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November 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

Works posted in October:

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

– Faith of the Heart (Sequel to The War Within, complete)
    – Chapter Five
    – Chapter Six
– Transposing Digits (AU family fluff, WIP)
    – Chapter Two (Part Two)
    – Chapter Three
    – Chapter Four
    – Chapter Five
– The Tomb (Rumbelle Revelry fic)
– Fluffy Future Gold Family Portrait (Drawing, Rumbelle is Hope)

– All Hallow’s Fall (A Monthly Rumbelling fic)
– Story as Old as Video (Rushbelle, A Monthly Rumbelling fic, nsfw)

– The Beauty and the Tragedy (Rumbelle Revelry fic, nsfw)
– All We Are (Rush/Carter fic, nsfw)

Coming up definitely in November:
– Painting Layers of Love (at least two chapters, preferably three)
– Nightwalkers (I know I’ve promised this for forever but seriously this time)
– More in The Right Wrong Number verse (I have unfilled prompts)

What I hope November might bring:

– A fic based on the A Monthly Rumbelling Event if I am inspired by any of the prompts.
– There’s a lot more on the list and I’m not sure what to tackle first, so more things but I don’t know what yet.

Halfway through the month I had a bit of a panic at the size of my list. Consequently, I deemed October as the month of finishing things. Results were … mixed. It might have worked out better if I hadn’t been ill and lost a week towards the end of the month. Isn’t it always typical that when you have the most to do, that’s when you get ill and then get even more behind? Anyway, basically there was also too much on the list to begin with, but I made a good start and November will hopefully finish off even more. I’m impatient to clear my list, because I have so many ideas that I would like to start writing, it’s tough being patient heh.

I am sorry by the way about how all of this impacted on updating Painting Layers of Love. I find that difficult to write at the best of times, and then when my list/life started to get the better of me, I couldn’t cope and something had to give. However, I’m starting to feel like I might be back in control and I hope very much to resume the regularly scheduled updates.

November means NaNoWriMo! I have big plans for the month, I want to smash my records and write all the things. As I just said, I’m hoping I will finish off a lot more fanfic projects during the month. However, my main project is going to be an original novel and that has priority over fanfic. So if I start to slip on my goals, it will be the fanfic that suffers. Besides, even if it does go well, you guys probably won’t notice anything as I won’t be writing that much more fanfic than I usually do.

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My conscience won’t let me leave The Beauty and the Tragedy like it is. I do like the ending because it works well. From a writer perspective it’s good, but it is everything I hate as a reader.

I’ve been feeling guilty since I posted it. I don’t like being the evil writer.

Oh and for the record my official Revelry fic – The Tomb already has a happy ending. I’m going to put that on the tags I think. Anyway, if I fix the fic then I’ll keep my streak of being “happy endings guaranteed” which is nice. I don’t like being evil heh.

The Beauty and the Tragedy

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still-searching47:

Synopsis: 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.

Note: Hi @thenaughtyscandalousscorpio I was your emergency pinch hitter. I was so certain that I wouldn’t be able to have this done until mid-next week. @rumbellerevelry can attest that when I offered to pinch hit, I kept apologizing because I couldn’t have it completed by the 31st. However, I started writing this morning and didn’t stop. I guess I was very inspired but I also broke my own damn heart writing this. I sent you an anon asking whether you needed a happy ending. You said it was my choice, but the fandom was quite unhappy right now and it would be a shame to write anything too sad, and then I wrote this …

Usually I am all about the happy ending.

I mean if it’s a fic by me, then it’s a happy ending because I can’t not fix things. However, this just ended so perfectly in a very angsty fashion that I left it sad. I’m feeling quite guilty, and like I should go and write some fluff to make up for it now. Anyway, final word count is getting on for 6k. My prompt words were ‘Séance’, ‘Bump in the Night’ and ‘Not of this world’ and I used the last two.

@rowofstars I used your Gothic Romance aesthetic for inspiration. I think I actually used every single picture. Thank you so much! 🙂

Warning: It’s nsfw, rated explicit because you really, really, really wanted smut. I hope this suffices 🙂 Also, major character death (kinda) … I’m going to go hide.

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Belle French
shivered as the ice cold wind whipped through the trees, sending the blanket of
leaves on the ground before her skittering in all directions. The mausoleum
mansion of a house loomed ahead, dark and foreboding against the grey sky. The
track to the house was lined with barren trees, their leaves fallen to the
ground leaving them like unprotected skeletons. Belle shivered again, and
reluctantly started to walk towards the house. Everything she owned, was
contained in the small case she was clutching with her right hand. It felt like
she was walking to her doom but she had no choice in this, and she was not one
to run from her fate.

“Do the brave
thing and bravery will follow,” Belle muttered to herself.

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Oh my GOD!

Still a great story, from what I could read through my tears. ;’)

Heh it wasn’t sad until the end … when it was very sad. Like I said I feel like I should go and write fluff now to make up for it. I actually do have one more fic on my list for this month, that I didn’t quite manage to finish which would be excessively fluffy. It’s Rushbelle though, so I don’t know if that counts. Anyway, I’m glad you liked it, even if the ending hurt 🙂

thenaughtyscandalousscorpio:

I can’t believe you wrote this so fast and it’s just so good! Thank you for stepping in and giving me a story!

Well, that was sad… but it was also so true to Rumple’s
character as well.  He of course would do
anything he could to find a way to fix something bad that happened to someone
he loved!  

I loved that you were able to work multiple smut scenes into
such a tragic tale and it also added an element of discombobulation that worked
well for the story.   It really made me wonder just how many times
Rumple has had to plot and plan and do everything all over again only to watch
Belle die.

I also really enjoyed how both Belle and Rumple decided that
they would never give up fighting for the one they loved… no matter how painful
it was in the end.  This is a good lesson
for us Rumbellers right now… to never stop fighting for them!

Oh wow thank you! This is an amazing review, you’ve made my day 🙂

Heh well you wanted smut so I tried to oblige. Yup I do love that Rumbelle quote, well there’s two of them that are basically the same – “I’ll never stop fighting for him.” and “when you find something worth fighting for, you never give up.” because true love is worth the effort.

I am going to add an alternate happy ending because I’m feeling guilty about being the evil writer. That should be up later today. Thanks again!

leni-ba replied to your post “The Beauty and the Tragedy”

Well. I didn’t really need my heart anyway. And at least I know that any version of Gold will eventually find a way to get his lost loved one back? (not that it worked that well for him in canon anyway, but let’s set that aside).

Writing-wise this was soooo good. I liked that feeling that something was off, and poor Belle dying twice in the middle of the story was definitely a surprise worthy of a Hallow’s Eve fic event. 😉

Tks for sharing! And do let me know if Gold ever finds a way to cheat fate.

I didn’t really show her dying, not really, that would have been too evil, it was just sort of implied until the end when stuff was explained. At least … yeah I was kinda evil wasn’t I? /hides

Anyway, I’m feeling guilty so I’m going to add another chapter/epilogue later, which should answer your question about Gold finding a way to cheat fate. I’m really glad you liked it! Thank you for your wonderful comment 🙂

beastlycheese:

woodelf68:

woodelf68:

Not really interested in Gothic romance, but I’m glad I stuck with this. Boy, did that turn creepy! What a twist. 

This is brilliant. So read it.

Thank you both! I’m really glad you liked it 🙂 I hadn’t really thought of it as being creepy before but I guess it was in a way. After all, Gold knew Belle a lot better than she knew him, thanks to his … no spoilers heh. Anyway, there’s now an alternate happy ending so all the severe warnings at the start, don’t have to apply 🙂

Story as Old as Video

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still-searching47:

Synopsis: It’s a normal quiet night in for Nicholas Rush and his girlfriend Belle French. On the agenda is pizza, cheap wine and a rented movie. However, once they start watching the movie, they realize the video store made a mistake and gave Belle an ‘adult’ version of the movie she wanted, letting them see a whole new side to Beauty and the Beast.

Note: Written for @a-monthly-rumbelling in October. The prompt was

Watching Porn Together. It’s my first posted Rushbelle fic, though there will be others 🙂 This also uses the spirit of a prompt I liked, that didn’t get picked, for the Great Rumbelle Blow-Off, as that had Belle accidentally obtaining the porn parody of a movie. I had real trouble thinking of a title, and so I went for a really bad play on words. You’ve heard of a tale as old as time? Well this is a story as old as video. This will eventually be part of my Ripple Effect verse, whenever I get round to writing the main fic that is 🙂 Enjoy!

Warning: It’s nsfw, rated explicit.

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Nicholas Rush
flicked his eyes to the clock and he snorted, shaking his head lightly. His
girlfriend Belle had told him she would be at his apartment for 7pm, but it was
7.15pm and she still hadn’t arrived, meaning he had won the bet. He had told
her that there was no way she would be able to finish class, get to blockbuster
to rent their video, and then over to his apartment in the time she had
allotted.

He felt his
lips curve into a soft smile and he snorted once again, this time at how sappy
he had become. However, he couldn’t help it, he was a man in love. He had met
Belle a few months ago, she was working on an undergraduate degree in foreign
languages, via an ROTC scholarship. He was pursuing his masters degree in
advanced mathematics. Due to the stipulations of her scholarship, she’d had to
do twenty-fours of study of math and physical sciences. They had met one day
when he had been covering her math lecturers office hours.

The attraction
had been immediate. He had answered her questions and asked if she’d like to
get coffee, and as they say, the rest was history. Suddenly the silence was
broken by the doorbell. Rush frowned and hurried to answer it, wondering why
Belle hadn’t used her key. The moment he opened the door, that mystery was
solved, as her hands were full with two pizza boxes. He stepped back and Belle
pushed past him, depositing the pizza on his tiny kitchen counter with a
relieved sigh.

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Really good fun, eith added DC smut.

Yeah I had a blast writing it 🙂 I don’t know what the proper term is, for when you aren’t exactly breaking the fourth wall but well this ^^. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks 🙂

I know it’s not Tuesday but i was wondering does Painting Belle read braille? How does she read books? Audio books?

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Hi anon! No worries about it not being Tuesday – I love questions and my askbox is always open 🙂

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I prefer braille if I can get it. There’s something about the feel of paper beneath my fingers, and the reassuring weight of the book. However, audio is more widely available, especially with digital books because even if an audio version isn’t available, there are programs that can read the text.

All Hallow’s Fall!Emma: How did you enjoy your Halloween sleepover?

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It was brilliant!

Mr. Gold let us have popcorn AND we got to stay up late! Bae and I had plans for sweets at midnight but we were watching the second movie and … then it was the morning 🙁 but, but, but mommy says Bae can sleepover maybe one night thanksgiving weekend, she just has to talk to his papa. So sweets then! 🙂

All Hallows Fall/Transposing Digits Bae: I hope your papa is feeling better. Now, who are these horrible, nasty older kids that I heard about? The ones who made you smash your pumpkins? Do you think Papa or Belle will take them to task?

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I’ll handle this question if you don’t mind. I told Bae not to think on the incident any further, he was very upset. Thank you for your concern, I am feeling much better. Belle was very kind and … well that’s none of your business.

By the time I was recovered Mary Margaret Nolan had already investigated the matter, and discovered which of the older children had been spreading tales about ‘mischief night’. Apparently they were quite apologetic by the time she was through with them, and I consider the matter closed.

They were only thoughtless children after all, who didn’t think about the consequences. I have spoken to Bae about how he should think for himself, and not blindly follow others. Hopefully, if he is told to do such idiotic things in future he will think twice.

All Hallow’s Fall

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beastlycheese:

still-searching47:

Synopsis: Set in The Right Wrong Number verse. 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.

Note: Written for @a-monthly-rumbelling in October. The prompt was Mr. Gold Loses His Cane. I also used part of a prompt from @anneelliotscat which was along the lines of “Sleepover! Halloween! Practical jokes!” they did specify some actual practical jokes but I just couldn’t visualize Bae or Emma being that naughty on purpose, so I hope this suffices.

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Gold surveyed
the disaster zone that used to resemble a kitchen and winced. Belle laughed at
his expression and he raised his eyebrow at her, before his lips twitched and
he smiled as well. His girlfriend looked right at home, both she and the
kitchen were liberally covered in pumpkin pulp. Halloween was fast approaching
and they had just spent the last couple of hours with Bae and Emma carving Jack
O’ Lanterns. Belle looked oddly victorious, but then she had got rather
competitive with her pumpkin. It was very artistic, and quite impressive,
nothing like the jagged face he’d managed with his.

“You sweetheart
are a mess,” Gold murmured.

Belle held up
her gooey hands and an evil grin flashed across her face, she stepped forward
to hug him. He tried to evade but he was pinned against the cabinets. She
wrapped her arms round him and pressed up against him, wiping the pulp onto his
shirt. Gold pretended to scowl, and was about to object, when she pressed her
lips against his and he forgot everything but how incredible she felt in his
arms.

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I missed this and it is so sweet…

Heh thanks. I’m guessing you meant you’d missed the verse, seeing as I only just posted this. Well, I do have several unfilled prompts still to write for this verse, so there will be more incoming as soon as I can manage it. I’m really glad you liked it 🙂

bookwormchocaholic:

Sweet, fluffy, Floof family! That was adorable.

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I didn’t actually intend to write this fic, it kinda just happened by accident. I needed something to post today and oops 🙂

leni-ba replied to your post “All Hallow’s Fall”

Aw, this was the sweetest thing! I love how both Belle and Gold did their best so Bae didn’t need to feel all guilty, and I think my fav non-Rumbelle part was David helping Gold into the house. We need more friendship scenes between those two. 🙂

LOL at Emma being the cause for another interrupted kiss. I giggled so much at that!

And awww, all the Rumbelle feels here. Gold being at his weakest, at least physically, and fearing that this would be what’d finally push Belle away, while Belle only wants to help and is having dreams of ‘forever’. awwwww

Yeah if I’d had more time then I might have explored Gold’s insecurities and Belle’s reaction to them, and more about their relationship. To be honest I’m still deciding precisely what I want to do with this verse and how far I want to take it. Right now it’s a fluff family verse but there’s more to explore should I feel so inclined.

Yup Gold does have nothing to worry about. He doesn’t know it, but he and Belle are very much of like mind about their feelings for one another. They both want the same thing – forever. I’m really glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Thank you.

rowofstars:

OH MY GOD.

So much Gold family fluff! I love the kiddos, David being a non-judgmental bro, loopy out of it Gold (*snort* I bet he said interesting things that night huh?), Belle fussing over him, all the hurt/comfort. CUTENESS OVERLOAD!! But that tiny touch of angst, Gold doubting himself, hating himself because Belle might resent having to take care of him OH MY GOD. My poor baby. 🙁

Oh you are making me wonder what Gold said now, I hadn’t really thought about that heh – oh the missed opportunities 🙂 Yup there is definite angst potential if I decide to explore it. Right now this is family fluff but I could expand it to include dealing with the relationship issues, as opposed to side-stepping it and saying that happened off-screen. This is very much a prompt verse so what happens depends on what people want to see 🙂

I’m really glad you liked it! Thank you so much!

woodelf68:

I really can’t see Bae smashing a pumpkin just because some kids at school said they had to. Maybe if some older kids had actually been there, bullying them, Emma might have risen to a dare, but otherwise…why? Why were they supposed to smash their pumpkins?  (Sorry to nitpick, but having some Bad Teens – like that troublemaker Peter Pan and his gang! – being the pumpkin smashers would have made a lot more sense to me.)  Also, Gold really shouldn’t have been moved at all if he was in that much pain, but I probably would have been just as desperate to avoid the hospital. At least Belle called Whale. A hard crack on the head like that would very likely cause concussion. I felt Gold’s desperation to get off the couch so keenly, but he should thank his lucky stars that’s he’s a man and can simply pee in a bottle! The best line of the whole thing was Bae veering away from Emma with the succint comment “No brain.”  XD  The other night I realised that I love junior Swanfire so much because not only do I like the thought of Bae and Emma having been childhood friends who eventually become much more when they get older, but it gives Emma the happy childhood that she never had in canon. 

And did they ever carve at least one new pumpkin before Halloween?

Wheee I love constructive criticism! Thank you so much 🙂

Yeah you are probably right on both counts. I did think when I was writing it that I was overdoing the description of Gold’s pain/injuries. I probably should have rewritten that section and toned it down a bit. As for the smashing pumpkins, I don’t know much about kids, and I was just going off old memories and the fact that kid logic doesn’t always made sense.

When I was 11 I went on the school bus and for a couple of stops, we picked up a few primary school kids. My classmates would teach them swear words and give them things to do so that they would “be cool” and then the next day the kid would get back on the bus and be all huffy for a day or two because they’d got in trouble. Then the cycle would start again because the “cool older high school kids” were paying attention to them. The older kids scoff and go “oh yeah everybody does it” and so it’s not so much a dare, as a “you are a complete loser because you didn’t even know” and so in kid logic, then have to do the thing because want to fit in.

Smashing pumpkins is actually a thing, part of mischief night and a real problem in some places. I googled Halloween specific practical jokes and that came up. However, you are right, it doesn’t really make sense. Yeah junior swanfire is sweet, I’m glad you liked it 🙂 As for more pumpkin carving? I don’t think so unfortunately, there likely wouldn’t have been time. Perhaps that was their punishment for not thinking before they acted.

Thank you so much for your brilliant comment!

thestraggletag:

This was literally like being enveloped in warmth. I read this on the train ride to work and, honestly, it made me feel like the world was a great place full of love, wonder and goodness. It’s fics like these that stay with you, those that elicit such emotions. Thanks for this.

Oh wow, I don’t know what to say. This is one of the nicest comments I’ve ever received. Thank you! I’m speechless, I’m really glad you liked it 🙂

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I’m really starting to wish I’d asked if I could post my Revelry fic on Tuesday so I wouldn’t have to have something else finished to post. The fic I was going to post I decided really needed looking over by someone else. There isn’t time for me to finish it and beg politely for help, so I need to write something else.

I think even though it’s early and might not be allowed, I’m going to have to post a monthly rumbelling fic. I sent in a question asking whether it was allowed to post before the end of the month or not and I really hope the answer is yes. It is the one fic I have on my list that I stand a chance of finishing for Tuesday.

You know that panic that I said in my last post hadn’t set in yet? Yeah I think it just kicked in. I am soooo not ready for the end of the month urk.

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I wasn’t going to write today (see previous post for my epic levels of procrastination) but then I suddenly realized I don’t have anything to post on Tuesday and panicked. I must post fic of some description on Tuesdays, it’s a thing heh 🙂

Anyway, a fic that has been lingering for months (I know eeek) is now mostly finished. I just need to write an argument (I suck at those so right now it’s just INSERT ARGUMENT), finish alternate ending one, and then write alternate ending two. I don’t usually do alternate endings but this fic needed the option. You’ll understand why when I post it.

I had … a lot of things on my list for October *whistles* but a few days ago I went over the list and made it slightly more reasonable. I now have 13 items on it, and I’ve done 8 of them. So I’m a bit behind, but not so badly behind that panic needs to set in just yet.

#i should probably stop these random posts#i make more of them when i’m struggling i suppose because it’s a form of procrastination#i should shut up#when i’m doing well i’m not talking about what i’m doing i’m actually getting on with it