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[horangslay]

[ranger-jahen]

2025 Faves and Not

thank you very much to @elceewunjo for the tag! c: I squealed with delight when I read that you'd become so fond of writing the friendship between Storm and Tav hehe, I really love their dynamic myself. x3 and I was immensely honored to be tagged in your faves section from this past year. ;u; I am so delighted you enjoyed that piece so much.

there may have been other lovely folks who tagged me for this one but I have so much catching up to do I'm probably just gonna thank-you tag whoever was the most recent to do so on these heh I hope that's okay. <3

passing on the tag to @quinthebard @tillysketch @the-red-drow @wisdomcaster and @the-starflower ! if you already did it please feel free to drop me a link so I can make sure I see it. <3

1. Favorite character to write for or about?

Well. xD haha my one singular OC for bg3 is of course Jahen. ;3 I deeply enjoy him both as a source of general comfort and creativity but also as a writing outlet. He feels complex and interesting to work with, yet also carries the bone-deep compassion that I find in almost all of my favorite characters to write.

For factory-setting bg3 characters I think I wanna say Karlach! Her inner voice is just an absolute blast to play with. One of my favorite lines I've written all year was her thinking on the first sunset she sees outside Avernus as a "pinky-orange" color. :D so many other characters I've written before would just think "a pink and orange sunset." but Karlach just smushes them together. it felt so right. I love her so much.

2. Least favorite character to write for or about?

In a vacuum, I don't think any of the companions are unpleasant to write! c: I absolutely adore all of the bg3 "main cast." however, I will admit, in the public fandom space of tumblr I can get a little resentful when people come to my blog and spam like/reblog only my astarion posts and upon visiting their blogs I find bad faith takes about Wyll or Lae'zel. T_T it just feels... bad. because of that, I've completely scrapped several Astarion meta posts I'd originally intended to write just for fun. It's not his fault though, obviously, I think no less of him as a character for it.

3. Favorite pairing

Jahen x Wyll is one of the very few romantic pairings I've ever passionately enjoyed writing. ^o^ "romance" is often difficult for me as an aroace person to fully grasp, let alone put into words for other people to read, but the "Briarblade" dynamic is so rich in so many ways that I find their chemistry comes to me more naturally than I even could have hoped for. Jahen x Halsin is fun for me too, but I lean more heavily on my general understanding of affection/adoration to support that writing.

I haven't done a lot of actually words-to-document writing of these yet, but I am also a big fan of Wyll x Karlach and Karlach x Shadowheart. :3 I do plan to write for the former with Jahen included in the mix, and I'll probably always be sprinkling little hints in for the latter in whatever I end up writing and posting for this fandom.

4. Least favorite pairing

I only like Bloodweave when it's funny. 😂 too-serious bloodweave stuff does nothing for me. I technically have one more actual least-favorite pairing buuut I think it would just cause hurt feelings if I ranted about it so I'm gonna keep it to myself. it's literally not an opinion that matters whatsoever it's just a pet peeve/personal taste thing. xD

5. Favorite POV and Tense

my favorite across all the writing I've ever done is third-person-limited, past-tense. but my favorite for bg3 specifically is third-person-limited, present tense - mainly because that's the tense the game itself is narrated in and I like that congruence. :3

6. Something new you did this year?

This is the very first time I have played a male oc as the POV protagonist in a video game. :D every other time I've played some kind of game where you can choose your gender I've made a woman oc. the one exception I guess you could say is that I played a male hawke in DA2, but I don't consider him my "oc" since hawke is pretty heavily characterized by the default game's story. Jahen is my first personalized video game character that is not a woman. :] I guess I technically started playing bg3 at the tail end of 2024 but I really want to count this lmao

7. Something other people have told you that you're good at:

people do seem to like my "how things might work in this world" essays. :3 this is VERY pleasing to me. my two favorites from this past year were Waypoints and Food Logistics.

8. Something you think you're good at:

I am really fond of putting together long-form plots actually. I haven't really had a chance to show this off yet here on this blog, but someday I hope to be able to. I have some longfics in the works and I think they're suitably complex and interesting. c:

9. Something you want to improve on:

I'm not a super prose-y writer. I can write that way in something standalone, but I'm not good at working that style into more character-oriented pieces (like with superego and id principles). I've seen folks who can weave prose in-and-out of more active styles of writing, and i'd love to be able to do that too. something I'm going to be experimenting with in 2026 I think.

10. Favorite thing you read this year:

This microfic from @gribbo - the dark urge "Sister" interacting with a baby Orin. oh i love this style. I've laid in bed and whispered "my runny redling" out loud to myself in glee.

"Stumbling Dove" from @ignistigator - this one is nsfw, I enjoyed the character writing so very much. :3 it just felt so good to read. high emotion.

"(To The Moon) The Stars Pleaded: Stay" from @riddlerosehearts - just a really excellent piece; unique style, lovely exploration of the characters within, great stuff all around.

This ask-game response from @the-red-drow. you know how I mentioned above how I want to be better at writing prose-style and active-style together in one piece? :D this is an EXCELLENT example of that!

"Stealing Moments of Comfort" from @burnt-by-marigolds. I just really enjoy when folks take in-game scenes and write out aftermath from their personal characters because it's such an amazing way to see moments from the story through another's eyes. and this was beautifully done!

this miiight be cheating but I have read and reread "OC Overview" for Tav from @elceewunjo this year. maybe it's not a narrative "fic" but it is SO rich a look into such a spectacularly complex character that I can describe it in no other way than getting served the most incredible food. xD so many delicious things to chew on.

11. Favorite event you did this year?

sadly, I don't really do events. x'D they're a big commitment for me and I have so much going on that takes up my time and energy irl that it's hard to join them in a way I can really enjoy without feeling stressed. I might be willing to join one though if a friend hosts. c:

12. Favorite song to listen to while you write or to get you in the writing mood:

I actually write in complete silence. even instrumentals are too much for me while In The Zone haha. that said, if I need to clear my mind in order to start writing, "Intro" by The XX is theee most reliable track for me to do that with. the absence of verbal lyrics keeps me from getting distracted while the subtle wordless vocals helps keep my mind from wandering too much. it's like a meditation track for me in a way.

13. Favorite type of fic to write (crack, fluff, angst, smut, etc)

PLOT. plot plot plot. I like a story. I like a narrative. I like playing with the Toys. idk what the actual fandom term is for that though, I'm sorry. xD

[horangslay]

[📷] ᕼᗩᑭᑭY ᗯIᑎTEᖇ ᗪᗩY☃ ~ from ATEEZ

🍊🍠🫓🐟☕🌭🌽🍞

survive the winter with snacks recommended by ATEEZ 🤤

start 2025 with ATEEZ's warm love 😚💞

[ranger-jahen]

Which AO3 tag are you?

thank you so much to @elceewunjo for the tag! haha idk how accurate my results are because there were several questions I just. had no idea what to pick lol but:

this result is SO funny I'm not gonna complain XD I don't think I've ever written a bona fide crack fic but maybe I should start.

I'm not totally sure who has or hasn't done this yet but I'm tagging @riddlerosehearts @ignistigator @rivereverie @quinthebard @taras-toe-beans and @tillysketch ! if you've already done it feel free to drop me a link so I can see. ^o^

you can find the quiz here! c:

[ranger-jahen]

Which Baldur's Gate 3 Character Are You?

Take this Quiz

thank you so much for the tag @elceewunjo ! ^u^ I got...

...and I'm surprised honestly! I personally love Zevlor but i know he has his fair share of haters? xD which is a shame imo but I hope the quiz maker is a Zevlor-appreciator. in which case I will take this as a compliment. :3 I do technically do well in leadership positions but I HATE being in them lmao

I'm not 100% sure who has or hasn't done this yet but I'm gonna go ahead and drop some tags for @the-red-drow @ignistigator and @taras-toe-beans!

[horangslay]

new tag game for caratblr, who's your svt twin? 👀

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I'll start! tagging: @kyeomwoo ; @wonuwrites ; @shua-f4lmings ; @juntuals ; @wooaslay ; @aaniag ; @powerboo ; & ANYONE ELSE who wants to to join in pls do! 💖

[ranger-jahen]

okay I think it’s safe to say that most folks are absent enough at the moment that maybe I’ll wait to try to do ask games; instead I’ll go ahead and mention that I’m planning to post two of my long-planned lore/headcanon/mechanic essays in the near future! :3 I am very excited for both of them.

the first one is a bit more impersonal, similar to my “BG3 Food Logistics” ramblings, where I will detail out how I think it would work to write your party recovering character-specific belongings before the nautiloid crash.

the second is more specific to Jahen, about how I imagine he handles the slow build up of camp supplies, from getting everyone under basic tarps to fend off the weather on day 1, to fully outfitted personal tents by the end of the first month. it’s personal to Jahen because he has very specialized ranger skills that help with those things, but! I do think there will be tidbits there that could be translated to any playthrough and the universal need for shelter. :]

I hope they will be fun reads! ^u^ thanks everybody for sticking around 💛

[ranger-jahen]

blanket permission notice that if you see me do literally anything; activity, drawing, meme, etc with my oc that makes you think “I kind of want to do that with my oc” PLEASE DO 💛 do it and make the world a better place