@idunnaldwir & @virevas saw the vision before I could fully grasp it

Day 6: Lighthouse Tourney @rookfest

ft. Felassan and Seren Mercar

art of Fenrel and Solas by @tommieglenn & @heyitscuteway

Thank you for the tag, @vorchagirl! 2025 was a wild year. Actually, on the 16th, I celebrated the first anniversary of my very first posting on AO3! Absolutely wild, when initially I thought no one would read or care and that I would never get further than the initial 5 chapters. But I did, and here we are. A year and 10 more fics later.

So, the two most important numbers of this year are:

Number of fics posted: 11

Number of Words posted: 331,933

Highlights

Most Popular Fic: The Dread and The Flame

Rating: Explicit

Pairing: Rook/Solas

Words: 211,244 (ongoing, estimated to be 350 k)

Shortest Completed Fic: You Are With Me After All

Rating: Mature

Pairing: Rook/Solas

Words: 1,126

Longest Completed Fic: Faithbane: The Last Myth of Elvhenan

Rating: Mature

Pairing: Original Female Elf character/Solas

Words: 46,227

In Progress Fic that I want to work on more: No Gods But You (not yet posted, SD Rook/Fenris. Killing Rook (Solrook Killing Eve AU), Little Lion Man (Lune/Verso, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, (very working/placeholder title, shh. Also sort of only in progress in my head for now, but the plot bunny is trashing against the walls of my noggin))

Spiciest Fic:

Truly depends on the flavour of spice you are looking for.

Calling the Dread Wolf a good boy? Where The Delicate Ends

Solas in cuck chair, Solrooklassan threesome? Deliriously Lustful

Priest kink, Priest Solas, Nun Rook, prayer as foreplay? sacrilegious

Solas going through all stages of grief and regret, whilst absolutely whipped for Rook and trying not to come prematurely? The Love You Want

Dead Dove Do Not Eat (no, really, put the dove back in the fridge)? In All The Ways That Matter

Fic Which Currently Has My Heart: Always and forever, The Dread and The Flame. It's my firstborn, one that broke a decade-long writing hiatus, the first snowflake that evolved into an ever-growing snowball of fics and plot bunnies. And I just love Fenrel and Solas so much, I don't know how I am going to ever get over them. Also, through it, I met some of the loveliest people in the fandom, and I am still shocked some of my beloved creators are putting up with Dreadcar shenanigans 26 chapters in (they will become less angsty. There is a light at the end of their tunnel).

Passing this tag to beloveds: @amellderiva, @notyourmamasdeerbat, @depmode, @broodwoof, @waxlyricalmoon, @flowersforthemachines, @idunnaldwir, @the-wolfs-ravensong, @woundedsoul12, @davrinsleftpectoral, @virevas, @missriggie, @5arcasmw

Felassan: That's sweet!