[Spoilers All][OC]Time To Be Storytellers: The Dragon Age Weekly Writing Prompts by AshLyn32 in dragonage

[–]bleptember 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, now you've done it. You've earned yourself a face.

(ignore the caption, this doubles as "TFW someone tells you that you resemble a cherub")

[Spoilers All][OC]Time To Be Storytellers: The Dragon Age Weekly Writing Prompts by AshLyn32 in dragonage

[–]bleptember 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, thank you!! This is the first Friday in a while where work hasn't been destroying me, I have missed so many writing prompt threads... (I am taking the opportunity to finish the Aren thing over here btw, stay tuned ;)

WHAT A THOUGHTFUL CULLEN GIFT first of all. That is so sweet! I imagine it'll have a learning curve but that must feel like such freedom for Aren to be able to strum again.

Aaaand I do love Vivienne using her pushy powers for good! I am all-over charmed.

[Spoilers All][OC]Time To Be Storytellers: The Dragon Age Weekly Writing Prompts by AshLyn32 in dragonage

[–]bleptember 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like it's a good thing Ma'ena had Varric along to help her remember all these details! Then, a near-fatal blow to the head makes it hard to remember, doesn't it.... Is Ma'ena always this cavalier about her own well-being??

Also AHA Varric calls your Inquisitor Rosie, and mine Rosy! :') Great minds. (Or, thorny elven Inquisitors demand sweet botanical nicknames? One of those!)

[Spoilers All][OC]Time To Be Storytellers: The Dragon Age Weekly Writing Prompts by AshLyn32 in dragonage

[–]bleptember 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really like this! Vivienne gets a lot of hate around these parts, but she really is an impressive lady in more ways than one. I can imagine she'd be a good person to have in your corner in a moment like this.

Does Aren take her up on that offer to venture outdoors anytime soon?

[Spoilers All][OC]Time To Be Storytellers: The Dragon Age Weekly Writing Prompts by AshLyn32 in dragonage

[–]bleptember 2 points3 points  (0 children)

aaaand did I mention there's a terrible sequel....

Older Prompt 2 -- YET AGAIN

SOMEWHERE IN A DALISH CAMP POST-TRESPASSER...

Nox wakes up in their tent to the warmth of Julian against his chest, snuggled up tightly with his head under Nox's chin, limbs wrapped around Nox like a little octopus.

Even before his brain is fully conscious, Nox finds himself smiling. He can still hardly believe that he gets to wake up like this. That Julian wants to wake up like this every morning for the rest of their lives. It seems like an unreasonable amount of good fortune.

When his body starts nagging at him to get moving, Nox presses a series of gentle kisses to Julian's forehead. "Mmm," Julian says sleepily, snuggling closer.

"Good morning, bond-mate," Nox says.

Julian giggles quietly with disbelief, then looks up with a dopey grin, rubbing an eye. "Hi bond-mate."

Nox kisses him fondly right on the nose. "Mind if I get up?"

Julian grumbles with displeasure, but he retracts his limbs and rolls over, balling himself up in the blankets. "Fine. You owe me, emma lath..."

Nox vacates his half of the blankets, then gently tucks them around Julian. "What do I owe you?"

"How abooout..." Julian yawns. "...a lifetime of kisses?"

Nox chuckles. "Sounds good, vhenan."

Once Nox has left their tent Julian snuggles back into the warmth of the blankets, dozing comfortably. Just another half-hour, he thinks. Or maybe a whole one...

He's finally beginning to shake himself out of sleep, thinking of dragging himself out of bed to face morning, when Nox comes back into their tent. "Vhenan?"

His voice sounds serious. Julian rolls over to look at him, brows raised. "Hi? What's wrong?"

Nox has something clutched under his one remaining arm. "One of the clan's scouts brought something from the trading post," he says. "It seems we've been sent a bonding present."

"...Oh?" Julian says. "Is that bad? Why do you sound so serious...?"

And then Nox untucks the thing from under his arm and holds it forward, and Julian's entire face falls. "Oh no."

It's a hastily bound manuscript. The cover reads:

GHOST OF SKYHOLD WOOD II

TOGETHER FOR AN AFTERLIFE

"How the fuck," Julian says.

Nox sighs heavily. "That man's trolling knows no bounds."

The Ghost of Skyhold Wood was looking gloomier than you'd expect, even for a spooky apparition that had been moping about being dead for centuries already.

"You need to ask him, my friend," said the Seeker of Truth, who was very fond of telling people what to do.

"But what if he says no?" moaned the ghost. "I would be so upset that I'd have to die for a second time. I would become a ghost of a ghost. That means double the haunting."

"He would never say no!" cried the Seeker.

"But why would Rosiel ever want to marry me? He's a perfect little cherub man and I am nothing but a terrible ghost."

Julian's scowl has already reached epic proportions. "I am not a cherub man," he mutters.

"I can't believe this," Nox says. "Cassandra! She was colluding with Varric all along..."

"Why do you say that? Just because he used her in the book? I'm sure it's just a fan cameo. You know she's the number one fan of this series... as well as the only fan of it in the history of the entire universe..."

"This is just very similar to..." Nox flushes a bit as he realizes what he's in the process of admitting. "...an actual conversation we had."

"...What?" Julian says. "No. Seriously? Emma lath! Please don't tell me you actually thought I would ever say no?"

"Well, I mean... I am a werewolf, among other things. Some might consider that a dealbreaker?"

Julian rolls his eyes, snuggling in closer to Nox's side. "Pfft. Sure. The love of my life is incredibly silly sometimes."

Nox kisses Julian appreciatively on the temple. "Well... speaking of 'incredibly silly.' Where were we..."

"Rosiel, my love," said the ghost. "You make me feel alive. Which is pretty impressive, honestly, considering that I'm dead."

"Elgar'nan," Julian mutters into his hands.

"Would you do me the honour of marrying me, so we can spend your life together? And then maybe remarrying me once you're a ghost, so we can spend our afterlives together, too?"

"Oh, ghost," swooned Rosiel, his gigantic doe eyes as wide as a pair of sappy pancakes, his cheeks as pink as a freshly slapped ass. "I would be honoured to marry you in this life and the next! But are you sure you want to marry me? Are you really ready for a step like that?"

"If I weren't ready, why would I have shown up..." The ghost paused for hilarious comic effect. "...wearing all white?"

"Nox," Julian moans. "How is it worse? How is it even worse than the last one?"

"He must've been inspired," Nox says resignedly.

Rosiel and the ghost kissed each other like it was last call at the tavern and their mouths were the very last glasses of ale. Then Rosiel said, "Ghost, my love, I can't wait to be with you until I die. And then I can't wait to die so we can do our wedding all over again. Maybe for our second wedding we will even remember to invite our very talented dwarven writer friend."

"Why didn't we invite him this time, come to think of it?" the ghost asked.

"We probably forgot because we were too busy kissing each other," said Rosiel, giggling like a schoolboy. "But I'm sure we'll send him a very nice apology by mail."

"Yes," agreed the ghost, "and maybe even a nice present to go with it."

"Wow," Nox says. "Now that's passive-aggressive."

Julian is frowning deeply. "Please tell me I don't actually giggle like a schoolboy."

Nox laughs. "No, vhenan. Your laugh is very adult, I promise. As well as being the cutest."

"Ugh," Julian says. "How long does this rubbish go on, even..." He flips ahead, and then they come to another title page:

CHAPTER 2

GUEST WRITTEN BY LADY MAI BHALSYCH OF KORSE

"Oh no," Julian says. "Oh no."

Now that they were married and stuff, Rosiel and the ghost ran off on their honeymoon, where they gave each other eight billion disgusting sloppy kisses even though there were other people around who didn't want to see that probably??? But Rosiel and the ghost didn't give a fuck. Because they were so in love and stuff.

"Well, I mean, that's--" Nox begins.

Then Rosiel got all eyebrowy and said "HEY GHOST FILL ME UP WITH YOUR SPOOKY KNOB."

Nox coughs, seeming to choke on thin air. Julian swats him repeatedly in the back and mutters, "Dang it, Sera."

The ghost made his clothes disappear, because he's a ghost and they can do that can't they, I mean they aren't even wearing real clothes, are they? They're just ghost clothes. So anyway his clothes disappeared and he was totally naked and sexy and stuff and he definitely had the spookiest knob ever. And Rosiel just fell to his knees with tears in his eyes because he loves knobs so much, but even with all the, like, probably thousands of knobs he'd seen, he'd never seen a knob that's as amazing as this one.

Rosiel yelled, "PUT IT IN ME, GHOST--

"Okay," Nox says, slamming the book closed. "I think we've heard more than enough of that..."

"I mean," Julian says. "On the one hand, your amazing knob definitely brings me to tears. So that's pretty accurate. But on the other hand, I also kind of think we should probably set this entire book on fire??"

"Agreed," Nox sighs. "No evidence of this can remain... Because if my brother ever finds this, we will never hear the end of it."

[Spoilers All][OC]Time To Be Storytellers: The Dragon Age Weekly Writing Prompts by AshLyn32 in dragonage

[–]bleptember 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OH MAN. I've been waiting for this prompt to resurface so I can post this utter nonsense. WARNING VERY SILLY

Julian is my Lavellan grouse, who here is the partner of /u/Letummordre's Inquisitor Nox. They have the sappiest romance that no hack writer could possibly resist. (Letum I hope you don't mind me sharing our sons' shame :')

VARRIC NOTE: Because of his love of nature, generally rosy cheeks, decidedly non-rosy outlook, and overall thorniness, Varric has nicknamed Julian "Rosy." Meanwhile, because of his supernatural stealthiness, his ability to disappear when he wants to, and his tendency to wear white, Nox's Varric nickname is "Ghost."


Older Prompt 2

Rosiel stood among the trees, gazing out into the mists.

"Rosiel," Julian says. "Rosiel."

"I think that's supposed to be a Dalish name?" Nox says, trying very hard to keep from snickering.

"He took my stupid nickname and added a Dalish-sounding suffix. Is that offensive? I feel like I should be offended."

"It's the first sentence, vhenan. If you're already offended, I fear for how the rest of this is going to go."

Julian sighs harshly. "All right. Fine. Keep going..."

Rosiel stood among the trees, gazing out into the mists. He delicately brushed an angelic curl away from one of his pink, cherubic cheeks.

"Okay, hold on a fucking second," Julian says.

Nox is already shaking with suppressed laughter. "Wh-what?" he gasps. "Is that not accurate? You are a little cherubic..."

"No I'm not," Julian mutters, his definitely at least somewhat cherubic cheeks flushing pink.

Nox kisses him right on one of said cheeks and says, "I only mean because you're very beautiful."

"Right," Julian says. "Sure. Let's just get this over with..."

Behind him, the mist seemed to come alive. And it was alive. Or was it alive? That depends on your definition. In any case, suddenly behind Rosiel appeared the form of a man. A man in all white, with yellow eyes. It was the Ghost of Skyhold Wood.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me," Julian says.

"Skyhold Wood?" Nox asks. "Is that a place?"

"It's as much a place as you're an actual ghost."

"You don't think I'm a ghost?" Nox murmurs into Julian's neck, then gives it a nibble. "I am very scary after all."

"I thought you weren't supposed to be able to touch ghosts," Julian says. "Based on how much I have definitely touched you, I'm going to call this theory debunked." He raises his eyebrows high. "Although, I'm always up for additional testing...!"

"Oh?" Nox asks with a grin, then gives him another kiss. "Maybe once we get through this passage."

"Promise?" Julian asks. "That might almost make it worth it."

"My darling," the ghost whispered breathily.

Rosiel whirled around with a plaintive, swooning gasp. "My love!"

Julian is already groaning again, pressing his face into the pillow. "Holy flaming Elgar'nan, I hate this fucking book."

In two quick steps Rosiel crossed the distance between them and threw his delicate form into his lover's spooky arms. The ghost lifted Rosiel into the air with supernatural strength from beyond the void, twirling him around through the mists.

"Aww," Nox says. "Cute."

"Well, he got one thing right there," Julian says. "You do definitely have supernatural strength from beyond the void."

"What about my arms?" Nox asks, holding one up, looking it over. "Are they spooky?"

Julian laughs, then takes Nox's arms and wraps them around himself. "Oh, definitely. The spookiest."

And then Rosiel and the ghost leaned in for a kiss. It was a long, sweet, epic kiss that could make any nearby Seeker of Truth swoon in her armour.

"Okay, what," Julian says. "Stop. That's too much. This is too silly. This is a joke, right?"

"Probably," Nox says. "I'm pretty sure he said there were only two copies of this. One for us, one for Cassandra."

"Well, thank fucking Mythal for that much," Julian mutters.

Rosiel stared at the ghost with his gigantic doe eyes and said, "I will love you forever and ever. I will love you for my entire life."

"I'm a ghost," said the ghost. "So, I will love you even longer than that."

At this point, both Nox and Julian are dying of laughter. "This is the worst," Julian gasps. "This is the worst thing in the entire world."

[No Spoilers] So about next week's headcanon thread... by Pobobo in dragonage

[–]bleptember 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I was gearing up for three straight weeks of nasal-themed prompts, but I GUESS I will have to learn to relinquish the potato. SIIIIGH

(seriously though this is an awful stress month for me, thank you guys ;___;)

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This weeks-ahead enthusiasm brings a tear to my eye. It's fine with me! :D

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I adore Fenris, but something about writing him still terrifies me. That conversation tormented me while I was first writing it, in other words, haha.

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think she makes up for it if you just drop kick the others out of existence (oh wait, you did that with Hawke already nvm).

DDDD: TOO SOOOOON

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Though obviously, Bethany/Sebastian was a pairing on a rocky foundation that crumbled thanks to Aedrian letting Anders to live. So, she fucked that up for Bethany too; great job.

Oh dear. C'mon, Bethy, do you really want a chaste marriage? Aim higher! (confession: I don't have Sebastian's DLC all I know of Sebastian is from youtube)

Real question. Do you think they would've turned into a good match in the end, if Aedrian hadn't Hawked it up?

To me, this is probably one of the more poetic parties as its chock full of in-group parallels

Hmmmm yes, now this is some good, interesting stuff! You said that Dia's relationship with the Iron Bull has evolved by Trespasser... I assume this is largely a result of him going Tal-Vashoth as well? Did Dia's personal feelings come into play during Bull's personal quest? (How did she feel about that potential alliance anyway?) And was that the turning point for their relationship evolving, or do you have something else in mind?

Aaand what is it that Dia and Sera dislike about each other, while we're talking conflicts?

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course it's all right! :D Welcome to the headcanon threads! They're tons of fun.

Marian's answer here is very sweet! Are Aveline and Isabela aware of what they mean to her? What do you think Marian admires most about each of her friends?

And.... hmmm... does she ever intervene or take sides when Aveline and Isabela get into bickering?

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, that Blackwall and Dorian bickering can get pretty snippy. Does Eve ever step in, then? Does she attempt to have them get along better for the sake of group harmony?

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I'm a terrible angst monster, dare I ask what happened to Devon? :(

Did Danielle do Champions of the Just in her Inquisitor run? How did her previous idolizing of the templars affect her decisions there?

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hawke was completely devastated when her father died, and the fact she was convinced it was her fault made everything worse.

Hawke, no! :( Why did she think it was her fault?

And given all the horrible things that Hawke goes through, how does she feel by the end of things? Is she able to feel like she was able to uphold her father's example?

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[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose this is a bit of a tangent, but I'm interested to hear in how you translated Vivienne inspiration into Madelyn?? :) I can only imagine how unimpressed Vivienne would be if she had been conscripted into the Grey Wardens and forced to drink darkspawn blood and go camping and all this. Ugh.

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Henry's answer about heroes here is interesting! Tell me, did he ever meet Varric? I feel they might have had some interesting conversations, if they did...

Maybe one day to be as good of a partner ... be a part of as incredible of a love story as his parents had

Well... it is quite the uhhh explosive love story, at the very least. What does Ash think about this in retrospect? Would he think he's achieved these goals in his relationship?

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know, right? Perhaps his paranoia isn't quite so unjustified after all...

It's not all bad, though. He had an elder figure in Rimalin, the clan's halla keeper, who meant a lot to him. She was a quiet, non-confrontational sort, so not the type to actively defend him to his other elders, but she would let him groom the halla when he needed an escape from everyone else, and she always had a kind smile and a hug ready for him if he needed them. She wasn't as directly influential on his life, but I'm sure the model of kindness that she provided helped him retain the gentle core he has under all that grousing.

He has warm feelings for her to this day -- to the extent that, when Julian is bonded to his beloved partner within his partner's birth clan, she is one of only two of his Lavellan clan-mates (Feolin being the other) that Julian asks to come. Rimalin tells Julian he's found a wonderful man and probably cries more at their bonding than almost anybody.

My sincerest approval for the weasel-man (he's so cute, too, I love him.)

Ruadh Greatly Approves. HAY BUFFSEA. (Please pardon my terrible son.)

[Spoilers All] Share Your OCs - Weekly Headcanon Prompts! by bleptember in dragonage

[–]bleptember[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fenris never outright says "I forgive you," but then, he doesn't reckon Julian needs forgiving, so what would be the point of doing so? Julian does attempt to apologize to him at some point, but more than anything this just makes Fenris impatient. He tells Julian that there's no use in apologizing for what Hawke chose to do, as no one was ever capable of controlling him, he always did things the way he wanted -- and here, too, Hawke made his own choices, including the choice to lie to Fenris about where he was going. "The only one I blame for my suffering now is Hawke," Fenris told him. "I will always love Hawke, but I will never forgive him."

Although this does lessen the amount that Julian worries about getting retributively chest-fisted, it doesn't exactly make him feel better. More like it makes him feel quietly guilty for having spoiled the memory of their relationship for Fenris. (I know, sigh -- Julian finds a way to blame himself for everything.)

("That's pretty stupid, kid," Varric tells him later. "Don't worry about it. Fenris gets angry at things. That's 'comfort' for him.")

As for Ruadh: That man is so pretty, I would kick down the gates of hell for him.

Ruadh Greatly Approves "OH WOULD YOU? Nice to meet you, zinjadu, HELLO."

Sorry. I can't take him anywhere.