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YO WRITERS

Stop what you’re doing right now and go write 3 sentences of your story.

Every time you see this, write 3 lines.

Reblog so other writers will do the same, let’s finish these damn stories.

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Navigation: Helpful Posts - specific disabilities

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This is the long-awaited sequel to the first post that unfortunately hit the link limit. This part will focus on posts for specific disabilities, while the general topics will stay in the original post. If you can't find any posts on the disability you're looking for, please check out the "Other" section in the first post.

This list will of course continue to be updated.

Last update: 15/06/2024

Amputation/Limb Difference

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Constructing Characters with Limb Differences: Discussing Fetishization Do Amputees Always Wear Prosthetics? Does a Character with Amputation Need a Prosthetic? Does a Character with Upper Limb Amputation Need a Prosthetic? Designing a Prosthetic Arm Making a Character with Upper Limb Amputation Genius Amputee Mechanic: Discussing the DIY Prosthetic Trope Causes of Amputation Limb Differences as a Spectrum

Blind Characters

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Making a Blind Character: what to add, what to avoid Designing a Blind Character: Discussing the Eye Covering Trope What to Give Your Blind Character Blindness Tropes: Daredevil, milky eyes, and blindness-negating magic The Blind Prophet Trope Guide Animals: Dogs, Horses, and Their Fictional Equivalents Blind Characters with Superpowers Echolocation and Sound Powers Yeah Another One about Superpowers Portraying Photophobia in Pre-modern Times Characters with Albinism Fetishization of Albinism Going Blind from an Accident Writing Characters with One Eye More on Monocular Vision Writing a Blind Kitty (+possible accommodations)

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) Characters

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Creating Deaf/HoH Characters Writing D/deaf/HoH Characters Another Guide on Writing D/deaf Characters Tips on Writing Deaf Characters Visual Indicators of a Person being Deaf Tips on Writing about Hearing Aids Deaf Character Unable to Sign Sign Language with Limb Difference Writing Out Sign Language (+book recommendations)

DeafBlind Characters

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How DeafBlind People Learn Language DeafBlind Character not Wanting to be Blind On Access and Protactile [not writing advice, just a piece of great writing; greatly recommended if you know nothing about DeafBlindness]

Facial Difference (FD)

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Introduction to Facial Difference: basics, tropes, what I want to see Constructing a Character with an FD: Discussing Disfiguremisia and the "Mask Trope" Does My Character Need a Prosthetic Eye?: alternatives What Would Happen to A Character with a Scar Through the Eye? What Would Happen to a Character with a Burn on the Eye? How Scars Affect the Character, and How the Character Affects the Scar (in the technical sense) Should your Character with Scars Hate their Scars? Including Characters with Treacher Collins Syndrome in a pre-Surgical Setting Basic Information on Vitiligo Harmful Vitiligo Tropes/Stereotypes Animalistic Characters with Vitiligo Stigmatization of Strabismus in Visual Media How to be Normal about the Real Life Equivalents of your OC with a Scar Over His Eye

Intellectual Disability

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Introduction to Writing Intellectually Disabled Characters: basics, tropes, how it actually works Down Syndrome and Historical Fiction Combat and Disability: intellectually disabled characters Basic Tips for Writing Characters with Down Syndrome

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Navigation: Helpful Posts

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Complication of posts from CrippleCharacters, as well as other blogs providing advice on writing disabled characters!

This post covers the general topics - for posts on specific disabilities, please see part two.

Last update: 15/06/2024

Character Making Basics and Ideas

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How to Start Doing Research When Writing a Disabled Character Disabilities that are Common but Have no Representation Facial Differences that Would Be Cool to Actually See Represented How to Do Historical Research Our "Disabled Character Ideas" Tag Our "Character Inspo" Tag

How to Describe XYZ?

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Blindness Tropes: the "Blank Look" Describing Characters with Facial Differences as Pretty Difference between Fetishization and Being Seen as Beautiful First Description: when to mention the Facial Difference How Often Should You Mention Mobility Aids? Dialogue and Speech Disorders Sign Language in Dialogue Words for Residual Limbs (stumps) Describing a Limp Words to Use instead of "Walk" for Wheelchair Users How to not Describe Facial Differences as "Scary"

How to Draw XYZ?

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Tips for Drawing Characters with Facial Differences Annoying Tropes in Art Re:Facial Differences Drawing Blind Characters Drawing Amputees How to Draw (and not draw) Characters with Vitiligo Drawing Cane Users Decorating Wheelchairs

General

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Writing a Newly Disabled Character Writing a Visibly Different Character The Accident Including Disabled Communities Disabled Characters in Historical Fiction Coming up with Fictional Disabilities Tokenism Discussion Disability and Superpowers Curing and "Fixing" Disabled Characters Is It Realistic to Have Multiple Disabled Characters? "Jaws Effect": how media affect the real world Worldbuilding with Accessibility in Mind How to Let Readers Figure Out the Character's Disability Does the Disability Need to Have a "Purpose"? Including Ableism in the Story Casual Representation vs Fetishization (with albinism as an example)

General Tropes

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"Super-Crip": Magic and Disability Abled Characters Pretending to be Disabled I Did a Trope but It's Too Late - What You Should Do - made with the mask trope in mind, but could be applied more widely Magical Cure - made with blindness in mind Including Healing Magic without Disability Erasure How to Do a Scary Disability Reveal without being Ableist? Disabled Character Recovering, but without Disability Erasure Killing off a Disabled Character without Doing an Ableism Writing a Disabled Villain without Doing an Ableism What is Fetishization of Disability, and what Isn't Not All Sign Language Users are Mute and American

Mobility Aids

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General Overview Overview, but with More Options - not writing advice, educational Magic Mobility Aids Tips on Writing Wheelchair Users Writing a New Cane User "But Mobility Aids Wouldn't Exist in my Fantasy World" Basic Information on Service Animals Should My Non-Modern Wheelchair User use XYZ instead of a Wheelchair? Accessible Wizarding for Wheelchair Users Fidgeting with Wheelchairs

Other

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Writing Characters with Tourette's Syndrome Introduction to Writing Characters with Speech Disorders Writing Little People (characters with dwarfism) Dwarfism and Fantasy Stories Stereotypes around Characters with Dwarfism Writing and Drawing Burn Survivors: basics and resources Caring for a Burn Scar: the everyday things On Chemical Burns Writing Characters with ASPD Writing a Character with Russel-Silver Syndrome Complex Dissociative Disorders Terminology: A Basic Primer What to Consider when Writing about Pollution-induced Disability

Making Your Content Accessible to Disabled Readers

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Why add alt text? Image Descriptions Tutorial Writing Image Descriptions for People Who Can't Write Them "But how do blind people even use alt text" How to Tag Your Posts (Tumblr) ScreenReaders and Color Text (Tumblr) FanFiction Accessibility

Recommended Blogs/Sources

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@blindbeta @cy-cyborg @a-little-revolution @mimzy-writing-online @writingdrugs Fantastic website for any historical needs

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WEIRDLY SPECIFIC BUT HELPFUL CHARACTER BUILDING QUESTIONS

What’s the lie your character says most often?

How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?

How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?

What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?

Can they cry on command? If so, what do they think about to make it happen?

What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?

What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?

How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?

Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?

What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?

If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?

What’s something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!

When do they fake a smile? How often?

How do they put out a candle?

What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home, at work, at school, with friends, and when they’re alone?

What kinds of people do they have arguments with in their head?

What do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?

Who do they love truly, 100% unconditionally (if anyone)?

What would they do if stuck in a room with the person they’ve been avoiding?

Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?

What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?

What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?

What do they feel guilty for that the other person(s) doesn’t / don’t even remember?

Did they take a cookie from the cookie jar? What kind of cookie was it?

What subject / topic do they know a lot about that’s completely useless to the direct plot?

How would they respond to being fired by a good boss?

What’s the worst gift they ever received? How did they respond?

What do they tell people they want? What do they actually want?

How do they respond when someone doesn’t believe them?

When they make a mistake and feel bad, does the guilt differ when it’s personal versus when it’s professional?

When do they feel the most guilt? How do they respond to it?

If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?

How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?

How do they greet someone they like / love?

What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?

Who do they keep in their life for professional gain? Is it for malicious intent?

What’s a secret they haven’t told serious romantic partners and don’t plan to tell?

What hobby are they good at in private, but bad at in front of others? Why?

Would they rather be invited to an event to feel included or be excluded from an event if they were not genuinely wanted there?

How do they respond to a loose handshake? What goes through their head?

What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone / somewhere else?

If invited to a TED Talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?

What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?

What language would be easiest for them to learn? Why?

What’s something unimportant / frivolous that they hate passionately?

Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?

Who have they forgotten about that remembers them very well?

Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?

Would they eat something they find gross to be polite?

What belief / moral / personality trait do they stand by that you (mun) personally don’t agree with?

What’s a phrase they say a lot?

Do they act on their immediate emotions, or do they wait for the facts before acting?

Who would / do they believe without question?

What’s their instinct in a fight / flight / freeze / fawn situation?

What’s something they’re expected to enjoy based on their hobbies / profession that they actually dislike / hate?

If they’re scared, who do they want comfort from? Does this answer change depending on the type of fear?

What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?

How many hobbies have they attempted to have over their lifetime? Is there a common theme?

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Oh my gosh. I just found this website that walks you though creating a believable society. It breaks each facet down into individual questions and makes it so simple! It seems really helpful for worldbuilding!

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Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

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i made a guide for ppl

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— YOUR AFFECTION.

Gestures  of  affection  starters.  Can  be  platonic  and  romantic.  Send  me... (Send  🔄  +  any  emoji  to  reverse  the  outcome.)

💓  to  listen  to  my  muse's  heartbeat. 💏  to  softly  kiss  my  muse's  forehead. 💋  to  kiss  my  muse  on  the  lips. 🤭  to  caress  my  muse's  cheek. 🌸  to  offer  my  muse  a  flower. 💅  to  paint  my  muse's  nails. 💗  to  lean  against  my  muse. 💝  to  wrap  an  arm  around  my  muse. 🤗  to  hug  my  muse  from  behind. 🫂  to  pick  my  muse  up  and  twirl  them  around. 👰  to  hold  my  muse  bridal  style. 🤝  to  hold  my  muse's  hand. 🥞  to  bring  my  muse  breakfast  in  bed. 🤜  to  give  my  muse  a  noogie. 🤏  to  tickle  my  muse. 😋  to  give  my  muse  their  favorite  snack.

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Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate), Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s), Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Male Character(s), Halsin/Tav (Baldur's Gate), Tav (Baldur's Gate)/Original Male Character(s), Astarion & Wyll, Gale & Tav Characters: Tav (Baldur's Gate), Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Original Characters, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Gale (Baldur's Gate), Wyll (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Slow To Update, Tags Contain Spoilers, Spoilers, Tags May Change, Mostly Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Female Tav (Baldur's Gate), Half-Elf Tav (Baldur's Gate), Bard Tav (Baldur's Gate), Human Tav (Baldur's Gate), Astarion is on the Asexuality Spectrum (Baldur's Gate), Astarion's Past Abuse (Baldur's Gate), Astarion's Scars (Baldur's Gate), Astarion Does Not Ascend (Baldur's Gate), Polyamory, Polyamorous Character, POV Third Person, POV Third Person Limited, POV Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Named Tav (Baldur's Gate), POV Tav (Baldur's Gate), Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Warnings May Change, Eventual Smut, Flashbacks, Astarion is Bad at Feelings (Baldur's Gate) Summary:

Novelization of my Tav's journey through the game and story of Baldur's Gate 3

------- Calla Tavlen has lost love once. A beautiful man she didn't deserve. One night, while mourning the loss, she meets a Pale Elf, who promises to whisk her away into the night. Unfortunately, the Absolute has other plans. --- Astarion brought home a bard once. A beautiful man who was more kind than he deserved. Maybe it was guilt, or maybe it was curiosity; Astarion sought out the bard's wife, thinking to bring her home as well. Things didn't go to plan. ---------

POV switches happen at chapter breaks: ✧✧✧✧✧ = Tav (Calla)'s POV ✦✦✦✦✦ = Astarion's POV Chapters with sex scenes will be noted with an asterisk * in the title.

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Writing Advice Posts: A Handy Reference Guide

(Updated 9/13/18) Hey all, I’ve got quite a few writing advice posts & answered Asks on my blog at this point, so I’m making this reference guide to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. Hope it helps!

Free Resource Library Downloads

All of these PDFs are available to download in my Free Resource Library.

Creating Character Arcs Workbook

Point of View Cheatsheet

Dialogue Checklist

Setting Checklist

Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Editor Printable Checklist

Proper Manuscript Format Printable Checklist

Short Story & Novel Submission Templates

General

8 Ways to Improve Your Writing

10 Best Books About Writing Fiction

How to Spot Bad Writing Advice: 6 Red Flags to Look For

“Show Don’t Tell”? Not Always. Here’s When to Use Summary

How to start a story

More about starting stories

The first sentence

Weak words

Why Just About Every Published Book in the World Does 57 Things That Just About Every Book About Writing Tells You Not to Do

The Writing Process, Writer’s Block, & Inspiration

To all the Writers Suffering from Depression

How to Train Yourself to Write Faster

Just a friendly reminder that creativity is difficult to quantify.

Quick Writing Tip: Make a Note to Your Future Self in Your WIP

Quick Writing Tip: Take Notes!

Just a friendly reminder that writing is not always a linear process.

Quick Cure for Writer’s Block: Lower Your Expectations

Set Realistic Goals

Your Skills May Need Time to Catch Up to Your Vision

It’s Okay to Experiment and Be Weird As Fuck

Surround Yourself With Supporters

It’s okay to take a break.

Your First Draft is Raw Material

Getting into “The Zone”

Vomit Brain

Writing from Your Imagination vs. Reality

Dealing with Criticism

Getting Bored with Your Own Writing

Getting past a block

Doing research on topics you don’t have first-hand experience with

Journalling about your writing

How to Keep Yourself From Editing As You Write

Character Development

Creating Character Arcs with the DCAST Method

What Does Your Main Character Want?

How to Activate Your Passive Characters, One Verb at a Time

How to Use Description to Show Character Development

How to Create a Non-Cliched First-Meeting Scene

The “It Depends” Post

Shifting internal goals

When to identify your character’s goal

Writing about normal people with normal problems

If you’re worried about your character being too similar to someone else’s character 

Describing your characters without messing up your pacing

Story, Plot, & Pacing

Quick Plotting Tip: Write Your Story Backwards

Pause at the Threshold

How to Spot an “Info-dump”

Slowing Down the Pace of Your Story Without Boring Your Reader

Time Transitions

How to Create a Non-Cliched First-Meeting Scene

Creating Conflict

When & how to cut a scene

If you’re good at creating characters but awful at creating plot

When you’ve plotted your story but can’t get started

En Media Res

Writing to Your Ideal Reader

Deus Ex Machina

Foreshadowing

Finding an Ending

What to write between moments of conflict

Starting a story with waking-up scene

Description, Setting, & Worldbuilding

How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring

How to Spot an “Info-dump”

Adding Descriptions to Intense Scenes Without Messing Up Your Story’s Flow

How to Use Description to Show Character Development

Worldbuilding: How much is too much?

Modeling your fantasy world from stuff in the real world

Internal Consistency

Point of View

How to Choose the Right Point of View for Your Story

A Beginner’s Guide to Multiple Point of View

6 Questions to Ask About Your Point of View

How to decide if you should use first person or third person

More point of view basics

Head hopping

How to Head Hop without Head Hopping

Dialogue

How to Improve Your Dialogue

3 Ways to Make Your Dialogue More Interesting

Starting a story with dialogue

Are You Using Too Much Stage Direction?

Which is Better: Exposition or Expository Dialogue?

Publishing & Sharing Your Work

7 Tips to Build an Audience for Your Writing

Pros and Cons of Self Publishing

Quick Publishing Tip: Don’t Bury Your Gold

How to Properly Format Your Manuscript for Publication

A warning about posting writing online that you intend to publish later

Advice for writers who are worried about people stealing their work or ideas

Getting feedback on your writing

How to Create a Cover Letter for a Literary Magazine or Journal

Editing

10 Questions to Ask an Editor Before Hiring Them

Quick Revision Tip: Read Your Writing Out Loud

How to Keep Yourself From Editing As You Write

Cut the fidgeting

Are you suffering from -ing disease?

Are you Using Too Much Stage Direction?

What “Editing” Really Means

Quick Editing Tip: “That”

Quick Revision Tip: Read Faster

Editing Tip: Dialogue

Tips for Editing a Story

…if you find any broken links please let me know and I will fix them! xo

*I recently changed the name of my blog. All of these links should work, but if you come across a “Bucket Siler has moved!” page when clicking on a link inside an old post, there’s an easy way to find what you’re looking for: In the url, delete “bucketsiler,” write “theliteraryarchitect,” then hit return. Also, let me know about it & I will fix it :)

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Kiki's quick guide to rating and properly tagging works on AO3 (or anywhere, really).

Let's start with the rating system:

1. General Audiences. The PG territory, the kind of stories anyone of any age can read. Think of Disney movies, that sort of stuff.

2. Teen. Basically the same as before but a little edgier. Might contain swearing (but not excessive), talking about potentially upsetting themes, like death or substance abuse, for example, but still at a rather surface level overall. It can get steamy but sex scenes are a "fade to black" kind of deal with nothing shown about it.

3. Mature. With this rating you can go in depth for adult and/or troublesome issues, no shying away from it. The main difference with explicit is that the action/gory details aren't lovingly described, so to speak. Or if they are, it's usually a small scene and not the main focus of the story.

4. Explicit. The strictly 18+ area. Smut fics fall in this rating. Go on with as much detail as you want into how the characters fuck, or with the violence (yes, there are Explicit fics that aren't about sex). Basically, if you detail what goes in what hole and how it's throbbing, or describe the effects of torture or a beating, etc, you need this rating.

Now, for the main content warnings you'll find at AO3 and what they mean:

1. Graphic depictions of violence. If your story has a focus on fighting/battle, war, etc, it probably needs this warning if it's rated Mature or Explicit.

2. Major Character Death. Also called MCD, very (in)famous since it's quite divisive, people either love it or hate it. If one of the main characters in your story dies at any point, for the love of God, use this one, please.

3. Rape/non-con. Check if your story depicts or mentions non-consensual sex.

4. Underage. You'll need this warning if characters who are under the age of 18 engage in sexual activities of any kind.

5. Choose not to use archive warnings. This is Schrodinger's warning. It says the story may or may not contain some of the above stuff that you should warn for. Basically, read at your own risk. Some authors don't want to spoil future twists/content in their story and use this. It's NOT SAFE.

6. No archive warnings apply. This one declares the story won't have any of the aforementioned warnings (violence, rape, MCD, underage). If you use this you're declaring the story is safe regarding these warnings. It's incompatible with "choose not to use warnings", they are NOT the same!! And ofc using both at the same time just makes no sense.

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YOU THERE! YES YOU! FIC READER!

I just read a fic from 2013 and left a comment on the end. The author responded within 3 hours.

Please leave comments on fics. It doesn't matter if you don't know what to say I literally made a joke about a space worm. Please comment on fics it'll make the authors day even if its from 9 years ago.

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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Astarion/Tav (Baldur's Gate), Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Female Character(s), Astarion (Baldur's Gate)/Original Male Character(s), Halsin/Tav (Baldur's Gate), Tav (Baldur's Gate)/Original Male Character(s), Astarion & Wyll, Gale & Tav Characters: Tav (Baldur's Gate), Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Original Characters, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Gale (Baldur's Gate), Wyll (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Slow To Update, Tags Contain Spoilers, Spoilers, Tags May Change, Mostly Canon Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Female Tav (Baldur's Gate), Half-Elf Tav (Baldur's Gate), Bard Tav (Baldur's Gate), Human Tav (Baldur's Gate), Astarion is on the Asexuality Spectrum (Baldur's Gate), Astarion's Past Abuse (Baldur's Gate), Astarion's Scars (Baldur's Gate), Astarion Does Not Ascend (Baldur's Gate), Polyamory, Polyamorous Character, POV Third Person, POV Third Person Limited, POV Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Named Tav (Baldur's Gate), POV Tav (Baldur's Gate), Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Warnings May Change Summary:

Novelization of my Tav's journey through the game and story of Baldur's Gate 3

------- Calla Tavlen has lost love once. A beautiful man she didn't deserve. One night, while mourning the loss, she meets a Pale Elf, who promises to whisk her away into the night. Unfortunately, the Absolute has other plans. --- Astarion brought home a bard once. A beautiful man who was more kind than he deserved. Maybe it was guilt, or maybe it was curiosity; Astarion sought out the bard's wife, thinking to bring her home as well. Things didn't go to plan. ---------

POV switches happen at chapter breaks: ✧✧✧✧✧ = Tav (Calla)'s POV ✦✦✦✦✦ = Astarion's POV Chapters with sex scenes will be noted with an asterisk * in the title.

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Fenris: That Garden Ungrown

One-shot, 1,367 words

"I would like to take Judith with me this time." "Oh really? Where are you going?" "Back to Tevinter." "Really, now? Has it suddenly become safer?" Fenris's mouth flattened into a thin line. "If not, then why?" she half-demanded. Fenris studied Merrill's face for a moment, tracing the faded lines of her Vallaslin with his eyes. Part of him didn't want to admit it. He already felt like an awful parent. He'd abandoned his child and was now appearing out of nowhere to take her to a dangerous country on the brink of war. "I don't want her to grow up and not know who I am…"

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Flirting + Teasing Masterpost

Flirting Prompts - Oblivious and flirty

Teasing Prompts

More Teasing Prompts

Flirting - Successful and unsuccessful Part I 

Flirting - Successful and unsuccessful Part II

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The quiet roar of the river that ran along side you, seemed to almost drown out the usual sounds of the forest, only the soft crunch of leaves and twigs under your feet and the occasional distant sound of branches snapping, managing to be heard above the rushing water. 

The gentle mist that filled the cool air was incredibly refreshing on your heated skin, the whole atmosphere of this place making you feel a specific type of serenity you could only ever find amongst these trees. No matter how bad your week had been, nor how dark your thoughts had become, coming here always managed to refresh you in a way you couldn’t explain.

Studiously, you ignored the fact that coming here meant never quite being fully alone.

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“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.