Belle: I can't believe you assassinated the King!

Rumple: Well, 'assassinated' implies it was politically motivated. I killed him because he was a dick, so technically I murdered him

Belle: That's not better!

sorry but I cannot help but love ouat belle so much. she’s a hero she’s a scholar she’s the key to ending the ogre wars she was locked in a psychiatric ward for 28 years and didn’t age a day she reads mandarin and elvish she’s inexplicably australian and most of all she fucked that old man.

marionette

And I'm right

rumplestiltskin really is the most character to ever character

he’s the dark one he’s just some guy he’s a dad (who abandoned his son in the pursuit of power) he’s a wifeguy (who murdered his first wife in cold blood) he carefully plots out every tiny detail of his plans and yet his motivations and opinions change three times an hour he’s a deranged murderous monster he’s a pathetic wet cat he’s a silly little guy he’s a mischievous imp he’s the most powerful magical being alive he’s a grandad he’s a massive cunt his dad is psychotic emo peter pan he’s in neck-deep denial about everything he’s ever done he giggles like a little schoolgirl after committing bloody atrocities and manipulating people to his will he can see the future he’s like three hundred years old he owns an entire town and runs a little aesthetic antique shop of gizmos there he beats all his problems with a stick he hinges his entire moral compass on one australian book nerd that he kept hostage as a slave for a while he looks like a shiny sweaty lizard in one world and a dilf in the next he’s literally everything to me

rumple (& belle) text post meme part 15 (?)

if you understand any of these drawings you are eligible for financial compensation (7 billion dollars)

Rumple + text posts (plus Belle)

“Belle..?”

Hearing that voice, the adventurer froze mid toast. Her companions, looking up at the figure behind her which she herself couldn't see, reached for their weapons almost on instinct. Of course, this was to no avail as they stiffened seemingly on command – it was on command.

Belle turned slowly, looking up at the beast she'd had to leave behind – a chapter of her life she'd left behind, hand raised to keep her companions docile. She'd pictured seeing him again many times before, but never in a million years had she imagined to see tears in his eyes.

She swallowed, letting out the softest of breaths, a breath with which his name should never be accompanied.

“Rumpelstiltskin.”

It happened on instinct, but it became proof that only she could get away with punching the Dark One in the jaw.

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What if Rumple came across his discarded maid during her grand adventure?

[cross-posted on Instagram <3]

I love tropes like this

Rumple: Don't worry, I have a few knives up my sleeve.

Belle: I think you mean cards.

Rumple, pulling knives out of his sleeves: No, I do not.

Rumpelstiltskin's first wife, Milah, was an emotionally abusive asshole. Like he fucking crippled himself so that he could be there for his kid and that's a bad thing? Fuck that noise, he deserves a fucking prize.

Regina and Rumple's entire relationship in one text post

I was u n p r e p a r e d for disheveled and stubbly Rumple.

It’s made me as feral as he is locked in that cage.

Lock me in there with him 😏

“Do we have a deal?”

This is a redraw of art I made back in 2020 (I refuse to show the old piece though 😭), and I still haven’t seen anyone else make this comparison!! Rumplestiltskin and Alastor would be a fun deadly deal-making duo😂 Would you make a deal with those two😳