#alistair zine

[alistairzine]

spotlight 💙 andalib role ⚔️ artist

next up, we have andalib! with absolutely stunning art, this is his first zine and we are so excited to have a talented illustrator like andalib joining us! @fartbroker

[chloevazquezart]

Previews of my piece for @daflowerzine :) I hope everyone whose purchased enjoys all of the work, there's been super amazing artists and writers on board who have made such amazing work! Preorders are still available until October 31st.

[daflowerzine]

APPLICATIONS OPEN

Contributor applications for 🌷ARDENT BLOSSOM🌷, a Dragon Age flower zine, are now OPEN!

We're looking for artists and writers to help us explore the world of Thedas through the lens of flowers and floriography. Mods envision something in the classic style of Victorian floriography or botanical guidebook, with the lore and characters tied to the cultural meaning or context surrounding Thedosian flowers. We can't wait to see all your ideas!

Reblogs & signal boosts are appreciated.

Application Period: Oct 14 - Nov 11

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[ghost-bard]

Love being an arcane warrior in dao i love swinging a giant maul around and being in armour but also casting walking nightmare and horror on my enemies i think swords are cooler but the affect of a maul is funnier than big sword in my opinion. I have like 3 affects (at the minimum) going on at all times and then i do an aoe chug some lyrium just in case and bludgen some guy to death. What.

[loveacrossthedaszine]

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Reblogs appreciated: @all-zine-apps @zinefeed @zine-scene

[thejaymo]

Day One | Weeknotes

After using it for a year I thought I'd write about Day One App, as it's some of best money I've ever spent on software.

[dragonagefanevents]

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[strange-doll-child]

FLUFFY THEADORE HATCHWAY HEADCANNONS:

*Constance got the name from Dr. Seuss’ actual name, Theadore Gisele

*Also because she found his writing similar to Alistair’s

*Ted was raised to be a gentleman, so the boy learnt to be respect women early

*He makes zines, because plot-holes and inconsistencies in fiction drive him nuts!

*Owns a pocket watch, which was given to him on his ninth birthday

*”Teddy” and “Teddybear” are just reserved for his parents to call him, not others (stubborn like his father).

Aw! Love it!

Also lmao, I'm assuming that Theodore's handwriting is ASS then lmao/lh

[saotharlann]

alistair zine on twt

[nobroth]

I realized earlier this year when I contributed to an Alistair Zine (I'll post my piece here when things release!) and wrote a couple Alistair-centered fics that he's the character I spend the most time developing in my brain outside of Inara. Yes it's due to his proximity to Inara mostly but also I just... really love him.

[alistairzine]

spotlight 💙 ayume

role ⚔️ artist

today we’re featuring ayume, a spectacular artist who draws the prettiest portraits of all of our favorite characters- especially our dear alistair 💙 @ayumeart

[perenians]

about to go on a 15 hr flight 💪 alistair zine piece i'm gonna work on you whether you like it or not

[inquisimer]

mer's writing sideblog

fanfic writer | event mod | community over content creation 💜 be kind. be earnest. do it scared

I follow/like/send asks from my main blog @isseya-apologist!

Dragon Age 4 spoiler tags:

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my writing | published works on ao3

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transformative work and blanket use statement

my fics by fandom (by ship under the cut⬇️)

Origins | Awakening | DA II | Inquisition | Veilguard | Dishonored

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I'm part of the mod team for a number of fandom events and spaces! Ask me if you're interested in any of them - community is what you make of it 💜

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A low-stakes, community focused weekly writing event on Tumblr! All are welcome, there are no barriers to entry, and we have a members-only Discord server. Check out our FAQ or send me a message to learn more!

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⬇️Under the Cut⬇️

Transformative Work and Blanket Use Statement | My OCs & World States | AO3 Series & Collections

Transformative Work and Blanket Use Statement

I welcome and permit creating most types of transformative works based on mine, as long as you give me a heads up and proper credit on the work. This includes, but is not limited to: podfics, fanart, fanfic in my world states, and fanfic based on the Mirrors to the Multiverse AU. For more details on my preferences/do not wants, see my exchange letter here. I do NOT give permission for my work to be copied, remixed, translated, or re-posted in any fashion on sites where I have not chosen to do so myself. I do NOT give permission for any part of my works to be fed into AI or machine learning tools under ANY circumstances. If I find out you have done this, I will block you on all platforms.

OCs, world states, and my fics by ship

world state: the ties we choose

Solona Amell - the Vanished

series: the half finished story

ships: Alistair/Amell, Amell & Anders

Mari Hawke - the Protector

series: tender like a bruise

ships: Hawke/Anders (rivalmance), Hawke & Varric, Hawke & Bethany

Neria Surana Lavellan - the Runner

series: our tainted history

ships: Lavellan/Cullen, Surana/Cullen, Amell & Surana & Anders, Lavellan & Lavellan

world state: nothing but my aching soul

Ariya Tabris - the Daughter

series: it was just red

ships: Tabris/Zevran, Tabris & Loghain, Tabris & Cyrion

Siobhan Hawke - the Viscountess

series: for the sake of our survival

ships: Hawke/Loghain, Hawke/Sebastian, Hawke & Carver

Andrew & Acacia Trevelyan - the Siblings

series: bite the hand that starves you

ships: Cullen/Trevelyan, Trevelyan & Trevelyan, Barris/Trevelyan

world state: the old life haunts the new

Sari Mahariel - the Ghost

series: the aftermath of something lethal

ships: Alistair/Mahariel, Mahariel/Tamlen

Ciel Andras - the Resolute

fic: sometimes it scratches like barbs

ships: Andras/Nathaniel Howe

Léan Hawke - the Idealist

series: now I am its liar

ships: Hawke/Anders (friendmance), Carver & Hawke

Irosyl Lavellan - the Devoted

series: the chance to be wrong

ships: Lavellan/Solas

incomplete world states & AUs

Arlow de Riva - the Crow

fic: to feel the sun from both sides

ships: Lucanis/de Riva

Nika Brosca - the Wrought

series: stay away but come closer

ships: Brosca & Rica, Brosca & Leske, Brosca & Zevran

Lief (Amell) Hawke - the Pretender

ships: Hawke/Fenris, Hawke & Anders, Hawke & Carver

Ember Cousland - the Avenger

series: they should have checked the ashes

ships: Cousland/Alistair, Cousland/Nathaniel Howe

Tabris Cousinverse

collection: Under the Vhenadahl

City elf OC crossover fics!

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[lucifugousart]

My friend is selling a T4T queer zine with a lot of cool art to fund his top surgery!!

[loveacrossthedaszine]

🐉 reblogs 💚

NOW ANNOUNCING

Love Across Thedas: an upcoming digital & free Dragon Age Romance Zine!

Interest check: May 12th!

“Join us as we carry the duty that cannot be forsworn.”

[contreparry]

Happy Friday Ann! Let's see "are you… jealous?" from the yearning prompts pls???

Here's some Alistair and Surana friendship for @dadrunkwriting (set in the corporate spy!AU)

Bran was in a bad mood. He hadn't touched his lunch even though it was his favorite veggie wrap from Witch's Brew. Leliana slipped a sugar cookie in the bag and Bran hadn't noticed, so Alistair knew his friend was down in the dumps. Miserable. Pissy. It wasn't hard to guess why. Alistair watched Bran violently shove his phone into his apron pocket before he stomped off to the back room and winced.

"Trouble brewing?" Anders remarked as he strolled up to the counter with a stack of books and magazines. Alistair scanned items and rang them up, barely registering the titles in the pile- something about cats, another thing about cats, free zine about rooftop farming, a history on something something Circles something- even as he totaled the amount Alistair kept his eyes trained on the closed door leading to the back room. It was quiet, but Bran Surana was a quiet person so silence didn't mean anything was wrong. But not eating his lunch (and not even nibbling on dessert) was bad news. Bran had a sweet tooth. Became a complete gremlin if sugar was at stake. He trounced everyone in an arm wrestling competition for the last slice of cheesecake in the break room. So yeah, Anders’ observation was dead on. There was trouble in paradise.

“Uh, Alistair? Helloooooooo,” Anders waved his hand in front of Alistair’s eyes. “You okay? Need a minute?”

“I’m good. Fine! Really! It’s just…” Alistair peered over Anders’ shoulder. “Mind the register for me. You remember how it works, right?” He slipped his apron off, wadded it up, and shoved the heavy silver and cobalt striped canvas lump into Anders’ chest.

“Yeah, it’s not like Duncan’s changed his system in over a decade- Alistair, wait, you know I don’t work here! I’m on call, it’s my lunch break!” Anders exclaimed when Alistair hopped over the counter.

“Five minutes, I promise!” Alistair called back, and he pushed his way into the back of the shop.

Duncan’s office was empty. So was the break room. Alistair poked his head into the storage room and- Ah. There he was. Bran knelt behind a metal shelf, shoving stacks of books into a plastic crate as he scowled at… nothing? The universe? Maybe Bran’s face was stuck that way, Alistair mused as he took in the scene before him.

“Restocking,” Bran grumbled when he caught Alistair staring.

“You, uh, taking a lunch break?” Alistair asked.

“Later,” Bran grunted, and he tossed another book on the pile. They didn’t need to restock the shelves right now. Bran could take a break- should take a break. Alistair tried another route.

“Leliana packed a sugar cookie in your bag, y’know. It’s probably still warm,” Alistair said. Bran shrugged, one thin shoulder nearly touching the lobe of his ear. Subtle hints weren’t working, so Alistair shut the door behind him and leaned back against it.

“Okay. What happened.”

“Nothing,” Bran quickly retorted, an obvious lie that anyone would have caught and called out. Alistair frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. Bran rolled his eyes and slammed another paperback volume on the stack.

“Nothing happened," Bran insisted, and after he added another book to the pile he sighed. "It’s stupid."

“Right,” Alistair drawled when Bran didn't clarify what was bothering him. "So what is it?"

The only noise in the stockroom was Bran slamming books into piles, dull thuds that reverberated like a heartbeat. Bran wasn’t a cheerful person, but he wasn’t exactly angry either. Or, to be more accurate, he didn’t take his anger out on other people. Or objects. Maker’s Balls, Bran treated books better than he treated himself on most days. Something was obviously wrong, and Alistair wasn’t moving until he figured it out.

Leliana would have this whole mess untangled and properly sorted in five minutes, but Alistair was Bran’s first proper friend so he knew he’d do well enough. All he had to do was get Bran talking, then he’d figure out how to solve the problem and turn Bran’s frown upside down. Easy!

“… Zevran’s in Kirkwall,” Bran blurted out.

���Huh," Alistair didn't know why Bran would be upset about that. It wasn't like Kirkwall was a prime vacation destination. Of course, Bran never set foot outside of Ferelden. The idea of Kirkwall was probably more exciting than the reality. But Bran never seemed like he was interested in traveling anywhere. Bit of a homebody, though Alistair was doing his best to draw the man out of his shell. But there was more to Bran's foul mood than his new friend visiting a foreign city across the sea.

“… he’s visiting someone,” Bran muttered, his expression sullen as he curled in on himself. Alistair felt the oddest urge to grab Bran and hug him, but the man was prickly and upset and would definitely punch him in the face. So he waited. And waited.

“Oh?” Alistair prompted, and he hoped Anders wouldn't kill him for taking his time. He'd buy the man lunch or another cat magazine. Two cat magazines!

“He sent a picture,” Bran muttered, and he fished his phone out of his apron pocket before turning it around for Alistair to examine.

“O-kay…” Alistair peered at the screen and picture on it. It was a little blurry and the lighting wasn't great, but Alistair recognized the closest figure as Zevran, Bran's handsome and persistent... what was it Leliana and Morrigan called him? Something really absurd- paramour! That was it, paramour. But like Bran said, the man wasn't alone. A gorgeous human woman sat next to him, her dark curly hair escaping from a blue headband and her brown eyes sparkling with mischief as she made a silly face at the camera. She was as stunningly glamorous as Zevran, the sort of woman that you saw on movie screens instead of real life. And suddenly Bran's bad mood made a little more sense.

"Bran, are you... jealous?" Alistair could hardly believe it. Bran Surana was calm. Collected. It took him forever to warm up to anyone. He held most people at arm's length. But here he was, sulking in the back room because- because of a man? It wasn't like Bran at all! And considering how Zevran seemed to follow Bran around like a mabari pup, Alistair just couldn't see why Bran would be so-

"I told you it was stupid," Bran muttered, and he snatched his phone out of Alistair's hand. "I'm going now."

"Bran, you- you've got nothing to be jealous of-"

"I know that!" Bran snapped, his gaze furious, his pale face flushed pink in anger. "I- I know. But I'm still..." Bran rose and started pacing between the shelves, five steps forward before spinning on his heel to pace back the way he came.

“I’m an amusement to him. Something different from what he’s normally interested in. I know that. People like Zevran, they’re… just like that, you know?” Bran was rambling, which was surprising, and his pale hands fluttered in the air like bird wings as he gesticulated.

“Not… exactly? I mean, I don’t know what you’re getting at, really,” Alistair replied, but Bran continued like he hadn’t heard him at all. Perhaps he hadn’t.

“He could pick anyone in the world to be with, he’s… I don’t know. Good with people. And he’s handsome. So of course he has beautiful friends all over the place. He’s glamorous and knows about the stuff people like talking about, so…” Bran sighed and scuffed the toe of his combat boot against the polished concrete floor. Alistair waited for Bran to work through whatever he wanted to say. He sometimes needed time for that, which was hard to adjust to. Alistair said what he was thinking whenever he thought it- if you asked Morrigan he often spoke before he had a thought at all. But Bran held it all in. He stewed on his thoughts, tried to find the proper words, tried to be clear, and despite it all he still tended to be abrupt and a little rude whenever he spoke, which was just… classic Bran.

Kind of funny how they both sucked at communication, though. Just a weird observation, but as Alistair watched Bran puzzle over the right words to organize his thoughts he had to admit that Bran’s inability to hold a conversation was one of the reasons Alistair liked him. He was honest, terribly so, and it was refreshing to know that whatever Bran said was exactly what he thought. He was smart and tough and worked hard at everything he set his mind to, but the nicest thing about Bran Surana was that if he liked you he’d tell you and he’d mean it.

“Zevran’s an incorrigible flirt,” Bran finally declared. “He doesn’t know how else to be. It’s like… he’s salt.”

“… salt?”

“In ancient alchemy, salt is… unchanging. Stable. Represents the body because it’s- never mind, that’s not important. What’s important is that Zevran is Zevran, and I shouldn’t expect Zevran to be anything else,” Bran declared, his clouded expression brightening as he spoke.

“Because he’s salt. And you wouldn’t expect salt to become sugar or something,” Alistair thought that he saw what Bran was getting at. Sort of. Maybe. But he was certain, would swear it on his brand new running shoes, that Bran was missing something. He was missing something too, but he wasn’t friends with Zevran. He barely knew the guy. But Alistair was fairly certain (86%, maybe more) that a man like Zevran didn’t linger in tiny bookstores and endure Morrigan’s poison coffee because he was… just a flirty guy. Salt or whatever.

“Exactly. It’s ridiculous to be jealous about salt for being salt. It’s only being what it’s supposed to be!” Bran seemed satisfied with his conclusion, though, and looked almost happy now that he worked it all out. He walked out from behind the shelves and approached the door. Alistair obligingly shuffled off to the side

“Gonna take your lunch now?”

“Yeah.”

“… you’re not jealous anymore?” Somehow Alistair doubted that. He noted the tightness at the corners of Bran’s mouth and the tinge of color at the tips of his ears, but otherwise Bran was back to being reliable, serious Bran.

“Salt is salt. I’ll get over it,” Bran concluded, as if he could force himself to not have feelings through sheer strength of will. Maybe he could. Bran was just… like that, sometimes. Alistair made a note to drop by Witch’s Brew and pick up some more sweets from the dessert bar. Couldn’t hurt to give Bran a little pick-me-up. As they exited the back area together Alistair spotted Anders frantically ringing up a purchase and scanning the floor for Alistair.

“You said five minutes! You said!!!” Anders yelled. “You owe me, Therin!”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll buy you a drink,” Alistair grumbled, but Bran’s choked little laugh brought a smile to his face. Maybe he couldn’t fix Bran’s problems with a single conversation, but he cheered him up. That was good enough for him.