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[Corker]

soignee wrote...

Prompt:  Friendship.

Even as a friend, Zevran tells you he'll go to "the Black City" itself to help you. I'd love to see the theme of friendship explored this week, and how you think Zevran is as a friend and what the word means to him.

Visual reference: Irini Cousland.  She's had that non-hairstyle since she turned seventeen or so; it's not the result of trauma and is not a source of angst.  Rather the opposite...

Trust

22 minutes

It was a morning ritual, kept religiously.  The warm water would be there, waiting, brought from the kitchens.  She would be awake, dressed only in undertunic and trousers; the uniform for the day, be it of brocade or of drakeskin, would be laid out nearby, an empty shell of the Warden-Commander waiting to be filled.  But Irini Cousland required something first, this small vanity, this touchstone of normalcy.

He would have his kit with him, the soap and the brush and the blade.  The warm scent of  sandalwood would escape from the soap tin, pushing aside the Vigil's ever-present odor of woodsmoke and wet dog.  She would settle into her chair, tipping her head back and closing her eyes, as he swept the brush over the small cake, raising a fine, dense lather.  Then, with practised, gentle strokes, he would paint her head with it, covering the dark bristles that had sprung up since yestermorn with a cap of snowy  white that reflected the pink and gold of the dawning day.

They might pass a few words, then, about her Wardens, or the news from Denerim, or the dead.  And eventually, he would interrupt, saying, "It is time," and reaching for the razor, long and thin and keen.  And she, whom few in the Vigil would dare interrupt, would check herself and sit  back again, ready for his ministrations.

And he would marvel, each time, at her closed eyes and exposed throat,  lain unhesitatingly under the sharp blade in his hand. 

That was the measure of their friendship.

Modifié par Corker, 12 octobre 2010 - 12:30 .

[Sarah1281]

@TanithAeyrs: Your Warden seemed kind of like a mess but Zevran really was only reflecting on some of the worst moments she had. I'm glad she has someone like him there to help her pick up the pieces. I bet he never would have thought of himself as partaking in a dog funeral before this happened.



@Corker: You know, this actually remineded me of Sweeney Todd, a little. Except, of course, he doesn't actually kill her. I can see why being allowed to help with this would mean so much to him.

[maradeux]

@Sarah - I like that - Zevran is the only companion who offers his company even to a friend. Friendship really means a lot to him. That's why I like this week's prompt so much.

@Tanith - same here - another situation, but it also shows how important friendship is for Zevran. He hates the cold Ferelden rain and he does not like dogs so much - but for his friend he even ruins his good boots in the mud.

@Corker - already wrote it in your blog - I really like this shorty about trust - and your last sentence gave me the idea for a German wordplay - because we have a homonymy between knife and measure in German.

Modifié par maradeux, 12 octobre 2010 - 02:51 .

[AnniLau]

Is it wrong that I put Zev in the Pious armor set? Or just nicely ironic?

[TanithAeyrs]

@ Corker - reviewed on your blog, but have to say it again. Well done, you drew a picture of friendship with your words.



@Halae Dral, Sarah and Maradeux -thanks. And yes, at that point Aithne was a mess - battle she could handle, but coming from a tiny, isolated clan she was totally unprepared for the mess that relationships could end in when mixed with politics. It didn't help that she had an overdeveloped sense of honor and felt obligated to stay and help Alistair because she made him take the throne.

[Corker]

@Sarah - I think I'd like to see more of Sereda when she's in a better mood.  "That sounds chaotic. I like it," sounds like an interesting Warden to watch.

@TanithAeyrs - You know, I've seen this scene in movies, usually where the super-tough guy is saying a few words for the kids' departed goldfish or hamster, and it's handled with all the finesse of a two-handed maul: the tough guy has to play along with the Maudlin Sentimentality for the sake of The Children and thus show that he Has a Heart.  This is like 20x better.  The animal's death isn't trivialized and reduced to a cause for sadness only in children, and instead of orchestrating a mock funeral for (the audience's) laughs, this is serious, laborious grave-digging. 

tl;dr: the scene has a dignity and gravity you don't often see in others of its type.

Modifié par Corker, 12 octobre 2010 - 04:15 .

[jenovan]

Been lurkin' like a fiend all weekend, but now that I've finally got some breathing space...

@soignee, grats!  And interesting new prompt~

@Sarah, sounds like an awesome buddy-roadtrip movie in the making, so to speak. XD

@Tanith, aww.. A sweet bit of introspection at a sad time.  I particularly like how he compares what he called "friends" in his past, among the Crows, to what he's found with Aithne.

@Corker, I think Tanith summed it up better than I could on your journal, but this is a wonderful portrait of friendship and the depth of trust that comes with it in a few paragraphs.

[Tellervo]

Hey guys: Hilde needs a DM and a HF post-coronation save with Zev at love to test a cutscene. Anybody got one?

[Aroihkin]

I have neither of those.

Have a new WIP, Zev-thread, because words have been the "squeezing-blood-from-a-stone" kind of creative lately:

1000 x 1000



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[TanithAeyrs]

Thanks Corker and Jenovan for the kind words. I was a bit nervous about how well the different aspect of friendship would come across in this one.



@Aroihkin - I'm always amazed by your art skills. I love the depth of passion conveyed by your new pic.

[EccentricSage]

WOAH!!! I have missed some epic awesomeness in my absence!!!

*edit*  And I was accidently replying to a page a few pages back, about the love scenes mod, but this page has some awesomeness, too.

My real life has been impeding uppon my online life too much I'd say.

Modifié par EccentricSage, 13 octobre 2010 - 10:28 .

[ejoslin]

AnniLau wrote...

Is it wrong that I put Zev in the Pious armor set? Or just nicely ironic?

Neither.  Zevran compares his and Leliana's purity as being pretty much the same, and he admits to being pious in his own way.  The way he describes himself and religion reminds me of a mafia member going to confession.  But I think he does truly believe 

Modifié par ejoslin, 14 octobre 2010 - 01:21 .

[EccentricSage]

lol It's like I killed the thread by returning to it. Where is everyone? XD

[Corker]

ejoslin wrote...

 Zevran compares his and Leliana's purity as being pretty much the same,

I always thought this was a friendly slam at Leliana?  As she's a bard who sleeps with people, then betrays and/or kills them, she's not exactly an unsoiled dove.

[Herr Uhl]

Corker wrote...

ejoslin wrote...

 Zevran compares his and Leliana's purity as being pretty much the same,

I always thought this was a friendly slam at Leliana?  As she's a bard who sleeps with people, then betrays and/or kills them, she's not exactly an unsoiled dove.

Pretty much this.

[Aroihkin]

EccentricSage wrote...

lol It's like I killed the thread by returning to it. Where is everyone? XD

Zev-thread's been pretty quiet lately.

And come on, guys, we all know how pure Zevran is!

...Purely something, anyway. 

Modifié par Aroihkin, 14 octobre 2010 - 12:02 .

[soignee]

hah I'm now worried my prompt is too rubbish and people don't know what to do with it >.>

SORRY I KILLED ZEVTHREAD GUIS

[EccentricSage]

Prompt is friendship, right? Or is that one over already?

[Corker]

Prompt is indeed friendship.

[EccentricSage]

Is the deadline the usual Thursday night? I do have an idea in my head... it's just a matter of breaking it down into something I can manage to write within an hour... and still have it make sense. But I do have a busy day ahead of me. Bah.



I really like the one about the warden trusting Zevran to be the one to shave her head, and what it means to him. So short and simple, but so sweet. Me... when I try to write I end up with pages of dialogue and then have to go back and be all 'oh right... they were supposed to be doing something... this had a point to it... where is this going?' *headdesk* They tend to talk their way into bed. LOL

[Corker]

All the mysteries of this week's prompt revealed!

soignee wrote...


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Prompt:  Friendship.

Even as a friend, Zevran tells you he'll go to "the Black City" itself to help you. I'd love to see the theme of friendship explored this week, and how you think Zevran is as a friend and what the word means to him.

Time Limit: A hour.

Deadline: 18th October 2010, (Monday morning, 9am GMT...)

[EccentricSage]

Corker wrote...

All the mysteries of this week's prompt revealed!

soignee wrote...


(banner by Minaleth)


Prompt:  Friendship.

Even as a friend, Zevran tells you he'll go to "the Black City" itself to help you. I'd love to see the theme of friendship explored this week, and how you think Zevran is as a friend and what the word means to him.

Time Limit: A hour.

Deadline: 18th October 2010, (Monday morning, 9am GMT...)

YES!  THERE IS STILL TIME! 

I always miss the prompts you know.  XD  Especially the ones I'd have ideas for.  You'll all still get the short comic about the dark hole prompt, as there is a page about half drawn so far.  It is NSFW.    (sexy time anatomy is a ****)


You know, I think I'll just disqualify myself from the competition, so that I can keep my fic full length, as it is complicated.  But I already had something dealing heavily with this subject underway.  Though it eventualy leads to sex.  A little pleasure between friends as Zevran will call it.

Modifié par EccentricSage, 14 octobre 2010 - 01:42 .

[soignee]

...I don't know if anyone will be interested, but:



Dead Duster Walking updated? Holy nug pellets. Read chapter 23 here; http://www.fanfictio...t/s/5771314/23/

Modifié par soignee, 14 octobre 2010 - 04:16 .

[ejoslin]

Corker wrote...

ejoslin wrote...

 Zevran compares his and Leliana's purity as being pretty much the same,

I always thought this was a friendly slam at Leliana?  As she's a bard who sleeps with people, then betrays and/or kills them, she's not exactly an unsoiled dove.

Exactly  He actually wouldn't agree that they were alike until she said she tried not to torture her victims as he felt the marks deserve a clean death.  He was NOT fooled by the surface.  he knew exactly what being a bard meant and what her life was like before.

I hope you didn't think I was trying to say that Zevran was in any way pure  I was just saying the Pious armor made for Leliana was no more ironic for Zevran than for Leliana!  And that he too claimed to be devout, in his own way.

Modifié par ejoslin, 14 octobre 2010 - 08:37 .

[AnniLau]

I know Zevran believes in his way, he's just so unrepentantly - and cheerfully! - bawdy that I have a hard time equating him with anything 'pious.'