From Highever to Eden Prime

Writing requests! Art, writing, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Fallout, Good Omens, trash, and beyond! Some NSFW content included. A03: ScentedStrangerCreation

[drizzlesdoodles]

Wanted to try out a new art style and can't say I don't love it. Couldn't decide if I liked the B&W or colored version better, so you get both. 50's pop art does something to me, I swear

[scentedstrangercreation]

A little gentle self-parenting advice

I’ve noticed a lot of posts over the past couple of years promoting self-care and taking time to relax without pressuring yourself to create or hustle. These are great (and I am in the permanent anti-hustle camp)! But it’s important to recognize when that phase is no longer serving you and to find a way to transition out of it, or you may find yourself stuck in a sort of miasmic, unfocused haze. 

Inserting small bits of discipline back into your life is a beautiful thing. (I know that’s a really annoying word that has been co-opted by rise n’ grind culture, but discipline done right is a gift.) Discipline is honing a craft and practicing habits that make you feel good. It’s stretching your horizons and expanding your knowledge. Discipline done right is like a supportive and loving friend.

Turning off as an act of self-care can absolutely be beneficial (and necessary) to your wellbeing. But at some point, it can also become its own trap. You can start to feel isolated and demoralized, and you may notice that your muscles to step outside that safety net have begun to atrophy. 

If you notice you’ve transitioned from feeling peaceful to feeling reclusive, introducing little acts of discipline back into your life can feel like drinking a cold glass of water in the middle of the night. It’s revitalizing and nourishing, and gives you something concrete to feel good about. Go grab that coffee with your friend even though you kind of want to cancel and stay home. (You can go right back home after.) Make yourself write 1-5 lines of the story you’ve been kicking around. Knock out a quick gesture drawing. Cook yourself a delicious meal. Sit on the floor and stretch your body for 30 seconds or go outside for 5 minutes. Literally no increment is too small, it’s simply exercising the act of doing. 

Do it because we are social, thinking and creating creatures. Do it because discipline can be self-care when done right. Do it because this is your life and you deserve to live it. 

[slaninovyjednorozec]

IT IS DOOONE! After 9 months of work, i have finally finished this piece. It is my first big embroidery project which i actually finished.

20x28cm

[scentedstrangercreation]

[featherfangart]

"You could have waited inside, my dear Warden." "And where's the fun in that, huh? I thought I'd meet you halfway, save some time." "Oh, a perfect moment to waste that time now, then."

Help. I'm so deep.

[seth-whumps]

five small whump things

jaw twitches; whether the character is biting back an insult or a groan of pain or, deliciously, a scream

little breath shudders; those small hitches when something is jostled, or when they can't the words out without their voice trembling from exhaustion or emotion

apologies; mumbled, under their breath, or scraping through the lungs. shoutout to "please" in a hoarse voice or from someone near tears

for androids, thick chunky cables; ports on the back of the neck where they connect, reactions of electricity visible in slightly twitching fingers or rapid blinking

nosebleeds; I especially love them when the character barely acknowledges it, too busy staring at chaos or a wounded friend or the world ending as rivers pool beneath their hands, dripping from their chin

[taigacryptid]

decentralize and clean up your life!!!

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

last updated: march 18th 2025

[daysleftofsecondterm]

1,255 days left

[frogmp3]

i don’t know who needs to hear this but you do not need to wear makeup

[lil-miss-crazy]

But you can if you want to

[yooterus-deactivated20220126]

[vigilskept]

genuinely this fandom sometimes makes me feel like we all need to go back to english lit basics.

a character is not a person. i know, that’s your blorbo, that’s your guy (gn), that’s your sweet cheese. or alternatively maybe that’s your beloathed, your nemesis, your sworn enemy for all eternity. but what they are in reality is a Storytelling Device. they are there to tell you something about the Setting and the Themes.

vivienne dragonage is not pro-cop. vivienne dragonage is not a person.

vivienne dragonage is there to explore how the “court mage” functions within the framework of chantry & imperial politics. she’s there to explore how a mage who comes from nothing might be able to navigate that system to the benefit of herself and the fellow mages she has taken under her protection.

she is there to complicate the mage-templar dynamics in this setting and to force you to reckon with the question of whether thedas would be ready to accept mage freedom, and whether you are prepared to protect those mages from the reactionary violence that would ensue. that is already ensuing, because the chantry could not handle it.

[suigintou]

lets see paul allens labubu

[fadesense]

folks, is it gay to kiss your boss

[sha-brytols]

? varric we're at the fucking beach

[scentedstrangercreation]

Certified city boi

[featherfangart]

'It's not too late to learn, Fenris'

[milkywayes]

dreamt a cipher - chapter 13: Establish Orbit

a shepard/garrus post-destroy ending longfic.

rating: M pairing: female shepard/garrus vakarian additional tags: angst with a happy ending, slow burn (of sorts), fraught pining, reconciliation summary: Her own personal Noverian peak. That’s what it was supposed to be. Nothing but the discovery: no distractions, no comfort, no windows looking out—no familiar faces. But it's starting to look like her winning streak might have ended in that pile of Citadel rubble, if it ever extended that far to begin with.

A/N: chapter contains nsfw! it's also 15k long.

fic link // chapter link

Teaser:

“You never go easy on me.” “Never thought you wanted me to,” she says, leaning forward and up into the warm shadow he throws. It’s not even on purpose: one moment the back of her head is resting on the covers and the next, her neck is arching like a flower to the sun. “No,” rumbles Garrus in return, watching her strain for him, eyes half-lidded and serious. “You’re right.” His hand twitches off her clavicle to find her jaw instead, talons teasing into hair as he eases the tension in her neck. Holding her up. “At least about this.”

-> read the whole chapter on AO3.

[scentedstrangercreation]

This is the post-war shakarian story you've been looking for

[ntrider]

you're basically home to me dude but it's not a big deal at all. don't worry about it

[scentedstrangercreation]

hawke @ varric

[thoughtsickles]

people in books and tv shows are always getting so upset they throw an untouched meal in the trash. that would never be me. i'd receive the worst news of my life and still be like Let me put this in the fridge.

[scentedstrangercreation]

Hi!!

I hope this isn't weird but I started reading (and absolutely loving) An Indecent Proposal and then the author themselves popped up on my dash and it felt criminal to not say hi.

Omg hiiiiii, not weird at all! I'm so flattered! Thank you so much ❤️🥰❤️ I'm glad you're loving the story! More is definitely on the way!!

[scentedstrangercreation]

An Indecent Proposal (Garrus x Shepard)

An Indecent Proposal (11872 words) by ScentedStrangerCreation Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian Characters: Female Shepard (Mass Effect) Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, POV Garrus Vakarian, POV Multiple, Humor, Attempt at Humor Summary: Fake engagement trope babyyyyyyyyy. Set during ME 2, Shepard and Garrus exploit a loophole in the Turian Hierarchy. It's just a technicality. They're just friends, of course. This started as a fluffy one-shot, but now we're going for a part fluff, part citadel DLC-style humor, part angst full story! Slight canon divergence at the beginning, which will only increase as we go on. Probably.   “Actually, we can do this later,” Shepard gestured with the pad. “Want a drink?” He waved her off, “I should probably get back to—” “If you say calibrations, I’ll vent the battery.” “Well, I won’t say it then.” “Come on, don’t make me beg.” She turned around and started walking as if he’d already agreed, “have a drink with me.” “It’s actually been more threatening than begging.” “Oh, good. Then you’ll take it seriously.”