because the very first time I saw ship names was over a decade ago, and they were so laughable that I shuddered and vowed never to use them. That fandom had a ship war going on between ‘Jam’ and ‘Smarty’. I think you could probably see why I hated the very idea of ship names heh.
Once Upon a Time is extremely good at coming up with ship names that roll off the tongue, and aren’t cringeworthy. They make sense and it’s all good. Some ship names are not so inventive. So with some ships I will still use that name referral, rather than ship name. It depends on what the ship name is I guess.
Thanks for the ask! 🙂
37: Do you have a favorite trope and/or AU for your OTP?
I ship more than just Rumbelle but they are my main OTP. In fact this moment in Skin Deep is when I fell for them. When he caught her and she looked at him like he was a hero, and he looked at her like he couldn’t believe what he’d done. Then can we say flustered? With them both pretending it wasn’t a big deal. Yikes I was done for!
Now Rumbelle has a fair few AU’s built in as my bingocard shows e.g. knight!Rumple, GoldenLace etc. Now, judging by what I mostly write I could just say AU – Non-Magical but that’s a cop-out heh. Truthfully it’s hard to pick because what I love the most is a good story. I mean the Rumbelle fandom is so talented, I swear some of them could write a story about Rumbelle watching paint dry and I would be riveted.
Oooh I just saw it was trope/AU and picking a trope is easier than a setting! Heh. I mean I do have weaknesses for various settings. I’ve read every Regency Rumbelle fic I can find for instance. However, I wouldn’t say that was my favorite because to be honest it very much depends on the story. It could be an AU I enjoy like Regency but if the implementation/twist is something I’m not so keen on so I would give it a pass.
Right trope! I love so many, but my absolute favorite has to be mutual support/understanding/comforting one another etc. I hope that is actually a trope. I just love it when characters talk to one another, and help each other out. I’m a real sucker for fics where Rumbelle are already married/together and then they have to deal with an external problem.
I like it when they work as a team. Don’t get me wrong, most of what I write is Rumbelle getting together, and I do absolutely love reading those stories as well. It’s just the question was “pick a favorite” and so I had to pick just one.
Thank you for the question!
Under My Skin (Chapter Two)
Synopsis: When aspiring novelist Belle French rents a laborers apartment, at a peaceful picturesque Californian farm, she thinks she’s found the perfect writing retreat. She hopes for a few months free of distractions. However, what she didn’t count on was her neighbor – Lachlan MacAldonich.
Note: This fic has been nominated for the TEA’s in the category Events: Monthly Rumbelling (Non-Smut)!
Thank you so much to everyone that nominated it, I’m really honored. I’m also stunned, especially because it’s still very incomplete. This chapter fought me tooth and nail hence the delay, sorry about that. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
When Lachlan had told her that his alarm went off at 4:20am,
and they left the farm by 5am, Belle had nearly balked. She knew it was a long
drive to Los Angeles,
and that the farmers market opened at 7am, but she’d never really registered
what that meant. Some of Lachlan’s middle of
the night banging around made more sense now, and she certainly had more
sympathy. Having agreed to go before she heard the time, Belle didn’t really
feel like she could then refuse, especially as Lachlan
did it every week.She second
guessed that decision when the alarm jolted her awake, at what really should be
the middle of the night. Groaning, Belle rolled out of bed, abruptly realizing
it was still dark outside, and that she didn’t even have power to make a cup of
tea. She groaned again, honestly it was enough to make a grown woman cry. She
staggered to the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water. Fifteen
minutes later, still bleary-eyed, Belle strolled over to where Lachlan was loading the truck with the help of another
man.“Morning
Belle,” Lachlan greeted her wearily, looking
about as awake as she felt.Belle yawned.
“Tell me we can stop for tea on the way?”I’m glad that she called him out loud on his drinking, and not wanting to be a ‘drunken fumble’. It might make him think twice about how much he has to drink next time. Not to mention playing second best to Beau – Belle’s smart to recognise that if who he is doesn’t hold up to his physical attraction, then it’s not going to be worth pursuing anything with him.
Heh I like your tags! I hadn’t consciously noticed the Belle and Beau link, I might have to work that into the next chapter somehow 🙂 Yup all of this heh. I’m glad you liked it, thank you so much for commenting. You are wonderful! 🙂
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Awww, these are all so perfect. Thank you a thousand. 🙂 I love that the engagement is with Eric, so it’s a given it’ll eventually fall through. *cheers* Poor Ariel, though. I hope she doesn’t suffer from the sidelines for long!
And they have a dented cup! And she was startled because of her realization that she was in love! *hugs the two of them* HOW PERFECT!
The third was sweet, too. It sounds like a reason these two would argue about.
These are all so good!
Yay! I’m so glad you liked it 🙂
Well everyone in that arrangement is suffering. Two couples, both in love but not with whom they have to marry. Lady Ariel would be a suitable match for Prince Eric but she’s from a noble family within his kingdom. Obviously Belle is a Queen which is a much more advantageous match.
Yup I could have had it be the same cup as on the show, but taking tea in delicate cups like that would be something Belle would do at the palace, and so therefore not with Rumple. I wanted it to be a moment between the both of them. Anyway, thank you so much for the new prompts! I will get on those as soon as I can 🙂
The Price We Pay
Synopsis: Sir Rumplestiltskin is a senior knight of Avonlea. The first time he meets Princess Belle, heir to the throne, he is tasked with her protection while she goes travelling. Years later her father dies, and Belle is forced to return home not only to take the mantle of Queen, but also accept a betrothal to ensure an alliance and heirs. Duty before love, is the price that they pay or so it would seem.
Note: This is was previously known as the Whispering!verse. It’s also a prompt verse, which is why I’m creating this masterpost for it. There are two ways to read this fic. Either in the order it was written, or in the order that the scenes fall in the verses timeline, or you know randomly heh.
Due to the fact I sometimes post multiple prompts in the same tumblr post, to avoid spamming the tag, if you would like to read the scenes in chronological order, it might be easier to read on AO3.
This is a prompt verse so feel free to prompt for anything, at any point in the timeline. I’ll update this post whenever I add to the verse. Enjoy! 🙂
Chronological order:
– First Meeting (Tumblr, AO3)
– The Dented Mug (Tumblr, AO3)
– Belle Saves the Day (Tumblr, AO3)
– A Question of Safety (Tumblr, AO3)
– Staring (Tumblr, AO3)
– Rumple meets Gaston (Tumblr, AO3)
– Don’t call me that (Tumblr, AO3)
– The Better Consort (Tumblr, AO3)
– Why are we whispering? (Tumblr, AO3)
– Wishing Well (Tumblr, AO3)
One thing I love about tumblr: Being exposed to new shows by way of all the enthusiastic posts that cross my dash, and all the pretty gifsets. I learn of shows I would have missed otherwise, and I give shows a try that I wouldn’t have looked twice at before.
One thing I hate about tumblr: Being exposed to new shows because I live in England. I have netflix and Amazon Prime but I don’t have paid for TV e.g. Sky or anything like that. I really want to try out all the cool shows I’ve learned exist but I have absolutely no way of watching them.
The frustration is real. At least though there is one small benefit. I rarely get a chance to watch shows in their first season, so I don’t get overly attached to things that are cancelled prematurely.
You know that drawing I said I wasn’t going to do for Fluffapalooza? Well I have no self-control and I started it and now I regret everything. I guess it has just been long enough since Rumbelle is Hope 2 for the memory to dull. I hate hands! and faces! but seriously hands! hands! they are the devil I swear.
#honestly what am i doing?#i have no artistic talent