#sandalinbohemia

[snarkspawn]

Ohh my god I can't believe I saw your Lucanis art on my dash and immediately went "if this isn't [your old fandom name] I'll eat my socks" and lo and behold!! I love how your art has evolved over the years <3

Oh my god hiiii :DDD

Honestly thinking back on my old art I'm surprised (and think it's WILD) that you recognised me by that alone sjhdks thank you though!! 💜 and I'm glad you don't have to eat your socks lmao

[daflowerzine]

SERA🪻VIOLETS

"The violet or viola is a welcome sight in our southern climates, but it can also be found in northern regions and even high up in the Anderfels…"

[Art by @annalisejensen / Blurb written by @sandalinbohemia]

🌻STORE: daflowerzine.bigcartel.com

[thedaselcor]

Twenty Questions for Fanfic Writers

Tagged by @tansyuduri (thanks!) Taggong forward: @cat-in-a-tesseract , @gallows-into-oblivion , @mxkelsifer , @miyriu , @toomanyfanficsbruh

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Not including unrevealed exchange works I currently have 60 works on Ao3.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

135,630

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Dragon Age and Mass Effect (ThedasElcor , ThedasHanar)

Merlin (OAFelcor)

Overwatch (MildBeagle)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the hope of a new life (38 kudos)

Mass Effect Andromeda Evfra de Tershaav/Female Ryder | Sara I'm always a bit disappointed about this one because I had a whole subplot involving this Ryder being deaf and specifically preferring hearing aids to corrective surgery but I didn't have time to really perfect it before the exchange deadline so I had to scrap it.

a love that burns like holy fire (32 kudos)

BBC Merlin Arthur/Merlin I just started this one not long ago and it's really been neat to see it take off and have a huge welcome from the Merlin fandom, it's been a really cool community to join. The concept for this one is that Merlin is Transmasc, and that he uses magic as part of his gender affirmation, and somehow that leads to all sorts of dominoes falling that changes the entire outcome of the series starting around the middle of season one.

nights of holy fire (30 kudos)

BBC Merlin Arthur/Merlin So this one's actually the nsfw companion piece for "a love that burns like holy fire", I decided to write the main fic as fade to black and have this separate place for sex scenes and I think it's actually been working really well.

Some Kind of Wonderful (30 kudos)

Dragon Age Female Inquisitor Trevelyan / Josephine Montiliyet This is one of my favourites, I think. I wrote it as an exchange treat and it led to me meeting my fandom friend @sandalinbohemia A funny story with that one is that Rowan as an inquisitor stuck with me so much I thought Sandal had specifically requested the name, but I entirely made up the request and the name and had no idea for over a year. The premise is that Inquisitor Trevelyan finds an old clause that allows her to duel for Josephine's hand using a board game rather than a physical duel, and it's a bit of a fix it for the canon Lord Ortranto situation.

Of Wrath and Wanting (19 Kudos)

Dragon Age Leliana/Morrigan Honestly this is a tiny little flash piece I did for a crackship request back on the bird site. It's really neat, but it's only about 250 words. I have no idea how it did so well.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Definitely, I love comments. the main reason I write most of my longfics like a serial in a newspaper or an old cable tv show where I publish as I go is that I can find writing exceptionally lonely. I love to talk about my work, my blorbos, whatever else.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't write a lot of angst, and I don't write a lot of endings, but probably Rotten Touch. It's a true drabble (100 words), Overwatch, Reaper/Soldier. Since it's so short I'll include it here.

Jack remembers a time before Overwatch, remembers the love they’d shared, remembers Gabriel’s hands on his body in the dead of night. Dead… Dead… That was the problem, wasn’t it? That past was long since over, and now Jack couldn’t even think of himself as anything but 76. Gabriel Reyes had stopped being Reyes, had stopped being anything, long ago, and the vision in Jack's mind can’t cling to the fantasy. Gabriel’s hands become Reaper’s hands become rotten, foreboding, and cold. Every lover, Reaper, before him, and since, melt into an amalgam of broken promises and rotten touches. Jack’s alone.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

That's a tough one! I really like fluff, but I also tend to leave stories with an indication that life continues so it's a bit more ambiguous than happy. I guess I'd say my Josephine/Sebastian Dragon Afe epistolary series Vael in Vellum, it really has more of a conclusion than a lot of others and I think it's really cute.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not that I know of.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yep! honestly all kinds. I write sweet things, spicy things, things I'd be mortified for people in the real world to know about, all sorts of pairings. I'm a transmasc guy who is gay married and who spent a good amount of time thinking he was a lesbian AND in what he thought was a hetero live-in thing for a while so I feel like I have a lot of the mechanics covered and I have a pretty good imagination. Idk if it's good or not, but people seem to like it, and I tend to like it when I reread it.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I don't go out of my way to, but I do write them, especially for exchanges. I think the craziest one was the Commander 'n Chief fShep/The Iron Bull series I wrote for @ferindencadash (Mass Effect/Dragon Age)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No. I started translating Moments Between (Mass Effect Sloane Kelly/enbie Ryder), especially since later chapters that I need to rewrite have Ryder speaking an almost creole-like French dialect, but I got lonely :P If folks were interested, I'd be willing to translate some of my pieces, especially the shorter ones, into French or Spanish.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I used to do a lot of chat based role playing, but I don't think I ever officially wrote something with someone. I can be really intense when I'm mid hyper-fixation, though, it probably wouldn't be a good time for a co-writer.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Honestly, whatever one I'm writing at the time. I'm absolutely in love with Sloane/Ryder (Mass Effect), writing fCadash/Varric Tethras for the Tethras n' Trouble series and , HardAssi (Krem/Lace Harding) for Her Safeword is Apples (and she smells like blossoms in the rain) (Dragon Age) both felt absolutely world altering. Now that I'm writing Merthur (Merlin/Arthur from BBC Merlin) for the Elements of Albion series, that's everything. I love ships... all the ships. Give them to Ziiiiimmmmmm.. ahem...

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I think that I'll keep writing all my pieces as the fixations shift, honestly. Eventually I'll finish more and start more. I guess the most precarious right now is probably A Perfect Fit (HardAssi), but I don't think any work is really doomed. Sometimes I hyperfixate and write over 20k in a weekend, sometimes it takes me weeks to get 500 words out... I think it's more of a lifestyle at this point.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Probably portraying emotions and emulating cadence and mannerisms.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Commas, run on sentences, an absolute gay audacity and disregard for all the rules of grammar...

But seriously probably angst, hurt/comfort, I'm really very "meta" in my writing and I go through all the emotions the characters are going through, very, very vividly, to get it all right, so it can be really difficult for me to finish works that hit the really hard spots for long periods.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I enjoy it! I like it better when the text lends itself to having the translation right there or having the narrator tell us. I've got a few works that use extensive footnotes that are all neatly linked back and forth and stuff and it's just a lot of work to format.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

No idea. The first fandom I published is Dragon Age, I keep a bookmark to the Ao3 import of the fic (I orphaned the account a long long time ago) and it reminds me that I was never as bad as I thought, but that I've also gotten a lot better. In terms of ever written, including role playing days and just loose leaf notebooks I started almost 25 years ago, so I really have no idea.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

In terms of complete works only probably either The Writer and the Racketeer (fCadash/Varric) or Antivan Coffee (Josephine Montiliyet/Zevran Arainai), both Dragon Age. I did a lot of Dragon Age exchanges so a lot of my finished works are in that fandom. I would say right now, though, that I'm really enjoying writing a love that burns like holy fire, it's inspiring a bunch of spinoffs and it's been super great to more actively join the Merlin fandom.

Thank you so much to @tansyuduri for tagging me for this, it was so much fun. Thanks to anyone who read through all this, it felt really neat to do a little interview of myself. Hopefully some people I tagged forward have fun with this (no pressure as always), and I really look forward to writing for you all in the future!

[dragonagereversebang]

risky business

Summary: Three days later, she enters her office to an ambush. It’s not the shadowy assassins this time: no, it’s Leliana and Cullen, the Inquisitor positioned slightly behind them with guilty eyes.

“I have the feeling I’m not going to like this,” she sighs, already resigning herself to her fate with a wry smile.

When Josephine receives an unwelcome visit from the House of Repose, Leliana calls on an old friend to help.

Rating: T Artist: sweettasteofbitter (@sandalinbohemia) Author: captainisqueen (@samseabxrn)

This is a brilliant romp through Josephine's story in inquistion with a little side of bodyguard AU thrown in when Zevran is called on to protect her from assassins. The slow build of interest between them against the backdrop of Josephine being a wanted woman creates some glorious tension. Go on a trip to Antiva with this hot pair and leave some love for this amazing work!

[amarmeme]

WIP Title Game

@chickywickers and @emimayooo both tagged me to do a WIP title meme. Thank you!! I do love a tag meme.

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it. Tag as many people as wips.

I honestly have so many WIPs; it's a problem. Instead of tagging this entire site, I've picked the most potential to be finished 😀

BG3:

First meetings

Professor/TA AU

An ungrateful cleric

Untitled document

Original Fiction/Dragon Age

The wizard barbarian

The natural order of elements

Cullen and Lotte do Kirkwall

Cullavellan

Roommate AU

@uchidachi @alyssalenko @vorchagirl @enigmalea @antivanruffles @thedastrash @hollyand-writes @sandalinbohemia @cosmic-darikano

[joscribbles]

commission for my pal @/sandalinbohemia on twitter of their Inquisitor and Josephine Montilyet 💕

[highwayphantoms]

WIP WEDNESDAY

It ain't wednesday anymore but who caaaaares

Thanks @saltyowlets for the tag! <3

Here's a little bit of a piece I've been working on lately, some Act 2, pre-relationship Cal & Anders. :3

They withdrew, taking half a step back and crossing their arms over their chest. “I made a deal to protect myself and turned a blind eye to the way every other mage around me was treated, and you’re sorry?” Undeterred, Anders fixed them with a level stare. “But that’s not what happened. Someone with the power to ruin your life manipulated you into making that deal. And you’re the reason I didn’t completely lose my mind when they dumped me in solitary for an entire year, even if I didn’t know that at the time. I wouldn’t describe that as turning a blind eye.” He had a point. Still, it did nothing to soothe their own self-loathing. “I wasn’t doing it for you,” they said sullenly. “I needed somewhere I could practice without being seen. You just happened to be there.” “Cal, listen to me,” Anders said. “If you were even half the terrible person you think you are, do you think Justice would be giving me quite as much of a headache as he is right now?” They paused. Indeed, they had half expected Justice to surface already—nothing irked the spirit like templar wrongs and mage rights. “Justice… is giving you a headache.” “Yes. New talent he’s developed. Very irritating right about now.”

idk who's already been tagged and who hasn't so I'm gonna tag @thedastrash, @flashhwing, and @sandalinbohemia, plus anyone else who wants to play!

[thedastrash]

Happy birthday to me!!!!! 🎁 😍🎁 Thanks so much for the lovely gifts in the Black Emporium exchange @black-emporium-exchange!! I am living for the sapphic vibes in my gifts!!

I requested Lace Harding/Josephine cuz I’m hype on getting to know Lace better & did @sandalinbohemia ever deliver!! They get them both, their voices are fabulous <3

And Leliana/Morrigan hot outdoor camp smut in Morrigan’s pov, which is such a treat!! and I love seeing Leliana desired like that. It also had a note “hello! this is porn! :)” lol which made me laugh way too hard 🤣 thanks @vexatiousvagabond !!

[mmthemayoarts]

My part of an art trade, Inquisitor Roe Trevelyan for sandalinbohemia :>

[daflowerzine]

DOG🪻AFRICAN VIOLET

"Ground violets are used in tinctures, and in Qunari lands in a substance known as vitaar…"

[Art by @tifanygonzalezart / Blurb written by @sandalinbohemia]

🌻STORE: daflowerzine.bigcartel.com

[thedaselcor]

Firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)!!!

I don't usually do non-negotiables just because of who I am as a person... (Idk if it's from the chain message plagues of the early 00s or just pathological demand avoidance or what but...) Anyway, I'm still gonna do this one, it's positive without being toxic and anyone I ping can 100% be assured this is a no-pressure ask from me: @cat-in-a-tesseract , @sandalinbohemia , @toomanyfanficsbruh , @miyriu , @mxkelsifer , @gallows-into-oblivion , @bronsautracks , @ferindencadash , @spacevixen2024 , @mcgeeki

Okay, so the things I like: 1. I'm really good with languages. I didn't know that for the longest time, but I can learn new coding languages pretty fast and regular languages and dialects seem easier for me than most people. That's pretty neat. 2. I'm a good writer. I used to have a hard time admitting I think that because self confidence was often punished growing up, but I'm good and I don't need to be humble about that and it's kind of cool. 3. I care a lot about everything all the time. It was often framed as a weakness but I think caring deeply and being able to picture myself in other people's shoes and stuff is really neat actually. 4. My eyes. They're brown with little green clouds and swirls and they're actually super cool and not at all boring like I thought growing up. 5. My swagger! It seems weird to think, but despite my geekiness I have some kind of undeniable t-boy swagger and I'm super happy about it and who I am now and stuff!

[daflowerzine]

🌺🌻Introducing our next artist, @sandalinbohemia!🌺🌻

ao3

[thedastrash]

Dragon Age OC Exchange!

We do a little Wintersend exchange on the Dragon Age OC server & I wanted to share the pieces I wrote!

The first was my assignment for @melisusthewee’s Quinn Trevelyan - a man caught up in a new love affair leaving a confusing but satisfying fling behind. https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DA_OC_Winter_Exchange_2023/works/52639819

And the second was an extra treat I wrote for @sandalinbohemia’s Roe Trevelyan who is a beloved character to me! I love Sandal’s updates with beautiful art of Roe and I had a free afternoon to write and had her on my mind, so I wrote this little exploration of Josie’s feelings as she’s falling for her. https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DA_OC_Winter_Exchange_2023/works/52677496

Both rated T, nothing spicy.

Check out the rest of the collection and fall in love with some new dragon age OCs for the new year! ✨

[thedastrash]

9 Songs 🎶

Thanks for tagging me @my-dumb-obsessions!! Rules: List 9 songs for one (or more) of your ships. Optionally, tag 9 people.

I'm gonna do this for Irene Amell, who slowly eats away at my brain. Appropos since she's a necromancer? lol! I've been working on some playlists for my key characters and hers has had some work lately.

I’m posting this on my birthday cuz 9 is my number :]

Irene & Anders, ride or die besties, fwb, codependent freaks

2. Assorted Circle feelings

3. Disastrous first relationship (templar gf), ended in solitary for Irene

4. Irene bitterness of "fuck everyone but especially her"

5. Irene cynicism in general

6. Irene post Circle feelings

7. Irene & Morrigan's distance from each other in their love

8. Irene, so in love with Morrigan but letting her go

9. Bittersweet Irene, the heartbreak of the good kind of love finally

ugh I have more! This isn't the end of her story, but it is a good place to break perhaps for the purposes of this <3

9 no pressure tags: @lets-get-brave, @highwayphantoms, @kittynomsdeplume, @sandalinbohemia, @sinquisition, @n7viper, @iamonlybutaneel, @retrowondergirl, @plisuu

[thedastrash]

Tagged by @my-dumb-obsessions for the last song I listened to:

Off of my Myrna Hawke playlist, even! Thanks for tagging me 🥰

Tagging @highwayphantoms & @sandalinbohemia & @hollyand-writes & @amarmeme <3 no pressure tho

[thedastrash]

Tag game!

Rules: Share 10 facts about yourself and tag 10 other blogs! I want to get to know my mutuals, and the people I follow a little bit :) The facts can be about anything!

Tagged by @highwayphantoms <3

When I was a kid, part of my central identity was: I love sharks. TBH anything oceanic, but favorites are important when you're 6.

I'm a poet. Fiction is a real challenge for me, but I keep trying!

At one point I had a little hobby farm with yaks, ducks, quail, a rabbit, and a salt water aquarium.

I have only lived away from my hometown twice, for a year each time, and I'm glad to be home again.

My favorite color is grey, but specificially knit wool with flecks of rainbow colors hidden in the grey.

I always cut my own hair and I cut my friend's hair when they ask.

I was a DJ for about a decade and hosted a late night show with ambient and relaxing instrumental music but also took call-ins.

I'm a certified yoga instructor, but I don't teach. Yet?

I channel surf the radio while I'm driving until I hit a song I know so I can sing along as loud as possible.

I am the height of an average american man.

Alright. Tag ten people! Yon’t have to play if you don’t want <3

@lets-get-brave, @sandalinbohemia, @sinquisition, @nebulas-dragon-age, @my-dumb-obsessions, @iamonlybutaneel, @retrowondergirl, @plisuu, @charmcity-jess, @noire-pandora