#reluctant to tag this as the series as i dont know how comfortable she would be with that. Please go show her some love regardless

[carkali]

by the way vellmori posted two new art pieces today, go check them out!

#vellmori #reluctant to tag this as the series as i dont know how comfortable she would be with that. Please go show her some love regardless #i hope this means we will be seeing her work more often again now but if she still wants to step back i completely understand #if she opens her shop or commissions again however long it takes i will be jumping on that like crazy Join me

[cordonian-literature]

wip wednesday

i haven’t written in a while and wednesday’s almost over, but im still gonna do a wip wednesday😌 thanks for the tag @zoehanji​!!

i posted a chapter of reluctant reunion today, so i dont have anything new on that,,, BUT! i’m starting a new series 😌 i know i said that like months ago with two other WIPs... which i still haven’t posted... but im going to post the rest of this one later in the week, or early next week. i also made a title thing! -> 

(screw tumblr for the poor quality, i think you have to click on it to make it look slightly more decent) anyway, it’s basically the royal romance with the roles reversed, but not really. yes, riley is the royal, yes leo/maxwell/hana/drake/olivia are all present but instead of liam being the commoner at a NY bar, he’s one of the higher ups in Cordonia’s military and Constantine's right-hand man. but its also evil-Liam! so yay. (or not yay?) i honestly dont know how to explain it more without getting overly confusing soooo here i go, i hope its not trash. let me know if you like it or not 🥺 

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The princess laughs, a sound which draws Liam to her, but he walks away and keeps himself from their view. He can’t hear what they say, but after a while the man walks away from the garden, passing by Liam’s hiding place. He wore formal clothing. A noble, Liam realizes. But who could it have been?

He waits a while longer, aware of the fact that the princess was still in the garden.

“Riley?” He comes out of his hiding place.

“Liam!” Her face lights up when she sees him. She pats the stone bench next to her, signaling him to sit. Though it would be improper, Liam knew that Riley wouldn’t stop insisting, and he hated to see her upset.

“I’ve seen you come here often lately,” Liam reveals. He expects some kind of reaction from her, maybe even an embarrassed confession, but she only smiles.

“I like to think of my mother when I come here,” she states. “I’ve been thinking of her often as of late.”

“May I ask why?”

She doesn’t hesitate to continue on, and Liam’s heart swells at how comfortable she is around him. “I wonder what she’d teach me about becoming queen. I wish she had been here to guide me. But also…”

He waits for her to continue, and when she doesn’t, he prompts, “Also?”

A frown comes across her face. She lowers her voice, which is filled with a tone that makes Liam jealous. “There’s a noble from one of the lower houses. I think…”

Another pause. Liam knows who she’s talking about. Is she in love with him? he wonders. What other reason would there be for her to mention the mysterious person?

“Your Social Season is about to begin soon,” Liam reminds her.

“Yes, but… say he was one of the contenders. Do you think maybe he could…?” Her voice was as hopeful as a child’s.

Liam stands from his seat next to her. He reaches for her delicate hand and raises it to his lips. “If he is worthy enough, my princess, then of course your father will allow it.”

He leaves her in the garden and goes back to the palace. He knew that whoever that lesser noble was, he was in no shape or form worthy enough for his darling. If he was from one of the lower houses like she said, it wouldn’t be difficult to get rid of him. Liam thinks to himself for a while, and estimates that he can have that man gone by morning. Perhaps sooner, if he didn’t show up to dinner with His Majesty.

[timelordthirteen]

Popular Fic - OUAT Edition

Tagged by the lovely @thatravenclawbitch, @emospritelet, and @thescholarlystrumpet 

What are your five most popular works by kudos? (in descending order)

1. Bragging Rights Kudos: 290 Rumbelle non-magical AU: Based on this prompt from Tumblr: After having sex Mr. Gold excuses himself to the restroom. When he's out of the room Belle quickly calls Ruby & raves on about how fantastic Mr. Gold is in bed. Belle does not realize that Gold is hearing the whole conversation. It started as a one-shot but because of the efforts of a delightful Anon, who is one of my favorite unknown people ever, and a few others, it is now multiple chapters of the smutty shenanigans and relationship development of two awkward idiots.

2. Working Out Kudos: 281 Rumbelle non-magical AU: Mr. Gold, hopelessly in love with Belle French, the town librarian, overhears a conversation between her Ruby about the appeal of well muscled, beefy men. Misinterpreting that this is Belle's type of man, he joins the local gym to work out. Rather unsuccessfully. AKA The Rumbelle Gym fic. AKA the silly idea that could. I am forever surprised by how much love this fic got, but also completely delighted. It’s now part of a series only because I have received so many asks and prompts that spawned tons of ficlets that it all had to have a home. Working Out is the primary fic, but Intervals is the sometimes naughty collection of all the other stuff. I really do plan to finish this thing this year. I swear it.

3. Upon Reflection Kudos: 245 Rumbelle non-magical AU: Boss!Gold and assistant!Belle go on a business trip, only to find that there is only one room and they have to share a bed. With mirrors on the ceiling. Written for a-monthly-rumbelling, I shoved some of my favorite tropes into this including bed sharing and mutual pining, and along the way I made mirror sex a pretty entertaining thing to write. It’s multi chapter but you can jump in anywhere since it’s just a lot of smut and dorks being in love.

4. As My Lady Commands Kudos: 158 Rumbelle EF AU: After Rumplestiltskin accidentally slays a dragon, he is rewarded with knighthood. But with war on the horizon and the Dark One under the control of their enemy, an attempt on her life forces Princess Belle to flee her kingdom with only the reluctant knight Sir Rumplestiltskin to protect her. It’s slated to be about 25 chapters in total, slow burn, plotty, magical AU fic that only a few people cared about it. It was probably silly of me to dive into such a thing being, at the time, basically unknown in this fandom. It probably has so many comments and kudos because it’s 12 chapters. I do plan to finish it someday, but there’s no motivation right now and I’m not sure anyone would care if I did. Which is sad because I think it’s my best world building, the plot is pretty good, and I have a planned sequel that I think is even better. At some point it will fall off the list into oblivion.

5. For Rent Kudos: 152 Rumbelle non-magical AU: Librarian Belle finds out she has to leave her apartment immediately, and is desperate to find a new place to live. Mr. Gold arrives at the library at the right time and not only provides some comfort to a distraught Miss French, but solves her accommodations problem as well. Of course he has a slight ulterior motive, his crush on the lovely librarian, who is about to be his neighbor and tenant. I have no idea why this is so popular. I guess because it’s cute and fluffy and mostly harmless? There’s probably two or three chapters left of it unless I get more prompts.

What are your five least popular works by kudos? (in ascending order)

1. And the Heart is Hard to Translate Kudos: 8 Snowing and Gremma, canon compliant (at the time) one-shot. This was my first ever OUAT fic, written immediately after Snow Falls aired and posted back on LJ. I ported it to AO3 with it’s original posting date, which is likely why it has virtually no kudos or attention.

2. I’m Not Going Anywhere Kudos: 12 Swanfire written for the angsty prompt fic meme. AU where Neal lives and is present before, during, and after the Dark Swan arc. Emma has a nightmare and Neal is there to comfort her. This is something I wished had happened. Probably so few kudos because it’s Swanfire? IDK.

3. Something to Talk About Kudos: 18 Rumbelle crack. beastlycheese requested: I would really like you to write me a story where.. Rumple goes after the real authors and when he gets the worms that call themselves, oh I dont know... Andrew and Edward say. He turns them into gargoyles (no need to change their faces) and sticks them on the wall above the bed in the dark castle Goldstiltskin and Belle then enjoy many happy ever afters. I cannot believe I wrote this. Don’t read it.

4. And Love Comes Back Around Again Kudos: 19 Really short Rumbelle semi-canon compliant post-series AU fluff. I wrote this for Rumbelle is Hope. It’s short and not very good. Kid fic.

5. Of Things We Should Forget Kudos: 22 Rumbelle cursed AU. My first ever Rumbelle fic, written immediately after Skin Deep aired in 2012. I posted it on LJ way back and then ported it to AO3 with it’s original post date, which is of course why it likely got no attention. The tags make it sound worse than it is. It’s something I am planning to use for an expanded verse someday, but it is what it is.

I don’t know who hasn’t done this yet, so tagging: @mariequitecontrarie, @leni-ba, @still-searching47, @rufeepeach, @ifishouldvanish

#rumbelle #fic meme #ouat fic #well that depressed me #long post