New DA2 fic project: the Alphabet Meme

Because what I need is a new fic project. Yep, yep.

Title: Symphony in C
Fandom: Dragon Age 2
Rating: T so far; will likely go up
Wordcount: 749 (2/27 chapters)
Characters: Marissa Hawke, ensemble. Eventual f!Hawke/Fenris
Spoilers: Yes
Notes: It's kind of a long story.

Basically, for the last couple of weeks, many folks on Tumblr have been writing A-Z fics exploring a Dragon Age character. One fic for each letter of the alphabet, prompts chosen by the author. I had been wanting to participate but not inspired until chorus last night, when it occurred to me that I could combine this project with an idea I've long pondered: writing fic inspired by the language and notation of classical music. Before rehearsal was over, I'd already decided on a dozen words and a half-dozen plot ideas for Marissa Hawke, my aggressive mage PC; as soon as I got home, I sat down and wrote two of them, and thus was a story born.

On Tumblr / On AO3

And if you want to check the fabulous work other people are doing, there's a master post on Tumblr, linked above, and a collection on AO3.

30 Days of DA: The Crying Game

Day Twenty-five: Scene that made you cry.

It is really quite rare for a game to make me cry. Or a movie, or a book, or a TV show, or any other form of media. I could probably sit down and count the ones that have, if I tried, and usually it says as much about my state of mind at that particular moment as it does about the game/movie/book/etc. So it's no knock against Dragon Age when I say that the answer is that there isn't one. No scene in any of the games has moved me to literal tears.

That's not to say that there weren't moments that I found affecting or upsetting. A few that come to mind: ( Spoilers for DA:O and DA2 through Act Two. )

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