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[Reika]

Jon Jern wrote...

You're so cute when you're embarrassed, Knight of Phoenix.

Think he'll wait with Alistair until the blushing stops?


Edited for ToP

Modifié par Reika, 29 novembre 2010 - 05:08 .

[KnightofPhoenix]

Jon Jern wrote...

You're so cute when you're embarrassed, Knight of Phoenix.

Thank you.


@ Reika
Is Alistair pointing where the blushing corner is?

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 29 novembre 2010 - 05:10 .

[Reika]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

Jon Jern wrote...

You're so cute when you're embarrassed, Knight of Phoenix.

Thank you.


@ Reika
Is Alistair pointing where the blushing corner is?

You got it. That screenshot actually was from when he said "I'll be over there. Until the blushing stops."
I figured it was appropriate.

[LadyDamodred]

More prompts? *dies* I realize I'm not required to do any of the prompts, but I don't know if I can help myself. Hrm. Gonna have to ponder this.



KoP: The fact that I have to wait nearly a week to learn your prompt is driving me insane. Gimme a hint: Am I gonna like it?

[Reika]

LadyD - I'm afraid some folks really liked not just my idea, but a couple of other people who had ideas, but didn't want to be regular prompters. Sky just poked me into posting the first guest prompt because she liked it.

[KnightofPhoenix]

LadyDamodred wrote...
KoP: The fact that I have to wait nearly a week to learn your prompt is driving me insane. Gimme a hint: Am I gonna like it?

Well...that's too broad a hint. I remember you saying that you like stories about the suffering and misery of characters you happen to like, no?

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 29 novembre 2010 - 05:19 .

[sylvanaerie]

LOL I realize its probably jsut lighting (or maybe my wacky monitor) but he actually SEEMS to have some color in his cheeks and blushing!

[Skyl4rk]

Reika wrote...

LadyD - I'm afraid some folks really liked not just my idea, but a couple of other people who had ideas, but didn't want to be regular prompters. Sky just poked me into posting the first guest prompt because she liked it.

I have to say, I kinda want to scrap mine and just stick with yours.

[Ryzaki]

sylvanaerie wrote...

LOL I realize its probably jsut lighting (or maybe my wacky monitor) but he actually SEEMS to have some color in his cheeks and blushing!

I thought that too. I swear his cheeks look red.

*must be imagining things*

[LadyDamodred]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

LadyDamodred wrote...
KoP: The fact that I have to wait nearly a week to learn your prompt is driving me insane. Gimme a hint: Am I gonna like it?

Well...that's too broad a hint. I remember you saying that you like stories about the suffering and misery of characters you happen to like, no?

I have indeed said that many times in the past.  More the fool I.  Well, maybe I'll find a way to have your prompt end in fluff and butterflies. 

Reika:  Oh, I have no problems with other ideas, they just have a way of sticking in my head and forcing me to write.

[KnightofPhoenix]

LadyDamodred wrote...

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

LadyDamodred wrote...
KoP: The fact that I have to wait nearly a week to learn your prompt is driving me insane. Gimme a hint: Am I gonna like it?

Well...that's too broad a hint. I remember you saying that you like stories about the suffering and misery of characters you happen to like, no?

I have indeed said that many times in the past.  More the fool I.  Well, maybe I'll find a way to have your prompt end in fluff and butterflies. 

Ah, don't worry. Not on my first prompt anyways. Right now, I am feeling too much camaraderie vis a vis him that I wouldn't have the necessary mindset to be sadistic.
In fact, this is the first time I bothered RPing a reason why he isn't defending Redcliffe with me (because I don't bring him in my party with my canon).

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 29 novembre 2010 - 05:27 .

[Reika]

LadyDamodred wrote...

I have indeed said that many times in the past.  More the fool I.  Well, maybe I'll find a way to have your prompt end in fluff and butterflies. 

Reika:  Oh, I have no problems with other ideas, they just have a way of sticking in my head and forcing me to write.

Hehe, well... your AU fic about Maric taking Alistair back to Denerim kind of prompted an idea for me which in turn made that prompt. So in this case, it is your fault.

It'll be fun though.

As for Alistair blushing in my screenshot, I'm not sure if it's my crappy video card, or he really is blushing. I prefer to think the later.

Modifié par Reika, 29 novembre 2010 - 05:30 .

[Zjarcal]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...
In fact, this is the first time I bothered RPing a reason why he isn't defending Redcliffe with me (because I don't bring him in my party with my canon).

And what reason have you come up with? *is curious*

[LadyDamodred]

My fault, eh? Fun, eh? Remember that when you read my fill.

[Reika]

LadyDamodred wrote...

My fault, eh? Fun, eh? Remember that when you read my fill.

*laughs* I look forward to it. I'm afraid my fill is going to be really sappy. Ah well, good times, right?

[KnightofPhoenix]

Zjarcal wrote...

KnightofPhoenix wrote...
In fact, this is the first time I bothered RPing a reason why he isn't defending Redcliffe with me (because I don't bring him in my party with my canon).

And what reason have you come up with? *is curious*

He is to stay in the Chantry and make sure Teagan does not come to harm. With Eamon sick and probably dead from my PC's perspective and Connor not of age, Teagan is the natural succesor and he must be kept alive.

Of course all that won't matter as Teagan would rather have me go search for a myth like an idiot, so eh.

[LadyDamodred]

Prompt:  "In a perfect world, we'd never have met."

~*~

Perfect


He is dying.
 
On top of Fort Drakon, the irony of his situation does not escape him. After everything they’ve done, that he should fall now, so close to the end, nearly undoes him. A few seconds or a couple of feet are all that separates him from a healthy, living man and the grievously wounded one bleeding out on cold stone. One small difference and maybe the archdemon’s claws would've missed him, wouldn’t have torn his armor away and parted his flesh.
 
He is dying.
 
Alistair struggles to block out the pain, to follow the sound of her voice rising above the others and telling them to get back. He can’t see her, but he’s watched her for so long that he doesn’t need to. In his mind, he can see her running across the broken stone to their foe, sword clenched in her fist, fire in her eye as she puts an end to their foe. Then there is light so bright that he thinks he’s been blinded even though his eyes were closed. An explosion follows, the sound deafening him, and he feels the shockwaves travel through both the stone beneath him and the air around him. It’s over—he feels it in every fiber of his being, but he can’t go yet. He has to know that she’s safe, that he’s managed to save her.
 
He is dying.
 
She’s by his side now. When did she get there? He opens his eyes—slowly, oh so slowly—to see her kneeling, her hands pressed to his wounds, trying desperately to stem the flow of his blood.
 
“No,” she says. “No, no, no, no, no.” She presses harder and Alistair can’t feel it. Maker, he wants to feel it. Wants to feel her hands on him once more, but he can’t feel much anymore.
 
She twists, dark hair flying, as she screams over her shoulder for Wynne. He can’t feel his hand, but he manages to lift it anyway, just grazing her leg, and her head snaps back to look at him.
 
He is dying.
 
She’s crying now, tears running down her face from those huge green eyes. He hates when she cries, hates seeing her in pain, and it’s worse when he’s the cause. It hurts so much now because he wants to make it better and he can’t. Her hands, free of their gauntlets and covered in his blood, grasp his hand and he’s surprised that his gauntlet is also missing, but grateful because now he can feel her.
 
He is dying.
 
It’s cold now and Alistair is tired, more tired than he's ever been in his life. There is a faint pull as he feels Wynne’s magic and he wants to laugh. It all seems so silly. Her lips are moving, but he can’t hear her. He thinks he might see his name, but his vision is fading.
 
All he wants is to tell her it’s okay, but he can’t speak. Even if he had the energy, he can’t find the breath. He can’t remember if he ever told her how much he loved her, and he wants to tell her now. He thinks he might have loved her since the moment they first met, and that causes an odd thought to drift through his mind.
 
“In a perfect world, we’d never have met.”
 
He said that to her once. If the world had been perfect, they never would have met. But they did meet and his life was never the same. He’s said he lived to defeat the Blight, but that’s not true. He’s lived for her. She is what’s made all of this worth it, and he wouldn’t change a single moment of it. Being with her was a greater gift than he could ever have asked for.
 
Without her, the world—his world—would have been incomplete. It would have been a pale and empty thing. But he did meet her. And no matter what happens to him, she will live.
 
And the world?
 
It’s perfect.

[Esbatty]

Tigress M wrote...

Esbatty wrote...
THURSDAYS?!?! IT HAS A DAY?!?! Damn... Thursday is the start of my work week, bleurgh. Thank you for that information.
Dammit I'm goin' to the Morrigan thread and demanding a day of Morrigan sideboob. Its only fair.

So does this mean you'll be joining us on Thursdays or shall we expect you to make yourself absent while we drool?  

I'm scared to answer.

[Maria13]

@LadyD loved this fill, so sad. Can't read it again. Why do you think we feel so much for dying Alistair? Is it because he is young, innocent and brave?

[Reika]

Wow LadyD, that was beautiful and sad.



Maria13, I'm not sure if that's just it. Part of it is that there's so much potential in his character, that to see that potential snuffed out is hard.

[Tigress M]

@LadyD - That was heart-wrenchingly beautiful. A two tissue read for this old sentimental girl. To think he went through the DR only to die anyway. Ouch. Very, very well done.

@Sky - I think the guest prompt idea is great!

@Reika - this first guest prompt is fantastic! I will definitely be submitting something for it once I stop crying over LadyD's.

[Tigress M]

And for Derp Monday:

[Maria13]

Reika wrote...

Wow LadyD, that was beautiful and sad.

Maria13, I'm not sure if that's just it. Part of it is that there's so much potential in his character, that to see that potential snuffed out is hard.

Yes, I think those are wise words, there is what he is and what he could be and it is all lost...

[Reika]

Thanks Tigress, like I told Lady D, it was inspired by her AU of Maric bringing Alistair back to Denerim. I'll post mine later, just haven't had time to write it yet.

[Tigress M]

@Esbatty - Then I'll just have to wait and see, won't I?

@Maria - In LadyD's story, the sadness I felt was two-fold.

One, because Alistair was losing his chance to reap the benefits of the choices and sacrifices he'd made. Sure, he's not going to be around to "care", but it just breaks my heart that he only wound up with a few months of true happiness in all of his much too short life.

And two, because now the Warden has to learn to live without him. She's left alone with all of the same hopes and dreams he had of their living "happily ever after" and now that's gone. I grieve for her and what she'll face as she learns how to function without him at her side.