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[Corker]

*catches a plot bunny* *lets it go*

Anybody up for something with a dark!Warden? Or do you think Zevran would be even less likely to turn down someone like that?

Edit for ToP: I fail at finding fan art. Have gone through 20+ pages looking for that painterly one, Zevran alone in a room in Antiva, with some still life-y things on a table... anyone got a link?

Yay, Maradeux found it!

Modifié par Corker, 23 septembre 2010 - 08:18 .

[Tellervo]

soignee wrote...

Tellervo wrote...

@Jen: Haha, nooo, not you, you've just picked up on the story that comes after N&A. But I've already decided you're going to figure out most of my plot before I even write it. Halae did what I was going to do, more or less (Vanastin trying to argue Zevran into poisoning him rather than dying in the Deep Roads). So unless I come up with something completely off the wall....

Herr, that's good and lulzy.

holy **** out of my head that is what i am writing now ><

I hate fandom hivemind sometimes. ffffffffffffffffffffffffff-

FINE I'LL JUST DRAW LULZ THEN

I KNOW RIGHT?

Van: But I want to die in the fresh air, the deep roads are skeery, hold me Zevs!

Missa: **** this Grey Warden ****!  I'll choke to death on grapes fed me by beautiful wimminz!

[maradeux]

Corker wrote...

*catches a plot bunny* *lets it go*

Anybody up for something with a dark!Warden? Or do you think Zevran would be even less likely to turn down someone like that?

Edit for ToP: I fail at finding fan art. Have gone through 20+ pages looking for that painterly one, Zevran alone in a room in Antiva, with some still life-y things on a table... anyone got a link?

This one? http://th08.devianta...1c5713a8448.jpg

[Sialater]

maradeux wrote...

Corker wrote...

*catches a plot bunny* *lets it go*

Anybody up for something with a dark!Warden? Or do you think Zevran would be even less likely to turn down someone like that?

Edit for ToP: I fail at finding fan art. Have gone through 20+ pages looking for that painterly one, Zevran alone in a room in Antiva, with some still life-y things on a table... anyone got a link?

This one? http://th08.devianta...1c5713a8448.jpg

Wow.  That's beautiful.

[ejoslin]

ICevoL and Jen, thanks so much for trying it. If you want different hairstyles or whatnot, let me know. I've been running around with him with a blonde braid today; it's fun, and changing hairstyles is very quick and easy to do. Also, if anything looks off or whatever, I would like to know.

Edit: that linked picture is beautiful.  

Modifié par ejoslin, 23 septembre 2010 - 07:19 .

[jenovan]

maradeux wrote...

My mother-in-law comes from south Italy and is tow-colored - brown skin, blue eyes, blond hair - by nature. She was a kind of "alien" in her village. So - it would be rare, but not "impossible" that Zevran is natural blond.

XD Neat!  But yeah, I would expect that coloration to be a bit unusual?  Blonde hair and blue eyes are both recessive, after all, and Zev does talk about "dark-haired beauties", I believe, in Antiva -- I'm guessing darker hair is somewhat dominant, but not overwhelmingly so (like in Asia .   Blonde wouldn't be the least bit unnatural, though! ;D

Herr Uhl wrote...

"Well, she has this thing for mercy, and I'm trying to cut me a slice of that."

ROFL!  Nice. XD

@soignee, but would Ewald do it? 

@Tell, massive d'oh for fandom-hivemind.   That definitely sounds like a Vanastin thing, though, especially given how he took the Deep Roads before. ;_;

Corker wrote...

Anybody up for something with a dark!Warden? Or do you think Zevran would be even less likely to turn down someone like that?

Depends on Zevran's tie to the Warden, I suppose   How compelled does he really feel to do what they ask?  Sounds intriguing, at least.

[Sarah1281]

Okay, my entry's kind of strange. There was so much angst that I had to do something lighter.


Zevran Arainai knew that he was in trouble when he saw Ahria Tabris – his very own Grey Warden and the current Hero of Ferelden to boot – nod determinedly and begin to approach him. She had been watching him indecisively for the past twenty minutes and as Ahria was usually quite a bit bolder than that, it was clear that this wasn’t going to be an easy conversation.
 
Sure enough, Ahria began hesitantly. “Zevran…you know how I said that I loved you just as you were and would never ever want to change you in any way ever?”
 
“I do remember something along those lines,” Zevran confirmed. “Although I think that you through in a few more ‘evers.’ Why?”
 
Now Ahria looked as though she’d rather be facing down the Archdemon again than continue with what she was planning on saying. “It’s just that I might have spoken a bit prematurely…”
 
Zevran’s heart sank. He had actually been careful to keep the possibility that this might happen in his mind from the moment she had first kissed him but things had just been going so well – or at least he had thought that they had – and so he had finally started to believe that…but no. He really should have known better. “I see,” he said slowly, his tone deceptively light. “I can’t say that I didn’t expect this and I want you to know that I wish you nothing but the best-”
 
Ahria put her hand on his arm. “I think you may have gotten the wrong idea here. I’m not trying to break up with you.”
 
Zevran blinked. “You’re not?” That was very good news indeed – although it might take some time before he got past this break-up scare – but now he was just confused.
 
Ahria shook her head firmly. “No, of course not! I do love you, I just…Shianni and Soris are being absolutely insufferable about something and they’ve gotten others to join in and it’s driving me crazy.”
 
“And this has something to do with me and the fact that you told me that you never wanted me to change?” Zevran surmised.
 
Looking rather sheepish, Ahria nodded. “It’s just…your hair.”
 
Zevran automatically brought his fingers up to run through his hair. “My…hair?”
 
Ahria pointedly stared at a spot two feet above his head as she explained, “Some time ago, Soris decided to tell everyone that you had a feminine hairstyle and since you wear your hair long and many of the men in the Alienage don’t do that, they quickly decided to start teasing me about it.”
 
Zevran raised an eyebrow. “Soris, really? He’s hardly one to judge other’s romantic interests given that he is involved with a human. And while that may not matter so much to me, it is something of a scandal among the elven communities I’ve come across.”
 
“I think all the heat he’s been taking over that is why he won’t let this go to be honest,” Ahria confided. “Now, normally this wouldn’t be so bad but it’s been going on and on and on. Quite frankly, I’m thoroughly sick of it.”
 
“So what do you want me to do about it?” Zevran asked, not quite understanding what she was asking.
 
“If you could maybe change your hairstyle…?” Ahria suggested.
 
Zevran stared at her, unable to believe what she was asking. “You want me to change my hairstyle. Because people are teasing you and it’s annoying.”
 
“Just a little!” Ahria hastened to clarify. “Maybe you could put it up in a ponytail or something.”
 
“Yes, because I’m sure that that would do wonders to convince them that I don’t have a feminine hairstyle,” Zevran deadpanned. “I really can’t believe you’re even asking me this.”
 
“I would change my hairstyle for you!” Ahria declared dramatically.
 
“That’s good to know,” Zevran told him, chuckling. “Except why in the world would I ask you to change your hairstyle for me?”
 
“Would you have thought I might have a reason to ask you to change yours until two minutes ago?” Ahria countered.
 
“No,” Zevran said quite truthfully. “And I know that I said that I would do anything for you, my love, but it would appear that I spoke prematurely as well.”
 
“Oh, why not?” Ahria demanded. “They’re not going to let this drop anytime soon, you know.”
 
“I like my hairstyle,” Zevran informed her. “I think that it looks dignified and it’s a good look for me. I also think that by this point you really should be past letting some persistent teasing affect your behavior. Besides, it’s not like I’ve been hearing any of these comments.”
 
“Well, that’s because you’re a former assassin and they’d be too terrified to do so,” Ahria explained.
 
“And you’re the only person to ever end a Blight and live,” Zevran pointed out.
 
Ahria shook her head. “That’s different. I grew up with these people. They could never be scared of me.”
 
“I suppose that will have to bring you comfort as you valiantly ignore their cruel remarks then,” Zevran said breezily.
 
Ahria crossed her arms and pouted. “Alistair would have done it.”
 
“He should do it,” Zevran opined. “That current style of his…” he shuddered. “Reminds me too much of Taliesin…”

[Corker]

jenovan wrote...

Corker wrote...

Anybody up for something with a dark!Warden? Or do you think Zevran would be even less likely to turn down someone like that?

Depends on Zevran's tie to the Warden, I suppose   How compelled does he really feel to do what they ask?  Sounds intriguing, at least.

I think I usually see two dark!Wardens, the Bully and the Manipulator.  Sometimes, they're blended.  The Bully gets what s/he wants by being a total BAMF who intimidates the companions into compliance - with Zevran, probably a "do as I say or I feed you to the Crows" sort of thing. The Manipulator takes full advantage of the romance and gift mechanics to get high Approval from the companions while not actually reciprocating the affection.

While I can see Zevran potentially (although not inevitably) snapping at a Bully, a Warden who really had his number, emotionally, could probably press a lot farther.  (I think that's true for most of the LIs, though, possibly excepting Morrigan.)

[ejoslin]

Corker wrote...

jenovan wrote...

Corker wrote...

Anybody up for something with a dark!Warden? Or do you think Zevran would be even less likely to turn down someone like that?

Depends on Zevran's tie to the Warden, I suppose   How compelled does he really feel to do what they ask?  Sounds intriguing, at least.

I think I usually see two dark!Wardens, the Bully and the Manipulator.  Sometimes, they're blended.  The Bully gets what s/he wants by being a total BAMF who intimidates the companions into compliance - with Zevran, probably a "do as I say or I feed you to the Crows" sort of thing. The Manipulator takes full advantage of the romance and gift mechanics to get high Approval from the companions while not actually reciprocating the affection.

While I can see Zevran potentially (although not inevitably) snapping at a Bully, a Warden who really had his number, emotionally, could probably press a lot farther.  (I think that's true for most of the LIs, though, possibly excepting Morrigan.)

Hmmmm, Zevran is a pragmatist first and foremost.  He also is very different whether involved romantically with a warden or not.  There are quite a few circumstances in which he'll dump a warden, however; I think he's more likely to break up with the warden than any of the other love interests.  So I think someone who tried the bullying approach would find themselves hearing a story of a human lass with a very round posterior or a human lad with beautiful eyes who vomited on his shoes.

The thing is with Zevran, though, is while he can be quite compassionate, he is still an assassin.  Would he torture someone?  He doesn't like that -- he likes clean kills.

Anyway, what Zevran will and will not do for the warden...  if it's beyond what he is comfortable with (mindless slaughter and torture I suppose) he would do, but he would not like it.  Asked to do bad enough things often enough, with no good reason behind it, yeh, I can see him taking off.

I'm sure I have a point in here, but I'm not sure I can find it!

[wildannie]

@sarah, I like this alot... and agree with Zevran, what a cheek Ahria has!

[Hilde]

My prompt submission. An idea floating between Oghrens ointment comment and scale itch...for that I am sorry. 45 minutes


Nug Itch.


Keiran stared at the small vial in the palm of her hand. She had swiftly been struck dumb of all clear thought pertaining to her original plans for the evening…she was certain they had something to do with Zevran...but…what in all of Thedas was Nug Itch?  Oghren’s voice once again surfaced bringing her thoughts back to the present.

“Do I have to spell it out for ya!!!” Oghren’s voice had become heated with a mixture of embarrassment and impatience.

“What exactly is Nug Itch Oghren?” Keiran forced herself to speak as slowly and clearly as possible. “How did you…never mind” her mind still reeling, shaking her head as if trying to lose the thoughts now present she waited in tense fear of his impending response.

“Bloody nug humper! Look Warden, it’s a rash that can only be fixed by this ointment but it needs to be spread all over it. I cannot see or reach to all areas it may have spread…look…just… give me a hand would ya...” he growled.

“I…” Keiran suddenly felt very faint, looking back at the vial in her hand, “But can’t I just heal you…from right here?”

“No, it needs to be applied to the whole rash... I can’t trust any of the others especially the pike twirler or the elf. Look…I will be in my tent…” Oghren stalked off in the direction of his tent actually expecting her to follow.

She was transfixed on the little, outwardly harmless item cradled in her hand when Zevran’s hand snuck around her waist, his lips moving slowly down her neck.

“Hmm. What have we here my dear warden?” Zevran’s hand reached around, prying her slight fingers open to discover the possible treasure inside. As she turned to face him he saw her already pale skin had further deteriorated to an almost sickly translucent glow, her eyes growing wide in anxiety. “Tsk tsk…has our dear Oghren upset you?”

With shaking hands Keiran relayed the recent appeal from Oghren as plainly as she could. As her story continued on she was unable to bring her eyes up to meet Zevran’s. A full and vigorous laugh from deep in his chest forced her now livid blue eyes upon him.

“It is not funny…” Keiran said trying not to shrink into the ground of which she stood.

“Oh. It is very funny my dear warden. What exactly is Nug Itch?” Zevran continued to laugh as he pulled her closer for a kiss.

With a burst of inspiration and possible reprieve she broke away from his lips and meekly offered the vial to Zevran. “I can’t…will you…will you help me?”

Zevran’s laugh did not disappear upon her request, but lifting in hands in an apologetic yet defensive stance backed slowly away from Keiran. “There are many things I would do for you…or to you” he smirked, “but this is not such a thing.”

“Zevran…” Keiran let his name slowly leave her lips hoping he would hear her unmistakable plea.

“What I can help you with is the well deserved bath you will need after your task, No? For I truly hope you would not enter the tent we share after such a…” Zevran failed to speak the last words but Keiran felt them, and suddenly, with the image flashing in her mind, wanted nothing more than a very long bath.

Yes...I will find us some soap.” Zevran declared turning towards their tent in an effort to escape. “Quite a bit of soap.” He muttered under his breath.

Keiran was left standing once again alone. She nor the small vial in her hand had not as of yet disappeared. This was still all too real.

“Sten?…” she whispered to herself, walking as quickly as possible in the opposite direction of Oghren’s tent.
 
 
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Modifié par Hilde, 23 septembre 2010 - 11:23 .

[wildannie]

@Hilde - ha ha, nice one! Nug itch and Oghren... eww!! enjoying tonights lol entries.

[Phaydee]

Hilde wrote...

scale itch

 

Nice Mass Effect 2 reference!! 



The Illusive Man Approves +7

[Sialater]

Sarah1281 wrote...

 
“He should do it,” Zevran opined. “That current style of his…” he shuddered. “Reminds me too much of Taliesin…”

Thank you. 

[Sialater]

Hilde wrote...

My prompt submission. An idea floating between Oghrens ointment comment and scale itch...for that I am sorry. 45 minutes


Nug Itch.


*snip*
 
 
 
 

I can't stop giggling.

And I can't decide.  Y'all will have to vote  http://social.biowar...33/polls/11258/

Carth v Kaidan v Alistair v Zevran v Garrus?  I can't. 

Modifié par Sialater, 23 septembre 2010 - 11:58 .

[TanithAeyrs]

@ all the contributors to this weeks prompt: you are all awesome, I have no idea how to decide amongst these.  WOW.

Have to give a big thanks to Kornichon, the pic she made for me is awesome.  Have to share it.  One thousand internets for this.  Aithne and Zevran.

[maradeux]

That's so beautiful and sweet! congrats @Tanith and thank you @Kornichon!

@Herr Uhl - that was your first entry here, wasn't it? Found it funny, I hope for more in the future.

@Sarah - *haha* Zevran and his vanity.

@Hilde *lol* "Sten?" I laughed so hard. I can plainly see Sten looking over her head and dryly saying "No!"

Modifié par maradeux, 24 septembre 2010 - 06:32 .

[Remmirath]

@maradeux - Thanks! After I thought about it I wasn't sure if he would refuse it or not, but it was kind of too late to change what I was doing at that point regardless. 
I like your explanation of the Mark of Death, by the way. It does seem like something that might be blood magic.

@ejoslin - I think that morph works well. The changes are subtle, so it still looks obviously like him. I like the blond hair better myself (I tend to just like the default looks of characters, I guess) but the dark hair looks quite good as well.

@jenovan - I really liked that. It certainly makes sense that the rest of the Wardens would want to figure out what was going on. I agree with the others that it's obviously a denied request, too.

@Herr Uhl - That was great. XD

@Tellervo and soignee - I don't think it'd be a problem if you guys still did what you were going to do, if you want to. I certainly wouldn't mind. I'm sure it would be different enough (and much better, too). Sorry about that. I guess I'll blame the hive-mind. Or aliens, or something.

@ICevoL - Thanks! Next time I'll probably try to do something more cheerful. If I can think of something, anyhow.

@Sarah1281 - I like the light take on it. I never actually noticed the similarity between Alistair and Taliesin's hair. Goes to show how much attention I pay to hair, I guess. 

@Hilde - Now that is definitely something nobody would want to do. No wonder he refused.

I was thinking about the hair thing, and I figure that the Dalish elves in Antiva might have the same sort of colouration as the elves in Ferelden instead of being more similar to the Antivan humans. They do tend to wander, I believe. That would explain it, anyhow. I seem to remember at least a few Dalish elves with the same sort of colouring as Zevran.

The first time I played the game I asked Zevran to the tent as soon as the option was available. I had no idea the other conversation was coming later, and I have this bad habit of going for any conversation (aside from things like "I think you should leave", that is) the moment they come up. It would probably have been more in character for Zemariel to wait somewhat longer than that, but I did some quick justification for it and went with it as I hadn't saved beforehand. And then, of course, when I replayed the character I did as close to the exact same things as I could manage.

Due to my trying to have each time I play through the game be as different as possible, none of my other characters have had a romance at all with Zevran yet, so I've never done the waiting for it to be asked. Come to think of it, none of my other characters have really had a romance yet, though a couple have sort of started one. They're mostly not very far along in the game.

[maradeux]

Sialater wrote...

And I can't decide.  Y'all will have to vote  http://social.biowar...33/polls/11258/

Carth v Kaidan v Alistair v Zevran v Garrus?  I can't. 

Something does not work with your link. Here is the poll: http://social.biowar...33/polls/11258/

I don't have a problem to decide. :PI like Zevran a lot more than Alistair and I don't know the others. 

[Aroihkin]

*sneaks in* In the interest of trying to get going again, I answered one of my pending fills with a short non-smut: Another Time. No idea if it's even interesting, I'm so rusty. :x

(It's on the kink!meme, so I dunno how worksafe it is. Also, it references things even if it doesn't implictly describe them.)

It's the Zevran/Tannusen safeword prompt.

Kaioku wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...

Well, I'm not expecting him in DAII, I want a DLC. Or will there be none of those in the future, either?

I think WH was the last one.
 

I'm gonna go to bed.

This was pretty much exactly my response, too. GG bioware/EA.

And also... HI KAIOKU, YOUR FANART IS AWESOME AS EVAR AND LOL HANDHOLDING! Zevran is such a sneaky bastard. Right click, saved.

Modifié par Aroihkin, 24 septembre 2010 - 09:37 .

[Corker]

Arooooo!

And for once, I'm not at work yet!  *runs off to read*

Hum!  Intriguing, in a very ominous way.  So glad you're writing again! 

[maradeux]

Actually this Tannusen-thing is not my cup of tea, but your writing style is very intense. That's what I like about it.

[Aroihkin]

@Corker -- Tannu just isn't much of a talker about that sort of thing. I've had folks request he speak about old abuses to Zevran (or even Alistair), but I figure it would take a lot of stupid buildup if it ever even happened. Which it may never.

I didn't do anything sexier for a few reasons. One, I'm still sort of armflail, and two I just couldn't think of Tannusen doing anything to Zevran that would require a safeword, and same with Zev unless he accidentally triggered some PTSD memory stuff. Prompt said it was okay for Zev to invoke Tannu's safeword for him, so I decided to go with that since a PTSD-Tannu is not really "with it". ^^;;;

@Maradeux -- "This Tannusen-thing" as in all of 'em, or just this one? ^^;; I'm so rusty. And kind of lame. Though I'm sure Tannu in general isn't everyone's cup of tea, even folks who like m/m fic. (This isn't fishing: my memory is just shot to all hell. "Inflamation is mimicking alzheimer's", shot to hell. I know some folks love IO but are ehhn about S&S, but I can't remember who.)

I need to replay some Dragon Age sometime soonish, too. My Zevran is probably rusted out of recognition at this point.

Modifié par Aroihkin, 24 septembre 2010 - 11:15 .

[maradeux]

I wrote you a pm, Aro. And I'm glad that you are back and write again.

[Aroihkin]

Replied. ^^ Hopefully I'm back, anyway. My health is still extremely questionable, but I've noticed my mind sharpening back up a little, which is the important part to me.

Edit: Have some Zev art, by JustAnoR on Deviantart!



Click for DA link.

Modifié par Aroihkin, 24 septembre 2010 - 12:49 .