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This week, I read a fic that was around 20 years old, which had originally been posted on the author's personal website and which she added to AO3 a few years ago. She listed her email address with the fic, so after I finished reading, I sent her an email saying how much I enjoyed the story, how much I appreciated the work and effort she obviously put into it, and thanked her for uploading it to AO3. She responded the next day and thanked me for my message, then said she had a few more stories in the same series that she hadn't gotten around to uploading. I checked this morning--she added a 35,000 word novella and thanked me in the summary.

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Insane about the Lucanis & Harding friendship.

She threatens him. He's charmed by it.

She's put off by the murder thing. He offers to hire her to watch his back on a job.

She tries his terribly bitter bean water drink.

He uses her as an avatar of the self-fear aspect of his mental illness.

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He's just my type 😭❤️

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impusively kissing! kissing when laughing! kissing cheeks to say thanks! kissing noses! kissing foreheads! kissing hands! kissing wrists! kissing temples! kissing fingertips! lazy kissing! goodbye kisses! see you later kisses! wait for me kisses! be right back kisses! that is so stupid but i love you kissing!

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The reason Rook is so well adjusted during the game is because Rook already hit Hero of the Veilguard status when Varric did their companion quest line before Rook was unceremoniously promoted to the role of the Protagonist.

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vivienne to cassandra: “you are a warrior, cassandra. you’ll be one whether you dress in steel or lace”

fun cassandra facts for you!

sees the small fears in the fade as “maggots crawling in filth”

has a memory of eating blueberry pastries with her brother as a child

threw one of varric’s books across the room when he killed her favorite character

is not good at cards

“i do not trust any event where hitting someone isn’t an option”

tells bull she wouldn’t trade the chargers for any alliance

spars with bull and blackwall

“the truth is more important than my reputation. and anyone wishing to accuse me of weakness is welcome to try”

vivienne to cassandra: “you are a warrior, cassandra. you’ll be one whether you dress in steel or lace”

punched a wall at the winter palace

doesn’t wear underwear

“no…no, andraste did not specifically say one should not punch bears”

plays guessing games with sera, at sera’s insistence

suffers from hay fever, when she was a child her brother told her she should punch a tree in retaliation and she still punches trees as an adult

hates being called “lady pentaghast”

takes the time to check on cullen, and when he tells her to stop, sends inquisition messengers to do it instead

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When mutuals you think are really cool reblog your things

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It is cute that Rook is shorter than her lover

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Can you imagine what an intense experience Inner Demons was for Lucanis? Not because of his grandmother and Illario, but because of everything Rook was saying in his mind. Rook said so many kind things to him, believing in him and supporting him. These things were said directly in his mind, there was no way to avoid it or block it out. For someone like Lucanis, it had to be painful to hear such kindness and support, but in the same way it is painful to put medicine on a wound.

He is haunted by so many cruel words, do you think after Inner Demon when he starts to think about them, he hears Rook’s voice? That when Zara’s and the others’ words start to echo late at night when he is alone with just a cup of coffee and Spite, suddenly Rook’s voice pops up disagreeing with the others.

“Your real friends and allies need you.”

“You’re no demon”

“No demon would punish itself like this”

“I trust you, Lucanis.”

“I have a master assassin, don’t I?”

“Lucanis always has a choice.”

“Whatever they are, I’ll be there to help you.”

No wonder he finds Rook’s voice to be a comfort.

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Usually backstory, voice, and disaster level. Chaotic bisexuality is a plus. If they are SAD?! A++++

Idk if it’s just me but I literally never choose BW romances by how the characters look bc uhhhhh

I mean for a long time they looked like very polygonal lol

I pick by voice + like… how much of a complete disaster they are usually lol

Curious how other ppl choose?

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Tevinter's Finest

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Lucanis invented pumpkin spice lattes in thedas send post

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Davrin, Bellara, and Neve are the most stunning people that BW has ever created imo

Gifs of them come across my dash and I just stare at them like… woAH… so beautiful… 🫣😍

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My children! All between the ages of 2 and 4. They keep growing towards the radiator and burning their vines. No survival instincts at all.

Have I introduced y'all to my unit of an aloe.

This is Oscar, who sits near the end of my treadmill and menaces me. Tentacle-ingly. I've tried to move Oscar into various pots that would be more supportive but no, Oscar likes to lean over the lip like the Grouch and let you know the State of Affairs.

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Cushnie Fall 2019

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Riding Coat from the court of Saxony, ca. 1601

This riding coat, made of black cloth and decorated with silk, is one of 24 coats ordered for the servants of the Saxon court in 1601. Additional mittens could be pulled over the sleeves during cold weather.

Like most riding coats of that time, this example is double-breasted and closed with hooks and eyes. The back is cut wide to allow the wearer to sit comfortably on the back of a horse without fabric getting in the way.

Today, this garment is exhibited at the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.

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Also Lucanis is absolutely a Groomzilla

Due to them coming from vastly different cultures I absolutely imagine Ingellvar and Lucanis having two weddings (and because the Dellamortes can totally afford it). Plus, I just want to see Lucanis dressed in Mourn Watch finery and gold. Like yeah, whatever, fake Catholic wedding in Treviso with the Crows snoooze (bonus Vorgoth in attendance). But the REAL party is the Mourn Watch ceremony in the Necropolis.

And what a culture shock for the few Crows that decide to also attend that one. Imagined being married by a LICH. A skeleton quintet! Hundreds of curious wisps giving everything a soft blue glow. Swaths of religious academics adorned in gold, green, and a deep rich purple. Ingellvar being handed off by Vorgoth. Their outfit a classical patina-green coat waistcoat (new word I learned). It's absolutely disgustingly decadent but also so grim. The Higher Dead in attendance in their best spooky formal wear.

Lucanis has had years to become accustomed to the high strangeness of the Necropolis. But the cold air was something he never adjusted to. However, he'd do anything for Rook. Anything for his grounding force. Anything to see them delighted. And something about the Mourn Watch gold oozes style and grace he can't resist.

It takes place in the memorial gardens. The ceremony. A camp part of me wants them to be married side by side standing in coffins, but I am sure that's the one thing Lucanis said no too. Too macabre. Instead they greet and pay respects to the higher dead that watch over the Necropolis. They each carry an 'eternal flame' candle and walk side by side to the altar. These candles will need to be maintained throughout the rest of their lives as an act of devotion until their death.

Then the reception. Dancing with ghosts and skeletons all night. Little did Lucanis know these academic freaks know how to party. Dancing doesn't stop until well into the next day and night. Lucanis frequently has to take breaks and lock himself in a quiet room (specifically requested by Rook) for an unspecified about of time.

Then, the honeymoon, they're going wyvern spotting in Orlais. Probably not coming back for a few months.