#dragon age ocs are the best man ahhh

[allthatglittersisnotgoldrush]

Truly a golden series! And since you encourage anon questions, I was wondering how you'd order the villains from Absolute Worst to I'd Personally Deck Them but They Can Live? Also maybe with a dash of spoiler-info? I'm honestly intrigued with how you manage to write such compellingly loathable characters like Mairon and Bauglir.

Ahhh thank you! It’s admittedly rather cathartic to write the *worst* people in the world.

The author groupchat has consulted and the following ranking (with a few OCs* stitched in) is as follows. From worst to most...likeable?

1. Melkor Bauglir/Morgoth

He’s just incredibly, incredibly vile. Disgusting to his core and given to long, irritating rants. Prurient af. Brutal and illogical. Also really scary when he has you in his clutches because it’s just. Impossible to escape. S/O to Maedhros for sort of managing to get most of his body away. *waves sad, single hand*

2. Gothmog

Infinitely cooler than Morgoth but equally hellish. Bigoted, abusive, oppressive, and terrifying. Morgoth will take a long time to kill you, and that’s bad, but Gothmog will shoot anyone on sight and that’s--devastating. *Sighs in the direction of canon kills*

3. Mairon

An edge-lord, but the edges are too sharp, they’re literal knives. Run. Bonus points, I guess, for actually creeping out the authors who write him. He gets the award for the best jump-scares.

4. Glaurung

A frat-bro for the ages who has benefitted from white supremacy. So like, a villain for our current age? He’s very shiny, but he sucks. He will stir up a lot of trouble, and you asked for a little spoiler--let’s just say that Glaurung steps into a semi-canonical role/moment that is coming up but wouldn’t have otherwise fit in our timeline. Multi-tasking!

5. Thuringwethil

A bat out of hell. Makes you feel bad about having the hots for Mae; the ultimate crime.

6. Goodley*

This man is just a jealous bitch, and wins the award for worst side-kick. The award is literally a kick to his side; please line up to administer yours.

7. Murphy

He has no right to be Frog’s father. Dead in a ditch, as he deserves.

8. Ulfang

Had the immense honor of losing at cards to Maedhros Feanorian; f’ed up that legacy about as profoundly as anyone could. Known weasel.

9. Ancagalon

Not a good or nice person but also has no time for men’s bullshit and that’s an admirable & relatable quality. The canary probably isn’t long for this world though.

More spoiler info? We wouldn’t have brought the dragons in if we weren’t going to have them spew flames some time or another. :)

[johaerys-writes]

2019 Writer’s Roundup

I was tagged by @serial-chillr ​ , @pikapeppa ​, @darlingrutherford ​,  @dafan7711 ​, @faerieavalon ​ and @solas-disapproves ​  for a year end review! Thank you so much, friends, it was such a joy to see what you’ve all achieved this year!!

Word Count

This is just a rough estimation based on the word count of my published fics on AO3 and the works that I’ve written this year that I haven’t published.

Total: approximately 300k, about half of it published! This is such an achievement for me, considering that I had never written anything beyond random flashfiction and short stories before Dec 2018. I had just finished playing DAI and I fell in love with Dragon Age and Dorian’s romance in particular, and that inspired me to start writing more consistently. I also tried my hand at writing for a couple different fandoms, so here’s a list of my favourite things I’ve written this year:

Dragon Age

A World With You: 128,110 words, plus approximately 50,000 words from the first draft that ended up getting scrapped. My longest fic to date! 

The Most Troublesome Man In Thedas (4,702): A fun and fluffy one shot of Tristan and Dorian exploring the Hinterlands. 

As It Was (1,401): A one shot inspired by @solas-disapproves‘s The Guardian, featuring her OC Maori and Solas. 

 The One She Runs To (4,740): A one shot inspired by @pikapeppa  and @schoute‘s Where the Winds of Fortune Take Me, featuring Pika’s Rynne Hawke and Fenris, and a cameo from Schoute’s Piper Lavellan!

Castlevania (seriously, if any of you are into Castlevania, please reach out!! I love the TV series so much and I'm slowly getting into the lore of the games, so I would love to nerd out about it with you!) 

Nothing But Himself (3,641): Trevor x Sypha 

Loyal to the End (2,517) and The Wound That Never Heals ( 2,448): Hector x Carmilla

Unpublished (as of yet, at least!) 

A Witcher and Wheel of Time crossover fic, that I doubt will ever see the light of day but I had so much fun writing:  ~65k 

A Cole fic that I’ve been working on for AGES and hopefully will get around to posting this year! It’s currently in the editing stage, so if you like Cole as much as I do… Keep an eye out 😉 ~ 35k

Number of Smut Scenes: 

6 and counting!

New things I tried this year: 

Honestly, everything has been a first for me this year. Writing almost every day, outlining, editing, reading other people’s awesome work, writing smut, trying my hand at writing my lovely friends’ amazing OCs… It has been such an exciting year, and I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings!

Favourite thing I wrote this year: 

My Pavelyan Inquisition fic featuring my OC Tristan Trevelyan and Dorian Pavus, A World With You. Never before have I put so much effort, time and love into any piece of writing. I adore it to tiny little pieces!

Favourite fic I read this year: 

Ohh, I’ve read so many amazing fics this year, and not near as much as I would like! But I will single out a few highlights:

The Guardian by @solas-disapproves. This is hands down one of the best fics I’ve ever read. I am constantly blown away by the amazing prose, the gripping story, the character development, the unique exploration of DA’s lore… THE LIST GOES ON. I’ll never get over what an amazing writer my friend is, and I honestly never want this story to end!

Where the Winds of Fortune Take Me by my beloved @pikapeppa and @schoute. I was gripped by the concept of this fic from the very start, and I love it to bits! It has made me laugh and cry on so many occasions (and when I say cry I mean LITERALLY BAWL MY EYES OUT), and I’m constantly amazed by @pikapeppa’s writing and her understanding of the characters’ psychology. Plus, Schoute’s art is to die for, as well as her ideas and Piper’s backstory which I still haven’t recovered from!!

Borderland Sorrows by @serial-chillr  (it has been so much fun brainstorming with Serial, thank you for sharing your ideas with me bb), and The Long Game by my beloved friendo @badpriestessofbuttsburgh! I love both these stories so much, and I can’t wait to read more!!

Writing goals for 2020:

Finish A World With You (although just the thought makes me sad! I hate saying goodbye)

Write the Surfer AU @solas-disapproves and I have been working on!

Read more fics! There are so many talented writers out there and I want to read everythinggggg ahhh

Hopefully start writing my DAO and DA2 OCs, now that I’m close to finishing both games!

Lastly, and most importantly, to be kinder to myself, both in regards to writing and in general 🙂

Words of Thanks 

Writing my fic and starting this blog has led me to meeting so many amazing people, and I honestly couldn’t be more honoured to be part of this space. Your comments, tags, reblogs and kind words mean so much to me. Also, a huge thank you to those of you that keep tagging me in things even though it’s been taking me a while to get to them lately!! I love y’all so much and I always love seeing what you have been working on, so keep those tags coming ❤️ 😄

A special shoutout to my beloved potate in crime and partner to my salty soul @solas-disapproves. She is a constant inspiration for me and I’m thankful every day for having met her. I love you so much bb, ewe

I know most people have done this tag already, but I’m still going to tag a few more writers whose friendship, comments, tags, likes and reblogs have made my life so bright: @tessa1972, @welcome-to-gaydas, @tevivinter, @midnightprelude, @dickeybbqpit, @thejeeperswife as well as a few people whose works are on my to-read list and I’d love to get to know them better! @in-arlathan ​ @cornfedcryptid ​ , @allisondraste ​, @kittimau ​, @schattengerissen ​, @fandomn00blr ​, @dharma-writes ​, @andrasste ​ (and lots of other that I’m sure I’m forgetting now!)

Finally, I want to thank each and every person who has given my stories a chance! I know my Dorian/Tristan is kind of a niche pairing, so it truly warms my heart to know that there are people out there that enjoy my writing.

Alright, that’s it from me, folks! 2019 has been an exciting year with lots of highs and lows for me, and I’m looking forward to another year of writing, sharing and screeching my love for fictional characters with you! ❤️

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