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I was tagged by @tanoraqui for this one! Last lines from the last 10 finished works I posted, not counting collaborations, starting with the most recent:

Cassandra gives a brisk nod to her reflection in the mirror, and turns to head downstairs to welcome her guests into her home. (forgive us the days forgotten to fear, Critical Role Campaign 1)

The stone he sets down carefully on top of the grave marker, among the handful of other little stones left there by other visitors, before he turns to go. (Letters, Critical Role Campaign 2)

And he should stop there, he really should, but the next words are already coming out: Maybe you should try friends sometime. (Cantrip: Friends, Critical Role Campaign 2)

“Maker help me,” she -- giggles, actually giggles -- “if Varric finds out, I’ll never hear the end of it.” (black on white, crow in snow, Dragon Age: Inquisition)

The management here at the Hanged Man never takes noise complaints all that seriously, but still, you’re inclined to hope later that the room next door is empty. (fly away you dainty dish, Dragon Age II)

“The smallest chance,” you repeat, and smile. “I’ll take it.” (roam away my raven girl, Dragon Age: Origins)

“It’s the same day,” Caleb says, and doesn’t say anything else. (Candles, Critical Role Campaign 2)

It stays there, forgotten. (un peu, beaucoup, Critical Role Campaign 2)

Let’s go, is all Yasha answers. (till you face the looking-glass, Critical Role Campaign 2)

A general murmur of agreement went up, and not even Dvora seemed inclined to argue. (a line to yourself or a place on the shelf, Tanakh / Hebrew Bible)

I feel like I can see some patterns here, but they're mostly things I already knew -- my tendency to use present tense for fic based on games, and second person for fic about video game protags specifically. I am not sure I could explain why sometimes my dialogue is marked by italics rather than in quotation marks.

(I assume this is in response to this post?)

with you it was more like .5 seconds of "???" and then several minutes since of "thank g-d"

you're cool, thanks for existing

Hmmm. Nothing comes immediately to mind, largely because I am extremely wiped out today, but I suspect if I throw this out to my followers and consult people on the filk Discord server I'll get some good answers! Whereas if I just put this in my drafts folder, who knows if I'll ever get back to it.

Demanding I block them, I must reiterate, by way of an anonymous ask.

You and a couple anons asked me this so HERE GOES.

The short short form: Frodo, with the Ring, is irretrievably separated from the Fellowship in Moria but not taken by orcs. Sauron doesn't get the Ring back, which is what keeps this from being the Actual Darkest Timeline -- but without destroying the Ring, our side doesn't have a viable way to fight the military strength of Mordor except as a long, slow losing battle. Ten years down the line, things are ... not good.

We never actually wrote this out in full, but somewhere I have a file with many, many pages of notes. Including songs (because have you met me?), where each member of the Fellowship is now and what they've been up to, and the fates and/or current states of many significant secondary characters. ... And if I start going on about it, this ask will never get answered, so I'm gonna go ahead and post it like this, and maybe say more about it another time.

Ah, thanks. Glad to have that cleared up.