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Hey everyone *waves* I joined the fandom in May, so this is my first TEA experience. I’ve really enjoyed writing fanfic for Rumbelle and being part of this community. Thank you all for being so welcoming! I’m not really very comfortable with self-promo but I’m going to give this a whirl.

If anyone feels like nominating any of my fics, here are my suggestions, along with my best guesses as to the categories. As I’m new all my fics are eligible and you can nominate in whatever categories you feel best.

Anyway here goes 🙂

Fluff: Family

I Love the Way – 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. [Tumblr, AO3]

Fluff: Comfort / Character: Best Woobie!Rum

In Your Arms – Retired soldier and single father Gold works at a coffee shop library. Plagued by nightmares of the war he’s quiet, only interacting with customers when necessary. His favorite customer is Belle, who comes in a couple of times a week. Her smile is as bright as the sun. One day she comes in upset and for a moment he is brave enough to ask her what is wrong. [Tumblr, AO3]

Smut: Comedy

Once Upon a Lifetime – Belle French’s life revolves around books. During the day she works as a librarian, and in the evenings she writes stories of her own. Everyday she watches Mr. Gold lock up his shop and everyday she swears that she’ll wave or do something, but she never does. If this were one of her stories then Mr. Gold would have noticed her watching him, and one day their eyes would meet and he would confess that he liked her as well. The problem was, life wasn’t a story. If it was, then Belle would have written herself a happy ending a long time ago. [Tumblr, AO3]

General: Best Post-Ep Fic

Right Kind of Wrong – Following on from the events of 6.07 – Heartless. Hope can be found in even the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Storybrooke has faced many challenges, with good always beating evil but they did that together, and now they are split apart. The story must play out but the ending might not be what anyone expects. [Tumblr, AO3]

General: Best Holiday Fic

All Hallow’s Fall – Belle and Gold have been together for a few months when Halloween approaches. After some pumpkin carving goes wrong, and Gold is injured, they work together to ensure that Bae’s spooky sleepover goes ahead as planned. [Tumblr, AO3]

Special: Best Drama

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Painting Layers of Love – Belle French lives alone and she likes it that way. She’s lived alone ever since the terrible car accident which killed her mother and claimed her eyesight. Belle spends her days painting, in complete solitude, until one day she wakes up and hears movement outside. Somebody has moved into the cottage next door. She had grown comfortable in her solitary existence until Mr Gold crashes into her life. Now her future is uncertain, like a blank canvas, waiting for her to apply the paint and decide what kind of story she is creating. [Tumblr, AO3]

Special: Best Season Rewrite

The War Within – 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. [Tumblr, AO3]

Events: Rumbelle Revelry

The Beauty and the Tragedy – When Mr. Gold calls in Lord French’s marker, bankrupting his estate, it leaves Lady Belle with nowhere to go until Mr. Gold offers her a deal. She enters his service as a maid and true love blossoms between them. Belle dreams of forever but there is a room, which is permanently locked, that stands in the way. [NSFW] [Tumblr, AO3]

Events: Rumbelle Secret Santa

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Conspiracy Afloat – When Mr. Gold buys Storybrooke marina, one of the marina’s few permanent residents, Belle French, swears he won’t get away with it. She sets sail and anchors in a remote cove and that night Belle witnesses a murder. At first light she returns to the marina to report it … but nobody believes her. Gold’s purchase of the marina now takes on even more sinister implications, and her growing attraction towards him only complicates matters. Vowing to investigate herself, if the sheriffs won’t, Belle soon starts to unravel a town-wide conspiracy. [Tumblr, AO3]

Character: Best Lacey

Fall All Over Again – Before the first Dark Curse the Evil Queen had a paranoid moment, which meant in cursed Storybrooke, Gold and Lacey were married. Therefore when Belle falls over the town line – Lacey returns. Everyone is shouting at her, and everything is wrong, so Lacey does something she never did once in 28 years of marriage, she turns to Gold for protection. In turn Rumplestiltskin does something that Gold never did in 28 years of marriage – he tells Lacey that he loves her. Belle loved him, so can Lacey fall for him all over again or will the curse mask true love forever? [NSFW] [Tumblr, AO3]

If you feel like it, you could also nominate me for the Newbie Spotlight. Thank you for your time 🙂

Once Upon a Lifetime – stillsearching47 – Once Upon a Time (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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Once Upon a Lifetime – stillsearching47 – Once Upon a Time (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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Once Upon a Lifetime

by stillsearching47 a.k.a. @still-searching47 (EDIT: of COURSE i finally find you on Tumblr and then tumblr’s like LOLNOPE U CAN’T LINK PEOPLE LIKE A COOL PERSON :trollface: I CAN’T EVEN TUMBLR)

HOKAY!
SO!
A SUUUUUUUUPER LONG TIME AGO, I READ THIS AWESOME FIC CALLED WHAT YOU KNOW BY @bad-faery (which, yes, i did a post about to this blog already, but don’t care, linking it again XD) AND AFTER READING IT ABOUT, OH, I DON’T KNOW, ABOUT 10 FUCKIN TIMES THAT DAY ALONE I WAS LIKE “YOU KNOW WHAT’D BE AWESOME ACTUALLY? A VERSION OF THIS KIND OF FIC WHERE BELLE IS THE ONE WRITING SMUTTY FANFICS N SHIT-

…..*AND THEN ”ONCE UPON A LIFETIME” BECAME A THING THAT EXISTS*

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OH MY GOD YOU GUYS.
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
THIS FIC IS SO FREAKIN CHARMING, YOU’RE GONNA LOVE IT
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE “PUT DOWN EVERYTHING YOU’RE FUCKIN DOIN LIKE RN AND GO READ THIS” FICS. JUST SAYIN.

SO HERE’S WHAT UP:
As you can tell, Belle is, essentially, a smut fic author (*which is revealed pretty early on in the story and it’s even in the description to some extent, so, no worries, not TOO spoiler-y lol) in this verse, and she’s crushing SO hard on Mr. Gold that’s it’s just flat out ADORABLE.
This fic as a whole isn’t even ‘NSFW-y’ PER SAY, it’s mainly when Belle’s working on her latest story, but OH MY GOD. SRSLY. THIS IS MAINLY WHERE THE CHARM HAPPENS AND IT’S SO GOOD FFFFFFFFFFFF

Like, first off, the NSFW element DEFINITELY comes in in the dialogue and plot of the story she’s writing that we actually get to see (*SRSLY. GURL. IF YOU ACTUALLY WROTE OUT ALL OF WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE SCENE THAT’S WRITTEN OUT HERE, I WOULD SO TOTALLY FUCKIN READ THAT SHIT AND I’D PROBABLY FREAK THE FUCK OUT CAUSE IT’D BE LIKE EXPANDING THE ‘VERSE IN A WAY AND JUST- *flails*), and everything surrounding it is basically her methodically processing the scene she’s trying to write
…AND IT’S SO. REALISTIC. OH MY GOD.
I ALMOST FELL OVER LAUGHING AT SOME PARTS, NOT EVEN CAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUNNY SCENE (neither the scene she’s writing or her rl perspective) OR ANYTHING, BUT CAUSE IT’S LITERALLY SO RIDICULOUSLY SPOT ON AND RELATABLE, AND I PRACTICALLY WASN’T EXPECTING THE TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE I GOT TO READ HERE
IT’S JUST FUCKIN GREAT AND I LOVED IT.

…..SO NOW IF YOU’LL EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL AO3 COMMENTS OF THIS FIC CAUSE I FUCKIN LOVE THIS, AND Y’ALL WILL BE PRACTICALLY DEMANDING A SEQUEL TO THIS STORY JUST LIKE I’M BASICALLY ABOUT TO DO CAUSE IT’S THAT. AWESOME. SRSLY.

ALL-OF-EVERYBODY’S-SMUT-WRITING-FEELS-AND-ROM-COM-Y-’RL’-PLOT-FOR-ALL-OF-MY-YES-AND-THE-WINNING-AT-EVERYTHING OUT OF TEN

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I’ve literally been re-reading this comment since you linked it a couple of hours ago. I have no idea what to say, I’m utterly overwhelmed. You are far too kind and just wow, thank you so much for your lovely words. I appreciate it so much. Also thanks for linking me this post, I hadn’t seen it before thanks to tumblr misbehaving.

I do accept prompts, so if you want the verse expanded in any particular direction you can always hit up my askbox 🙂 Thank you again, I am just overwhelmed. You are incredible!

#i wish i could respond more eloquently but you have just killed me with compliments#there are no words

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beastlycheese:

the1ultimatefan:

indiejanes:

Millie Clinton

 

OH MY GOD IT’S LIKE Painting Layers of Love by stillsearching47!!!!!
EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
(*and if she has a Tumblr somebody PLEASE tell me what it is cause she NEEDS to see this SO much HNNNNNGGGGGGG)

@still-searching47

Wow yeah that definitely looks like Belle or Gold’s front door. All the flowers are very atmospheric and that old lamp-post is brilliant. The cottages are kinda remote for that but perhaps in the nearby village? It’s definitely the right feel. Thank you so much @the1ultimatefan for thinking of my fic and thanks @beastlycheese for helping out 🙂

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I’ve been going back and forth about sighing up for the Rumbelle Showdown. As far as I know, I’ve taken part in every event since I joined the fandom but I think I’m going to give this one a miss. To be honest I’m not brave enough, and that is the real reason. However, I am legitimately busy as well, which makes for a good excuse.

I have 5 WIP’s, a prompt verse with half a dozen unfilled prompts, three new WIP’s I’d like to write next, several oneshots *cough* or long oneshots on the list as well and that’s just the immediate fandom stuff. I have a lot more ideas on the list, plus my actual real life to do list … well let’s not go there heh 🙂

Why am I posting about this? I’m procrastinating basically. Rather than knuckle down and write, I just did the “organizing” in choosing what I’m writing next, and putting everything in neat priority lists. Does anyone else do that? Never fear though, writing will happen! Thanks to my migraines I still have 13k to write before new year – oops.

Hey I was your Santa! Did you guess :) Your gift is posted, hopefully tumblr will have notified you already anyway. Now I believe I owe you a couple of answers. My absolute favorite TV show is Stargate, I’m totally mad over it hence why I thought it might be a bit of a giveaway on my identity heh. The first fandom I wrote for was Diagnosis Murder, but the first fandom I posted for was The Royal/Heartbeat (there is a story as to why) though my first true fandom experience was with Without a Trace

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little-inkstone:

HELLO!!! 😀  I was just going to bed after posting my gift when I saw your fic on AO3!  I want to read it all right now!!! But I’m too tired! D:  But I’m going to read it all and snuggle it when I wake up!!!  I am sad to say that I guessed wrong, although you were on the short list! 😀  Don’t laugh, but my top guess was worryinglyinnocent XD  Those all sound like good shows!  I’ll have to give them a watch!

It’s been so awesome to get to know you!!! *hugs*  You’ve been an amazing Santa and from the short amount I’ve was able to read before my eyes began to droop and fail me my gift is going to be super amazing!!! *hugs again* This is not a very ordered response, but I wanted you to know I got your message!

Awww you are so lovely! The worst part is always the wait, so you are the best person ever to let me know you got my message.

Worry was actually not a bad guess, we’re both from England and we both love Rush. I certainly wouldn’t laugh as I can see how you came to that conclusion. It’s been really awesome getting to know you as well, you’ve been a brilliant giftee! You sleep well, the fic isn’t going anywhere 🙂

Santa here! We’re in very different time zones and I just wanted to warn you that I won’t be able to get your gift up until late tomorrow, Pacific Standard time. We’re 8 hours behind you, I think? So late my time will be early wednesday morning for you. I’m so sorry, but I work until almost six and I’ll need to edit the whole document, so it’s going to take some time. I’m so so sorry, but I don’t want you to be waiting all day!

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Hey Santa *waves*

That’s no worries at all 🙂 Thanks for letting me know, otherwise I might have thought tumblr’s notifications had screwed up. I’m still kinda stressing over my RSS gift so your fic will be a wonderful gift when I wake up Wednesday once it’s all over 🙂

*insert hugging gif as I’m on mobile*

You are lovely Santa! I look forward to discovering who are you tomorrow!

Seriously though, what is it with us lot and angst?

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worryinglyinnocent:

I asked this question on a long discussion last week, but having just spent a couple of hours replotting a fic I might never write and in the process making it about 300% more angsty, the question re-occurred to me.

Why do we write so much angst in the rumbelle fandom? There are so many fics out there where our babies are separated or divorced or plagued by other misunderstandings that force them apart, or are taking time out from the relationship, or one half is dead, or some other thing that prevents them from being together. I know. I’ve written a bunch of them. Generally, as a whole group, we LIVE for this stuff. We beg for it to be written. 

Considering how much crap rumbelle go through on the show, you’d have thought that we’d have banned all fics where they’re not happy together because we get enough of that in canon. 

But we still keep writing our angst. Myself included. Even though I hate myself for doing it. Why do we torture ourselves and our babies like this??

I think there’s a couple of reasons for it, and this is just my opinion and might have no basis in fact.

1) It’s spite. The show is supposedly ‘angsty’ but not usually for any good reasons, or reasons that make sense. There’s not much development there, they just repeat the same battles over and over. I mean I love the show a lot, please don’t get me wrong, but 6A especially was terrible for this in my opinion. I think that characterization was sacrificed for plot.

So what we do as a fandom is say “ok we see your angst, and we raise you some well crafted development, some actual consequences, some character soul-searching and a guaranteed happy ending” – it’s like taking what they dish out, and making it better in every way.

2) I think we’re relatively mature as a fandom. We know that life sucks sometimes. There’s some quote I think from somebody smart, and I mean like an actual person but I can’t remember who it was, that says we wouldn’t know the difference between good and bad, if we didn’t experience both. We go deeper into Rumbelle, and their happy endings are potentially more meaningful because they have real obstacles to overcome first. 

Yes we have pure fluff fics (I have an entire verse) but there are some amazing angsty gems in the fandom, and the pay-off at the end, is enhanced because of the struggle. That is what real life is like, it makes Rumbelle real. Plus there’s nothing about Rumbelle that is superficial, which does make it more prone to deeper angsty fics I think.

I don’t know if that makes sense. It’s just what came into my head when I read your question 🙂

Oh Santa, the time has flown!!! Mentally I’ve solved all the problems, just gotta make myself type it now. Sorry I haven’t been very communicative – I’m usually a better Santa. This year has just been weird and hard, on all of us, I expect. Real Life crops up when you least want it to. Anyway, I really really hope you like my gift when it’s done! And I hope your weekend is going well. -Santa

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Hey Santa *waves*

No worries, you didn’t disappear so in my book you’ve been a good Santa 🙂 and on Tuesday there will be the reveal *drum roll* – I’m really looking forward to learning who you are. I don’t have a guess at all heh, I hear you on the real life thing, I’m quite behind on my gift because of it so nose to the grindstone today!

I’m sure I will love your gift! I hope you are having a good weekend as well and yup, looking forward to Tuesday 🙂

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I know what you mean! Gold’s name and the title are both stubborn problems for me as well! I’m still working on your fic, of course. I just don’t have much time or energy and at over 5k words, it’s just over half done. I’ll be punishing myself this weekend, I think, until it gets done. YIKES that sounds cold! But damn… getting up early to go to the gym?? You’re brutal, Sam. I could never make myself do that. How’s your own fic coming? How’s the week going? -Santa

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Hey Santa!

Don’t punish yourself too much 🙁 *hugs you* I don’t want the fic to make you miserable. You can do it though! One last push and then Tuesday it will all be over … although that’s less than a week and really kinda scary. I’m super behind on my fic as well. A lot has been happening IRL and my writing time/willpower has completely gone out the window. However, I’m determined to finish, so I’ll be right there with you in the writing trenches this weekend.

Heh I don’t make myself go to the gym as often as I should. Just lately everything has been so crazy I’ve barely been at all. I’ve decided not to worry too much now and just start again in the New Year and try and get back into a routine. I’m incredibly unfit and so I do want to go. I’m really tired of always being the most unfit person in a group. Basically I go first thing in the morning because if I start my day, there’s no way I’ll go later. Also, I’ve been told about the video game analogy, where you start off the day with a full power bar (or not so full usually) and then over the day it gets less, so do the most difficult thing in the day first. That’s the theory anyway.

I really can’t wait to read the fic when you reveal who you are 🙂 I have absolutely no guesses, so you have been a very good secret santa heh. I do have a title and Gold’s name now, so at least that is settled. Have you solved your problems with those things yet? How has your week been going?