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[TotoroTori]

jactinglim wrote...

I've been told to post a link to my Guest Prompt Submission.

:crying::crying: I just saw this on DArt still it breaks my heart..


can we please have a happier prompt, something with cheese in it maybe?


edit: I am on my new super tiny Netbook so don't have any Alistair pictures on my sadly

Modifié par TotoroTori, 30 novembre 2010 - 06:04 .

[LadyDamodred]

Oh! Oh! I know what I'm doing for RC's prompt!

[RagingCyclone]

Thanks Schratty. I think I will try to stay from the tearjerkers though. They aren't as much fun to do. I just had this in my head when I thought  of the prompt. Looking forward to see what you come up with.
 
LadyD--  *intrigued*

ToP for Tori

Modifié par RagingCyclone, 30 novembre 2010 - 06:28 .

[Sarah1281]

@Rage: That was so tragic! As usual, Wynne irritated me, though (less than usual, I must admit, so kudos on that). She KNOWS that something she's hearing second-hand about the Wardens must be true and Daniel no longer exists at all, does she?

@jactinglim:Oh, how very poignant. I am left wondering why her perfect world includes a dead Nelaros and a presumably raped Shianni, though. I'm probably just overthinking things again.

Modifié par Sarah1281, 30 novembre 2010 - 06:36 .

[RagingCyclone]

@Sarah, In this case, from her POV she does. Does it mean overall she is right? No. But in that instant, with the grief she sees in him, and the experience she has she does. Zjarcal pointed out a different scenario that is also plausible, as well as there are a few others. So is she right? Who knows for certain. But in that instant sitting beside Alistair on that dais, she knows.

[Sarah1281]

RagingCyclone wrote...

@Sarah, In this case, from her POV she does. Does it mean overall she is right? No. But in that instant, with the grief she sees in him, and the experience she has she does. Zjarcal pointed out a different scenario that is also plausible, as well as there are a few others. So is she right? Who knows for certain. But in that instant sitting beside Alistair on that dais, she knows.

Oh no, I got that. It's just such a Wynne thing to do.

[RagingCyclone]

@Sarah, and I do have her when she returns to the tower to look into just that scenario. As she leaves later she decides that to ease herself at what she just heard, she needs to find out for herself whether she was lying to Alistair or not. So while she helps to rebuild the tower in her final days, she does try to find the answer to that very question. Possibly as much to ease her own pain over Daniel and Leliana, but also to see what her own fate might be.

[Tigress M]

@RC - Alistair truly does care about those close to him, doesn't he? You show that so well -- that the care he has for the world around him is not limited to the woman he gives he heart to. Nicely done.

@Jactinglim - That was beautiful! Elves hold a special place in my heart and I could so feel the pain of her losing him, knowing in a perfect world she would not have, but also realizing that in that same perfect world, their love would have never come to be.

Figured I'd edit and plop in some more RDT.

"Take THAT, ya big galoot!" said Aubrianna, with Alistair cheering her on.

Modifié par Tigress M, 30 novembre 2010 - 07:13 .

[Skyl4rk]

@Tigress - That is a nice shot!  I'm also liking the cheering Alistair in the background.  I can picture him saying "that's my girl!"

[LadyDamodred]

And this comes in at 1k words exactly.  Kind of creepy, really.

Duty and Honor
 
The two men stood at a window in Highever Castle, looking down at the garden. Three children played among the greenery, watched over by two dark-haired women. The oldest child, a sturdy boy of over ten, held a wooden sword and was crossing it in slow forms with the taller of the two women, who held a similar sword. The other two children, another boy and a girl, perhaps a few years younger than the first child, chased each other in a game of tag, shrieking in delight.
 
“You’re asking a lot, Alistair,” said Fergus, turning away from the scene below them to look at his brother-in-law.
 
“I know.” Alistair kept his eyes on the children below, a longing look in his expression as he watched his nephews and niece playing.
 
“Does Lya know about this?”
 
“It’s been mentioned, but…no, we haven’t really talked about it.”
 
“I see.”
 
Both men fell silent once for a time until Fergus spoke again. “Why now? I mean, after all this time, why bring this up now?”
 
Alistair frowned, his brows pulling together and forming deep lines in his forehead. “She’s begun talking about divorce.” He nodded at Fergus’s gasp. “We’ve argued about it on and off for years. It’s the one issue that never goes away. You know your sister, Fergus. You know what she’s like. She’s bound and determined to do what’s ‘right,’ to do what she sees as her duty.”
 
“Even so, to bring up divorce….”
 
“She thinks that if she steps aside, it’ll make it easier on me to find someone to replace her.”
 
“Is that true?”
 
Alistair shot Fergus a withering look. “I should hope you know me better than that. She’s not going anywhere, but that doesn’t stop her from worrying about the issue of an heir. And it’s not as if I can say she’s completely wrong. We hear about it at every Landsmeet.”
 
“And is there truly no chance of an heir for the two of you?”
 
“No,” Alistair said quietly. “There isn’t. And the odds of me having an heir with someone else are slim at best if I was even willing to make the attempt. Which I’m not.” He grimaced. “We had a spectacular argument over that almost a decade ago. She tried to convince me to bed someone in the hopes that I might get an heir that way. That discussion ended…poorly.”
 
Fergus gave a low whistle. “I can imagine.” He nodded. “So you’re stuck. You can’t have a child with Lya, you won’t put her aside and you won’t take a lover. That doesn’t leave you with very many options.”
 
“No, it doesn’t. You can’t tell that to the Bannorn, though. At every gathering, it seems like half the nobles somehow manage to introduce me to every single, young female relative they’ve got. And I’m sick of it.
 
“I need an heir. That much is beyond question. I can’t risk everything descending into a civil war after my death because I left this matter unresolved.”
 
“So you want one of my children.”
 
“I don’t….” Alistair bowed his head. “I don’t want one of your children, Fergus. I love them like they’re mine own, and I have absolutely no desire to take any of your children away. It wouldn’t be fair to any of us. But I need an heir, and I’d rather have it be from my family even if they’re not of my blood.”
 
Fergus turned back to the window, watching his family. “How would this work?”
 
“I was thinking that whomever I name should start by spending the summers with us. You should all do it at first, I think, if Highever can afford your absence. Making sure that their education is augmented so that they learn what they need to. Then start introducing them to the Landsmeets.
 
“Like I said, I don’t want to take your children from you, but as they get older, they’ll have to spend more time in Denerim. You and Dara will be parted from one of your children long before you should be. I’m sorry.”
 
For a long, long time, Fergus was silent, gazing through the window as he thought. Finally, “This is quite the honor you do my family.”
 
Alistair smiled faintly. “It’s not an honor, we both know that. So you’ll accept?”
 
“Yes, I will, though we’ll both need to talk to our wives.”
 
“That we will. I’m hoping Lya will be relieved enough not to hit me for deciding this without her.” He gestured to the window. “Any thoughts as to who it’ll be?”
 
“Brannon.” Fergus answered without any hesitation and Alistair raised an inquiring eyebrow.
 
“No more thought than that?”
 
“I have thought about it. Nathaniel…. Nathaniel’s too much like me. He’s a Cousland through and through—he’ll never be happy away from Highever. And Eirian might be a good choice, but she’s too young yet, only six. And I think she’s too sweet. The politics of ruling would take that from her.
 
“But Brannon? He’s smart, steady—has a good head on his shoulders and he’s honest. I think the change will be easiest for him to handle, and he seems to enjoy doing a good job and helping others. He’ll make a good king.”
 
“Do you think he’ll be willing?”
 
“What boy wouldn’t want to be a king?” Fergus smiled.
 
“A smart one.”
 
Fergus threw his head back and laughed. “Aye, and Brannon is a smart one. Yes, Alistair, he’ll be willing. He’s a Cousland and Couslands do their duty.  Always have, always will.”
 
He stepped away from the window and clasped Alistair on the shoulder. “Come on. Let’s go down and join our family. There’ll be time for talk later.”
 
Alistair nodded and turned, following Fergus down to the garden. The children ran over as they walked out into the sunshine. And as Alistair slid his arms around his wife, he was profoundly thankful that doing what he had to didn’t mean losing everything he held dear.

Modifié par LadyDamodred, 30 novembre 2010 - 08:28 .

[inclemency]

I haven't caught up what I've missed yet (y'all have been extraordinarily busy here, there's so many pages!), but I'll start with reading this page.

@LadyD - that is terrific. Many of us have said that's what the solution would be, to have one of Fergus's children as heir to Alistair, but to have the mechanics put into writing really hits hard. Fantastic job, thank you!

Modifié par inclemency, 30 novembre 2010 - 09:02 .

[Sarah1281]

@Lady D: What a bittersweet story. There are so many stories with miracle babies but it's also far more likely that there would never be a child and Alistair would need to deal with the issue of heir in some manner and everyone always says to use one of Fergus'. I like how you showed how hard that would be for him as well.

[Yankee23]

Love the angle you took on that one LadyD! Fantastic, as always!

[Giggles_Manically]

Some Alistair bloopers.









Poor bastard is not going for a good end in this run. Thankfully he is happy in another AU with my city elf.

Gah back to listening to why all white European men are a curse on this world.

[Melca36]

Since its Tuesday.

[tuppence95]

Lots to catch up on!

@Tori - Perfect world prompt: once again, loved the drawing!  Very moving, the way she is holding onto him.

@Melca - Perfect world prompt: how fitting that they would've been drawn together by cheese.  

@Reika - Perfect world prompt: I'm really enjoying this prompt because it's giving us looks at a life that Alistair might've had with Maric.  I enjoyed that.  Thanks.

@Tigress - Duty & Honor prompt:  Aw, poor Alistair.  It doesn't pay to be slow around Teagan.

@ Rage - Duty & Honor prompt:  Damn.  I've never experienced the loss of Leliana in the game.  And I had never really thought about the soul of whoever does the US.  

@ jactinglim - Perfect world prompt:  Beautifully expressed!

@LadyD - Duty & Honor prompt:  Very nice story an excellent solution.  I liked how Fergus had already thought about it. 

Great RDTs, Melca!

[Tigress M]

@LadyD - Curse DG for making it so difficult for our favorite man to find happiness. But, thank the Maker we can help things along with ff like yours. It's not a perfect solution but it's certainly better than the alternatives. Well done!

[Tigress M]

@inclemency - Nice to see you back! I was just thinkin' about you earlier today and wondering where you've been hiding.

@Giggles - At least Alistair looks to be having some fun beheading darkspawn before he meets up with his fate.

@Melca - I love blood splatter! (I know I'm weird, but it's sooooo cool!) nice shots!

@tuppence - That should have the caption, "Swing batter, batter. Swing!"

[Merilsell]

Maria13 wrote...

Maker... So many prompts, so little time!

*flails and runs in circles in panic*

No. No. So many prompts aren't stressing me in the slightest. I can easily manage them between RL and monster-main-FF. No problem at all. *beats her plot bunnies with a broom to shut them up*

[Reika]

Thanks Tupp, I was just curious to see where people would go with the idea. And I was glad to finally get some of that out of my head.



Now that aspect of Ali & Lana want their own story... Blah.



@LadyD - As always, beautifully done, if bittersweet. Sort of like a good dark chocolate.

@jactinglim - Poor Eve.

[LadyDamodred]

Thank you, guys! I almost went a few different directions with this one, including a Landsmeet piece, but it didn't feel quite right. This kind of struck me by accident.

Reika: Dark chocolate is my favorite! 72%, baby!

Modifié par LadyDamodred, 30 novembre 2010 - 11:07 .

[Reika]

LadyD: I generally prefer milk chocolate, but sometimes dark chocolate has its appeal.

[Skyl4rk]

LadyD. - *agrees with Reika and is now craving for some dark chocolate*  That was beautifully done.  Your fill just gave me an idea for another prompt.  *adds it to her list*


And now back to the regular scheduled program of RDT re-runs.

Marion's deadly move: Fiery Flatulence


Wardens for breakfast


"Look what I can do!"

[TotoroTori]

*runs in* I heard chocolate! *offers her warden in a corset for chocolates!*

[Sarah1281]

Merilsell wrote...

Maria13 wrote...

Maker... So many prompts, so little time!

*flails and runs in circles in panic*

No. No. So many prompts aren't stressing me in the slightest. I can easily manage them between RL and monster-main-FF. No problem at all. *beats her plot bunnies with a broom to shut them up*

Oh, I know what you mean. I may be done with my monster-main-FF but I still have RL issues (and finals are coming up and at some point I need to do a 5-page single spaced ethnography paper), am trying to read people's stories and review them which seems to make it take twice as long, and manage at least four prompts a week. It's really a wonder I have time for anything...