Hello and welcome! Call me GC, Alix or whatever takes your fancy. I mostly blog about Dragon Age here, but I regularly go off-piste. Info about my OCs below. I love to write comedy mostly, and have experience writing stand-up sets for comedians. Hit me up anytime for a collab.
Artwork above done by the lovely antaarf. Commission info HERE
Chibi Lace and Eris drawn by kogarashi-art, colouring done by me <3.
OC Info and Art 🖼️
Comedic works and challenges 🤭
ANGST and EMOTIONS works and challenges 😭
Aveline x Cassandra Joust AU! (WIP) 🐎
Flex and the City - a Harding x Rook modern gym AU (WIP) 🏋🏻♂️
THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD 👄
My username is not a reference to the Antivan Crows. I just really like corvids (crows, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, ravens) 🐦⬛
Yes, this entire post looks like it was designed by a sugar-crazed five year old.
DMs always open and you can find me on Discord @ maguspie.
This is incredible @sorcerousadventurer!! I hope Riley enjoys his new nickname lmao 🤣💕
Adding le tag list below because y'all NEED to see this!! 😈 (My comment is from @woundedsoul12's Microfic May collection btw which I highly recommend!!)
TYSM for the tags @bronzieinthedas @in-the-drowning-deep @serensama @jenn2d2 @sorcerousadventurer & @kogarashi-art! Like always you have blown my flippin' socks off with your gorgeous art, cosplay, and writing!! 💕🔥
I'm still DEEP in Sylvie Mode over here!! TY for showing my girl so much love on her Song For Every Letter Post, it's been fun slowly dragging her grumpy ass (kicking & screaming) into the spotlight and trying to flesh her out even more as a character.
Speaking of, this Cowboy AU 'minific' has turned into a multi-fic highlights reel of Western!Sylvie and Dav's love story (Fern?? Writing more than she said she would?? Quel suprise lmao. 😂) Yes, even as my backlog of languishing WIPs scream at me from Ellipsus.
Me: "I'm gonna get to you I promise!!"
The WIPs: FINISH OR KILL USSSSSS
Me: "Shhhhhh"
*closes the door and backs away slowly*
Anyhoooo, in the bit below, Sylvie is desperately trying not to feel things for a certain saloon owner...and y'all she's hilariously bad at it. As per usual I couldn't find it in me to cut any more from this post bc I'm just too damn excited to share more #Davellan. Like always there's no pressure to read, and I put the cut at a good stopping point if you'd like a taste and not the full meal.
Cheers! 🍻
🍹 Sylvie, at the Griffon, *definitely* not flirting with Davrin
"What about this one?"
She caught the glass Davrin slid across the bar and brought it up to her nose, giving the suspiciously red contents a cautious sniff.
"I'm not trying to poison you," he snickered.
Sylvie smirked. Davrin had steadily supplied her with random drinks throughout the entire night, incredulous upon discovering she didn't have a good answer when he asked what her typical go-to was. She just sort of drank what was available, or whatever made her seem the least suspicious while waiting around for a mark. And Dav had apparently made it his mission to help her figure it out.
"But what is it?" she asked.
"Just shut up and drink it."
Sylvie narrowed her eyes at him, but took a sip.
"Ackkk—fucking shit!" she sputtered. "Whatever the hell it is, it's bloody awful!"
Davrin let out one of those loud booming laughs. "Damn, Sylvs. Don't sugarcoat it or anything."
She snickered. "Sorry. But it's like drinking cold soup…that burns."
"Can't say I disagree with you, there," he said, chuckling. "I hate Bloody Marys."
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Then why the fuck did you make me one??"
"I wanted to see the look on your face."
"And? Was it worth it? I'd hate to disappoint," Sylvie deadpanned.
He leaned over the bar with a cheeky smirk, grabbing the glass and letting his fingers linger when they brushed against hers.
"Even better than I imagined."
…Bloody hell.
"You're a real piece of work Mr. Mahariel."
Davrin laughed again, somehow even louder this time. "Really? Wow. That's like Lucanis calling someone else 'broody'."
A loud scoff came from further down the bar.
"Mierda. I'm right here you know."
The two of them burst out laughing, Lucanis unexpectedly joining in.
"Gimme your glass," Dav said, gesturing towards him. "I'll give you some of your fancy wine on the house to make up for it."
Sylvie couldn't stop herself from smiling at him when the offer made Lucanis' face light up. "Thank you, Davrin."
"Don't mention it."
Sylvie took the opportunity to take a careful look around the saloon from her barstool. Her favorite one—all the way at the end of the bar, so that nothing but a small piece of wall was at her back.
It was slower than usual, but there were a few visitors scattered around the regulars going about their typical routines. Mr. Tethras and Mayor Cassandra were at their usual table, squabbling away about something while little grins began to form on their faces. Sylvie snickered again, and estimated they were about a pint away from getting out of there in favor of the Mayoral Residence.
"Squawk!!"
Sylvie let out a loud laugh when Assan nudged her hand under the bar, and she knelt down to give him a hug. "Hey—I've missed you! What's my sweet boy been up to all day?" she cooed, scratching him behind the ear.
"Stealing sausages apparently."
She looked up at Davrin where he was peering at them from over the bar. He had a sickeningly earnest look on his face, even when Sylvie scoffed. "Lies and slander, I'm sure. Just look at him! He hasn't done a single thing wrong in his entire bloody life! Isn't that right sweetie?!"
Assan made an enthusiastic chirp and bumped his beak up into her hand to demand more pets. Which Sylvie was all too happy to provide.
"Sounded an awful lot like a yes to me, Dav."
He rolled his eyes, but grinned at her. "Bellara said he ate half a case!"
"Well, he's a growing boy! Aren't you, Assan?"
"Squaaawk!"
"See?" she teased, giving Davrin a satisfied smirk as he scoffed.
"The two of you are lucky you're so damn cute," he quipped, breezily floating away to grab someone a drink as if he didn't just make Sylvie's traitorous heart flutter around her chest like a bloody fucking butterfly.
She let out a pissy sigh.
She'd promised herself she'd never do this. Whatever this even was, anyway. It was just way too fucking inconvenient to give a shit about people.
Sylvie was pretty sure she hadn't always been this way.
Unfortunately, it was sort of hard to remember the little girl she used to be anymore. And it was much, much harder to forget all of the lessons she'd since learned over the past decade or so, telling her that forming any sort of attachment to literally anyone was insanely stupid.
So it pissed her the fuck off when she felt her heart flip around again whenever she stood up and Davrin flung another drink across the bar at her.
"Another one?"
He folded his arms over his chest. "Just try it."
Sylvie studied it. Whatever was in the glass was thankfully clear and much less smelly than that bloody Bloody Mary. She took a sip.
Mmm.
Davrin smirked. "Thought so."
It was bitter, but not disgusting like Tal's absinthe. And it was almost…spicy? But floral. With a hint of citrus, and an earthy, kind of woodsy aroma that…
She blushed, and Davrin raised an eyebrow at her.
…Well it sort of reminded her of how he always smelled. Resiny. Warm. Like the trees back home, and the wood he whittled away at when he got bored behind the bar.
"What is it?" Sylvie asked.
"Gin. A gin martini," he said, a triumpant look in his eyes.
"What's that smug face for? I didn't say I liked it."
"I can tell."
"Well you're wrong, 'cause I don't."
"You're full of shit."
She smiled like an idiot in response, and Davrin reached down behind the bar to grab a jar of something, laughing at the face she made when he set it down in front of her.
"I hate olives."
"Now that I believe," he snickered.
"What are they for?"
"Martinis usually have an olive in them."
"Blegh—no thanks. I'll take my mine olive-free, thanks." Davrin snickered again as he put them away, and Sylvie's eyes landed on the big jar of cherries she always stole from whenever he wasn't looking.
"Can I have a cherry instead?"
He laughed. "That's not a thing."
"Dav!" Sylvie put her hands on her hips. "I thought you owned this place!? You've bloody told me you do enough fucking times."
"…Yeah. So?"
"So—it's a thing now if you say so! A Golden Griffon specialty!"
Davrin chuckled. "What? Shitty martinis??"
She ignored him, and held out her glass in response, giving him the same look Assan did when he begged for druffalo jerky.
"Fine," he grumbled, plucking one out of the jar and dropping it into her glass. "Well?"
He looked her expectantly, so she took another sip.
"Perfect."
It was delicious. Shockingly good. But not as shocking as when Sylvie felt herself lean over the bar, as if she were being conrolled by fucking blood magic instead of her own idiot brain to kiss him on the cheek.
They just sort of stood there for a second or two, blinking at each other in surprise.
Gods knew Sylvie had done much, much worse to seduce her way into the beds of countless marks over the years. Creators—it's not like she'd never kissed a man on the fucking cheek before. But, besides Bravmi…she'd never actually liked the person.
…And wasn't planning on gutting them like a fish later.
"Thanks, Dav."
"Don't mention it."
She felt the panic tighten around her chest when Dav gave her one of those way too pretty smiles, and found she couldn't do anything else besides give him a wobbly one in return.
Fenedhis.
…She was a fucking idiot.
Dav also starred in Sylvie's first-ever POV here:
Sylvie Hunts with Bartender Dav 🐍
🐴 Yeehaw Peepaw! Master Post
You know the drill! Plopping the tag list below plus a few Dav-enjoying pals I think might get a kick outta this/the graphic lol. Gentle tags as always for y'all and everyone readin' - show us what you've got cookin' if you're so inclined!! 💕
"So…your real name is Coc?" Davrin gave them a long look over as the pair sat at the dinner table. Lucanis was preparing dinner at the stove, something that smelled delicious and had a name far too hard to pronounce.
"Look, I promise it sounds better in Nevarran. But yes, my full name is Coccyx Ingellvar. A little Mourn Watch humor went into naming me." They rolled their eyes before sipping their tea, trying to pass off the ridiculousness of this reveal as if it were just a regular lore drop.
"I can- see why you were eager to take the name Rook." Davrin wasn't trying to be insulting, and they had heard far worse over the years.
"Yeah we can't all be lucky like my brother Phil," Rook sighed wistfully as Lucanis snorted from the stove, the only indication that the Crow was listening in on the conversation.
"And Phil is short for…?"
"Phalanges," they replied to the Warden. Who suddenly had to cough several times mid-drink as he choked on his beer.
They look recognizably like hands, yippee! 🥳 I actually really love the way the blue ink of his tattoos contrasts with his skin tone and the black of his claws. And listen. I had to draw him flipping us off. It’s Shukaku.
thank you for the tags! @guacamolleee, @kogarashi-art, @sorcerousadventurer, @elishnord, @jenn2d2, @juniper-and-dragonthorn, @in-the-drowning-deep and @serensama
Still no words written. But. I am chewing on gravel as i work through some Rook Week gifts :3 some close ups of stuffs I really am proud of to keep me going.
@kogarashi-art was ever so kind as to draw some fabulous chibi OCs as part of their birthday month celebrations, and you can find them all HERE. As a condition, we were asked to colour them in, so here's my effort for Eris & Lace. 💪
Both are staring directly at you viewer and asking - DO YOU EVEN LIFT!?
Thank you! Again, this made up for a truly craptacular work week.
Food service really is a heroic struggle! That's why it's better with a partner :3
Ty to @davrinsleftpectoral for commissioning these two, and for your patience!!
Okay, so, as I was drawing the chibis and posting them, I was only tagging the people each chibi was for. But now? All the requests are done, so it's time to post them all and tag my tag list.
Also, because I can, each character's name is a link to the colored version (so be prepared for edits to this post).
Gemma as a Mobian bat
Rowan Lavellan
More below the cut to keep this post manageable.
Athos and Tempest
Callie and Knuckles
Aelinn and Ves
Saadrah and Cara
Ulrike and Zea
Turvi and Kogarashi
Zalan and Harding
Lucanis and Amara
Alectris and Saadrah
Xiqaa and Aydenne
Mara and Lucanis
Emmrich and Ayla
Carphria and Teia
Amy and Sonic
Ayanne
Jericho
Ronan
Daath and Giulia
Harding and Eris
Riley and Lydia
Queenie and Rían
Cullen and Ana
Cullen
Kaela
Tags so people can see all the end results together!
Some doodles for @mushrooms-x-moss and @sunny374940 ‘s Dragon Age modern AU :D! My Rook Queenie is a “freelance photographer” (mediocre influencer) and has successfully weaselled her way into the pants of a certain ice mage lawyer 👀😏
More info and sneak peeks about the AU can be found here and here :D!
