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Mer | fic writer | ao3: inquisimer | follows from @isseya-apologist I welcome fanart and other derivative works based on mine! See my transformative work statement and exchange letter for more details. pfp by @sun-marie mobile banner by @chimeowrical | desktop banner by @airagitt

[inquisimer]

mer's writing sideblog

fanfic writer | antivan crow simp and last flight fanatic | community over content creation 💜 be kind. be earnest. do it scared.

I follow/like/send asks from my main blog @isseya-apologist! find a guide to my tags (for blacklisting or dumpster diving) here

my works on ao3 | my works on tumblr

I welcome fanart & fanfic based on my OCs and stories! See this post for info about OC crossovers and the use of my OCs. I also take prompt requests (: My askbox and DMs are always opens for questions, collabs, and art/fic trades!

fandom events

I organize a number of fandom events and spaces! Ask me if you're interested in any of them - community is what you make of it 💜

Dragon Age Drunk Writing Circle | @dadrunkwriting

Low-stakes, community focused weekly prompt writing on Tumblr! All are welcome and there are no barriers to entry. Check out our FAQ or send me a message to learn more!

Dragon Age Fan Events Compendium | @dragonagefanevents

A repository of Dragon Age fan events! If you're running an event or one is missing from our list, tag us in your post or submit it to our askbox to get it listed!

Dragon Age Annual | @dragonageannual

An unofficial charity calendar/zine featuring works from talented, volunteer Dragon Age fans - artists, writers, and more. 2027 production ongoing!

Avis Alternata: A Crow AU Zine | @avisalternata

A fan-created zine celebrating Antivan Crows via AUs! Contributor Applications NOW until May 31st 💜

The Dragon Age Big Bang | @thedragonagebigbang

A longfic writing challenge - finish a 25k+ fic and an artist will create fanart inspired by your work. All 2025 works | Join the Discord for 2026 news!

Crow Contracts Exchange | @crowcontracts

A Dragon Age fanwork exchange focused on Antivan Crow characters! 2026 Collection | Join the Discord for 2027 news (:

The Joining: A Grey Warden Exchange | @thejoiningexchange

A Dragon Age fanwork exchange that celebrates Grey Warden characters! 2025 Collection | Join the Discord for 2026 news (:

Arlathan eXchange | @arlathanxchange

A Dragon Age fanwork exchange that celebrates Elvhen characters! 2026 Creation Ongoing | Join the Discord for updates/announcements (:

Dragon Age Polyshipping Exchange | @dapolyshipping

A Dragon Age fanwork exchange that celebrates healthy polyamory! 2025 Collection | Join the Discord for 2026 news (:

theme weeks: @dafuckedupshipsweek | @viarookweek | @rookappreciationweek | @teiagoweek | @dragonagesapphicweek | @tranquilweek

completed events: @raraaviszine (download here)

⬇️ Under the Cut ⬇️

▸ about OC crossovers & the use of my OCs ▸ my OCs & world states ▸ AO3 series & collections

OC crossovers & the use of my OCs

I am always open to others creating fanfic, fanart, edits, moodboards, or other types of transformative fanworks featuring my OCs! This goes for anyone, even if we've never directly interacted. You do not need to ask my permission before doing so, but please tag and/or credit me with a link when sharing your creation 💜 I am happy to talk beforehand/during if you want to, of course - I just won't be mad if it's a surprise (: I am always open to art/fic or fic/fic trades, or Bang style collaborations where we draw/write something based on each other's work! Likewise, I am always open to OC crossovers and AUs. If you want to chat about smashing our OCs together, shoot me a DM (: Check out my exchange letter for full OC profiles, things I like in fic and art, and other useful info!

I do NOT give permission for:

my work to be copied, remixed, translated, or re-posted in any fashion on sites where I have not chosen to do so myself. I post on tumblr, ao3, and bluesky as inquisimer

any part of my works to be fed into AI or machine learning tools under ANY circumstances. If I find out you have done this, I will block you on all platforms.

OCs and world states

world state: nothing but my aching soul | OC info

Ariya Tabris: fic · oc tag · zevwarden, zev/tabris/lucanis

Siobhan Hawke: fic · oc tag · sebhawke, hawke/loghain

Andrew Trevelyan: oc tag · inquisitor/cassandra, oc & oc

Acacia Trevelyan: fic · oc tag · cullevelyan, barris/oc, oc x oc

Casey Mercar: fic · oc tag · neverookanis

au: nothing but my aching soul | OC info

Ariya Tabris: zevran/tabris/lucanis · zevran/tabris/illario

Siobhan Hawke · Andrew & Acacia Trevelyan

Adavera Thorne: fic · oc tag · davrook, viarook

world state: perch near your sorrow | OC info

Nika Brosca: fic · oc tag · brosca/zevran, rica & brosca

Lief (Amell) Hawke: oc tag · hawke/fenris, hawke & carver

Nareth Adaar: oc tag · adaar/josephine, adaar & brosca & zevran

Arlow de Riva: fic · oc tag · rookanis, viago & rook

world state: the old life haunts the new | OC info

Sari Mahariel: fic · oc tag · aliwarden, zevwarden

Ciel Andras: fic · oc tag · andras/nathaniel howe

Léan Hawke: fic · oc tag · handers (friendmance)

Irosyl Lavellan: fic · oc tag · solavellan

Evanthia Ingellvar: fic · oc tag · rookanis, spookanis, teiarook

world state: the ties we choose | OC info

Solona Amell: fic · oc tag · aliwarden

Mari Hawke: fic · oc tag · handers (rivalmance)

Neria Surana Lavellan: fic · oc tag · cullavellan, amell & surana & anders

Marisol Cantori: fic · oc tag · teiarook, viarook, crowlycule

world state: now it is a knife | OC info

Ember Cousland · Sileal Lavellan · Tamsyn

[coldsnapz]

mny ocssssss. myuu occssss aughghghg myu ocsssssss wailing like a ghoul oever my ocsss

[cuppydogshane]

the unstoppable force is tonguing the immovable object and it seems to be enjoying the experience

[lengthy-artery]

discord letting you have custom emoji has really ruined my ability to communicate effectively on other apps. what do you mean i cant send jalute. what about givehand. cryingpat. torment. sittinghere. tvek. cant even send my wonderful beloved frogheart. whats the bloody point

[parakeet]

just saw a 'comments' tab on someones blog you know where the following and likes tabs would be if enabled and it was just showing all the replies theyve made on peoples posts. this is fascinating when did this feature come out

[parakeet]

EMERGENCY - ITS AUTO ENABLED!

if you've made replies on posts there is now a tab on your blog showing every post youve replied to and your reply.

if this is not what you want, either go to your blog and click comments and disable it from there or just go to your individual blogs setting pages. just change it from blue to grey if you dont want everyone to see your replies AND the post you're replying to

PLEASE BE ADVISED that it is set to disabled for blogs that have not made any replies but it will turn ON if you reply with that blog in the future.! i just tested it with my main, which was greyed out but it turned on the moment i left a test reply

figured i'd get the word out bc i have not seen a single mention of this and i'm sure there are plenty of people who maybe comment on things they don't want on display for everyone to see on their blog lol. you can still look at your replies with it toggled off just no one else can, like locking the following and likes list

[parakeet]

so for some reason this feature was actually announced on the tumblr engineering blog. interesting choice not to reblog it to the staff or tumblr blog, esp considering they asked for user input on how to implement it, but i suppose considering the response to the last update maybe the replies would be too overwhelming...

so couple of clarifications. comments are disabled as default for primary blogs that have their likes disabled. they are seemingly enabled for all other blogs that have replied to posts

posts you comment on may show on your followers 'for you' page if you leave your replies publically available. they may, in the future, show in on your followers dashboard if your follower goes to their dash settings and enables this. apparently, if your likes are enabled, your followers can already see those on the dash if they've gone into preferences and selected to do so, which I was unaware of, and that seems to be disabled at default, but it's possible i disabled it previously and forgot about it ig

[thedragonagebigbang]

ARTIST INTEREST CHECK OPEN NOW!

Calling all Dragon Age fan artists! Fill out our interest check to be notified directly when our writer pitches/artist sign up go live in August.

This interest check is optional and non-binding. The form will only ask for your email address - if completed, a link to the pitches website will be sent directly to you later in the event!

✨ Complete the Interest Check Here! ✨

The interest check will close on August 2nd. Artist Sign-Ups will open on August 3rd!

✨ Review the Event Rules and Artist Guide on our website, and save the Artist Guidelines and Timeline below!

✨ Share the Writer Sign-Up with your followers and writer friends!

Artists will create at least one new artwork within these guidelines:

Tangibly inspired by a fanfiction written during the event

Polished to the standard by the artist’s previous portfolio

Traditional Media: Must be at minimum 8x10 inches/A4

Digital Media: Must be at minimum 1000px by 1000px, 72-150 ppi

Final submission must include a square cropped preview

Adheres to event content guidelines

Adheres to the event rules regarding originality

See the full artist requirements on our Guidebook Website!

Contact The Mods: ask | discord | email: [email protected] Event Guidebook: rules, timeline, and more

[thedragonagebigbang]

WRITER SIGN-UPS OPEN NOW!

It's time, writers! Sign up now with your initial ideas to get in on the challenge, collaboration, and celebration of Dragon Age fan creativity.

Information given on this sign-up is preliminary and non-binding. You can change direction before pitches! The form will ask for:

contact information

a 1-5 sentence explanation of your fic idea

an estimated length

an estimated rating

(optionally) your discord handle to be added to the secret creator channels

✨ Complete the Sign-Up Here! ✨

Writer sign-ups close Tuesday, June 30th, EOD AoE see when that is in your timezone here! Confirmation emails come from [email protected]. If you do not receive one, please check your spam folder. If you still do not see your confirmation, contact the mods below to confirm your sign-up.

✨ Review the Event Rules and Writer Guide on our website, and save the Writer Guidelines and Timeline below!

✨ Share the Artist Interest Check with your followers and artist friends!

Writers will create a complete Dragon Age fanfiction within these guidelines:

25,000 words or more (but not less!)

Completed and posted to the correct AO3 collection.

All chapters published, with no new chapters or significant revisions.

Includes an embedded image of the Artist(s) work.

Includes linked credit to the Artist.

Adheres to the event content guidelines.

Adheres to the event rules regarding originality.

See the full writer requirements on our Guidebook Website!

Contact The Mods: ask | discord | email: [email protected] Event Guidebook: rules, timeline, and more

[juniper-and-dragonthorn]

more like brothers

[xalatath]

I have never, and will never, use "ofc" to mean "of fucking course". It literally stands for OF Course...

[thedragonagebigbang]

ARTIST INTEREST CHECK OPEN NOW!

Calling all Dragon Age fan artists! Fill out our interest check to be notified directly when our writer pitches/artist sign up go live in August.

This interest check is optional and non-binding. The form will only ask for your email address - if completed, a link to the pitches website will be sent directly to you later in the event!

✨ Complete the Interest Check Here! ✨

The interest check will close on August 2nd. Artist Sign-Ups will open on August 3rd!

✨ Review the Event Rules and Artist Guide on our website, and save the Artist Guidelines and Timeline below!

✨ Share the Writer Sign-Up with your followers and writer friends!

Artists will create at least one new artwork within these guidelines:

Tangibly inspired by a fanfiction written during the event

Polished to the standard by the artist’s previous portfolio

Traditional Media: Must be at minimum 8x10 inches/A4

Digital Media: Must be at minimum 1000px by 1000px, 72-150 ppi

Final submission must include a square cropped preview

Adheres to event content guidelines

Adheres to the event rules regarding originality

See the full artist requirements on our Guidebook Website!

Contact The Mods: ask | discord | email: [email protected] Event Guidebook: rules, timeline, and more

[thedragonagebigbang]

WRITER SIGN-UPS OPEN NOW!

It's time, writers! Sign up now with your initial ideas to get in on the challenge, collaboration, and celebration of Dragon Age fan creativity.

Information given on this sign-up is preliminary and non-binding. You can change direction before pitches! The form will ask for:

contact information

a 1-5 sentence explanation of your fic idea

an estimated length

an estimated rating

(optionally) your discord handle to be added to the secret creator channels

✨ Complete the Sign-Up Here! ✨

Writer sign-ups close Tuesday, June 30th, EOD AoE see when that is in your timezone here! Confirmation emails come from [email protected]. If you do not receive one, please check your spam folder. If you still do not see your confirmation, contact the mods below to confirm your sign-up.

✨ Review the Event Rules and Writer Guide on our website, and save the Writer Guidelines and Timeline below!

✨ Share the Artist Interest Check with your followers and artist friends!

Writers will create a complete Dragon Age fanfiction within these guidelines:

25,000 words or more (but not less!)

Completed and posted to the correct AO3 collection.

All chapters published, with no new chapters or significant revisions.

Includes an embedded image of the Artist(s) work.

Includes linked credit to the Artist.

Adheres to the event content guidelines.

Adheres to the event rules regarding originality.

See the full writer requirements on our Guidebook Website!

Contact The Mods: ask | discord | email: [email protected] Event Guidebook: rules, timeline, and more

[thedragonagebigbang]

Tumblr: @veil-song | AO3 | Bluesky 

2025 fic: A Good Death

As we look forward to another year, there's no better time to celebrate our wonderful community of creators. This year, we're shining a spotlight on our alumni: the talented writers and artists who successfully completed the Dragon Age Big Bang in previous years. All past DABB alumni were given the option of an interactive interview with our mod Alix, or an informal written survey. If you're thinking about participating this year, check out the insights and advice from those who tread this path before!

On Breathing Room 

Alix and Swan talk scope creep, balance, and writing what demands to be written

Alix: What made you decide to sign up for last year's Dragon Age Big Bang event? Had you done any Big Bangs previously?

Swan: I honestly can't recall what spurred me to sign up — probably having an idea that wouldn't stop nagging me, and knowing that I wouldn't ever get around to writing it if I didn't have the structure and deadline of an event. My last Bang event was in … I want to say 2019? when I participated in a MXTX/danmei fandom big bang. Scope creep got me then too 😂

Alix: Oh yes, scope creep. I know it well.

Swan: I tell anyone who is willing to listen that my 2025 DABB was only supposed to be 30k. It did not end up being 30k.

Alix: 30k ... 115k ... what's the difference, really?

Swan: Not much, according to my brain!

Alix: The amount you wrote last year in the span of four months was pretty incredible. How did you manage your time to write that much?

Swan: I happened to get very lucky that my work situation for the last year has allowed me to have occasional hour-long stretches where I'm in the back, not working with the public, and not being directly supervised, so when my actual work was done I was able to load up ellipsus and cram in as many words as I possibly could. (Don't tell my bosses.)

Other than that … it was pretty much not having a social life and devoting time in the evenings and weekends to getting progress made, every single day when I could.

Alix: I take it it was worth it, though!

Swan: Oh absolutely! I'm still riding the high of having it finished and posted. Even if nobody read it, I'd still be absolutely giddy just from knowing I wanted to do it, and I did it.

Alix: I know the length ended up being something of a surprise, but was there anything else about the writing process or the story itself that surprised you?

Swan: I think every writer has things that come up organically in the writing process that surprise them, but I think mine was the entirety of chapter 15 in A Good Death that basically popped into my head, word for word, while I was driving home from work one day. I technically hadn't reached that part of the story yet, but it came to me so vividly that I was very lucky I didn't get a speeding ticket trying to get home and write it down while it was still fresh. In a lot of ways I feel like that whole chapter/scene is the crux of the story, and it wanted to be written so the rest of the fic could grow around it.

Alix: Oh that's the best feeling, I love when that happens. I take it you don't necessarily write in chronological order?

Swan: I try my best to, but my ADHD brain doesn't always agree that the story needs to be written down chronologically 😂

Alix: One of the things that really struck me when I read A Good Death was the way you balance tragedy while also being very, very funny. How do you strike that balance?

Swan: I mean it helps that Lucanis, for his part, is a very funny character, and his sense of humor was just dry enough to keep it from getting too absurd. But I'm also a firm believer that tragedy and angst need breathing room. Sure, it's fun/emotionally devastating to read a fic that is nothing but pain and tragedy, but I also feel like the angst hits harder if you're able to come back up for a breath of air and something mildly silly. A palate cleanser, if you will.

Alix: That totally makes sense!

What would you say to someone who is on the fence about signing up for the Dragon Age Big Bang?

Swan: I'd say you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The community is so supportive and kind, and it was genuinely humbling to be in the same event as so many other incredibly creative and talented writers and artists who wanted to see my creation as much as I wanted to see theirs. Plus, at the end of the event, you have a finished piece that you didn't have at the beginning!

[skyrimhusbandmaterial]

when you find someone who's equally unwell about The Character

[fellshish]

reading other comments on the fic you’ve just commented on is like. asynchronous book club meeting 🫶

[eldr1tch-cr0w]

number one rule! never believe ur thoughts after 10 pm . unless its about The Character then believe all of your thoughts wholeheartedly

[boarred]

Happy pride demon!

[cute-ellyna]

Sharing Sunday

Trying to force myself out of hiatus and going on working on this :)