Rigel (n) : awesomesaucery

The Dragon Age Poly Exchange went live today, and I got not one, not two, not three, not even four, but five amazing gifts this year. 💕

Moving in general chronological order...

First up is Guide me through the blackest nights, a DA:O fic focused on Jowan/Lily/Female Surana. 8,941 words. It's a canon divergence AU and, no spoilers, but the end is brilliant. "When the time came, Lily refused to take his hand. How could she after what he had done?"

Then there's Not Long Now, a DA:I time travel fic focused on Ameridan/Female Lavellan, Ameridan/Telana, and Female Lavellan/Solas. 764 words. "Mihris Lavellan already knows how this story ends..."

There's there's Not Too Late, a DA:V fic focused on Ashur/Nonbinary Mercar/Tarquin. 2,298 words. "The world is ending, Rook is dying, and Ashur, Tarquin, and Rook are forced to face their feelings for each other."

After that is An Innocent Start, a DA:V fic focused on Emmrich/Lucanis/Spite. 500 words. "Lucanis buys Emmrich a gift and contemplates the future with Spite."

And last but not least is psychopomp, a DA:V fic focused on Emmrich/Lucanis/Spite. Warning: Major Character Death. 1,175 words. "Emmrich passes but is not alone. Lucanis and Spite keep him company until the end."

As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).

( Spoilers under the cut. )

Continuing on my previously posted thoughts about episode 1x02, I just finished watching episode 1x03.

( Spoilers under the cut. )

In tonight's game, ( the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Continuing on my previously posted thoughts about episode 1x01, I just finished watching episode 1x02.

( Spoilers under the cut. )

Okay, this is definitely not news that I was expecting to see today. Amazon has apparently greenlit a new Stargate series set in the same continuity as the past ones, so it's not a reboot.

A lot of familiar names from both the original movie and the shows have signed on as producers. Martin Gero, Brad Wright, Joseph Mallozzi, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich...

For anyone interested, the first episode of The Mighty Nein is available on YouTube for the weekend in advance of the first three episodes going live on Prime Video next week. The episode can be found here if you want to watch it.

To the shock of no one, I've watched the episode, and I have thoughts!

( Spoilers under the cut. )

Just to note: this year's requests include Baldur's Gate, Black Ships by Jo Graham, Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Related Fandoms, Critical Role: Exandria, Doctor Who, Dragon Age, Gargoyles, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Mass Effect, and Star Wars.

My AO3 account is Settiai.


First of all, relax! I'm far from being picky, and I can pretty much guarantee that I'll love whatever you decide to write me. These are nothing but guidelines, for you to take to heart or ignore to your heart's content. Also, hey! You're creating a fanwork for me! About a poly relationship that I love! That's automatically a good reason for me to love you, no matter what. So, please, keep that in mind. Trust me, you can pretty much do no wrong. ♥

That said, I thought that I'd elaborate a bit on my requests and provide some general prompts in case, like me, you're the type of person who likes to have something to work with. If you're not that type of person, it's totally fine with me if you skip over anything/everything that I've included in this letter. Feel free to use and/or ignore as much of this as you want.

( General Likes/Dislikes )

( Baldur's Gate )

( Black Ships - Jo Graham )

( Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Related Fandoms )

( Critical Role: Exandria )

( Doctor Who )

( Dragon Age )

( Gargoyles )

( The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power )

( Mass Effect )

( Star Wars )

Note to self: definitely try to take a 2-3 hour nap after work on Thursdays if you're planning on staying up to watch Critical Role. It makes such a huge difference.

As with previous posts about the current campaign of Critical Role, this will be a combination of quotes, random thoughts, and some speculation. And it's obviously full of spoilers (albeit vague ones in places).

( Spoilers under the cut. )

That was such a good episode. They're finally starting to properly feel like a team of some type, even if they're still a mess.

I took a nap after work so that I'd be able to stay up for D&D tonight, only to wake up from said nap to find out that the game had been cancelled at the last minute. Oops? At least I'm well-rested even if the reason for it isn't happening anymore.

My plan was then going to be to play Mass Effect: Andromeda, but my game doesn't want to load and a bunch of files apparently need re-downloaded to fix it. So I figured that I'd try playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard... only to get the same error message. Thank you, EA, for continually having this issue. I appreciate it so much. Really.🖕🏻

(I have all of the BioWare games through Steam, but they still have to load through the EA app first because EA as a company sucks. And the EA app is a horrible piece of crap that stops working if you look at it wrong, which then leads to files getting corrupted and having to be redownloaded constantly. It's, unfortunately, a common issue.)

Since the universe clearly doesn't want me to play anything tonight, I said "fuck it" and am reading some fanfiction from my Marked for Later list on the AO3 instead. Maybe next time, huh?

For anyone who's Dark Souls-curious and has a spare 30 mins, this is the best illustration I've seen of the process of figuring out a boss fight, and how you can go from dying in the first couple of seconds of a fight to methodical execution of it (and why it's so incredibly satisfying when you do):



For context, this is the Stray Demon, an optional side boss who's a very beefed-up version (now with added magic, as well as vastly increased damage and HP!) of the Asylum Demon from the tutorial.

I have a theory that the Asylum Demon is so pear-shaped partly in order to encourage the novice player to think of getting behind him and stabbing him in the arse, thus learning a key component of DS1 strategy (positioning yourself where it's hardest for them to hit you, which frequently means getting behind them or in their crotch).

I've been reading the delightfully porny webcomic Oglaf pretty much since it first started being published back in 2008. (On that note, how on earth has it been almost eighteen years already?)

That said, the creators did an interview that was posted today, and it's very interesting to read if you're remotely a fan of the webcomic.

I was absolutely thrilled to see them mention that they're "trying very hard to get the Ivan story back on track." That's a storyline that hasn't been brought up at all in years and, while it sounds like it definitely has a ways to go before we see it in the comic itself, it's nice to know it's in the works.