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Marina!Rumbelle, do you want children in the the future?

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Belle:

Gold:

Belle: We … haven’t really discussed it. I don’t know if Evan wants to do it all over again.

Gold: Me sweetheart? What about what you want?

Belle: Well you have Neal, and Henry is ten and …

Gold: None of that has anything to do with what you want. You’re afraid we don’t want the same thing aren’t you? I like to think that we can always talk …

Belle: We can! I just … I never really thought that much about kids. I only ever wanted them with the right man and before you, I had sort of given up hope on finding him.

Gold: Oh Belle.

Belle: I do want a child Evan but only if that’s what you want. If it’s not then I’m happy just being the two of us. I want you, and what we have, more than some dream family.

Gold: I can think of nothing I’d like more than to have a child with you. I’m not so old that it would be unfair to them. You’ll make a wonderful mother.

Belle: You’re already an amazing father *kisses him* *slaps him lightly on the shoulder* and you’re not old.

Gold: *laughs and kisses her again* if you say so sweetheart.

WIP Meme: stay, leave, run, back

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Ooooh I love this meme 🙂

From upcoming untitled Monthly Rumbelling fic

He couldn’t blame her for that, she’d been so kind spending the time she had with
him, and he just hoped that they would be able to stay friends.

Belle shifted, slipping off his lap to snuggle back against his side. “Not really but I’ll
leave if you want.”

Besides it was Belle seeing him naked that he feared, when she saw his scars and his
mangled leg, he hoped that she would run a mile. She deserved so much better
than a broken down single father, who couldn’t even make it through the night
without waking sick and shaky from nightmares.

(Back appeared 18x in this one document, clearly I like that word. I picked one)

After a minute he dared to glance back over. Neal was absolutely enchanted, hanging
on Belle’s every word. Gold’s hand shook as he stirred the dinner.

From upcoming untitled GoldenLace Bonnie and Clyde fic
(Back appeared 9x)

“We were in a bar dearie,” Gold said sarcastically. “Do you really expect me to talk business where I could be so easily overheard.” He gave her a disdainful look. “Get out
and grow up. Come back to me when you have any idea how this game is really played.”

From upcoming WIP – Ripple Effect
“What’s going on?” Young yelled, striding into the gateroom. He caught sight of Belle and moved towards her. “Leave the damn supplies!”

Rush quickly began to run the numbers. The Hammond couldn’t beam them out unless they were on the surface, their best bet would be the Stargate. However, they would have to act quickly, naquadria was notoriously unstable.

Her chestnut colored hair, carefully tied back in a tidy bun, caught his eye first. She gave him a knowing smirk and Rush smiled softly. Belle would never let him hear the end of this.

From upcoming WIP – The Winning Bid (working title)
She could forget about going back for her final year of college, she could forget the future she wanted for herself. It had all turned to dust unless she did something drastic.

From upcoming WIP – Nightwalkers

Idly Belle wondered if Gold knew. She bit her lip, not sure whether to tell him. She
wanted the games to stay as they were until the murderer was caught, and if Gold was furious about a cheating scandal, that might be difficult.

“It was about 3am I think.” Gold shrugged. “Ashley was alive when I left, she was helping clear up the bar. However, I was the first one to actually leave.”

Given the circumstances, it would be easy to get a warrant and Belle kicked herself
for not checking that David had run full financial checks on all of their suspects. Money was a powerful motive.

(Back appears 38x – clearly the motherlode word)

Neal sat back and scowled. Emma raised an unimpressed eyebrow at him and he tried to scowl harder, but his lips twitched, and he smiled without his consent. He wanted to be grumpy, he felt out of sorts, but it was impossible to maintain a bad mood around Emma.

From the Writing Ask Meme: 5 and 7

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I have a lot of writing ask memes in that tag heh. I hope I picked the right one! I’m fairly certain I did because it was a title match but if I got it wrong, then feel free to ask again 🙂

5) Do you think stories can change lives? Is there a story that has changed yours?

Yes I do think stories can change lives. Sometimes in big ways because by identifying with characters or situations people can have revelations about themselves. They can finally understand something they’d been feeling for a while, they can realize that they aren’t alone etc. It can be in smaller ways as well, for instance letting people escape reality for a better world for a little while. Giving them hope by letting them see that the bad guys can be defeated, or that somebody in a bad situation can get into a better one.

Stories can change lives in a lot of ways. What I’ve just said is only a fraction of the ways I believe it’s possible. Has a particular story changed my life? Yeah I think so. Certain stories or fictional worlds have come into my life when I needed them. I’ve drawn comfort from them, I’ve drawn inspiration. Plus it’s a story – Once Upon a Time – that has led me to this fandom. I’ll always be grateful for that.

7) Do you listen to music while you write/read?
I listen to music all the time. Unless I’m watching TV or with other people, then music is playing. I need it because music is a consistent sound and it normalizes the background, taking away the unexpected. I wouldn’t say I’m strictly listening to music all the time. Sometimes I pay attention to the songs but mostly it just helps keep me calm. So yeah I listen to music when writing/reading, it helps with the focus. Otherwise I’m constantly jumping at every slight bump or sound of conversation. My bio is accurate! I never go anywhere without my iPod 🙂

Marina!Belle and Gold: Has Neal warmed up to your relationship yet?

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Gold: *coughs*

Belle: Given how … against our relationship Neal and Emma were, I wasn’t expecting acceptance any time soon. However, I spoke with Emma when we were at the cabin and …

Gold: *groans* did you get the ‘talk’ as well? I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve been that embarrassed.

Belle: The talk? Neal asked you about children?

Gold: He said it was clear that we were in love …

Belle: Yes Emma said the same.

Gold: He thought it was something we should discuss before we got married. *looks pained* apparently he’s just waiting on the date before arranging the bachelor party. He’s enjoying this way too much.

Belle: *sniggers* Sorry darling. You know strippers are often a feature of bachelor parties and hen nights. How about you tell Neal and I’ll tell Ruby that we’re arranging a private show of our own? That should put a stop to any of their more wilder ideas.

Gold: Excellent idea sweetheart. How about we … practice right now?

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Where is that writing post? The one that talks about the trials of a smut writer. I feel a mighty need to reblog it. Honestly every time I try and write a smut fic lately, plot explodes everywhere. I set myself a simple task – to write the smut – and the day gets late and my brain gets tired and says “no more words” and still no smut. Like really?

I suppose I was asking for it with this oneshot. Gold is being very woobie. He’s somehow got the opinion that love isn’t enough.

It would only be this once, because after Belle saw how pathetic he was, she would break up with him. She said she loved him, and he definitely loved her, but Belle deserved so much better than him and he hoped that she would see that.

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I should be writing one of my WIP’s, or at least something I can post this month. What am I writing? One of the Monthly Rumbelling fics for April. I’m trying to frame this as a positive because I’ve written next to nothing all week, so at least I’m writing. On the other hand, for someone that hates sitting on fic, this is getting ridiculous.

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I just watched the thing I’m using as inspiration for my May Day Menagerie fic and I made 5 pages of notes. I guess it was good practice for Once returning because I always take notes with that. It means it takes about twice as long to watch each episode but it does make writing a review easier afterwards. I have a brain like a sieve, and I would forget everything otherwise.

I don’t know how it got to be March 4th. The end of February went well but I’ve barely written anything so far this month. All I’ve done is add an extra scene to my Rushbelle marriage of convenience fic. I thought I had finished it but then – well blame Worry 🙂 I wanted to have some fic to post for tomorrow but *looks at pile of blank documents* yeah I got nothing.

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March Status Update

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A summary post of what happened last month fic-wise, and my plans for the forthcoming month, because I can’t hit a target, if I can’t see it.

Previous Status: July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February

Works posted in February:

– Under My Skin (Lachbelle, WIP)
    – Chapter Two
– The Price We Pay
    – Three Prompts (First meeting / Rumple meets Gaston / Staring)
    – Three Prompts (The Better Consort / Dented Mug / Question of Safety)

– Counting Stars (AU family fluff, Complete)
    – Chapter Three

– Belle and Gold Dance (Drawing, Fluffapalooza)

– A Little Insurance (A Monthly Rumbelling fic)
– Another Second Chance (A Monthly Rumbelling fic)

– Sweet Masquerade (A Monthly Rumbelling fic, nsfw)

– Painting Layers of Love (AU romance, WIP)
    – Chapter Nine

– Bless the Broken Road (A Monthly Rumbelling fic)

– Fall All Over Again (Season Two canon-divergence, Complete, nsfw)
    – Chapter Five

Coming up definitely in March:
– More Painting Layers of Love
– Finish Under My Skin

What I hope March might bring:
– More than one chapter of Painting Layers of Love
– Finish a bunch of stuff due in April so I can start new things!

February started off not great but improved massively as the month went on. I’m hoping that’s going to continue and bode well for March. I’m not inspired for either of March’s Monthly Rumbelling prompts and I’m deliberately not looking at them, so I don’t get inspired. That takes something off the list which is really useful. Basically March is going to be the month of prep because April is shaping up to be really busy.

April brings Rumbelle Order in the Court. I’ve already written one idea for that, but I have three left. Similarly April’s Monthly Rumbelling prompts are very inspiring and May 1st I need to post my May Day Menagerie fic. I only have two WIP’s now and in March I’d like to take that down to just one. This will enable me to focus more on Painting Layers of Love, because that fic deserves it and I really would like to update it more than once a month. March might well be fic-lite if I’m writing things to post in April but we’ll have to see.

Fall All Over Again!Belle – do you still believe trading a life for a life was a fair deal?

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I really want to say no. The right answer is to say that it was wrong, that murder is always wrong, but if I say that then it’s like saying I think Rumple should have died and I just can’t. It was a horrible situation and what’s done is done, it can’t be changed.

Cora was dangerous, and she’d done terrible things and hurt a lot of people, but then I hate that argument because the same could be said for Rumple. It would have been a whole lot more convenient for everyone if Hook had made it back to Storybrooke. He’d tried to kill Rumple, he’d tried to kill me, so using him as the sacrifice for the candle would have been appropriate.

Truthfully my biggest regret is that I didn’t do it myself. What I find most horrifying is that Mary Margaret tricked Regina into killing her own mother. I know logically that it’s likely that neither myself or Mary Margaret could have got close enough to Cora to put her heart back in her chest. I know that Regina was called back to her vault, due to Mary Margaret’s intrusion, and would have stopped it if Mary Margaret hadn’t lied. None of that makes it right.

Rumple won’t tell me much, he says it’s not his story to tell, but Regina obviously had a complicated relationship with her mother. Now there’s no chance of it ever being resolved, and … I know Regina once tried to kill her mother but there’s a big difference between choosing to do something, and being tricked into it. I feel bad for her, and I feel guilty because I’m so relieved that Rumple’s still here with me. I can’t imagine life without him.

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leni-ba replied to your post: Fall All Over Again (Chapter Five)

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I’ve been hoping for this for months now. WHEE!!! It was amazing and I loved it and I’m going to miss a Lacey that acknowledges her love of Gold, but this was perfect. 🙂

Giving Lacey the ‘I’ll never stop fighting for him!’ line was a stroke of genius. I love it when there’s very little difference between her and Belle.

Also, answering Emma’s call with dirty talk made me laugh. I’m sure Emma thinks she’s safe now, but it’ll probably

happen again. I don’t see Belle being any less demonstrative, and honestly, someone who calls a wife from her husband’s phone should be ready for sexy answers. lol Will Belle fulfill Lacey’s promise not to let Gold out of bed for a week, or is she feeling awkward after all this?

I was all set to refute the “hoping for months” line because I didn’t think it had been that long, but you are right *hangs head in shame* Anyway, I’m so thrilled that you liked it and that it was a satisfying ending and everything. I’ve always been in the ‘we are both’ camp for Belle and Lacey. That was fun to play with as this was a cursed!AU really. I don’t think Belle has anything to feel awkward about. She has all the memories, so she knows exactly what happened when her cursed person was in the driving seat so to speak.

I think that Belle would certainly like to follow through on that promise, but to be honest I don’t think even Lacey would have because they know the reality. Rumple/Gold has other people in his life – Neal, Henry, and he has things to deal with that aren’t going to go away like the Regina situation. It’s only natural to want to keep a loved one in sight after a near-death experience, so I imagine that Rumple and Belle will be joined at the hip for a while, dealing with whatever happens as a team.

I have so much headcanon for this verse it’s crazy. I would love to write more because there’s just so many different angles – cursed!AU of Lacey and Gold’s marriage, Season One AU because what happened after Emma woke Belle? Then a continuation from this because this Rumple and Belle are much closer than they were in canon, much more of a partnership due to working together to break the curse. I’ve always wanted to read/write an AU where Belle was on the rescue team for Neverland. So many ideas, so little time 🙂

Thank you for the amazing comment!