✨probably a blood mage✨

Ib | she/her| Soft core Sebastian Vael stan | Hard core warden stan | firm believer that the dragon age franchise should have kept the mana clash spell |

[macchiavato]

Dragon Age 2. OT3s (kinda). [ bsky ] Two times couples wanted Sebastian Vael in their middle and one time they didn’t.

Sebastian has a big crush on Hawke (who doesn't), and will even put up with Anders for it.

Isabela/Fenris is already canon fwb, Isabela enjoys teasing Sebastian and expresses attraction, and Fenris and Sebastian have that kinda sweet religion discussing bromance, so I know Seb "has thoughts" about them when he learns of their situationship.

My fHawke has feelings for Merrill, but does give into Sebastian's pursuit of her instead. Don't worry, she leaves him during DAI and begs Merrill for forgiveness and they live happily ever after <3 Sebastian is my favourite sandwich filling🙂↕️↕️

[queer-as-city-folk]

Anti-city people are just plain fascinating to me

[crazysodomite]

their love is so powerful that they can show me cartoons for free

[ymbrynae]

Zevran, the best and worst antivian crow <3

Merrill | Fenris | Sera | Solas

[leshermes]

June 1st is TOMORROW. It means that GAY PEOPLE will exist, but only for ONE MONTH. Do not forget to buy your tickets to see them NOW, or else you will have to wait AN ENTIRE YEAR to be able to meet them AGAIN.

[writingwithfolklore]

Writing Resources to use instead of AI

For coming up with character names:

Behind the name (my absolute fav)

Allows you to choose the origin of where you want the name to be from, whether you want a more feminine vs masculine vs androgenous name (as voted by users), random surname generator, and clicking on the name gives you important info like if there are any famous people with the same name, where it’s from, how common it is, and how people tend to see it, etc.

You can also search their name database by letter or meaning or origin, so if you know you want a character who has a name/surname that starts with an A from Ireland, there’s a whole list for you to choose from.

Census sites

Especially useful if you’re looking for a name from a specific place and/or time period. Just search “(country) census (year)” and you’ll find a database of real people who lived in that place at that time. No one can ever call your names unrealistic again.

For coming up with place names:

Fantasy name generator

This site can basically come up with any name for any person, place, or thing you might ever need. There are also specific generators for different fandoms if you’re looking to make an OC in an established world.

For finding that one word on the tip of your tongue:

One Look Thesaurus

This is my go-to. Not only can you find synonyms like a regular thesaurus, but you can also describe words like “unhappy smile” or “quiet laugh” to find the more specific word you’re looking for.

For coming up with ideas:

Word cloud

When I need to inspire a new idea, I write down all the things I’m interested in (hauntings, academia, lesbians, etc.) and put them into a word cloud to shuffle them next to each other. Sometimes seeing a concept in a new context can spark new ideas!

WWF Discord

This is my discord channel (shameless plug) for when you need to brainstorm off other people but don’t have anyone irl to talk to. We’re also happy to read and give feedback on writing, answer writing questions, or just chat!

For visualizing places and characters:

Pinterest

Pinterest can at times be a bit too sterile for my tastes, but if you use the right words, you can find more realistic photos of places. For example, adding “aesthetic” after basically any word will bring up a more broad collection of photos to help you flesh out places.

This is also a great way to find photos of people and fashion to help visualize characters. I’m bad at describing clothes, so I usually collect photos of outfits to help me know what my characters are wearing. Searching up “character inspiration” will collect more interesting photos and drawings of people who might not exactly be of our world.

(However, to make Pinterest not show you AI results, you have to go into your settings and check the “reduce AI” box. Luckily, it does mostly work.)

Death to Stock

Like pinterest but completely AI free (hooray!) Only drawback is that you have to pay a monthly subscription (about $20 CAD).

Cosmos

Very similar to pinterest but slightly more "artsy". I'm not super familiar with this one but I believe all the photos are human and you can save them and create collections with a free account.

Dupe Photos

Royalty-free stock image site with very Pinterest-core photos!

Minecraft

If you haven’t built your entire fictional city in Minecraft instead of writing, why not? It’s fun.

The Sims

This one is dual purpose because you can not only create your characters in Create a Sim, but you can design their houses. If you really want to go for it, you can bulldoze all the lots in your town and build your world from scratch.

For checking grammar:

Grammar Girl

Easy to follow definitions and examples, and if you learn better by listening, every article comes with a podcast to follow along with instead.

Grammar Monster

This one is my favourite for checking grammar rules because there’s tons of examples in graphics that helps for any situation.

Reedsy

Among other things, reedsy can connect you to professional editors within your budget.

For writing advice:

One Stop for Writers

This one was recommended from my discord channel and has all sorts of tutorials and resources for the writing craft.

My Blog Directory

Another shameless plug, but if you need writing advice on something specific, you can search through my directory to see if it’s there. If it isn’t, you can always send me an ask about it!

For an alternative to Google Docs:

Ellipsus

Think google docs but without AI. Yay!

(will update this list with any more suggestions or resources I discover 😊)

[just-a-readthrough]

A great resource

[annaisuagain]

Emotional Wound Thesaurus

Plan your character's backstory with this list of emotional wounds and the resulting fears, habits, and personality traits that shape who th

I like their cheat-sheets (most of which I downloaded) and some of the worksheets, but these seem like they'll take more time and care to go through.

All sorts of scarring scenarios to help shape your character-

Then, when you click one - for example, not being believed - there is much more... (if it's 'unlocked' or you sign up. if not, there's still the general details but not some of these categories).

[slapdashboard]

The above is a book you can buy (paperback, ebook, etc.) as well if you prefer.

[sstrawbearri]

basically the best thing a story can have is a woman who is doomed. massive points if she destroys the people around her in response.

[sstrawbearri]

stop tagging men on this post i'm going to kill us both

[asundergrowth]

[nyxiemeow]

[windoftime]

[ao3commentoftheday]

Hello! Hope you're doing well! I'm working on my first fanfic and am a little dumb when it comes to coding. I've always seen this thing in my favorite fics where in the beginning notes they link it to the end notes for more info. An example would be something like "This is the basic info you need to know for this chapter but more can be found in the End Notes!" and End Notes would be hyperlinked. Do you think you can explain to me how to do this? Thank you so much!

I have fantastic news for you! You don't actually have to code anything at all. That notes feature is built into AO3!

Below the box where you type in your Summary, there are two check boxes.

If you click or tap on the first box to tick it off, a new text box will open up. That's where you can type in an author's note that appears at the top of the fic.

If you tick the second box, a text box will appear where you can type in an author's note that appears at the end of the fic. The link will appear on your work automatically because that's how AO3 designed the end note feature.

Since this is your first time posting, I'll add one more valuable piece of information. If your work is set to only 1 chapter (you haven't indicated that you'll be adding more chapters later), then the note will appear at the end of the entire fic - even if you add more chapters later. *

To fix that issue, just check off the box that indicates you're posting a multichap and save as a draft. Then edit the work to add in your end note for chapter one.

You can find the multichap check box just above where you choose your language.

* This was a known issue at one point and it might already be fixed. I haven't posted an end note on a multichap in a while but this was how I worked around it before.

Congratulations on writing and posting your first fic! 🎉

[themandylion]

I'll add that if you don't want to put additional info for the fic/chapter in the end notes (maybe the chapter ends on a cliffhanger or a banger of a line and you don't want to risk a reader accidentally seeing it while reading end notes) and would prefer to have it in the beginning notes in a way that won't spoiler/upset people who don't want, there's a way to do that!

In the beginning notes, type <details>. Everything that comes after this and before the details end tag (</details>) will be hidden behind a dropdown, which will be represented by a little triangle upon publishing. A reader clicks (or taps on mobile) the little triangle, and the information is revealed. It'll look like this:

When the triangle is clicked, it will go from pointing at "Details" to pointing downwards, and the content hidden inside the details will unfold under "Details."

If you'd like to give specifics about what's inside the details tag, you can do that using the summary tag. Right after <details>, type <summary>. Write whatever description you want (HTML tags like bold, italics, etc. can be used here), end the description with </summary>, then proceed to write the information you want in the details tag. Now, when the chapter/fic is published, your summary will replace "Details" next to the triangle. Here's an example from one of my own works, where I've used bold, small, and italic HTML tags to further format my summary:

In practice, the backend of HTML in the beginning notes looks like this:

<details><summary><strong>Regarding the "Additional Warnings In Author's Note" Tag</strong> <small><em>(contains some spoilers for the story)</em></small></summary> [additional warnings]</details>

For more information about the details tag and to play around with it some outside of AO3, I recommend checking out the W3 Schools page on the tag.

You can also use the details tag (and accompanying summary tag) in the summary of a work or series, as well as the Notes section on a summary. Or in comments. On info pages for Collections. In your AO3 profile. The sky's the limit!*

* The sky is not in fact the limit. Pretty sure this won't work in the title field of a work, and it definitely won't work in any of the tag fields.

[whump-polls]

spin the whump trope wheel

opinion on the trope you got?

love it, a favorite

like it

neutral, depends

not really my thing

hate it

nuance

results

Voting ended onJun 1

[dragonagepolls]

Can't tell if this ask be asked before because when I searched it tumblr said there no posts on this blog, which is clearly false lol Anyway, if you had to fight against one of the DAO companions (no Barkspawn), who would you pick (and why in the tags, comments, reblogs, am curious)?

If you had to fight against one of the DAO companions, who would you pick?

Alistair

Sten

Shale

Oghren

Loghain

Zevran

Leliana

Morrigan

Wynne

Voting ended onJun 1

[depsidase]

[recents]

THEY SAID “OOH BE A GOOD BOY FOR HAWKE AND YOU’LL GET A REWARD!” BUT THE REWARD IS JUST MORE GAY SEX. THIS IS BULLSHIT. I WANTED A BOMB.

[librarycards]

i think it's very important that people know how common undereating is, esp. for feminized people, and how the lower calorie requirements for "women" are bullshit. you don't need to have a restrictive eating disorder (a psychiatric disability in which your relationship with food + body image is dangerous to your health [sometimes deadly] and prohibits you from participating in your daily life, forming relationships, and so on) to not be eating enough.

you could go your whole life not eating enough and not die or get really sick, but just be tired and grumpy a lot, or perform worse, or have brain fog, or a million other things. like there are so many gradations between "should have a snack" and "has a severe eating disorder". maybe you don't have an eating disorder, but you should still start eating more than iced coffee for breakfast. try it sometime!

[intlbipolar]

[drtanner]

This post is almost 11 years old now, so I feel like it’s time for an update:

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

make a bunch of wheels with bread/cheese/meat/vegetables/sauce/extra so that you can Spin for Sandwich

you're making a sandwich!! Spin THIS wheel 3-5 times for the toppings!

How is it!

good!!

it's alright

ew

EW

inedible

Results

Voting ended onJun 3

op note: I GOT JAM, JAM AND HOT SAUCE. IM DEAD.

[sandersstudies]

I am OBSESSED with people telling me how they met the love of their life. Just found out my director met his wife through a misdirected email - that’s fate right there.

[sandersstudies]

“I saw her last name was Jewish - and I’m Jewish, so when I corrected the email I told her Shabbat Shalom with a smiley face — this was the very beginning of the emoticon era, you understand. She had a watermark of a dog rescue at the bottom of her email, and I love dogs, so I found her website and there she was — all these videos of her rehabilitating dogs and talking about the organization. I fell in love with her just from those videos.”

😭😭😭

[sandersstudies]

“I asked if we could meet for coffee, told her I was looking for volunteer opportunities — which was halfway a lie — and she said ‘okay, but just so you know I have a boyfriend, so this is strictly business,’ and I was so disappointed, but I did want to meet her. We sat in that coffeeshop until they turned the lights out on us, and she broke up with her boyfriend the next day.”

[sandersstudies]

MULTIPLE people in the notes have told me how important these tags are to them so here’s to keeping it in the main post.