(Set in the same verse as Sacrifice and Inuring, where Rumplestiltskin asks for something a bit more…special than a housekeeper, and Belle trades her freedom, and her body, to the Dark One. There’s a non-con warning for the series as a whole, but not for this particular ficlet.)

Belle thought Rumplestiltskin couldn’t hear her grief, but he did. The castle stones whispered to him of brave facades that crumbled in the shadows of her room; of hours spent in baths too hot for her fragile skin to bear; of bedclothes spattered with tears and blood.

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Here’s what really bothers me: whatever drama is about to happen with Belle and Greg could have been avoided if they’d just told Belle the truth in the first place. There is no reason to lie to her at this point; in fact, lying to her is just making things WORSE, because now she rightly assumes that she will find no support or comfort from her supposed friends. So instead she’s going to go to the one guy who DOES believe her, who unlike Belle has access to the resources necessary to both leave town and share his story with the outside world.

So good job there, guys. You shot yourselves in the foot because once again you underestimated Belle’s capacity to employ rationality and make her own decisions when given time to adapt to a new situation.

ibelieveinjohnblake:

idk man good for belle

like it sucks that she cant remember but rumple needs to stop telling her to do something if she doesnt want to do it

like if she had said “ill do whatever to get my memories back” when he tried the cup thats fine but she clearly wasnt interested. he needs to back up off her for two seconds and let her recover.

Yup yup. Whale should really have put his foot down and kept her off-limits from Rumple until she’d had time to calm down and listen to the explanation of what Storybrooke is all about. Rumple rushing in and saying I NEED YOU TO FONDLE THIS CUP was reallllly not helping.

(via athelstanned)

I wonder if Belle having no memories means that Maurice is going to get custody of her again.

He’ll launch a one-man ticker tape parade through the streets of Storybrooke if he does.

accio-firewhiskey:

Question in regards to the Canadian promo:

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Rumple has many attractive qualities. Common sense is not one of them.

Belle, that was a TERRIBLE plan. And Mulan, I still don’t like you.