Fic: Beginnings and Ends (Dragon Age)

Dec. 29th, 2025 08:32 pm
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Beginnings and Ends (1015 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rook (Dragon Age)
Additional Tags: Backstory, Elf Rook (Dragon Age), Nonbinary Rook (Dragon Age), One Shot, Veil Jumper Rook (Dragon Age)
Series: Part 1 of Mer Aldwir
Summary: Once upon a time, Mer Aldwir's greatest regret was that they didn't have vallaslin of their own.

On the fanfiction front...

Dec. 27th, 2025 10:48 pm
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While they're all hidden right now since the archive is still anonymous at the moment, the fics that I wrote for Yuletide this year have put me at 799 fanworks total on the AO3. And, me being me, I very much want to post #800 sometime before the end of the year.

I'm not sure if I can pull it off or not, but I'm really leaning towards trying to get it posted on Monday. The very first fic that I posted online went up on 12/29/2000, so it seems kinda fitting to post #800 exactly 25 years later.

We'll see if I can pull it off? I have enough WIPs that I should be able to finish something that isn't for an exchange that I can go ahead and post publicly that day. Theoretically, at least.

For Sale: Nintendo Switch games

Dec. 26th, 2025 02:58 pm
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I've made this post a number of times without any luck, but I wanted to try again just in case I have better luck this time. Would anyone be interested in any of the following Nintendo Switch games?

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (example on Amazon)
Spyro Reignited Trilogy (example on Amazon)
TemTem (example on Amazon)

If you're not interested but know someone who might be, please point them my way.

For payment, I have CashApp ($Settiai), PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle (nancy.lynn.foster@gmail.com).
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My parents have a lot of issues, but they always send me a care package every year with various Southern foods in it that I can't easily get up here. One of them is country ham. It's delicious but very difficult to cook because it smokes so much, so I ended up giving away the ham they sent me last year because I couldn't make it without setting off the smoke alarm in the hotel.

I tried something new thing this year, though, and apparently cooking country ham in the air fryer works pretty damn well.

Advent Calendar: Tea

Dec. 24th, 2025 10:16 pm
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Considering the state of my finances this year, I wasn't expecting to be able to get the Adagio advent calendar for December. Someone sent me a gift card as an early Christmas present, though, so I got to stick with the tradition after all.

It was 24 days for a total of 24 different teas, and - as usual - they tried to provide a fairly nice mix of very different types of teas. Some were great, some very much weren't, but they were all definitely different.

Teas under the cut. )

The Mighty Nein 1x08

Dec. 24th, 2025 06:20 pm
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Continuing on my previously posted thoughts about episode 1x07, I just finished watching episode 1x08.

Spoilers under the cut. )

Yuletide

Dec. 24th, 2025 04:56 pm
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Yuletide just went live a little while ago, and I got not one but two lovely gifts!

(And, for the record, I opened both of them immediately upon golive before things glitched, so I haven't seen the writers yet and intentionally am avoiding looking to try to keep myself surprised since I know the mods are manually going through and fixing it right now.)

First up is my main gift, the kid is the turf for Home Alone. Some amazing person took my link to to a Bluesky post from last year ("the Wet Bandits team up against another burglar duo going after Kevin because he is *their* kid") and went with it, and it's brilliant. Gen. 3,489 words.

The second fic was a gorgeous treat for Stealing Fire by Jo Graham (part of the Numinous World series) called Her Last Confession. It focuses on Thais, written in the format of her speaking to Alexander decades upon decades after his death. Gen, with background F/M and M/M. 6,796 words.

As for my own fics, I ended up writing a fair number this year. I didn't beat my record from 2023 (ten fics), but I came close.

Yuletide

Dec. 22nd, 2025 07:08 pm
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Now that we're getting closer and closer to golive, I've been narrowing down my bookmarks on the app for potential treats to try to get written. I'd originally included some fandoms that I could write for if I found the time to re-read/re-watch/etc. the fandom in question, but the odds of me finding the time to fit any more canon reviews in is slim to none at this point.

So I've taken out those fandoms and left the ones that I know that I'd be able to write without having to do a proper review beforehand. Because, you know, that would get it down to a reasonable number of options to choose from, right? Right?

... yeah, it's still at 161. I'm way too multifannish even with rare fandoms. 🙃

Fic: Making Memories (Dragon Age)

Dec. 21st, 2025 03:08 pm
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Making Memories (1228 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leliana/Female Tabris (Dragon Age)
Characters: Female Tabris (Dragon Age), Leliana (Dragon Age), Original Child Character(s)
Additional Tags: The Joining Exchange, Mortality, Motherhood, One Shot, Post-Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser DLC, Slice of Life
Summary: It was nothing but a quiet moment just like any other before or after it. There was nothing particularly special or memorable about it, and yet for a few minutes it was everything.

The Mighty Nein 1x07

Dec. 21st, 2025 02:50 am
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Continuing on my previously posted thoughts about episode 1x06, I just finished watching episode 1x07.

Spoilers under the cut. )

Yes, I'm well aware what time it is. I couldn't sleep, though, so I figured I might as well accomplish something while I was wide awake at 3am.

Weekend Plans

Dec. 20th, 2025 12:22 am
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Okay, let's figure out my plans for the weekend, shall we?

All of my big bills (hotel, storage unit, phone, PO Box) have already been paid, so unless something very unexpected happens I don't have to worry about any major expenses the rest of the year other than a vet bill on the 29th. So that's definitely something to be happy about, as it means I can focus on other things this weekend.

I think my plan is to get up tomorrow morning and do my usual weekend cleaning. That way, I can get all of those things done first thing. I'll wash clothes, do some vacuuming/dusting/mopping/etc., and then hopefully by mid-afternoon I'll be free to work on other things.

By which I mainly mean writing as many fics for Yuletide as I possibly can, to be fair. That said, I still need to watch this week episode of both The Mighty Nein and Critical Role, so I'd like to get that done tomorrow as well.

That way I can spend pretty much all of Sunday writing. 🤞🏻

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 12/17 Game

Dec. 18th, 2025 12:24 am
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In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Yuletide: The Last Update (For Now)

Dec. 17th, 2025 08:48 pm
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All fics that were due today have been posted! One of them might have been right down the wire, but it was posted on time so that's all that matters.

I'm giving it a rest until tomorrow, and then I'll go over them again to tweak a few things and maybe add one more scene to one of them. And then I can work on more Yuletide fics! Because it's me, and I'm bound and determined to write as many as I can possibly fit in before the archive goes live next week.

Once more with Yuletide...

Dec. 17th, 2025 12:02 am
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Okay, we're right at 16 hours to the deadline, so now I'm starting to feel a bit of pressure as I try to get things finished up.

I had a headache this morning and took off work to stay curled up in bed until close to lunchtime, so my sleep schedule is completely messed up again. Which, in this case, is probably a good thing, as I honestly tend to do better writing at night than during the day. My plan is to stay up until at least 2-3am working on finishing up my fic(s) or, at least, getting them to a point where they'd be considered a properly finished work if I were to get hit by a bus before I could get back to them to make additions.

I'm sure that I'll end up spending some more time tweaking things over the next week, cleaning things up and maybe adding some extra scenes depending on just how much my muse decides to cooperate tonight. Still, the important thing is getting everything finished.

So... I guess we'll see how it goes?

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