#I love them both but definitely Morrigan in this case c:

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Damn this needs a Tier List just for the parents.

F Tier- Flemeth, Kalah, Halward Pavus. Thanks to Morrigan's Circle Tower dream, we know that Flemeth was physically abusive towards her. That's not cool. And Kalah Brosca is an ungrateful wretch who whines even when Rica elevates them both to ROYALTY. And Halward Pavus attempted to not just change his son's sexual orientation, but he attempted it with a procedure that could have left Dorian brain dead. D Tier- Gamlen, Maric, Loghain. Unlike Kalah, Gamlen actually TRIES to help his family. Unfortunately, his own problems-familial resentment, gambling addiction, take your pick-get in the way. Maric is here because while he might have been alright to Cailan, he did ZIP for Alistair and any other possible lovechildren. Having unprotected sex with women and leaves your lovers (and friends) to deal with the results is bad parenting. Loghain is here because murdering your son-in-law and stealing your daughter's throne is also not great parenting.

C minus Tier- Gereon Alexius, Marethari, and Eamon. Gereon is here because he clearly loves and genuinely wants the best for Felix. Unfortunately, joining a cult is the wrong way of going about that. Also, Marethari DEFINITELY could have handled Merrill's situation better. Eamon, well... I used to like Eamon, but considering how he treated Alistair... I mean, he actually TRIED to raise Alistair, but quit the minute things got tough. Instead of explaining things to his wife, the way HEALTHY couples do, he caved to her demands and sent Alistair to a sexually repressive religious organization. And he didn't even treat Alistair all that well when he HAD him. C Tier proper-Wynne and Leandra. Wynne's a great parent to a non-mage, less than ideal for a mage. Cannot be a parent in any case thanks to the templars. Leandra probably was an okay parent BEFORE the Blight, but trauma got the better of her after it. I can't rate Oghren because I've never seen him interact with his kid. So, I'd say, if I was being honest...the best choices for parent are...Morrigan, Eleanor and Bryce Cousland, Adaia Tabris and her husband, and King Endrin. So I voted for Eamon because none of the above choices were available.

Got a big question, if you could choose only one....

And I do mean only one. Your other parent isn't their spouse, known lover, ect. You are just picking one. Feel free to tell why in the tags/comments, but like be civil with each other.

[thereinafter]

Chocolate Box 2021 exchange letter below.

Hi, dear chocolatier! Thanks so much for creating for me. For fic, I’m good with whatever rating you want to write and any tense/person/structure. I’m also requesting art for everything besides OW. I’ve copied my signup below with a DNW list for each fandom, and those are followed by my general art and fic likes lists.

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Dragon Age: (fic, art) Aveline Vallen/Cassandra Pentaghast (Dragon Age) Aveline Vallen/Female Hawke (Dragon Age) Cassandra Pentaghast/Female Inquisitor (Dragon Age) Cassandra Pentaghast/Leliana (Dragon Age) Cassandra Pentaghast & Myrna (Dragon Age) Dagna/Sera (Dragon Age) Isabela/Leliana (Dragon Age) Josephine Montilyet/Leliana (Dragon Age) Leliana/Morrigan (Dragon Age)

For all the / ships I requested, I would be very happy with anything inspired by the likes lists below. Cassandra/Leliana, Josephine/Leliana, Leliana/Morrigan: I’m forever interested in all their history we don’t see as well as how they might interact when the Inquisitor or Warden isn’t around. Cassandra/Inquisitor, Aveline/Hawke: I’m good with any variant of female player character and will always love flirting and tension/confusion happily resolved, or facing things together, or just cute/romantic moments. Aveline/Cassandra, Dagna/Sera, Leliana/Isabela: show me how they might meet for the first or second or third time and spark something?

For Cassandra & Myrna (of the Mourn Watch): “Down Among the Dead Men” was my favorite Tevinter Nights story and I’m fascinated with Nevarra and the Grand Necropolis as described there. Have these two met before in the past? Do they have to work together on something for the Inquisition or post-DAI? Since I read TN I’ve wanted a fic where they interact (and preferably get along eventually).

I would also love art of any of these pairings! See general art likes list below.

DNW: setting AUs (except for art), background male player characters, pregnancy, non-canon major character death, unhappy endings, daddy/mommy kink, noncon

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Crossover: (fic, art) Cassandra Pentaghast (Dragon Age)/Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed Odyssey)

I still feel like this should happen. Magic or basically magical AC tech or in recurring dreams or however you want to handwave transportation between universes, I would just like to see them in the same place and maybe breaking some things together. (alternatively: I did art of them arm-wrestling one time and if someone wants to write me that fic I would love it.)

Also more art! Fighting back to back? Kassandra flirting with Cassandra? Wearing clothes from each other’s world? A Greek-vase-style pastiche?

See general fic and art likes below if you want more ideas.

DNW: AUs other than the canon settings, pregnancy, non-canon major character death, unhappy endings, daddy/mommy kink, noncon

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Emelan - Tamora Pierce: (fic, art) Dedicate Lark/Dedicate Rosethorn

I love the four kids, but I love Lark and Rosethorn the most. (Note: I’ve only read up to Shatterglass as of now, but I don’t mind references to later books if you want to set something later.)

A few fic ideas, feel free to mix up or use anything else from my general likes list: - An adventure by themselves without their students? Or an attempted romantic outing that turns into one? - Writing to each other when one is away? (Rosethorn travels a lot; has Lark ever gone somewhere and left her to manage Discipline?) - Observing traditions and the turn of the year at Winding Circle, from their POVs? - Ways they might use their magic together or experimenting with that?

I would also love any art you want to do of them: see the general art likes below.

DNW: setting AUs (except for art), pregnancy, non-canon major character death, unhappy endings, daddy/mommy kink, noncon

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The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon: (fic, art) Sabran Berethnet/Eadaz du Zāla uq-Nāra (The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon)

Reusing some of my Yuletide fic prompts, feel free to mix these or use things from my likes list: - A missing scene from when their relationship was secret, before Ead left the first time? - Sabran’s experience of one of the times Ead was hurt and recovered? - I’m always here for long-distance pining and letter-writing. - Post-canon reunions, whether it’s Ead visiting Inys, or Sabran finding ways to meet her elsewhere, or Sabran carrying out her plan to abdicate. I would love exploration of the other courts and lands in the book, especially Yscalin rebuilding from the draconic takeover, and the Priory. - I’m still curious about whether it’s possible for Sabran to learn either type of magic and whether she would explore that, and whether there might be other trees.

I would love art as well! Any canon scene illustrated (the rose under Sabran’s pillow? the bath? the candle dance scene?), or just any art of them you want to do. General art likes below.

DNW: setting AUs (except for art), non-canon pregnancy, non-canon major character death, daddy/mommy kink, noncon

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Original Work: (fic) Female Adventurer in Need of a Challenge/Lady Stuck in Tower of Ridiculous Traps (Original Work) Female Inventor of Ridiculous Traps/Female Master Thief (Original Work) Female Avant-Garde Artist/Scandalous Demimonde Actress (Original Work) Female Palace Cook/Female Royal Taster (Original Work) Female Paladin/Incarnation of Her Goddess (Original Work) Female Knight on Noble Quest/Witch Who's Far Too Distracting (Original Work) Brave but Stubborn Female Knight/Famous Female Bard Who Has a Crush on Her (Original Work) Dethroned and Dishonored Queen/Lone Loyal Female Knight (Original Work) Female Knight Who Loves Baths/Female Sorceress Who Loves Baths (Original Work) Female Knight Who Loves Baths/Female Water or Hotspring Spirit Who Loves Knights (Original Work) Wandering Lady Knight/Her Pining Female Friend She Writes Letters To (Original Work)

I nominated:

Female Adventurer in Need of a Challenge/Lady Stuck in Tower of Ridiculous Traps: I was imagining the kinds of elaborate traps you find in D&D manuals, but other types also work! I just like the idea of bonding through solving bizarre dangerous puzzles from opposite sides of a barrier.

Female Inventor of Ridiculous Traps/Female Master Thief: Professional rivals to lovers? Longtime couple who collaborate? (Bonus idea: prequel to the first prompt?)

Female Palace Cook/Female Royal Taster: I like the idea of one falling for or trying to seduce the other through food creations, under the noses of the royalty. Maybe the taster is also a bodyguard, or just another servant with a risky job?

Female Avant-Garde Artist/Scandalous Demimonde Actress: I’d be here for this whether you want to set it in a real historical period or a fantasy/SF world. Too many feelings and sublimating them through art? Modeling turning into more? A secret relationship, or a volatile on and off thing? I could also see this as a found documents or research notes type of story (or something like 5 times = 5 works in an exhibition?)

Female Paladin/Incarnation of Her Goddess: A dramatic h/c situation, or a reward for faithful service? Or maybe they have a comfortable old-married type of relationship? I could be into any of these.

Female Knight on Noble Quest/Witch Who's Far Too Distracting: Kind of the opposite of the above. They just keep running into each other and catch feelings? Or the witch wants to interfere and ends up helping? Or the quest is actually a bad idea and the witch saves her life?

I didn’t nominate but would delightedly read any take on these (all the lady knights edition): Brave but Stubborn Female Knight/Famous Female Bard Who Has a Crush on Her Dethroned and Dishonored Queen/Lone Loyal Female Knight Female Knight Who Loves Baths/Female Sorceress Who Loves Baths Female Knight Who Loves Baths/Female Water or Hotspring Spirit Who Loves Knights Wandering Lady Knight/Her Pining Female Friend She Writes Letters To

See the long list of general likes below if you want more ideas.

DNW: unhappy endings, death of requested characters, underage sex (<18), daddy/mommy kink, incest, noncon, a/b/o

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General fanart likes:

I draw it myself, and I don’t really have style preferences for fanart; I’m interested in however you interpret my request in your own style!

- If one of my fic prompts or my likes below suggests something (non-explicit) you want to draw (whether one scene or sequential), I’d love to see that. I always like to see characters doing things they’re good at or looking formidable or happy. And for shippy art, I am always here for handholding, hand kisses, regular kisses, cuddling, and/or other romantic moments in contexts that make sense for the characters.

- Dressing the characters up or down is also fun. Fancy clothing or armor, things they might wear that we don’t see in canon, or illustrating what they do wear in canon if it’s a book. Partial undressing and dishevelment. Different historical AU looks (as an exception to my setting AUs DNW).

- I’d also be into a piece that’s more of a character study expressing something about them through formal visual elements and symbolism (as opposed to a narrative scene).

- If emulating other art styles is fun for you, I’d totally enjoy any kind of famous artist/historical style pastiche. Or, my love of in-universe documents and worldbuilding definitely extends to art, so something like an in-world manuscript page or notes/doodles/sketches by a character or an in-world portrait of them would make me quite happy.

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General fic likes

If something’s not on this list, that doesn’t necessarily mean I don’t like it, but I enjoy these things pretty reliably. Take from it and mix these up as you wish.

for both gen and shipfic: Relationships among women, complex and powerful female characters, adult characters with some level of life experience Casefic if the characters do cases or missions: anything like another episode or chapter from the canon Lighthearted slice of life/ day-in-the-life stories when the canon focus is more on big dramatic events Epistolary or found-documents stories, and other unconventional story structures Time loop stories, Rashomon-style stories, and other sets of variations on a theme (including “five times” fic) Canon divergence AUs Worldbuilding/exploring places and times we don’t see much in canon; in-universe mythologies, stories, songs, plays, etc.; holidays, personal or cultural traditions, celebrations People or events from characters’ past resurfacing to complicate things Magical or scientific accidents or anomalies making weird things happen Heists, rescues/jailbreaks, investigating mysteries big or small Court plotting, dealing with complex etiquette/social rules, intrigue, spying, disguises and fake identities Road or sea or space trips, wilderness survival situations, exploring ruins/haunted places/caves/dungeons/etc. Sparring, duels, tournaments, competitions whether serious or not Making things for each other, whether it’s art or music or crafting or food or magic or whatever, and giving gifts Competence porn/demonstrating how good they are at what they do (but perhaps being awkward or lost in other contexts) Learning or teaching others new skills, or trying to Temporarily caring for animals or babies/children when they’re not used to it

for shipfic (pre-relationship, get-together, and established-relationship stories are all interesting to me if I like the ship) Everything above plus: Longtime friends, partners in arms or work or crime, old friends or former lovers meeting again, old enemies who have to admit they like each other, rivals who respect each other … to lovers Long-term established relationships where they know each other better than anyone Cute/playful moments, escalating flirtations whether awkward or skillful, good-natured teasing, surprising each other, discovering new things about each other, trying to impress each other, distracting each other consciously or not Giddy crushes, pining that’s eventually happily resolved, angst with happy endings Having a lot of feelings and not knowing what to do with them, repression, extended UST, slow burn, emotional romantic revelations Hurt/comfort, fighting beside each other, disproportionate reactions to the other being hurt or possibly hurt, facing external threats together, rescuing each other, tending each other Loyalty and devotion, us against the world, bodyguarding, protectiveness, love conflicting with other loyalties, noble self-denial and sacrifice, courtly love Being inspired by the other to create, or achieving things for the other’s sake or in their service, whether secretly or openly Forced-intimacy-by-circumstance tropes like only-one-bed, huddling for warmth, fake dating, marriage of convenience, handcuffed together, dreamsharing/psychic bonds Ascetic/hedonist or repressed/libertine or inexperienced/more experienced dynamics “The grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one,” or prickly/stoic/intimidating/jaded characters softening for a particular person, or allowing themselves to have fun with them Secret relationships as a source of angst and/or for the excitement of sneaking around (though I prefer infidelity not be the reason, unless it’s a forced/political marriage situation) Dancing, whether it’s formal dancing with sexual tension or meaningful romantic dancing or getting uninhibited on a dance floor Meaningful handholding Language of flowers/fans/other symbolic communication and private codes Bathing/dressing/doing hair/other physical caretaking, watching each other sleep, holding each other for comfort, having a hard time not touching Reading/storytelling/singing to each other Reunions after separation, or stealing moments away from everything to be together

for sex scenes: cuddling, kissing, laughing, tasting, eroticized hands and voices, clothed/semi-clothed sex, complicated undressing, talking whether emotional or joking or dirty, asking for things, curiosity/discovery, playfulness/inventiveness, eagerness/desperation, being overwhelmed by feelings, having to keep silent or hold still, interruptions and delayed gratification and intentional drawing things out, body worship, sex against walls, informal mild kink (e.g., tying up, holding down, blindfolding, taking direction, honor bondage, scratching/marking, tearing clothes, mutual roughness), sexy letter writing, one fantasizing about the other, decadence and sensory/sensual details, voyeurism/exhibitionism if it’s IC, writing/painting on skin, sex pollen, magical/ritual/magic-enhanced sex

[superfluouskeys]

All of the inquisitor asks (im sorry >:v)

IM FINE WITH THIS I AM ALSO A LIL DRUNK THIS WILL BE FUN.

1. Race:

I am small, angry, and obsessed with elfy shit.  Clearly a Dalish elf with some terrifying facial tattoos.

2. Class/Specialization:

I’m feeling mage.  I don’t think I’d be great with either close combat or accurate aim.  Just tossing fireballs man.  That’s the life for me.

3. Your homeland?

Home is wherever I am.  I always tell that to Cassandra and she Approves, so.

4. Your family?

Distant or dead.

5. Who were you before?

First to a keeper, which was a strange, hilarious honour based more on a rare flare-up of competetiveness and skill with magic, rather than any sort of suitability to responsibility.

6. Would you be religious?

Nah man.

7. Do you have a mabari?

Y E S.  IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

8. Your opinion on other races?

I love you all and want to be your friend and hear about your culture.  Unless you bizarrely hate non-humans in which case fuck you???

9. What would Varric’s nickname for you be?

Red?  Last name?

10. What would your tarot card look like?

Hahahah in my tipsy state I’d like to think it’d be something cool like facing forward, stance wide, brandishing a staff.

11. Where would you hang out in Skyhold?

High up in like a room that’s shaded from the sun, but close to the sky.

12. What would you do for fun?

Bother my companions??? What else am I even there for?????

13. What armor would you wear?

Some of that qunari armour to show off my abs that I definitely have.

14. What would your room look like?

I’m so lazy honestly, in life as in the game, like I would not waste time redecorating that is a Known Fact.

15. Who would be your friends at Skyhold?

Speaking of Known Facts, I would listen to anything Cassandra or Solas wanted to tell me.  Would also want to be friends w/ Varric, Sera, Vivienne (even though she’d prob hate me), Josephine, DAGNA!!!, and does Morrigan count???  I say Morrigan counts.

16. Would you have any friends outside of the Inquisition?

I barely have any friends outside of my house.  

17. Who wouldn’t you get along with?

Blackwall, uhm...Iron Bull would prob annoy me but there’s a chance I could get along with him in life as opposed to his character.  Cullen.  Viv would prob think I’m a disaster.  So would Cassandra, but she’s much more forgiving hahaha.

18. Who would you romance?

c a s s a n d r a.  If she would not have me, I would prob fall for the stupid egg bc I am trash.

19. Would you do pranks with Sera?

ABSOLUTELY.

20. Would you sleep with the Iron Bull (casually if not romance)?

Nah.  Like.

First of all his character in-game annoys me but like sometimes meeting a person with annoying traits in life is different than meeting a fictional person, right?  So even if by some chance I was like this dude is okay I might sleep with him.  His weirdo speech before he hooks up w/ the Inquisitor like...kinda Bothers Me.  It’s very...50 shades.  Does not work for me.  Like, not to say I’m not sometimes into that kinda thing, just...specifically the way it’s phrased sets off alarm bells hahaha.

21. Would you keep Cole around?

Of course!!!  God.  Ironically enough I forgot about Cole in my friend list.

22. Can you play the game (politics)?

Definitely not hahaha I have zero subtlety and even less patience.

23. What would be on your tombstone in the fade (What are you afraid of)?

Chronic illness, vulnerability, loss of control, becoming my parents, take your pick.

24. Who would you recruit to seal the breach?

I didn’t understand this at first haha.  Mages, always!!!

25. Opinion on Mages versus Templars?

Mages.

26. Who would be put in charge of Orlais and why?

I’d keep Celene in charge, or try to reunite Celene and Briala bc I am A Trashcan.

27. Would you sacrifice the Chargers?

I’ve literally never even done that quest like the Iron Bull is so annoying to me hahaha

28. Would you go after Blackwall?

I’ve also never gotten his big reveal bc I avoid both of them like the plague.

29. Would you drink from the well?

I probably would, actually.  Morbid curiosity and a need to see horrifying things through to their inevitably horrifying conclusion are def among my many weaknesses.

30. Where would you go if the Inquisition was disbanded?

Travel Thedas?  Hopefully hang around w/ some of my awesome new friends?

31. How do you react to the egg telling you he is an elven god? 

Ugh. Like.  I literally just wanna listen to you ramble about all the shit you know???  Please stop trying to tear the world apart but also just like...talk?????  I am.  A nerd.

[thejourneymaninn]

I was tagged by @selfmadeelf

Number your favorite characters from one fandom (in any order you want) 1-12

Fandom Choice: Dragon Age

1. Fenris

2. Anders

3. Hawke

4. Merrill

5. Zevran

6. Sera

7. Cole

8. Isabela

9. Leliana

10. Morrigan

11. (DA2-) Varric

12. Flemeth

If you wrote a fic about Four, what song would you use to inspire yourself?

Well, I can turn just about any song into a song about my favourite characters, so I’m just going to go with what I’m listening to at the moment. For a fluffy, optimistic fic I’d pick “Just a little insane”, for an angst-filled one “Not cool again” (both by Kristofer Aström).

One/Nine and Six/Ten. Which pairing is happier?

Fenris/Leliana or Sera/Morrigan. Honestly, I think both could be happy. There are quite a few similarities when it comes to their respective pasts, for both pairings, and a lot of shared (if in some cases hidden) humour, pain and compassion. They’d definitely have some difficulties overcoming initial mistrust and conflicting opinions, but if they manage to get past that, I can see them supporting each other and eventually finding happiness. I think Fenris/Leliana have a slightly better chance of actually getting past it, though, and their personalities seem a bit more compatible, so One/Nine it is.

Have you ever read a fic about Seven/Twelve?

I’ve never read a fic about Cole and Flemeth. Going to have to check if there are any, now, though. Not a pairing I’d ship, but the two of them teaming up, or even just meeting somewhere by chance, could be really interesting. Just think of the conversations they could have…

FMK, but with extra options (to finish off the remaining numbers). The choices are: Fuck, Marry, Kill, Become, Live With, and Fight.

There are six options, but only five remaining numbers, so yeah, Flemeth gets to be in there too.

Fuck: What do you mean I have to choose????? Zevran (but actually, all of them)

Marry: Isabela (see above)

Kill: Varric (I’m sorry, Varric, had to be someone…)

Become: Flemeth (because dragon)

Live With: Anders (someone has to make sure he eats…also, there’d be cats)

Fight: Hawke (Let’s face it, they’d all kick my ass, but with Hawke (well, with some Hawkes) there’s at least a chance they’d let me live afterwards…)

Any favorite fic moments for Four?

The only one I can think right now is Merrill being a total badass in “An uncomfortable discovery” by Rhube… Oh, and I think Lamenta’s “Apples and Cinnamon” also has a lovely conversation between her and Fenris, and then there’s of course her awesome pajamas/blanket collection in “Wicked Grace” by lyriumveins.

What tags/warnings would be included in a One/Twelve fic?

Fenris and Flemeth…. Angst, memories, unpleasant truths, revelations, unexpected help, secrets, mages, magic, mistrust, slavery, implied past abuse, healing, recovery, injury, canon-typical violence, dragons, elven lore, there’s always a catch, or is there?

What would Eight say if they saw Six and Nine kissing?

Lol, if Isabela saw Sera and Morrigan kissing, she’d never shut up about it. I have to admit I’m not certain what exactly she’d say, but I am certain it’d be enough to fill a 150k fic. (Unless she has become close friends with one of them. In that case, she’ll only tease them a little…and casually throw in a few threats at…anyone…who might hurt her friend…)

Last Question! Make up a summary for a fic including One, Two, and Eleven.

Fenris, Anders and Varric.

He just wants to tell their story, but instead he keeps blocking their c….uddling.

Varric keeps barging in on Anders and Fenris having sex, mainly because they insist on doing it in places and situations not even the mind behind such vivid, innovative masterpieces as Hard in Hightown and Swords and Shields could ever come up with. As much as Varric appreciates the inspiration, Bianca really didn’t need to see all this shit. Also, there may have been a few…unfortunate injuries, and now Blondie and the elf have reached an entirely new (and entirely scary) level of crankiness. He has to find a way to make it up to them – and judging by the murderous glares sent his way, he’d better find it quickly.  

If you want to do this, consider yourself tagged; I’d love to read your answers!

[nyiro]

MAKE ME CHOOSE  ↣   @runicmagitek asked: Morrigan or Aria?