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[caitwritesao3]

[blackbirdtrills]

Today was a great writing day :)

[asaara-writes]

Hi! Just wanted to say, love your stuff!!! I feel like I’ve made that super clear, but I just saw your “last line” meme and I can’t express how excited I am to see Isabela in your fic!!! Badass beautiful pirate queen of my heart, I’m so ready. Please take your time writing, it will for sure be worth the wait, and thanks for all your effort!!! P.S. Possibly you recognize my ao3 name better, Snow_Falls, thought I’d mention that so that earlier remark makes more sense ^^;;

Oh, goodness, thank you so much for this lovely, lovely message! I can’t tell you how much this means to me and how much I needed to hear this. I keep worrying that I’ve spent so much time working on this story that there won’t be anyone left in the fandom to read it by the time I finally get to post it, so it means the world to me to know that you’re looking forward to it! <3

I originally wanted this fic to be FenHawkeBela, but it didn’t quite work out that way. It was going to feature just a random Hawke at first, but then it really became Amabel’s story, and the OT3 component didn’t work out so well when I’ve spent so much time setting up her relationship with Fenris (that said, I’m sure all three of them are happily hunting slavers and smooching on Bela’s ship in some alternate universe.)

All of that to say that I absolutely adore Isabela, and I’ve been really looking forward to exploring her character in this fic. :D I wanted to show the pirate and ship captain, but also a woman who now has something to lose and the lengths she’s willing to go for her friends. This story has really grown beyond anything I could imagine, and I’m really excited (and TERRIFIED) to finally get to share it!

Thank you again, so much, for all your lovely messages here and on AO3! (And hah, thanks for letting me know! I had feeling it was you but I wasn’t sure!)