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WIP WEDNESDAY

It's that wonderful time of week again! @bingsoo-jung Thank for the tag!!

Uh don't throw rocks at me if you're reading I'm A Midnight Rider part of Chapter 6

Davrin smiled and tugged her back under the pretense of checking her injuries again. Sihu relented. It was easy to see through, when his hands lingered on her hips and his eyes wouldn’t leave her face.

“Feeling okay?”

Sihu ran a thumb over his vallaslin, shaking her head. “You were the one almost died on me Dav.”

A shadow flickered over his features. He sighed, but rather than pull away his fingers tightened.

“I need to tell you something.”

Sihu had never hesitated before. Had never run from a fight in her life. But she’d always remember the sickening feeling when he’d collapsed after the spider. How she thought they both might die. Her stomach twisted suddenly, and she pulled away. Davrin tensed, anticipating her the way she had him. All the more reason. The words spilled out of her.

No pressure tags for @biowaredisasterbisexual @basedonconjecture @ofcrowsanddragons @sugar-peanut-cat @motleymercurialmarionette (hehee think you just did this but for writing or art) @serensama @turnbaseddave @hedwigoprah @becausedragonage @grimrevolution @taashyvashedan @pinayelf @mythals-whore @lgvalenzuela (if you ever finish your reports lmfao) @littlemissgeek8 @gingervitus @seaglassmelody AND ALL OF YOU muahahaha

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OC Meme: Naera "Rook" Laidir

Thank you, @rookamell and @apothe-cary, for the tags, you absolute darlings. Your Rooks are wonderful! <3

GENERAL

Name: Naera Laidir

Alias(es): Rook

Gender: Female

Age: 32

Place of birth: Kirkwall

Spoken languages: Trade, Rivaini, and enough Tevene to get by... around slavers at least. Nothing good anyway.

Sexual orientation: She's probably pansexual but she doesn't think about it that much.

Occupation: Pre-Veilguard: Isabela's favourite little stowaway, she is a great Lord of Fortune. Naera knows what she does isn't just "salvage" like Taash wants to believe, there are times where their grey area is very much not open to interpretation- she's a good thief and she knows it. At least she knows if the Veilguard and stealing didn't pan out, she'd make a decent sailor. If only she knew how to swim...

FAVOURITE

Colour: Blue like the clearest oceans in Rivain, gold and emerald green

Entertainment: Gambling, Dancing, Duelling, Live music

Pastime: She likes to have long catch ups with friends, with lots of food and drink. If they're at a restuarant they could be there through lunch and dinner, ordering more food and telling stories. She also likes to read, considering she learned how to read so late, she feels like she has to catch up with the rest of the world.

Food: Spiced meat and hearty, seasonal vegetables with freshly baked bread and an assortment of dips- she is in heaven.

Drink: She actually prefers fresh juice, but if she has to have something warm it will be the choco chico thing.

Books: Honestly she will devour almost anything given to her, but she does love romance and intrigue... that's why she was so hurt she wasn't invited to book club!

HAVE THEY

Passed university: She has never had any real formal training. She learned to read from an older galley slave who took a shining to her. When she was under Isabela's wing and her magic finally surfaced, she was helped along by some mages in the Lords ('Sif Isabela would send her to any circle after Kirkwall!)

Had sex: Like today? heheh. Yeah, the girl has had sex and is very open to having it with whomever she wishes.

Had sex in public: Not recently. Which is a shame.

Gotten tattoos: No- much to the Lords' surprise. They remind her too much of other slave brands she had seen and don't want them on her.

Gotten piercings: Just her ears and Isabela pierced them herself as part payment for her first job with the Lords, she was gifted a pair of emerald earrings from the "salvaged" loot.

Gotten scarred: She would have had many scars if one of the mages on the ship didn't like the sight of her unmarred. They didn't like seeing the whip marks on her back and would heal them because "she wasn't nice to look at all bloodied up"- but it often made the slavers anger and whip her harder- it was a never ending cycle.

Had a broken heart: No, she never let people get too close to her heart. Sex was easy. Love was not.

Been in love: Not before Lucanis. She never had a longer relationship than a few months and she never cried when they ended. In another lifetime, if she had met Illario earlier she'd have fallen for him... and probably would have gotten her heart broken.

ARE THEY

A cuddler: As a former slave who wore the raggiest rags on a ship? Cuddling was how one survived! Physical proximity is not a thing around Naera. She will sit on you, hug you randomly and have no qualms about nudity. Besides, cuddling is her love language :)

Scared easily: Unless it involves someone suffering because of/for her, or someone she cares for being in danger- not really. She's been in hyper-survival mode almost all her life, scared is baseline normal for her.

Jealous easily: Not really. If she had known that Lucanis was actually into her rather than Neve during the early days- there would have been no jealousy whatsoever. It was just hard when Lucanis was being tightlipped about his affections was all. And Neve is really, really attractive.

Trustworthy: Absolutely. She sees no point in lying or betraying people, so it hurts her deeply when people do it to her.

FAMILY

Sibling(s): None.

Parents: She believes her parents said they were from Ferelden but were shipped off to become slaves in Tevinter- eventually they managed to escape and made a life for themselves in Kirkwall. Sadly, they were happened upon by a slaver ship docked in town for more supplies. They fought back as they didn't want them entering their home but it was no use, they found the young Rook in there and took them all aboard. It was not long until both parents succumbed to their injuries and left Rook alone. Thankfully the other slaves looked after her during her time on the galleys.

Children: Whilst she never dreamed of becoming a mother, she was never against the thought of it. When she does eventually get pregnant, she dreams of an entire Sunday being spent around the dining table with her family, the Veilguard and their extended family. Eating and laughing like it had been years since they last saw each other, and not just last week.

Pets: She's always wanted a dog of any kind but being on a boat isn't the kindest life for a dog. It was also unfair to leave it alone for months on end. She tried to make a pet out of a cactus once. It died from over watering. Naera thought it was probably best not to entrust her with a whole-ass life form if she managed to kill a damn cactus.

Tagging: @jenn2d2 @nyx-de-riva @hyperions-light @hightowerqueen @thedissonantverses and anyone else who wants to play! Please tag me as I'd love to see all your Rooks <3

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Important Question!

@serensama here you go! Guess we'll leave it up to the community.

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Art for sweet @thepalehorsevictoria of her Rook Iris Ingellvar and Emmrich Volkarin. Thank you so much for commissioning me, it was a pleasure to draw for you! ❤✨

ko-fi ☕💗 | info & commissions

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Reflection Wednesday Thank you for the tag @thedissonantverses <3

I'm pretty new to the scene and I have no idea what to write. So here's a couple WIPs that I'll probably never get around to finishing.

Also, if anyone what some that art they would love to share, think of this as an open tag for you to show off your past or current WIPs.

Please tag me, as I would love to see them all!

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Lucanis: "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KILL A CLOUD??"

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100 notes?!

Thank you so much for all of the likes and reblogs.

Never thought this would get 10 notes, let alone 100.

You guys are amazing.

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @serensama! Here is your Birthday gift! 100% what you wanted and totally not Lucanis. Enjoy everyone else and thank you for the votes!

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Here is my paltry offering to the dragon age community to help them stay fed, I heard there was a craving for Davrin. So here's the rendered and line art pieces for you all. Hopefully it won't take me too long to prepare the next meal, but until then #boneappletitties. @serensama @deardream99 @thedissonantverses @mythals-whore @cute-ellyna @unnaturalshammy

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@mythals-whore while you are waiting

Full render prep work in progress. @serensama @deardream99 @thedissonantverses @mythals-whore

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Full render prep work in progress. @serensama @deardream99 @thedissonantverses @mythals-whore

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Finished of Sophitia's sketch during tonight's Twitch stream. Now onto the next project!

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Reading all of this after my work shift be like:

Well… looks like I have no choice.

COS OF PEER PRESSURE! 😂

@serensama @deardream99 @thedissonantverses @badookie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY @serensama! Here is your Birthday gift! 100% what you wanted and totally not Lucanis. Enjoy everyone else and thank you for the votes!

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20 Questions for Fanfiction Writers

Thank you so much for the tag @ofcrowsanddragons <3 - you can find their answers here

Tagging @rookamell @jenn2d2 @nyx-de-riva @wishforhome @himluv @vorchagirl and I know you've already been tagged @thedissonantverses but please tag me if/when you choose to do this so I can read your answers! Please feel free to tag yourselves and tag me so I can have a sneaky lil gander and get to know you all more <3

1). How many works do you have on AO3? 10 as of right now :)

2). What's your total AO3 word count?

267,958 ... I am a ... wordy bitch, what can I say hahah

3). What are your top five fics by kudos?

To Help #5 [E] 251 kudos; 34,816 words, 54 bookmarks- Mystic Messenger

To Help #4 [M/E] 187 kudos; 7,130 words, 32 bookmarks - Mystic Messenger

I think we're getting low on onions again...  [E] 186 kudos; 68,208 words; 56 bookmarks - DA Veilguard

To Help #1 [M] 156 kudos; 5,708 words, 17 bookmarks - Mystic Messenger

To Help #6 [E] 156 kudos, 15,503 words, 19 bookmarks - Mystic Messenger

4). What fandoms do you write for?

I used to write for Harry Potter, but that well of inspiration has long since dried up. Then, for a very long time, I didn't write anything until this little otome game called Mystic Messenger took over my life out of nowhere. I had been meaning to write Dragon Age fanfiction since Inquisition came out but never got around to it until finally last year- I just finally bit the bullet.

5). Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I absolutely do! I always respond to people's comments on here, ff.net and ao3 because it's precious to me. Interacting with people through fandom is a gift, it's given me some of my best friends who I cherish and honestly- getting comments even just <3 <3 <3 on a fic is enough to completely make my day 1000 times better. I will re-read every nice thing anyone has to say about my work over and over again and kick my feet in the air, giggle and say thank you aloud because it does mean the world to me whenever anyone takes the time to read my work and make any effort to let me know they enjoyed it. (However, I feel terrible because for about 5/6 years I went pretty much off reading/interacting/writing- just total silence from me and I missed quite a few people to reply to. Would be weird if I reply to them now like... 5 years later? If that's not weird please tell me and I'll respond to them right now!)

6). What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

It would be Do you remember?- I got a lot of friendly outrage for that one, and probably deservedly so, but it felt right to write it. And currently I'm writing another chapter of 'Onions' which is definitely angst territory. Not a whole lot of happiness there alas.

I may LOVE angst but if I can sneak a happy ending in there, please know I will :)

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

Um... do you mean happy as in emotion or smut... cos like... most of them? To both versions of the question XD

8). Do you get hate on fics?

Not really. But tomorrow is a new day, who knows what will come?!

9). Do you write smut?

I do. I actually really enjoy writing it, as much as angst or fluff. It's just really fun :)

10). Do you write crossovers?

No, but that's not to say I haven't thought about it. Like last night, I came across the dance scene from The Mask of Zorro and thought about mashing the worlds together to make Viago the new Zorro and Teia into Elena... but I let that go because I cant have another bloody WIP. Right?.... RIGHT?

11). Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so. That would be horrific :(

12). Have you ever had a fic translated?

There was someone asking to translate some of my work but that was via an Anon on ff.net, so I couldn't even respond saying they were welcome to... so maybe they just did?

13). Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Yes, if a oneshot counts. I'd tag them but their old blog doesn't exist anymore and they probably would not appreciate me tagging their new one. But if you see this, you know who you are and I love you. You were one of my very first Tumblr friends and I appreciate yoooou <3

14). What’s your all-time favorite ship?

HP: Jily, Rowezar (I'm like the only person who wrote for them at the time, I'm claiming the tag damn it)

DA: Alistair x Hof, Cullen x Inquisitor, Fenris x Hawke, Rookanis (although Illario is creeping up like that Jason Momoa and Henry Cavill meme and it's disconcerting).

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

There was a multi-chap Mystic Messenger fic that I wanted to write, I had it all planned out from start to finish and even wrote a teaser for it... then I never looked at it again. I love the idea and may choose to repurpose it for another fic/fandom one day but it wont be for MM alas.

16). What are your writing strengths?

Word count hahaha- obviously I think conversation? I've been told that people enjoy the dialogue between the characters and can hear exactly how they were saying it helped deepen their experience whilst reading the fic, so yeah >_<"

17). What are your writing weaknesses?

Word count. Overly describing things that don't need to be described and my inability to write anything outside of the third person scope- makes me feel inflexible.

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

I think there is definitely a time and place for it. I often don't like it when it feels forced or unnecessary, but if your character only speaks X language and the other doesn't, of course, you should try to be as authentic as you can. Even if that means you italicise what the first character is saying but make it known that the second has no clue what is going on in their response/thoughts. If the language is used very often though that it takes the reader out of the moment or gets too lost in what is happening, is only when I would truly discourage it. I once read something that the dialogue was entirely in another language and I just scrolled for a few minutes just looking like this ---> O_O (send help). Thankfully they did have it translated at the bottom of the fic, but I do not think readers should have to wait until the very end to understand what is happening in the middle of it (UNLESS! there is some wonderful working of the plot, where reading the whole chapter somehow makes the dialogue even more poignant, then bloody bravo!!!)

19). First fandom you wrote for? Lord of the Rings. It was a horrible self-insert when I was young, foolish and utterly in love with Legolas. It never saw the light of day and sat on my computer hard drive for only my nerdy ass to see.

20). Favorite fic you’ve ever written? It would probably be the multichapter DAO/DAI fic I'm writing right now for Cullen x Inquisitor/Warden x Alistair, In Sacrifice, Glory.  It is quietly chugging along, and whilst it is definitely not my most popular work, it's the one I put most of my effort in and am writing out of pure love. Even if no one else wants to read it- I want to read it, so I'm writing it for my own damn perverse ass ^_^