2026 WIP’s

Tagged by: @natsora, thank you friend!

A gentle tag with no obligations to: @nevesserialwriter, and @iamsuperconfused (apologies if y’all have done this already, I’ve been offline a bit!)

For my WIP’s, I almost always have my complete works pre-written before I start posting and I’m usually only working at one thing at a time or my brain gets it’s wires crossed. So!

My one active WIP is tentatively titled, For One Day Soon.

This will be the final piece for the Dawn Will Come series (shameless self-promo), which covers the aftermath of Trespasser.

As this is the final piece of a full series, Josephine Montilyet and S’vari Lavellan have been through the wringer over the course of the series, from Tranquility to kidnapping to bloodshed and loss.

This part deals more with the aftermath of all of those events, whether it be Josephine dealing with her newly acquired disability, S’vari dealing with overwhelming guilt, or their dear friend Cassandra Pentaghast trying to keep everyone’s shit together. Things are thrown even more askew by the arrival of Josephine’s mother, Claudia Montilyet.

I’m nearing the end of the first draft, and then just editing remains :D

After that, some mental WIP’s I’m going to tackle next are:

Blood I Bled: Neve and Tel underestimate Aelia at a steep price

The Bright Child: Josephine and S’vari meet Aya, an odd little girl who eventually becomes their adopted daughter. (This is going to end up as an eventual full verse with @natsora, @crackedskel and @justskipit)

And a smattering of short drabbles and ficlets for various fan weeks, looking very much forward to Josephine week in March!

That might all be a little optimistic for 2026, but we shall see!

Thank you for the tag!

Last Line Tag

Many thanks to @woundedsoul12, @juniper-and-dragonthorn, and @ofcrowsanddragons for the tags!

The rules are basically to share the last line of what you’ve been working on and tag tha number of people. I’ll go with the last new line I drafted, rather than the last thing I worked on (because that was just editing):

And since I just tagged a bunch of people for Five(ish) Sentence Friday, I’ll just give some incredibly gentle tags to: @nevesserialwriter, @natsora, @justskipit, @sandcastlekings, @hyperions-light, @mageofquandrix, @dymme, @bygonesigh, @becausedragonage, and @littlemissgeek8, and of course anyone else who wants to!

Five(ish) Sentence Friday

Thanks so much for the tag @juniper-and-dragonthorn! I…mostly followed the rules. >.> (It is six sentences, but if I round down…)

I’ll give out some gentle tags to: @hyperions-light, @ofcrowsanddragons, @bygonesigh, @dymme, @mageofquandrix, @mythals-whore, @davrinsleftpectoral, @nevesserialwriter, @serialsforbellara, @blackwall-my-tiny-husband, @jukkaricity, @woundedsoul12, @operative-arrow, @rooks-dagger, and anyone else who wants to join in! Tag me so I can shout about it!

From part of The Ventus Job I’ve been retooling:

New Year’s Fandom Resolutions

Thanks so much, @woundedsoul12, both for the tag and the game! And thanks to @bronzieinthedas and @thedissonantverses for the tags as well!

I’ll give some gentle tags out to, if you haven’t done it yet: @hyperions-light, @ofcrowsanddragons, @juniper-and-dragonthorn, @dymme, @mageofquandrix, @bygonesigh, @mythals-whore, @serialsforbellara, @jouskaroo, @grimrevolution, @skullypettibone, @nevesserialwriter, @andthekitchensinkao3, @himluv, @pixiedurango, @the-sparrohawk, @littlemissgeek8, @seaglassmelody, @operative-arrow, @shadowed-rook, @aetherflowers, @antivan-sprig, @becausedragonage, @curiouswisp, @sandcastlekings, @introvertedfangrl, @bestboyargos, @officialnostradamus, @blackwall-my-tiny-husband, @definitelynotadeathclaw, @davrinsleftpectoral, and @jukkaricity and anyone who wants to play! Come tag me and I’ll cheer you on!

Okay, resolving things below the cut! 😅

Thursday Bangers 12/25

Thank you for the tag @woundedsoul12

No pressure tagging @tarasmom @sorcerousadventurer @serialsforbellara @kogarashi-art @nevesserialwriter and anyone who might want to play

This week' lyrics

More Veilguard Star Wars AU brainrot. Learn more about them here

When Athos originally joined the Rebellion, he figured his work would consist of regular missions with the Pathfinders.

Certainly his first year had been spent running ground and infiltration missions with the Pathfinders, but a year in, he'd been pulled by command to work with Davrin and his astromech A5-AN on extraction missions. Their first year together was spent pulling soldiers and intelligence out.

Then came the mayday request from a Jedi. After Order 66 the few surviving Jedi had gone into hiding. Athos had been surprised when they'd been given an extraction order for not just a Jedi, but two Force sensitive kids.

They'd remained on a Rebel base for the first few months until the first evacuation, then he and Davrin had been ordered to help Neve keep Rish and Adana hidden. His life since then had been Davrin, A5-AN, the Jedi Neve Gallus, and the girls.

People I'd Like to Know Better

I was tagged for this by @nevesserialwriter Thank you! Also, Scotland is an excellent choice! I'll tag @jukkaricity @in-the-drowning-deep and @mythals-whore Get to know me under the cut!

People I’d Like to Know Better

Tagged by: @justskipit because I asked her to because I wanted to do this game lol

Fun fact: I met my wife on tumblr while doing Tumblr RP over ten years ago.

Favorite color: Blue! Specifically a rich dark blue

Last song (on loop): Where the Hell is My Husband? By Raye. The bridge is just so so catchy and has turned into an insane earworm.

Last movie: K-POP Demon Hunters

Currently watching/last series: I’m not watching any currently airing shows because I can’t write and watch something at the same time. Last series I re-visited was Why Women Kill Season 1 (a personal fave)

Currently reading: Still struggling reading long-form things, but I’ve been on a KPDH tear lately when I can sit down and read.

Currently playing: I’m basically always playing Cyberpunk 2077, that game is like a hug to me.

Sweet/salty/spicy: Sweet!

Coffee or tea: Tea

Relationship status: married

Current obsession: KPDH and polytrix to the point that I made another blog solely for blogging about them to save y’all the influx lol.

Last google search: Conclave the movie, I got a whole bunch of YouTube shorts from it and wanted to read the plot.

Currently working on: Look to the Skies, a continuation of my Dawn Will Come Series and a Josephine Montilyet/S’vari Lavellan longfic

2025 Favorites and Not

Many, many thanks to @woundedsoul12, @juniper-and-dragonthorn, and @becausedragonage for the tags! I’ll give some very gentle tags to anyone who wants to do this, if they haven’t yet, including but not limited to: @hyperions-light, @ofcrowsanddragons, @bygonesigh, @dymme, @mageofquandrix, @davrinsleftpectoral, @jouskaroo, @mythals-whore, @jukkaricity, @bronzieinthedas, @operative-arrow, @uchidachi, @rooks-dagger, @skullypettibone, @andthekitchensinkao3, @introvertedfangrl, @nevesserialwriter, @lovelygallus, and @natsora.

1. Favorite character to write for/about

I mean, if you were to ask me I’d hem and haw and say I don’t have a favorite; and, unbelievable though it may be, I don’t. That said, one of my favorites is definitely Neve Gallus.

And no one was surprised.

2. Least favorite character to write for/about

Probably Anders or Ogren, to be honest, largely because I struggle with their voices. And when I say “struggle with their voices” I mean “it is so genuinely painful an outcome when I see what I’ve done, that I just delete it immediately and pretend it never happened.”

3. Favorite pairing

I don’t have one, despite my output being very focused on one. 😂 I do love, though:

Neve/Rook

Josephine/Leliana

Cassandra/Inquisitor

Dorian/Inquisitor

Hawke/Isabela

Warden/Morrigan

Warden/Alistair

Zevran/Alistair

Lucanis/Rook

Lucanis/Neve

…I could keep going but I’ll stop there.

4. Least favorite pairing

Probably Fenris/Anders. Not because it’s bad — if you love it, I love and support you — but it’s one that I struggle with.

5. Favorite POV and Tense

Limited third-person past, my beloved. 💖

6. Something new you did this year

I wrote a bunch of characters I never had, I tried a new modality (epistolary fic?), I tried new POVs and tenses, I tried new events…I pushed myself to try a lot of new things this year, and I am so glad that I did. It’s been a TON of fun!

7. Something other people have told you that you're good at

Finding raccoon gifs. Normally an underrated skill, but I’m glad it’s found an audience. 🙂‍↕️

8. Something you think you're good at

Finding raccoon gifs. But also, I think I have a decent handle on writing dialogue?

I haven’t written in a week, so I am in the “unsure” phase of my assessments of my own writing, so don’t mind me.

9. Something you want to improve on

Still working on description and showing more than telling, both areas where I historically struggle, but I think I’m making progress and the work shall continue!

10. Favorite thing you read this year

Oooooof, tough choice. Impossible, even. I will limit myself to two, but please know that I am crying at being forced to make this choice.

delicate by @juniper-and-dragonthorn (Neve/Rana, Rated M). The yearning, the bad with feelings, the small things that show deep affection and connection…yes please.

All That the Maker Has Wrought is in His Hand by @mageofquandrix (Dorian/Ashur, Rated T). Again with the yearning — this is clearly a Thing for me — and Dorian’s voicing here is so incredible and spot-on. Just /chef’s kiss

11. Favorite event you did this year

@datvcompanionweeks, hands down. All of them. Every single one.

12. Favorite song to listen to while you write/get you in the writing mood

This depends so heavily on what I’m writing, or wanting to write, that I actually don’t think I can answer this with less than an essay. 😅

13. Favorite type of fic to write (crack, fluff, angst, smut, etc)

I feel like most of my offerings fall into a fluff-ish area, so it would seem that’s my vibe and I am perfectly happy with that. 😁

Such a fun game, thanks so much @woundedsoul12!

Blank template for anyone who wants to play below the cut! ☺️

sometimes we (i) forgot

best detective ever

Neve paying for fried fish with a whole ass-pouch of coins in A Study of Dock Town implies three possibilities:

Hit me with your kill shot baby ✨