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syrupwit · 2 years

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"Haunted by a very annoying ghost" or Dream Sex for Anders/Justice?

Hello, thank you!! I like these two together a lot. This fill turned out more Anders & Justice.

Under the cut, please find ~600 words of Awakening-era Anders/Justice, or Anders & Justice, for @dadrunkwriting.

Ghost of a ghost: that’s the Blackmarsh in this dream. Desolation and corruption, the empty village, the gates still open that Justice kicked down. Anders walks between them and finds the village square deserted, without even a sign of the battle.

He waits for a moment in the sad, quiet place. Little wisps bob on the marsh, barren trees reach like clawed hands to the claustrophobic sky of the Fade, and a faint, sickly light suffuses everything. It’s a lonely dream, but he’s not alone here.

“Mage,” comes a resonant voice at his back.

He’s gotten used to Justice in Kristoff’s body. It’s strange that his true form is that suit of armor, as much as a spirit can have a form. What would this one be, without the ideals he coalesced from? Blue vapor, blue light? Or nothing, merely a voice—

It can’t really be him, of course. Just another spirit. It doesn’t feel like a demon, though Anders knows better than to let his guard down.

“Spirit,” Anders greets him. “I’ve thought on what you said.” Their last conversation in the waking world had not been pleasant.

The Justice-figure regards him steadily. “And do you accept your responsibility to your fellow mages?”

“No.” Anders laughs at the figure’s disapproval. This spirit has Justice’s expressiveness down right, even incorporating some of the ways that he moves in Kristoff’s body. He wonders if those are leftovers from its former inhabitant, or if they’re all Justice, new.

“Why don’t you try bothering Velanna or someone?” he continues, warming under the Justice-figure’s glare. “I’m sure she’d be easier to convince that she has a responsibility to help elves. The others, too; Sigrun has that whole… destitute poverty, outcast from society thing, and it wouldn’t be much of a stretch to get Nathaniel to advocate for the rest of the Howes, seeing as there’s only one besides him. Now, Oghren—”

He’s cut off by the figure’s ringing tones. “Cease your mockery.”

“I’m helping! I was going to find a cause for you and Oghren to champion.”

The Justice-figure takes a step closer to him, and he steps back without meaning to. The light around them seems yellower; more distant features of the Blackmarsh blur into raw Fade. “I am neither fooled nor impressed by your attempts to distract me.”

“You just don’t know what the world is like,” Anders tells him. “You can have opinions, and try to make me feel guilty, but you haven’t suffered like me and I don’t have to listen to you.”

Implacable mask of a helmet, darting eyes he reads judgment from. “Yet your conscience is troubled.”

“You won’t make me throw away my life,” Anders says, “just because you think I owe it.”

“If you believed I was wrong, my words would have no power over you.”

Anders falters for just a moment, considering this. Anger flares, seething against a restraint, a trap, and he struggles to tame it into scorn.

He’s tired of this play-acting.

“Just go away, spirit,” he says firmly, and snaps his fingers like he’s trying to shoo a cat. “Begone. I want to have the rest of my dream without you bothering me.”

“As you wish.” Its voice has changed; it isn’t Justice after all, truly just some spirit. Why is he disappointed? Does he want to be tormented in dreams as well as waking life, constantly scrutinized, admonished, measured and found lacking?

Could he ever not be found lacking?

The spirit dissolves and disappears, leaving Anders alone in the dead village.

“Nice and peaceful,” he says to the Fade, which, as usual, hears him without listening. “Just the way I like it.” The gates still hang open, a mist gathering beyond.

#potatowitch #dadwc #dadwc fill

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ringneckedpheasant · 2 years

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CAN THEY FALL ASLEEP WITHOUT ONE ANOTHER FOR KIERNAN/SOLAS bc I love to cry

I think Kiernan has a much tougher time of it than Solas. He’s got mixed feelings about sleeping around other people—he prefers it, when it’s someone he knows well, because he spent much of his life sharing a bed or a tent with Rhian, but he’s also got PTSD and basically can’t sleep around people he doesn’t know/trust. Before he and Solas really become friends, he still makes Solas share a tent with him because he trusts him marginally more than the other members of the inner circle, but he still has terrible insomnia for Months before he adjusts. Once he does, having Solas around does Wonders for his ability to fall asleep and stay asleep, and it takes him. a very long time to acclimate to sleeping alone again when Solas breaks up with him.

Solas on the other hand is an expert at falling asleep so I kind of doubt Kiernan’s absence would have That much of an impact on him, but. I’m sure it would take a while to adjust to not seeing Kiernan’s face first thing in the morning.

#more like it takes him a while to adjust to not waking up with kiernan’s hair in his mouth tbh #sorry this took me literally like 2 months to answer i don’t even know where this ask game is at this point wkfjskcjjsjd #kiernan x solas #kiernan lavellan #potatowitch #ask game #answered

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bitalis · 1 year

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from the weirder asks: 12. what kind of day is it? and 45. can you remember what happened yesterday?

12. what kind of day is it?: i actually just woke up but it isn’t looking too good shsjjdd

45. can you remember what happened yesterday?: yesterday i was home alone so i finally redid my poster wall and i played video games !

weird ask!

#potatowitch #✉️

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justcallmecappy · 1 year

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A closer examination of Fenris and Anders' party banter

There's two particular Anders-Fenris party banter that gets pointed out a lot as them being antagonistic to each other, but upon second readings, they both can seem like genuine attempts at connection:

Fenris: Is there something you want, Anders? Anders: You really don't have the temperament for a slave. Fenris: Is that a compliment or an insult? Anders: I'm just wondering how your master didn't kill you. Fenris: How have the templars not killed you? Anders: I'm charming.

Here, it almost seems like Anders is saying, "You rebelled against your oppressors too, huh? I had to survive by being charming. I just wonder how you did it." It was a moment of acknowledgement and recognition, that Fenris, too, rebelled against the ones who had power over him and survived, just like Anders did.

Fenris: You should have lived in Tevinter. You'd be happier there. Anders: You're probably right. Fenris: There, your magic would be a mark of honor. Apprenticed to the right Magister, you would do well. Anders: Is there a down side? Fenris: Only if you're bothered by owning a few slaves and performing the occasional blood ritual. Anders: So they all do those things? Fenris: Just the ones who don't complain about how powerless and persecuted they are.

And in this banter, it's almost as if Fenris is saying, "No, you aren't like the mages and magisters I met in Tevinter. You're different." All the 'normal' practices of Tevinter like blood rituals and owning slaves ... Fenris knows that Anders would never do that. I'm tempted to even say it was almost a compliment -- Fenris acknowledges Anders' talents as a mage, but also recognizes that Anders has no desire to social-climb, and that is what differentiates Anders from the power-hungry magisters of Tevinter.

Their banter looks like vicious sniping on the surface, but on closer inspection, they really were just a hair's breadth away from making a connection.

This banter from the 'Legacy' DLC drives me insane because it was literally right there. We were so close to a breakthrough.

Anders: When I left the Wardens, I swore I'd never spend another minute in the Deep Roads. Fenris: "Left" sounds like it was a mutual arrangement. Anders: Fine. I ran away. What's it to you? Fenris: Ran away from the Circle, ran away from the Wardens... it sounds like a habit.

(If Hawke is in a romance with Fenris)

Anders: Running away from your family, straight to Danarius. Running away from Danarius, straight to Hawke. Maybe we're more alike than you think.

(Otherwise)

Anders: And you ran away from Danarius. Maybe we're more alike than you think.

(if Varric is in the party)

Varric: I've always said so.

If only BioWare's writing had allowed them to explore that common ground and be allies, even friends. They understand each other on a level the other companions couldn't. They recognize themselves in each other, they could have supported one another because both of them know exactly what it means to be constantly on the run, looking for escape, looking for a place to belong to. Not to mention it would have been such a compelling development to their relationship!

But no, for the sake of forced grey morality, where both sides needed to be portrayed as equally good and bad, BioWare needed to use Anders and Fenris as mouthpieces for opposing sides so they couldn't allow the relationship to ever evolve past arguing with each other, despite seven years of companionship and proximity.

#the analyses of these party banter are courtesy of lesetoilesfous and potatowitch on the Fenders Discord Server #i just wanted to document it somewhere #too many people are quick to dismiss anders and fenris' relationship as just hating each other and just leave it at that #their relationship had so much potential to be so much more #but bioware never wanted to explore that potential #fenders #bioware critical #character analysis #da meta #da2 meta #dragon age 2 #fenris dragon age #anders dragon age #fenris da2 #anders da2 #fenders meta

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dadrunkwriting · 3 months

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DWC Housekeeping - Team NA/AUS/Asia

Hi all!

It's time for some DWC housekeeping - the headcount list for Team NA/AUS/Asia is about to exceed Tumblr's limit for user mentions, so we're updating the active/inactive members list. We want to make sure that everyone on the regular headcount is still interested and make life a little easier for the admins.

If you are interested in staying on the headcount list, please reply to or reblog this post with a message by Thursday, 2/22, at 11:59pm PST. If your blog name has changed, please let us know that as well!

If you want to be inactive, you do not have to do anything. If you do not reply to/reblog this post, we will assume you want to be taken off the headcount.

Reminders:

You are not required to write or participate any set number of times, so if you think you'll want to participate in the coming months, feel free to stay on the active list.

Inactive writers can become active again at any time! Just message an admin and we'll add you back to the regular headcount.

Inactive writers can always opt in for the occasional Friday! You will not be tagged in the headcount, but if you reply to the post before 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, we'll include you on the kickoff.

Regardless of whether you're active or inactive, DADWC members are always welcome to post and tag us on Friday nights. If an old prompt inspires you, write, post, and tag! (Note: please do NOT do this if you are not a DADWC member. If you'd like to sign up, message an admin!)

Our Discord is open for both active and inactive writers. Message an admin for an invite if you'd like to join!

We will reblog/tag people on this list throughout the week to make sure everyone sees it. Changes will go into effect this Friday, February 23rd.

Thanks all!

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#dwc housekeeping #team na/aus/asia

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barbex · 2 months

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Writer Game

Look what I found in my drafts!

@celemee tagged me for this, thank you! It looks short and fun, so I'm inflicting it on everybody. Tagging: @sulky-valkyrie, @effelants, @tobythewise, @andrastesknickerweasel, @mordinette, @zet-sway, @roguelioness, @potatowitch, @for-the-ninth, @anneapocalypse, @rakshadow, @contreparry, @highwayphantoms, and everybody else who wants to!

Do you write in order? Yes. I'm a discovery writer. I write the story as it appears in the headlines of my very slow car.

Do you start with something in particular? I wish I had a system. Really, it would help so much! I often start with dialogue, but then I also like starting mid blowjob scene.

How fully formed does your writing come out on the first try? Clean draft. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Okay, listen. I write, I go back, I rewrite, I fiddle here and there, I rethink, I change everything, I write again, I rewrite, I fiddle... I'm doing everything they tell you not to do. What comes out after all that is a fairly clean chapter I'll throw into the world without a second look.

How many drafts do you go through? One. I mean, it's an unholy creation of my chaotic thought process and changes form like a shapeshifter while it grows, but in the end, at least for fanfic, it's one draft and out to AO3 it goes.

I'm terrified of having to change this process for the novel I'm writing.

Tell me about your process? Gods, I wish I had one. I think it has become clear by now that I'm just diving into the story and keep throwing it all on the page. If it looks right, it stays.

This process requires for me:

Quiet time

Tea

A little bit of life, like someone else also working nearby

Wrist protector

A good and/or pretty keyboard

I'm not even kidding, look at this pretty thing:

Thanks for reading!

#tag game #writer tag game

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snowfolly · 6 months

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A super fun commission I did for @potatowitch of Alexis and her beloved Astarion talking mad shit about some fools in the Elfsong Tavern ✨ (again, thank you so much!)

#bg3 fanart #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 tav #astarion #astarion ancunin #tavstarion #astarion x tav

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darethshirl · 5 months

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soooo you know how when it comes to ask memes, normal people reblog the list and wait for others to send them asks? well. im not normal. I did THE ENTIRE LIST from here because… I’m mad with power? I guess? also I really really need to put some effort into characterising my poor bg3 ocs. and yep thats ocs plural!! I made a durge and didn’t bother to make a post for her here. so!! introductions!!

Cassiopeia, she/her. High Elf with the Noble background, Wild Magic Sorcerer. Chaotic Evil. Self-possessed with a calm outward demenour that belies her ruthlessness. Power-hungry (as is her right!!) and uncaring of how many people die in pursuit of her goals. Classy and graceful. Snooty. Loyal only to her friends and family, and she doesn’t have that many friends or family. Drawn to danger, and surprisingly cavalier about taking risks. But then again, why shouldn’t she be? She rarely faces consequences, and what her money can’t fix, her magic does.

Rin, she/they. Wood Elf, Spore Druid. Durge who resists! She’s been fascinated with death and decay ever since she was a little kid, and has been shunned as a weirdo ever since. Generally a quiet person who keeps to themself, she finds the beauty in everything, even the grotesque. But while she respects and appreciates death, she doesn’t actually like doing the killing… She’s only in act 1 so far but already she’s drowning in guilt and confusion. She’s not having a very good time at the moment, if she’s being honest. :(

(and yes theyre both romancing astarion 🤡 who else)

anyway!! let’s go! also I’m tagging @fadedsweater, @effelants, @roguelioness, @korcariiwitch and @potatowitch to do this too if they want to (yes the entire list if you have the strength!! I dare you!!) and any other hidden bg3 mutuals/followers I might have 👀

what do they smell like at their freshest? (and/or after a tenday. your choice)

Cassiopeia: Like a subtle spritz of jasmine perfume, just enough to notice but not to overwhelm. After a tenday she… still smells exactly the same, since she uses prestidigitation with impunity. No need to show any flaws when you can hide it all with magic!

Rin: Like grass and the faintest whiff of decay. After a tenday add some stale sweat, mud, and the metallic tinge of old blood.

what would their blood taste like to vampires?

Cassiopeia: Sweet and rich after a lifetime of good meals, with an aftermath of something tingly from her Wild Magic.

Rin: Her healthy lifestyle leaves her blood clear and refreshing, with an imperceptible fungal bitterness if she’s forgotten to dismiss her Spore form.

how would they kiss their LI?

Cassiopeia: In public? Proper and sweet little pecks. 😌 In private? She gets Bitey 😈

Rin: Whether in public or in private, she kisses the exact same way: arms around Astarion’s neck, eyes closed, with all her focus.

how do they sleep with their LI (what position, does one steal the blankets, is one too hot/cold, etc)?

Cassiopeia: She actually plonks down and falls into the Elf Trance pretty easily, so both she and Astarion are usually side by side in that meditation pose like weirdos 😂 Sometimes Astarion spoons her from behind in his sleep tho. She doesn’t mind.

Rin: Oh, she doesn’t sleep 🙃 Too dangerous. When she’s too exhausted to resist she basically curls into a tense tiny ball of a fetal position. She usually asks Astarion to watch over her in case she "sleepwalks" again, so he’s gotten into the habit of keeping a hand on her back.

what does their tent area look like? where do they prefer to pitch their tent (next to water, covered on three sides, etc)?

Cassiopeia: Always sets her tent by the shade. Sorry, did I say sets her tent? I meant her Mage Hands set her tent (she gets two cause she’s a sorcerer, Gale, and if that��s not proof sorcerers are the superior class she doesn’t know what IS.) She keeps the materials light and breezy, since she can always use her magic to warm the inside up if she needs to.

Rin: Under a tree OR next to a boulder OR under a tree and surrounded by boulders. The more closed-in and cozier the better. Also she genuinely doesn’t mind mud, so she might volunteer for the spot if no one else wants it.

if they had a set of dnd dice, what would they look like?

Cassiopeia: oooh this is a fun question 👀 I’d say her colour scheme is light blue ooor white/gold, so she gets a custom set made of lapis lazuli, and an opal one as back-up. All made with real gemstones, of course.

Rin: A set made of wood. She carved it herself!

do they collect anything (gems, bottles, keys, etc)?

Cassiopeia: No. Collecting things is for children.

Rin: She likes picking up cool rocks :) hasn’t had the time to look for any lately tho :(

if either, are they part of the astarion/gale book club (magic & literature) or the wyll/shadowheart book club (trashy romance novels)?

Cassiopeia: Ooooh definitely in the Gale’n’Astarion club. She waits for Gale to finish his verbal analysis essay only to respond with “I disagree.” She offers no further comment. Also she and Astarion like to make fun of any character making stupid decisions… according to them, of course.

Rin: She doesn’t actually like to read lol. She knows how to, she just… doesn’t really find it that fun, and it makes her head hurt if she reads too long. She doesn’t mind if someone reads out loud to her tho, and Wyll is usually the only willing to do it, so… trashy romance education, here we go!

if they had to be put in a “get along shirt” with a companion, who would it be?

Cassiopeia: It’s got to be Gale lol. Though really, he’s the one getting all up in a huff when Cassiopeia is surprised human wizards are actually good at magic. She’s chill. She’s not even picking a fight, she’s just stating that humans study magic for less time than elves so naturally they’re worse at being a wizard. That’s just common sense!

Rin: No one really. She’s too sad and quiet to pick arguments.

do they prefer speak with dead or speak with animals?

Cassiopeia: Speak With Dead baybeee 😎😎 She looks super cool doing it. Also fuck them dead people, they’ve got no rights.

Rin: As a druid she’s more or less obligated to cast Speak With Animals from the moment she wakes up. Just in case!!

what are their thoughts on clowns?

Cassiopeia: Pathetic. Unfunny. Food for the uncultured masses. If all clowns died out overnight nothing of value would be lost.

Rin: Clowns are fun! :) It’s always nice to bring some joy and laughter into the world.

their companions are gossiping about them behind their back! who is it and what are they saying?

Cassiopeia: “Okay but how rich do you really think she is?? Like patriar rich? Richer?? Also do you think she’s killed any of her servants. Like she seems the type to blast one with magic when displeased. Okay place your bets on how many servants she’s killed, starting bet is 500gp.”

Rin: “Hey, are they… okay…? They doesn’t look okay. 😐 I'm pretty sure they cried themself to sleep last night.”

what makes them laugh? what does their laugh sound like?

Cassiopeia: Astarion’s mean comments never fail to make her laugh. She has a restrained and surprisingly low laugh, coyly covering her mouth out of habit even when she’s in private.

Rin: She doesn’t have much to laugh about these days, but when something does surprise a laugh out of her it’s always full-bodied and earnest, making her eyes crinkle.

do they have any inside jokes among their companions?

Cassiopeia: She and Astarion share Looks ™ when the rest of the team is being too goody-goody. Also when they’re mocking an npc without bothering to open their mouths. Tadpole-to-tadpole communication baby!

Rin: She’s a bit too stressed with all the amnesia and accidental killing to make any jokes, inside or otherwise.

what’s the description of their camp clothes in the inventory menu?

Cassiopeia: Expensive, silky garments, tailor-made. The quality is unimpeachable. Might not be the best idea to traverse the wilderness in them, though.

Rin: Rough but sturdy homespun clothes. These were build to last. Ignore the suspiciously blood-like stain, that’s just spore residue. Probably.

what’s the description of their underwear in the inventory menu?

Cassiopeia: The only thing smoother than this satin is the skin underneath it. For a classy, intimate night out.

Rin: Utilitarian but comfortable. A small R is hand-stitched at the back.

how do they celebrate their birthday?

Cassiopeia: Throws a huge and lavish full-day party with hundreds of guests at her mansion, with paid entertainment and vast amounts of alcohol. She swans around in her Designer Clothes (Faerun Edition) for like an hour before she fucks off somewhere private to do the fun drugs. And maybe bang someone. It’s her birthday, after all.

Rin: She doesn’t actually know when her birthday is 🙃 And even if she did the rest of her Circle wouldn’t really care.

what modern day tv show would they binge over a weekend? do they get their LI to watch with them?

Cassiopeia: askjdh okay I think she’d binge Succession and COMPLETELY miss the entire point of it 😂😂 Logan is like legit her favourite character and she hates the kids, she finds them annoying and frustrating. Like, just stop failing!! Just be smart and competent, and then your dad will love you! How hard can it be, jesus!

Rin: oh man her life is so sad that I think she’d curl up in bed and watch a sitcom like a zombie all day long. She just needs those few hits of laughter serotonin to give her strength, you know? 🥺 I haven’t watched enough sitcoms to choose one for her, maybe Friends?? She seems like she’d like Friends. Ross is her favourite.

do you have a playlist for your tav? if so, what’s the title + description?

I DO NOT 😭😭😭 I HAVE FAILED AS AN OC CREATOR LMAO. maybe if i ever make some I’ll come back here and edit it but lets be real im not gonna do that lol. thats not how i operate. i just put all the songs on my humongous unorgonised Favourite list and then never open that list ever again

if you were to try pickpocketing them, what would they be carrying?

Cassiopeia: Carrying things is for the plebs, darling. You might get a golden ring or two though, if you’re lucky.

Rin: Healing potions, some botany ingredients, also random daggers she keeps picking up and forgetting to sell. Don't think too hard about it.

#ask meme #my oc #bg3

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v-arbellanaris · 1 year

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ship bingo for anders/justice?? i am so Unwell for them

no but youre so right. they change each other so fundamentally. how balance love and fear. how do you balance becoming a monster to save the other. you miss someone who is yourself, and not yourself at the same time. all of this is SOOO insane

#asks #potatowitch #LITERALLY CONSTANTLY ROTATING THEM

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sweetmage · 3 months

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RULES: post 5 songs associated with your oc, followed by 3 outfits they would wear

Tagged by: @insanefan (thank you!!)

Songs:

Act 1 + 2 / Act 3 / Post-Canon

Tagging:

@vivispec @nowandthane @wyllwithay @snowfolly @potatowitch @azureweave @sillyliterature @gothic-ivory and whoever else would Iike to!! 💖

#tag game #oc: rhidyl #long post

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sunnygalaxyfox · 1 year

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Fenders commission for @potatowitch!

#fenders #fenris #anders #dragon age #dragon age 2 #SunnyGalaxyFox art

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pappykins · 1 month

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Last Line Challenge!

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

thanks for the tag @pinkfadespirit!!

"Anders!" Fenris calls out, making his way towards the back area that served as Anders' makeshift bedroom. "Mage, are you hurt?"

(I can't think of nearly enough people to tag for every word but I'll give it my level best. anyone who wants to do it feel free to pretend I tagged you)

@transluisserra @courtofparrots @the-cryptographer @tobythewise @sulky-valkyrie @barbex @kerfanna @calicostorms @glowing-blue-feathermage @pierogipie @syrupwit @sunnygalaxyfox @potatowitch @flashhwing @dismalzelenka

#last line challenge #fenders wip

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anderstrevelyan · 8 months

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Happy words day!! (and I have something to share!)

I'm working on a (five chapter?) prequel fic for Valas, so there's some Dark Urge backstory spoilers ahead. This bit is from the first night he meets Enver Gortash.

(I guess this is also a public confession that there's Dark Urge/Gortash going on in my worldstate and brain and heart? Anyway—)

The musicians are pitched a little too high, and the food just to the left of tasteless. It’s far from what he would have chosen, were he the one to pull together such an evening—what he will choose, when he’s the one they’ll all look to in awe. Still, such a gathering serves its purpose. It’s only wise, for a first meeting with an infamous killer to have plenty of potential witnesses. Even if all these Upper City wretches are much too absorbed with themselves to notice more than the vintage of wine, or the feathered finery on the fanciest of masks. No one’s spared even a glance to his own, the horns and teeth once worn by the Church of Bane obscuring half his face. It’s perfect, really, in a city where even the Zhentarim have forgotten his god’s tyrannical might. The very picture of danger, hidden in plain sight, right where they feel their safest. Fitting, given what he’s invited Valas DeVir here to finally discuss. Enver has to admit, he’s intrigued. Even before he’d heard his god’s voice boom in his dreams, urging a return of the dark triumvate’s old alliance, he’d made use of Bhaal’s Chosen. Enver has never admired murder for murder’s sake, all its unsubtle brutality—but when you aim to rule from the shadows, as Bane has ordained him to do, there’s nothing more valuable than a trusted assassin. He hasn’t hired another in months, as he’s tightened his hold on the Gate’s smuggling networks. DeVir is cold and efficient, enough to stay hidden, to keep his commissioner’s deniability intact, and at the same time so creative, theatrical even, that there’s no mistaking the deadly message as mere accident. The man’s an artist. But until Enver sees him across the hall—dark jacket and expensive trousers tight to narrow hips, a mask sewn with small teardrops of red, tall for a half-elf, so he has to tilt his head to meet that violent violet gaze—he hadn’t known he’d be a work of art, too.

Tagging @potatowitch @sulky-valkyrie @poetikat @milesmentis @spindleweedss @my-dumb-obsessions @mxanigel @effelants @mxkelsifer and anyone else who sees this and wants to share—I'd love to see what you're working on! (And here's the post to be added/removed from the list for future shares.)

#bg3 #bg3 fanfiction #the dark urge #enver gortash #dark urge/gortash #durgetash #my writing #wip wednesday #valas devir #dark urge spoilers

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