#brotp: my malevolent imp

[bekksrich]

Rumple and Regina + parallels and similarities (requested by heddagab). BONUS of that awkward time they showed up wearing the same outfit:

[ouat-rare-pair]

outside of Rumple and Belle, I ship Red Beauty and Belle and Ariel, but I have a tough time thinking of someone else to pair Rumple with (I like Golden Queen, but more as a brotp) What pairs do you like for Rumple? Anything?

Rumbelle--at least, proper Rumbelle, in-character Rumbelle, unfettered-by-A&E’s-bullshit Rumbelle--is my main ship for either, agreed. HOWEVER.... that is not to say that I don’t have a slew of separate ships for them. For Rumple in particular, I like Cora, Jefferson, and as a crackship, Hook. 

I’ll start with the crackship: I just think it would be hilarious to see that after 200 years of hunting him down and following him, and the two of them having this intense relationship with all the growling and threatening and whatever else...we find out Hook is actually wildly attracted to Rumple. How much was all that stalking for revenge? Was it for blood lust...or just lust lust? I could definitely see them having hate sex in that crack!verse.

Onto Jefferson: I liked their relationship, that we saw in the flashbacks of season 2. The way they exchanged snark, the way they were both so cool and clever and “oh, look how interesting we are, we talk about magic and other worlds like it’s a trip to the grocery store”. I just loved their dynamic, it was the same sort of feeling you get when watching a SUPERB villain, and you kind of get high off of how fucking cool they are? Like that. I also think they’d be--forgive the pun--insanely hot together. Rumple and Jefferson are both fairly sexy individuals, but combining their personalities with each other, and their aesthetic (kind of dark steampunk) and their natural gifts...? Gorgeous. 

I like Rumple with a younger someone. It gives him a chances to show off his sly wisdom, like an aged lion or something. He’s so brilliant, and having a younger person there, constantly being impresses (as our self-insert) makes the character more enjoyable. However, with Jefferson, he’d provide us with that “younger person” aspect, but he’s also hilarious and a complete wild card, so he would keep thing interesting and give Rumple a run for his money. No one would overpower the other in this relationship.

Which brings me to Rumple and Cora. I loved their past story: it’s very romantic in a twisted sort of way. They were both using and manipulating the other, and accidentally fell in love....The student became the master, but then became the rival, and yet, they still care for each other, somewhere beneath their mutual cunning and wickedness. I’d love them together because it would be like seeing two super villains constantly battling out their coolness and sneakiness, being amazing....but we’d also see two people genuinely in love. And it would be a hassle for them, that they feel something for this other person because “love is weakness” and he “doesn't have time for anyone else.” But they wouldn't be able to help themselves: they’re drawn together like magnets, they can’t stop it.

Again, insanely hot together as well. Lord knows, Robert Carlyle is one gorgeous motherfucker, and Barbara Hershey is ll sorts of sinful deliciousness. Their characters both have this quiet, sly sort of sexy, where they can charm other people to do whatever they want, and I’d love seeing them try to use it on each other. Also....that just sounds like a great couple, doesn't it? “The Queen and the Malevolent Imp.” He’d be the ONE person not afraid to completely mock her outright, or her so-called royalty...cheeky devil. And she’s the one person able to outsmart him. She’s his Irene Adler.