#anders/f!hawke

[sissy-the-siren]

Managed to snag two worldstate comms from @maturiin! I'm so in love with my precious beans being in love!!!! LOOK AT HOW HAPPY AND CAREFREE THEY ALL ARE!!!

[art-bloob]

I will not ask where you came from

I will not ask and neither should you

[qalanthe]

the yearning and pining between these two was insane

[andiee-bedroom]

peak anders x f!hawke romance dynamic look like this btw

[handers-time]

Introducing the 2025 Handers Gift Exchange!

Welcoming any and all Handers fans, @handers-time will be hosting yet another Handers Gift Exchange! For those unfamiliar, a fandom gift exchange is an event in which participants create fanworks to give to one another, based off their prompts, preferences, and ships! Then giftees will leave comments on any gifts they receive and the love for Handers will be shared.

Schedule:

March 23 - April 5: Sign-ups

April 6 - 9: Matching & Assignments Sent Out

April 10 - June 8: Creation & Posting Period

With additional check-ins on May 2-4 and May 23-25. Participants may post any time during the creation period dates, not just at the end.

Sign Ups Begin March 23, 2025.

Rules & FAQ under the cut:

Q. When will assignments go out, and when is my gift due?

A. Assignments will go out on or before April 9, 2025. You can post your gift any time during the creation period, but they absolutely must be posted by June 8, 2025.

Q. Will there be check-ins?

A. Yes. Mods will be checking in with participants the weekends of May 2-4 and May 23-25. If you are struggling to complete a gift or haven’t started by then we would strong encourage you to flag this to a mod so that we can arrange a pinch-hitter if necessary. We understand that life happens, so we won’t hold it against you if you need to drop out - we just want to be sure that your recipient still gets a gift!

Q. How do I share my gift?

A. All gifts should be posted on AO3 and on tumblr. Gifts should be posted to the 2025 Handers Gift Exchange collection on AO3 (link to be shared). Your recipient should be clearly tagged. Tumblr posts should tag in the handers-time blog so that we can find it to reblog it.

Q. How big should my gift be?

A. Fanfic should reach a minimum word count of 1,000 words. Fanart should be at least a clean sketch or completed lineart, depending on how you view your artstyle. Extra gifts (treats) - written as optional add-ons after you’ve completed your main gift - can be much smaller with a minimum word count of 250 words. There is no maximum word count for main gifts or for extra gifts.

Q. Is this an anonymous gift exchange?

A. No, but please do not tell your giftee until you have officially posted your gift. The reveal will occur the moment you post it!

Q. Are there any rules about commenting?

A. Yes. You must comment on any gift made for you. For a full gift, this should be a comment of at least 3 sentences in length. For extra gifts (treats), it can be less.

Q. I don’t want to sign up to the exchange but I’d like to produce extra gifts. What do I do?

A. Lovely to have you! We share the complete list of requests after sign-ups publicly - you can keep an eye on this blog for it. Anyone can create an extra treat - you do not need to be a participant of the full exchange. Extra gifts have a lower minimum requirements (250 words, or sketches) and you can produce as many as you like.

Q. I have another question.

A. Please send an ask to the handers-time mod and we'd be happy to help.

[full---ofstarlight]

In private, though, he remains a tender and devoted lover; he has repeatedly declared that Hawke is the only reason he's retained any sanity at all.

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hi yes i did most of this during meetings yesterday lmao

[starsabounded]

will all great neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?

handers tarot card as that macbeth poster that’s been going around + textures from @anxident tarot texture pack🌙

[dandeydraws]

has this been done

original!

[anastoza]

Annnd to finish with DA theme a lovebirds sketchdump

[almaverses]

she wears her boyfriend's clothes, she looks incredible

[fromthedaswithlove]

A letter from Anders to a F!Hawke, post Here Lies the Abyss.

Hawke, 

Varric’s letter arrived some days ago now, and I still struggle to believe that you are gone. 

Gone. 

It’s funny how one little word can shatter the world. One day, the most important person in your life isn’t there anymore. Suddenly, there’s a hole where you’re supposed to be. It’s been quiet without you here filling the silence with whatever absurdity that you may have come up with. 

It’s maddening, how it all changed in an instant. And I didn’t even get to say goodbye, not properly. I don’t know if I would have had enough strength for it. 

Why couldn’t you have been selfish for once, Hawke? Let someone else take the burden? Instead of carrying the world on your shoulders, you could’ve come back to me. You would have been safe still.

Or, better yet, you could’ve taken me with you, and… Well, I don’t know what I would have done if I was there with you in Adamant, surrounded by Grey Wardens and demons. I only know that you would not have been alone.

I catch myself waiting for you at late hours, praying to the Maker that perhaps Varric is spinning another one of his stories to keep you safe until you come back. 

I miss you. 

I’ll always miss you, Hawke.

Anders

[qalanthe]

Drawing them instead of finishing the game 😭😭😭I want to imagine the handers domestic life so badly

[vitvitlulu]

they're watching and waiting. waiting for your death by my hand.

[sanzosin]

Anders’ panic attack in deep roads Act 1 and the hairband that saved him! :D

[rhaegar--targaryen]

pov: you and anders hugging beneath his feather cloak

[handers-time]

Introducing the 2024 Handers Gift Exchange!

Welcoming any and all Handers fans, @handers-time will be hosting another year of the Handers Gift Exchange! For those unfamiliar, a fandom gift exchange is an event in which participants create fanworks to give to one another, based off their prompts, preferences, and ships! Then giftees will leave comments on any gifts they receive and the love for Handers will be shared.

Schedule:

March 9 - 23: Sign-ups

March 24 - 26: Matching & Assignments

March 27 - May 19: Creation & Posting Period

With additional check-ins on April 12-14 and May 3-5. Participants may post any time during the creation period dates, not just at the end.

Rules & FAQ under the read-more:

Q. When will assignments go out, and when is my gift due?

A. Assignments will go out on or before March 26, 2024. You can post your gift any time during the creation period, but they absolutely must be posted by May 19.

Q. Will there be check-ins?

A. Yes. Mods will be checking in with participants the weekends of April 12 and May 3. If you are struggling to complete a gift or haven’t started by then we would strong encourage you to flag this to a mod so that we can arrange a pinch-hitter if necessary. We understand that life happens, so we won’t hold it against you if you need to drop out - we just want to be sure that your recipient still gets a gift!

Q. How do I share my gift?

A. All gifts should be posted on AO3 and on tumblr. Gifts should be posted to the 2024 Handers Gift Exchange collection on AO3 (link to be shared). Your recipient should be clearly tagged. Tumblr posts should tag in the handers-time blog so that we can find it to reblog it.

Q. How big should my gift be?

A. Fanfic should reach a minimum word count of 1,000 words. Fanart should be at least a clean sketch or completed lineart, depending on how you view your artstyle.

Extra gifts - written as optional add-ons after you’ve completed your main gift - can be much smaller with a minimum word count of 250 words. There is no maximum word count for main gifts or for extra gifts.

Q. Is this an anonymous gift exchange?

A. No, but please do not tell your giftee until you have officially posted your gift. The reveal will occur the moment you post it!

Q. Are there any rules about commenting?

A. Yes. You must comment on any gift made for you. For a full gift, this should be a comment of at least 3 sentences in length. For extra gifts, it can be less.

Q. I don’t want to sign up to the exchange but I’d like to produce extra gifts. What do I do?

Lovely to have you! We share the complete list of requests after sign-ups publicly - you can keep an eye on this blog for it. Anyone can create an extra treat - you do not need to be a participant of the full exchange. Extra gifts have a lower minimum requirements (250 words, or sketches) and you can produce as many as you like.

Q. I have another question.

A. Please send an ask to the handers-time mod and we'd be happy to help.