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[KnightofPhoenix]

Persephone wrote...

tklivory wrote...

Still, I wouldn't mind a little Arcturus in *my*... album (yeah, album, that's the ticket) And neither would Dailana...

Back off, Missy, I saw him first!

Right, KOP?

He can feature in several albums.

Simultaneously....

[tklivory]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

Persephone wrote...

tklivory wrote...

Still, I wouldn't mind a little Arcturus in *my*... album (yeah, album, that's the ticket) And neither would Dailana...

Back off, Missy, I saw him first!

Right, KOP?

He can feature in several albums.

Simultaneously....

Well, Dailana is, like, totally an expert at multiple pole dancing so...

*album* dancing!  I meant *album* dancing!

[RagingCyclone]

tklivory wrote...

Well, Dailana is, like, totally an expert at multiple pole dancing so...

*album* dancing!  I meant *album* dancing!

Alistair--Dailana pole dancing? Hmmm...very lickable...er...I mean very likeable.

[KnightofPhoenix]

This thread is still weird.

Ah memories. Don't ever change.

[Merilsell]

Persephone wrote...

A pic for Meri:



The man himself face nomming my elven lass Cara.

D'aaaaw, thanks Thanks for accepting my FR, btw. We will never agree on DA2, but hey maybe we can just agree to disagree everything that concerns that.  I try to behave in teh future, but I think Bioware and me don't really come together anymore. Ah well, I still have DA:O, my FF and all things Alistair. Which is enough for me. <3

@Lorelai I know that the bickering wasn't about Cousland but many, little other things. I simply felt the need to elaborate on that topic to contribute...something, at least. Not that it was really coherent after a day of work with 18 screaming kids (I'm an educator in a kindergarten) but it was something. And of course, you wrapped the reason why I came to roll my eyes at Cousland/Alistair up more neatly. I also know that this isn't your canon pairing but Amell/Alistair is. I have followed your previous story, after all. Which reminds me that I need to start reading your new one someday

@tk: You have, like, totally, like awesome summarized this whole topic, you know? Gnarly stuff. And, like, this fanart by Schratty? Bee Tee Eeem, awesome, y'know? (Lol, writing like this is addictive ...*yikes*) 

Modifié par Merilsell, 06 décembre 2011 - 09:07 .

[Schratty]

I'm not entirely sure what "bee-tee-eem" means, but Urban Dictionary seems to think it stands for "balls to mouth"... I approve.

Modifié par Schratty, 06 décembre 2011 - 09:23 .

[rak72]

*snickers*

[Merilsell]

Schratty wrote...

I'm not entirely sure what "bee-tee-eem" means, but Urban Dictionary seems to think it stands for "balls to mouth"... I approve.

Lol, urban dictionary. Always a sexual explanation for every single word. Bee-tee-emm (or was it Bee-tee-mee?) is tk's or better said Dailana's equivalent to OMG (By the Maker)

[tmp7704]

tklivory wrote...

RagingCyclone wrote...

But I swear...Iona was only in the room to admire the dog... ;P

Odd, I've never heard it called *that* before...  Methinks Dan needs some lessons in self-confidence. 

That's because it's just asking for comments along the lines of "awww, what a cute little puppy" and "pity it's all bark but no bite".

Modifié par tmp7704, 06 décembre 2011 - 10:31 .

[Schratty]

LOL, tmp. BUUUUURRRRNNNN.

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What happens in the Fade....



Merry Christmas, Gush Thread.

[tklivory]

Schratty wrote...

LOL, tmp. BUUUUURRRRNNNN.

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What happens in the Fade....

*pic very reluctantly snipped"

Merry Christmas, Gush Thread.

             

The things Strom never knew about those two...  Heh heh...  Another unforgettable Schratty!  Thanks for the early Christmas! 


EDIT:
Oh, and to Schratty (and other curious souls):

This is Dailana's first appearance, if you really want to know... like, y'know, you totally want to!  Bee tee em, like, who wouldn't want to, y'know?

Modifié par tklivory, 07 décembre 2011 - 02:43 .

[Penarddun]

tklivory wrote...
To be fair, I think what people are tired of isn't the pairing, it's the fact that some people insist it is the *only* 'happy ending' for Alistair/F!Warden when in fact, it's just 'their' happy ending for Alistair/F!Warden.

Exactly! The HNF happened to be my first full playthrough, and I went the Queen route, because my Cousland seemed to be ambitious in that respect. However, it is not my favorite, or even what I would consider my canon ending. It has a lot of good points, but it is not perfect by any means.

I really enjoyed the Dalish elf playthrough and her and Alistair both remained Wardens. For me, I liked that ending better, but I didn't relate as well to the Dalish elf, so it still wasn't quite right for me.

Now, I am doing a Amell playthrough, and this one feels the best actually. I fully relate to Amell, and the mage origin, even more than my frist playthough with my Cousland.  Amell and Alistair will definitely not be staying in Fereldon at the end. They will be travelling and doing Warden type things, but on a more freelance basis. And I think THAT will end up being my personal favorite ending. And since I have no problems leaving Anora as sole ruler, that is not even an issue for me (although I know that is a touchy subject with many).

I don't really think it's fair that the HNF ending got such a bad reputation, but I can understand why it did, if so many people had such strong feelings about it and made vast generalizations about it being the "best" ending, which is completely subjective. I would like to see the Cousland/Alistair pairing leaving Fereldon at the end. That would be an interesting twist.

Modifié par Penarddun, 07 décembre 2011 - 02:34 .

[rak72]

LMFAO, Schratt

[tklivory]

Penarddun wrote...

I don't really think it's fair that the HNF ending got such a bad reputation, but I can understand why it did, if so many people had such strong feelings about it and made vast generalizations about it being the "best" ending, which is completely subjective. I would like to see the Cousland/Alistair pairing leaving Fereldon at the end. That would be an interesting twist.

Actually, my second favorite Cousland girl (after Dailana, o' course), did run off with Alistair.  That was my first Cousland playthrough (the first human character I played), so she was still named Ellissa.  She knew Anora from childhood, and didn't really want to be Queen (she was a total tomboy and never wanted to be Teryna, much less Queen).  I didn't import her into Awakenings - I could never imagine her accepting a post with that much responsibility.  Ironically, I did import her into Witch Hunt, and she and Morrigan had a good final conversation as BFFs.

Good times...

[Penarddun]

tklivory wrote...
She knew Anora from childhood, and didn't really want to be Queen (she was a total tomboy and never wanted to be Teryna, much less Queen).  I didn't import her into Awakenings - I could never imagine her accepting a post with that much responsibility.  Ironically, I did import her into Witch Hunt, and she and Morrigan had a good final conversation as BFFs.

That sounds like a fantastic ending! I've noticed that a lot of my playthroughs really cannot work with Awakening. I was thinking about having my canon skip Awakening, and go directly to witch hunt and then DA2.

[BevH]

Penarddun wrote...

tklivory wrote...
She knew Anora from childhood, and didn't really want to be Queen (she was a total tomboy and never wanted to be Teryna, much less Queen).  I didn't import her into Awakenings - I could never imagine her accepting a post with that much responsibility.  Ironically, I did import her into Witch Hunt, and she and Morrigan had a good final conversation as BFFs.

That sounds like a fantastic ending! I've noticed that a lot of my playthroughs really cannot work with Awakening. I was thinking about having my canon skip Awakening, and go directly to witch hunt and then DA2.

The only problem with skipping Awakening is that you'll miss some quests in DA2. The DA2 import, while a good idea, is sometimes very buggy. I imported my HNF, who was going to be queen, but couldn't bring herself to ask Alistair to sleep with Morrigan and so made the ulitmate sacrifice. I imported this save into DA2. Made it to Act 1, read the codex for the Hero of Ferelden. The first paragraph tells a bit about the origin, so far so good. The second tells how she made the ultimate sacrifice, still good. But then there's this odd 3rd paragraph that states she married Alistair and they rule Ferelden together. Shades of "Psycho" I thought as I ran from the building screaming!

[Penarddun]

BevH wrote...
Shades of "Psycho" I thought as I ran from the building screaming!

:lol::lol:


I've heard the imports can be a little strange. What if it was a DA:O Warden ending, directly imported into DA2, where Alistair then shows up in a later Act as the Warden. Would that work, or is that glitchy too?

Modifié par Penarddun, 07 décembre 2011 - 04:59 .

[tklivory]

I'm starting to wonder if there is anything about the imports that *isn't* glitchy...

[BevH]

Penarddun wrote...

BevH wrote...
Shades of "Psycho" I thought as I ran from the building screaming!

:lol::lol:


I've heard the imports can be a little strange. What if it was a DA:O Warden ending, directly imported into DA2, where Alistair then shows up in a later Act as the Warden. Would that work, or is that glitchy too?

That one seemed to work fine for me. And when I imported my mage ultimate sacrifice (my poor, poor Ariana... she's so abused "for science" ) that one gave the correct codex entry. And also a bit different Alistair appearance.

[BevH]

tklivory wrote...

I'm starting to wonder if there is anything about the imports that *isn't* glitchy...

Yeah the codex for the Study of the Fifth Blight Part 2 is the worst one IMO.

Modifié par BevH, 07 décembre 2011 - 06:10 .

[tklivory]

PROMPT FILL:



TEMPTATION

This is an unabashedly AU story about Alistair.    Thar be OOC writing ahead, but you'll just have to, like, deal with it.    Also, I sorta need to apologize to Schratty for kidnapping Strom (although I think he kinda enjoyed it ), but I wanted Strom and Dailana to meet, darn it! *stomps foot* So there!

Besides, I don't think Strom minded too much, given how things turned out...    


Warning: Smexiness ahead!


This story actually *does* need a visual, so here is Daliana as she appears in the story:





Poor Alistair!  Lucky Strom!


.~^~.


Temptation


.~^~.


Alistair watched his friend, concerned over the deep funk that seemed to have claimed the handsome blond's normally irrepressible nature. Strom stared dejectedly at the bottom of the mug of ale sitting on the scarred oak table before him. "What a night," his fellow Grey Warden mumbled. "Leliana won't talk to me, Morrigan is too busy with her mother's grimoire to acknowledge my existence, and even Wynne is too tired to—"

Thankfully, this last statement was interrupted by a mug of ale being slammed down next to him. "Too much thinkin', not enough drinkin', m'boy," Oghren told the young man. "If you want to wallow in the depths of yer despair regardin' the lack of soft curves in yer bedroll, you might as well do it while drunker 'n' a nug what's been dropped into an ale barrel."

Snatching at the proffered drink, Strom glared at the dwarf's evil grin. "I'm choosing to be here," he declared loftily, indicating the dimly lit interior of the Gnawed Noble Tavern. "I just wanted some time to myself. It does happen from time to time."

"Then why bring the Chantry boy with you?" Oghren asked, eyebrow quirked. "He can't possibly help you have a good ol' rip-roarin' time of it. He's just a pike-twirler, doesn't have any notion of how to relieve the ol' tension, if you know what I mean."

"I'm sitting right here, you know," Alistair said in a sarcastic tone. "But go on, ignore me like everyone else. I'll just cry into my beer in the corner."

Not missing a beat, Oghren returned his attention to the despondent Strom. "My point is that you shouldn't be sittin' here at a table if what you really want is someone to straddle the ol' saddle. Come on, just because you can't ride the fillies in yer stable doesn't mean that you can't find a wild mare ideal for a good time."

Strom brightened. "That's true."

"That's the spirit! Now get out there and find someone who can grease the ol' bronto for ya!"

Face determined, the Grey Warden quaffed his drink and rose to his feet, eyes automatically searching the main room of the tavern for prey. Nodding in satisfaction, Oghren headed back to bar, presumably for more ale.

"Strom?!?"

Startled, the Grey Wardens turned to see who had spoken so… enthusiastically. Suddenly a lithe figure dashed across the room and threw herself into the arms of the blond Grey Warden, who closed his arms around her reflexively. After an extraordinarily thorough hug, the woman released him and leaned back slightly. "Like, bee tee em! Um, I can't believe that you're, like, here! This is so totally radical!"

"Dailana?" Strom responded incredulously. "What are you doing in Fereldan? I thought you were with Aedan in the court of Rivain!"

She giggled. "When Aedan suggested a trip to Denerim, I was, like, 'Awesome!' because they have, like, the best shoes and the best clothes and the best hairstylists." She trailed off with a sigh of happiness before making a sour face. "I didn't know it was going to be, like, politics and boring stuff." She help up her hands to give her fingernails a close inspection as her other hand idly traced the neckline of Strom's gambeson. "Apparenly, he's, like, upset with that Loghain loser, and, like, wanted to talk to him about, I dunno, some kind of civil war or something. Like, so totally boring, ya know? Anyway, like, what are you doing here? We'd heard that, like, something totally bogus happened at Highever. Gag me with a spoon, right?" A finger started twirling a lock of blond hair as her cerulean gaze looked up into Strom's eyes with genuine concern. "Are you, ya know, all right?"

Alistair felt his mind turn to mush beneath the onslaught of… well, he didn't know what to call it, precisely, but it was certainly a unique mode of speech. As his brain shut down, his eyes automatically looked more closely at the woman, noting the exquisite face, the lush curves, the porcelain fair skin. Her indigo dress shone softly in the muted candlelight of the tavern, covering her from neck to toe except for…

He blinked, then blushed furiously and averted his eyes to avoid staring. I've never seen a dress like that before. His blush deepened as he realized that he definitely wouldn't mind seeing more of it.

"I'm all right, dear heart," Strom reassured her, a ghost of sorrow crossing his face. "I'll tell you all about it later." A devilish look replaced the sadness. "Care to join us?"

She clapped her hands, causing very interesting things to happen in between her shoulders. Maker! Alistair swore internally. "I'd love to!" Without any further warning, Strom sat down and pulled her into his lap, eliciting another giggle from her. "You are such a studmuffin!" One hand reached around his shoulder for balance, which placed the gap in her apparel right next to Strom's grinning face. "So, like, how long are you here for?"

Unfortunately, her position also made her sit so that her… chest was facing Alistair directly. After clearing his throat – repeatedly - Alistair finally managed to say, "Do you know the young lady, Strom?"

She tittered. "Well, duh! Strom is, like, my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate! They, like, went to fighting school together or something like that!" She waved a hand dismissively. "Whatever!"

Alistair's lips moved as he worked his way through the supposed 'relationship'. "So what does that make you two?"

Strom and Dailana looked at each other, each smiling maniacally. "Absolutely luscious!" they chorused, and dissolved into helpless laughter. Alistair surrendered to his inner urgings and allowed himself to stare freely at the fascinating motion happening right in front of his eyes. As the chortling died down, he reluctantly moved his eyes back to Strom's face, blushing as he saw the knowing glint in his friend's eyes.

"Sooooo, Strom, aren't you going to, like, introduce me to the totally gnarly hottie?" the blond vision asked innocently, staring at Alistair directly.

"Of course, my dear. Alistair, meet Dailana. Dailana, this is Alistair."

She leaned forward to extend her hand. Alistair hurriedly averted his eyes and grasped it clumsily. "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, my lady," he murmured as he laid a chaste kiss on her knuckles. He froze as her hand suddenly turned over and delicate fingers traced the outline of his jaw and ran over his lips before retreating. He glanced up in time to see a mischievous smile dance across her face.

"No, I think the pleasure is all mine," she whispered saucily, then giggled and leaned against Strom. Returning her attention to the blond man while Alistair tried to calm his pounding heart, she pouted, "You, like, never answered my question, you naughty boy, you. Um, how long are you, like, in Denerim?"

With a sigh of distinct regret, Strom said, "Not nearly long enough, if I recognize the look in your eye."

She chewed her lower lip delicately then licked her lips slowly, adding a glistening sheen to their fullness. Moaning softly, Alistair reached for his drink and hurriedly began gulping the welcome coolness to stem the building internal fire. "But you're, like, here for at least the night, right? I mean, it wouldn't be, like, fair, to just, like, leave! I mean, we haven't seen each other or done the mattress tango in, like, forever!"

Ale sprayed all over the surface of the oak table as Alistair spluttered helplessly. "Why, Alistair," Strom asked in mock innocence, "whatever is the matter?"

"Nothing!" he said hurriedly, quickly pulling out a handkerchief to mop the worst of it off of his clothes. "Nothing whatsoever!"

Before he could stand up, an imperious hand reached out. "Can I, like, borrow that hankie, my boss of hot?"

"Naturally, my lady," he said automatically, holding out the piece of cloth. She took it and slowly began to wipe at her exposed skin. Alistair's mouth immediately went dry as his eyes watched the small motions, his mind relentlessly replacing her hand with his hand, or, better yet, with his—

Shaking his head to clear the scandalous thoughts away, he almost shot to his feet before realizing that that would be a very bad idea.

"Are you sure you're all right?" Strom persisted, mouth twitching dangerously. "You seem awfully restless all of a sudden."

"I'm fine!" he insisted. "No problem! Just thinking about what we need to do tomorrow!"

Dailana shrugged, causing his eyes to bounce. "Whatever. I'd rather, like, figure out what we're gonna do tonight." Arching an eyebrow, she looked at Strom. "So, do you, like, have a room? I've got a totally sweet setup in the rockin' house Aedan is renting, and he'll probably be, like, yelling at that Loghain dude until the sun comes up." Her eyes flickered to Alistair, then back to Strom. "Um, I'd really, like, love some company. I imagine that two totally strapping studmuffins like you hotties could, like, make sure I get home, like, totally safe and then, like, ya know, make sure I don't have any nasty bogus nightmares."

Strom's eyes also flickered to Alistair, a familiar gleam lighting them. "I think that is a fantastic idea. Let's go." He gently propelled Dailana to her feet before rising himself. Looking at Alistair, he said, "Come on."

"M-me?" Alistair stammered, aware that his face was excruciatingly crimson at the moment. "But—"

Dailana came over and leaned down in front of him. "Any friend of Strom's is a friend of mine," she said a husky voice. "Besides, the rooms here are, like, totally grody and bogus. My bath is, like, waaaay more comfortable."

"Don't you mean rooms?" he asked weakly, unable to look anywhere else except where he was obviously supposed to look.

She wriggled slightly, eyes dancing. "Nope!" she said cheerfully. Grasping his hand, she pulled him, unresisting, to his feet.

Strom clapped him on the shoulder. "Let's go. I'm sure a bath will do all of us a lot of good." Under his breath, he muttered for Alistair's ears, "Maker knows we both need some tension relieved after that business with Flemeth."

"But you know I've never—" he began in an equally low tone.

The hand on his shoulder tightened, telling him to be silent. "Alistair, I love you like a brother, but sometimes…" He sighed, then grinned suddenly. "My brother of the Grey, sometimes you really need to lighten up." Looking at the softly curved form waiting anxiously for them, finger twirling in her soft golden locks, he said, "Please tell me that you were thinking of more than your handkerchief when she was using it."

"I'm inexperienced, not dead," Alistair hissed.

"And I'm saying it's time to do something about that." He nodded towards Dailana. "So let's go."

Alistair hesitated a moment longer. Suddenly Oghren's mocking words echoed through his mind. Mouth settling in a thin line of determination, he said, "Right. I'm not just a pike-twirler."

"You're not? Oooh," Dailana's face fell in a mock disappointment. Going over to stand between Strom and Alistair, she linked her arms through their elbows and started towards the door, pulling the Grey Wardens with her. Leaning towards Alistair's ear, she whispered mischievously, "You will be when I'm through with you."

For the first time since they had staggered, almost dead, from the Korcari Wilds, covered in dragon's blood, Alistair grinned. I could get used to this.


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Bee tee em - BTM, or By The Maker (Thedas equivalent of OMG, or ohemgee)


NOTE: Strom is completely and utterly the creation of the wonderful mind of BSN member Schratty. Dailana stole him for this story because he is also a totally radical gnarly hottie that she wanted to meet and... *ahem* Let's just leave it at that.

Modifié par tklivory, 07 décembre 2011 - 08:33 .

[BevH]

BevH wrote...

Penarddun wrote...

BevH wrote...
Shades of "Psycho" I thought as I ran from the building screaming!

:lol::lol:


I've heard the imports can be a little strange. What if it was a DA:O Warden ending, directly imported into DA2, where Alistair then shows up in a later Act as the Warden. Would that work, or is that glitchy too?

That one seemed to work fine for me. And when I imported my mage ultimate sacrifice (my poor, poor Ariana... she's so abused "for science" ) that one gave the correct codex entry. And also a bit different Alistair appearance.

I should also add that my Warden Alistair import was my Mahariel. That adds some interesting dialogue to the game.

[Schratty]

@ tklivory: Pardon me whilst I declare my undying love for you. lol

[Glorfindel709]

Hello Alistarians,

In regards to Awakening, my story follows the Blight and then departs from canon into a bit of a adventure wandering type deal until Mahariel Mage gets ordered back to Ferelden to go through the events of Awakening... which gets interrupted by the arrival of an Exalted March due to Alistair disbanding the Circle Tower >.> <.<

Yeah, my story is going to be fun (prologue to be posted soon in my Fictional Drabbles thread )

[tklivory]

@ Schratty
*Squee!*  I'm glad you like it!  Dailana loved her piccie so much she wanted to... express her thanks to Strom. 


@ Glor

Hey, welcome back!  We've missed you! :happy: I hope things are settling down in RL for you.  And there's nothin' wrong with a bit of angst and tragedy in writing!  Thedas Glorfindel FTW!


@ BevH

Hmmm... my plan is to get DA2 on extreme sale (darn limited funds right now) and play through it.  Now I'm wondering which character I should import first... Decisions, decisions...