Hidden Arboretum

...Fortunately, I have the key to escape reality... (a.k.a. skyrat, gnarlycat)   FANFICTION

[vinqycat]

Happy Bisexuality Visibility Day!

Sticker found here: https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Pride-Flowerpower-Bi-by-Beekitty/88873254.EJUG5 

[vinqycat]

Look at this cute little rainbow sticker! *_* 

https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Lil-Cute-Bowie-by-Beekitty/88876596.EJUG5

[brokengrackle]

Holy crap I finally got something far enough along to post. I really thought my next posted fic would be Fenris x Anders but I got stuck on that one and look what happened instead. Dang that was a long stretch of writers block!!! X___X (I still have hopes of finishing the Fenders one after the Vinqy is wrapped up)

[brokengrackle]

Forced Parallels

Chapter 1

Author: Skyrat (a.k.a. Brokengrackle)

Pairing: Varric Tethras / Maxwell Trevelyn (Male Inquisitor)

Fandom: Dragon Age

Chapter Word Count: 2,978

Story Summary: A botched assassination attempt sends Skyhold into crisis and the race to save the Inquisitor sheds light on some interesting revelations. If only Maxwell and Varric weren't so embroiled in emotional subterfuge...a bit of communication might have saved a lot of trouble.

Chapter Summary: Things go awry and the Skyhold crew needs to form a plan.

[the-writing-rat]

Why keep being disappointed by J.K. Rowling when you can just keep getting impressed by Rick Riordan?

I mean, Rowling has done nothing but disappoint everyone since the last Harry Potter book, while Rick Riordan has continued making Mythology themed books and expanding the universe he's created, while having gay characters, a genderfluid character, a strong Muslim female leader, and so many other great things while keeping his books readable for a whole range of ages.

[vinqycat]

Features an ensemble cast and a lot of pining. For adult readers.

“It might surprise you,” Dorian said at last, “But I do know how it feels.” “How what feels, Sparkler?” Varric sighed with resignation. “To have someone you trust do something that breaks your heart. To wonder if there was anything you could have done to stop catastrophe. To have your best friend die on you.” “Hawke’s not dead,” Varric said sharply. “And who said anything about anyone breaking my heart?” “Oh, so you don’t blame the Inquisitor for leaving Hawke in the Fade? That must have just been an unfortunate slip of your tongue.”

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Summary: Varric ties up loose ends and cuts other threads. Max tries to tidy up what remains. Guilt and regret hide in the corners of Skyhold, along with unspoken hope.

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This is such a tiny ship, and yet I am dedicated to it. Come join me!

[vinqycat]

So, this is the smallest ship - Male Trevelyan x Varric Tethras (Vinqy). There is so much in the game to support this ship.

- Varric tells Inqy about the real Bianca

- Varric actually talks to Inqy about his personal life and feelings

- Varric asks Inqy about his feelings

- Varric is super protective of Inqy from day 1, saying there’s a ton of heroes, and they usually die at the end, so Inqy should ‘run while he can’ [sic]  

- Right off the bat, Varric says: “Now that Cassandra’s out of earshot, are you holding up all right?”

- When you’re friends and go to speak with him, Varric asks Inqy if he’s just “there to admire the dwarf” (which sounds like flirting to me!)

- Hawke (if you let him leave the Fade) asks Inqy to look after Varric for him, which sounds like a bff to a lover statement

- After the game of Wicked Grace, Varric shows he cares about Inqy as a person, saying “I’m glad you decided to join us tonight. It’s too easy to mistake you for the Inquisitor”

- Dorian bets against Inqy in party banter, and Varric’s always on Inqy’s side

Anyway, both of these characters are amazing, and I love their relationship in game and the potential for shipping them. 

[vinqycat]

Maxwell Trevelyan from Dragon Age: Inquisition. This is the “canon” (stock) build for one of the human nobles. I just finished my second Inquisition playthrough, with only Trespasser left to go. 

I RP Max and am currently writing a Max / Varric fanfic over at AO3 if you want to check it out!

(…who, me? Obsessed with Max? What?)

[brokengrackle]

I highly recommend checking out genuinelie’s Max/Varric fics on AO3 they’re great!

[trulyvincent]

Arkady Alexandrovich Rylov (Russian, 1870−1939)

[merkymerx]

I was introduced to Over The Garden Wall in 2015 by Jin, and I loved it. It’s become one of my favorite cartoons. Never did I imagine that years later, I’d be doing a cover for the official comic by BOOM! Studios. It will be released this September. The solicitation may be found here: http://www.cbr.com/boom-studios-september-2017-solicitations/

This time around, my art is going to be on the main cover! And it feels surreal that the creator, Patrick McHale, saw my work. As a fan of the show, I’m very honored to have been given this chance. I hope you guys like it <3

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

Magnus telling/signing his adventures to his dads.

[atthelamppost]

Starting a new round of fic tag

     No one tagged me but I thought I’d start another round of this game as I love seeing all the words.

THE RULE: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic/original/anything!) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

This is from a sort of college/restaurant AU I started inspired by a Milliways’ DE, Jyn’s talking about her family.

“My mother was a geologist and my father an engineer, she always made sure I knew where everything we used came from.”

I’m not going to tag twenty two people so I’ll do a few. Then anyone else who wants to do it since I don’t know who’s working on anything. @bjornwilde @villainny @liptonrm @notyourplayground @needsmoreresearch @ratheralark @pilferingapples @dodger-sister @artificialities @varadia

[pilferingapples]

oh geez I’m flattered but I don’t write fic 

but here’s something from a …thing I’m writing anyway :

Certainly not once I brought out the woodcuts.

I don’t know who to tag– @fixaidea ? @aporeticelenchus? @printfogey? @eirenical?   I don’t know if I know eight people who are working on fic generally, but if you are, feel free to tag in here!

[regnigt]

@pilferingapples: Well, it is intriguing, anyway! Here’s mine:

But I have to say - if you’re not willing to sell your own heart for money, then what are you doing in the land of the living in the first place?

I don’t think I can manage all that many, either! (At the same time, I may be forgetting about someone - if so, apologies!)

@tresdem @1001mes @apronfeud @xparrot @dethorats @kkoraki @for-the-flail @prplpen @plothooksinc @venivicivetinari @ignitible @magharabi @cheesecakedweasels @verybrave @scribeprotra @aliceyblaaaah @wordsdear @blackusopp @jadekitty777 @land-of-birds-and-comics @olderthannetfic and @nyanmarumori (I forget, do you write fic/origfic?).

Also, I’m totally fine with quoting from RP tags if you prefer that!

ETA: I can’t make Tumblr ping people correctly. :( I have no idea why, it just won’t work for me the way it apparently does for others. so all i can do is edit and then reblog and use usernames in the first five tags, then reblog some more.

[dethorats]

Um…this is weird as I just finished a fic last week and then wrote exactly one line of a new one so I guess I’ll throw in both.

The mission, she decided as they followed the northern star towards the horizon and the eventual promise of Rainbase, had been a success after all.

and this is literally the last thing I’ve written and it’s the first line from the new one…

Being the world’s seventh – no wait, based on last year’s taxes they’d jumped up two spaces to number five – FIFTH largest economy meant that money should have been a nonissue for most day to day activities.

Given that I disappeared for like a year plus, I dunno who’s even left to tag so I’ll throw out a few people in case they’re interested…

@brokengrackle, @genuinelie, @aech-fic, @scribeprotra, @littlethingofevil, and @rubyquill if you’re still writing fic?

[brokengrackle]

Alrighty, I’ve been totally AWOL from tumblr for a while, but there’s nothing better to lure me back than tagging me talking fic, heh.

Here’s the last written line from my current project: 

Fenris started to panic that he’d made a terrible mistake.

DUN DUN DUN.

I’m currently 31k words into a Dragon Age fic. Not sure that sentence will even make it into the final version of the fic, I might ax that whole scene. Not even sure this will ever see the light of day, I got unfortunately derailed in the middle of it. I need to get back in the right DA headspace to finish it, arrrgh. :-/ :-/

(I am sooooo bad at getting derailed in the middle of fics. I have like 7 unfinished fics for other fandoms languishing on my hard drive right now ;__;)

I honestly don’t know who to tag, I’ve been off tumblr so long I don’t remember which of my mutuals write fic. Um, I think @nonbinarysasquatch does?? And @mab-speaks? @ginnyvos? I’m not sure who else?? Sorry!!! If you do, consider yourself tagged! 

(And now I’m gonna disappear again for a bit ‘cause I haven’t gotten a chance to finish Magnus Chase: The Ship of the Dead yet and I don’t want to see any spoilers!!)

[allarica]

“I might as well be covered in blood or sewage, the way people treat me. I don’t belong anywhere. I’m not even from this century. But that’s not enough to set me apart.” @rrriordan

black and white rainbow angst muffin for the soul i drew in between commissions (which are still open btw)

Available as prints and things on Redbubble!

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[sosuperawesome]

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