This journal is queer. This journal is pro-LGBTQ propaganda, pro-pictures of Putin in drag (well, not really, because queer-coded villains is a trope that should be done away with, but if it pisses off the powers that be, I can't object too strenuously), pro-normalization of queer lifestyles of all kinds, pro-teaching children that same-sex or nonbinary relationships are just as valid as heterosexual ones. Gay gay gay gay rainbows glitter gay.

If SUP has a problem with that, they can ban me for being queer and then go fuck themselves with a rainbow sandpaper dildo.

I haven't been here for a long time, but I am logging out for good, and invite you to all come party at my Dreamwidth account, ossobuco.dreamwidth.org, instead. 

ossobuco's journal is mostly friends-only! Occasional posts such as fanfic and other writing are public, but pretty much everything else will be friends-locked.

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(So, this is the continuation of my Warden’s story, after the events of Dragon Age II and before Dragon Age: Inquisition; it features guest appearances by sakuratsukikage's Mahariel, Arelan, who is Lyna's younger brother in this 'verse. The title is from Leaves of Grass, 171. France, the 18th year of These States, by Walt Whitman.)

Fandom: Dragon Age (post-DAII, pre-Inquisition)
Characters: Lyna Mahariel/Alistair, Arelan Mahariel/Zevran, Hawke, Anders, other minor characters
Chapter word count: 2517
Chapter rating: G

Summary: Kirkwall’s Chantry lies in ruins, and mages across Thedas rise against their oppressors. How long can the Fereldan Grey Wardens remain neutral? And to where has the Champion of Kirkwall disappeared?

Also here @ AO3, here @ tumblr.

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Pale, silent, stern, what could I say to that long-accrued retribution?
Could I wish humanity different?
Could I wish the people made of wood and stone?
Or that there be no justice in destiny or time?

—Walt Whitman

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Posted a while back on tumblr, finally posted here/on AO3 after totally failing to edit (just made a few tiny changes). Pretty wholly an exercise in non-human perspective, and also the result of lots of robot feelings.

Fandom: Mass Effect (2)
Characters: Commander Shepard, Legion, Tali'zorah
Word Count: 1343
Rating: T for some wound depiction

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(I posted this on Tumblr ages ago, but I never got around to putting it on AO3 or here. Not that it's a big deal, because it's short and entirely silly and I hopelessly ship my OCs with other people's OCs. Most importantly, I'm not sorry.)

Fandom: Dragon Age
Characters: Lyna Mahariel, Taliesin Mahariel, Radha
Word Count: 560
Rating: G

(Also on AO3 here.)

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(Well, I've only been working on this for about nine months--that might be a record for me. Grazie mille to backinblack who so kindly looked it over, fixed the most troublesome spots, and provided much reassurance.)

Fandom: Dragon Age
Characters: Lyna Mahariel/Taliesin Mahariel
Word Count: 1330
Rating: T

(Also on AO3 here.)

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Welcome to ossobuco/peacebone's Dragon Age blogging project! This post will be used to index all of the entries written for this project in chronological order, though they can also be found by using the "dragon age" or related tags in this journal.

I started playing Dragon Age: Origins in May of 2011 due to the influence of a good friend, who then suggested that I blog my experiences. The blogging began as mostly excited capslock spamming with occasional serious commentary on my character and the game world, but has evolved to be a good deal wordier, somewhat more in-character, and (I hope) slightly more sophisticated. My current ambition is to play through and blog about all of Dragon Age: Origins (and its DLC), Awakening, and Dragon Age II. Once this is done, I may go back and play different Origins and explore different characterizations, romances, and other options--well, I certainly will play them, but whether I will blog them is not yet decided.

Current play-through: Lyna, a female Dalish elf

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So as detailed in the most recent few posts in LJ's lj_releases community, they will soon be converting friends pages to a Tumblr-like, infinite scrolling "feed" with extremely limited customization and a whole host of other undesirable changes. I highly encourage you to read this and this post for more information on the changes.

I'm not going to push anyone to do anything, but myself, when these changes go live, I will no longer be checking my LJ friendslist and I will also no longer crosspost to this journal. I will become exclusively a Dreamwidth user. If you wish to follow me there, you are more than welcome--just let me know your username and I'll friend you straightaway. If you need invite codes, I have tons of 'em.

The long and short of it is, LJ's just not suited to fandom anymore, most of my friends have moved on, and now they're--I don't know--trying to become a Tumblr clone (no thanks, already got one) and making it harder to customize and feel comfortable.

I won't delete this journal, but when the changes noted above are implemented, I will stop updating it.

Sorry, folks, and I hope I will see you on the other side. <3

Title: Stitches
Fandom: Dragon Age II
Word count: 3968
Characters: Aveline, Merrill, m!Hawke/Anders, Varric, Isabela, Fenris, Sebastian, minor characters
Rating: G
Summary: An unusually cold winter descends on Kirkwall. One of Hawke's gifts to Anders has unintended consequences, and a little-known hobby of Aveline's causes a stir.

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