#norroendyrd

[fandom-age]

text overlaid atop the dragon age logo that reads "@norroendyrd is one of the nicest, most encouraging, wonderful people I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with in fandom. Her art is beautiful. Her writing is beautiful. And she produces both at a phenomenal speed. I don’t know how she does it! Anyway, I just thought she should know that!"

[big-ass-magnet]

Let's try “Is that blood?” “…..No?” ^^

Title: Steady Hands, Unsteady Heart

Summary: Varric gets shot on his way home from a secretive meeting. Hawke needs to put aside her emotions and do the job in front of her.

Pairing: hawkexvarric

Warnings for some not very explicit serious injuries and DIY medical treatment.

THIS....IS SEVEN PAGES LONG. 

I put it on AO3 because it was too long for tumblr. This took FOREVER, it was supposed to be a drabble and it just escaped from me. So uh yeah here you go.

I swear I am still working on sentence prompts I’m just slow keep sending them to me. 

[sky-scribbles]

It's not exactly a fic per se, but I so so love your meta with all the companions' reactions to Elera being blind! And also the fic where Cassandra re-reads her romance books and is dissatisfied with the heroes not being Qunari like Talan! And ooooh just all your headcanons about Melyna tbh! I love her so much!

Aw, I’m really touched that you remember as far back as those ones! I haven’t written about my Inquisitors in a while, but Elera’s friendship with her inner circle means so much to me, and writing lovestruck-and-unaware Cass was a lot of fun, so I’m really happy you liked those ones! And I really need to revisit Melyna at some point, that sassy dunmer lass still has a special place in my heart…

[tk-duveraun]

I admit I never interacted with you much because I figured you were way out of my league, but it breaks my heart to learn that you were the subject of such a destructive slander campaign. Why do people jump straight into believing the most awful things without checking with the source :/ Thank you for all that you have done to uplift people, and please take care of your health first and foremost!

💙💙 I’m sorry I made you feel that way! With the exception of minors because I don’t have the spoons to deal with walking the line of sharing only appropriate content and [long spiel about teenagers looking at porn on the internet anyway, and they should have their autonomy, etc] I try to be as inclusive as possible. 

Fandom is about having fun and the more friends you have the more fun there is, the end.

Also, for you in particular, I love hard swerves in canon. I wrote a fic in 2016 or 2015 where the Inquisitor talks Alexius senior around by healing Felix and uses him as an ally. Alexius is framed as a desperate father who wasn’t even respected by the Venatori, let alone trusted, who barely knew what the plans were because Corypheus knew full well that Alexius would turn if someone had a better offer for saving his son.

Sometimes people would bashfully admit to me that their character was “boring, awful and overpowered” and my response was always “Sounds good, tell me more.” Most people in fandom bear the scars of having their characters called Mary Sues and worse (I’ve a big rant about Mary Sue as a term elsewhere) and I flip all of that the bird and encourage people to make their characters as powerful (or not) as they want.

@maiden-of-wolves was writing a really fun MGIT fic with me throwing Fox in as a companion where appropriate. I feel bad for dropping out of it, since it was really getting good, but I didn’t drop out for not having fun.

And like... Even if I was super great and cool and “out of your league” I’d still want to be friends because that’s how I got there. I befriended fandom people whose skills I admired and I got advice from them on writing and even just life. Fandom is a community and communities are supposed to work together to make everyone better.

(And I definitely admired your art skills, even though it’s not exactly my style. I can see the time and effort you put into your pieces!)

[kagetsukai]

I hope it's okay to wish you a happy day of Fic Writer Appreciation! ^^

Always!!! My inbox is always open :D

[ravenqueen89]

Happy Fic Writer's Appreciation Day! All of your work that I have seen is astoundingly gorgeous!

You’re much too wonderful to me and I am very grateful for it. Besides being extremely sweet, you inspire me with your boundless and magical creativity so please never stop creating. Your style is amazing in both art and writing <3 If you haven’t yet, check out Norro’s written oeuvre here.

[sheirukitriesfandom]

For the send a character: Leythen?

First impression

I started Summerset way after it was release, so for a long time the only thing I knew about him were his aesthetics. And damn, edgy goth mage dad? Sign me up!

Impression now

Leythen is a pretty complex character who has gone through hell and back. I never expected his backstory and his relationship with Valsirenn to hit me as hard as it did. I have a soft spot for atoner characters (No surprise there^^), but I like that Leythen didn’t start out as that, and watching an antagonist slowly realize his wrongdoings and eventually switching sides was a refreshing take on the trope.

 I also think it’s interesting that he chose to follow Mephala of all daedric princes.

Favorite moment

His last talk with Valsirenn when the two visit their daughter’s shrine. It’s such an intimate moment.

Idea for a story

Oh I’m terrible with plots, but I would definitely read a story about Leythen and Valsirenn around the time of Ealdaawe’s birth. How were they preparing for having a child? Were they nervous (Of course but HOW nervous?)? How did they react when the moment finally came? What were Leythen’s thoughts when he held his daughter for the first time? I enjoy these little snippets that, while not having a grand story, expand on the characters’ backstories.

Unpopular opinion

I guess it’s unpopular that I like and forgive him while absolutely hating Veya. At least I’ve seen people vaguing about that I believe. Whatever, I don’t care.

Favorite relationship

Him and Valsirenn. It’s so obvious that they cared deeply for each other but at the same time went through so much shit that strained and largely destroyed their relationship and it’s fascinating to see how they deal with their still open wounds while trying to avert a bigger threat. It’s quite complex and quite well written, especially considering we’re talking about NPCs from an MMORPG, with all information coming directly from the game instead of outside sources.

Favorite headcanon

I can’t say I really have headcanons about him. Sorry to disappoint ¯\_(ヅ)_/¯

[hollyand-writes]

aAAAAH it's your birthday! Hope you are having a wonderful time! :D

Ahhhhhh, thank you so much Norro, it means a lot that you thought of me and thank you for this lovely birthday message! Please accept this humble Gereon Alexius gif as thanks (sorry it’s not more cheerful, it was one of the few I could find -- hope you like it anyway!)