#fin posts

1. Favorite character to write for or about?

Well. xD haha my one singular OC for bg3 is of course Jahen. ;3 I deeply enjoy him both as a source of general comfort and creativity but also as a writing outlet. He feels complex and interesting to work with, yet also carries the bone-deep compassion that I find in almost all of my favorite characters to write.

For factory-setting bg3 characters I think I wanna say Karlach! Her inner voice is just an absolute blast to play with. One of my favorite lines I've written all year was her thinking on the first sunset she sees outside Avernus as a "pinky-orange" color. :D so many other characters I've written before would just think "a pink and orange sunset." but Karlach just smushes them together. it felt so right. I love her so much.

2. Least favorite character to write for or about?

In a vacuum, I don't think any of the companions are unpleasant to write! c: I absolutely adore all of the bg3 "main cast." however, I will admit, in the public fandom space of tumblr I can get a little resentful when people come to my blog and spam like/reblog only my astarion posts and upon visiting their blogs I find bad faith takes about Wyll or Lae'zel. T_T it just feels... bad. because of that, I've completely scrapped several Astarion meta posts I'd originally intended to write just for fun. It's not his fault though, obviously, I think no less of him as a character for it.

3. Favorite pairing

Jahen x Wyll is one of the very few romantic pairings I've ever passionately enjoyed writing. ^o^ "romance" is often difficult for me as an aroace person to fully grasp, let alone put into words for other people to read, but the "Briarblade" dynamic is so rich in so many ways that I find their chemistry comes to me more naturally than I even could have hoped for. Jahen x Halsin is fun for me too, but I lean more heavily on my general understanding of affection/adoration to support that writing.

I haven't done a lot of actually words-to-document writing of these yet, but I am also a big fan of Wyll x Karlach and Karlach x Shadowheart. :3 I do plan to write for the former with Jahen included in the mix, and I'll probably always be sprinkling little hints in for the latter in whatever I end up writing and posting for this fandom.

4. Least favorite pairing

I only like Bloodweave when it's funny. 😂 too-serious bloodweave stuff does nothing for me. I technically have one more actual least-favorite pairing buuut I think it would just cause hurt feelings if I ranted about it so I'm gonna keep it to myself. it's literally not an opinion that matters whatsoever it's just a pet peeve/personal taste thing. xD

5. Favorite POV and Tense

my favorite across all the writing I've ever done is third-person-limited, past-tense. but my favorite for bg3 specifically is third-person-limited, present tense - mainly because that's the tense the game itself is narrated in and I like that congruence. :3

6. Something new you did this year?

This is the very first time I have played a male oc as the POV protagonist in a video game. :D every other time I've played some kind of game where you can choose your gender I've made a woman oc. the one exception I guess you could say is that I played a male hawke in DA2, but I don't consider him my "oc" since hawke is pretty heavily characterized by the default game's story. Jahen is my first personalized video game character that is not a woman. :] I guess I technically started playing bg3 at the tail end of 2024 but I really want to count this lmao

7. Something other people have told you that you're good at:

people do seem to like my "how things might work in this world" essays. :3 this is VERY pleasing to me. my two favorites from this past year were Waypoints and Food Logistics.

8. Something you think you're good at:

I am really fond of putting together long-form plots actually. I haven't really had a chance to show this off yet here on this blog, but someday I hope to be able to. I have some longfics in the works and I think they're suitably complex and interesting. c:

9. Something you want to improve on:

I'm not a super prose-y writer. I can write that way in something standalone, but I'm not good at working that style into more character-oriented pieces (like with superego and id principles). I've seen folks who can weave prose in-and-out of more active styles of writing, and i'd love to be able to do that too. something I'm going to be experimenting with in 2026 I think.

10. Favorite thing you read this year:

This microfic from @gribbo - the dark urge "Sister" interacting with a baby Orin. oh i love this style. I've laid in bed and whispered "my runny redling" out loud to myself in glee.

"Stumbling Dove" from @ignistigator - this one is nsfw, I enjoyed the character writing so very much. :3 it just felt so good to read. high emotion.

"(To The Moon) The Stars Pleaded: Stay" from @riddlerosehearts - just a really excellent piece; unique style, lovely exploration of the characters within, great stuff all around.

This ask-game response from @the-red-drow. you know how I mentioned above how I want to be better at writing prose-style and active-style together in one piece? :D this is an EXCELLENT example of that!

"Stealing Moments of Comfort" from @burnt-by-marigolds. I just really enjoy when folks take in-game scenes and write out aftermath from their personal characters because it's such an amazing way to see moments from the story through another's eyes. and this was beautifully done!

this miiight be cheating but I have read and reread "OC Overview" for Tav from @elceewunjo this year. maybe it's not a narrative "fic" but it is SO rich a look into such a spectacularly complex character that I can describe it in no other way than getting served the most incredible food. xD so many delicious things to chew on.

11. Favorite event you did this year?

sadly, I don't really do events. x'D they're a big commitment for me and I have so much going on that takes up my time and energy irl that it's hard to join them in a way I can really enjoy without feeling stressed. I might be willing to join one though if a friend hosts. c:

12. Favorite song to listen to while you write or to get you in the writing mood:

I actually write in complete silence. even instrumentals are too much for me while In The Zone haha. that said, if I need to clear my mind in order to start writing, "Intro" by The XX is theee most reliable track for me to do that with. the absence of verbal lyrics keeps me from getting distracted while the subtle wordless vocals helps keep my mind from wandering too much. it's like a meditation track for me in a way.

13. Favorite type of fic to write (crack, fluff, angst, smut, etc)