#crabs-with-sticks

[megthemariner]

HI MEG HI WELCOME TO DADWC :D How about 'I know you're hurt. And I'm tired of waiting for you to bring it up' for Mina and Davrin??

ahsjdshsk Jacs you know meeee so well, this is such a good one for them!!!!!! Also it figures this would be my longest filled prompt so far…..I just can’t get enough of my girl Mina, I love her so much….

For @dadrunkwriting

Veilguard Mention!

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Audience: Teen | Pairing: Davrin & Rook Ingellvar, minor Lucanis/Rook Ingellvar | WC: ~900 | CW: injury, discussion of major injury and death, discussion of anatomy (not sexual)

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They’re only about halfway back to Lavendel when Davrin steps in front of her, suddenly cutting off her path forward.

“I know you’re hurt. And I’m tired of waiting for you to bring it up.” His voice is matter of fact, his arms crossed in front of him.

“What? No, I’m fi-” Mina cuts off mid-word as Davrin elbows her in the ribs, hard. She sucks in her lip, biting down on it. She will not groan out loud. She refuses to give him the satisfaction. But she still ends up bent over, her own arms wrapping around her instinctively.

“Yeah, that looks like the reaction of a totally ‘fine’ person, Ingellvar.”

“You elbowed me in the ribs!” She manages to cough out. Spirits, this hurts. How did he know the exact spot to hit? Mina looks around for Lucanis, surprised at his lack of reaction. She finds him behind her, with his arms also crossed, looking at her with concern. Great. They’re actually working together on something, and it’s bullying me, she thinks ruefully.

Davrin looks over her, towards Lucanis. “It’s like you said, broken rib. Maybe even more than one. I guess all that Crow training has some uses.”

“It does.” Lucanis’ voice is low, controlled, and Mina wonders if it’s because she’s in pain or if Spite is acting up again. “I am also skilled at caring for wounds, although Rook should not be in need of those services.”

Ah. This again. She doesn’t miss the way he says Rook, or the fact that he used her nickname at all. Mina almost wishes Spite would act up just to take the focus off her.

“You know, I think I liked it better when you two weren’t getting along,” she says, straightening. Her side twinges painfully, muscles complaining, her nerves on fire. She grits her teeth, breathing quickly, and holds her side. Lucanis, at the very least, would notice any reaction she had, so she might as well react to the pain. “It’s not that bad. I can keep going. Emmrich can heal it when we’re back at the Lighthouse.” Before she’s even finished speaking, she can tell they’re both going to have an issue with this. Blasted darkspawn-filled swamp, she thinks, bitterly. Fighting spirits and undead never leaves me with broken ribs.

“Even if it wasn’t that bad-”

“-which it clearly is-” Lucanis interjects, sounding angry. Or irritated. Mina can’t tell, exactly.

“Even if it wasn’t that bad,” Davrin repeats, “there’s still a high chance that we’re going to run into more darkspawn before reaching Lavendel. And I’m not getting killed by some hurlock because he’s-” he gestures sharply towards Lucanis, “-too distracted making sure none get close to you.” Lucanis starts to make some noise of disagreement from behind her, but Davrin cuts him off. “Don’t even try to deny it, Crow. You two are more obvious than you think.”

What? Mina blinks, trying to process everything, but her ribs are still pulsing agonisingly - distractingly - with each heartbeat.

“Why haven’t you just healed it yourself, anyways?” Davrin turns to look at her again. She’s proven time and time again to be a very proficient healer, so the question is warranted. But she was hoping they’d just…forget to ask.

“Well,” how to say this in a way they Lucanis won’t argue with…“it’s a very complex injury to heal, and if I don’t do it exactly right, it won’t set properly. It’s a lot easier with two skilled healers, like Emmrich and myself.”

Lucanis just stares at her. “I have set many broken ribs, Rook.” She grits her teeth. Mina knows the pain is making her short-tempered, but he’s really starting to get on her nerves. How many times do we need to have this same argument?!

“Yes, well, it’s still my body and I still know how to take care of myself, Lucanis. Do you know how many layers of fascia, muscles and ligaments are around the ribs? How carefully they connect to each other, how if severed and reattached in the wrong place, it can cause lasting pain? Or that if twisted just slightly too much, a broken rib can puncture the lungs,” - she gestures on her own body, turning pain into anger - “or nick important blood vessels, both of which would kill me before either of you could do anything about it?”

Both men stand silently staring at her from either side of the path. Neither move. Davrin, at least, seems to be considering her words.

“Alright, Ingellvar. I’ll take your word on the healing thing, but that doesn’t change the fact that you can’t exactly fight right now. And I don’t believe for a second that he’s just going to let this go and fight like normal.” He flicks his eyes towards Lucanis as he finishes speaking.

She turns to look over at Lucanis, and feels her heart crawl deeper into her chest. Lucanis seems to be even more at war with himself than normal. Fuck. She opens her mouth, reaching a hand out towards him, but he pushes past her. He doesn’t say anything, even as he steps toward Davrin, who moves to let him pass. Davrin shoots her a questioning look, but she is such a mess of emotions that she can’t think of a thing to say in response, so she just starts following Lucanis instead. Davrin throws his hands up in exasperation, muttering something about ‘why he even tries’ and ‘both stubborn as bronto’ and something in elvhen that she doesn’t catch at all.

Mina just stares at Lucanis’ back, wondering how she’ll fix this on top of everything else, and sighs - gritting her teeth against the pain that follows.

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(If you liked this, keep an eye out for whenever I finally finish & post Lost & Found, my longfic exploring Mina and Lucanis’ relationship during DAV)

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

Positivity time! Number 7 and 33 (Lost to the Night) from the fanfic author asks :D

thank you!! from these writing asks :)

7. What fic are you the proudest of?

It's a tie! Between Fallout from the Fade, the only long fic I've ever committed to, and despite that I have decided not to really post more chapters until I finish writing it, I think about it all the time/still work on it slowly. I just have so many thoughts and feelings about my poor Hawke and Fenris. Also I think I did a good job for a while there of keeping people on their toes with all the drama lmao. And the other one I'm proud of is Like Teeth Against His Heart which is shorter and weirder but I think my best written (though not going to be to everyone's taste).

33. What is your favorite line from *insert fic name here*?'

For Lost to Night hmmmmm, it's been a long time since this one!!! i think the parts I remember most are the language/distance stuff with Solas/Lavellan, and that i stuck Cullen somewhere in a closet for most of the fic lol. But let's go with that first category: "She can hear his pounding through his skin, and hopes her own will remind him that he is not one of the dead elves he so often reminisces about—he is alive, and here."

[shouldaspunastory]

for @dadrunkwriting and @crabs-with-sticks

Tobias Mercar & Taash, **MILD VEILGUARD SPOILERS** (SFW, coming out, found family, non-binary characters), 539 words

"Taash, I appreciate the thought, really I do," Tobias says, shaking their head, "but that sentiment would be much more flattering if I weren't currently holding your braid to make sure you don't throw up in your hair," the elf says as another wave of vomit rushes from the qunari's mouth into the nearby bin.

"I'm such a mess," Taash whines.

"No, you're not. Okay, well... maybe at the moment," the elf amends with a barely suppressed chuckle, "but current drunkenness-which given the circumstances is pretty understandable... and impressive- notwithstanding, you are not a mess, Taash. Or," Tobias amends when Taash looks unconvinced, "you aren't just a mess."

"You make it seem so easy," the qunari complains wiping their mouth with the back of their hand, straightening up and turning themselves to sit against the back of the wall, seemingly done with purging themselves for the time being of whatever that incredibly strong and highly flammable drink had been.

"What's that?"

"You know-" Taash replies, waving their hands vaguely in the elf's direction before closing their eyes with a groan, clearly a little sick again from their eyes trying to track their movements. "The whole non-binary thing. They/Them. You just..." Taash sighs shaking their head. "You're just you. People accept it, or they don't and you just... keep on going. You correct them when they fuck it up, but- but you'll save their asses anyway, even if they're fucking it up on purpose. I don't know how you do that," the qunari admits with a frown.

Tobias shakes their head, a small smile on their face. "I don't correct my pronouns for their benefit. Sometimes you just know when it's done on purpose, when they aren't interested in correcting themselves or learning any different. I correct them for me. For that awkward little kid, drowning and dying in taffeta, hating the changes in their body that contorted and did backflips to be what my parents and other people wanted, to make them happy while I was miserable. I correct them because every time I don't, I'm telling that little kid and I'm telling myself, that it isn't worth the effort- that I'm not worth the effort. I'm telling every other non-binary person who sees it and may not be out yet that it's not a battle worth fighting. And that's bullshit." Taash's eyes widen at the unexpected swear from the elf.

"But I also didn't just come out for the first time yesterday," the elf continues sympathetically. "It might take some time for you to get used to it, to feel confident and safe enough voicing it to others. And you don't have to come out to everyone all at once. When and how you do, and who you come out to, that's your choice and no one else's."

"No, I want the team to know. I- I want everybody to know. Rip the bandage off, right," the qunari says with a nervous smile.

"Alright. Well, if you'd like me to be there when you tell them like I was with your mom-"

"Definitely," Taash nods.

"Then I'm there," Tobias promises with a sympathetic smile.

"You're the best," Taash grins, before quickly spinning around to heave once more.

[sun-marie]

🎶 for Sabina/Aloth (love me some pillars!!) and Viola/Wyll <3

ooh thank you for the ask!!

Sabina/Aloth (I also love me some pillars <3), "Honeybee" by Steam Powered Giraffe

Viola/Wyll, "Drumming Song" by Florence + the Machine

Send me a 🎶 + an OTP of mine and I’ll give you a song that reminds me of them!

[aezyrraesh]

🖊 and Nox! (Always keen to hear about peoples divinity characters!)

ty for the ask jacs <33

nox is a heavy sleaper, almost nothing can wake her up unless her internal clock tells her it's time. she used to travel by ships a lot, and it made her immune to almost any interruption while sleeping. loud people? not a problem. noise of a ship hitting some waves? calming. sound of footsteps? easy to ignore.

[biggieandsweets]

Sushi date 🥰

[buffetlicious]

CROLO by Swee Heng’s Chinese New Year Buy 2 for S$5 promotion is still on, so I picked up two desserts. The promo is only valid if you choose from the chiller selections which is the second picture below. The prices of the items ranged from cheapest S$2.80 to most expensive at S$3.20.

The first dessert I chose is this Kinder Bueno Croissant (S$3). A perfect blend of crispy croissant and rich, creamy filling with half a stick of Kinder Bueno embedded. The flaky pastry is drizzled with stripes of dark chocolate and filled with heavenly flavours of milk chocolate and hazelnut inside.

The moment I set my eyes on the pile of cubed mango; I knew I just had to choose the Fresh Mango Custard CroRoll (S$3.20). The perfect combination of flaky croissant-roll topped with a smooth custard cream and freshly cut juicy mango chunks. The sweet tropical fruit with hint of acidity and creamy custard cream transports one to a sunny island paradise.

[crabsnpersimmons]

testing out the popsicle stick and skewer structure (ignore the whack tape job, the final thing will be glued, i'm just testing out the arrangement of the sticks and whether or not they can hold the weight of the pins—but seems to hold up pretty good!)

Sun: Are you done yet? You're taking FOREVERRRR!!

i have also learned that i need a better way to cut popsicle sticks

[catebees]

I'll take one for the team and be the basic bitch ahaha. How bout Mr Solas Dreadwolf himself :D

@queenaeducan

Real courage is to stand against a sea of side character requests and ask for a drawing of Solas dragonage

[warasdf]

what the sdv fandom doesn't understand is that the bachelors are all actually Losers who Suck (watsonian), which is why theyre perfect (doylist)

[megthemariner]

For the oc symbolism game!! How about🏆and ☕️ for Eliana!

These were SO fun to think about!

Questions from here

🏆- important/sentimental possessions

I headcanon that anything she had on her pre-ToSA explosion was destroyed or lost, either in the fade or from the explosion itself.

So these are things she got throughout the events of the game:

Small, assorted stones she finds pretty or interesting. She keeps one with her at all times. It helps her feel connected to nature, even just a little, when she’s stuck indoors or in a city for a while.

A journal she presses flowers & herbs in, and writes about all she’s learned and seen, specifically to give to share with her clan once she can return home again.

A set of casual clothes and a halla pelt blanket from the Dalish clan in Dirthavaren that she traded some great bear hides and other supplies for

And post-Trespasser, some time before Veilguard, she finds a small, ancient-looking pendant with an engraving that matches some of the frescos she’s seen in other ruins in the Crossroads. She puts it on a leather cord and wears it as a necklace. (It’s based on the coin/D2 from this, which I own irl and wear as a necklace)

☕️ - what are your character's go to comforts, and why?

Sleeping in the halla pelt blanket, especially when travelling. It reminds her of travelling with her clan. Aside from that, there aren’t very many things, mostly people or places:

She likes tending to Skyhold’s gardens in the early morning hours, before most people are awake. It always feels good to get her hands in the soil, and helps her feel grounded and more like herself.

She ‘hides’ away in Sera’s room at the tavern when she wants to avoid dealing with nobles or other inquisitor duties. Sometimes they sneak off to the kitchen to make cookies or run around Skyhold playing pranks on people. Eliana really loves how much Sera doesn’t care that she’s the ‘herald’ or the inquisitor.

And when she really needs a break from everything, or comfort without having to explain why, she goes to Cole or Solas. She typically goes to Solas if it’s past the evening meal, and there aren’t as many people in the Great Hall or the library. Cole always knows what she needs, and helps out in his own ways. Sometimes he just leads Solas to her. Other times he reminds her of memories of her clan, or just listens to stories about them. Once he brought her to a bunch of kittens that had been born in the barn a few weeks prior.

[daily-crabbys]

Today's crab is: focal point

[lunnefisk]

its hard being trans and liking going bark but having nothing to do with puppygirls. im not one of those its a convergent evolution thing put the collar down

[crehador]

brother crab's spring 2025 parting thoughts: wind breaker s2

ok. so. there's a lot i really liked in this season (and the series overall) and one thing i really don't. but the one thing i don't like is, tbh, not exactly something the series can do anything about or even its fault per se (will get more into that later)

first, the good: i really liked sakura's development in the first half of this season, as usual i love the more slice-of-life type moments with the group just hanging out together (team mario kart, bullying suo over team lunch, etc), and the fights stay beautiful. well-animated and well-choreographed, nothing to complain about there

the one thing that has me going ehhh is just...

basically what wind breaker feels like to me is a sports anime where the sport is beating the shit out of each other, and that should be a great thing because i love sports anime. one of my favorite genres for sure

the problem is, in a sports anime with a typical sport, they don't really need a reason to keep introducing new rival teams for the main team to compete against. a reason as simple and straightforward as "we want to make it to nationals" can carry a whole series when it's basketball or volleyball or what have you

but tragically there are no nationals of beating the shit out of each other so wind breaker ends up having to keep coming up with new reasons to introduce each new group to fight

and to me that part, the transitions between fight arcs, is just a bit... goofy. and repetitive. it feels like it's been an endless cycle of a weird guy appear -> weird guy likes to fight -> we disapprove of weird guy's reasons for fighting -> we fight weird guy -> we defeat and/or domesticate weird guy -> a new weird guy appear

i don't think there's really anything that can be done about that, like yeah they need to keep introducing new teams. and they need reasons because it can't just be the next team we need to beat for nationals. but at a certain point it just gets tiresome and silly, especially when the stakes feel a little forced

besides the weak transitions between fights though, i still think it's a really solid series. the character bonding moments are the strongest to me, the cast is cute and endearing and easy to like. the fights, visually, are excellent and fun to watch. there's just that one. inevitable. flaw

tl;dr these guys need the nationals of beating each other up. tbh.

[sillyouhette]

I JUST BINGED THE FIRST WHOLE SEASON OF JWCC CHAOS THEORY AND OOOHHHHOHOHOOHOH MYYYY GOOOODDDDDDD GUYS.

[clumsypuppy]

fuck it. plaguesona