#I am a ranche truther forever and always

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feeling very yuriful today

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Fic Author Self-Rec

Was tagged by @noire-pandora @tea42 and @potatowitch thank you all very much! I'm tagging @transfenris-truther @fandomn00blr and @inquisitoracorn

Pick five of your own fics to recommend!

Doing this in most-to-least words order.

Matchsies

Word count: 278 357 Rating: E Summary: Taren Lavellan, tattoo artist, is too many months out of a bad relationship to still be this lonely, and his friends only want to help. They set him up on Matchsies, the casual dating app that mostly results in unsolicited dick pics, and he's all but lost hope when one night he makes an unexpected match. Hype: This is my longest completed fic. I'm very proud of it. A lot of worldbuilding and character backstory and just character brain exploration went into this. It probably contains some of my very best writing. I'm obsessed with the relationship drama and the modern-with-magic universe and the found family and every single character in it. I set out to write something silly (as I always do.. as will be shown...) and wound up pouring heart and soul into it. Idk. It's really long and not quite done, because there's a sequel of sorts to write, but have some hype from the comments that have really made all that writing worth it: "This story is sexy and fun and smart and raw. I really like it and I'm eager to see where everything goes. Your character writing is the kind of thing that makes AUs worth reading and I'm so impressed that you can retain the color and texture of their cultures and lives without keeping the set dressing. It's just super great." - @transfenris-truther this comment will live in my head forever. "This is a story about loss and trauma and insecurity and magic and the family you choose and the love you give and, most importantly, that despite how scary allowing yourself to be known and loved can be, you have, and always will be, deserving of that love." - writingismycoffee on AO3

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Twelve Nights

Word count: 120 091 Rating: M Summary: Modern au fic where BusinessMan McMoneybanks Dorian Pavus meets LocalArtist Outdoorsyguy Taren Lavellan whilst on a business trip to a Fancy Ski Resort In The Mountains with his Terrible Father, and learns the True Meaning of The Holidays (it's love). Hype: I wrote this to be "the gay halmark movie I deserve". Had the silly idea to take a hallmark movie plot and make it pavellan, then I obviously got my heart all caught up in it. It's got love at first sight, it's got found family dynamics, it's got cute gay ski dates and holiday magic and a happy ending. It's also got a blatantly anticapitalist subplot and at one point Taren Lavellan punches a cop. Truly, it is the gay hallmark movie we ALL deserve.

All Hail West Thedas

Word count: 13 148 (so far) Rating: M (so far...) Summary: Dorian Pavus has run away from home, from a life of misery, from some unspeakable incident with his father, from Tevinter, from himself. He has run out of money, too, and now he is stuck way out here away from things. But maybe it's not so bad. Ehsaan is sweet, The Iron Bull is kind in his own way, and they both say that he can stay as long as he likes. Hype: I am writing this with heavy collaboration from @gaysolavellan, who is incredible. It stars his Ehsaan Adaar, who is also incredible. It's all very silly again, with copious Mountain Goats references and a fun modern AU cowboy ranch setting, but the emotional journey is what it's all about... I'm really excited to be working on it and I think it's gonna turn out great (:

I Hate You (and your little cat, too)

Word Count: 3985 Rating: G Summary: Anders' cat has found its way to his downstairs neighbour's balcony. Fenris is Anders' downstairs neighbour and he is unimpressed (but the cat likes him). Hype: I was torn between recommending this one or Anders Has Several Problems (just gonna sneak that one in here...) because I have two fics in this very specific genre of "Fenders Fic Based On Shitpost Style Nonsense Starring Anders' Cat". This isn't based on a shitpost, it's based on real life. I wrote it after having to retrieve my cat from my downstairs neighbour after said cat had the door to the apartment closed on him and so jumped down onto the balcony below mine.

This one is actually pretty silly, but there are some beats of real heart there, and I like it a lot.

Anders, Attraction, and Other Things that Start with A

Word count: 559 Rating: G Summary: It's one really good fucking kiss. Hype: This is the first Fenders thing I ever wrote. It came to me in a feverish bolt of artistic drive from the gods or something. I didn't even like Fenders before I wrote this at 2am one day. It's inspired and poetic and it will make you like Fenders. Trust me.