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Whenever I get a comment, including ones that just say “loved this” or “rereading this”, I really do kick my feet and twirl my hair in real life.
Just so you know. And we (writers) are pretty much all like this. I promise, no comment or kudo you ever leave goes unloved in my house. 😁
You know, as we come up closer and closer to the one year anniversary of Veilguard’s release, I’ve been pondering the game’s impact on me.
It was immense.
Not because it taught me new lessons or changed my worldview — everyone is different, but I don’t know that any videogame could do that for me personally — but because it dragged me out of fandom retirement and through that got me back into hobbies I’d all but abandoned. Moreover, coming back to fandom thanks to Veilguard introduced me to so many cool people!
Kind people! Funny people! Creative people! Thoughtful people! So I am very grateful, to the game and the team that made it, because it introduced me to so many of you! And that’s amazing.
Who me?
Make yourself in this picrew and put your name into this incorrect quote generator!
Thanks so much for the tags @zennihilation, @sandcastlekings, @mythals-whore, @serialsforbellara, and @mageofquandrix! I’ll give some very gentle and very optional tags to: @juniper-and-dragonthorn, @rooks-dagger, @curiouswisp, @tarasmom, @davrinsleftpectoral, and @blackwall-my-tiny-husband, and to anyone else who wants to play!
BiowareDisasterBisexual: Operation no more distractions is a go!
*not even 10 seconds later*
BiowareDisasterBisexual: Oh, look! A butterfly!
I feel seen. I’ve had that conversation. Often more than once per day.
The raccoon is both real and not. Make of that what you will. 🙂↕️
I have been working on this project for my actual day job for months, on and off. It took forever.
And finally, FINALLY, the first draft is done!!
/lays on the floor
The business raccoons are dismissed! BRING ON THE FANDOM RACCOONS!
For those who did not know: Up until tonight, I wrote everything you've ever seen from me on my phone.
Yes. All of it. Yes, that is ridiculous.
Tonight, however, an era ends. I have a laptop now. And I am about to be So Much Worse.
2025 Favorites and Not
Many, many thanks to @woundedsoul12, @juniper-and-dragonthorn, and @becausedragonage for the tags! I’ll give some very gentle tags to anyone who wants to do this, if they haven’t yet, including but not limited to: @hyperions-light, @ofcrowsanddragons, @bygonesigh, @dymme, @mageofquandrix, @davrinsleftpectoral, @jouskaroo, @mythals-whore, @jukkaricity, @bronzieinthedas, @operative-arrow, @uchidachi, @rooks-dagger, @skullypettibone, @andthekitchensinkao3, @introvertedfangrl, @nevesserialwriter, @lovelygallus, and @natsora.
Rules: Look back at what you have done in 2025 and answer the questions. Answers are short or long as you want them to be. Artist just sub in draw for write
1. Favorite character to write for/about
I mean, if you were to ask me I’d hem and haw and say I don’t have a favorite; and, unbelievable though it may be, I don’t. That said, one of my favorites is definitely Neve Gallus.
And no one was surprised.
2. Least favorite character to write for/about
Probably Anders or Ogren, to be honest, largely because I struggle with their voices. And when I say “struggle with their voices” I mean “it is so genuinely painful an outcome when I see what I’ve done, that I just delete it immediately and pretend it never happened.”
3. Favorite pairing
I don’t have one, despite my output being very focused on one. 😂 I do love, though:
Neve/Rook
Josephine/Leliana
Cassandra/Inquisitor
Dorian/Inquisitor
Hawke/Isabela
Warden/Morrigan
Warden/Alistair
Zevran/Alistair
Lucanis/Rook
Lucanis/Neve
…I could keep going but I’ll stop there.
4. Least favorite pairing
Probably Fenris/Anders. Not because it’s bad — if you love it, I love and support you — but it’s one that I struggle with.
5. Favorite POV and Tense
Limited third-person past, my beloved. 💖
6. Something new you did this year
I wrote a bunch of characters I never had, I tried a new modality (epistolary fic?), I tried new POVs and tenses, I tried new events…I pushed myself to try a lot of new things this year, and I am so glad that I did. It’s been a TON of fun!
7. Something other people have told you that you're good at
Finding raccoon gifs. Normally an underrated skill, but I’m glad it’s found an audience. 🙂↕️
8. Something you think you're good at
Finding raccoon gifs. But also, I think I have a decent handle on writing dialogue?
I haven’t written in a week, so I am in the “unsure” phase of my assessments of my own writing, so don’t mind me.
9. Something you want to improve on
Still working on description and showing more than telling, both areas where I historically struggle, but I think I’m making progress and the work shall continue!
10. Favorite thing you read this year
Oooooof, tough choice. Impossible, even. I will limit myself to two, but please know that I am crying at being forced to make this choice.
delicate by @juniper-and-dragonthorn (Neve/Rana, Rated M). The yearning, the bad with feelings, the small things that show deep affection and connection…yes please.
All That the Maker Has Wrought is in His Hand by @mageofquandrix (Dorian/Ashur, Rated T). Again with the yearning — this is clearly a Thing for me — and Dorian’s voicing here is so incredible and spot-on. Just /chef’s kiss
11. Favorite event you did this year
@datvcompanionweeks, hands down. All of them. Every single one.
12. Favorite song to listen to while you write/get you in the writing mood
This depends so heavily on what I’m writing, or wanting to write, that I actually don’t think I can answer this with less than an essay. 😅
13. Favorite type of fic to write (crack, fluff, angst, smut, etc)
I feel like most of my offerings fall into a fluff-ish area, so it would seem that’s my vibe and I am perfectly happy with that. 😁
Such a fun game, thanks so much @woundedsoul12!
Blank template for anyone who wants to play below the cut! ☺️
Folks that have tagged me in stuff that I haven’t gotten to yet: I love you all and I want to shout about all your stuff and play some games with you!
I am currently learning why no one uses intravenous iron recreationally. It turns out, it can make you feel deeply terrible. But! Once it’s done making me feel like garbage, it will hopefully make my body feel like it has oxygen again!
I haven’t forgotten y’all. I’ll be back. And even more unhinged, because THINK OF WHAT I CAN DO WITH GENUINE ENERGY?
You know that feeling when after a long period of very few ideas of what to write, you suddenly have 1000 but none of them are remotely fleshed out?
No? Just me?
