People on IMDB don’t always have pictures, or don’t always look like their pictures, so I’ve just spent half an hour scrolling through California Solo to get one guys name. It’s a good job I did that actually because I tried process of elimination, and I’d got it wrong. Thank you conscience for making me check. I did also pick up a handful of other useful facts which was helpful.
Seriously though writing standard rumbelle is so much easier because there are entire wiki’s with info, and complete episode transcripts. I can google and have an answer within seconds. In other words I’m trying to update all my WIP’s before the end of the month because seeing ‘last updated 2016′ is making me sad.
I have 3 things left that I absolutely want to post this month, ideally 4 things but the last one might be a stretch too far. There was a lot more on the list but words are a real struggle right now. I hope I’ll be able to do it but we’ll see 🙂
Evan’s pajamas are all solid dark colors – with buttons! I swear I am going to buy him a t-shirt one day. Anyway, I think that there are a lot of sweet things that Evan does which would shock the town, they don’t seem to believe he’s capable of being nice. For example, if it’s going to be cold in the morning, he always remembers to put my shoes and coat by the radiator so they are toasty warm. Little gestures like that mean the world, they mean he cares.
That wasn’t what you asked though, you asked what he did that was really cute. To be honest I can’t think of anything like the example you gave. All that comes to mind are things which just show him to be a loving and caring man. For instance he still has all of Neal’s teddy bears from when he was little, and you know about how he cut his hair to make Henry feel better?
I suppose, the town would be shocked at how affectionate Evan is. He’s very much a cuddler, not that I mind, there’s nothing more comforting than being wrapped in his arms and snuggling against him.
Yeah I thought that might have been the case. Well, alright I hoped that was the case. There was always doubt in my mind, that maybe he just thought of me as a friend and that stopped me from saying anything. I didn’t want to ruin what we had by trying for more if he didn’t feel the same. So much for ‘doing the brave thing’ *sigh*
I don’t have very many friends and I didn’t want to lose him if I’d misread the situation, no matter how almost certain I was. After the night we spent together, I was going to say something but then I didn’t have to because he said it first. Nobody was paying any attention to us and then I caused a spectacle by kissing him, but I just couldn’t want a second longer. I was so happy and I wanted him to know I felt the same.
OOC: *happy dance* thank you so much for sending in an ask for this fic! 🙂
That moment when you are writing and you read back what you just wrote, and you have no idea if it makes sense or not. I mean I know what I’m trying to say, but I have absolutely zero faith that I’m getting it across. What is in my head is quite possibly not successfully translating to the screen.
And I wanted to post this chapter tomorrow. Well shit.
Well my accidental Monthly Rumbelling fic has reached 5k and is still nowhere near done. What was I saying the other day about my brain and oneshots?
Oh and as an update on the post I made the other day, about maximizing what I could get with my gift card. I did watch Trainspotting and two of the three DVD’s arrived today. The Last Enemy and The Tournament. To End All Wars is coming tomorrow apparently and I’ll rent Summer after I’ve watched some stuff and got my “to watch” pile a bit smaller.
I’m watching the first episode of The Last Enemy now and to be honest I’m wondering why I haven’t seen it before. I’m much more into sci-fi these days but back in 2008 I was all about crime thrillers. So far RC hasn’t spoken, he’s just doing a creepy following thing. He does that well heh 🙂 I will review properly when I’ve watched more!
Synopsis: 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.
Prompt: Conspiracy
Theory/Secret Society AU
Note: Banner by the lovely @rowofstars – thank you so much, you are awesome! 🙂
Anyway, I tried to include, or at least reference, all the things you said you liked e.g. Drova, Red Cricket, Granny, your smut preferences etc. I’m not so good at the pining, but there’s bed sharing and a tiny bit of fake relationship going on. I also got a small amount of inspiration from this prompt aesthetic as well.
Your gift comes in several parts and it’s all on AO3 because it came to just over a combined 31k words. I called the verse ‘Love at the Marina’ and the verse contains:
– Conspiracy Afloat (Seven Chapters, Main fic)
– Trouble Sleeping (Oneshot, nsfw)
– Unending Conspiracy (Oneshot, prompt and ficlet collection)
I really hope you like it! It’s been fantastic chatting with you these past weeks, thank you for being so friendly and nice. This fic was a bit of a departure from my normal style because the main fic was told entirely from Belle’s POV. Usually I swap between characters like mad, but I realized once I hit chapter three that I hadn’t switched, so figured I should leave it that way. Due to the single POV, there is a couple of extra oneshots, from Gold’s POV. I would have done more but I ran out of time.
Thank you again for being the best giftee ever!
“We could just share; we are both adults after all.”
Heh, heh, yeah, we know how that’s gonna turn out. Even putting a rolled up blanket down the middle of the bed didn’t stop Belle from draping herself half over Gold while she slept and having a very interesting awakening. Awkward boners ftw!
The story started off pretty slow, as most long fics do, and I was about to decide it wasn’t for me until I reached the last couple of sentences of the first chapter. Then I couldn’t have stopped for the world. I needed to know what had happened, and why! This was a very tense thriller, and I never had any idea who to trust. I gave Belle credit for not jumping to the conclusion that Killian was involved just because she saw his boat, but then I wondered if maybe that was a red herring and he was involved after all. And then Graham, Graham is usually a good guy in fics, but he wasn’t trying to do anything to investigate her claims. I suspected Gold at first. And at that one point where Belle went to look for Leroy and didn’t see him immediately, I was prepared for her to find him murdered as well! Since I had no idea why Billy had been killed, who knew who was in danger? I was thankful when Gold stopped being a scary potential killer, and turned rapidly into an ally. One of the hottest things I’ve ever read was when Belle realised that he’d stripped off his own undershirt so that she could have a t-shirt to wear. I LOVED THAT. As I did the happy fluffy ending with Neal and Emma and Henry visiting. (And yes, Belle needs to buy him a t-shirt or two. Since she’s the captain of her boat, she should get him one that reads “First Mate”. *snickers*)
Nice smutty interlude – I wondered if Gold had really been asleep or not – and I liked the explanation for his short hair! So sweet.
Heh the bedsharing trope never gets old 🙂 Thank you so much for this amazing review! Your reaction was exactly what I was hoping people would feel. To be honest I don’t think Graham is so much a bad guy, but like in canon he’s been compromised so he doesn’t have much of a choice. It’s one of those slippery slopes things. Oh yeah Gold taking off his own shirt and Belle sniffing it and it was still warm 🙂 I am so happy that you liked it, thank you so very much!
You know, I realised that you never said exactly what Cora’s criminal activities were or why Billy got killed. *Looks stern* Fill in this hole, please. (Money laundering? Nice and vague. Was Billy involved in whatever was going on and idk, try to steal something extra for himself? Or did he stumble on something and threaten to tell David?)
Yeah I know I didn’t have time to go into the detail I would have liked. This story could easily have been 50k+ as I had subplot ideas which I started to hint at and then had to drop because of the deadline. I have a lot of backstory which didn’t get used.
I’m afraid the answer to Cora’s criminal activities isn’t very exciting. With Cora it’s mostly corruption. She runs a construction company, so she uses the Queen of Hearts to compromise people in power, such as council men, who can then award her contracts or get land approved for development. That is something that there has long been rumors about. The corruption goes further though, cheaper substandard materials and billing for higher price ones, lots of regulations ignored.
Basically anywhere she can cut corners and make more money she does it. In addition there is money laundering going on, tax evasion and ‘creative accounting’ and basically a lot of white collar fraud. Billy wasn’t involved, but he overheard something he shouldn’t have. He drove somebody when Killian should have done it, which is why Killian ‘took care’ of him because it was his mistake. Billy had no intention of going to the cops, he’d seen Sheriff Graham in the club enough to know he couldn’t trust him. He was attempting to flee town when Killian found him.
Ok. Here’s the deal. I want to do everything I can to make certain this fic gets noticed and ideally nominated, so I’m going to tell you why you should consider this.
1. Unique perspective: a challenge to write. Belle is blind so everything from her perspective has to be described in her OTHER senses. You guys, this is incredible and well done. Doing this is thinking outside the box. This alone would merit a campaign for this fic.
2. Richness of detail and imagery in spite of, and maybe BECAUSE of, number 1. Descriptive effort is found in this story, lovely prose.
3. Excellent treatment of mental illness: representation matters, folks and this story is exploratory and compassionate.
4. Excellent treatment of disability: TWO CHARACTERS are disabled and both grapple with it. Again, representation matters!!!!! A theme that got my attention is that everyone has to make their way in the way that they can. Not a direct quote and I’m not doing it justice, but these are the kind of works that really matter for representation because they get at the heart of what it’s like. You do what you can.
5. Lovely story and slow-burn style fumbling toward intimacy (I assume). This work has the emotional richness, with very realistic considerations and motivations, to match its other fine qualities. You won’t be disappointed.
In case you couldn’t tell, I want you to notice this fic and consider it. This story is a gem, it’s unique and I think it is TEA worthy. This fic is worth your time.
Also, I would love to see more posts like this. Tell me why you feel strongly about one of the fics you’ve nominated and I’m MUCH more likely to go read it if I haven’t already and perhaps nominate it if I agree. I haven’t cast my ballot yet and there are may spaces still. If you have a fic, even your own, that fits the bill, tell me WHY.
Reblogging this feels incredible egotistical but I want to be able to find this post again, and you just made me cry. Like ‘I had to take my glasses off’ level of crying. I have no words but the most sincere thank you in the world. I just wanted you to know how much this post means to me. Seriously, thank you.
#I am overwhelmed and touched and just wow#there are no words
Sent in my TEA nominations (cross fingers I didn’t forget anyone).
Taking a leaf out of emospritelet and worryinglyinnocents book and just writing what comes into my head, irrespective of whether it’s what I’m supposed to be working on or not. I’m attempting to turn a despised trope on it’s head, but I don’t know if I’m going to be successful or not. It’s one of those controversial ones, so even if I do finish the story I might not post it, as I’m a big coward.
The story is in my head though, so I’m rolling with it. Besides, even if I just write out a bit of this story and then stick it in the vault, never to see the light of day, at least words have happened which is something of a rarity these days.
Can somebody please remind my brain what a oneshot is?
I’m serious. I want to just write and finish something because that makes me feel good. I thought I had 4 oneshots on my list. A few weeks back I started one and … several thousand words later realized it was going to be a lot longer than I had thought. So I shelved it because I have WIP’s I’ve already started posting, and you know priorities.
The other day in desperation I tried with something else and … same thing happened. I just want the satisfaction of the end. Today I thought “I’ll look at my ideas list” and cheer myself up by picking something brand new and finishing it. Trouble is now every idea I look at is exploding in my mind before I even start writing it. I like all these ideas, and maybe that’s the problem.
So back to the WIP’s I guess.
#even with ideas i love the middle is like quicksand and sometimes it feels like a long slog to the end#i love writing but middles suck
Good with his hands? Why would you say that? *thinks about his deft movements as he bustled round his apartment* *thinks about how he used to play guitar, and the complicated patterns of the music* *blushes* Well I suppose it’s certainly possible but I hardly know him.
Besides it wasn’t his hands that made me look at him differently, and realize how attractive he is, it was his eyes. There’s more to him than first appearances suggest. I hope we get a chance to talk, I would like to get to know him better. Perhaps if we are on better terms, I won’t feel quite so murderous the next time Lachlan makes a racket. I might even be able to get him to stop.
