#tinybat meme

Thank you for the tag @inquisimer

Mio/Miraen

Them fatale....im so glad boobs are optional lol

Tagged by @elfyroot

Tagging: @queenaeducan, @crackinglamb, @nirikeehan, @librivore42, @crabs-with-sticks, @theluckywizard

From chapter three of what I'm calling "the meet morbid" section of my Miossan fic

Ty for the tag @nirikeehan Tagging: @queenaeducan, @librivore42, @nomorecaffeineforyou, @theluckywizard, @nixeofmidgard, @mercenarysexuality

Rules: Make a 24hr poll listing the titles of every WIP you want to work on. (It’s fine if you only have one, still make a poll for the vote count). Whichever WIP title gets the most votes, write 1 sentence for every vote received.

Tagged by: @crackinglamb

Rules: you will be given a word. Then you share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with each letter of your word!

The word I was given: HARDLY

Pulling sentences from Promise Me the Stars, my in-progress Arlathan-era Rebellion fic

H: Hope should shine. Should glitter. Should offer comfort and promises. They are ugly, in their work. Blood and sweat. No one wants a difficult hope. A: “And information is what you offer? You have to go back to get it?” Felassan scoffs. “Tell us what you know.”

R: Ritual lends faith, lends belief, lends power.

D: “Did you see your gifts?” Adahlen asks, fingers tugging and pulling. She is careful. Not a single braid snags beneath her attention.

L: “Lethallen,” he says, greeting them with endearment. There is a faint measure of reproach in his tone, though they don’t waste breath speculating on what they’ve done to displease him.

Rules: Post five fun facts of your choice about your writing, then tag five other people to do the same! Tagged by: @queenaeducan Thank you because I was going to steal this post when I saw it. Tagging: @nirikeehan, @mercenarysexuality, @nixeofmidgard, @crackinglamb anyone who wants to yap abt their fic (and no pressure if I tagged you!)

Silver Linings - Aeducan x Gorim reunion fic. This is a rewrite of one of the first fics I EVER wrote and I'm really glad to have revisited it. Exploring Tam's relationship with surface luxuries like flowers and encountering them in their natural place was really interesting to me, as was her first (and enduring) experience with rain. It's also a place where I got to consider the intricacies of speaking a language (Common having been canonically derived from a dwarven language) without having a solid grasp of widely used idioms. Using the language of her people that has, largely, been overtaken by others and giving it new meaning was just. Interesting to me.

A Body to Live In - Miolvun genfic. This piece was written for the Trans Thedas Event and I got to explore a lot of my own experiences with body dysphoria through a unique lens. Miolvun being among the first of their people and seeking solutions and like-souls in a time when ALL bodies were new was something I found really cathartic.

The Forgetting - Miolvun whump. When I first started conceptualizing Mio as a character I knew I wanted them to have ties to the Forgotten Ones. Finally sitting down to explore how to define that (and what it means to them and their story) was an exercise in examining both trauma and memory loss. I wanted to make certain that memory loss wasn't the blessing it could have been (forgetting the trauma of an abusive upbringing doesn't actually lend them anything like peace). It's complicated and messy and a trauma all its own.

Reckless Abandon - Felassan x Mio. I think this may have been, if not the first then one of the very first smut pieces I attempted. I think I mentioned to Tas it might be an interesting ship and she said "Yeah I can see it" and I wholly lost my mind about it.

Tagged ages ago by @fadetouchedlurker THANK YOU DOLL sorry it takes me a thousand years to play.

Ten first sentences from recently published fic and chapters (I didn't want to do ten firsts from Tomorrow's Dream so we're going to skip a few of those thanks for understanding):

There is a dome that shelters the atrium of Mythal's cliffside palace. - Tomorrow's Dream, Chapter 11: The Liar's Tongue

Felassan is dreaming. - Tomorrow's Dream, Chapter 10: What Soldiers Dream Of

The city is drenched in festive feeling. - Nug Gets

Skyhold is bright with joy.  - Felicity and Fellowship

When the world was still young and the Creators yet walked among the People, there was a sly wolf and a swift halla. - The Scorpion and the Halla, Prologue

"Miserable weather.” Felassan’s observation floats along with him in their wake, his cheerful tone at odds with both his complaint and the weight of the air. - The Scorpion and the Halla, Chapter 1: The Firefly and the Rainforest

When it rains, it pours. - Silver Linings

He doesn’t release their hand until the eluvian shimmers to a close behind them both. - Swallow Your Need to Keep it Safe (rated E)

Their armor settles snug against their chest as their fingers tighten the straps beneath their armpit.  - Adder's Kiss Chapter 1

Hours ago–had it only been hours?–the skies were clear and calm.  - Var Shiral'vhen, Chapter 27: Thunder on the Mountain

Tagged by @virshiral & @elfyroot

An excerpt from a future chapter of Tomorrow's Dream, book 1 of my Elvhenan Rebellion Era fic, Promise Me the Stars, in which Miraen has to answer to Mythal for some mischief involving their new brother Justice and a bottle of poisoned wine.

Tagging: @queenaeducan, @nirikeehan, @wishforhome, @crackinglamb, @thebookworm0001, @theluckywizard + anyone else who has words to share! under the cut for length