Skydiver8888 wrote...
I have been utterly shocked at the lack of Teagan fics, as well. As many of YOU people know, I'm the biggest Teagan fangirl out there, so it was entirely natural for me to base my fic around him as the male lead.
Of the 6 you can find on ff.net, only two of them, I think, are actual longer fics that ship the PC/Teagan. Though to be perfectly honest, I had a hard time imagining a scenario where my PC would get with Teagan when Alistair was still around (yes, I <3 Ali)
Personally, I love Alistair, I think he is a brilliant character. Which is why I shied away from trying to write him, actually. I felt like I would do him a disservice, and it's much easier to write original (or semi-original) characters, at least for me. I wouldn't want to insult David Gaider by utterly butchering his...well..his coup de grace, so to speak. I think Alistair is one of the best characters he's written, and who am I to go in and muck with it? Some schlub on the internet with too much time on her hands.
Fortunately, one of the endings of the game provided me with a great opportunity to not only write a Teagan fic, but do it in a way that hopefully goes a little bit deeper than the typical "PC and Male!Lead fall into the sack after two chapters of witty banter" story. While that type might garner more reviews on ff.net, It's not the story that is clawing its way out of my head.
And last but not least, Shavon, like Jules said, don't let it turn you off. Write for you, it's what I'm doing. I'm writing my fic for practice and experience in dialogue and characterization. If people like it, great. If not, well, fine, I just hope they'd tell me why in a constructive and helpful manner.
Yeah....this is exactly what's held me back from writing anything until this point. Alistair is already a great character...and I don't know if I could do him justice in a fic. He's a very good mix of seriousness and irreverance and I'm having a really difficult time trying to figure out how he would respond to the way my character would feel after....the ritual.
I might give it a try and see if I think it's worth putting up. I really really wish they'd have let you have that conversation. You can talk to Morrigan about it...but Alistair still just says, "Something you need my dear?" That doesn't exactly make sense to me.
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I'd right a happy ending fic just for him but there are plenty out there as it is.
