Oh wow *sniffs* you are so nice! and so brave! I would be terrified to send personalized messages like this in case I forgot someone. But it’s such a nice thing to do. This means so much to me! I am legit blinking back tears, I’m touched, you’ve made my day!
Happy Birthday @worryinglyinnocent! I guess this is kinda like a promo poster. Anyway just a small thing to hopefully make you smile on your birthday 🙂 I hope you have a brilliant day!
*HUGEMONGOUS FLAILING*
I LOVE IT!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Yay I’m glad you like it 🙂 I hope you had an awesome birthday! *hugs you*
Nope. I only write for a fandom if I’m really into whatever it is, and for me the last sort of bastion of “zomg I love this so much” is to create for it. I’ll have gone through all the previous levels of: – browsing reviews – looking at promo pictures – finding the fansites – watching fan videos on youtube – reading fanfic – reading metas
and all the other phases that I’ve forgotten but then it gets to writing reviews, writing headcanons and making stuff.
I’ll never say never though. For instance if I ever did a fic challenge, like “post all the shows/movies that I love and you pop one in my askbox, I’ll write a short fic” – that sounds like fun now I’ve thought of it, but in that case then yeah I might wind up writing for something I haven’t read as I haven’t read for everything that I like. Although I usually wind up searching for fic eventually 🙂
Oh the fanfic I wrote. I was deep into this fandom. It was my first fandom. I ran a fansite, I made up music lists (complete with art for CD covers), I did fanart generally with wallpapers and icons and stuff(it was early 2000′s it’s what people did). I wrote countless metas. I screencapped episodes and uploaded galleries as a resource. Oh I made fanmixes where I interspersed dialogue with music, I also made actual fan videos. If it was a fan thing, you name it then I did it. Ah can’t forget the fanlistings! I never was lucky enough to run the actual relationship one but I grabbed whatever I could get e.g. key episodes.
So yeah I really was very deep into this. Then I fell out of love with the show. I don’t know if they had a change in writers, showrunners, or just a change in direction. I adored the first two seasons and season three was ok but season four? It was like watching people pretending they were playing the characters I’d come to know and love. It just didn’t feel right.
Basically I quit the show. I stayed on the edges of the fandom for a long time afterwards, finishing up fanfics etc. but I closed down a lot of what I was doing. That was less to do with the show/pairing and more to do with where my life was at. I was 16, I was graduating high school, I wanted to write more original fiction. That was basically the start of when I got out of fandom. I was out for about ten years before Rumbelle pulled me back in.
In answer to your question, no they aren’t my favorite anymore. Rumbelle has that honor! Do I still ship them? Well it’s been a very long time since I’ve even watched the show (I’m getting nostalgic now, I might have to pull out my DVD’s) but I can’t see why I wouldn’t still ship them. I’m not active but I haven’t forgotten why I fell hard and fast for this pairing.
Synopsis: Miracles happen … when you believe. A few years ago Rumplestiltskin and Belle grabbed their happy beginning with both hands. Neither of them ever forgot Belle’s desire to see the world; or the desire they share to show it to their son. Once Gideon is old enough they start making trips including a grand summer tour of England. They visit the North York Moors Railway and Gideon is entranced by the trains resulting in a rather sooty incident.
Rumplestiltskin
took a deep breath as he climbed out of the drivers seat of the rental car. The
distinctive scent of smoke was heavy on the air, the twisting grey and black
plume rising from the steam train that was currently at the station. It had
been over four years since they had grasped their ‘happy beginning’ with both
hands. They hadn’t ventured far from Storybrooke when Gideon was a baby but
Rumplestiltskin had never forgotten Belle’s dream to see the world.
Now Gideon was
older they had started to take regular trips. Belle had a long list which
spanned all seven continents, including a lot of places in England, so
they’d embarked on a ‘grand summer tour’. For the next few days they would be
exploring the North Yorkshire Moors, starting today with the heritage steam
railway.
“Papa! Papa!
Look!” Gideon bounced impatiently on the spot, excitedly pointing at the train.
For all the holidays I spent in Yorkshire I don’t think I ever went on the railway. I loved this, so sweet and so typically rumbelle. I liked the little touch of Belle viewing her make-up in the same way as Rumpel viewing his suits, and the fact they both let go of that armour.
This has made me so nostalgic for my own family holidays from when I was a kid!
Awww thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the fic 🙂
Now excuse me while I fall over in horror that you never went to the railway! Hehe 🙂 I made the banner with my own vacation snaps, I went looking in my folder and I think I’ve been 4 or 5 times. Pretty much every time I go to Yorkshire I spend a day at the NYMR. It’s one of the longest steam railways in the country so it really feels like it’s worth it. You go on some heritage railways and you are on the train for all of five minutes.
Anyway, if you go to Yorkshire again heh, I’d highly recommend 🙂
[cont]I love writing movie AUs, I really enjoy the challenges they bring and this one was no different. You’ve been a wonderfully accommodating giftee and I just want to hug you so hard. Your fic is up on Tumblr in link form and on AO3 in its entirety. Happy Reading and Happy RCIJ! ~ Worry aka Santa
Whoop whoop! *runs to read* oh no wait! *runs back to reply to this* hehe. Oh man this is going to be so awesome!!!!
I have to admit I did kinda guess it was you but under no circumstances can you feel bad about that! Ok? Truthfully it was a relief to ‘know’ early because I had time to get over the shock factor that I had THE WorryinglyInnocent as my Santa. You know how I adore your fic generally, so to have you write a fic kinda for me is just like *flaps hands* well put it this way I would be even more inarticulate than this if it had been a shock. The amount of flailing might have reached the stratosphere.
I’m really sorry it’s been a rough couple of months for you *hugs* I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed writing the fic. I hope it brought you nothing but fun and wasn’t an additional stress. Anyway, now I’m going to go read. Eeeeek I’m so excited!
Wait, wait, wait a minute. 27k! 12 CHAPTERS!!!! I’m the luckiest damn person in the entire world. Holy smokes. Just wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Ok comment spam incoming. Best day ever!
Titles are hard Santa I feel for you! So massive, massive congrats! Whoop, whoop *throws confetti* I still need to think of a title for my RCIJ. I have some ideas, I’ll probably nail it down tomorrow.
Snippet: “Excellent. I’ll take on seafood for today then.”She moved away into the depths of the kitchen, leaving Gold staring after her in silence. “You know, if you stand there any longer someone’s going to try and serve you to the public. Chef à l’orange.” Gold glanced over at Jefferson who had come into the kitchen and was watching the proceedings with a calm air. “I see that the lovely Miss French is continuing to astound you?”
Heya Santa *waves* yes everything did go smoothly on Saturday thanks 🙂 My mum is now married and she’s jetted off to Spain for two weeks, so I definitely have some downtime to relax – and hopefully do some writing! heh
Urk *screams*
That snippet is awesome awesome awesome!!! Man I could not be more excited. *dances* seriously I’m in love with this fic already. What’s not to love? I have such a weakness for cooking AU’s and the sass/banter is amazing, and Jefferson is so cool and just yay yay yay 🙂 I think I’m the luckiest giftee in the world! I can’t wait to read, I’m going to comment all over it 🙂 and there’s just less than a week to go until the reveal!
Eeeek actually maybe I shouldn’t say that *glances at decidedly unfinished fic* it’s ok I have it in hand. Tomorrow, fingers on keys, no excuses. Anyway I hope that even though things were busy for you this weekend that you had a good time, or as good a time as possible. I also hope that the upcoming week will be good to you! Thanks Santa! *hugs you*
A few people know my mother is getting married on Saturday. However, I wouldn’t blame them if they were wondering why that was keeping me so busy. After all it’s mum’s wedding not mine, even if I am the best woman. Well that isn’t all I’ve been doing…
I haven’t wanted to say anything publicly in case it jinxed it, and truthfully I’m still a little worried. I got a pretty clear indication today but nothing is in black and white, nobody has signed on the dotted line so to speak, so technically it could all still come to nothing. That being said I’m 99% sure it’s going to happen and while there’s still some uncertainty, I think it’s about time I come clean.
Unless something unexpected happens I’m going to university in September!
I’ve applied to do English Literature with Creative Writing at the local uni. What was said today strongly suggested that I have a place at the university. However, they aren’t sure whether I can start the course directly or if I’ll need to do a humanities foundation year first. I haven’t been in education for a while and I don’t have a background in classic literature. They think I’m more than competent at the writing part, and I know my contemporary/genre fiction, but I’m not so familiar with the classics as I’ve not studied English beyond high school which was over a decade ago.
So the application is kinda in limbo until that’s resolved. I need to write another essay to check if I’ll be able to keep up. It should be sorted early August which is before A level results come out so hopefully I’ll sneak through and get my place confirmed before all the places are gone. That was said today which is why I’m pretty sure I’ll have a place on something (either the foundation year, or the start of my dream course), but it isn’t a done deal and I don’t think I’ll breathe easy until it is all confirmed. I’m terrified it’s all going to go wrong.
Anyway, that’s why I haven’t been on tumblr much. I’ve been putting together my application, and panicking because I really want this, and well like I just said I’m terrified it’s not going to work out. Truthfully, even when I’ve had the time lately, I haven’t felt like being on tumblr because my mind has just been consumed with thinking about the application. Plus you know there is the matter of the wedding. It has been a busy few weeks.
I might take Sunday off. Once everyone leaves in the morning and I have the house to myself, I might declare a duvet day and nap and watch movies. Then Monday morning get up bright and early and start the ‘to do list’ again 🙂
I hope you are having a good week Santa! Thanks for your thoughtful message!
