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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.

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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

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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 🙂

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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)

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(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.

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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?

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*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*

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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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leni-ba replied to your post:


Whispering Verse (Three Prompts)

*hugs ficlets* They are all so adorable. I love Rumple’s first impression of Belle, and of course she needs a companion in an adventure. hah! I love that Lord Maurice gave in, though by this point he’s probably afraid that Belle will sneak out during the night. lol

Love what you did with Rumple and Gaston. Of course the two of them are worried now that the king is dead, but I do believe I sensed a difference between the source of their worries? Like Rumple is anxious over Belle’s future, while Gaston is thinking of the big picture? And then the third. awwww! I love Belle getting along with Snow in alternate worlds. And it looks like the two of them are fighting ‘unwelcome’ attraction to commoners. Tsk. Bad princesses! Also, loved seeing Rumple through belle’s eyes. Especially the bit about his hair. Always glad to see that Belle admires the floof. *grins* THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Yay I’m so glad you liked it! Yup you have nailed how Rumple and Gaston were feeling. Gaston likes Belle, they were probably childhood friends, but they have grown apart and while Gaston cares for her, he cares for his duty more because he doesn’t really know Belle anymore. She’s the odd girl he remembers who loved books and wanted to be the knight not the damsel.

Yup Snow has fallen for the peasant shepherd David. Even if King Leopold granted his daughter permission to marry a commoner (which has happened in this world, as Prince Thomas married Ella) but it’s doubly complicated because David’s twin brother was taken by King George as his heir to Tiragarde. So Snow as the Northaeron heir (at least at this point in the timeline) can’t really marry David because that would draw attention to the fact that James isn’t actually George’s son.

That would throw Tiragarde’s monarchy into disrepute and maybe even lead to civil war. Of course things change when Regina assassinates Leopold, and Snow takes the blame, but in the ‘staring’ ficlet, that hadn’t happened yet. I haven’t forgotten your other three prompts and I will do them asap 🙂 

Under My Skin Lachlan: So, what’s the game plan now? Do you intend to seriously pursue Belle?

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I don’t bloody know. I thought we were having a good time, I make my move and she storms out. Her loss right? Plenty more fish in the sea and all that. Though when I woke up I did remember her saying she really liked me *smirks* so maybe it’s worth another punt. Anyway, Belle’s just offered to drive me to LA. Several hours alone together in the truck should move things along.