#chipped cup awards

[chippedcupwrites]

It's CCA time!! A time of year that I'm always excited for, because it comes with the excuse of reading and re-reading copious amounts of fanfic in the name of nomination research.

Here's a neat little masterlist of my fics and my videos, if you are in need of a thing or two to pad out your nomination form. 💙💜💙

"The Finfolk's Bride" a series (currently) consisting of two fics; "Tomorrow" & "Ad Astra". In which Rumplestiltskin is a mischievous Fin and Belle is his ever-adoring human companion. (2/?) ∣ (3.4k) [possible noms]: Best Creature, Best Date, Best AU (Original)

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"Portrait of the Heart" a 'Skin Deep' prologue Rumplestiltskin's heart beats with a singular purpose – to reunite with his lost son. But his heart only has so many beats left before it fully gives into the Darkness. An enchanted locket known as The Heart's Caretaker may be his only chance to save what little light still burns within him. He just needs it to reveal to him the one person in the realm destined to banish his shadows and bring love back into his world. (5/5) ∣ (12.7k) [possible noms]: Best First Meeting, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Belle, Best Dark One Rumple

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"Lacey and the Tramp" a golden lace one-shot Gold and Lacey acquire a new furry companion...much to Gold's chagrin. Ft. Gold's mental agony of being haunted by Belle every time he looks at Lacey. (1/1) ∣ (1.5k) [possible noms]: Best Golden Lace, Best Comedy, Best Lacey

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"Pages of Reverie" a dark castle one-shot From a tome within the dark castle library, Belle unleashes a strange sleeping curse that forces her to confront her heart's deepest desire. Ft. Belle having a make out session with a dozen different fairy tale versions of Rumplestiltskin. (1/1) ∣ (2k) [possible noms]: Best One-Shot, Best Dark Castle

"Belle French & The Dork One" - Rumple & Belle Three minutes of pure Rumbelle goofiness (with corresponding goofy editing). (2:55) [possible noms]: Best Video, Best Fluff Art

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"Mary on a Cross" - Gold & Lacey “Your beauty never ever scared me” (1:18) [possible noms]: Best Video

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"Autumn" - Rumple & Belle “You’re the sweetness in a warm cup of tea. When the world around us quiets, and it’s just you and me.” (2:46) [possible noms]: Best Video, Best Fluff Art

(+ here are links to my scant few gif sets and image edits)

[kelyon]

Year In Review (For Your Consideration)

With the Chipped Cup Awards coming up, I thought I would collect all the fics I started in 2023 and have them in one convenient location. (Nominations for the Chipped Cup Awards can be made on older fics, but you'll have to dig through my works page yourself and see what fics haven't already won CCAs or TEAs.)

In 2023, I wrote:

On The House Belle is an unhappy prostitute in a brothel owned by Cora Mills. When Mr. Gold engages a night with Belle, he can't get her out of his mind.

Contract Before Belle French and Mr. Gold begin a formal BDSM relationship, they discuss the ins and outs of what they do and don't agree to.

Beasts: A Golden Cuffs Story Before the curse is cast, Rumpelstiltskin gives his wife a magical delight: A whole bunch of horny clones.

Wrapping Up Her Christmas Gift Theo Gold embraces his softer side with the help of Belle, his professional dominatrix.

[once-upon-a-rewrite]

Chipped Cup Awards - For Your Consideration

This will be my first time doing this! I'm really new to writing my fanfics, but I wanted to participate because I love Rumbelle. I've loved them since I was nine and am now writing to them!!

Uh I have this

Requiem

"A Requiem is a musical composition meant to honor the Dead."

"A Requiem is an act of remembrance."

How was he supposed to know she was alive and looking for him when his magic couldn’t detect her life force?

So he mourned a woman who breathed and was fighting to get to him.

How was she supposed to know he loved her when he didn't even care to tell her why he locked her out?

So even though she mourned a love that never truly happened, she would fight to save it.

It's a rumbelle angst fic set in my ouat rewrite!!

But uhm yeah this is my first time participating so woo!!

[threepwoodmarley]

For Your Consideration

I saw people doing For Your Consideration posts for The Chipped Cup Awards and wondered if I should too. I'm a new Rumbelle writer and all my fics were for fandom events (Showdown and RSS) but I think they still count:

The Cupcake Trilogy:

The Storybrooke Whisky Appreciation Society

Despite his disdain for seedy bars, Mr Gold can't help but be drawn to a certain scantily-clad barfly named Lacey. Even if her taste in alcohol leaves something to be desired.

Weakness

Cora Mills returns to Storybrooke intent on leveraging Mr Gold's new relationship to her advantage.

Star Crossed

Mr Gold takes Lacey out for a romantic evening watching the meteor shower together.

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The Sweetest Dream

Ever since Belle French opened her bakery in Storybrooke, Frank Gold has looked forward to the days she brings free samples to the townsfolk. Her kind heart always includes him in her rounds and he cherishes the moments they spend together, bonding over cookies and cake.

[the-chipped-cup-awards]

Chipped Cup Awards - Voting is LIVE!

Before we get started, we would like to thank every member of this fandom.  Whether you create, enjoy, reblog, comment, or vote, you are the driving force behind this fandom.  Without each and every one of you, this event wouldn’t be possible.  

We had a great turnout this year, and we really hope that you enjoy the wonderful works of fic and art on the ballot this year.  As a reminder, you may only submit this ballot one time, so make sure to make it count!  In order to allow you to peruse this year’s offerings, a complete list of all nominated works is under the Read More cut.

Voting goes on from now until February 8th, so make sure to get your votes in.  Without further ado, here is the ballot form!

Chipped Cup Awards Voting Ballot

FLUFF

Family

“To Drive The Dark Away” by @bibliosauruswrecks

“An Unconventional Gift“ by @shadowedoracle

Comfort

“The Dark One Doesn't Get Sick” by @shadowedoracle

“In Sickness and in Health“ by @jackabelle73

“A Present of Love“ by @reolf

“The Bedroom Chronicles” by @serenalyon

“Illness” by @peacehopeandrats

Reunion

“The Other Fork In The Path“ by @jackabelle73

“Finding You” by @silwenworld

SMUT

Kink/BDSM

“Like An Open Book” by @serenalyon

“So You Want To Build A Sex Room” by @peacehopeandrats

Romance

“Memory” by @peacehopeandrats

“Come Together” by @abovethemists

Best First Time

“Red Lights” by @rufeepeach

“Curfew” by @emospritelet

PWP

“Sunshine” by @peacehopeandrats

“Rack 'Em Up“ by @eirian-houpe

“All the Poisonous Thoughts“ by @serenalyon

“One Word, Many Meanings” by @peacehopeandrats

ANGST

Death

“In the Shadows of Others” by @peacehopeandrats

“Things Unknown” by bellegold

“Strong For Belle” by @desperatemurph

Hurts So Good

“Beyond the Door“ by @jackabelle73

“Field” by @peacehopeandrats

“Received” by @peacehopeandrats

“Ritual” by @peacehopeandrats

Misunderstanding

“Unexpected But Not Unwelcome” by @tickletorso

“On Our Way to Fall” by @nerdrumple

ROMANCE

Best Date (Overall)

“How to Date a Librarian” by @peacehopeandrats

“Lost and Found” by @peacehopeandrats

“The Worst Date” by @jackabelle73

Best Courtship

“One Thing Forever True“ by @deliriumsdelight7

“Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere” by @chick-with-wifi

Best First Meeting

“Click” by @jackabelle73

“Midnight Flowers” by @serenalyon

GENERAL AWARDS

Best One-Shot

“Amends” by @shadowedoracle

“And Then, One Thursday Night” by @jackabelle73

“Awakening” by @eirian-houpe

“The Angel and the Devil” by @peacehopeandrats

“The Golden Fleece” by @eirian-houpe

“The Weakness Inside Him” by @tickletorso

“Warming the Chill” by @peacehopeandrats

“Gilded” by @eirian-houpe

Best Series

“Beauty...” by @eirian-houpe

“Golden Dreams” by @peacehopeandrats

“Growing Up” by @peacehopeandrats

“Lover’s Leap” by @eirian-houpe

“Precious Moments” by @jackabelle73

“The Language of Flowers” by @eirian-houpe

Best Novel Length

“Mountains, Streams, and Magical Things“ by @peacehopeandrats

“Witness Protection” by @eirian-houpe

Best Short Fic

“Warming The Chill” by @peacehopeandrats

“Babysitting” by @timelordthirteen

“Distractions” by @shadowedoracle

“Family Photos” by @shadowedoracle

“Rain, Ruin, Roses” by @kelyon

Best Holiday-Centric

“Snow Bunnies” by @peacehopeandrats

“Comfort and Joy” by @emospritelet

“To Drive the Dark Away” by @bibliosauruswrecks

Best Remix

“Those We Left Behind” by @peacehopeandrats

“Our Masks” by @lotus0kid

Best Crossover

“A Blade for Belfrey” by @eirian-houpe

“The City That Never Sleeps“ by @peacehopeandrats

Best Dark Castle

“Amends” by @shadowedoracle

“An Unconventional Gift“ by @shadowedoracle

“Distractions” by @shadowedoracle

“Marble” by @peacehopeandrats

“Snow Bunnies” by @peacehopeandrats

“Storm” by @peacehopeandrats

“The Dark One Doesn’t Get Sick” by @shadowedoracle

“The Weakness Inside Him “ by @tickletorso

Best Storybrooke

“Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere” by @chick-with-wifi

“Golden Thread” by @chick-with-wifi

“Mountains, Streams, and Magical Things“ by @peacehopeandrats

“Beauty And The Beast“ by @peacehopeandrats

Best “Missing Years”

“An Unexplored Realm“ by @jackabelle73

“Unconventional” by @peacehopeandrats

“The Tent of Infinite Adventure“ by @peacehopeandrats

“Pop Ins” by @peacehopeandrats

“The City That Never Sleeps” by @peacehopeandrats

“Leaving Storybrooke“ by @peacehopeandrats

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

Best Golden Lace

“Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses“ by @kelyon

“The Angel and the Devil“ by @peacehopeandrats

“Rack ‘Em Up” by @eirian-houpe

Best Woven Lace

“One Word, Many Meanings” by @peacehopeandrats

“Morning” by @peacehopeandrats

Best Woven Beauty

“Prima” by @eirian-houpe

“Gift” by @peacehopeandrats

Best Afterlife Fic

“Morning” by @peacehopeandrats

“Awakening” by @eirian-houpe

Best Drama

“The Monster in the Storm” by @peacehopeandrats

“The Spirit of the Trees” by @woodelf68

“Ad Lucem” BY @reolf

Best Supernatural/Sci-Fi/Horror

“Live Wire” by @kelyon

“Mortuus Loqueris Ad“ by @jackabelle73

Best Comedy

“The Rare Books Crises“ by @tickletorso

“The Third Wheel“ by @tickletorso

Best AU - Original

“Two Could” by @eirian-houpe

“Rain, Ruin, Roses“ by @kelyon

“Wild” by @peacehopeandrats

Best AU Based On Other Media

“A Full Imagination“ by @peacehopeandrats

“Hatter” by @eirian-houpe

“In The Shadows Of Others“ by @peacehopeandrats

Best Creature

“Fallen” by @eirian-houpe

“In The Moonlight Deep” by @jackabelle73

Best Unexpected Twist

“The Rare Books Crises“ by @tickletorso

“Inheritance” by @eirian-houpe

Best Trope

“Love and Happiness” by @jackabelle73

“Beauty Compelled” by @eirian-houpe

“Wounds and Scars” by @peacehopeandrats

EVENTS

Rumbelle Secret Santa

“Come Talk To Me” by @serenalyon

“Deck the Halls” by @eirian-houpe

“The Best of the Season” by @lotus0kid

CHARACTER AWARDS

Best Belle

“Beauty Enlightened” by @eirian-houpe

“Compromises” by @tickletorso

“Love and Happiness” by @jackabelle73

“Unexpected But Not Unwelcome“ by @tickletorso

Best Dark One!Belle

“Dark Mistress” by @kelyon

Best Lacey

“Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses“ by @kelyon

“Stroll” by @peacehopeandrats

“Wax” by @peacehopeandrats

Best Spinner!Rumple

“Dark Mistress” by @kelyon

“Outside In” by @lotus0kid

Best Dark One Rumple

“Compromises” by @tickletorso

“Inheritance” by @eirian-houpe

“Gilded” by @eirian-houpe

Best Mr. Gold

“The Third Wheel” by @tickletorso

“Missing Person” by @eirian-houpe

“Received” by @peacehopeandrats

Best Detective Weaver

“Forgery” by @peacehopeandrats

“Doppelgänger“ by @celticheartedfangirl

Best Baelfire/Neal

“Dark Mistress” by @kelyon

“Welcome to Storybrooke“ by @peacehopeandrats

Best Gideon

“The Visitor” by @jackabelle73

“Looking In From the Almost Outside“ by @eirian-houpe

“A Christmas Present For Mama“ by @shadowedoracle

“Monster In The Storm“ by @peacehopeandrats

Best (Worst) Villain

“The Dance of Love” by @mellkat1986

“Requited Love” by @mellkat1986

“One Thing Forever True” by @deliriumsdelight7

Best BFF/Wingman

“Wounds And Scars“ by @peacehopeandrats

“How To Date a Librarian” by @peacehopeandrats

ART

Best Graphic Art

“If Alternate Universes Exist“ by @jackabelle73

“Rumbelle Mr. Nobody AU“ by @serenalyon

Best AU in Art

“Ally Craig and Nicholas Rush AU“ by @serenalyon

“Rumbelle Mr.Nobody AU“ by @serenalyon

“Rumbelle EF AU“ by @serenalyon

“PrisonerBelle!AU“ by @serenalyon

Best Fluff Art

“Girl, Tell Me All of Your Secrets“ by @serenalyon

“Rumbelle x Cockblock Brigade“ by @serenalyon

Best Angsty Art

“I Kissed Someone It Wasn't You“ by @serenalyon

“You Can Hate Me If That Helps“ by @serenalyon

Best Video

“Dance Me To The End Of Love“ by @jackabelle73

“Rumbelle x AO3 Tags“ by @serenalyon

“Lachacey“ by @serenalyon

“Rumbelle Wedding“ by @personinthepalace

“Rumbelle and Whofaldi Parallells“ by @personinthepalace

SUPERLATIVES

Best New Artist

@serenalyon

@personinthepalace

Best Author

@eirian-houpe

@peacehopeandrats

Best New Author

@serenalyon

@chick-with-wifi

@tickletorso

Best Rumbelle Fic

“Beauty and the Beast” by @peacehopeandrats

“Skin Deep” by @bookwormchocaholic

“In All Things” by @timelordthirteen

“Love and Happiness” by @jackabelle73

Best Anyelle Fic

“(In)discreet Math” by @eirian-houpe

“Manifesto” by @emospritelet

“Passions Made Of Nothing” by @killingkueen

Rumbelle Lifetime Achievement Award

@jackabelle73

@peacehopeandrats

@deliriumsdelight7

[peacehopeandrats]

Chipped Cup - For Your Consideration

This post is going to be a whirlwind of mixed up stuff. Some of it I was asked to put forward, some of it I was reminded to include, some of it is just stuff that I have always enjoyed. If you would like to nominate, please do. I've tried to get this post to match the form in order to make things super easy.

As always, I thank you for your consideration.

Family

The Tent Of Infinite Adventure

Leaving Storybrooke

The Zoo

Balloon

Comfort

Illness

Blast

Fix It

Ritual

Kink/BDSM

The Angel and the Devil

One Lover, Many Dreams

Romance

Meal

Best First Time

Granted

PWP

Home

Hurts So Good

The Oldest Door

Overnight

Recovery

Best Date (Overall)

Lost and Found

Best Courtship

Calm

Best One Shot

The Angel and the Devil

Warming The Chill

Symmetrical Simulations

Bed

Calm

Tea

Best Novel Length

Mountains, Streams, And Magical Things

Best Short Fic

Warming The Chill

The Message

Wounds and Scars

Ingredients

Recovery

Wild

Tea

Best Holiday Centric

Snow Bunnies

Lost and Found

Best Dark Castle

Snow Bunnies

The Oldest Door

Ingredients

Delivery

Spy

Tea

Marble

Best Storybrooke

Snow Bunnies

Symmetrical Simulations

War In Pieces

Leaving Storybrooke

The Meeting

Best Missing Years

Leaving Storybrooke

The Tent Of Infinite Adventure

Balloon

Best Wishverse

Once There Was A Wish

Granted

Best Golden Lace

The Angel and the Devil

One Lover, Many Dreams

War In Pieces

Wax

Best Woven Beauty

Gift

Best Afterlife Fic

Granted

Best Drama

Recovery

Best AU-Original

Wild

Best Trope

Wounds and Scars

Best Belle

The Oldest Door

Ingredients

Delivery

Best Lacey

One Lover, Many Dreams

Stroll

Wax

Best Dark One Rumple

The Oldest Door

Ingredients

Delivery

Best Wish!Rumple

Once There Was A Wish

Granted

Best Mr. Gold

Fire

Best Detective Weaver

Forgery

Best Gideon

The Message

The Tent Of Infinite Adventure

Slumber

The Zoo

The Meeting

Best OC Rumbelle Child

The Zoo

Best (Worst) Villain

Spy

Best BFF/Wingman

Wounds and Scars

Mountains, Streams, And Magical Things

Overnight

Blankets

Healing

Automatically Nominated, as of today's Chipped Cup post:

Christmas Secrets - Rumbelle Secret Santa

The Tea Shop - Fluffapalooza

[eirian-houpe]

For Your Consideration

In light of the fact that the nomination deadline has been extended, I am going ahead and putting some suggestions out there for fics that could be nominated. I've chosen some of my lesser known fics for this purpose.

Time's Curse

Never fall in love - such is the admonition given to Rumplestiltskin. Blue sees fit to interfere with his plan to reach a world without magic by sending him there herself so that he can pursue his quest to find his son, but he is not alone in this world without magic, nor does it appear that he is entirely free to live his life as he would wish. In the course of his seemingly fruitless search for Baelfire, Rumplestiltskin takes a job as a history teacher at an exclusive private school, and there meets Isabelle - the French teacher. All of a sudden that interdiction against falling in love seems to be really important.

Could be nominated for: Drama Angst - Hurts So Good AU (Other Media).

On Whose Hands?

Belle has no memory of how she has so much blood on her hands, but it seems the townsfolk have turned against her, blaming her for some unseen crime. Rumplestiltskin, under the control of the Dark One's Dagger, held by Zelena, suddenly appears and makes matters a whole lot worse. Canon compliant variation of what might have happened when Rumple was trying to warn the people of Storybrooke of Zelena's dark intentions during the time he was her prisoner.

Could be nominated for: Angst - Hurts So Good Angst - Misunderstanding

Tuesday

When you go poking around in time, you might sometimes find that it pushes back, as Nick Rush finds out… the hard way.

Could be nominated for: Best Anyelle

Secret of the Seas

Belle and Ruby take a much needed vacation, treating themselves to a fourteen day cruise. Jefferson is Head Mixologist aboard the ship, Secret of the Seas, and Gold is Deck Nine Supervisor, and amid much flirting, and false starts, holiday romances and forbidden loves ensue. Written from the Rumbelle Bingo prompts: Bed sharing, Vulnerability, Jefferson, Pesky Royals, Roses.

Could be nominated for: Threesome Polyship AU Original

Nobody Knew

Nobody knew the true cost of living with two lives in your head in a world where everyone else has forgotten one of them. Nobody except Jefferson, and when he'd finally reached the end of his rope and exacted his revenge on Regina for being the one to hurt so many people just to get her own happy ending, what could he do than give his all - give everything to reunite his two closest friends, and return to them the gift of true love?

Could be nominated for: Angst - Hurts So Good BFF/Wingman (Jefferson) AU: Once Upon A Time

Modern Wonders

Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold, and when Regina casts Rumple's Dark Curse, just a few words here and there creates Storybrooke in a very different place, with a very different atmosphere, and very different issues to deal with. Alliances and enmity permeate the lives of the citizens of Storybrooke, (and beyond), as they tiptoe around the various dangers they face every day. Who is awake? How can they break the curse within a curse? And what of the power struggles rife both within, and outside of Storybrooke itself.

Could be nominated for: AU - Other Media

Scattered

Casting a spell, any spell - at least the ones that involve more than just the wave of a hand, or worse, the wave of an irritating fairy’s wand - takes time, and patience, and the right ingredients, and… just like any recipe, if you get it wrong, it doesn’t mean the cake won’t cook, rather then will, just with unexpected or unintended outcomes. All of Rumplestiltskin’s careful planning and manipulation, all of his hopes and dreams turn to dust; ashes in his bitter heart in the blink of an eye… in the fall of an equine heart. Belle exchanges one terrible prison for another, and it’s one she is desperate to escape, and though Rumple’s fate as The Savior was severed from him centuries ago, sometimes fate itself has a way of finding an alternate route home.

Could be nominated for: Best (Worst) Villain (Gaston, or more subtly Regina)

The Price

All magic comes with a price, but this is one price that Rumplestiltskin is more than willing to pay.

Could be nominated for: Unexpected Twist

Seven Tastes

Jefferson and Grace visit the Dark Castle to try and persuade Rumplestiltskin to celebrate the Winter Solstice. What begins with a hidden sprig of mistletoe leads through the emotional rollercoaster of a lifetime, that ends in a beautiful redemption.

Could be nominated for: Best Holiday-Centric Angst - Hurts So Good

Methedhênlû

Rumplestiltskin is wisked away just as he is approaching the Dark Castle, and after a surprise visit from Jefferson, on a very strange day, Belle follows soon after. They find themselves in a world where darkness is approaching unless a sacrifice is made, and all because a king is unwilling to join the war; would much rather save his own, than become a hero and save the world.

Could be nominated for: Crossover

[tickletorso]

For Your Consideration

This is my first year putting up any of my work for nominations. Really excited this is still going on and so glad we’re still getting awesome works for the fandom! @the-chipped-cup-awards​

Unexpected But Not Unwelcome -- Best Misunderstanding, Best Angst, ROMANCE (best first meeting), GENERAL (best Storybrooke), SPECIAL CATEGORIES (best AU - Original), CHARACTER (best Belle)

Belle and Mr. Gold first encounter each other when she's just sixteen and the connection is palpable. Two years later a missed bus to Boston throws them together again igniting a flicker of hope in them both. But if Gold has learned anything it's that life can be cruel and it seems Belle has been on the receiving end of its cruelty one too many times.

The Weakness Inside Him -- Best Angst, GENERAL (best Dark Castle, Best One Shot), CHARACTER (best Dark One)

Rumpelstiltskin returns to The Dark Castle after the experiment with Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde fails to subdue his growing feelings for Belle.

The Third Wheel -- Best Misunderstanding, Best Comedy, SPECIAL CATEGORY (best unexpected twist, best background Swanfire) CHARACTER (best Mr. Gold, best Belle)

Rumold Gold is tired of being the third wheel on his family outings with Bae and Emma. Maybe it's time to ask Belle out on a proper date?

Compromises -- GENERAL (best One-Shot), CHARACTER (best Belle, best Dark One)

Belle and Rumple have a small seaside adventure featuring Belle's clumsiness, pirates, and kittens.

The Rare Books Crises -- Best Comedy, GENERAL (best One-Shot), SPECIAL CATEGORY (best unexpected twist), CHARACTER (best Mr. Gold)

Belle desperately needs to use Mr. Gold's library during a power outage.

[woodelf68]

For Your Consideration

Well, I failed at posting any new fic this year, but I have lots of old stuff if you need more fics to fill out your Chipped Cup Awards Ballot. Everything's got a little summary that should help you figure out what categories they'd be good for, and if something has already won a TEA in previous years, that will be noted.

My Rumbelle and Anyelle fic here!

@the-chipped-cup-awards

[chick-with-wifi]

For your consideration - CCA 2023

Hello all. I’m new to the Rumbelle fandom this year and here is my FYC list (I’m enchantedflower on ao3) for @the-chipped-cup-awards:

Golden thread -  Mr Gold isn't expecting much from designing a garment for Storybrooke's fashion show - then he meets the model he's paired with, Belle French.

Possible categories: Romance, Best one-shot, Best Storybrooke, Best Mr. Gold, Best BFF/wingman

Adventure in the great wide somewhere -  Belle, an aspiring author trying to get over writer's block, invites Mr Gold to join her on a weekend away.

Possible categories: Romance, Best Belle, Best Storybrooke

[deliriumsdelight7]

For Your Consideration

It’s nomination time for @the-chipped-cup-awards and you know what that means: it’s time for my For Your Consideration post! Below are all of my eligible fics for this year.

One Thing Forever True: This could be nominated for Smut: Romance: Smut: Best First Time, Angst: Misunderstanding, Romance: Best Courtship, Best Novel Length, Best Dark Castle, Best Drama, Best AU Based On OUAT, Best Belle, Best Spinner Rumpel, Best Dark One Rumpel, Best Baelfire/Neal, Best (Worst) Villain, and Best Rumbelle fic. Maybe I put too much in this fic…

Strengths and Weaknesses: Best Anyelle.

I know I have Showdown fics to nominate but they’re ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. *gestures to something half an inch out of reach*

[bibliosauruswrecks]

For Your Consideration

@the-chipped-cup-awards

I’m slipping in under the wire at the last minute while at work, because I’m nothing if not predictable.

I may have only written one thing this year, but I’d like to offer To Drive the Dark Away for Best Fluff, Best One-shot, and Best AU for this year’s Chipped Cup Awards.

I appreciate your consideration, and I will now scuttle away to go deal with work responsibilities.

[kelyon]

For Your Consideration

Hello, Rumbellers! The Chipped Cup Awards are upon us, so I wanted to organize my output into an internet-friendly numbered list. This also works as a handy Year In Review, since I’m offering up all the fics I wrote in 2022. 

And the possible nominees are...

Dark Mistress: Rumpelstiltskin is a poor spinner who told the Dark One that he would do anything to keep his son safe. Belle realizes she loves her spinner only after she did something to him that she considers unforgivable. Bae tries to hold on to a normal life while his father is getting mixed up in dark forces.

Obviously I’m gunning for Best Dark One Belle. I’d also like to offer up Best Baelfire. He is absolutely the third protagonist of the story. This fic would technically work for the Smut Kink/BDSM category, but there’s so much here that isn’t kink, I feel weird advertising it as a sexy good time. I would say it could work as Best Drama or Best Unexpected Twist.

Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses: Lacey French discovers that her landlord really likes hot chocolate, and she uses this knowledge to try to get closer to him.

This was my RSS fic, so it could go into the category of Best RSS 2022. It could also fit for Best Golden Lace, Best Lacey, Best Courtship or Best Comedy   

Live Wire: Belle is a ghost, haunting the electricity of the house where Gold and Bae just moved in.  

Currently this fic is unfinished. Belle and Gold haven’t met yet, which makes it awkward to nominate for the Rumbelle awards. But I could put in another nomination for Best Bae. It could be considered for Best Supernatural/Sci-Fi/Horror or Best Creature. (I really do love writing Belle as a creature.)

None of my Showdown fics feel substantial enough to offer up for specific nominations, but they should be counted as part of my work for the past year. If you think they’re worth nominating, please go ahead.

Child’s Play: In the Dark Castle, Rumpelstiltskin accidentally turns himself into a child, and Belle has to take care of him until the spell wears off.

Rain, Ruin, Roses: An isolated scene from a Regency Romance I have no intention of writing.

 Gold at the Silver Screen: Gold usually goes to the movies alone, until another audience member starts heckling an adaptation of her favorite book.

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@the-chipped-cup-awards

I'm worried that tumblr may be eating my asks, so I'm just going to post this link directly to make sure you guys get these gifs before Feb 12th.

Everything is in the zip file in the above folder. Please let me know if you're able to unzip & access everything alright. And let me know if anything is missing or you need anything extra 💖

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I’m trying to read so I can submit my votes to @the-chipped-cup-awards, and it’s hard to vote on which Reunion fic I like better! Why do you guys have to make it SO DANG HARD by being SO DANG GOOD??? 😭

[the-chipped-cup-awards]

Full List of 2023 Chipped Cup Award Winners

And so we reach the end of the first annual Chipped Cup Awards for 2023. Thank you to all of the creators in the Rumbelle fandom, not just those who were nominees and winners of this year’s awards.  Without you, Rumbelle would not exist, and every single one of you, creators, nominees and of course our winners deserve recognition, and many congratulations. 

Newbie Spotlight

Shout out to the following Rumbellers who are among our new creators this year

@serenalyon @chick-with-wifi @somethingcleverbutinswedish @boopsterliv @kaylahastoomanyships @tickletorso @personinthepalace @poorobscureplainandlittle

Fic/Art Shoutouts

The following are some of the works recommended by members of our Rumbelle community.

Neverland, by @emospritelet

Always One More Time, by @bad-faery

Need A Lift, by Bar_Purple

Alone In My Tower, by Crysania

For a Good Cause, by @rowofstars

On the Shores of Loch Katrine, by @phoenixtalon​

Forbidden Loves and Stormy Nights (multiple authors)

The Rose, by Kayla L https://youtu.be/3jxBT2ctWUo

The Sounding Sea, by @mareyshelley

There But By the Grace of God, by Shepherd23

Sinners and Spinners, by marchionessofblackadder

Stolen, by @thestraggletag

In the Blood, by Megara Bee

Me and Mine, by wandering_gypsy_feet

Finally, under the cut, please find the full list of this year’s Chipped Cup Award winners.

Fluff: Family - To Drive the Dark Away by  @bibliosauruswrecks​

Fluff: Comfort - The Dark One Doesn’t Get Sick, by @shadowedoracle​

Fluff: Reunion - The Other Fork in the Path, by @jackabelle73

Smut: Kink/BDSM - So You Want to Build a Sex Room, by @peacehopeandrats

Smut: Romance - Come Together, by thatravenclawbitch

Smut: Best First Time - Red Lights by,  @rufeepeach

Smut: PWP - Rack ‘Em Up, by @eirian-houpe

Angst: Death -  In the Shadow of Others, by @peacehopeandrats

Angst: Hurts So Good -  Beyond the Door, by @jackabelle73

Angst: Misunderstanding - Our Way to Fall, by @nerdrumple

Romance: Best Date (Overall) - The Worst Date, by @jackabelle73

Romance: Best Courtship - One Thing Forever True, by @deliriumsdelight7

Romance: Best First Meeting - Click, by @jackabelle73

General: Best One-Shot - The Gold Fleece, by @eirian-houpe​

General: Best Series - Precious Moments, by @jackabelle73​

General: Best Novel Length - Witness Protection, by @eirian-houpe​

General: Best Short Fic - Rain, Ruin, Roses, by @kelyon

General: Best Holiday-Centric - Comfort and Joy, by @emospritelet

General: Best Remix -Those We Left Behind, by @peacehopeandrats

General: Best Crossover - The City that Never Sleeps, by @peacehopeandrats

General: Best Dark Castle - An Unconventional Gift, by @shadowedoracle

General: Best Storybrooke - Beauty and the Beast, by @peacehopeandrats​

General: Best “Missing Years”- An Unexplored Realm, by @jackabelle73

Special: Best Golden Lace - Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses, by @kelyon

Special: Best Woven Lace - One Word, Many Meanings, by @peacehopeandrats

Special: Best Woven Beauty - Prima, by @eirian-houpe

Special: Best Afterlife Fic - Morning, by @peacehopeandrats

Special: Best Drama - The Monster in the Storm, by @peacehopeandrats

Special: Best Supernatural/Sci-fi/Horror - Live Wire, by @kelyon

Special: Best Comedy -  The Rare Book Crisis, by @tickletorso

Special: Best AU - Original - Rain, Ruin, Roses, by @kelyon

Special: Best AU - Based On Other Media - A Full Imagination, by @peacehopeandrats

Special: Best Creature - In the Moonlight Deep, by @jackabelle73

Special: Best Unexpected Twist - Inheritance, by @eirian-houpe​

Special:Best Trope - Love and Happiness, by @jackabelle73

Events: Best Secret Santa - The Best of the Season, by @lotus0kid

Character: Best Belle - Love and Happiness, by @jackabelle73​

Character: Best Dark One!Belle - Dark Mistress, by @kelyon

Character - Best Lacey - Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses, by @kelyon

Character: Best Spinner!Rumple - Dark Mistress, by @kelyon​

Character: Best Dark One Rumple - Inheritance, by @eirian-houpe

Character: Best Mr. Gold - Received, by @peacehopeandrats​

Character: Best Detective Weaver - Doppelgänger, by @celticheartedfangirl

Character: Best Baelfire/Neal - Welcome to Storybrooke, by @peacehopeandrats

Character: Best Gideon - The Visitor, by @jackabelle73

Character: Best (Worst) Villain - One Thing Forever True, by @deliriumsdelight7

Art: Best Graphic Art - If Alternate Universes Exist, by @jackabelle73

Art: Best AU in Art - Rumbelle EF AU, by @serenalyon

Art: Best Fluff Art - Rumbelle x Cockblock Brigade, by @serenalyon

Art: Best Angsty Art - You Can Hate Me If That Helps, by @serenalyon​

Art: Best Video- Dance Me to the End of Love, by @jackabelle73​

Superlative: Best New Artist - @serenalyon

Superlative: Best Author - @eirian-houpe

Superlative: Best New Author - @serenalyon

Superlative Best Rumbelle Fic - In All Things, by @rowofstars

Superlative: Best Anyelle Fic - Manifesto, by @emospritelet

Rumbelle Lifetime Achievement Award is @deliriumsdelight7