#xandra laidir

The question is who do I write it about, and what setting should I choose? I'm torn, so I'm gonna put it up for a vote. Round 1 is the characters, then once that is decided, we'll do some extra polls for the details. ^_^

Round 1:

Xandra Laidir

Rogue Engineer, Monster Expert, and Lord of Fortune.

They/She, tough as nails, and giver of no fucks.

After learning Davrin speaks dwarvish, I decided it would be fun to romance him with a dwarf. 🤞It leads to learning more about Davrin, because his conversations with Stalgard were fascinating.

I'm playing with the idea of being brave and having Xandra save Minrathous instead of Treviso, because last time I tried to do that I ended up scrapping a whole playthrough because it was so fucking depressing dealing with a blighted Treviso. Xandra is the type of character that I could see having a grudge against the Crows, as well as the Venatori, so it could potentially make sense for them to choose Minrathous. I think...

Davrin's romance is honestly lovely, and just further solidified how much I love him as a character. I enjoyed it, and it was definitely better than I was expecting.

However it didn't rip my heart out of my chest...

My DATV romance rankings so far (this is my opinion for my personal taste and is in no way saying my preference should apply to everyone):

Lucanis (demisexual rep and he makes you food, I never stood a chance.)

Taash

Davrin

Neve

I have yet to romance the other companions (I tried to do Bel after Lucanis but that Mourn Watcher playthrough was not fun and I deleted it). I have a Mercar set up to romance Bel, and I might do an AU Vaelyn run where she could romance Emmrich. I love Harding but I dunno if I want to romance her, as I've already finished the damn game six times, and since I'm a console player I can't cheat or play with mods. (And I've seen clips of her romance.)

Thank you @woundedsoul12 for the tag, I appreciate it! Especially because it got my burned out brain to spark. <3

Not going to tag anyone specific since I'm late to this one, but if you see this consider yourself tagged!

Avoirdupois

A system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries Weight, heaviness

This one features Xandra Laidir and Davrin, and it ended up much longer than I was expecting, so I'm only posting a snippet here:

They'd been new to the Lords back then, still making a name for herself, still deciding how she wanted to be addressed, or be perceived. The concept of trying different pronouns had been introduced one night by a very attractive Lord from Orlais, who flirted shamelessly with Xandra until the dwarven engineer had politely made it clear they weren't interested in anything other than conversation. It had been for the best that Xandra had gotten a good night's sleep, as Bharv had shown up to drag them off on a caper just as the sun was starting to peek above the shoreline. "Come on, Xan, I need your brains for this one." He'd declared as he tossed their bag at them while they pulled on their boots. "Where to?" Xandra had asked, as they finished gearing up, preparing a mental checklist of what else they needed to grab. "Somewhere near the Anderfels, location is an old thaig or somethin' with lots of traps. It's a team-up deal with some locals that have pull with friends of the Lords. Get a move on, boat leaves in twenty."

The rest of the completed fic,

You call it Fate, I call it Superposition, can be found on Ao3.