{{Nonny, Cora did NOT love Rumple more than Belle. Cora USED Rumple, manipulated him, and then cast him aside. I may not like Belle anymore as a character but she is leagues above Cora in my book.}}
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{{Nonny, Cora did NOT love Rumple more than Belle. Cora USED Rumple, manipulated him, and then cast him aside. I may not like Belle anymore as a character but she is leagues above Cora in my book.}}
{{Nonny: I agree. She is Milah now. My heart is broken; Belle was everything to me as a child. Belle was the Princess I identified with. Belle was me.
I don’t know who this woman is. She isn’t Belle. She’s not my Belle.}}
Quiet When I’m Dead: How Once Upon A Time Has Failed Rumplestiltskin and Belle (This Week)
Once Upon A Time has a horrible habit of treating abuse, sexual violence, rape, and racism as issues that don’t exist. They ignore mental illness, ‘redeem’ rapists and serial killers without actually requiring them to be good people, and mock the disabled.
This week, however, reaches a new low for me.
I’m a critical fan. I’m mindful of the media I consume and the messages it sends. Oftentimes I love dark content. I like the twists and bends of human limits. Watching Once Upon a time as a Dearie/Rumbeller now? It’s torture, pure torture. Rumbelle was EVERYTHING to me. I’m a long-standing Beauty and the Beast fan, and Belle was always my favorite princess. Emilie and Robert have incredible chemistry. Rumbelle is my air, my light, my hope.
But this?
This is not Belle.
In Season 5a, Belle was... different. She was a little colder, she broke Rumple’s heart when he was pure and free of the curse. He was a hero, he was everything she wanted him to be. Selfless. Brave. Light.
And she still purposefully broke his heart.
The situation he posed was thus: if he survived his duel with Hook, he’d be waiting at the well. If she wanted to make it work, if she wanted to be with him, she’d show up. If she didn’t, Rumple would know she didn’t want to be with him.
Belle showed up.
Belle told him she wasn’t sure.
Still, after taking the darkness back, he got her to safety. He made sure she was out of Storybrooke when Killan sent them to hell.
Belle came back.
Belle ignored all the good he’d done in his life.
Belle and Rumple had sex.
In 5B, they were finally communicating. Sure, some of that was bickering like the married couple they are, but it was healthy. Rumple accepted who he was - he was the Dark One, and Belle fell in love with him before she ever saw the man he was beneath the curse. He was standing up for himself. He loves her, he loves their child, but the Darkness is part of him. He’d carried it for 300 years. He was the only one who could control it.
Belle took away his free will. He didn’t fight it. Belle got under a sleeping curse to save their child, to literally buy Rumple time to get the contract from Hades. His kisses didn’t wake her. When Moe wouldn’t kiss her, he took all the magic and planned to use it to wake her.
Henry stole it.
Snow sold Belle out to Jekyll.
Rumple did NOTHING WRONG except try to save her.
His wish was for her and their baby. Their family.
And now what happens?
Their son treats him like shit.
Their son treats him like Milah’s abandonment is his fault.
Their son acts as if he DIDN’T spend three hundred years trying to fix his mistake of losing Baelfire.
And Belle says she doesn’t want his love. She doesn’t want his kiss. She’d rather be cursed, rather their child be cursed, than have to deal with him.
Where is this coming from?
What has he done?
This man lives for family. He is dedicated to family. He loves more fiercely and purely than anyone.
So why is Belle doing this?
I can find no hope in this.
Rumbelle was a story of growth, and hope. Belle was a princess who wanted to make her won way, to explore the world, to experience and learn more than what she could inside the walls of her castle. Rumple was a man who lost everything, no matter how hard he fought. He has been abused. He has suffered. He’s been tortured, beaten, spat upon by everyone in Storybrooke.
The ‘heroes’ abandoned him and stole his car, for Gods’ sake!
And now his wife, the light of his life, the only person he has had in his corner for years, is leaving him for literally no reason.
I don’t know if I can do this any more.
Rumple deserves peace. Not this.
Never this.
“All the voices in my head will be quiet when I’m [ d e a d ] “
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During some of the cross fandom conversations going on across my dash I’ve seen a bit of confusion that I think arises simply from the fact that we don’t talk to each other as much as we should as interfandom communities.
It’s obvious and fairly easy as an outsider to understand why Swen behave like a minority community made up largely as minorities. It is also fairly obvious to understand why there are a large number of people of color who identify as ERs because of Lana’s own heritage and self identity.
So why the heck is Rumbelle in a different category of behavior than say… CS or OQ? Isn’t that a het ship of two white people too?
Well … yes.. and no.
This is one of those times when you have to know not just what the show is but also what kind of community forms around a character. And in this case how many Dearies relate to and understand Rumple. There are a significant number of Dearies that view Rumple as disabled. And I don’t mean the limp. There is actually a lot of merit in discussing how terribly the show handles discussions around people’s disabilities both Rumple’s limp and Hook’s missing hand. As a Regina fan I physically wince every time she makes a sassy joke about the missing hand but I think that’s because the writers aren’t thoughtful about such things.
But in the case of Rumple being read as disabled it has to do with the fact that a very sizable number of Rumple fans read him as neuroatypical. That is to say somewhere on the autism spectrum. I’m not going to speak to if the show does this intentionally but there is I think something to be said for the show writing Rumple as not conforming to accepted social norms.
There is also sizable portion of Rumbelle fandom which reads Rumple as gender non-conforming particularly in the Enchanted Forest. And for them the will often talk about the ways in which he is “coded” as a feminine character. In this case it’s best to remember that fans didn’t just come up with these discussions of if a character is “coded” one way or another. These are well respected ways of studying film and character. And many “evil” male characters are coded in feminine ways and have been for a hundred years of cinema.
There are also some class issues that arise from Robert Carlyle’s fanbase and Rumple’s personal backstory but i think the take away is this:
A lot of Rumbellers read Rumple as disabled and thus relate to him as a character who is like them disabled in some way. They often then interact in fandom from the perspective of a disabled community.
So yes, straight white ship. But not non-marginalized fan community.
I think your reading of it is a good one…Belle, too, has issues with depression and anxiety that are very relatable. Family Business’s mirror scene with Belle was one of the most spot-on illustrations of insecurity I’ve ever seen…and Rumple understood exactly what that mirror was doing to Belle–it was a powerful, defining moment for both characters. Though the show marginalizes Belle constantly (she has the least screentime of any of the regulars most seasons), her character is fascinating in the little bits we do get.
Agreed. One of the appealing things about Rumbelle for me is that I don’t see either of them as neurotypical.
[[As an avid dearie, there are a LOT of reasons I relate to Rumple. One is, of course, no matter how good he acts, no matter how noble, the heroes continue to treat him like scum. I make no excuses for S4 (despite my insistence that if they showed him wanting to be free because of how Zelena used him, it would have been a far more understandable arc), but on the whole Rumple hasn’t really been that bad in Storybrooke. Aside from setting Regina’s office on fire, marking Regina for locking belle up for almost 30 years and killing Zelena as revenge for killing Neal, he mostly keeps to himself.
Of course, until S4, where suddenly he was Big Bad #1 again for... no reason. I’m still angry about S4 honestly.
Another reason is the class difference between him and most of Storybrooke. He might be the wealthiest man in town, but he came from nothing. And almost everyone who looks down on him was, at some point, royalty.
The queer-coding is important to me too. As a transgender man, reading Rumple as trans makes a lot of sense. Doubly so when people insult his manhood or make light of his more feminine traits. He certainly doesn’t come off as straight - the gentle touch to Jefferson’s shoulder, sniffing David’s cloak, Robert’s charisma with ANYONE on screen with him...
His mental illnesses, as well, are something I relate to. His trauma. His fear of abandonment. Wanting to be different than his abusive, neglectful father. His depression (’All the voices in my head will be quiet when I’m Dead’) especially hits close to home - I too suffer from depression, as well as an anxiety disorder and honestly his insecurities speak to me too. ‘No one could ever love me’. How alone he felt in 4B. How he hated being touched. The way he gives all of himself without ever expecting something more. Even when he was dying in 4B he couldn’t believe Belle would stay by his side.
Then there is, of course, the implied sexual abuse by Zelena, which is... never addressed. Her obsession with him in 3B seems to revolve less around her jealousy for Regina and more about her desire for HIM. The fact she tells him he would come to want her without being told to. The way she invades his personal space and touches him. The way she shaves him. The way she doesn’t seem surprised when he kisses her to distract her.
And again, never touched on. Suddenly she doesn’t care and it’s all about Regina the next time we see her.
Rumple’s spent all of S5 being a HERO. He literally has done nothing wrong, and yet the fandom AND the heroes are ready to throw him and Belle under the bus for breathing.
It only makes me love him more. Someone needs to.]]
Magic is Might || {Dueling Sorcerers AU}
bellefrenchthehero:
“I’m a little thirsty,” she nodded. “But I don’t want you to get up and go anywhere.” She nestled into his chest again. “You’re so deliciously warm, I love it.” She cuddled close to him, soft, blushed skin against the gentle coarseness of his, admiring the color, the warmth, the strength she felt inside of him just being this close. It was beautiful. He was beautiful.
She didn’t want his gift, or curse, or whatever it was. She just wanted him, and she’d never managed to feel that way before, about anyone. “What about you, Rumple, do you need anything?”
Rumple waved his hand, a tray of tea appearing on the nightstand beside them. “Who said anything about getting up, dearie? I’m staying right here with you.” He pressed a gentle kiss to her hair and nodded toward the tray. ‘Help yourself.”
The Needle || {TWS AU}
madasahatterami:
He turned when Rumple came back, looking over his shoulder toward the door.At his question he let the linen slide off his shoulders, baring himself to Rumple and the rest of the room. “My back,” he whispered.
It was shining with fresh scars and bruises, and still decorated with old ones, deep in his flesh, gnarled and aching in his bones. “It, it hurts the most.”
Rumple’s breath caught as he looked at the damage. He crossed the room and knelt down on the bed, looking over the basket of ointments and oils he carried. “Ah, this will help the fresh wounds.” He dipped his fingers into a pot of sticky green salve and gently covered the open lacerations.
For the bruises he used a translucent paste to encourage the blood vessels to heal. The scars were a little more difficult, but a bit of special butter would help them fade.
Sin and Silk || Rentboy AU
madasahatterami:
He nuzzled his nose, smiling at him. “I love your hands,” he breathed, looking at him. “And I adore the way you hold me. I feel so cared for with you.” He turned his face into his neck, sighing gently and pressed soft kisses there. “Mmn….”
“You are, dearie,” Robert replied. “I do care for you. You deserve to feel treasured, to feel adored, to feel safe.”
Magic is Might || {Dueling Sorcerers AU}
bellefrenchthehero:
Belle giggled, shaking her head. “Nice try. You’re so very charming, Rumple, but I have to keep some spells to myself, don’t I?” She kissed his cheek. “I don’t know as much as you, but I know enough to keep you safe if I needed to. How’s that?”
“... Well I suppose it’ll do,” he replied. “Do you need anything, Belle?” Since she seemed to be staying put, Rumplestiltskin might as well make her comfortable. He didn’t want to admit just how much it meant to him to have her here, in his arms - the other Dark Ones screamed in his head, warning him that she’d try to take his gift, his only means to find his son, but he ignored them.
They were wrong.
The Needle || {TWS AU}
madasahatterami:
He sighed when the cloth wrapped around his body, shutting his eyes a moment just to relish its sweetness, to savor this precise moment of kindness to replace countless years of torment. He opened his eyes again at his question and nodded, obeying him and going to the bedroom immediately without question. Just a force of habit.
Rumple disappeared into the cellar, where he kept his most potent tinctures. It didn’t take him long to retrieve the healing ingredients Jefferson needed to soothe his pain and his scars. He reappeared outside the door, knocking before he entered - he didn’t want to startle Jefferson again.
“Where should we begin?”
Sin and Silk || Rentboy AU
madasahatterami:
Jefferson sat up, holding his jaw and pressed a warm, deep, slow kiss into Robert’s lips, wrapping firm arms around him and holding him tight. He waited until he knew the older man was breathless to break away. “Good,” he smiled, stroking his cheek with the backs of his fingers. “I’m glad.”
Oh. Jefferson stole his breath with one skilled kiss. It chased away Robert’s fears and insecurities - he was there, warm and willfully in Robert’s arms, and it wouldn’t change. Not yet, at least.
He smiled and held Jefferson close, running his hands along his back. He’d do anything to protect him. Anything to keep him safe, for as long as he could.
Welcome Home, by @felidre
“… Is she gone?”
Rumplestiltskin paused at his table, listening for any sign of Regina lingering in his castle. With his luck, she could be anywhere waiting to pounce on his weakness. No one could know. No one could ever know.
“We’re completely alone, Dark One.”
“Good!”
Twirling away from his experiments, Rumple grinned at Jefferson. He did a good job convincing Regina to take the aid of the scientist - especially after his last mission went so terribly awry.
He crossed the distance between them and wrapped his arms around his hatter’s shoulders.
“Welcome home, Jefferson,” Rumple whispered, kissing him gently. “You did well.”
“Thank you, Rumplestiltskin. I’m certainly glad you’re pleased.”
Nothing in the world compared to the mirthful confidence in Jefferson’s voice as he tangled his fingers in Rumple’s hair.
Felidre is amazing. AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING. I ordered this Gold Hatter commission from them for @pocketsizesatan for Valentine’s Day! I’m such a huge fan of their art, and I had a blast talking to them about the show X3 I know it’s a week early but I’M TOO! EXCITED! TO WAIT!
I can’t thank you enough for such a beautiful piece!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Jim my love <3333333333
GOLD HATTER - KISSES
How they’ve missed each other.
Here’s my manip! It’s a gold hatter one X3
I didn’t know that was a ship? So cool!
{{I want to apologize for my absence - I've entered WAY too many secret santas and I've been drowning in writing work because of it <.< I'll be more active soon!}}
I've never shipped incest ships, until I once found a few Laced Beauty fics (I'm sure Laced Beauty is the tiniest little subship of the whole OUAT fandom), where Belle and Lacey were twins... and they... ehm... so yeah... These are NC-17 fics. But they were so good!! The fanfictions, I mean. So that made me ship Laced Beauty. That is my dirty OUAT secret.
I like to joke about Elsanna. I ship Kara and Alex a bit on Supergirl. And I live in a glass house over Snow Queen.
/ships Thorki
It’s not incest if they’re from different planets.
That’s how I feel about it but other people feel differently and I respect that.
{I’m not going to lie, I have a fairly weak spot for incest ships, and in the realm of OUAT it’s Rumple/Pan for me - I call it Gold Pan and Pan’s the one with all the control. I am, of course, a walking garbage can.}
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Belle doesn’t know if she wants to salvage their relationship, leaving Rumplestiltskin devastated at the well. He wanders through the woods to the only friend he has left - Jefferson, his former employee and lover - in search of even the barest support. Instead, he finds comfort in the love between them that never faded.
Rating: Explicit || Tags: 5x10 Fix It, Anal Sex, Comfort, Comfort Sex, Fluff
Walking through Storybrooke alone and exposed felt strange. Gone. Belle was gone. Hadn’t he been doing everything right? He’d risked his life to save hers, even when she’d walked away. He made a selfless deal for Merida’s heart. He’d battled Hook without magic and won - though he knew that was the dark one’s plan, somehow. Whatever Hook was after, it wasn’t a proper battle. He could have killed him instantly.
All his fears, faced. He was open. Honest. Everything Belle asked him to be - Rumple was the hero she craved and deserved, wasn’t here? Baby steps were key, and he knew she wouldn’t rush into his arms at once, but hadn’t she promised that it wasn’t too late?
But it was. It was far too late for them.
His legs carried him blindly through Storybrooke’s roads, to the far edges of the town. Rumple needed… he wasn’t entirely sure, honestly. I needed something, someone, anyone who’d listen to him. Without Belle, he felt truly and utterly alone.
Rumplestiltskin found himself staring before a large, lavish manor, almost intimidatingly modern. His last friend in town, Jefferson, might welcome him. They hadn’t spoken since the first curse, the curse that brought them there, but he freed Belle.
Jefferson remembered.
Sighing, Rumple raised his hand and rang the doorbell.
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As a companion to the post about silly crazy things you love about Once Upon a Time…
Tell me your favorite homoerotic/gay innuendo from the show? I’ll take the low hanging … fruit… as it is first.
I don’t have a gif of it, but Regina’s comment in “Lily” about Rumple not being able to keep Mal on her leash ranks up there for me.
And you know…the entire episode “Enter the Dragon”.
I think it’s Lana’s smile and head movement that makes that line even worse.
There’s this one…
And it’s companion piece… the little nod…
I just love that so far, all the gifs are of or about Regina, and that’s precious.
There is also Regina’s… reaction… to Guinevere. Which has no heterosexual explanation.
The last one here is my favorite. I love that most of these involve Regina! How about her look towards Emma when she leaves the apartment in The Jolly Roger. And then that scene of young Regina and Mal where they get really close in Mal’s castle.
Then there’s also the scene where Snow explains to Will which blonde sheriff she’s married to. Oh, and the one in the EF where Emma gives Aurora her jacket because she’s cold (although that may just be her being nice, I felt a lot gayer after seeing Emma’s arms)
Thank you! Especially for that last one^
and of course…
This too…
What about Mal and Regina in Regina’s vault
OOH and Regina delivering apples to Emma for on the road.
{Rumple and Jefferson’s unabashed flirting in the forest in The Doctor is one of my favorites. I hope it’s okay if I use my own gifs, I’m bad at describing things.There’s also a very gentle shoulder touch, but I haven’t gif’d it.}
@jxhniarty You have been summoned. Spam this with Jefferson and Rumple. Regina is not the only one making gay innuendo
{{I am! I hit post limit so I’m doing it on my RP blog X3 Here’s the gentle pat for good measure}}