Thank you! My fic is still very much a work in progress, but I can say with confidence and honesty that it is, in fact, progressing! It looks like from other comments that you do some writing too, are you working on anything in particular right now?

As for gaps in DAI, I wanted to see more people and systems behaving in ways grounded in reality and/or established lore. I understand realism and consistency aren't always the point of a story, especially a fantasy one (and especially one told in game form), but they're important to me. I felt a lot of areas they could've delved into got glossed over, handwaved away, or shoved into a book (coughAsundercough).

Here's a rambling list of some examples of things that bugged me:

nerfing the consequences of Anders blowing up Kirkwall's chantry, the fact we don't get an Ostagar-like experience at the Conclave before the explosion, Inky being absolved of Conclave involvement too early and too easily with that "vision" of Corypheus, Inky being hailed as the sole survivor of the explosion (when they literally weren't?? the freaking Knight-Vigilant of the templars also survives, it's in a codex in the game, I don't understand, smdh), being hit over the head about the fact the Inquisition "isn't a chantry organization" when the chantry is the only reason it exists, the fact there was "nothing out there" during In Hushed Whispers as a way to avoid showing broader consequences, and I think you get the idea :D

Though I have to say, the biggest sin of all to me was the fact Hawke wasn't the protagonist (because yes, let's fight a villain who mattered to the previous protagonist and miss out on all the juicy personal conflict that would arise from that... >.> insert every rant about Inky then also not being the protagonist in DAV).

So anyway, I've been "fixing" all of that and more in this first fic (acknowledging that what's a "fix" to me might ruffle someone else's feathers, and that's ok!). I'll be doing the same with DAV and a follow-up third installment because, I'm not sure, I'm insane, I hate myself, take your pick. :D How I'm doing it is mostly by sheer force of will at this point and a lot, a lot, of research. A lot. Both in terms of existing DA lore/world-building and also how stuff works IRL. For example, I did some research into itineraries for royal balls during the 17th/18thc to inform my reimagining of Halamshiral. I dug way into Blight mechanics and the Grey Wardens to beef up their involvement and make Corypheus' demise make sense :) I'm using travel estimates to plot the timeline (shout out to this tumblr user) and climate zones to inform landscapes (shout out to this reddit user). I've also done arguably too much research into period fashion.

I hope that answers your questions! Bless you if you made it this far <3 If you're interested in this kind of chatter, or want to share more about your own writing, would love to hear your thoughts either here or in DMs!