Here's something I'm blogging about on Tumblr, daily(ish).  I'll also post here for archival reasons.

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Popular media rarely resonates with me at a deep level. Far too often I feel like big budget movies and games tap into someone else’s stories and fantasies.

When I first played Dragon Age 2, about a dozen hours in I realized - HOLY SHIT! - someone ( Read more... )

I posted on Sept 9th about a month-long writing productivity experiment that I'm doing this month in which I count the number of words I post (or archive) per month. Given that I'm on vacation (which is rapidly ending), my count is a bit higher than I expect it would normally be.

All of the details for how much I wrote plus a list of all fiction ( Read more... )

Yet another domestic meme! This has a big section of thinky-thoughts at the end (question 15) with music/poetry from Leonard Cohen and why Cohen’s juxtaposition of sacred and profane imagery is absolutely perfect for a Hawke/Cullen ship. I’ve included links to four songs for your listening pleasure.

01. Who is big spoon/little spoon?

Him. Her. ( Read more... )

Peaches and Gin
Dragon Age 2
Mari Hawke, Malcolm, Leandra, Carver, Bethany
2100 words (rated R for some obscene language)

Written in response to pixelnyx’s question about “Mari’s relationship with Malcolm and Leandra. And because I imagine this might make a difference, how Mari might moderate her behaviour when it’s Leandra and Malcolm in the same ( Read more... )

Triple Drabble (300 words)

Knight Captain Cullen attempts to have a peaceful night of sleep while staying at Mari Hawke’s manor (sometime in the middle of DA2’s Act III).

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( They held each other as they lay beneath woolen blankets )

Crossposted from Tumblr:

Out of curiosity, I made a table that shows the number of stories at AO3 that feature various ships with female Hawke and Male Hawke. I only used AO3 (not ff.net) because AO3 allows me to easily identify only the stories that explicitly ship a pair.
I searched for Hawke paired with canon LIs, Hawke paired with non-LI party ( Read more... )

The "How I Feeeeel About This Character" meme for Dragon Age's Cullen:

1.  How I feeeel about Cullen:  Why Cullen's skewed moral compass interests me and my muse. (2000 words)

2.  All of the people I romantically ship with Cullen:  Headcanon and muse-fuel thoughts about Cullen/Warden, Cullen/Hawke, Cullen/Leliana, and Cullen/Bethany. (2500 words)

3 ( Read more... )

(This is crossposted on my tumblr)

I feel like talking about my Aerie of Hawkes. As much as I love my Wardens, I think I love my Hawkes a little more, probably because DA2’s story feels very different to me depending on how I role play Hawke. (Also, less effort is needed to complete a DA2 play-through and I like DA2 a little more than DAO).

As ( Read more... )

What Would You Have of Me?
Dragon Age 2, Cullen/f!Hawke
2000 words, Rated M (NSFW: some sexual content)

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No Land in Sight
Aveline/Wesley, DA2
200 words
During Aveline's journey from Gwaren to Kirkwall

( Sitting still for three weeks )