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[tolnas-vault]

Announcing The Wroot of Romance Fic Collab.

Sign up on the Tolna's Vault Discord Server.

Show Your Love For Barcus Wroot By Participating In This Collaborative Fanfiction Series of Barcus Wroot Ships.

The Premise

The idea is that Barcus is going to go through the game timeline and meet a lot of different people. Some of these encounters will cause some canon divergence, but the game timeline will be mostly kept. There will be smut, fluff, friendship - whatever you want to write! Each chapter will focus on a single partnering, with a title relating to it in the format “The Wroot of _____” in which the blank relates to the partner or the relationship between them. Writers signing up can volunteer for a listed character or add a new character to the list that they want to write about, and after the sign up period we will check the assignments and decide an order together.

How To Sign Up

Join the Tolna's Vault Discord Server (invite link above) and follow the link to the sign up spreadsheet featured in the Wroot of Romance event description, and pinned in the #the-wroot-of-romance-collab channel.

You will also need to have an AO3 account and share your username with us - there is a second tab in the spreadsheet with a table to add your aliases!

The table should be pretty simple to use. If there’s a character not on the list that you’d like to add, put them in a new row! You can also add title suggestions if you think of something fun, and we’ll all agree on the final titles that fit best when the event starts. There’s a column to volunteer to write a character, and you’re welcome to add your name here as long as you don’t remove anyone else’s without their permission - for now keep it to your Discord username from Tolna’s so we know who you are! We will add a column for AO3 names and other aliases later.

Each character will get one chapter written by one writer (unless two or more agree to collab on a single chapter together), and if several people have interest in the same character we can work it out in the server together.

Event Timeline

Sign ups will end on the 1st May to allow us a day or so to ensure we have the writers set up with their pairing(s). Then we will work together on an order/structure together so we know the chronological story - and release - order of everyone’s works!  The next deadline is the 10th May - by this date you will need a bullet point summary of your fic plan. That way, you can coordinate with the writers before and after you to ensure we have a cohesive story structure. We might also be able to reference - or even add foreshadowing! - from each others ideas so we can even have some real character development for Barcus as he goes on a very sexy adventure across the sword coast.

The first batches of submissions will be due in by the end of May, and the release schedule will be one chapter every few days through June/maybe July to stagger them for readers but also keep a nice steady flow until we reach the end.

It’s best to publish these as a Series on AO3 with each chapter as a new work (so your “chapter” can have multiple chapters if you need to, particularly if it runs long or you feel it needs a split in the middle to be more reader-friendly). This also means each person’s submission will have its own tags on it, and will be easier to find for those just looking for each individual pairing they like.

The Concept So Far

A chance encounter with Abdirak in act 1 will kickstart this fic series, as this crack ship sparked the idea. Abdirak (in his own unique way) will encourage Barcus to open himself up to new possibilities. And thus we begin Barcus' journey of self discovery and relationship building. Some of his encounters will be romantic, some platonic, some simply smutty. You get to write what you feel is best for the ship you choose.

The Rules

The main thing is to follow all the rules listed in Tolna’s server, make sure your works are tagged appropriately, but otherwise follow your hearts and dreams! Want to go full Dead Dove? Do it! As long as it fits the event, it’s fine. You can also go pure SFW fluff if you want, you don’t have to make it smutty at all unless you want to.

Do be mindful of the people following you directly in the series. You should be able to summarize the "important events" in your fic with as few triggers as possible so people can follow up from your story even if your content isn't to their taste. If you can summarize all your Dead Dove elements with "they had a wild night." you are free to write anything you'd like happening that night in the fic proper. Please try to stick close to the deadlines, but if you are struggling let someone know ASAP and we can work something out! Otherwise? Have fun!

[stephenopolos]

[valeriapryanikova]

i recently played deathloop for the first time! ^_^

if you do not wish to exercise your neck here's an upside down version:

[topazpearl]

one of the reasons why Ashlyn is my favorite character in sbg is that she's a girl and likes to do ballet (stereotypically very feminine) but is also tough as nails, wears army camo, has blades in her freakin shoes. a lot of girls in media are either one way or the other so it's really refreshing tbh

[s3znl-gr3znl]

i feel like i cant remember the last time i saw a good mecha duo. i feel like most mech media doesnt really allow for great pairings that arent on opposite sides of a conflict (char and amuro being an example) while pretty much every mecha show/game has an mc who must shoulder the weight of the conflict alone while everyone else takes a back seat.

[bagelqaq]

happy 520 <33

[cleo-serotonin]

here’s some rare bts, as a treat <3

[mskwtz]

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Good morning it’s barely 10 and I already choked on my coffee.

[binarybitex]

front desk girl

[felixisfruity]

i was abt 2 ask u which mlp char i should draw next but i think i know ur answer giggles - @seraphinnit

KICKS MY LEGS. GIGGLES. WHAAATT HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY KNOWW

[sampoenjoyer]

Dude how does ALMOST EVERY GENSHIN FAN mischaracterize Ororon. IT'S NOT JUST THE CAPITANO X MAVUIKA SHIPPERS, OR THE FANS OF BOTH SOLO, OR JUST CITLALI FAN ITS THE ENTIRE FANBASE. IVE NEVER SEEN A GUY SO UNANIMOUSLY MISREPRESENTED.

[tolnas-vault]

WIP to Watch Out For: The Red Harp

Reviewed: May 1 2024

Fic Data

Rating: E

Status: Incomplete

Publish Date: 2024-04-23

Last Update: 2024-04-24

Chapters: 2

Word Count: 10,639

Main Ship(s): Shadowheart/He Who Was

Side Ship(s): Geraldus/Rolan

Other Side Character(s): Jaheira, Aradin, Rugan, Minsc, Rion

Summary:

This city is filled with demons; and as the constables track down those mortal evils, those murderers and thieves, behind the unassuming door of The Red Harp they hunt those evils existing in the space beyond. The High Harper's daughter has been taken. The medium and the thief stand at the docks, growing cold as they await the arrival of their newest recruit, the exorcist, ready to begin the work. (Victorian/Penny Dreadful style AU)

Ao3 Stats (As of May 1 2024)

Shadowheart/He Who Was works on Ao3: 2

He Who Was works on Ao3: 35

Shadowheart works on Ao3: 6219

Review (Mild Spoilers Only)

Warnings: Gore, body horror, parasites, ghosts.

Favorite Quote:

"Shadowheart’s eyes traced down, now, to the floor - where the girls purple gown was gathered about her, the crumpled material of her skirts forming pools all around her, which, now that she was looking at it from somewhere so close, she could see, were shifting slightly. The material almost looking as if it were … boiling?"

Main POV: Shadowheart and Geraldus

Thoughts:

Oh this is a lovely gothic horror. Shadowheart and He Who Was slot perfectly into the rolls of medium and priest in this AU. And it's one of those AUs that weave the canon lore and AU lore together perfectly. Tieflings are still a thing, the Harpers and the Zhent are still a thing, but the technology and magic system have been adjusted for the setting.

The first two chapters offer a thrilling introduction to the world and this version of the characters. He Who Was, in all his creepy glory, gets a proper introduction from Shadowheart's pov, and we're then immediately flung into the action. And without spoiling what happens the action is absolutely amazing in this story. See the quote above for how evocative and uncanny the entities of this setting are, and how they're revealed to the audience through the dawning horror of the characters. I had chills during the first action scene.

And the action scenes also do an excellent job of character building. Each character's reaction to the monster of the scene reveals something about their character, and shows the author understands the NPCs they're working with.

And the author is also good at mixing up the horror as well. There's a solid combination of high intensity action, and unnerving suspense in just the first two chapters. I cannot wait to see where this story goes.

Who I'd recommend this fic to: This is the perfect fic for people people enjoy the goth aspects of both He Who Was and Shadowheart, and want to see the characters in a more classic horror setting, while not straying too far from the world of BG3.

How Unsatisfied Would I Be If This Never Updated Again?: Not too terribly. The first two chapters of this fic served as an excellent "pilot" episode for the premise. Which meant they of course set up the character relationships, mysteries, and plot threads that one would expect to be addressed over the course of the "season". But they were also their own self-contained story with a proper beginning, middle and end. A very classic "this is how the team gets together" pilot episode. Satisfying on its own, but leaving you wanting more.

[gently-decaying-flowers]

guys no joke i have ZERO charisma

like

all the friends i still have are because they just fucking appeared one day and we’ve been together since- it’s not because we like approached each other or anything- it was like just supposed to happen???

[vgilantee]

wip title game

rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how nondescriptive of ridiculous. let people sent an ask with the title that intrigues them the most, then post a little snoppitnor tell them something about it

so @alwayskote tagged me but i hate titles so they’re usually the last thing i come up with… so most of my doc titles are boring and only there at all so i don’t have a million docs called “document x”. but also the ones with titles are so old i actually procrastinated my way into a title lmao

finish what he started - commander cody smut

apex predator - john price smut (it’s actually called monster price… i need to change that whoops)

soft focus fog - benedict bridgerton series

kix x reader - what it says on the tin

ethan landry - on camera - abandoned… lmao

chaos cubed fic

worlds apart - neteyam sully series, also abandoned

NPT: @glossysoap @xxshadowbabexx @the-rain-on-kamino @cas-backwards-tie

[majimasleftasscheek]

brahk! how do you feel about MasaDai (Masato x Daigo)? i really like to prep -> emo -> mentally ill timeline they both followed.

(phone tried to autocorrect “brahk” to “Abraham” (@_@) )

admittedly I'm not the hugest fan of Masato but! I do think the shared timeline is very funny and they shoulda met in game I woulda lost my mind 👁️👄👁️ because I'm a sap for minedai, I think it'd be p funny for Mine to be absolutely hostile @ Masato, knowing he possibly had the oh so dreamy time of painting's Daigo's nails and browsing his blog of darkness that I assume he has

I do miss Masato's emo look ngl rip his style and sexi facial hair ✌😔

I can't say much about the shipping angle but the idea of them going to grunge concerts as a brooding cringe couple is delightful ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡

[rohirric-hunter]

Apparently the devs did remove heritage runes as drops in Moria world instances, so it seems like they do know there's some kind of LP farming that happens in Moria.

That's why I only ever post about the crafting instance exploit on this blog (and occasionally in private discords). The devs legally can't look at my blog. Well, they can, but it opens all sorts of inconvenient legal sandpits because of how much fanfic and fan theories I post here, for the same reason as why authors won't read fanfiction that's sent to them.