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Pavelyan Fic List – KyeS on AO3

All my fic for these two (Dorian Pavus/Galen Trevelyan). Bold Indeed uses his first name. In most everything else, he’s just Trevelyan.

Bold Indeed — Trevelyan POV, 160K long fic, COMPLETE, rated E but smut is marked and mostly skippable (this plays fast and loose with some parts of canon, but that’s just how I started it in August 2020 so here we are…)

Husband — Dorian POV, character study mostly

The First Act – Dorian POV, M-rated, Dorian’s thoughts on getting to know Trevelyan

Dinner and Drinks – Dorian POV, Dorian’s flirtatious friendship with Trevelyan continues after having arrived at Skyhold. But how long can it last?

All of This Is New — Dorian POV, E-rated

Counterparts — Outsider POV, alt-universe Dorian narrates a weird trip to the Fade

The Lucky Ones — Iron Bull POV, after the Well of Sorrows

Lost Indeed — Cassandra POV, an alternate take on the Loss of a Friend quest in Jaws of Hakkon, in which Galen makes a risky choice and Cassandra grapples with what that means.

Minrathous — Dorian POV, a conversation with Halward, just before Trespasser

Counting Birds Against the Sun — E-rated, the events of Trespasser told from Dorian’s POV

Linnea — T-rated, Linnea (the rebel mage at the Gull and Lantern in Redcliffe, who remembers Trevelyan from Ostwick Circle) is never a fan of mage Trevelyan, and I think she’d hate Galen more than most. 

The Legacy — M-rated, Dorian POV; Dorian deals with his late father’s estate; blood magic and self-harm, distressing themes; this is the closest I’ve ever written to a darkfic, but it goes to a hurt-comfort place at the end (enjoy if that’s your thing!)

Dread — G-rated, Ficlet. Trevelyan falls down stairs.

Bits and pieces — Ficlet collection. Dorian and Trevelyan, post-Trespasser.

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15. The runout — Galen Trevelyan can't stay in Minrathous, and Dorian Pavus can't leave. Pre-Veilguard. (Read chapter 2. Chapter 1 is the same but with bad info from the wiki, corrected in chapter 2.)

[uss-edsall]

At 1 PM on a Friday I get an email from my boss. I'm busy as hell so I don't check it immediately. Then I get a phone call from my boss, which has almost never happened before. I'm a white collar worker, a historian. There's never a 'historical emergency' requiring a phone call to kick me in the ass and get to work.

The request is so urgent my boss needs it by the end of the work week. Which, y'know, is 5 PM on a Friday. So I have four hours to do it.

It's a forwarded request. Somebody contacted a member of the donation team asking for help, "I need a map from the Vietnam War to use for a presentation." It's somebody she's trying to coax into giving a five figure donation to the museum.

The request was asked to the donation team member, who then emailed my boss, who then emailed and called me urgently.

This map required:

North and South Vietnam in it

All four areas that South Vietnam was divided into for military purposes ('Corps') clearly delineated

Four cities, all of them horrifically misspelled, and only identifiable because I know what battle the requester is asking about (it’s in III Corps on the border with Cambodia) (the requester danced around the battle but I’m knowledgeable enough to identify it)

Has Laos and Cambodia in it

Has the Ho Chi Minh Trail in it

So. I was mad about the 'you have literally four hours to find a map with a lot of requirements.'

I was then mad at myself about finding a copyright free map from Texas Tech University within half an hour, proving her right for asking me to do it.

Then, after I found a map that perfectly met the requirements, I was equally amazed, baffled, and horrified when I read further into the forwarded email chain.

The donation team team member they were speaking to used AI to generate a map.

The above put half of North Vietnam in South Vietnam, made the Ho Chi Minh Trail a country, made 60% of Cambodia part of South Vietnam, put the DMZ extremely high up in North Vietnam, completely disconnected the southern tip of Vietnam, misplaced all of the Corps zones, etc etc

At the very last second the donation team member had a moment of divine clarity, remembering there's three historians on payroll to ask for this kind of thing from. So she contacted my boss while saying, "I had fun with this, but I decided I should check for accuracy before I send it to the donor! I need a fact check by the end of the day, then I send it"

My boss, while not the most knowledgeable on the Vietnam War, does know her geography. She took one look, and knew it was so off she called me to tell me how urgent it is that I look at the email and respond

good fucking god, jesus tap dancing goddamn christ, I'm glad I was asked to look at it and then find a real map

[the-murmuration-project]

My fear has never been that AI would replace human intelligence. My fear has been that the people who Know Things and the people who Make The Decisions are almost never the same people.

We’re throwing real intelligence out on the street to starve while worshipping the shambling Frankenstein-ed corpse of knowledge puppeteered by those who see us as disposable assets.

[ac3tinium]

dragon age shitposts

[polycythemiav]

AHHHHH

[fancytrinkets]

Surely, this time, reflecting for a while on all the awkward things I'm ashamed of myself for from the past three decades will be a great way to fall asleep

[stonesense]

eternal pet peeve is high ranking mages being called enchanters when “enchanting” is a thing in this setting, and it’s extremely specifically the one thing they can’t do

[sweeetestcurse]

Scenery in Dragon Age: Inquisition 23/??

[smalllady]

NORMANDY CRASH SITE Alchera // Amada System // Omega Nebula

[thehappysmiler]

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favorites

[unforth]

[sic-semper-hominibus]

[duckingwriting]

[duckingwriting]

This thread lives rent free in my brain. And randomly came across my FB feed so of course I had to dig it up out of my Tumblr to share what fb shared.

[notemily]

I like this one

[pinehutch]

Had to go find my contribution from that day and I don't hate it

[merrinla]

Alright, now you can read what they say and even hear a little.

[thedaswolves]

yeeeeeey! more expanded subtitles for this scene! I cleared up some of it in my old post of this but this version has much more dialogue that I haven't actually heard and didn't seam like it was a part of cutscene in my game when I was clearing it out!! 👀 thanx a bunch op!!!!! :)

"You're not the first good man I've seen talk himself into a bad decision. The question is whether you can admit it."

stopppppppppp! 😭💔

edit: found out the extra stuff is part of cut dialogue restoration mod yey :)

[orcboxer]

I have just combined all rice in the world into a single rouse

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Rices of Unusual SizE?

I don't believe they exist...

[casual-haterism]

sad girly girl who wears white dresses and curls her hair and puts on no makeup makeup every morning who gets a butch makeover montage at the end of the movie and everyone goes wow. also they replace his contact lenses with thick stupid nerd glasses. is this anything

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A song I love so much from Cyberpunk 2077...

How do you shake this feelin', that you were born scene-stealin'? Maybe you coasted far too long. Baby, you seem so tired, of drawing phantom power, from all of the fires in your life...

[kamil-a]

I NEED A SICKO… im holding out for a sicko till the end of the night ..and hes gotta haha and hes gotta say yess at the window with a look of delight

[lucylehane]

Liz's List of Perfect RomComs [in chronological order except sometimes not]

But I'm A Cheerleader (1999)

[takingoffmyshoes]

they told me not to get lost in the weeds, but these are lush, beautiful, and ecologically necessary native plants so it's probably fine

[weaselle]

I know i've said it before, but if you are concerned it could be real and not a scam, the best way to avoid getting scammed is to return contact separately.

Here's how that works:

say you get a text from your internet provider, let's say it's Comcast (whom i hate). So you have this text that says it's from Comcast about your bill with a contact number and a clickable link -- could be real, could be a scam.

Don't touch anything about this text. Open a web browser and look up the customer service number for Comcast. Or get the number from the bill they send you. However you do it, get the contact info for Comcast from a trusted source, like an official phone directory or the Comcast website itself.

Get in touch with them using that information.

So. Let's run the example both ways it could go.

If it IS a scam: you reach out to Comcast and tell them you were contacted about a problem with your bill, they look you up in their customer database, and they tell you there is no problem with your bill.

If it's NOT a scam, you do the same thing, they look you up, and they explain the problem. In this case, neither Comcast nor the employees involved give a single shit whether or not you clicked the link in the text vs. going through their official website.

This works the same for the your bank, the IRS, Amazon, political causes, charities, everything.

By handling any questionable incoming calls to action this way, you significantly protect yourself from scams and malware and shit

[cozyandconcerned]

You can do this with phone calls too!!! If a company calls you asking for some info or about a problem with you card/account/whatever you can ask them for a reference number for your case and call back later. You don't have to give a reason but if you feel awkward you can just say you have a meeting in 2 minutes but can call back another time to deal with it.

If it's not scam they'll be like sure, here's the reference number. Then you follow the instructions above, call the separate number you find yourself on a reputable website and give that person the reference number. And they'll help you resolve the issue.

Don't let scammers scare you over the phone into giving them sensitive information!!!!

[weaselle]

great addition ^^^