old enough for this

just a dude writing smut out here. they/them angsty old curmudgeonly amateur writer who likes cute shit and dark shit. currently hyperfixated on FFXIV and Dragon Age.

[djinnhatescold]

It is done. And at a much more palatable 33k words.

In A Million Pieces 2

Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Jacke Swallow/Warrior of Light, Cid nan Garlond/Warrior of Light, Raubahn Aldynn/Warrior of Light, Brithael Spade/Warrior of Light, Brithael Spade/Jacke Swallow/Warrior of Light, Brithael Spade/Jacke Swallow Additional Tags: POV Multiple, Throuples | Triad Relationships, Bisexuality, Multiple Warriors of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Ascians (Final Fantasy XIV), bad times with primals, Heavensward stuff mostly, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Patches 3.0 - 3.5 Spoilers, bisexual awakening Summary: The Warrior of Light, Imanie Denman, has disappeared and is connected with various atrocities around the star, seemingly bent on goading peoples into summoning primals. Her brother, Coenred, is navigating his new gifts from Hydaelyn, and goes where the Echo takes him while trying to locate and save his sister. Jacke drops everything to find her, hoping he can convince her to come home.

So... no sex in this one. But a lot of weirdness, multiple POVs, a bisexual awakening, and a guy who's figuring out that capitalism is bad.

Pictures below the cut. I'll keep adding to them over time.

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In A Million Pieces (217876 words) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Raubahn Aldynn/Warrior of Light, Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn/Warrior of Light, Jacke Swallow/Warrior of Light, Brithael Spade/Warrior of Light, Warrior of Light/Original character, Haurchefant Greystone/Warrior of Light, Landenel/Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV), Riol Forrest/Warrior of Light, Cid nan Garlond/Warrior of Light

To celebrate the completion of In A Million Pieces, here are a couple of gremlins.

There WILL be mischief and shenanigans.

[lavampira]

writing game: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line.

ty @lilas for the tag!! also including @hythlodaes and @impossible-rat-babies for the open tags <:

A quiet, raspy laugh escapes from D’alia as she draws back, though her hand lingers on his shoulder.

tagging: @scionshtola @coldshrugs @birues @oschonseleven @galadae @narrativefoiltrope @dancefevr @ghostwise @queenofthieves @ghoulsbeard @afragileflame @necromeowncy @iron-sparrow @morocosmos @oh-yeah-no @sealrock @larchelle-ffxiv @aphoticfairy

[iron-sparrow]

writing game: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line. (thank you @lavampira and @paintedscales for this tag.)

His shape is nebulous, ever changing like ink spilled in water, but the presence of six red eyes marks where his head is located.

Per the rules, I must be annoying to 24 for randomly selected winners mutuals: @nolcro @thefreelanceangel @ser-corviknight @cerbaros @escherstrange-ffxiv @lilbittymonster @tallbluelady @cosmicharm @punchelf @vmbral @drowxiv @wildstar25 @zylphiacrowley @pumpkinmagekupo @yloiseconeillants @abyssalmermaiden (are we there yet?) @riftdancing @gatheredfates @blueberryaesthetics @oneiroy @verysmallcyborg @viiioca @aislingsurrow @allyennah

[punchelf]

writing game: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line. (Thanks for the tag @iron-sparrow!!)

The last person to tuck her in - the only other person - had been her grandmother; four and thirty years gone to Thal’s embrace, Twelve keep her soul.

Somehow being even more annoying and tagging 26 people: @dragons-bones, @mirrordaltokki, @gunbun, @autumnslance, @nolanel-corbeaux, @feralkwe, @golmorehotgirl, @idalenn, @risu-risa, @avampyone, @uldahstreetrat, @cosmicharm, @janzoo, @bunnyiscthulhu, @emcapi, @whitherwanderer, @ithaerielbrenagh, @sylaurin, @vmbral, @zeloinator, @theoreticallye, @parsnipjunction, @djinnhatescold, @sjofn-lofnsdottr, @dearestcherry, and @hazelkjt

[djinnhatescold]

Oh my goodness, thank you for tagging me, @punchelf!

Cid rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say."

I am still working on In A Million Pieces, it's just slow going.

Tagging: @theluckywizard, @orangey-orange, @bolognamayhem117, @my-favourite-zhent, GraySparrow AO3, @traveleorzea, @wayward-travelers

...and whoever else wants to do the thing.

[impossible-rat-babies]

oc-tober day 29 - imanie denman (she/her) for @djinnhatescold !

[djinnhatescold]

omg what an absolutely delightful thing to come back to! She's beautiful and I can't thank you enough! 🧡🧡🧡

[ampervadasz]

[hammercarexplosion]

Me living my stupid life

[djinnhatescold]

Not sure if Imgur is having a tantrum or what but linking pictures to there from AO3 is being flaky so let's try linking from here instead.

(From Chapter 11 of In A Million Pieces wherein Imanie fucksnasty with both Raubahn and Jacke in the same chapter but separate but on the same day)

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Chapter 12 pictures!

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Chapter 2

Chapter 8

Chapter 17

Chapter 19

Chapter 25

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Chapter 24

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Chapter 26

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Chapter 30

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What if there was a wedding?

[seeker-ophelia]

Timeline of events in the Dragon Age

Reddit Source, u/Ebram078

**NO VEILGUARD SPOILERS

But Spoilers for ALL other DA media (games/comics/novels etc).

Photo below the Cut

Hey Yall I didn't make this but its a fantastic resource, if you want a refresher of all the junk that's happened in the games/comics/novels starting at 900 Dragon, at the beginning of the Dragon Age in Thedas.

(If the image is blurry for you click on the link), Earliest to most recent - read from the bottom up

[punkrockhistory]

L7 - Pretend We're Dead (LIVE)

September 8th - 1992 Live on The Late Show with David Letterman

[alannah-corvaine]

ᴡᴏʟʙᴇʀᴛ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ 2024 ▶ ᴅᴀʏ 2 ↳ what if

say a prayer for the wounded heart within as i become the dark of you

[theavocadojam]

Tales of loss, and fire, and faith,

Every word on our hearts engraved,

In the dark you will not stray,

Forge ahead, till the end, we pray.

[cyanide-rifle]

[dar-draws]

Ehll Tou

[djinnhatescold]

I finally got around to gposing this scene. I wish I knew how to work lighting and shading and camera angles and such, but I ended up with something I'm decently happy with.

Jacke's supposed to be holding a ring, which I can't be arsed to add in post. I tried a ton of different props -- scaled down crates posing as ring boxes, I tried to find a way to move an actual ring off a finger (I couldn't find anything), I even tried to scale down a chakram (I couldn't).

[4threset]

Foods from Stormblood

[djinnhatescold]

This was a fun little exercise. I don't usually go into the creation of a character with any other characters in mind, and with Imanie it was just the simple concept of, "effortlessly sexy." But as her character fleshed itself out, I suppose there are parallels that can be drawn between these. She's scary smart, slightly intimidating, hard working, and dangerous. Not to mention hotheaded, insecure, vindictive, selfish, and petty.