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WRITING STATUS: uhhhh brain dead. sorry. WIPs will resume... sometime 😣

about me:

call me vands 💚 british, 30s, white, queer, chronically ill and chronically grumpy about it, genderqueer (pronouns: they/them), married to a wonderful human and living with two troublesome cats 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

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FAQ:

my username used to be vands88 and I've been active in fandom for many years now. my old fic is routinely orphaned so if you're curious if I wrote a thing or was in a fandom, send an ask. I have a not-so-secret afterdark account that you might also have stumbled across.

I give blanket permission for all non-profit fannish adaptions (podfic, translations, fanart, remixes etc) of my published works on AO3, but please let me know about them so I can squee with you & link/promote them!

if you wanna ask me a thing away from tumblr then hit me up at discord (vands38) or email thevands38[at]gmail[dot]com

my icon is by the wonderful @fadesense 💚

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dollwritesff

It’s kind of crazy when you get likes on your fics every day and start to realise that at least one person around the world is reading your fanfics every day. It’s kind of a surreal feeling… No?

#writing #fandom #fanfiction

samreich

how far we've come

#dropout #game changer

hylianengineer

There is one very important thing I need people without major dietary restrictions to understand: the distress caused by allergies, celiac disease, and other food restrictions is largely not about the food.

Do I miss some foods I can't eat anymore without getting sick? Sure, but that's not what really bothers me. What bothers me is being excluded from a huge portion of human social life of which food is a crucial component. What bothers me is the stress and social stigma of trying to figure out what I can safely eat. What bothers me is the amount of extra work and cost that is required of me to identify, obtain, and prepare safe foods. What bothers me is people treating my needs like a nuisance, as though I chose to be like this - as though their brief inconvenience to check an ingredients list is unreasonable, when I deal with this every day of my life forever.

I don't miss the food that much. I miss not having to worry about what I eat. I miss freedom. I miss when trying new foods and new restaurants was fun instead of a minefield. I miss not having to plan my entire life around the need for safe foods.

Food is such a basic human need, and a lot of people don't really need to think about it. When your danger foods can be anywhere and everywhere, suddenly your entire life revolves around avoiding them, and it massively sucks. You get used to it and it's not a big deal most of the time, but then you go to a new restaurant, or your office has a potluck, or you've been invited to a party and suddenly it feels just as miserable and exhausting as it ever has.

#yeah #this

mieran-sanctuary

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if Sera got the responsibility for writing about all the Inquisition shenanigans.

#dragon age

nateconnolly

Blackout Poem Made of Disability Benefits Applications and Denial Letters:

[Image ID: A blackout poem. The edges of the black are straight and rectilinear. I will indicate breaks in the line using the slash symbol /. Some of the excerpts include boxes where you could draw a check mark. I will indicate these by writing (box). The poem goes

Answer every question. / Please tell us if you want us to return them to you. / Select the heaviest weight lifted. / Using fingers to touch, / (Box) One hand (Box) Both hands / Using hands to seize, (Box) One hand (Box) Both hands / reduction / refusal / Termination / Penalty / You can give us more facts to add to your file. / You do not meet with the person who decides your case. / Notice of Decision — Unfavorable / Disabled worker’s name / Date given when disability began / Date of death. /end ID]

The final three lines are from denial of benefits paperwork for workers who died before the end of the mandatory five month waiting period. How many of those deaths are connected to poverty? I don't know, but I can guess.

#disability #politics #poetry

lesbianlyonelb

I just wrote 8 pages when I haven't written in months and was beginning to think I'd never be able to again. Idk what it is, but I am sharing and manifesting this energy for every writer who sees this. May you write 8 quality pages effortlessly and find joy writing once more

realest-slenderman

8 pages you say

#please 🥺

lynaiss

Ashur, the defender ☀️ Seven of Wands

My last piece for @dragonageannual 2026 zine, a matching one to one I did of Tarquin!

I'm offering illustration commissions like this now, info here! Process under the cut

#aaaaah so good #beautiful art #datv #ashur #the viper

dailycatsblog

#cat memes

gloriousdownfall

What can I say… I like my blades as I like my babes. Sharp and deadly. Amazing characters, who’ve struggled a lot, went through abuse and came out of it still smiling and slaying, trully they are daily inspirations for me.

They just deserve a lot more attention from this fandom. A lot more. A lot.

Left to right: Sera, Briala, Leliana and Isabela.

#dragon age

alphacrone

pulling yourself up by your strap-on or whatever they say

rookfeathers

Tarquin Week Day 1: Imperial Templars + Shadow Dragons ⚔🐲

#tarquin #datv #🥰

lamaison

Legal Eagle asking "are you covered to have an open flame in the studio?" and a producer worriedly yelling "we're not!" as Ally goes to light a bong they filled with real whiskey is maybe the hardest I have ever laughed at an episode of Game Changer.

#game changer #dropout