mage rights activist

just three cats in a trenchcoat here for the dragon age content | ao3

[dragonagebigbang]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65680915/chapters/169135528 Hi everyone! We're back with our nineteenth work of the Dragon Age Big Bang 2025! Let's give it up for author sandcoloredcat and artist rhywhitefang; they did incredible work! Go check out their efforts over on Archive of Our Own, and we hope y'all enjoy!

Rating: Mature

Summary: Garrett Hawke died a hero.

Or so Anders believes when Vengeance finally consumes him. Vengeance for the man he loves drives Anders directly to Skyhold. Vengeance for Hawke leads Anders straight into the hands of the Inquisition.

Yet, somewhere in the Fade, there is a man who continues to fight, determined to find his way back to the person most important to him.

Somewhere, deep in the remnants of Nightmare’s realm, Hawke is determined to live.

[sandcoloredcat]

Oh! This one's mine! I'm so excited to share this and the amazing artwork by @rhywhitefang

[sandcoloredcat]

So if I could write anything it would be this (really long) Karl Thekla/Kinloch Hold prequel (with Anders of course) that I've been thinking about for a long time, but I'm honestly afraid of how much it will take over my life if I start writing it. Anyone have any advice/words of encouragement?

[birussianspy]

dragon age + text posts: anders edition (ft my hawke)

[lethallana]

act 3 anders who's still tormenting my soul

[iorweth]

chilliest guy in Kirkwall

[ayesopod]

long time no sebanders

[postscript-ps]

[nev-k]

wip

[lyrium-ring]

You cannot imagine it, Anders. All the color, all the music in the world, gone.

genuinely one of the most fucked up things dragon age ever did was let karl have a few last moments free of tranquility with anders without anyone understanding why or how this was even happening. and then have anders kill karl in what he believed was an act of mercy. and then later reveal that the cure for tranquility is not only known and accessible but has been actively kept secret. and then, upon this reveal, never do anything with any of this information or explore its ramifications with any tranquil or mage or anyone ever.

[al-norton]

Sketchy mages for a shipper

[adactaaries]

Hawke family

[a-charaid]

*finger guns @ you*

[octowillow]

welcome back dragon age obssesion

[alenkorra]

"I would drown us in blood to keep you safe" might just be the most romantic and brain-rotting line ever written and it only works because it's said by a psychotic bisexual man with long hair.

[akeirotemi]

Not a finished sketch. But I want to show it *^*

[handers-time]

Official Handers Exchange Roundup!

And just like that, the Handers Gift Exchange for 2025 has officially come to a close! On behalf of all the moderators, we would love to thank each and every one of our 24 participants who showed great love for Hawke and Anders and wonderful effort and generosity for their giftees.

To see all the wonderful gifts our participants have created, please look below for links!

A final reminder to our participants: please make sure you fulfill your part as giftee by leaving a comment of at least three lines in length! Be it in AO3 comments, tumblr reblogs, or tumblr tags.

Fanfiction:

@daysofauldlangsyne - oh! how free will we be! - AO3 - m!Handers

@full---ofstarlight - you pierce my soul - AO3 - f!Handers

@goth-surana - Of Pardons and Regrets - AO3 - m!Handers

@heinrixvancunt - hawke's day - Tumblr - m!Handers

@lenioxoxo - Scorch Your Flesh and Shatter Your Heart - AO3 - m!Handers

@librivore42 - Without you, without me - tumblr - f!Handers

@little--abyss - Speak the Word Only - AO3 - m!Handers

@only-slightly-terrified - Come hell or high water - AO3 - m!Handers

@pinkfadespirit - in dark times and forever - AO3 - m!Handers

@sandcoloredcat - I Need a Healer - AO3 - m!Handers

@storybookhawke - Forever Isn't Long Enough - AO3 - m!Handers

@transandersrights - Recycling, fear, and the civic importance of kissing - AO3 - nb!Handers

@winebearcat - Love Bite - AO3 - m!Handers

Fanart:

@auphaniim - m!Handers - tumblr

@bowiebond - m!Handers - tumblr - and a second piece!

@ceredblythe - m!Handers - tumblr

@comfortyart - m!Handers - tumblr

@emeraldscholar - m!Handers - tumblr

@falcatas - m!Handers - tumblr

@justafterjuly - m!Handers - tumblr

@only-the-coolest-apples - m!Handers - tumblr

@ridivenire - m!Handers - tumblr

@salsedinepicta - m!Handers - tumblr

@winterhartarts - f!Handers - tumblr

[wildbasil]

they deserved to be happy