River
@themelodypond.bsky.social
My life is a chaotic mix of writing, cosplay, horses, performance, animals, and deep friendships that span, at this point, decades.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Likely no tidbit today unless I get some good free time later, BUT here are some piles of fabric from the Inquisition cosplay I will be crunch-timing over the next few weeks. (And one of me goofing around before heading to a medieval event yesterday.)
#lavellan #dragonage #cosplay
#lavellan #dragonage #cosplay
March 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Likely no tidbit today unless I get some good free time later, BUT here are some piles of fabric from the Inquisition cosplay I will be crunch-timing over the next few weeks. (And one of me goofing around before heading to a medieval event yesterday.)
#lavellan #dragonage #cosplay
#lavellan #dragonage #cosplay
Today's #tidbitoftheday you have all seen before but I am on my way to an event and I'm happy to share this little #solavellan related convo again. Not the least because a lot of people do a lot from Solas' perspective (which I get) but I like sharing my girl Enya with you all. #lavellan #morrigan
March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday you have all seen before but I am on my way to an event and I'm happy to share this little #solavellan related convo again. Not the least because a lot of people do a lot from Solas' perspective (which I get) but I like sharing my girl Enya with you all. #lavellan #morrigan
Today's #Tidbit of the day has been hard won. A week of fighting with this chapter has left me drawn and exhausted and ready to move on but I still have a bit left. I am also recognizing that realistically, this chapter serves very little purpose
#DragonAgeInquisition #solavellan (if you squint.)
#DragonAgeInquisition #solavellan (if you squint.)
March 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Today's #Tidbit of the day has been hard won. A week of fighting with this chapter has left me drawn and exhausted and ready to move on but I still have a bit left. I am also recognizing that realistically, this chapter serves very little purpose
#DragonAgeInquisition #solavellan (if you squint.)
#DragonAgeInquisition #solavellan (if you squint.)
Not a Tidbit. This is actually a little analysis I ended up doing by accident this morning, but I want to see how this hits on here. I actually didn't realize that I felt so strongly about the "soulmates" trope with regard to #Solavellan until I started writing. Let me know what you think.
March 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Not a Tidbit. This is actually a little analysis I ended up doing by accident this morning, but I want to see how this hits on here. I actually didn't realize that I felt so strongly about the "soulmates" trope with regard to #Solavellan until I started writing. Let me know what you think.
I will answer with a picture. My Valentine's day one, actually. 😀
But seriously, Davrin and Halani are just out there, helping the people who need helped and generally being ghosts. They'd be called reclusive, but distaste is not why they stay away. They are simply avoiding the narrative.
But seriously, Davrin and Halani are just out there, helping the people who need helped and generally being ghosts. They'd be called reclusive, but distaste is not why they stay away. They are simply avoiding the narrative.
March 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I will answer with a picture. My Valentine's day one, actually. 😀
But seriously, Davrin and Halani are just out there, helping the people who need helped and generally being ghosts. They'd be called reclusive, but distaste is not why they stay away. They are simply avoiding the narrative.
But seriously, Davrin and Halani are just out there, helping the people who need helped and generally being ghosts. They'd be called reclusive, but distaste is not why they stay away. They are simply avoiding the narrative.
Yes, but it was less about ensuring she was totally prepared and more about accepting that it would happen whether she was ready or not. Her primary concern was making sure that everyone else was prepared for what they would face. She wanted to be as sure as possible her friends would live.
March 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yes, but it was less about ensuring she was totally prepared and more about accepting that it would happen whether she was ready or not. Her primary concern was making sure that everyone else was prepared for what they would face. She wanted to be as sure as possible her friends would live.
Today's #tidbitoftheday is a section of a piece I've been fighting for the better part of a week. The premise has been challenging and writing and injured #lavellan pushed me to explore unknown aspects of her character. Additionally, the conflict with #solas was also unexplored. #solavellan #DAI
March 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today's #tidbitoftheday is a section of a piece I've been fighting for the better part of a week. The premise has been challenging and writing and injured #lavellan pushed me to explore unknown aspects of her character. Additionally, the conflict with #solas was also unexplored. #solavellan #DAI
I mean, actual favorite Video game character that is not a PC? Varric and Solas can fight it out over here. I cannot choose. Maybe Aloy can join that whole mess, too.
PC: Enya Lavellan until the skies fall. Love her to death nostalgically and actually. She is like family at this point.
PC: Enya Lavellan until the skies fall. Love her to death nostalgically and actually. She is like family at this point.
March 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I mean, actual favorite Video game character that is not a PC? Varric and Solas can fight it out over here. I cannot choose. Maybe Aloy can join that whole mess, too.
PC: Enya Lavellan until the skies fall. Love her to death nostalgically and actually. She is like family at this point.
PC: Enya Lavellan until the skies fall. Love her to death nostalgically and actually. She is like family at this point.
If Halani were a chicken, she'd cross the road because no one can tell her that she can't. She'd do it and flip the bird at anyone who dared look at her funny. Give 'em a nice "cluck you." Peck her beak in their general direction. Fluff her... you know what I'm done.
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If Halani were a chicken, she'd cross the road because no one can tell her that she can't. She'd do it and flip the bird at anyone who dared look at her funny. Give 'em a nice "cluck you." Peck her beak in their general direction. Fluff her... you know what I'm done.
Today's #tidbitoftheday comes from a very old one-shot I wrote back in 2015. At the time, it was one of the best things that I had ever written. Now, it simply makes me smile that my best then, its my everyday now. Please enjoy!
#dragonageinquisition #InquisitorLavellan #PostDAI #solavellanangst
#dragonageinquisition #InquisitorLavellan #PostDAI #solavellanangst
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday comes from a very old one-shot I wrote back in 2015. At the time, it was one of the best things that I had ever written. Now, it simply makes me smile that my best then, its my everyday now. Please enjoy!
#dragonageinquisition #InquisitorLavellan #PostDAI #solavellanangst
#dragonageinquisition #InquisitorLavellan #PostDAI #solavellanangst
Here she is. A decade wiser, a decade more determined. (She bears no Vallaslin, but I threw them on for the comparison when I was in CC.)
Enya
Enya
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here she is. A decade wiser, a decade more determined. (She bears no Vallaslin, but I threw them on for the comparison when I was in CC.)
Enya
Enya
Today's #tidbitoftheday comes from a future fic that I lacked the willpower to suppress. Set in an alternate universe this is part of a short confrontation between Ivea and an Inquisition soldier who simply can't stop referring to her as "Ashalan Fen’harelan"
#daughterofthedreadwolf #solavellan
#daughterofthedreadwolf #solavellan
March 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday comes from a future fic that I lacked the willpower to suppress. Set in an alternate universe this is part of a short confrontation between Ivea and an Inquisition soldier who simply can't stop referring to her as "Ashalan Fen’harelan"
#daughterofthedreadwolf #solavellan
#daughterofthedreadwolf #solavellan
Today's #tidbitoftheday This is a bit of the fight scene that I had a really fun time crafting. The choreography of a fight can be a challenge. Sometimes you have to write it again and again to make it feel engaging, organic, and if you get it right, you can also show character.
#lavellan #TDWC
#lavellan #TDWC
March 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday This is a bit of the fight scene that I had a really fun time crafting. The choreography of a fight can be a challenge. Sometimes you have to write it again and again to make it feel engaging, organic, and if you get it right, you can also show character.
#lavellan #TDWC
#lavellan #TDWC
I want to play video games, but I want to write, but I want to work on my cosplays. And I need to have this cosplay done by the 22nd. So I guess I will work on my cosplays, but dang is the desire to write gonna build up in that time. It'll be an hour here and there for a little while now.
March 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I want to play video games, but I want to write, but I want to work on my cosplays. And I need to have this cosplay done by the 22nd. So I guess I will work on my cosplays, but dang is the desire to write gonna build up in that time. It'll be an hour here and there for a little while now.
The #tidbitoftheday for this evening is another retreat to prior chapters. I confess to a bit of a writing slump since about Friday. All I've written is a very rough sketch of what I want the final piece to be so. So not for public consumption.
Enjoy!
#Lavellan ##cassandrapentaghast #dai
Enjoy!
#Lavellan ##cassandrapentaghast #dai
March 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The #tidbitoftheday for this evening is another retreat to prior chapters. I confess to a bit of a writing slump since about Friday. All I've written is a very rough sketch of what I want the final piece to be so. So not for public consumption.
Enjoy!
#Lavellan ##cassandrapentaghast #dai
Enjoy!
#Lavellan ##cassandrapentaghast #dai
I took a step back in my chapters for the #tidbitoftheday. We go back to when Enya first awoke in Haven after her first attempt to seal the Breach. Another setting piece designed to set the scene as I remember it.
#lavellan #earlydays ##DragonAgeInquisition #haven #heraldofwhat
#lavellan #earlydays ##DragonAgeInquisition #haven #heraldofwhat
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I took a step back in my chapters for the #tidbitoftheday. We go back to when Enya first awoke in Haven after her first attempt to seal the Breach. Another setting piece designed to set the scene as I remember it.
#lavellan #earlydays ##DragonAgeInquisition #haven #heraldofwhat
#lavellan #earlydays ##DragonAgeInquisition #haven #heraldofwhat
Today's #tidbitoftheday. I truly didn't mean to beat the crap out of Enya this early in the story, but here we are. In the original draft, she got a cut on her cheek, but it didn't seem to convey the stakes appropriately. I'm sorry, Enya.
#DragonAgeInquisition #lavellan #varric #solas
#DragonAgeInquisition #lavellan #varric #solas
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday. I truly didn't mean to beat the crap out of Enya this early in the story, but here we are. In the original draft, she got a cut on her cheek, but it didn't seem to convey the stakes appropriately. I'm sorry, Enya.
#DragonAgeInquisition #lavellan #varric #solas
#DragonAgeInquisition #lavellan #varric #solas
I was honestly surprised some of these were larger until I realized that most of the words and contect I post are in some degree of graphic format. But there is a definite trend.
February 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I was honestly surprised some of these were larger until I realized that most of the words and contect I post are in some degree of graphic format. But there is a definite trend.
Today's #tidbitoftheday comes with... No excuse. I have no excuse. None whatsoever. I try very, very hard not to lean on tropes or write things in my stories just because I want them to happen. I didn't do that here either, but it doesn't feel that way. *clears throat*
#Solas #sword #Lavellan
#Solas #sword #Lavellan
February 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday comes with... No excuse. I have no excuse. None whatsoever. I try very, very hard not to lean on tropes or write things in my stories just because I want them to happen. I didn't do that here either, but it doesn't feel that way. *clears throat*
#Solas #sword #Lavellan
#Solas #sword #Lavellan
Today's #tidbitoftheday needs a content warning for gore. I apologize. I am an incredibly visual and descriptive writer and occasionally my scenes get away from me when I'm trying to convey and emotion. This is not a happy tidbit by any means.
#dragonageinquisition #Lavellan #earlydays #Varric
#dragonageinquisition #Lavellan #earlydays #Varric
February 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday needs a content warning for gore. I apologize. I am an incredibly visual and descriptive writer and occasionally my scenes get away from me when I'm trying to convey and emotion. This is not a happy tidbit by any means.
#dragonageinquisition #Lavellan #earlydays #Varric
#dragonageinquisition #Lavellan #earlydays #Varric
The #tidbitoftheday today is another moment of reminiscence from Varric. I swear he doesn't spend every conversation in my fics reminiscing, but I do love it when he does. Enjoy
#Varrictethras #bloodmages #Cassandra #DragonAgeInquisition #Merrill
#Varrictethras #bloodmages #Cassandra #DragonAgeInquisition #Merrill
February 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The #tidbitoftheday today is another moment of reminiscence from Varric. I swear he doesn't spend every conversation in my fics reminiscing, but I do love it when he does. Enjoy
#Varrictethras #bloodmages #Cassandra #DragonAgeInquisition #Merrill
#Varrictethras #bloodmages #Cassandra #DragonAgeInquisition #Merrill
Well, I ran out of time to post my chapter yesterday, so here we are today. If you haven't given "The Destiny We Choose" a chance, but you've enjoyed my dragon age tidbits this last month, hop on over and give this fic a try:
archiveofourown.org/works/604791...
#DragonAgeInquisition #Solavellan
archiveofourown.org/works/604791...
#DragonAgeInquisition #Solavellan
February 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Well, I ran out of time to post my chapter yesterday, so here we are today. If you haven't given "The Destiny We Choose" a chance, but you've enjoyed my dragon age tidbits this last month, hop on over and give this fic a try:
archiveofourown.org/works/604791...
#DragonAgeInquisition #Solavellan
archiveofourown.org/works/604791...
#DragonAgeInquisition #Solavellan
I absolutely love successful writing days! I've been struggling with my latest fight sequence for about a week and a half now, trying to balance it and put it together in a ways that feels impactful and character driven, not just schlocky. And I think I've finally done it.
New Chapter Tonight!
New Chapter Tonight!
February 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I absolutely love successful writing days! I've been struggling with my latest fight sequence for about a week and a half now, trying to balance it and put it together in a ways that feels impactful and character driven, not just schlocky. And I think I've finally done it.
New Chapter Tonight!
New Chapter Tonight!
Today's #tidbitoftheday is an excerpt from a much, much longer poetic journey I went on one evening. Most of my energy has gone toward TDWC, but this piece is near and dear to my heart. Poetry is a processing mechanism for me, and I find reveals far more truth that I am often ready to admit. Enjoy
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today's #tidbitoftheday is an excerpt from a much, much longer poetic journey I went on one evening. Most of my energy has gone toward TDWC, but this piece is near and dear to my heart. Poetry is a processing mechanism for me, and I find reveals far more truth that I am often ready to admit. Enjoy