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18. Are you musical? Play any instruments or sing? Would you ever perform for an audience?

Okay, so...

Once upon a time, I was a good singer. Not a great one, untrained, but I had a decent voice and could carry a tune with a good enough quality that, yes, I have performed in front of people, multiple times. I sang at my high school graduation, have been in talent shows, and I've sung at family events, including my grandparents' 50th weeding anniversary. I enjoy singing, a lot. Or, I did.

When I was in my mid-20s/early-30s, I had a few things happen that kinda trashed my voice. 1) My now-ex-husband worked at a store that catered to babies, and was constantly bringing home baby germs, I think I had a cold for a third to half the year at one point, and I didn't sing while sick because a) it sounded terrible, and b) it's kinda hurt/isn't really good for your voice. 2) I fell into depression, and singing just didn't interest me for a long time. Because of these two things, I didn't sing much at all for a few years, and that kinda ruined my range. I still sing nice enough, but my voice sounds rougher, my range isn't as wide, and I don't know if I'm being hyper-critical of myself or not, but I feel like I just can't carry a tune as well as I used to, and I can hear the difference, and it sucks. I still do sing quite a bit -- in the car, when I'm at work, whatever -- but I'm not as good as I used to be. I'm quite good at finding the harmony, though, and I don't have much problem singing counterpoint, either. I'd still get up in front of a crowd and sing, because I'm not ashamed/self-conscious of my voice (except when I hit a sour note).

Eugene in ‘If I Knew Then What I Know Now’

suggested by @jupiter235

26: Do they have any plans for the future? Any contingency plans if things don’t workout?

- Sure... He can always go to another country, change his hair and his name. Worked well so far.

28: Who do they see as their best friend? Their worst enemy?

- One Ilya Devorak. He has no archenemies but suffice it to say Lucio rightfully hates him for personal reasons.

fanfic asks.

11. Who or what do you find yourself writing about most?

As far as who, lbr, I write so much about Cullen. I just have so many head canons and have projected on him… so much. Even in like… roleplay/collaborative writing/etc types of things, I tend to take over for his voice. But in general, I find myself writing for a lot of once/currently broken characters who… maybe don’t have the best past, but are trying to do better. And I think that shows in what I write about too.

12. Tell us about a WIP you’re excited about.

Maybe this is cheating but I have two WIPs I’m jazzed about and they’re both entirely indulgent, though one in particular is like... I think I’m basically writing it For Me since it features an OC as the main character haha.

One is the Cullrian western AU which... isn’t at the forefront of my queue of WIPs I’m working on, but I’m so fond of it. We’ve got Cullen, a deputy under Sheriff Lavellan in the town of Haven, and new in town, a little mysterious a little shady Dorian who’s part of this group that came down from the north with an interest in a mine outside of town for equally mysterious and shady reasons. It’s a ‘there’s still magic’ AU, but the practice of magic is punishable by imprisonment or death in the south. Cullen and Dorian kind of clash in the beginning, Cullen’s no nonsense attitude going against Dorian’s outlaw vibes, and once things start to be going good it gets complicated all over again once Cullen learns two things: Dorian is a wanted man, and he can use magic. 

The other one that I keep just blocking out scenes in my head for is the skyrim fic I’ve mentioned here before featuring my messy but well meaning wood elf Faenrir LastNamePending. But it starts with him leaving Valenwood, angry as a wet cat over a crime he was set up for (which… he does do a lot of crime… but this time he didn’t lmao) and which no one believes he wasn’t responsible for, and swearing revenge on the person he loved and trusted who tried to pin it on him. So it’s him going from bitter and dejected and lost to establishing that love doesn’t have to be conditional, but it’s a hard road to get there full of Fae running from every problem that crops up (which… since he falls in with the skyrim thieves guild, there’s a lot of trouble. Plus his past getting dragged up to the present when the ass who framed him shows back up wanting his help).

13. First fandom you ever wrote for?

Those people can fuck off.

It was even weirder this time because it was in a streamer’s chat and someone was like, “Um, excuse, those two are father and son only, never ship it.”

Which, considering it’s Hank and Connor from DBH is even funnier because...

Hmmm, there’s so much xD All right, a small list:

1) I wrote the first kiss for Cullen and Dorian about eight times, and always ended up scrapping it because it ended up always feeling too early. (I did publish one of the more complete ones as a deleted scene later.)

2) Hawke was originally going to be just a creepy stalker and not much more. Yeah. That didn’t stick.

3) Amell’s addition to the plot came after Act I was finished, while I was struggling to summon up the motivation to continue the story beyond Dorian officially becoming Inquisitor. That’s when the plot went from just ‘Dorian becomes Inquisitor’ to ‘What would happen if the protagonist of every Dragon Age game was involved in very different ways?’, and the rest is...well, being written as we speak.

4) I’ve written at least four times as many words for the story as I have published. Sometimes what I wrote just doesn’t work out, or I rewrite a scene and end up going in a different direction, or (as in the case of anything involving Amell) I had to rewrite to tone down some of the elements. (Yes, some of what I’ve written is actually much worse than what I put in the published story.)

5) The art for Act IV is done and it’s amazing and I can’t wait to share it with all of you!

6) I often worry that the title is a bit too long and wonder if I should change it, but I think I’ve passed the point of no return on the matter xD