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[TheEggCrusher]

*feels smug-ish*... I actually suspected what happened might be the case   I mean, at least for that particular AU.

what mostly surprised me was 

 

Spoiler

that the blight was a result of a time lapse. that blew my mind into little itty bitty pieces that were all screaming HOLY **** at once 

 

honestly, when Solas appeared I almost had a heart attack 

 

just picturing it in my head, and understanding the complexities of the entire story as a whole is what's so mind-blowing. it's all so heartbreaking and beautiful that I'm not sure how to process it

 

It's just ..... I don't even know 

 

*sits and contemplates meaning of the universe*

 

[Eivuwan]

Just finished Feynite's latest chapter. All I can say is Damnnnnnn. Bioware needs to hire her.

[dawnstone]

 

Again, I'm very sorry for the misunderstanding  I asked folks who were interested to PM me, so I'd have all the names in one place.  Sorry if I wasn't clear.  I'll try to make it clearer next time.

She can have my spot if she wants, as I already have a gaming group. I'd still like to watch and hang out since I haven't done Roll20 gaming before.

[Sable Rhapsody]

She can have my spot if she wants, as I already have a gaming group. I'd still like to watch and hang out since I haven't done Roll20 gaming before.

 

Fine with me on both counts, if you're both ok with this  I'm such a doof.  It's bedtime, so I'll see you all in the morning!

[Bayonet Hipshot]

http://calpatine.tum...-of-exaltations

 

I'm sure everyone knows about this now but I would like to offer my thoughts on it.

 

If the vision begins part refers to the events of Inquisition (The air tearing apart is The Breach and scepter of Redemption is The Anchor) then the next parts should follow. Sooo it looks like the Titans might return and curb stomp everyone flat. If the east is referring to Ferelden (because it is in the east of Orlais) then the next part might be referring to another Werewolf outbreak. Ferelden's had a history of werewolf attacks. Maybe the remaining ones are biding their time until they can attack again. Werewolves fall in line with the whole cursing everyone thing too.

 

The next part must be talking about Solas and the Ancient Elves, I guess. If the "ancient ones" awaken, then maybe Solas' plan either worked, is starting, or it's another group of Ancient elves who are likely very upset with Solas' actions. No one could chase him after he threw up the Veil, but now that "Fen'Harel is back" is starting to spread, they might be able to track him down. Leliana mentioned some weird elves in the Tirashan right? Ones like the Temple of Mythal ones. Either those are Solas' followers, or the angry ancient elves who want his head on a pike. Or sad guardians. Solas himself is clever enough to subtley take down key figures who could obstruct his plans. And he's a dreamer right? He can probably kill people in dreams too.

 

If the next part is talking about the Temple of Sacred Ashes, I'm not sure how that's going to work (if things are going in sequential order) because, I dunno, the mountain kind of blew up, was lifted into the air, and then smashed back into the ground. That fire barrier the Warden walked through is probably gone, and the only person whose spirit was made "eternal" was Leliana's but that's only if you shanked her there. Though I guess that Guardian dude was pretty everlasting. Maybe a dead warden will come back to life? People would get upset over that though.

 

Next part, 7 gates for 7 archdemons? Perhaps the sleeping Archdemons stave off the Blights and if all of them are gone, the Blight of all Blights will arrive and the corruption will spread unchecked? Maybe to the Fade too, since that's where the Black City got sealed.

 

No ideas about The Maker's return part or anything after that.

 

But man, wouldn't it suck for Solas if the Titans came back when he starts putting his plan in full swing, and then the Titans just sit all over it? Dude has a track record for nothing going his way.

 

This is how I imagine Solas vs Titan fight....

 

 

Puny god...

[Cee]

You're probably the first person to say it's great. Most people just say "You shouldn't care!"

But I do and that's probably never going to change.

It isn't so much that I care what others think. It's more of how I perceive myself. (Always in my own head. :x )

I wish to appear more put-together. It's difficult to explain.. But I know that others have these thoughts as well. Ah, life.

I'm really greatful to everyone here for being amazing and awesome and so sweet! It helps immensely with stuff like this. to all.

Nooooooo.... Weeeneedthesmut!

 

It's less not caring what people think, but caring about others but also being able to just be confident in yourself enough to do what you want, express yourself, and do things regardless of that. Anything that is reasonable and not you know, illegal or dangerous to you or other people.

 

Part of it is figuring out who you are in such a way that 'appearing more put together' is more internal than external. Part of what helped me gain confidence was more or less embracing who I am. I'm sensitive, I can be kind of a mush, I do things like dance to my music while walking home from the subway, I have a great appreciation for corny humor and puns. I think, in our heads, we have this idea of what we should be like (I'm not talking about things like comportment in certain circumstances like work or courtrooms, or hospitals, churches, etc ) but it's often just this internalized series of norms that are harder on ourselves than they would ever need to realistically be.

 

t;;dr Be you and spend time being unapologetically you. I can't adequately explain how much realizing that I had gone from worst social anxiety to doing a ton of healing and realizing I had actual confidence stunned me.

 

 

[Cee]

IMO it's worth the effort to try and be more comfortable interacting with people.  But if you're an introvert, you're an introvert, and there's nothing wrong with that

 

I'm a sociable introvert.  I like people.  I'm comfortable interacting with them, including relative strangers as long as we have something in common.  And it took a couple years of practice to get there.  But at the end of the day, I still feel drained from it.  I lose energy from being with people and extroverts gain energy from being with people.  Again, nothing better about one approach than the other.  It just means that my very extroverted boyfriend learns when I need time to recharge my social batteries.

 

I'm an extrovert with an introvert and even after years, it can be kind of frustrating. But it's true. I get super wired after amazing social experiences, as long as I'm comfortable I can just go and go and go. When no one's around for too long, I just go outside and be among people and it's like a half charge.

 

This is also why I need to live in a city. And I get very, very antsy if i have to stay inside. Four days in the hospital a couple of years ago was like torture. I took my mildest solace by sitting at my window and watching people below.

 

But I'm a highly sensitive extrovert, so I do understand the need for recharge time and the feeling of being overloaded, but it's different.

[TheEggCrusher]

young!Solas from Looking Glass fic

 

 

by eluvisen 

[Jayla]

what mostly surprised me was 

 

Spoiler

that the blight was a result of a time lapse. that blew my mind into little itty bitty pieces that were all screaming HOLY **** at once 

 

honestly, when Solas appeared I almost had a heart attack 

 

just picturing it in my head, and understanding the complexities of the entire story as a whole is what's so mind-blowing. it's all so heartbreaking and beautiful that I'm not sure how to process it

 

It's just ..... I don't even know 

 

*sits and contemplates meaning of the universe*

 

 

Spoiler

I've got some serious goosebumps going on right now. Pride seems like a different character to me (he actually looks more like Howl from Howl's Moving Castle in my head), I suppose the name change helps with that, but when that ghosty/memory thingy of Solas started talking I was hearing his voice. UNGH!

 

But, seriously, a part of me hates this writer for making Solas an even SADDER puppy than he was before.

 

I need some fluff now please. ;_;

[Cee]

Don't worry, do you see me lasting long with this?

 

Good point. But still, you know I was joking.

[Ellawynn]

 

But man, wouldn't it suck for Solas if the Titans came back when he starts putting his plan in full swing, and then the Titans just sit all over it? Dude has a track record for nothing going his way.

 

This is how I imagine Solas vs Titan fight....

 

 

Puny god...

 

Err... didn't a Trespasser mural show Solas literally cracking a Titan in half? 

[TheEggCrusher]

Spoiler

I've got some serious goosebumps going on right now. Pride seems like a different character to me (he actually looks more like Howl from Howl's Moving Castle in my head), I suppose the name change helps with that, but when that ghosty/memory thingy of Solas started talking I was hearing his voice. UNGH!

 

But, seriously, a part of me hates this writer for making Solas an even SADDER puppy than he was before.

 

I need some fluff now please. ;_;

Solas and Howl are the same character in a lot of ways how I see it.

 

It doesn't help that Howl's Moving Castle is my favorite book of all time and Howl my favorite book character of all time (Solas being my favorite of all story mediums)

 

My ten year old brain knew it all along .... 

 

I think it was the butt 

 

 

Never trust bald men or men with nice butts. If they possess both qualities, run.

[drosophila]

Good point. But still, you know I was joking.

 

As was I

 

I posted a new chapter. I'm sorry for writing this If anyone wants to read it, be warned that there's violence.

 

http://archiveofouro...apters/11481244

[Cee]

As was I

 

I posted a new chapter. I'm sorry for writing this If anyone wants to read it, be warned that there's violence.

 

http://archiveofouro...apters/11481244

 

I know you were.   So you finished this one?

[SoSolaris]

I finished the latest chapter of Looking Glass. It hurts so much.  Yet by the end of it, I still couldn't help feeling that barely slight optimism about it all.

Spoiler

Her world was destroyed, yes, but the one she is in currently is still able to be saved. The world before it was. And Pride may still be able to be saved. Solas before he was.

 

Very bittersweet to me. 

 

Ugh, it's almost midnight here and I may be feeling things a bit too deeply in my deliriousness. But I'll keep trudging through.

 

Spoiler

I admit that once talk of how the Blight and Solas and Titan hearts began, I was a little like "Ummmmm. idk about all that." But by the end I thought it fit perfectly with the canon! Maybe even better than the canon, or from what they've revealed to us at least!

 

Feynite is very talented, to say the least, and if my assumptions are correct about the scope of this project, she is also very ambitious. I think if anyone can pull it off though, she can. (I may also leave a comment like this on the fic too  )

[Jayla]

 

Never trust bald men or men with nice butts. If they possess both qualities, run.

 

Okay, I laughed harder than I probably should have.

 

Please don't lynch me but I was never that big a fan of the book. I had to drag myself through to the end and I've never picked it back up since (I didn't particularly like the foray into our world), but when Studio Ghibli's version came out I was immediately hooked. One of the rare examples where, IMO, the film adaption was better than the book. xD

[FernRain]

Drosophila! *sings* Guess what I did....
 
Hail Dirthamen (or at least I pretend it's him..)!

 

That took longer than I would have liked.. I thought it was going to be easy but the layers really messed with me. Took me 2 days .
 
Original:

Spoiler

 

And that link Habits posted.. I see more Solas vs Ghilan'nain.

 

[Jayla]

I finished the latest chapter of Looking Glass. It hurts so much.  Yet by the end of it, I still couldn't help feeling that barely slight optimism about it all.

Spoiler

Her world was destroyed, yes, but the one she is in currently is still able to be saved. The world before it was. And Pride may still be able to be saved. Solas before he was.

 

Very bittersweet to me. 

 

Ugh, it's almost midnight here and I may be feeling things a bit too deeply in my deliriousness. But I'll keep trudging through.

 

Spoiler

I admit that once talk of how the Blight and Solas and Titan hearts began, I was a little like "Ummmmm. idk about all that." But by the end I thought it fit perfectly with the canon! Maybe even better than the canon, or from what they've revealed to us at least!

 

Feynite is very talented, to say the least, and if my assumptions are correct about the scope of this project, she is also very ambitious. I think if anyone can pull it off though, she can. (I may also leave a comment like this on the fic too  )

 

I think, at the very least, it fits into her canon world quite nicely. As much as I love it for the fic (and it works really well, please don't get me wrong), I don't know how much I'd like the idea for canon. I already dislike how the game has gone into time travel in the first place, I hope they leave it as a "this is what'll happen if you die so don't die, kthxbai" rather than utilise it for any future story.

 

I'll definitely be leaving a hearty review for Looking Glass but I always wait until the fic's finished. ^^

 

Has anyone read The Dread Wolf's Heart by the same author? I started reading it but the first chapter seemed awfully slow. Is it worth sticking with?

[TheEggCrusher]

I finished the latest chapter of Looking Glass. It hurts so much.  Yet by the end of it, I still couldn't help feeling that barely slight optimism about it all.

Spoiler

Her world was destroyed, yes, but the one she is in currently is still able to be saved. The world before it was. And Pride may still be able to be saved. Solas before he was.

 

Very bittersweet to me. 

 

Ugh, it's almost midnight here and I may be feeling things a bit too deeply in my deliriousness. But I'll keep trudging through.

 

Spoiler

I admit that once talk of how the Blight and Solas and Titan hearts began, I was a little like "Ummmmm. idk about all that." But by the end I thought it fit perfectly with the canon! Maybe even better than the canon, or from what they've revealed to us at least!

 

Feynite is very talented, to say the least, and if my assumptions are correct about the scope of this project, she is also very ambitious. I think if anyone can pull it off though, she can. (I may also leave a comment like this on the fic too  )

Somehow, I think she's going to be able to manage to wrap it up in 10 more chapters at least, given that each chapter is around 10,000 words. That's still 100,000 words though, and basically the size of a book. Like you said, extremely ambitious. But then again, the fic right now is around the size of a book already, and it's only taken her around a month? Does she even sleep? Or poop? Or just live in general? I wish I was able to write as much as her x-x

 

Now I feel really bummed about my own Solas fic, as if there's no point, because it will never be as good or meaningful as hers. 

 

Hold me ;-; 

 

 

Okay, I laughed harder than I probably should have.

 

Please don't lynch me but I was never that big a fan of the book. I had to drag myself through to the end and I've never picked it back up since (I didn't particularly like the foray into our world), but when Studio Ghibli's version came out I was immediately hooked. One of the rare examples where, IMO, the film adaption was better than the book. xD

 

Haha it's ok It's really hard for me to find other people that adore the book as much as I do. It's only enjoyable for a really specific audience, so it's understandable. 

 

All I know is that I've fallen in love with fictional characters and I need help. 

 

Solas is like if Howl went through hell and back, and the thought it so depressing. I want to snuggle him and just kiss him all over and ...

 

Once again, I repeat: I need help .... 

[SoSolaris]

I think, at the very least, it fits into her canon world quite nicely. As much as I love it for the fic (and it works really well, please don't get me wrong), I don't know how much I'd like the idea for canon. I already dislike how the game has gone into time travel in the first place, I hope they leave it as a "this is what'll happen if you die so don't die, kthxbai" rather than utilise it for any future story.

 

I'll definitely be leaving a hearty review for Looking Glass but I always wait until the fic's finished. ^^

 

Has anyone read The Dread Wolf's Heart by the same author? I started reading it but the first chapter seemed awfully slow. Is it worth sticking with?

 

Yes, I can see how it might complicate things a bit (a lot). I suppose it would drastically alter the scope of the story. But still, such an creative way to tie in everything with the Blight and the Evanuris and even leave things open for the world beyond Thedas!  *sighs* So good.

 

As to reading The Dread Wolf's Heart: definitely! I think everything by Feynite is worth reading. I thought TDWH was honestly the best SolasxLavellan fanfic I've read, but I think Looking Glass may be taking that spot pretty soon. Both by the same writer, so I suppose that only speaks more of her abilities. 

[TheEggCrusher]

I think, at the very least, it fits into her canon world quite nicely. As much as I love it for the fic (and it works really well, please don't get me wrong), I don't know how much I'd like the idea for canon. I already dislike how the game has gone into time travel in the first place, I hope they leave it as a "this is what'll happen if you die so don't die, kthxbai" rather than utilise it for any future story.

 

I'll definitely be leaving a hearty review for Looking Glass but I always wait until the fic's finished. ^^

 

Has anyone read The Dread Wolf's Heart by the same author? I started reading it but the first chapter seemed awfully slow. Is it worth sticking with?

I started it, but really didn't like it. Solas seemed way too OOC imo and, as you said, it goes pretty slow. Everyone else seems to love it though. I guess it's a matter of taste? 

 

About the time travel aspect of Looking Glass, I agree. It's great for an emotional read, but time travel can get way too tricky long term, especially in a video game. It's absolutely fantastic in the fic, but actually in canon ... I don't think so. 

[drosophila]

Drosophila! *sings* Guess what I did....

 

You are awesome! HAIL DIRTHAMEN!!! 

 

I'm adding this to my Dirthamen shrine. I haven't been crazy enough for my lab to notice yet. 

[SoSolaris]

Somehow, I think she's going to be able to manage to wrap it up in 10 more chapters at least, given that each chapter is around 10,000 words. That's still 100,000 words though, and basically the size of a book. Like you said, extremely ambitious. But then again, the fic right now is around the size of a book already, and it's only taken her around a month? Does she even sleep? Or poop? Or just live in general? I wish I was able to write as much as her x-x

 

Now I feel really bummed about my own Solas fic, as if there's no point, because it will never be as good or meaningful as hers. 

 

Hold me ;-; 

 

Aww, I'm sure your writing is amazing all on its own!! I've felt the same way, and also from reading Feynite's writing, coincidentally. I've second guessed the quality and ability of my own writing too many times to count since I started reading even The Dread Wolf's Heart, but I always have to remind myself to take a step back, and detach from the comparisons. Because as long as you compare your work to others, it'll never stack up in your own eyes, no matter who thinks otherwise. Write for yourself first, for your satisfaction and your release, and it will be beyond good and meaningful because you'll know that it came from your heart. Comparisons be damned. 

 

tldr: keep writing!

 

Edit: this all seems so cheesy now that I'm reading it over. I'm sorry. I'm sleep-addled and still happy Feynite updated and even made a new fic. 

[Kadan]

I started it, but really didn't like it. Solas seemed way to OOC imo and, as you said, it goes pretty slow. Everyone else seems to love it though. I guess it's a matter of taste? 

 

About the time travel aspect of Looking Glass, I agree. It's great for an emotional read, but time travel can get way too tricky long term, especially in a video game. It's absolutely fantastic in the fic, but actually in canon ... I don't think so. 

 

My trouble with time travel especially going so very far back in time is if she changes too much then she may just wink out of existence. When you set out to change things, guess what things change! Then what? Time travel is tricky. One wrong step and you make things worse.

 

Edited to add:

As for your own writing don't give up, or compare yourself to another. There are so many styles, so many views, themes and interpretations. No one writer speaks to everyone. There are classic writers that I'm like, eh? ok, it was nice, but not my thing. There is room for everyone's style.

 

Find your style, your voice, your interpretation your words and create what you envision.

[TheEggCrusher]

Aww, I'm sure your writing is amazing all on its own!! I've felt the same way, and also from reading Feynite's writing, coincidentally. I've second guessed the quality and ability of my own writing too many times to count since I started reading even The Dread Wolf's Heart, but I always have to remind myself to take a step back, and detach from the comparisons. Because as long as you compare your work to others, it'll never stack up in your own eyes, no matter who thinks otherwise. Write for yourself first, for your satisfaction and your release, and it will be beyond good and meaningful because you'll know that it came from your heart. Comparisons be damned. 

 

tldr: keep writing!

I've been needing that for a while  Thank you!!

 

I always try to write for myself first and foremost, but it can be really hard to do, at times. 

 

I just have to remember what I write is for me and nobody else, and whether or not my writing makes me happy is what is most important. 

 

Life lessons from my fellow writers in the blanketfort 

 

thanks again!!