I love Skyrim to pieces but unlike Oblivion and Morrowind none of its main characters (as in, important npcs who further the main or guild quests) have never really grabbed me or compelled me emotionally. like I care about them but not in any deep or personal way, like how I feel about Martin Septim or Dagoth Ur.
instead my blorbos consist of the rando npcs you can either have as a follower or marry. unrelated to any major quest line at all.
like tell me why I’m more attached to Sondas Drenim of all characters than literally anyone you meet in the mq of Skyrim.
From thr Asks to Spread Love game, choose 3 that you havent already been asked 🙂
Hi BRI :D Thank you for two of these open ended ones! I will most certainly oblige.
Fandom Positivity asks from this game here.
2. Tell us why you love one of your OCs or an obscure canon character (link to any fics/art you have featuring them!)
I'm just going to go on and on about
⚔️Athis ⚔️
if you'll let me.
He's not really -obscure- per se but he is relatively ignored so let me just give him some love!
So I appear to be writing the majority of Athis things at the moment.
Obviously my main fic features him as a POV character.
I also have a couple that I'm quite proud of actually AH.
First is Sea of Storms from a duel. A Pirate AU.
Next is Little Dragon which part of the polycule AU with Tel/Nyenna/Athis actually being happy.
Love and its Decisive Pain is an extra chapter more or less for World, featuring Athis musing and worrying over Nyenna.
Next isn't one of mine but is by @archangelsunited! Originally a tumblr post but is now on AO3. Reader/Athis!
Next one is more pirates! by @paraparadigm. Athis is a Navigator <3 So smart, so handsome, so brave. Ah.
More from @archangelsunited -- this one is a bit on the tragic side but the voicing is phenomenal.
This one is also a bit on the tragic side, by TheBrandenRose.
And artwork?
AH this piece was fanart of To Hold On to You by @changelingsandothernonsense
And this post contains, like, perhaps the most handsome Athis fanart I've ever seen by @thana-topsy.
3. One of the best takes you’ve ever seen
The-Dragonborn-Is-Dead trope but done in the phenomenal way that BetterBeMeta wrote in Foe-Tongue: A Historical Fiction.
Here's a piece of the writing that I love. It doesn't mean anything out of context but OH MY GOD DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN EVERYING.
“Valamand,” [Wyrenna] whispered, “do you have a comb?”
He said, “Yes, of course,” and gave it to her. She used it to tidy up where she still was bed-frazzled, tied her hair neatly as she walked up the stairs.
I fucking love this fic. It's my favorite in any fandom, ever in existence. @paraparadigm rec'd it to me earlier on. (: I wanna write like them when I grow up.
13. Recommend a fic (can be your own!) that features something you wish was written about more.
Okay so in this case I am just over the moon about all of the overarching pulling of lore into a fanfic that KB has achieved in such a phenomenal way. I'm talking about @kookaburra1701's fic Aristeia and ALL THE ORC CULTURE. ALL OF IT. I'm HERE FOR IT. More Orcs please, OCs, NPCs, NPCs-Become-OCs. HELL. Yes.
Here's a quote I love particularly from chapter 1 regarding some cultural things that I've been -really fast eyes- over:
“Olur tells me you bloodied your sword today.” Bagrak’s voice was even, as if she was remarking on the weather. Borgakh paused in spooning stew into the bowl before straightening up and presenting it to her mother. Bagrak did not take it.
“I bloodied it for Mor Khazgur, mother,” Borgakh said, throwing her shoulders back and looking Bagrak in the eyes. “One of the Reachwomen and a briarheart tried to steal the deer I shot. Olur and I extracted our Blood Price.”
“I am not sure one deer is important enough to be covered by the Code,” said Bagrak. “When their clan discovers them killed with orc weapons it will cause more trouble than one deer is worth. Now you will have another enemy to watch for when you are outside the walls.”
Borgakh clenched her jaw in frustration, but kept her tone respectful. “They would have never been happy with one deer, and then they would have known Mor Khazgur was weak. What if they had wanted Kharag too? Is a good horse not covered by the Code?”
