Posted on February 9, 2017 by Sam

Ok I just got a fourth plot bunny for Rumbelle Order in the Court. This is getting ridiculous. Whoever came up with this event is Evil, with a capital E, but only in the best possible way of course heh 🙂

I don’t know if anyone on here has seen the British legal drama Judge John Deed. It hasn’t been on TV in a decade, but it is perfect for a loose adaptation. A basic summary is John Deed (who is a judge) has an on/off again affair with Jo Mills, a barrister who frequently appears before him in court. Jo Mills is the social justice type, always looking out for the underdog.

Another barrister who frequently appears is Georgina Channing – John Deed’s ex-wife – who is actually not as bad as she looks. When push comes to shove she’ll do the right thing but the rest of the time she is just in it for the money, and she’ll cut corners/flirt with corruption but never actually really cross the line. She’s always defending big corporations who have done bad things.

Someone else that makes frequent appearances also in court is John Deed’s daughter Charlie. Now, there are rules about who can appear before a judge because of conflict of interest I guess. Children are a bit iffy, not wise if the case might go to appeal. Current lovers are a big no-no, but ex-wives or ex-lovers are fine. Quite often the show will have a case and John Deed will preside, and it’ll be Jo Mills vs Georgina Channing.

So Once Upon a Time’s tangled web of a family tree is represented. There’s the need for secrecy as nobody could know Belle and Gold were together if she was appearing before him in court, cue lots of “I can’t see you until the case is over” and then “ooops we just had sex in your chambers.”

This one is totally up for adoption if someone wants it. In fact please somebody take it off my hands *begs*

Prompt

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Sam

sarashouldbestudying:

woodelf68:

What if there had been another way to find Bae? What if a portal to him could have been opened by the blood of a sibling? (Just a drop or two, nothing harmful of course.) Between his innate decency and the fact that he would want another child of his to have a mother who wanted them, I can’t see Rumpel forcing just any woman to bear the child of the Dark One. I think he would have first considered that an option with Cora, but then that fell through. But what if Belle were the one to summon him to save her people from the ogres, and Rumpel can see that she’s not afraid of him, not too off-put by his appearance. What if the deal he offered was that she go with him and bear his child, and stay to help raise it to adulthood – say twenty years.? After that she would be free to leave if she so chose. ~~And of course there must be plenty of baby-making smut.~~

Yes please. I’ve wanted a fic like this for years.

Angst it up by having kid Gideon wonder if he was actually wanted, seeing as he was only born to enable his papa to find/save his big brother.

Throw in some miscommunication between Rumple and Belle. Belle might have agreed to the deal but Rumple thinks that was all there was, and so the moment she’s pregnant he backs off because he would never force himself on her. Belle for her part then thinks that he has no interest in her. So they continue as platonic parents until something pushes them together.

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Sam

Oh sweet merlin I just realized that April was the month that had those Monthly Rumbelling prompts that set my brain on fire. Add in all these Rumbelle Order in the Court plot bunnies and urk, April is shaping up to be a blockbuster month for fic!

Now I don’t currently have any ideas for Monthly Rumbelling in March, it might be a good idea to keep it that way and skip the month, so that I have more time to work on everything for April. Somebody hold me to that heh 🙂

rowofstars replied to your post:
Oh sweet merlin I just realized that April was the…

I have so many ideas. Help I’m drowning!

So many ideas for what? Rumbelle Order in the Court? Monthly Rumbelling? Both? *hugs you* don’t drown! What are your ideas? Are there some you like more than others? Some that would be quicker/easier to write than others? I’m always available if you need somebody to bounce ideas off of 🙂

Personally for Monthly Rumbelling I have 4 ideas for this month (1 smut, 3 non-smut), none for March (thank merlin) and 4 so far for April (3 smut, 1 non-smut). For Rumbelle Order in the Court I have 3 ideas (Rumbelle, Lachacy and Rushbelle). So I’m kinda swimming in ideas myself.

I went through my ideas file yesterday, trying to be absolutely ruthless and archive ideas I know I’ll never write, but all it achieved was making my “must write” list about 3x as long heh – ooops 🙂

When you say “any legal/courtroom setting”, does it extend to law offices? For some reason I don’t think you mean for them to perform in front of a judge and jury…unless we’re on an alien planet where that’s cool? There’s a lot of options here is what I’m trying to ask, yes.

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Sam

woodelf68:

rumbelleorderinthecourt:

Yes that would be fine! Any “legal” setting – courtroom, judges chambers, law office – as long as they bang there it’s all good! 🙄

Well, I’m here for Rushbelle sex in front of an alien judge and jury. 😉

Are you writing that @woodelf68? Or you know is anyone writing it? Because if not I’ll have to put it on my list.

My first thought was the cliche “fuck or die” because of some crime but that felt too similar to the wonderful Unconscionable by justrumbelledearie (I don’t know if they are on tumblr). However, I do like my second thought. It involves a marriage of convenience.

Have I just got a third plot bunny for this event? /headdesk

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Sam

Ooops. Saw anyelle was permitted for #RumbelleOrderInTheCourt and my brain instantly came up with another idea. Just checked, seeing as with this second/backup idea neither of them are lawyers, but apparently that’s ok, as it’s the location that matters. I’m fairly sure the parole office is a legal facility so this other idea could work.

I guess I’ll do what I do with Monthly Rumbelling and I’ll intend to do both, but if it gets down to the wire I’ll just have to pick whatever is closest to being finished, and then randomly post the other one at a later date. It would probably be smarter to just pick one idea to begin with, but I like them both, so I’ll do my best 🙂

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Sam

I’m trying not to let my brain run away with the idea I have for #RumbelleOrderInTheCourt because of the ominous last sentence of the info post I read this morning – “A much more detailed post will be up tomorrow!” because what if my idea runs afoul of one of the incoming rules? I tend to get attached to things once I’ve thought of them, so having to change my idea would suck.

Rather predictably though, having been told “no you can’t think about it” my brain is going nuts and I have this whole monster fic idea developing. It’s like somebody gave me a grab bag of tropes and said “pick one” and I went “nooo don’t make me choose! I will take all of them!” because yeah so many. There’s marriage of convenience, bed sharing, all the pining, secret dating, and maybe even fake dating first but I’m not sure about that. Also it’s an escort!verse.

I’m not even sorry 🙂

Marina!Belle, if Gold had offered a deal where he would have let you and everyone keep using the marina rent free if you slept with him, would you have done it? (We booth know Gold’s too woobie for that, but humour a curious Inky! XD)

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sam

(OOC that would be really out of character)

Belle: *splutters*

(OOC not sure how to answer this)

Belle: I’m thrown, honestly I don’t know what to say. Evan would never do that but I understand that we’re talking hypothetically. So in an alternate universe where Evan wasn’t Evan, and would do such a thing, would I say yes? *bites lip* I don’t think I would. I’m trying to imagine a circumstance where I would say yes, I would have to be both really desperate and acting on principle. I’ve done a lot of stupid things out of the ‘principle of the matter’.

Gold: For example leaving the marina rather than pay the rent.

Belle: Yes I suppose and that’s another point, I would always have that option. I guess the keyword is ‘everyone’ and acting to defend my friends … I might have said yes.

Gold: Really sweetheart? *he’s very skeptical*

Belle: It would have to be extreme circumstances but *bites lip again* Evan …?

Gold: Yes?

Belle: I love you as my loving, considerate boyfriend but perhaps for one night only we could … pretend? Your relentless glowering landlord act can be very sexy.

Gold: *coughs* Well Miss French, I’ve heard you wish to make a deal.

Fic Commentary Meme for Between Two Fires: “What are you saying? Evil is a point of view?” Belle shook her head. “I know who I am and what I’ve done. I fought for Avonlea, for what I thought was right.”“I fought for the Frontlands, for what I thought was right. There is a line though that …”“That line is a million miles behind me. I don’t even remember what it looks like anymore,” Belle admitted.

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sam

Yay thank you! I haven’t done one of these before so I hope I do it right, and I seriously love this fic so double thank you 🙂

The prompt for this fic was Light!Gold and Dark!Belle. Gold’s perspective right now, is of someone who has done some things he’s not proud of – he knows what it’s like to make the hard call – but he has clean hands. He has always followed orders, followed protocol. He has been ordered to do some distasteful things, but never anything utterly immoral. He’s a soldier and he’s probably veered close to the line but he’s never crossed it.

Belle crossed it a long time ago. She said earlier in the scene “When
I signed up, I thought I knew what I was getting into. I wanted to help, to
protect and serve – to be a hero.” and then she started rationalizing. At first it was just dirty jobs, and then it started getting more and more wrong but it’s a slippery slope. Once she’d started down that path, she kept telling herself it was for the best, or that she was committed and had to see it through. There were no good choices and she wound up doing things, that she would have vowed never to do when she started.

Gold tries to empathize with her. To say that he gets it, that he made an oath to his nation, that he has always fought for the Frontlands and what he thought was right. Belle shuts him down because while she may have always fought for Avonlea, she knew that she wasn’t fighting for what was right. She knew at the time what she was doing was wrong, but she was in too deep and did it anyway. They aren’t the same and she doesn’t want him to think that they are.

She betrayed him but she learned to shut out her conscience a long time ago. It’s like she repressed it, and now he’s killing her with kindness and understanding. It would be easier if he raged, if he hated her because she hates herself and she knows that she deserves it. She knows that but she doesn’t feel that. She learned to live with it long ago, because she had to and so the choices became easier.

Belle’s not about to break down and wail with guilt because she knows who she is, and what she’s done. She accepts it, and she might wish things had been different, and she might try and be better now. However, what’s done is done and if push came to shove, she’s still capable of almost anything. She might have a few qualms about it, but she’s learned to live with the guilt, push into a box and get on with the job. That coldness is always going to be a part of her, even if miraculously she did manage to build a new life.

PLL!Neal – Do you really think your dad can’t change?

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sam

*sighs heavily* I don’t know. Is it possible for a person to fundamentally change, especially at his age? I mean he’s halfway through his life, his behavior is pretty entrenched. Look I’m not saying my dad is a bad person, or that he has bad intentions. It just all gets screwed up.

I know him better than anyone else. I think he probably wants things to be different, for things to be better, but then he’s been wanting that for years. I kinda blackmailed him to go on this sabbatical as I figured maybe a big external change would force things, and give him the opportunity to make different choices. If he can’t work for three months, then he has to fill the void somehow right? Then maybe he’ll learn that there’s more to life than work. Maybe he’ll learn to make time for us, rather than just writing cheques.

You can probably tell I’ve discussed this with Emma a lot right? Emma reckons dad won’t change until he’s ready, and I guess I agree with that. What kinda hurts though, is that I needed him to change a long time ago and he never did. You know what is really screwed up? Part of me doesn’t even want him to change now, because it means that I wasn’t worth changing for when I was a kid. I haven’t even told Emma that, but she probably knows. She knows all the crazy stuff in my head before I do half the time.

Under My Skin!Belle: I get the feeling you’ve had a lot of moments lately where you want to, y’know, thud your head against the wall. Please try not to do that literally because we’re all very fond of your head and it’s never worth it. pets

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Sam

Creatively speaking banging my head against the wall always seems like a brilliant idea. I actually did it once, to see if the impulse went away – it didn’t. In terms of Lachlan, the man definitely knows how to get under my skin, which is in turns both infuriating and very welcome. Don’t worry, if it comes to it, I won’t be banging my head against the wall.

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Prompt

When you say “any legal/courtroom setting”, does it extend to law offices? For some reason I don’t think you mean for them to perform in front of a judge and jury…unless we’re on an alien planet where that’s cool? There’s a lot of options here is what I’m trying to ask, yes.

Marina!Belle, if Gold had offered a deal where he would have let you and everyone keep using the marina rent free if you slept with him, would you have done it? (We booth know Gold’s too woobie for that, but humour a curious Inky! XD)

PLL!Neal – Do you really think your dad can’t change?

Under My Skin!Belle: I get the feeling you’ve had a lot of moments lately where you want to, y’know, thud your head against the wall. Please try not to do that literally because we’re all very fond of your head and it’s never worth it. pets