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Omg just look at those hash browns! How can you not love them?! The perfect hash browns.

mmm potato

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Questions from the EOY questions list:

4, 8 and 25 please.

SOOOOO sorry it took so long to get back to this. Life at home has been stressful and packed full of junk that I just couldn't handle on top of socials. I'm crap at socials anyway, as you know. This is exactly why.

Anyway, here are your answers...

4) A creator you'd like to see more from: I'd like to see more from everyone! I want to see more art, especially. I feel like I'm always lacking in the art department. Bad me for not following enough artists, especially because I LOVE the art everyone creates!

8) Most challenging character to write or draw: For drawing, all of them. lol. I'm crap at people art. I leave that to the amazing professionals mentioned above! Most challenging character to write... Holy cow.. I don't know... I think it depends on who I'm having to write at the time and what my mood is. I've gotten stuck on everyone at one point in time or another. Honestly though, I feel like lately I'm not writing Belle the way I used to, but that could just be me and my own inner struggle.

25) A scene or image that lives rent-free in your head: It depends on my mood. Sometimes it is Gideon being stabbed in the shop, sometimes it is Gideon's beau finding out that Gideon intended to name their child after someone his beau lost long ago. Sometimes it is one of the court scenes from Pop Ins, where either Belle is defending Rumple or Rumple is "defending" his client. Sometimes it is something of Michael and Teyla from Atlantis. Time to just face the fact that everyone follows me around everywhere. lol

Thanks for asking. Sorry again that it took the birth of a new star to get me off my ass and sitting at the keys.

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7, 16, 22 =D

SOOOOO sorry it took so long to answer this. I have been really run down with life shit lately. I am really grateful for the ask!

Here are your answers!

7) Comfort character to create for: Typically Gideon, I guess? Or Rumple. It depends on what kind of comfort I'm looking for and the situation I need to do the most healing in.

16) Something interesting you researched as part of the process: Well I didn't do much research this year, except to make sure I had my facts about Gargoyles history straight... but the best research EVER was on the first hot air balloons and how they were heated.

22) An idea you had that didn't make the cut: So in Threads I experimented a little bit with leaving major gaps in the story and just saying things like "Gideon went to school for one day and never went back" but not explaining why until later. Then I accidentally ended up writing Gideon's only day at school because, come on... why WOULDN'T I show everyone the ONLY day he got to be a scholar until he went to the academy?!

Thank you again for asking and I'm so sorry it took half a year to get back to you.

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For Your Consideration

Attached is my masterlist for fics that are eligible this year. This list was approved by admin. I'm not going to make suggestions for where you should put it, but I will list what everything was nominated for previously and link each fic so you can read for yourself.

It would be lovely if those of you who have read and enjoyed any of these to nominate as you see fit.

Thank you.

(Note: Many of the fics listed below are shorts.)

The Message 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Short Fic and Best Gideon)

Slumber 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Gideon)

The Meeting 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Storybrooke and Best Gideon)

The Hole In His Heart

Arson 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Detective Weaver)

The Angel And The Devil  🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Oneshot and Best Golden Lace. Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Kink/BDSM)

A New Library

Monster Hunter

Pop Ins 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best "Missing Years")

Wilderness

Museum

Balloon 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Family and Best Missing Years)

Last Night On Earth 🥈(Nominated for Best Bathing Scene and Best Side Pairing (Gideon/Chad) in the 2021 TEAS)

Logs

One Lover, Many Dreams 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Golden Lace and Best Lacey)

War In Pieces 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Storybrooke and Best Golden Lace)

The Oldest Door 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Dark One Rumple)

Wounds and Scars 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Trope and Best Wingman and the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Trope and Best BFF/Wingman)

Warming The Chill 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Oneshot and Best Short Fic. Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Oneshot and Best Short Fic)

Snow Bunnies  🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Holiday-Centric) -This was also based on a song-

Tea 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Short Fic and Best Dark Castle)

Choices

Sunshine 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 and 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Plot What Plot)

Fatherhood

Calm 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Courtship and Best Oneshot)

Bouquet

Gift🥈(Nominated for the 2023 and 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Woven Beauty)

Healing 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best BFF/Wingman)

Hunters

Stacks

Journey

Game

Delivery 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Belle and Best Dark One Rumple)

Waiting

Storm 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Dark Castle)

Sent

Illness 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Comfort.)

Shop

Breakfast

Stroll 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 and 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Lacey)

Garden

Ruin

Visitor

Fire 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Mr. Gold)

Dressing

Overnight 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Hurts So Good and BFF/Wingman.)

Road

Field 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Angst: Hurts So Good)

Carousel

Home 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Plot What Plot)

Lunch

Recovery 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Hurts So Good and Best Short Fic.)

Fantasy

Steps  🥈(Nominated for the 2022 TEAs for Best Baelfire and the 2024 Chipped Cup Awards for Best Baelfire)

Ingredients 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Belle and Best Dark One Rumple)

Falls

Blankets 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best BFF/Wingman)

Teeth

Piercing

Bed 🥈 (Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Oneshot)

Wax 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Lacey and the 2024 Chipped Cup award for Best Golden Lace and Best Lacey)

Frost

Memory 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 and 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Romance)

Mobile

Meal

Maid

Spy 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Dark Castle and For Best (Worst) Villain [Regina].

Blast 🥈(Nominated for the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Comfort)

Depths

Wild 🥈(Nominated for the 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best AU - Original and the 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Short Fic and Best AU - Original)

Christmas Secrets (This is NOT the 2024 Secret Santa and is eligible in any OTHER category.)

Golden Dreams (Series) 🥈(Nominated for a 2023 Chipped Cup Award for Best Series. )

Growing Up (Series) 🥈 (Nominated for a 2023 and 2024 Chipped Cup Award for Best Serie)

Monthly Rumbelling 2021 (Series)

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Yes, I have been away. Been super busy this time of year and needed a couple weeks to recover.

I got all your messages and I will answer them.

Also, keep your eyes open for an FYC post in the coming days.

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Reblogging now in hopes I will remember to ask you all some stuff. Feel free to ask me. My schedule is due to lighten up in a few days.

Artist and Fic Writer EOY Asks

Describe your journey this year in three words

A piece you're proud of and why

A fic or artwork you enjoyed

Creator you'd like to see more from

A scene you enjoyed creating

A scene you struggled with

Comfort character to create for

Most challenging character to write or draw

A work from another creator you keep coming back to

Fandom you created most for this year

Fandom you'd like to create more for next year

A concept you'd like to develop next year

A fic or artwork by another creator that made you happy

Something new you tried this year

An area of your art you feel you improved upon

Something interesting you researched as part of the process

The creation that took the least amount of time

The creation that took the most amount of time

A new genre or style you tried

Something that made you laugh

Something that made you emotional

An idea you had that didn't make the cut

Rec another creator's fic you wish more people would read

Rec another creator's artwork you wish more people would see

A scene or image that lives rent-free in your head

Something that inspired you this year

Shout-out to a commenter/reblogger who encourages you

A song that relates to one of your creations

Shout-out someone who inspires you

Advice to yourself (and maybe others) for the new year

Don't forget to tag!

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OOOOH! Thank you so much!

I am working SO hard this week that I haven't been able to read it yet, BUT in a couple of days I'll be able to sit down and read because all my clients will be home. I can not WAIT to read this. It looks SOOOO perfect.

Thank you, Thank you!

For @rumbellesecretsanta

Surprise @peacehopeandrats! I'm you secret santa!! I hope you enjoy the fic :)

“Ahem,” Belle cleared her throat.

Rumple paused for a moment, and then turned her way. “What is it?”

The current expression on his face would send anyone running away with their tail between their legs. It would’ve sent her running away at first, but she was learning that he was all bark and no bite. Mostly. She realized that he hid behind a tough exterior to hide his loneliness, and after that, dealing with him became a lot easier.

Purposefully unfazed, she said, “We need a Solstice tree."

or:

Belle tries to decorate the Dark Castle for the Winter Solstice.

(prompt: snowstorm, friends by the fire)

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I really don't care where we end up as long as we're together.

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The sit was like. "Damn how the hell do you get this feeder to work? Maybe I did it wrong the first time? Okay, me, try again."

A hummingbird thought a man’s orange hat was a flower [x]

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Ok but can u imagine being an actor vehemently playing a character as gay and spending the next 30 years talking about how the character is gay in every single interview/comicon/video and even writing two plays and a novel about it, to finally get to voice act the character at the ripe age of 82 and canonically make them gay.

This is the life of andrew robinson. Winning out here for all of us.

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The truth.

The fact that garashir became canon is 100% thanks to Sid and Andy who have both been very vocal about this ship and still talk about it 30 years later. They are the number one shippers of the pairing and I can't help but think it happened thanks to their dedication to it.

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That time of year, folks!

Nominations Open Tomorrow.

Isn't it funny how time seems to creep up on you so fast that when you thought you had weeks left - there it is!

Tomorrow sees the beginning of the nomination period for the upcoming Chipped Cup Awards! Exciting. We can't wat to see the fic and art put forward by the Rumbelle community this year!

So, you know all those fics you read and thought, "Wow! This is awesome!" Guess what? It's their time to shine. To help you out, here's a little summary of the rules pertinent to the nomination period:

Nominations open tomorrow (December 28th) and run through until 11:59pm on January 24th.

You can nominate any fic and/or art that has not already won either a TEA, or a CCA - don't worry we won't make you do the legwork and check, we have records from previous years.

Fics and art you nominated MUST have at least one chapter posted from a multi-chapter fic, or have been posted before 11:59pm on December 31st 2024 - yes, we will check - however, the fic does not have to have been posted in 2024. Older fics and art are welcomed, and encouraged to be among your nominees.

The only exception to the above rule is for the "events" categories, like Fluffapalooza and Rumbelle Secret Santa. Those fics can only be from works crafted in 2024 to participate in those categories. In addition, “Best New Artist” and “Best New Author” nominations are reserved for people who started contributing works since January 2024

Authors and artists may nominate themselves, as well as campaign to have their readers nominate and then vote for them on the final ballot, in fact participants are encouraged to do so. Participants’ FYC posts that tag the award event will be reblogged.

Full version of the rules is HERE, but I don't think that is accessible from mobile apps for some reason

Above all - HAVE FUN!

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And a happy holidays to you from your secret santa! I hope you've been having a good time!

Your gift shall be delivered tomorrow, on the 28th! :)

Oh how wonderful! Can't wait to "open" it!

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I can not tell you how often I work to get Gideon’s life out there for us. Second Chance is all about him and his many issues with what happened in season 7 which he tries to hide from everyone but can't hide from Alice ... or his boyfriend (who he refuses to name as such because that is SO complocatd)... or talk to anyone about at all, actually. Lol

Geez I need to write more.

The writers wasted Gideon so much. I understand that it would have been terrible to keep him at 20 with all that trauma and for Rumbelle to miss seeing him grow up, but resetting his life feels wrong. All those memories were wiped, yes they may have been bad memories, but even so, that’s his life.

Also what happened to him in season 7???

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Neither. We have a giant snowflake.

This isn't quite on theme for my blog, but I'm curious and it's Christmas so

For those of you who have Christmas Trees

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Awh. You are very welcome. I worried that you might not like having the side by side heroics with the Gargoyles saving their own and Belle saving Rumple. So glad it brightened your day! Have a wonderful holiday and a bright new year!

Secret Santa 2024!

Wonderful, warm winter greetings to  @chipedteacupchat, who was my giftee this year and provided me with a prompt that I simply had an amazing time working with. It was a pleasure to talk with you through the weeks and build your answers into the prompt you had given me. I don't often get to make a heroBelle and having her do her own thing to save Rumple had me writing in structures I'd never attempted before. Thank you for encouraging me to stretch my wings. (totally didn't mean the pun.)

Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV), Gargoyles (Cartoon) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Goliath/Elisa Maza, Coldfire/Coldstone (Gargoyles), Angela/Broadway (Gargoyles), Brooklyn/Katana (Gargoyles) Characters: Belle (Once Upon a Time), Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold, Gideon (Once Upon a Time), Goliath (Gargoyles), Elisa Maza, Matt Bluestone, Brooklyn (Gargoyles), Broadway (Gargoyles), Lexington (Gargoyles), Hudson (Gargoyles), Katana (Gargoyles), Angela (Gargoyles), David Xanatos, Puck | Owen Burnett, Anton Sevarius Series: Part 22 of Growing Up Summary:

While visiting the Gargoyles in New York during the holidays, Rumplestiltskin is captured. Belle and the Gargoyles must race against time to find him before his captor finds a way to use the Dark One's powers in his experiments. While the Gargoyles end up having to rescue two of their own, Belle finds Rumple facing his old fears and addictions. She must convince him to leave the past behind and join her on their continued quest for a brighter future.