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a little late but my piece for @transthedasfest !!

Elio “Rook” Laidir and Davrin for the prompt “FtM Rook and his LI wearing their respective flags.”

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A joyful Trans Visibility Day to you all!

I wrote a little story about my nonbinary Rook, Tenjo Mercar for @transthedasfest and it's cheerfully cozy Neve × Rook fluff.

Of Blushing and Butterfly-Dragons: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64112779

My prompt was, "Rook's partner has a question about their identity, and the two talk about it. Some examples can be like what terms for body parts do you prefer, what terms of endearment to use, etc. Up to you, I just want to see/read something with a loving, supportive partner!"

I'm so grateful for a chance to participate and can't wait for a free moment to read other entries.

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It was great to see so much fanfic and fanart about trans characters. Thanks to everyone who participated and supported the fest! Maybe we'll do this again next year.

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All of you

Fandom: Dragon Age Characters: Caelen Mercar, Rook (Dragon Age), Maevaris Tilani Words: 855 Chapters: 1/1 Summary: While discussing Shadow Dragons matters, Maevaris notices Caelen is unusually distracted. When he admits what’s weighing on his mind, she doesn't hesitate to offer him some much needed advice. Written for @transthedasfest! I took the prompt “An older trans character guiding a younger one, or giving advice.”

Caelen rested his elbows on the table, his arms crossed.

Maevaris Tilani sat elegantly at the opposite side, fingers entwined as she studied him. They had been discussing several issues over the past hour — the rebuilding of the Shadow Dragons, the rise of Venatori after the dragon attack in Minrathous. Though these were matters Caelen needed to address, he couldn’t help but feel somewhat distracted as their conversation drifted from business.

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I wrote a thing for @transthedasfest !

Prompt: "FtM Rook with Solas. Fluffy, smutty, introspective, whatever; I just want them together."

Tags: Trans Male Rook, POV Rook, POV Second Person, Mourn Watcher Rook, Elf Rook, Trans Male Character, Porn Without Plot, Post-Canon, PIV Sex, Squirting, Bickering, Enemies to Lovers Content Warnings: None. It turned out.. Mostly smutty, this time.

Rook follows Solas into the Fade into the immediate aftermath of the redemption ending. Solas is less than pleased. A confrontation ensues, followed swiftly by an inevitable collision. Rook considers it a victory, regardless.

Find it here!

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@transthedasfest prompt: “One (or both) of the Hawke twins as a trans kid/teen. Plentiful family feelings (including mage-y family feelings) wholeheartedly encouraged”

borrowing wings (from sparrow to hawke and all who watch over us)

(949 words), Chapters: 1/1, Fandom: Dragon Age II Relationships: Carver Hawke & Female Hawke, Bethany Hawke & Carver Hawke Characters: Carver Hawke, Leandra Hawke, Bethany Hawke, Female Hawke (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: Trans Carver Hawke, Warden Carver Hawke

Summary: Leandra had cried, hugging his legs as if someone had died, but he knew from his father’s tales that she had also cried at the birth of all her children.

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Happy Trans Day!

So I was in the event @transthedasfest and got to write about one of my favorite necromancer’s and a grim reaper. Below is a link to the work so enjoy! Also please check out the other works they are fabulous.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64160398

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Inquisitor Vherevin Lavellan

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Enjoy Tarquin and Maevaris helping younger Saarash figure themselves out over a drink! This is the piece I made for Trans Thedas Fest with the prompt being "Tarquin and Mae help shadow dragon rook with figuring things out/being trans/ coming out, pre-dav".

Pre-Veilguard Saarash was a shy and withdrawn soul, having run away from home as a teen with a name that did not fit them and a deep burning feeling of not knowing who they even really are. I think both Tarquin and Mae pick up on it pretty fast though and are more then happy helping Ash on their journey.

Go check out more amazing Trans Thedas content here!

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Repetition - the Trans Thedas Fest

Prompt: Tarquin has a bad day

Note: Happy trans day of visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️🎉 I'm so glad to participate in this event and to see everything that everyone has created<3

Tags: Ashur | The Viper/Tarquin, Tarquin (Dragon Age), Ashur | The Viper, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Trans Male Character, Dragon Age: The Veilguard Spoilers, Gender Dysphoria, Self-Doubt, Literal Sleeping Together, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort

Word Count: 4,986

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/trans_thedas_fest/works/64265941?view_adult=true

Image Description: a gray background with pink and blue blobs, a photo of Tarquin from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and text. The text is separated into two separate parts, the titles and the body. The titles are; in pink, "Written for." In blue, "Trans Thedas Fest." In white with a blue outline, "Prompt: Tarquin has a bad day." The body of the text reads:

"A part of him just wanted to come right out and admit the issue—to say that he felt like the shame of losing like that was trying to eat straight through him from the inside out. To admit that it had brought back out all the fears his father had drilled into his head about him proving himself as a man. To tell Ashur he needed someone to tell him he was being an idiot.

But whatever Ashur said wouldn't feel as real if he did. Then it would just be Ashur reassuring him, not him speaking his mind. No matter how much Tarquin knew in his head that Ashur would never lie to him to make him feel better, that Ashur would never feed him false hope, his heart couldn't help but sink at the thought of prodding him to say it.

Fortunately, after years of working together, Ashur already knew how his mind twisted around itself. He could trace Tarquin’s thoughts almost as well as he could the line of Tarquin’s jaw.

He leaned in, their breath mingling, and murmured softly, “you’re too hard on yourself.”

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Minrathous Sunrise

done for Trans Thedas Fest

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Inquisitor & Solas (Dragon Age), Male Lavellan & Solas (Dragon Age) Characters: Male Lavellan (Dragon Age), Male Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Solas (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: Fluff, Trans Male Lavellan - Freeform, Supportive Solas, Coming Out, Trans Thedas Fest Summary:

Filled for the prompt: “Trans masc elf Rook or Lavellan worried about coming out to Solas” for Trans Thedas Fest! Featuring my trans inquisitor Alras Lavellan!

the fic I wrote for @transthedasfest <3

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The Eternal Question

Characters: Solas, Original Ancient Elvhen Character(s), F!Cadash Pairing: Solas & Original Ancient Elvhen Character(s), Solas & F!Cadash (minor) Fandom: Dragon Age Rating: T Other Tags: Platonic Friendships, Solas as Wisdom, GNC Solas, Queer Solas, Genderqueer Solas Summary: A series of vignettes exploring Solas's relationship with his body and gender, stretching from before the empire's founding to after its' fall. Written for the @transthedasfest!

He had never wanted a body.

Content to be as he was: the question in an inquisitive mind; the fire kindled in the hearth; the lesson passed from mother to son, he had never dreamed of inhabiting one of the bodies that partook in his nature. He had known the world as a current of air, as the flow of a river, as the first spring shoot pushing through snow. He had known it, embodied it, been it.

And now he is this.

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New Fic for TDOV!

I have a new fic out as part of Trans Thedas Fest! (@transthedasfest) It's short and pure fluff, of a trans woman who gets together with Cullen post-Tresspasser. Title: It Will Come Back Rating: G No Archive Warnings Apply Summary:

Evelyn Trevelyan is visiting Cullen for the first time since the Inquisition disbanded, and since she came out as trans. She knows Cullen accepts her as she is...so why is she so nervous? Written for Trans Thedas Fest 2025. Prompt: “something about a trans Inquisitor.”

If you are kind enough to comment, please note that I moderated comments for this one, so it might take it a minute to show up! Happy TDOV! To all my trans siblings, I love you all. <3

Read it here on AO3!

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Inquisitor & Rook (Dragon Age), Rhi Rainier and Hugo de Riva, mentioned nb!inquisitor/blackwall, mentioned m!rook/davrin (implied) Characters: Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Rook (Dragon Age), Rhi Rainier, Hugo de Riva Additional Tags: Extremely Awkward Bonding, rhi is closeted and hugo is open about being trans and somehow they become friends about it, internalised transphobia of a sort, in that rhi has a very complicated relationship with gender and public presentation, it ends happily though i swear Summary:

Rhi’s heart is an open wound, unstitched, while Hugo proudly shows his scars.

— Written for @transthedasfest 2025 for the prompt “my heart feels the way a wound does as it begins to heal.”

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The "T" in LGBT stands for Tevinter!

prompt: “The “T” in LGBT stands for Tevinter: Either Krem, Maevaris, and Tarquin hanging out, or a headcanon of a Tevinter character being trans (Dorian, Neve, other NPC, etc.)”

drawing for the @transthedasfest check more works here on AO3

How Neve being trans fits her already amazing character narrative; a headcanon study

First of all, I’m really excited to share this drawing with you. Neve is one of my favorite characters and has been since the very first time I saw her in my first playthrough.

Now, as a transgender man, I really enjoy creating and writing about trans characters in general. It makes me happy, I love it, and it personally helps me feel better about myself as a trans person. Like anyone, I have no issue making a character trans just because—there doesn’t always need to be a deep justification behind it. If you like the idea, go for it.

That said, my headcanon of Neve being trans isn’t just a random choice. I’d love to share a bit of my reasoning behind it.

While I have no problem making any character trans, I do think gender plays a significant role in shaping some of them. There are many characters who simply wouldn’t be the same if they hadn’t been raised as men or women. Immediate examples that come to mind are Lucanis and Illario—I feel like their rivalry wouldn’t be quite the same if they hadn’t both been raised as men. Now, would I ever complain if your headcanon is that one of them is trans? Absolutely not, please share your idea with me. But I think you see where I’m coming from—Neve being a woman feels like an important part of her character. However, I don’t think she would be drastically different if she had been raised as a boy.

To me, this only adds another layer of complexity to an already rich character like Neve—a trans woman facing injustices in Tevinter. I mean, we already know the Shadow Dragons are basically the best LGBTQ+ support group in all of Thedas, so it fits perfectly. Plus, the stories Neve shares about her childhood wouldn’t really change if we assume she was perceived as the opposite gender. She’s always been curious, always asking too many questions.

Diving deeper into her being trans, I think it would be really interesting in the context of the community headcanons we’ve built around how exactly being trans works in Thedas. I usually bring up the use of herbs and magic, but I’ve also explored the idea of blood magic being used with Tarquin to create a functional member, for example. This could be fascinating to explore with Neve—how her aversion to blood magic might make her reject the idea of using it for bottom surgery.

And let’s not forget that every trans person is different! Not all of us want every surgery. For example, I’m perfectly comfortable with my vulva and don’t feel the need to change it, though I’d love to get top surgery. I think it’s important to talk about this because sometimes people say that writing trans characters without surgeries turns them into a fetish—and yes, sometimes it is fetishization (in my case assume it's always a fetish), but other times, it’s simply because we’re all different people with unique needs.

Anyway, I hope this all makes sense. I love Neve and hope to write more about her soon. I also hope you liked the drawing and that you have a day filled with pride in who you are. ❤️

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Something Heroic - Trans Thedas Fest

Mature | 10k words

Featuring: Pre-Canon story, Blood and Injury, Coming Out, Hurt/Comfort, Tarquin Has Daddy Issues

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I wrote this for @transthedasfest ✨ The prompt I got was "Tarquin and Krem running into each other during their time in Tevinter military" which was perfect since it's something I've been thinking about ever since I heard Tarquin's backstory in game. This turned out longer than I had anticipated, but I love it a lot and I'm excited to share it with the world!