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baejax-the-great · 4 months

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Saw this on r/AO3 and I can't stop thinking of Balls That Glitter

#high flying balls #where the balls forget #or juliafied's face to balls

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johaerys-writes · 8 months

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WIP Wednesday

... and I can't believe it's only Wednesday 😅 It’s been a loooong week you guys

But I have been working on the next chapter of you're a walking disaster and yet--, where Achilles and Pat seem unable to stay out of trouble:

“Look, kid, I’m not saying you’re lying,” he says, though it’s obvious that he thinks Achilles is lying, “but I have to tell you, this doesn’t look good. Vandalism is a serious offence.”

“You think I don’t know? Mr. Chiron keeps telling us that,” Achilles counters hotly. “That doesn’t mean—”

“If you aren’t going to be helpful about this, the only thing I can do is take you to the police station, and hope you change your mind there.”

Patroclus’ blood runs cold. He looks from Achilles to the policemen and back. “You can’t,” he says, breathless, “you can’t do that. You—you have no proof.”

“This proof enough for you?” the other policeman says, the older one, glaring at Patroclus as he gestures at the graffiti. “Now beat it before we take you in as well.”

Patroclus can only stare as the man lays a hand on Achilles’ shoulder and leads him to the parked police car. Achilles protests loudly as he lets them walk him there, but still doesn’t make any move to run away or shake their grip off him. Even he knows that trying to stop or resist this will only make matters worse.

The wise thing to do, Patroclus knows, would be to walk away and thank his luck that he wasn’t taken in as well. He should go back home and call Peleus, and ask him to come back to Phthia from his business trip post haste to deal with this. He should keep his head down and figure out a way out of this mess, for both of them.

Just as Achilles is about to get into the police car, Patroclus takes a step forward.

“Hey,” he says. “Fuck you.”

The young policeman turns to look at him in question.

“What was that?”

Patroclus’ heart is slamming madly against his ribcage. He glances at Achilles, who is also watching him with avid curiosity, then at the men looming over him. He takes a breath and swallows hard.

“F—fuck the police.”

Achilles’ eyes go wide as saucers. The older man turns around to face him fully, glaring at him under dark and bushy brows. “Care to say that again, son?”

The policeman’s chest is puffed out and his fists resting at his hips, where his gun and taser are. Patroclus bites back a whimper when the man takes a step towards him.

“All… all cops are bastards?” he tries, mumbling shakily.

The man’s eyes narrow. Patroclus has the strongest urge to cry.

“I cannot believe you swore at a cop,” Achilles cackles as soon as the holding cell door is banged closed behind them. “What were you even thinking?”

Tagging forth to @baejax-the-great @juliafied @vimlos @elveny @mogwaei @figsandphiltatos @pikapeppa @annalyia @darlingpoppet @darlingsart @elemmacil @peggy-sue-reads-a-book @cosmicvoidance @cataliinaa @heypax and anyone else who would like to share a snippet of their work, art or fic! (No pressure as always of course, this is just me saying hi 😁)

#patrochilles #the song of achilles #achilles #patroclus #tsoa #hades game #achilles/patroclus #achilles x patroclus #wip meme #johaerys writes

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noire-pandora · 1 year

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Happy Wednesday, everyone. Here’s a bit from Daughter of Fire, chapter 13 aka Elluin has too many secrets and suddenly everyone will know about them.Val Royeaux.

The city of radiant abundance shaped Elluin's life more than any other place. In the shadow of the grandiose palaces, she had learned to live among humans and to read the fine threads of truth hidden behind their masks.

When her adoptive father died, the grief of walking alone on the same streets they once roamed drove her to run away and never look back. She renounced the inheritance Hirrum had left her, even though she had promised never to forget him.

For ten years Elluin successfully avoided the beckoning of her second home. For ten long years she pretended that her heart belonged to no place.

With every step the horse took, the years in Val Royeaux came back to her mind, and the vivid memories of the good and bad days she had spent in her adoptive father's bookshop brought tears to her eyes. Tears she could only hold back with difficulty before her companions noticed her grief.

"Sparks, what's going on?" Varric startled her as he spurred the smaller horse and rode closer to Elluin. "You're paler than usual."

Of course Varric had noticed her distress. Hiding her feelings from the man was as futile as hoping that morning would never come.

"I'm fine," she said, waving her hand in front of her face where a group of pesky flies buzzed about. "The flies irritate me."

"Sure they are. Listen, if you want to talk about it ..."

"That's just it, Varric, I don't want to talk about it," she said through clenched teeth. Glory - the magnificent grey horse she rode - sensed her distress and shook his head three times, neighed softly. "I'm sorry, boy," she stroked the horse's head to reassure him. A twinge of guilt quelled her growing annoyance at Varric's persistence. She had often wondered if horses could sense the connection she had with Rage and the power it offered.

"Varric, stop bothering the Herald," Cassandra stepped in when he opened his mouth to insist. "She does not want to speak about her problems, leave her alone."

Tag list:

#wip wednesday #elluin #varric #cassandra #dof #daughter of fire herald of spirit

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midnightprelude · 1 year

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Tagging @baejax-the-great, @johaerys-writes, @in-arlathan, @juliafied, and @musetta3! Also tagging @dismalzelenka, @sulky-valkyrie, @dalish-rogue, @pierogipie, @anderstrevelyan, @anatidae-dragonage, @thedastrash, and @highwayphantoms from the Secret Sanders server!

I’ll share a snippet from a fic that didn’t quite get finished for Secret Sanders and one from an original work!

“I didn’t expect it to feel familiar after all this time,” Dorian murmured, wrapping an arm around Anders’ waist, and despite the heat, Anders returned the gesture.

Damp and hot. He was going to melt, but Dorian had returned to Tevinter for the first time in fifteen years. He needed support, not his partner complaining - however legitimately - about the weather. “You spent over twenty years breathing this air. It’s your home.”

And an original one:

He stared at the living room he’d left only about an hour before. Clothes he’d piled comfortably like pillows on the couch. Sweaters collected on the floor for sorting and donation. Socks he hadn’t found matches for. All gone.

Who stole mismatched socks?

And the sink was empty.

Mismatched socks and dishes? And sheets? he wondered as he went into the bedroom. Mattress stripped down.

How was he even supposed to report this? ‘Yes, officer. I met him at a bar. I don’t know his last name. He fucked me sideways. Then I fucked him sideways. Then he stole a bunch of random shit no one would want-‘

#midnight writes #oftachancer writes #midnight's original fiction #dragon age fanfiction #wip wednesday

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in-arlathan · 1 year

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Writer's Round-up 2022

It's that time of the year again! Time to have a look at what I've achieved and celebrate a bit! <3

Thank you @midnightprelude and @barbex for the tags. Tagging forward to @johaerys-writes, @mogwaei, @serial-chillr, @faerieavalon, @juliafied, @dreadfutures, @baejax-the-great, @thebookworm0001, @rosella-writes and anyone who likes to join.

Let's goooooo!!

Words written (published or not, WIPs included!): So, having a look at my writing tracker, it seems like I've written 110,515 new words in 2022. This includes a lot of WIPs that I started and then put on hold or had to put in the trash because they weren't working. All in all, my writing year looks like this:

Adding to that, I published around 100k words across 4 novellas. I had to edit those original works a lot in 2022, so I'm not counting them as “new words written” but I celebrate the publication of those works nonetheless.

Smut scenes: Like, 4? I think? I'm not really a smut writer, although I do like to write them from time to time.

New things I tried: Hmmm… I'm not sure if I tried new stuff this year. I've continued working on the stories I had already started and picked up writing original works again. But I did participate in exchanges like @dasmutquisition and @arlathanxchange for the first time, which was really cool. The exchanges were a surprise to me and made me write for ships I've never written for, which was a challenge and a rewarding experience at the same time. I also did a giveaway at the start of the year that resulted in 3 fics that were so much fun to write! So I guess gifting others with fics was a new thing I tried in 2022.

Fic I spent the most time on: “The Rebel's Ascension”. This fic was such a massive undertaking and took a lot of time to write and edit.

Fic I spent the least time on: I was talking to @noire-pandora one day on Twitter, and then the silly idea of “A Wolf's Wardrobe” emerged. It took me about 30 minutes to write.

Favorite thing I wrote: No surprise here: “The Rebel's Ascension”. I spend more than 3 years on that fic and I'm super proud of it. I can't believe I finally finished it in 2022.

Favorite thing I read: I didn't read that much fic this year (sadly) but I absolutely loved “Ouroboros” by cedarmoons. I also want to give a shoutout to “An Immodest Proposal” by @midnightprelude, which was a gift I received for an exchange.

Writing goals for next year: All in all, I'm pretty happy with the things I wrote and all the projects I've got planned to write in 2023 including “The Rebel's Ruin”, some other DA fics and more original works. That being said, I really REALLY want to increase my yearly word count to 200k. There are so many stories I want to tell and I really need to get a move on. Let's see if I can do it. :)

And that's it for this year. I wish you all the best for 2023. <3

#writing #end of the year #writers round up

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nerdierholler · 1 year

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I posted 2,671 times in 2022

231 posts created (9%)

2,440 posts reblogged (91%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@hexcore-juggler

@barbex

@ejunkiet

@felassan

@juliafied

I tagged 2,546 of my posts in 2022

Only 5% of my posts had no tags

#dragon age - 639 posts

#mass effect - 576 posts

#life at nerdy holler - 244 posts

#hades game - 200 posts

#fenris - 138 posts

#redacted asmr - 131 posts

#garrus vakarian - 110 posts

#twc - 99 posts

#kaidan alenko - 83 posts

#lavellan - 78 posts

Longest Tag: 122 characters

#but i was thinking about the fancy guilded age mansions that got torn down and turned into apartments and office buildings

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

So I was just going to listen to one or two more episodes of Inversion before falling asleep…hahahaha…no. Listened to all of it last night and it was i n t e n s e. I was trying not to wake up the hubs so I was just laying in bed going on a silent facial expression journey for all of that. I don’t know how I would have listened to it live and had to wait between episodes.

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#4

I started this design from @shitpostsampler last May before I messed up my shoulder. It’s taken me over a year to be able to do cross stitch for more than a few minutes without pain. So it’s small and it isn’t perfect, but it is done which is something I wasn’t sure would ever happen. I’m very happy.

29 notes - Posted October 3, 2022

#3

Uhh, that’s some good googling you did for your Jif peanut butter story…

37 notes - Posted May 22, 2022

#2

See the full post

43 notes - Posted January 29, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The Halloween cat quilt is done! Before Halloween and everything!

The free pattern I used is here.

88 notes - Posted October 22, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #life at nerdy holler #about what I expected

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lua-sagittarius · 2 years

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So as Hawke dug the hole and just… kept digging and digging I’d just go “oh no” and “just wait until Bethany and Isabela hear about this” as I read XD

As I excitedly await for chapter 20 i doodled the exact scenario that came up in my mind XD

I can’t wait to read the real thing

I’m simply obsessed @juliafied ‘s Love All fanfic, you should go read it I think it would be a great decision in your part

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blarrghe · 2 years

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tagged in the last line game by @rosella-writes, thanks! You're supposed to tag as many people as words, so tagging forward @transfenris-truther @elvhenfaer @m-m-m-myysurana and @fandomn00blr @inquisitoracorn and @juliafied, curious what you guys are working on! My actual last line was THE END, because I finished writing AHWT yesterday (!!) but here's a line from that ;)

And then they went to the bedroom.

#it's sexy time #ahwt #;))))

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baejax-the-great · 5 months

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Fave fics of 2023

I read almost exclusively Achilles x Patroclus fics this year 😅😅Here is a sampling of some of my faves--some that were posted this year, and some that I only read this year.

Completed fics:

was it my august by archangelgf (Achilles x Patroclus, E). 18 year old popstar Achilles is the hottest mess in all of LA, and his father asks his ex-best friend (ex-something) Patroclus to help out. Achilles is such a mess. Just such a mess.

Twin Flames by @johaerys-writes (Achilles x Patrolcus, E). Prince and squire AU in which Patroclus didn't follow Achilles to Mount Pelion. After years of separation, Patroclus returns to Achilles' service in order to escort him to his betrothal.

Flowers for the Dead and Living by firefly_quill (Achiles x Patroclus, T). After mob violence ended Patroclus's medical career (and resulted in Achilles' disappearance), Pat gets a job in a flower shop. Very sweet.

Feral and Stray by littlelamblittlelamb. Achilles x Patroclus (E). In rural Australia in the 1950s, Achilles and Patroclus have a complicated-and frankly fucked up-relationship. Mind the content warnings on this one.

On the Ropes by red_smear. Achilles x Patroclus x Zagreus (E). Patroclus and Achilles are hella divorced, and the history is juicy. Zagreus accidentally forms relationships with them both while trying to win enough money boxing to get out of town.

Fugue by @swaps55. Shepard x Kaidan (M) Kaidan's life during the missing two years. Devastating. Gorgeous. I want to take the chapter where the Normandy is blown apart and post it on my wall.

Fics I hope to see in 2024 (aka WIPs)

Where the Dead Forget by @darlingpoppet (Achilles x Patroclus, M). Whilst Achilles is acting as a guard to the House of Hades, Patroclus drinks from the Lethe and forgets him entirely. Achilles grieves all over again.

you’re a walking disaster, and yet- by @johaerys-writes. Achilles x Patroclus (T). Pat and Achilles growing up in modern rural Greece. They both have issues, but now they have each other.

Face to Face by @juliafied. Zagreus x Thanatos (M). Thanatos comes across a familiar face on a dating app. Thanatos swipes right.

When Death Incarnate Got Banished to France by Marro (G). Thanatos is kicked out of the Underworld and trying to live like the mortals do in France. He gets a cat.

#fic rec #I need more wips to follow #what's everyone else reading #patrochilles #thanzag #five fic friday #except it's more than five fics

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johaerys-writes · 8 months

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WIP Wednesday

It's that time of the week! Now that I'm back from vacations I've been working on the next chapter of you're a walking disaster and yet-, which is very close to being finished (but augh, the heartbreak):

“So this is how it’s going to be now? You’ll just sit there by yourself and not talk to anybody?”

Patroclus glances up at Achilles, his humble lunch of bread and cheese forgotten in his hands. The sun blinds him and hurts his eyes. Achilles is glaring at him, arms folded before his chest. His eyes are hard and his jaw is set, a muscle playing at his temple.

“Not anybody,” Patroclus says. “Just you.”

“Well, too fucking bad, you’re talking to me right now. So just give up the act, okay? It isn’t funny anymore.”

Patroclus' anger flares hot. The fucking mouth on him. “Get out of my face, Achilles.”

Achilles tsks, planting his feet even more firmly on the ground. “What did I even say to you, huh? What did I say? I just said—”

Patroclus doesn’t wait to hear the rest of it. He shoves his lunch back in his bag and gets up. Recess will be over soon anyway, he doesn’t have time for this pointless conversation.

Achilles catches his arm.

“Why are you being like this?” he asks, his voice hard, but Patroclus thinks he can detect a sharp and desperate edge there. “I told you I didn’t mean it like that. If you’d stayed for just one minute…”

The words peter out into nothingness. When Patroclus doesn’t turn around to look at him, he lets out a shaky sigh. “Pat, come on,” he whispers. “Please.”

This is the moment, Patroclus thinks. The moment to take the hair tie off his wrist and toss it at his feet, to trample it in the dust for good measure, to pay him back with the same coin. It would be so good if he could do that. It would only be fair. It would make him feel so much better about… all of this.

The moment the thought crosses his mind, he knows it for the lie it is. He can’t do it. Can’t find it in his heart to cross that line. Maybe he’s just a coward deep down, soft and weak like his father always told him, but he doesn’t want to hurt Achilles, not even in retaliation. Whatever twisted fantasy he had of doing that tastes bitter now that he’s near him. Hurting him would only hurt Patroclus more. And deep down he knows that even though Achilles didn’t keep his promise, Patroclus is still so desperate to hold onto his own. So desperate for this, for him, that it shames him.

“I have to go,” he mutters, before he can lose his nerve. He slips free of Achilles’ grasp and hurries back to the classroom, with minutes until the end of recess to spare.

Tagging forth to @baejax-the-great @juliafied @vimlos @pinkfadespirit @elveny @mogwaei @figsandphiltatos @mary-aries @pikapeppa @midnightprelude @annalyia @gloriesunsung @darlingpoppet @darlingsart @elemmacil @peggy-sue-reads-a-book @crunchyncrumbly @sketchass @cosmicvoidance and anyone else who would like to share a snippet of their work, art or fic! (No pressure as always of course, this is just me saying hi 😁)

#wip wednesday #patrochilles #tsoa #the song of achilles #hades game #the iliad #achilles #patroclus #johaerys writes

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noire-pandora · 2 years

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It's been a while since I've shared something for Six Sentence Sunday, and I had no plans to share anything today. I got the sudden urge to practice Solas' speech pattern so here we are.

"You truly feel no remorse at the destruction you will bring? At the souls you will shatter?" asked Wisdom, as the ruins of an empire collapsed again and again in the Fade– a daily spectacle of annihilation Solas endured to remind himself of the calamity his decisions brought.

"Why should I? They are not alive, but merely the echo of a grandiose purpose, lost in the vastness of ignorance. They are not alive, ergo, I struggle not at the thought of their demise."

"But I, too, am an echo of a purpose. Wisdom, as you call me. An echo of their minds. Would you see me destroyed as well, with no remorse?"

"It is a mistake to see yourself as a reflection," Solas protested, "when they are a reflection of your purpose. You are whole. They are not."

Tag list under the read more. Let me know if you don't want to be tagged/want to be tagged more.

#six sentence sunday #solas #dragon age

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midnightprelude · 1 year

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Fic Writer Summary 2022

Tagged by @barbex, thank you! Tagging forward to @in-arlathan, @baejax-the-great, @juliafied, and @johaerys-writes.

Words written (published or not, WIPs included!): Oh god, I don’t really keep track. I write with oftachancer pretty much every day so it’s impossible to really say who wrote what. Ao3 says I posted 679k this year, but I know some of those were started last year or before. We’ve also written 3 novels and have a novella and a few more original novels started (all this year). Who knows, really. 😅

Smut scenes: Probably a lot! Each of the novels has at least 1 and I published 14 E-rated fics this year, which each would have at least 1.

New things I tried: This was the year of original works! We have one novel in beta editing and two with just a couple of chapters left. We’ve also started some fun ideas (a post-apocalyptic world and a ghost story romance) that I’m looking forward to getting back to!

Fic I spent the most time on: Hmm… Technically we finished posting Underneath the Bough this year, which was 270k, so… that one.

Fic I spent the least time on: Maybe Of One Spirit? I think that was 3 20-minute sprints.

Favourite thing I wrote: Taking the Grey (Felix Alexius x Carver Hawke) or Shadows and Silk (The Architect of Beauty x the Watchman of Night)

Favourite thing I read: I don’t read much fic, unfortunately, but I loved Black Mass by in-arlathan. I love reading takes on Dorian x Rilienus! Plus, it was a gift for me, so how could I not?

Writing goals for next year: Finish books 2 and 3 of our series and get them ready to publish! Write a wlw novel or two! Get better at designing original characters!

#midnight speaks #end of the year

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in-arlathan · 2 years

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Author Self Rec List

When you get this, reply with your favourite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love.

I've been tagged to do this a good while back by @noire-pandora, @johaeryslavellan and @musetta3 – thank y'all! – but I was so swamped with work that I didn't have the time to put together a fine self-rec list. But now the time has finally come!

To subvert expectation, I will not be gushing about "The Rebel's Ascension" again. I do that pretty often on this blog already, lol. No, I want to share all of my favorite fics I write as gifts for other people in the DA fandom. Because writing those fics has made me very happy and has taught me so much at the same time. So let's take it from the top...

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Black Mass

Fandom: Dragon Age | Rating: E | Ship: Dorian/Rilienus

This one I wrote for @midnightprelude during 2022's @dasmutquisition. It was a major challenge because I wanted it to be an homage to her and oftachancer's fic "Pour Forth Thy Soul in Ecstasy" (which is *amazing*) while also giving it my own twist. I had to invent a bunch of Tevinter lore but I'm super happy with how this turned out!

» Read on AO3

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The Sweetest Spark

Fandom: Dragon Age | Rating: E | Ship: Abelas/Merrill

The latest addition to my gift fics: This one is an Abelas/Merrill one-shot for @amarmeme during 2022's @arlathanxchange. This is the rarest of rarepairs but I thoroughly enjoyed writing about these two together. I never considered this ship before but they stole my heart away!

» Read on AO3

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Dismantling the Dread Wolf

Fandom: Dragon Age | Rating: G | Characters: Merrill, Solas

This fic was my first time writing Merrill's POV and I enjoyed the heck out of it. It was so much fun to explore her character while at the same time giving Solas a very hard time, lol. This was a gift for @barbex from my 1,000 Follower Giveaway

» Read on AO3

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Stormheart

Fandom: Dragon Age | Rating: Teen | Ship: Blackwall/F!Adaar

Another fic from my 1,000 Follower Giveaway, this time for @effelants. I was task to do a There's Only One Bed for Blackwall and Adaar and went for There's Only One Haystack instead. It was so much fun writing this. <3

» Read on AO3

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Destiny's Shadow

Fandom: Dragon Age | Rating: E | Characters: M!Trevelyan, F!Lavellan

Not only was this designed to be a gift for my dear friend @johaeryslavellan, it's also a study of her OC Tristan Trevelyan who I adore to little pieces. He's such a wonderful mess and delightfully complicated characters, I'm blessed that I was allowed to write something for and with him.

» Read on AO3

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And there you have it. Got to admit that I love how the giveaways and exchanges make me branch out and explore new characters and ships. All these fics differ wildly from each other but I really enjoy how each of them turned out. I hope you will too! :3

Not sure who's done this list before (feel free to tag me in existing lists so I can check them out) but tagging forward to: @dreadfutures, @hollyand-writes, @inquisitoracorn, @little-lightning-lavellan, @juliafied, and anyone else who'd like to do a self rec list.

#dragon age #dragon age fanfiction #fanfiction #fic rec #self rec #author self rec list #tagged

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nerdierholler · 2 years

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5 Things You Never Get Tired of Writing

I was tagged by @vryptidart and I love this one.

Domestic Fluff - I don't write as much of this as I should, but OMG it's a huge weak spot. Give me the low stakes cuddles and arguments over what's for dinner.

Slice of Life/The In Betweens - Very closely related to my love of domestic fluff but I love the mundane and thinking about the things that happen in a game or show when we aren't seeing all of the action. Doesn't need to be fluffy but for me usually isn't sad either.

Bittersweet - I seem to get drawn to this one over and over. Things are alright, but not really, or we pretend they are when they aren't. Chef's kiss for the the feels.

Prompts - This isn't a style or trope but dang it if I don't love a good prompt fill. I like having a direction to start in and it sometimes takes me places I wouldn't have gone to on my own.

Broken People Trying to Hold it Together - So many of my OCs fit in this one. They have to be strong for others or the world but inside it's all falling apart if anyone would take the time to look past the bravado and see.

Tagging (if you want) @hexcore-juggler, @juliafied @shadoedseptmbr and @barbex

#life at nerdy holler

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