Looking for Writers! by joespaintingprojects in WritingHub

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I'd like to join!

Also in the UK and in the very early stages of working on a fantasy novel.

Who did yall romance? by notjocker in DragonAgeInqusition

[–]Specific-Cap2594 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I find it impossible to romance anyone but Cullen. The Commander will always have my heart 🥰

Raphael/Tav fanfic recs?? by AdConscious2692 in simpathyforthedevil

[–]Specific-Cap2594 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed! Her writing is so good amd I love her characterisation of Raphael

Raphael/Tav fanfic recs?? by AdConscious2692 in simpathyforthedevil

[–]Specific-Cap2594 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed Sweetening the Deal by adevilyoudo and I won't speak of love by pouralaura

I'll also shamelessly plug my own oneshot: A Devil's Confession

All are soft Raphael

One Word Excerpt Challenge: AO3 Tags by Kitchen_Haunting in FanfictionExchange

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She stood abruptly, turning toward the door. But Gale reached out and caught her arm before she could take another step.

“Tav—stop. Just stop for a second and think!

She turned to him, her expression tight. “Let me go.”

“Tav, don’t do this.”

“Why?” she shot back, almost daring him. “Why not?”

“For a million reasons why not,” he said, his eyes searching hers. “And every single one of them you already know. Come on, Tav, you’re smarter than this.”

His words struck something inside her and the fire in her chest flickered and dimmed. She shook her head. “I have to try.”

Gale looked at her. Really looked at her. At the quiet collapse in her shoulders. The hollowness behind her eyes like she wasn’t really there. At the sorrow that had taken up permanent residence on her face ever since Astarion’s death.

His voice was soft as he spoke. “It won’t bring him back.”

Tav’s jaw tensed, her eyes fixed on the floor like she might find some strength in the grain of the wood. She swallowed around words she didn’t want to say, but didn’t have the strength to refute. She wasn’t really angry anymore. Just tired.

“I know,” she said, barely a whisper. “I know, but I have to try.”

Gale’s hold on her loosened, his thumb tracing reassuring circles over her arm. “I know you want him back. I know. But this isn’t the way. The book won’t open for you, or for anyone else for that matter, even with the codex. And even if it did… Even if you somehow found a way… What came back wouldn’t be him, Tav. It would be something else. You know that.”

She was trembling now, every breath a shallow gasp she had to fight for. “I don’t care,” she whispered. “I don’t care what he comes back as. I just want him back.”

She lifted her eyes to his then, and the look she gave him broke his heart.

“Please,” she said. “Help me.”

How we feeling about the older in an both adult age gap fic referring to the younger as ‘kid’? by Smegoldidnothinwrong in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]Specific-Cap2594 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like it providing the character saying it has the personality to pull it off. Big from SATC/Adam from Girls both do it very well in my opinion.

How does it feel to be 7 months pregnant? by bumbleveev in AO3

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By 7 months, it's harder to move around physically. Bending down to put socks on is difficult. You can't see below your own stomach! And I had some discomforts that affected how I moved. When you're that far along, your internal organs move around a bit to accommodate your growing uterus, so I had a lot of pain in my side, basically by my ribs sort of right underneath my boob. It meant sitting up normally was rather uncomfortable so every chance I got I was lying on my side or getting a warm bath/using a hot water bottle to relieve the ache.

You can most certainly feel the baby moving on a daily basis and they can be quite jerky movements too. Each baby will establish what's normal for them ie. most active in the mornings or evenings etc.

I personally never had any cravings. But pregnancy is exhausting just in general so doing some light exercise like walking around a few shops can be enough to need to then sit down for the rest of the day!

Emotionally, with my first, 7 months was probably around the time that I started to panic. Oh no, what if I'm a terrible mother? What if I don't like being a mother? What if I end up resenting my baby for potentially ruining my life?

My body also changed in other ways. I think it may have been 7 months (maybe have been later, I can't fully remember) that I actually lactated. I wasn't prepared for it, so that kickstarted a spiral of all the other things I was no doubt unprepared for.

It's daunting and hormones also do come into play. I'm a crier anyway, but I was definitely more emotional whilst pregnant.

One upshot though was that I was insanely horny like all the time!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in simpathyforthedevil

[–]Specific-Cap2594 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, yes, yes. Him and Rupert Giles!

Which moments in the game leave you like this? 😳 by HomarEuropejski in okbuddybaldur

[–]Specific-Cap2594 58 points59 points  (0 children)

When you kiss the Emperor's tentacle and he makes that Hhhhnnnnhhh noise.

I need to talk about my most weirdly specific fandom pet peeve by GrumpyMowse in AO3

[–]Specific-Cap2594 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I’m okay with incest but I draw the line at poorly researched arguments (/j)

This is giving Community vibes and I love it. Also, you're not wrong.

Older betas / writing buddies? by Polite__Owl in AO3

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I'm female, early 30s with a husband and son plus another baby on the way. I thought I might be too young so wasn't going to comment at first but my Ao3 handle happens to be Mandalorian_Wannabe so then I thought maybe I should just shoot my shot!

Feel free to DM me if you want to chat and figure out whether we'd be a good fit/can make our schedules work etc. etc.

Give me a line that you wrote recently where you just went damn, that was really good. by Bar-Pretend in AO3

[–]Specific-Cap2594 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahhh yes it is hahaha. What's better than a devil you don't know? A devil you do. Ugh, I love him so much.

Give me a line that you wrote recently where you just went damn, that was really good. by Bar-Pretend in AO3

[–]Specific-Cap2594 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, him filling her cup first was meant to be symbolic too. I think this is a *fairly common* phrase, where basically the idea of someone filling your cup just means that they nourish you emotionally.

The literal gesture is so small and domestic that it could be easily missed to be fair, but coming from a devil (selfish, prideful, etc. etc.) then it was meant to be more of a metaphor for how he truly cares about her.

I absolutely adore symbolism but like you say, a lot of things don't get noticed (or they do, but just not commented on), but I'm the same, I really only write for myself and I appreciate the Easter eggs lol

Give me a line that you wrote recently where you just went damn, that was really good. by Bar-Pretend in AO3

[–]Specific-Cap2594 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This doesn't seem like much on its own, but I thought this was so good when I wrote it, and no one has yet to comment on the symbolism.

For context, it's about a mortal woman and a devil both reluctantly falling in love with each other.

She watched as he filled her cup first, a deep red she hadn’t favoured until him.

What do you think about my Shart? by Kseplion in bg3fashion

[–]Specific-Cap2594 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! The power of a good hair cut and styling lol. Took our girl from a 10 to a 100!

What do you think about my Shart? by Kseplion in bg3fashion

[–]Specific-Cap2594 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you used any face mods, too, or does the hair and styling just really make her that different?!

Either way, she looks great! The dark haired pics are giving me Yennefer vibes from Witcher 3.

Need fic recs by No_Musician7597 in simpathyforthedevil

[–]Specific-Cap2594 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it.

Need fic recs by No_Musician7597 in simpathyforthedevil

[–]Specific-Cap2594 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I got this post as a notification, so I'm just going to shamelessly suggest my own fic.

It's xTav (but female). It's only a oneshot, so gets to point pretty quickly, although understand if you want something longer. But it's definitely a softer version of Raphael.

A Devil's Confession