#and all the gen tags for the satinalia fic

[the-cryptographer]

It’s super crazy to me that the rarepair exchange for this fandom accepts any ship with less than ~300 fics, as per last time I checked, when I am constantly inventing new ship tags for this fandom.

[dragon--sage]

writing patterns

ty @cleric4vampire for tagging me in this!!! and i'm tagging @sillyliterature and @darethshirl (i'm so sorry i'd tag more of you but my brain is fried af. if you see this consider yourself tagged and i would love to see them if you decide to share!!)

rules: list the first line(s) of your last 10 posted fics and see if there's a pattern!

in order from newest to oldest! click the title for the link to each.

LINES

Radiant Hopeful (bg3, astarion x tav)

“Astarion, can I show you something?”

Nightswim (bg3, astarion x tav)

It was a quiet evening in camp, and Nyana was sitting a ways off from the fire, on a hollowed-out log, working on a few rather pathetic sketches of the local plant life.

Spark That Set the Pyre (bg3, astarion x tav, explicit)

Most nights, when Astarion fed off Nyana, she tried to keep her interest and involvement as prim and polite as possible.

The Chivalrous Charlatan (bg3, astarion x tav)

Astarion was going to kill the sorcerer.

Someone I Like Better (bg3, astarion x tav, explicit)

It was night and day, how completely things had changed between Astarion and Nyana, after Cazador had been finished—after the graveyard.

Sunstruck (bg3, astarion x tav)

“Pouting? Or plotting?”

Places of Oblivion (dragon age inquisition, unfinished solavellan modern au, explicit)

Ellana, usually, did not fuck with dating apps.

No Better Waste of Time (dragon age inquisition, unfinished solavellan fix-itish longfic, explicit)

In a darkened attic with a vaulted ceiling, many cobwebs, and one industrious family of rats (who liked to keep to themselves), Ellana Lavellan sat cross-legged in front of an inactive but intact eluvian, her reflection a glaring smudge in the warped surface of the silvery glass.

Her Eyes the Stars (dragon age inquisition, solavellan)

Her eyes — Void take him — he could easily spend a century trying to capture the way their startling amber color appeared in different lighting.

Etha, Ama (dragon age inquisiiton, solavellan, explicit)

It was Satinalia — Feastday.

and bonus even though it's not within the last 10 i have such a soft spot for this fic:

Cry Havoc! (dragon age inquisition, gen fic, background solavellan)

Marquise Briala and Empress Celene were clearly arguing, but Ellana Lavellan was going to interrupt them anyway.

PATTERNS

Um these are all products of my respective hyperfixations on solavellan and tavstarion, so there's that. I see a few long ass run ons, as I expected ahahhaa, but also short, clipped ones. Only a few are in between. Some of them drop you right into the action and others are more scene-setting. The em dash (l m a o). Other than that I think I've been looking at this too long to see anything except my own questionable grammatical choices 😂

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my penchant for info dumping scene-setting run ons makes this extremely difficult but in case anyone else wants to try:

Vixstarria's additional rule: see if you can arrange the lines into a semi-coherent crackfic.

[noire-pandora]

Here I am, once again, trying to show my love to the wonderful people that make our days better with their works. Thank you very much for that. 

As usually, the order in this is random, I love each and every work here. Also, I don’t know the socials of a few people from this list, if you know them, please tell me so i can add it! 

1.One Thing by Gaqalesqua @gaeadene

Rating: General Audiences Category: F/M Relationships: Solas/Female Trevelyan  Additional Tags: Angst| Tumblr|  Prompt| Prompt Fic Status: Completed Summary: Even now, when Solas is threatening everything she loves, Lusia doesn't want to let go. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36528193

2. Fade to Blue by youworeblue @dreadfutures​

Rating: Explicit Category: F/M Relationships: Female Lavellan/Solas| Ixchel Lavellan/Solas  Additional Tags: Bathtub Sex| Sex Magic| Edgeplay| bratty| Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot| Vaginal Fingering| Vaginal Sex Status: Complete Summary: “Solas, I’m going to be late for my meetings,” she panted. “Please, keep going.” “Until you beg for me to stop, then,” he agreed, and swallowed her moan of assent with a kiss. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35534809/chapters/88585333

3. Stormheart by InArlathan @in-arlathan​

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Category: F/M Relationships: Female Adaar/Blackwall  Additional Tags: Fluff| Getting to Know Each Other| There Is Only One Bed| Pining| POV Blackwall| Unresolved Sexual Tension Status: Completed Summary: Adieh Adaar never asked to be the Herald of Andraste but it certainly has its benefits. Especially if that means being stuck with a Grey Warden for the night. Blackwall, on the other hand, is not so sure if he agrees. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36488578

4. Falling Snow and Mistletoe by dharmaserenity

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Categories: F/M M/M Relationships: Anders/Hawke| Cassandra Pentaghast/Varric Tethras| Carver  Hawke/MerrillFenris/Isabela  Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Drug Use Status: Completed Summary: A cafe/coffee house AU with some characters from DA2 and Dragon Age Inquisition !When on a snowy evening, Pounce appears at Cafe Tea'das, he brings a little festive cheer and magic to the lives of those that make this cafe their cozy little workplace/ place of inspiration - and romance ensues! Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36349432/chapters/90622546

5.Recovery by Current_Resident

Rating:Not Rated Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationship: Cassandra Pentaghast & Varric Tethras Additional Tags: all talk| No Action Collections: Dragon Age: The Platonic Ideal (2021) Status: Completed Summary: Long after the Inquisition has ended, Varric and Cassandra cross paths once more in Kirkwall. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36778102

6.Winning the endurance game by inquisitor_acorn (acornchild) @inquisitoracorn​

Rating: Explicit Category: M/M Relationships: Zevran Arainai/Male Tabris| Zevran Arainai/Male Warden Additional Tags: First Time| sexy sparring| Light Dom/Anal Sex| Oral Sex|  Collections: BTV's Satinalia Masquerade 2021 Status :Completed Summary: The two of them had been dancing around each other for a while now. Maybe ever since the beginning, perhaps, all the way back when Zevran had found himself on the wrong end of Adair’s blades. But things were a little different now from what started as a plea for his life, soon turning into something a lot more careful, and a lot more exciting. And who could blame him – after all, what in the world could be more attractive than someone defeating you in combat? And so, Zevran had a plan. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/BTV_Satinalia_2021/works/35977555

[effelants]

I have had a few requests for one of these, so I figured... what the hell, why not? So, as of this moment, there exists a masterpost for my fic. Presented below is (most of) my fic work from late 2017 onwards.

Currently, I am mostly writing for the Baldur’s Gate fandom, but the majority of my body of work consists of fic written for the Dragon Age fandom. The Elder Scrolls and Mass Effect fic also exists in small quantities. Fics are tagged [DA], [BG], [TES] or [ME], respectively, and sorted into some categories (specifically, BG fic and DA fic are presented separately for ease of perusal).

I post in the following venues:

effelants @ AO3 (primary)

effelants @ FF.net (sometimes, rarely, maybe)

Feel free to prompt me from prompt lists I reblog or from your head. I may not get to all prompts, and even the ones I get to I may not get to right away (as in, not for literal years; you have been warned), but I always love receiving prompts and try to work on my prompt backlog whenever I have a chance!

Writing-related tags: #effe writes, #prompts

♥ Check it all out under the cut! ♥

BALDUR’S GATE:

[BG] Slow, Love, Slow (AO3)

for @anderstrevelyan​

2410 words, 15.02.2024

explicit, Tav/The Dark Urge

The Dark Urge's lesson in murder turns into Tav's lesson in being gentle with your lover. Valas belongs to the amazing @anderstrevelyan​, and Vierna is my own Tav.

[BG] Book, Singular (AO3, tumblr, twitter)

839 words, 09.10.2023

gen, Rolan & Cal & Lia

A short backstory fic about Rolan meeting Cal and Lia for the first time. I have a lot of feelings about them.

[BG/D&D] Daybreak (AO3)

472 words, 03.10.2023

gen, Drow OC & Drow OC

Dinoq Do'Urden decides to stand against his imperious mother for the first time ever, because he has someone more important in his life now. Short character building background fic for my BG3 Tav, drow Vierna, featuring her as a baby, her father, and her grandmother.

[BG] Trust (AO3, twitter, tumblr)

for @anderstrevelyan​

733 words, 13.09.2023

gen, Tav & The Dark Urge

Vierna awakens one the morning to find that sweet, unsuspecting bard dead at the hands of her traveling companion. A short one-shot of the first moment Vierna, drow Tav, and Valas, half-drow Dark Urge, find some common ground. Valas belongs to the amazing @anderstrevelyan​, and Vierna is my own Tav.

DRAGON AGE:

[DA] Sanguine (AO3)

formerly known as Super Secret Fic Project

completed, publishing weekly on AO3

illustrated by @vjatoch​

Alistair/F!Amell, dual POV

A story about the Blight. About four treaties and a battle. A story about war — and about falling in love. A loosely canonical chronicle of the events of Dragon Age: Origins, with familiar situations resolved in some unfamiliar ways. 

[DA] A Simple Guide to Rose Care (AO3)

3030 words, WIP (chapters 2/? - last update 31.01.2022)

Alistair/Amell, modern flower shop AU

Moira Amell isn't quite sure why the really cute guy from her ancient philosophy class begins frequenting the flower shop where she works. She is also dense as a brick when it comes to flirting and other such matters.

[DA] The Satinalia Switch (AO3)

collab with @agentkatie​

40k words, completed 23.11.2021 (chapters 14/14)

Cullen/Shepard, Alistair/F!Mage Trevelyan

All Olivia Trevelyan wanted was a nice, quiet Satinalia, but chaos descends the moment the Inquisition sets foot in Denerim Palace for their peace talks. Now she has to navigate a case of mistaken identities, the looming threat of assassination by the Crows, and, worst of all, a King whose smile makes her weak. With the future of the Inquisition at stake, can she figure out a way to save them, or will Shepard have to go ahead with the worst plan of all time? A lighthearted Satinalia AU set just prior to Trespasser featuring an increasingly frantic Trevelyan, a marginally lovestruck King, and two absolutely hopeless Commanders.

[DA] No Angels, Only Ghosts (AO3)

collab with @agentkatie​

2008 words, WIP (chapters 2/12 - last update 25.08.2019)

Cullavellan, Solavellan

Da'ae Lavellan is torn between her childhood sweetheart and the mysterious phantom who helped her find her voice. Is he the angel of music or something far more sinister? A tongue-in-cheek retelling of the Phantom of the Opera set in the Dragon Age universe.

[DA] The Chair by the Window (AO3, twitter)

395 words, 18.02.2022

gen, no relationships

Short Cullen POV ficlet taking place shortly after the events of the Broken Circle quest in Dragon Age: Origins.

[DA] Stories of Thedas, volume 5 (AO3)

February 2021

various ratings, various pairings

Prompt fills for Stories of Thedas, volume 5

[DA] Bloodhound (AO3, tumblr)

1393 words, 03.09.2020

collab with @vjatoch​

gen

He had become a templar to save people. Just because he had failed once didn’t mean he would fail again. If terror could become resolve, pain could become strength. A series of one-shots looking to flesh out the off-screen character development of Cullen Rutherford throughout the plot of Dragon Age II.

[DA] I Write Sins Not Tragedies (AO3)

3529 words, 10.10.2020

collab with @agentkatie​

My Immortal-inspired humor fic

Hi my name is Ae’iou LostChild Armageddon Katie Lavellan Armstrong and I have long black hair and beauituful red eyes and I am the Inquisitor of the Inquisition and also my hair has silver streaks in it as well as just being black and sometimes I die it orange too because i’m so random lmao SPORK. At least that is what everyone says. I am goth (if you couldn’t tell already lmao). A lot of people tell me I look like the Hero of Fereldan (AN if you don’t know who this is you’re a fake gamer!) and I think that is true because she is also tall and beautiful like me except her name is Mahahiriel. I am also a mage and I went to a circle school called the Gallows in Ostwick.

[DA] There’s Always Money In The Hotdog Stand (AO3, tumblr)

868 words, 23.07.2019

collab with @agentkatie​ and @vjatoch​

Cullen/nondescript F!Trevelyan

Food Truck AU. People just don't seem to love sausage like they used to. Trevelyan comes up with a unique way of rectifying that. In our defense, we were drunk -- again.

[ME/DA XOVER] Bricks and Rainwater (AO3, tumblr)

collab with @agentkatie​

431 words, 22.03.2019

Solas/Kaidan Alenko (yes, seriously)

Kaidan stays up all night thinking about his vhenan. We were drunk. We’re really sorry -- kind of.

[DA] Belly Rubs (AO3, tumblr)

335 words, 30.03.2018

minor Alistair/nondescript F!Warden

A dog waits for his beloved human at the gates of Denerim. A tiny little drabble based on a plot bunny released by a friend.

[DA] Eve (AO3)

429 words, 29.10.2017

Blackwall/nondescript F!Inquisitor (!!! It’s not Cullen !!!)

Blackwall takes stock of his life on the eve of Mornay’s execution. Thoughts of a Dying Atheist by Muse has elicited thoughts in this poor little fanfiction writer. Here they are.

 [DA] Wanted, Needed (AO3)

1914 words, 27.10.2017

Blackwall/Nahira Lavellan (!!! It’s not Cullen !!!)

Blackwall and his Inquisitor get down and dirty at the Winter Palace. Smut. It’s smut. Part of an art exchange for one of the great loves of my life, @antivancorvo. ♥ The amazing Lavellan in question is hers.

[DA] Trapped In Amber (AO3, FFnet)

99k words, ABANDONED & INCOMPLETE (chapters 34/X - last update 24.01.2018)

tag: #trapped in amber

Cullen/F!Mage Inquisitor, Cullen POV

The Herald is a mage. Her very presence puts Cullen on edge - yet he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. As Cullen and the Herald get to know each other, their mutual distrust turns into friendship, which turns into something more - forcing Cullen to confront his past and decide his future.

Officially declared abandoned in early 2022. I may revisit the general themes and characters in this story in the future, but, for now, my writing style, characterization and workflow have changed to the point that I am unable to go back to this work as it is currently written. It will remain readable on AO3/FFnet for any that wish to, but please keep in mind that it is an older work and reflects a certain immaturity in its writer in many aspects that said writer has learned from in the years that followed.

[DA] Collection of Stupid, Geography-Based One-Liner Smuts (AO3)

555 words, 14.10.2017

No clear pairing

I am not funny. It’s exactly what the name implies - really stupid smut satire. Unedited, unfunny. Though I think I’m hilarious. Dedicated to the amazing, wonderful people over on the DA Discord. I love them all and wanted to make them laugh. ♥

MASS EFFECT:

[ME] T Minus Seven Days (AO3, tumblr)

513 words, 19.05.2018

Kaidan Alenko/Morgan Shepard

Years after the Reapers have been defeated, Morgan Shepard and Kaidan are cuddling in bed, discussing their upcoming nuptials.

[ME] Spectres (AO3, tumblr)

314 words, 04.05.2018

Kaidan Alenko/Morgan Shepard

There's always fine print in every job description. For the only human Spectres, the fine print involves making appearances at every single military function. After tens of such appearances, Kaidan has learned to take them in stride - but now, something has changed.

[ME] Scars the World Can’t See (AO3, tumblr)

732 words, 02.04.2018

post-breakup Kaidan Alenko/Morgan Shepard; Garrus Vakarian & Morgan Shepard

Garrus can see right through Shepard's feigned toughness. It's a coping mechanism, and it hasn't been a problem - until it starts to look like she'll never be happy unless she drops the act. What kind of friend wouldn't do something about that?

[ME] Autodidacta machinalis (AO3, tumblr 1 & tumblr 2)

collab with @vjatoch​

2580 words, 27.03.2018

Kaidan Alenko/Morgan Shepard

Machine learning: an application of artificial intelligence that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed. A short backstory fic for Morgan Shepard - spacer, war hero, renegade. The story of how someone born a paragon becomes a renegon, and then goes on to become a renegade.

FILLING PROMPTS:

[DA] Three-Sentence Fic: The Iron Bull + Adventures (tumblr - fluff)

25.05.2018, prompted by anonymous

[DA] Three-Sentence Fic: Blackwall + Shopkeep AU (tumblr - angst)

21.05.2018, prompted by @sternenstaub28

[DA] Three-Sentence Fic: Alistair + Rome AU (tumblr - general)

21.05.2018, prompted by @briarfox13

[DA] Three-Sentence Fic: Loghain + Venice AU (tumblr - angstish)

21.05.2018, prompted by @norroendyrd

[DA] Time (tumblr - Cullen/F!Trevelyan; fluff)

05.05.2018, prompted by @talizorahs

[DA] Nose Kisses (tumblr - Sebastian/F!Hawke; fluff)

05.05.2018, prompted by @joufancyhuh

[DA] No Apologies (tumblr - Solavellan; angst)

05.05.2018, prompted by @isilloth

[TES] Not A Hero (tumblr - Erandur/F!Dragonborn; fluff)

28.03.2018, prompted by @norroendyrd

[TES] A Jar (tumblr - Erandur/F!Dragonborn; angst)

28.03.2018, prompted by @norroendyrd

[DA] Echoes In His Mind (tumblr - Cullen/F!Trevelyan; angst)

14.02.2018, prompted by @vulpixelates

[DA] To Ease Your Worries (tumblr - Varric & F!Hawke; friendly fluff)

14.02.2018, prompted by @ladynorbert

[DA] Through Her Teeth (tumblr - Alistair/F!Warden; angst)

14.02.2018, prompted by anonymous

[DA] A Bloodied Gauntlet (tumblr - Cassandra/M!Trevelyan; fluff)

14.02.2018, prompted by @natsora

[DA] Bliss (tumblr - Cullen/F!Trevelyan; saccharine fluff)

16.01.2018, prompted by @princessbatteringram

[DA] Not Brooding (tumblr - Alistair/F!Amell; fluff)

16.01.2018, prompted by @vulpixelates

[DA] Ravens (tumblr - Leliana/F!Warden; angst)

14.01.2018, prompted by @talizorahs

[TES] A Terrible Cook (tumblr - Erandur/Dragonborn; fluff)

14.01.2018, prompted by @norroendyrd

[DA] A Letter (tumblr - Sebastian/F!Hawke; angst)

11.01.2018, prompted by @x-x-files

[DA] Tired (tumblr - Cullen/F!Trevelyan; fluff)

07.01.2018, prompted by anonymous

[DA] Bubbles (tumblr - Solavellan; angst)

04.01.2018, prompted by @vulpixelates

[TES] Mara’s Forgiveness (tumblr - Erandur/F!Dragonborn; fluff)

28.12.2017, prompted by @norroendyrd

[DA] Downfall (tumblr - no pairing [Samson]; angst)

27.12.2017, prompted by @x-x-files

tw: addiction

[DA] Role Reversal (tumblr - no pairing [Cullen]; general)

22.12.2017, prompted by @talizorahs

[DA] In the Morning (tumblr - Cullen/F!Trevelyan; pseudosmut)

22.11.2017, prompted by the Dragon Age Discord

ASSORTED WRITING-RELATED POSTS:

[BG] Vierna Do’Urden: a character dossier (tumblr)

[DA] Amalia Trevelyan: a character description (tumblr)

[DA] Do pigeons get sad? (tumblr)

I don’t even know WTF happened here, tbh.

[DA] Headcanon: Cullen in the sack (tumblr)

[DA] Alcohol-fuelled NSFW Drabble: Up Against the Wall (tumblr; tumblr #2)

@machatnoir makes excellent art and then exacts payment in the form of fic

Cullen x nondescript F!Inquisitor

[DA] Amalia Trevelyan: codex prompt - overheard conversation (tumblr)

[DA] Non-alcoholic NSFW Drabble: Excruciatingly Gentle (tumblr; tumblr #2)

@machatnoir does it again - excellent art followed by exaction of payment in fic form

Cullen x nondescript F!Inquisitor