One of the best things about Rumbelle is the HUGE proportion of AUs/Anyelle/departures from canon/OOC fics out there, I LOVE it, it's my kind of writer's heaven! I can't tell if it's unique to OUaT (or just Rumbelle) or fandomwide these days, because it has been yrs since I've been hung up on an OTP to the point of fangirling and fic writing for it. My former shows over which I obsessed had only such AUs as a rarity, and re-writes of eps were almost as rare. There was no equivalent to Anyelle, and OOC-ness was considered a huge faux-pas. I think it's telling that Ao3 has a tag of "OOC" - like the writer is saying "yup, I know the actual canon characters wouldn't do this" and it's OKAY! I think this is a beautiful evolution from the days when I would get flamed for having a strong woman character occasionally show a more tender side (of which we only saw hints in canon, but it WAS there!)
Anyway, my point is, go for it. I read a FABULOUS AU Rumbelle fic today that was awesome despite being riddled with typos and having both our beloved duo behaving very OOC throughout. IT was still THEM, only it was them if their life circumstances had been different--and that's most of the Rumbelle fic I find actually. I think it's a big step closer to our being able to break out like 50 Shades did -- filing off the serial numbers (only with better writing ;))
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Date: 2014-01-13 12:21 am (UTC)Anyway, my point is, go for it. I read a FABULOUS AU Rumbelle fic today that was awesome despite being riddled with typos and having both our beloved duo behaving very OOC throughout. IT was still THEM, only it was them if their life circumstances had been different--and that's most of the Rumbelle fic I find actually. I think it's a big step closer to our being able to break out like 50 Shades did -- filing off the serial numbers (only with better writing ;))
tl;dr - you go girl!