Veilguarding

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[avecoda]

Masterlist

Last Updated: 12/2/24

The Tumblr link at the end of the description will contain a little sneak peak & more tags/information, otherwise all fics will be posted in their entirety only on my AO3, avecoda.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Emmrich Volkarin/Rook

*featuring my Rook, Clio de Riva, unless otherwise noted (intro post incoming)

Like a Crow | WC: 5067 | Two Chapters | Rated: Mature

Weisshaupt leaves Clio de Riva with a serious injury she is determined to treat on her own, away from the prying eyes of her companions that she is sure she has failed. Emmrich is horrified to discover the less-than-optimal surgical practices of the Crows as well as the amount of guilt Clio has heaped on her own head. A fight ensues; things are left unsaid, both bereft of closure. (sneak peak) *(end of act one spoilers in this one)

First Light | WC: 1892 | Rated: Teen

Clio de Riva’s magic is practical, utilitarian, and always in concert with destructive objectives, for the Crows, and now for the Veilguard. Emmrich’s magic is... well, magical. When he lights up his tower with starlight one night, Clio wants to know how it’s done. Emmrich indulges her.

Neve Gallus/Lucanis Dellamorte

The Setup | WC: 2485 | Rated: Teen | Unnamed Rook

Neve starts to suspect that Rook and Emmrich are growing rather fond of each other. Of course, she's left with only one thing to do: investigate. Luckily, she isn't the only one noticing blossoming relationships in the Lighthouse. fluff & romance, mutual pining, background Rook/Emmrich. (sneak peak)

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Cullen Rutherford/Inquisitor

*featuring my Inquisitor, Sybil Trevelyan, unless otherwise noted (intro post incoming)

Idle Words & Actionable Hands | WC: 1244 | Rated: Teen

Cullen and Sybil have been together for a few weeks now but they've been keeping things under wraps until most of the excitement of their victory at Adamant dies down. When he overhears a few guards spreading lewd rumors about his Inquisitor, however, he decides the time for secrecy is over. (post incoming)

In the Name of Healthy Competition | WC: 848 | Rated: Teen

A game of chess between Dorian and the Inquisitor is interrupted when Dorian notices the Inquisitor's gaze lingering on the commander for a little too long. Teasing ensues.

Canticle of Trials | WC: 1208 | Rated: General Audiences

After the prisoner proves true to her word and stabilizes the Breach, the future of the Inquisition is uncertain as she lies unconscious, no one sure if she will wake again. Cullen, having met her only in a flash on the battlefield, feels oddly drawn to the nascent Herald and offers some of the only comfort he knows.

[just-another-cat-blog]

pride month!!!

[lemonsharks]

Is that a miette?

[jeanjauthor]

Pride for you!  Pride for a thousand years!!

[lost-and-cursed]

you COME OUT to miette? you come out to her as queer? oh! oh! pride for mother! pride for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

[tcustodisart]

Happy Pride Month!

Faust is back for the 5th time! If you want to use the flag of your choice as an avatar, they're under the cut. They're free to use as long as it's for personal use only.

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[stuckinapril]

Any time you feel like you’re behind (especially if you’re in your 20s, but this applies to literally anyone) just look yourself in the mirror and be like “boo hoo you didn’t peak when u were 17. So sad. Whatever shall u do” and I promise u will instantly feel so silly for ever worrying about it

[frog43]

wha t if oregon trail was called wagon age: oregons

[naamahdarling]

This made me so angry the first time I saw it I’m reblogging it again.

[luxiethefool]

happy 10 years to wagon age oregons

[vulvalini]

[80linesofvirgil]

"The Parade" 2023 - Joe Eason

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Another chapter in my "Illustrations From A Gay Fantasia" series

[jenny-holzer]

[wetheurban]

May you have the courage to disappoint people who benefit from your self-abandonment.

[grimoiremanifest]

finding somebody who will laugh at your shitty jokes is joy-inducing but finding a motherfucker who can yes-and all the esoteric bullshit you put out is pure cocaine. this must be the shit all those racuous but good-natured scoundrels down at the tavern are on

[vendetta06]

the sluttiest thing a man could do is be covered in blood and grip his wounded side in agony

[the-supernatural-atheist]

if theres one thing that really pissed me off from my 3 years of architecture i took in high school it's learning about how we used to have all these little techniques to maximize or minimize heat or warmth and now we just merrily abandoned all those to have the same copypaste style buildings everywhere that are often INCREDIBLY unoptimized to the local weather and climate so we can just throw more money at our heating and cooling bills

[the-supernatural-atheist]

where i live it is hot as balls approximately 80% of the year. i do not want a massive butt-ugly grey mcmansion with a huge echoey open-concept kitchen-livingroom-foyer-diningroom-staircase that has huge windows so i can have an hvac unit the size of a barge heaving and straining to keep it at a constant 72 the grees. i want a north indian traditional style home with small windows to force the airflow to cool, decorative grates to limit the amount of sunlight, and a COURTYARD with a POND *smashes unspecified large object*

[makaeru]

I hate learning about instances of "oh yeah we know how to do that, we just don't".

[swagvo1d]

[depsidase]

[eptck]

you have to be kinder to people with memory issues.

you have to be kinder to people who are slow processors.

you have to be kinder to people who don't understand your jokes.

you have to be kinder to people who forget important dates.

you have to be kinder to people with cognitive decline.

you have to be kinder to people who were always this way, too.

you have to be kind. you have to be kind.

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[baraphalloplastyclinic]

I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?

Don't become a housewife.

[ladyfoxfire]

And if you do become a housewife, take steps to protect yourself. Make sure you’re legally married, for starters; stay-at-home girlfriends have very little legal recourse to claim their partner’s assets in a breakup. Make sure your name is on the house deed/rental agreement, and have your car in your name, even if your spouse is paying for it. Have your spouse transfer money every month into an account solely in your name, so you can buy yourself things without needing permission, but also so you can save up to leave if needed.

If your spouse fights you on any of this, then don’t quit your job. The tradwife to poverty pipeline is real, and so is financial abuse.

[dressedupliketheking]

also, many women/people experience controlling behaviour and domestic violence from their partner for the first time during pregnancy. don’t risk thinking “he’s just stressed, it’ll get better when the baby comes” because it won’t. neither you and your child will ever be safe with that man. get out as early and safely as you can

[everyonehasamnesia]

A good friend of mine married a pastor. She birthed, raised, and home schooled his SEVEN children. SEVEN. CHILDREN. They both agreed that she should do that, they both agreed that homeschooling was the best thing for their family, they both agreed to all of this.

She spent over 30 years doing this. For 30 years she didn’t work outside the home. She didn’t know the terms of their lease. She didn’t have the passwords to “their” bank account(s), “their” assets.

He left her when she was in her fifties.

He said that he needed time to reflect and moved out of their house, but told her to focus on getting their last kid through high school (still homeschooled!) and he would take care of everything.

She reached out to the landlord months later asking where the lease renewal was only to find out it wasn’t getting renewed. Because her husband hadn’t paid the rent in OVER NINE MONTHS. The whole time he was promising her he was still taking care of her.

She and her sixteen year old youngest son found out they had to move out of their house with 3 weeks’ notice. She didn’t have a job or work experience or a degree or any idea how to get these things in 3 weeks. She didn’t own her own car. If she had not had friends to take her in, she and her son would have been literally out on the street.

It ruined that friendship, too. It’s a lot to ask someone to put you up indefinitely while you try to put your life together. She burned a lot of bridges taking what anyone would or could give because she had no other choice.

She did, eventually, hard years later, get on her feet again. But it will always be hard and she will never be where she could have been in life if she’d done things differently.

You might be very sure of your marriage. You might be very sure of your husband. He might love you now, and be a good man now, but the rest of your life will hopefully be a long, long time. People change. It CAN happen to you.