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"Divorce" is overstating the situation here but Thora and Blackwall are what you might chatacterise as "a break" and Solas is being a nosy friend. From a future chapter of Var Shiral'vhen:

The whole exchange is almost enough to distract Solas from the game, his forehead creases as he watches her. “I take it your trysts with our Warden have tapered off.”

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five sentence friiiiisaturday

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Took a break from DABB to work on my next chapter of Var Shiral'vhen. Solas has been preoccupied reconnecting with the spirit that helped them during the fall of Haven. Reunited after a tip from Ian (who Solas suspected Cole would like for no particular reason, do not read into it), Solas makes it his goal to make sure Cole remains safe if he is to remain with the Inquisition:

[Solas] has seen what has happened to others of [Cole's] kind: binding their form and possessing their nature.  The better part of the last few months, he himself has turned his magic upon them. The fact that they are beyond reason, past hope, is cold comfort when it was his mistake that cost them their minds. He feels his conviction harden within him as Cole stands over him. Be he Compassion or Despair, Solas will brook no threat made towards him.

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Pride Fics by Tas

Before Pride is over I wanted to make a list of fics I've written with queer themes or queer pairings. My main pairing is non-binary Lavellan/Solas, so I won't recommend every queer fic I've ever written and for that pairing try to limit it to things where I deliberately tried to talk about things like gender and sexuality.

For other pairings I may be less discerning. Featuring NBxNB, FxF, MxM, and NBxM.

Solas Fics

a new heart | 1372 words | E | Solas x Non-binary!Lavellan Made to serve as Mythal's wisdom in matters of war, Solas seeks the answer to love's nature through the people he has loved throughout his life. As one friend put it in the comments became an exploration of compulsory sexuality. I write Solas as aspec and the repulsion and elation he feels in having sex with the right person in the right circumstances was honestly quite personal to write as sb who is aspec myself.

The Eternal Question | 2989 words | T | No major pairings He had never wanted a body, but now he has to make sense of his. The transness at the centre of the first elves making their own bodies is endlessly fascinating and one I hoped to explore in this piece for the Trans Thedas Fest. Solas as a trickster figure who does not settle into one easy box is a headcanon I haven't had an opportunity to explore, and the dysphoria that comes with a post-Veil world was similarly important for me to depict in this fic.

The shape of you | 1614 words | E | Solas x Non-binary!Lavellan Ten years have passed since Solas told Ian that he loved him. Since then their bodies, their love, and their spirits have changed, but Ian will love Solas with all he is, and in whatever form he chooses. A fic about the queerness of loving someone even as a worm. In all seriousness, I tried to represent in this how relationships and the people within them may change, but the love can survive. Identities and bodies can shift, the love is still there.

Dragon Age

Miossan Oneshots | 476 words | Felassan x Non-binary!Agent of Fen'Harel The Dread Wolf's left hand plays into the right. A ficlet set after Miraen, spymaster for Fen'Harel, has broken cover within Mythal's court and no longer has to live a double life.

We Tame the Sky | 1517 words | f!Cadash x Josephine In the quiet before the final approach on Haven, Thora Cadash and Josephine share a moment together in Skyhold's chapel. A short and sweet fic about Josephine giving Thora a favour before the end of the main campaign of Inquisition.

Let's Be Selfish | 860 words | f!Cadash x Harding The Orlesian Civil War was over, but its conclusion left Thora Cadash feeling hollow and tired. Lace tries to lighten the evening, to do something to reclaim it for themselves. A shorter and perhaps even sweeter version of the balcony scene written for Thora and everyone's favourite dwarven scout.

Almost Kiss | 878 words | Vivienne x Nicoline de Ghislain Newly settled into the de Ghislain estate, a young Vivienne finds herself face-to-face with the Lady of the house. Set in the beginning of Vivienne's career in court and her relationship with Bastien, she finds that interest in her does not end with him. Poly and sapphic.

Other

spokes in the wheel | Mass Effect | 1035 words | G | Kirrahe x Mordin There was a word for what Kirrahe meant to Mordin, but it took a lifetime for him to find it. Written for the Spectre Requisition Exchange. A series of vignettes about the slow burn of two people who don't have long lives to live. I touch on the complication of salarians being a species that tend towards asexuality, and how that changes their view of romance (it being seen as something introduced by the asari as opposed to inherent to their culture).

The Queen's Pleasure | House of the Dragon | 2314 words | Alicent x Rhaenyra When the King calls, Alicent does not linger longer than she is wanted. Her return is interrupted by a wayward princess, fresh from a foray into Flea Bottom, and hungry for companionship. A little "what if" where Rhaenyra found Alicent before Criston Cole in episode four of HoTD. Read the fic that got me called an "alicunt" because I didn't give Rhaenyra an orgasm. I enjoyed trying to explore sexuality in a more-repressive society than Thedas and how that frames Alicent's first sapphic experience as a woman who has been in a (bad) heterosexual marriage for years at this point.

A Bridge of Swords | Pentiment | 835 words | Illuminata of Perugia x Zdena of Tábor Illuminata did not hesitate in the face of her duties. Tasked with carving out value from Kiersau's library gives Mother Illuminata the chance to reflect upon her life's work, and reconnect with the woman she spent years working beside. A fic written for a Pentiment exchange. It was a challenge writing in a historical as opposed to a fantasy/sci-fi setting, but I enjoyed trying to make something more subtextual than overtly queer.

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Here's the WIP from my next chapter of Var Shiral'vhen! Weeks after an ill-fated kiss before the attack on Haven, Solas and Ian finally get a moment together in Skyhold.

“I’m not in possession of any unique courage, Solas, but I- you… you make me want to take risks I’ve never taken before.”

“... I see.” Solas realises his heart is fluttering and settles his hand across his breast as if he can will it to quiet. It protests, rebelling against the prison he had made for its keeping.

No stranger to inspiring risk, it ought not to affect him, but his body has no loyalty to the wisdom his mind might offer. It feels without exception, it wants without consequence. It takes a step forward. The rest of him follows.

“Then, I suppose if you have no questions, it falls to me to ask mine.”

“Ask it,” he says, two simple words taking all of the breath from his lungs.

“Very well, though I have a request, first…” Another step. They are close, now. He thinks of Haven, where Ian bridged the gap of a thousand-thousand years, and wonders if he possesses the will to do the same. “Might you lend me your courage, so I have the strength to ask?”

Ian’s chin falls in a voiceless nod. It does not escape his notice that they are wetted, now, as if finally willing to believe whatever feelings he harbors are returned.

Properly armed, the question is asked: “May I kiss you?”

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Latest Fanfics

Rules: Post the first line of your ten most recently published fanfics, and then tag ten other users to do the same!

Tagged by @bodysnatch3r xoxoxo

Tagging @darethshirl, @theluckywizard, @virshiral, @theshirallen, @valorcorrupt, @inquisimer, @effelants, @neonteeth, @dreadfutures, @nixeofmidgard i 100% reused ppl from matty's tag sorry

1. var shiral'vhen | dragon age | solas / non-binary!lavellan, solas & f!cadash | multiple | multichapter | 124,044 words (so far) | written with @theshirallen

“Don’t think I’m getting out of this one, salroka.”

2. codex entry: wolf's weed | dragon age | n/a | other | oneshot | 251 words | written for the @/daflowerzine

The sanctuary is nigh-unapproachable on foot. Our scouts report that the valley is overgrown with a noxious stripweed, dubbed wolfsteeth by the Dalish for how it tears the throat.

3. his sentimental fool | dragon age | solas / felassan | m/m | oneshot | 2455 words | written for the @/arlathanxchange

Most days, the Vhen'theneras sings.

4. in the blood | dragon age | merrill & m!mahariel | gen | oneshot | 3248 words | written for @dreadfutures

As the years go by, it becomes more difficult for Merrill to remember their faces.

5. a new heart | dragon age | solas / non-binary!lavellan | multiple | oneshot | 1371 words

"What does it mean to love someone?" Wisdom asks.

6. elvhenan worldbuilding - calendars & holidays | dragon age | n/a | multichapter | 2376 so far

These were our enemies once, now they are our allies in misery- although perhaps they always were. For we, at least, knew freedom for a time. Now it falls to us to keep hope alive, and forgive.

7. solas & ian drabbles - worm love | dragon age | solas / non-binary!lalvellan | oneshot | 604 words

He has long since abandoned any notion that he is working, but the pretense still lays in his lap as he watches Ian in the garden. The words of Brother Genitivi lay, dull and dry upon the page, the past eclipsed by the present.

8. the eternal question | dragon age | solas (solo) | oneshot | 2989 words | written for @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.

9. miossan one shots - i am the view | dragon age | felassan x agent of fen'harel | 476 words

“Do they look different to you now?” Felassan asks.

They lie together, under one open sky or another. Somewhere distant, somewhere safe.

10. laundry day | dragon age | solas x non-binary!lavellan | 410 words

His world is nothing but colour, vivid and bright.

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His Sentimental Fool

Characters: Felassan, Solas Pairing: Solas x Felassan Fandom: Dragon Age Rating: M Other Tags: Grief/Mourning, Post-Mythal's death, POV Felassan, Mythal critical (Felassan isn't a fan) Summary: In the aftermath of Mythal's death, Felassan seeks out a grieving Solas, hoping to compel him to act. Written for @virshiral for the @arlathanxchange! Thank you for giving me the chance to write this pairing.

Most days, the Vhen'theneras sings.

Everyone hears it a little differently, Felassan has found. Harranhal hears a lullaby her mother would sing, Vhernehn hears birdsong, and so on, and so forth.

Most days, Felassan hears a harpsichord, keys played by an exacting hand with no patience for sour notes. Most days, it strokes the keys with a note of hope, of promise— of pride.

Today it plays a dirge, heavy with a note of mortality.

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Var Shiral'vhen - Chapter 27: Apotheosis

Non-binary Lavellan/Solas. Rated M. Chapter Summary: It is the morning after the Breach was sealed, and Thora must determine how to get the Inquisition through the mountains alive while grappling with what it means to be Chosen.

The whole camp smells of survival, fire, and blood, but as they draw near the healers’ tents the smell overwhelms her senses. Breakfast Thora hasn’t eaten turns in her stomach. She knows what she will see from the scent before she arrives: rot in living flesh, the sickening sweet smell of surgery, and a thick fog of sweat. Her hand itches for the pouch of herbs Solas had given her, lost somewhere between here and Haven, but it’s for the best that she can’t dive into it, she thinks. Better the woman they’re meant to trust can look them in the face without blanching.

She peels back the tarp covering the entryway, fabric heavier than any weapon she’s ever heaved. Beyond it, bodies turn in bedrolls and under thin blankets. She’s ashamed to say she doesn’t know more than half of the faces in here, the Inquisition had grown so large so quickly, bigger than anything she’d ever known before.

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Written for @daflowerzine. Frame beautifully illustrated by @gellymilk.

WOLF'S WEED. A noxious weed that has grown in alarming quantities around a sanctuary that once freed slaves liberated by Fen'Harel and his forces.

I was inspired by an off-hand remark Dorian makes in Trespasser and the Scottish legend of the thistle. Thank you so much for letting me lend my words to this project. If you're interested, there is currently a leftover sale going on!

Transcript under the cut. Can also be read on AO3.

13th of Bloomingtide, 9:42 Dragon.

The sanctuary is nigh-unapproachable on foot. Our scouts report that the valley is overgrown with a noxious stripweed, dubbed wolfsteeth by the Dalish for how it tears the throat. Though many-a-gardener can attest to its tendency to grow where it is not wanted, to see it in such great quantity is most unusual. I had wondered if it wasn’t planted, and left to grow wild, in the manner of a moat. Raze it, and an errant breeze will choke your soldiers before they reach the gates. The approach will be slow.

17th of Bloomingtide, 9:42 Dragon.

We found evidence of a skirmish amidst the weeds. Time has worn away most of the archaeological markers, but the Dreamer dispatched to us, Feynriel, has proven himself. I remain skeptical about the historical merit of a Dreamer’s visions, but I will record them for posterity.

The hunter’s vision unfolds like the flight of an arrow: forward and through. They know the ground they walk, the target they track. To pass so close to the wolf’s shadow is a heavy risk, but the cost of failing Andruil far surpasses it.

Their throat scratches, then burns. They surrender to the cough.

What appears at first to be a slight shift of the wind surges forth as a gale.Tooth and claw rip and tear, but as the memory fades, Hope chimes out from the heart of the valley.

From the journal of Professor Mahaut of the University of Orlais

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and i said: what if i write a little bit of my next solas chapter. as a treat.

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Hello friend!! I'm writing some ~things~ for Arlathan eXchange and just wanted to check something about your DNWs. You mention not wanting a Solas/Inquisitor relationship to be mentioned. Is it okay if a gift has a Solas/F!Lavellan romance referenced, where she is broadly implied to be a companion (its not set during the game)? Her being inquisitor or not is irrelevant to the actual fic.

Its a background ship, but also is load bearing to the fic, which focuses on one of your requested pairings :)

(It is of course no problem if it is a problem, I want to make sure it is something you will like! ☺️)

Thank you for checking! I appreciate it. I'd rather there not be f!Solavellan of any kind mentioned in any gifts for me. I do love platonic Solas & Inquisitor (former or otherwise/any and all genders), however, so non-romantic permutations of the ship are welcome.

Or if it needs to be romantic I have a Solas/Non-binary!Lavellan companion ship you can use.

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Var Shiral'vhen - Chapter 26: Thunder on the Mountain

Non-binary Lavellan/Solas. Rated M. Chapter Summary: With the Herald still lost to the blizzard, the Inquisition needs to take a risk to find their savior. Ian volunteers to mount the search personally.

“I’ll organize a search party.” Cullen straightens as he turns, shoulders squaring with new purpose. “We can–”

“What? Wait, Commander–” Ian has to take long steps to catch Cullen, imposing himself in the man’s path and nearly getting knocked back for the trouble, the Templar barely managing to stall his forward drive before they collide. “I don’t think–I don’t think sending more people into the snow is–”

“I won’t abandon her to the mountain, not after–”

“Look around you!” Ian’s voice quakes, but he sets his feet and his jaw, determined. “Do you have–have you started counting, yet? How many–how many we’ve lost? Are still losing? A dozen, just in–just in the time since we left the Chantry. We couldn’t even–they’re still where they fell. No pyres, no prayers. I–we–the Inquisition can’t–”

“We can’t do nothing!” Cullen glowers down at him, “And you don’t–”

“I’m not saying that! I’m–I’m saying that–I’m saying that—I’m–” He closes his eyes, forcing breath through his nose before he looks up, meeting Cullen glare-for-glare. “I’m saying that sending more soldiers out there right now is pointless. Even if they knew exactly where to look. Send them out snowblind, and all you’ve done is kill them, and Thora is lost anyway. If the blizzard doesn’t take them, they’re just as–just as likely to find whatever remains of those Templars.”

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Var Shiral'vhen - Chapter 26: Thunder on the Mountain

Non-binary Lavellan/Solas. Rated M. Chapter Summary: With the Herald still lost to the blizzard, the Inquisition needs to take a risk to find their savior. Ian volunteers to mount the search personally.

“I’ll organize a search party.” Cullen straightens as he turns, shoulders squaring with new purpose. “We can–”

“What? Wait, Commander–” Ian has to take long steps to catch Cullen, imposing himself in the man’s path and nearly getting knocked back for the trouble, the Templar barely managing to stall his forward drive before they collide. “I don’t think–I don’t think sending more people into the snow is–”

“I won’t abandon her to the mountain, not after–”

“Look around you!” Ian’s voice quakes, but he sets his feet and his jaw, determined. “Do you have–have you started counting, yet? How many–how many we’ve lost? Are still losing? A dozen, just in–just in the time since we left the Chantry. We couldn’t even–they’re still where they fell. No pyres, no prayers. I–we–the Inquisition can’t–”

“We can’t do nothing!” Cullen glowers down at him, “And you don’t–”

“I’m not saying that! I’m–I’m saying that–I’m saying that—I’m–” He closes his eyes, forcing breath through his nose before he looks up, meeting Cullen glare-for-glare. “I’m saying that sending more soldiers out there right now is pointless. Even if they knew exactly where to look. Send them out snowblind, and all you’ve done is kill them, and Thora is lost anyway. If the blizzard doesn’t take them, they’re just as–just as likely to find whatever remains of those Templars.”

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In the Blood

Characters: M!Mahariel, Merrill, Kieran Pairing: M!Mahariel & Merrill, M!Mahariel & Kieran, Merrill & Kieran Fandom: Dragon Age Rating: G Other Tags: Dalish Identity, Father-Son Relationship, Male-Female Friendship, Background M!Mahariel x Morrigan, Background Merrill x Carver Summary: The Arlathvhen approaches, and Merrill prepares for its imminent arrival with the last of clan Sabrae. Written for @dreadfutures as part of a server OC swap! 💖 Halevune Mahariel is her OC.

As the years go by, it becomes more difficult for Merrill to remember their faces.

Still, she tries to. She remembers Pol’s nervous smile when he'd finally learned how to knot a halyard; the distant look in Paivel's eyes when a story started getting away from him; how Marethari would stare down her nose at Merrill when she'd failed to meet the expectations that had been set for her.

She sometimes forgets Halevune's face, too, even when he's stood right in front of her. His face is gaunt, dark shadows carved into his face by the fire between them. His hair is brittle, white, like winter's grass, she thinks it would fray if she rubbed it between her fingers. When he smiles (if he smiles) some semblance of her old friend is reborn, and when he doesn't, Merrill looks to Kieran.

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"What is the most noticeable thing about my writing style?" idk if this counts as a style thing but I love the interpersonal relationships you write between characters, lots of fun to read!

what is the most noticeable thing about my writing style?

@imakemywings i think that counts! i'll take it, anyway. ; u ;

character relationships are 99.99% of why i write so i'm happy to hear mine stand out. thank you so much!!! <3

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Var Shiral'vhen - Chapter 25: Arrow of Mercy

Non-binary Lavellan/Solas. Rated M. Chapter Summary: While the rest of the Inquisition retreats, Solas joins the Herald's party in the final push against the Red Templars, then reunites with an old ghost in the Fade.

“You’ve never hesitated to take lessons from the things that make you miserable. How often have we had conversations about the evanuris? About Elgar’nan? About all the tyrannies and ignorance of the world we were fighting for?”

“Too often, I once recall you saying.”

“I’m sure I did. We said many things to each other over the years.” There is as much fondness in his answer as there is reproach. Felassan turns Solas's wrist towards him. “I am posing the question of if you stand to learn something from your happiness.”

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