[ SECRET POST #2225 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2225 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 084 secrets from Secret Submission Post #318.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Damn. An automatic aversion to the word "tresses" means you should probably avoid Nym's "A Bed of Thorns," since the viewpoint character is a possibly slightly younger than canon Belle--and in Skin Deep (have you seen the show? That makes a difference to what I can rec) she was clutching a romance novel called "Her Handsome Hero.". (I'm the cosplayer blathering about cups upthread. I notice crap like this.) So the character does describe hair as tresses, but on the other hand, I don't recall seeing the word "orb" anywhere, certainly not to describe eyes. If I run into both at once I usually hit the back-button too. Anyway, I'd still give the fic a go, unless that's the one you were complaining about. But be warned, it's over 390,000 words and counting, so if you avoid long works or WIPs, it's probably not a good place to start.

I already recc'ed my favorite authors all over the last Once Upon a Time secret a couple days ago, but aside from Nym, my other two favorite authors are Fyre and Rufeepeach. Fyre's stuff tends to be less romance-novel-ish in general than a lot of Rumbelle fic. One of my favorites by her isn't exactly or entirely Rumbelle. It's called "Charmed Life." And it's awesome. The most romance-novel-like of her stories is "An Inward Treasure," so I'd avoid that one, especially as it's a Georgian AU that she's looking to publish as an actual romance novel. But she's written a lot of fic. Hopefully you'll find something you like.

Some of Rufeepeach's stuff, especially the non-magical AU stuff, has more romance tropes, although, again, haven't seen the word "orb" show up anywhere. "Wrapped Around a Spindle" is good and didn't remind me of a romance novel.

All three authors are on AO3 under Nym, Fyre, and Rufeepeach. Nym and Rufeepeach have the same tumblr handles, Fyre is Amuseoffyre.