⌈ THE DARK ONE ⌋

independent once upon a time multimuse, featuring rumpelstiltskin. independent & selective. written by violet.

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#STRUCKDEALS — independent rumpelstiltskin from once upon a time. also features guest muses from ouat. written by violet. est. dec 2012. remade jan 2025.

GUEST MUSES: belle french, zelena, prince henry, jefferson.

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graphics by: @animuscomms

guidelines under the cut:

interpretation: rumpelstiltskin has been one of the most important characters to me since 2012. i have taken a number of liberties with him that are not reflected in the show. i do not respect ouat outside of the first three seasons, and even then i have some complaints.

interactions: i am a slow writer with cognitive issues that make writing difficult at times. if this is an issue, i'm not the best writing partner for you. i am a perfectionist with canon characters, rumpelstiltskin most of all. i do drop threads when i get overwhelmed; if you specifically have issues with that, please let me know and i'll do my best to ensure we don't encounter any issues. please hardblock if you don't want me to follow you.

triggers: there will be triggers present here. i'll try to tag them as i can, but some might be too present on this blog for me to tag them. if you need something tagged, though, please let me know.

shipping: i love romantic ships with chemistry; that is my greatest joy to write. i'm very open to multishipping.

plotting: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE feel free to come at me and plot; you can dm me, send an ask, or contact me on discord (just ask + let me know who you are). i'm so delighted to be writing rumpelstiltskin again, let's get these plots going.

reblog policies: you can reblog ask memes from me directly, i don't mind. i don't believe in reblog karma; only send what you'd like, it won't hurt my feelings.

aesthetics/icons: if you require any formatting changes, please let me know! please, if possible, write in smaller paragraphs when writing with me. i struggle terribly with reading long paragraphs. however, long replies are welcome! if you could, please use minimal formatting with me- bold/italics/colors are okay, but anything else is hard on my eyes to read.

writer information: violet. 30. cst. any pronouns, any gendered language.

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i'm using my creative collective to make a huge multimedia project that's a love letter to ouat and it's going to include a personal essay, an in-depth video series on the characters, and a fan audio drama.

[magiccost-deactivated20250805]

#MAGICCOST. "People are going to tell you who you are your whole life. You just gotta punch back and say, 'no this is who I am.' You want people to look at you differently? Make them. You want to change things, you're going to have to go out there and change them yourself because there are no fairy godmothers in this world."

"You don't have a home until you just miss it... Storybrooke is my home."

ind. private & selective multimuse for muses from abc's once upon a time & fairy tales. stories told by clancy.

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ALL MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE: independent once upon a time multimuse, featuring rumpelstiltskin and belle french. has verses in dragon age and fallout. written by violet.

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i'm starting a multimedia project that's a love letter to ouat and this was just the beginning; thank you for being here.

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ouat is about faith it's about humanity it's about love it's about mistakes and it's supposed to be about accountability but the writers don't understand that concept. that's okay, i do.

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doing an ouat rewatch and it's insane how inspirational this work was. this and labyrinth are really blowing my mind. jim henson icon that you are.

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shipping call for belle! local adventurous nerd needs to be swept off of her feet, stat. like this and i'll come harass you about our barbies :)

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#PORTALLEAPT.

ALICE , ALICE DON'T YOU KNOW - WONDERLAND WAS ALL A HOAX.

 It's hard enough to live in a land where you don't belong, but knowing it... holding conflicting realities in your head... will drive you mad.

ind. private & selective heavily headcanon based ( and slightly ouat based ) , mad hatter. scribed by clancy.

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belle has scars on her wrists and ankles from where the shackles she had in her imprisonment cut into her skin. it was a near constant effort on her part for months to work herself free, despite knowing that there was no chance that she would be able to do so. they serve as a reminder, that despite how painful it is at times to see them, she is stronger than she feels sometimes. she is brave, and she is resilient- even if she doesn’t always believe it herself.

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the real question is will zelena allow me to write her from this blog or will she insist on her own

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what does your soul look like?

a shadowed figure within a void

You are the flickering shape in the darkness. The echo of something lost. Are you even there at all, really? Does anyone see what you are beyond the darkness that surrounds you? You were the first to lose yourself. You stumbled in the dark, and in trying to find who you are, you picked up all the wrong pieces of broken things. Can you still say that you are you, if you have torn yourself apart and stitched yourself together with every monstrous replacement you could find? What is it that you think will make you whole again? Do you think that your teeth and claws can protect you? There is no monster trying to harm you. There is only you, and nothing can protect you from yourself if you insist upon your own self-destruction. You are the villain of your own story. There is no one you have harmed more than yourself.

tagged by: indirectly @bornofthedawn tagging: @wakesleft @pathetiiic @bledflorals @riiese @egoarte

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the 17th cannot come fast enough.

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JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN as DR. BETH GARNER

Basic Instinct (1992) Dir. Paul Verhoeven

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Jeanne Tripplehorn 

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MICHAEL DOUGLAS and JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN as NICK CURRAN and Dr BETH GARNER in

BASIC INSTINCT (1992) dir.Paul Verhoeven

[notsosecretlyalesbian]

Jeanne Tripplehorn as Alex Blake in Criminal Minds | 09×06: In The Blood

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informal belle fallout verse post but she maintains a library that is her ever-growing collection of books she's been able to salvage. she has a fuck ton of turrets :) i haven't decided where because i think it'll just depend on the partner's character.