Black Emporium Letter 2021
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keita52I hope there’s something in here that sparks your imagination! I’m okay with everything from platonic friendship/fluff to PWP - whatever you’re best at or speaks to you the most. I’d rather have something that you found enjoyable and fun to write than be overly restrictive with my preferences.
If you find you have questions or want clarification, you can leave an anonymous comment and I’ll be happy to answer you :)
Likes:
2. Dagna/Female Aeducan/Female Brosca/Female Cadash/Lace Harding/Sigrun
Female Adaar/Female Hawke/Isabela/Josephine Montilyet
Female Cadash/Dagna/Lace Harding
(Bucket: Leliana/Josephine Montilyet/Cullen Rutherford)
-LADY DWARF STACK. I don't care how you get them all in the same place at the same time but just make it happen. Smut? Fluff? Both?!
-Established Adaar/Josephine and Hawke/Isabela decide to mix things up a little bit while Hawke and Isabela are at Skyhold.
-Cadash finds herself being torn between her two fellow lady dwarves -- the genius who stays at Skyhold, and the trailblazer in the field. Luckily, poly is an option.
-War Room Sandwich: Consider this a free space to write whatever version of these three your plotty/smutty heart desires :)
3. Isabela/Merrill
Fenris/Isabela
Zevran Arainai/Female Hawke/Isabela
(Bucket: Zevran Arainai/Fenris/Isabela)
-You can tell that Isabela genuinely cares for Merrill. I can easily see Isabela taking the role of gentle teacher, trying to help Merrill without breaking her optimism and positivity. Maybe it starts as Isabela deciding that Merrill needs to learn a few things about how to please a woman, and ends with Isabela unable to give Merrill up.
-Since Fenris and Isabela get together if Hawke doesn't romance either of them, I'd definitely be interested to see a little more of that relationship. It's implied that it's somewhat of a FWB relationship, but like I keep saying, I love seeing what happens when real feelings start to creep in!
-Zevran and Isabela have a history, and that makes things somewhat awkward for Hawke/Fenris when he shows up outside of Kirkwall. Maybe Isabela’s been trying to pretend that things are still casual, and that facade falls apart; maybe Isabela has acknowledged how serious she is and worries that her past lover will shake her new relationship. Or perhaps it’s just straight up sexytimes for the trio. I’m not that picky.
4. Sigrun/Velanna
Female Brosca/Sigrun
Nathaniel Howe/Velanna
(Bucket: Nathaniel Howe/Sigrun/Velanna)
-I would love to see Nathaniel and Velanna get the full relationship treatment. They definitely seem like they’re edging towards mutual respect and even a little admiration. How does Nathaniel help Velanna with her sister’s fate? What does Velanna think of Nathaniel’s sister? Do they stay at Amaranthine after Awakening, or go somewhere else?
-Velanna’s torn between Nathaniel and Sigrun, and decides she wants them both. It might take some time, but eventually everyone’s on board. A ‘V’ relationship is fine, as well as the full OT3.
5. Female Hawke/Isabela/Merrill
Fenris/Female Hawke/Isabela
Fenris/Donnic Hendyr/Aveline Vallen
(Bucket: Fenris/Donnic Hendyr/Isabela/Aveline Vallen)
-I see F!Hawke/Isabela/Merrill as being an organic poly relationship rather than a 2+1, if that makes sense. Hawke flirts with them both and refuses to choose, and they’re on board with that. It’d be great to see Merrill getting involved with the Qunari tangle at the end of Act 2 as well as Hawke.
-Since Fenris and Isabela get together if Hawke romances neither, there’s obviously some chemistry between them. Is this a pair inviting in a third situation, or one where it becomes obvious that all three are attracted to each other? Similarly to F!Hawke/Isabela/Merrill, it’d be interesting to see how Fenris deals with the Arishok since he seems to have some knowledge of the Qunari.
-Donnic and Fenris strike up a friendship that starts to develop into more. Who notices it first? How does Aveline feel about her husband being attracted to Hawke’s broody elf friend, and how long does she let it go on before she tells Donnic to just go kiss Fenris already? Does Fenris grow closer to Aveline as a result? (‘V’ and OT3 both fine here!)
-When you add in Isabela, I'm interested in any of the combinations of this foursome, up to and including everyone in the same bed, but my only request is that everyone is on board with what happens. Some healthy communication and poly negotiation would be fun.
6. Leliana/Morrigan
Leliana/Josephine Montilyet
Leliana/Cassandra Pentaghast
(Bucket: Leliana/Female Trevelyan)
-Leliana and Morrigan didn’t get along at all during Origins, but they find themselves moving in similar circles by the time Inquisition comes around. They’ve both matured and changed and find their old bickering doesn’t matter anymore. Leliana gives the Inquisitor a positive review of Morrigan instead of a negative one, and respect turns into something more.
-With Leliana and Josie/Cass, you can tell there’s an enormous amount of respect and friendship between the two of them. Being in such close proximity during the events of Inquisition… it becomes more than just simple friendship.
-Spymaster and Left Hand of the Divine, Leliana has lived a (post-Origins) life where it’s necessary to guard her emotions and remain free of entanglements. How does she deal with falling in love with a politically savvy Trevelyan (of any class)? I’d prefer her to not have been romanced in Origins; but hardened or not is your choice. How does Trevelyan win over a reluctant Leliana?
7. Celene Valmont/Vivienne
(Bucket: Morrigan/Celene Valmont/Vivienne)
8. Female Aeducan/Dagna
-Dagna and F!Aeducan have a forbidden romance in Orzammar, both of them dreaming for something they can never have. Everything changes when Aeducan leaves, then comes back – what is their reunion like? How does Aeducan feel about Dagna going to the Circle, and then later working with the Inquisition?
-Duncan tried to recruit Adaia Tabris back in the day, but was convinced to leave her because of her ties to her family. I'd be interested to explore that relationship a bit more, and would prefer if you set it before she marries Cyrion and has a child. What did Duncan see in her that made him want to bring her in? Adaia is shown to be a fierce fighter, yes, but we're shown that it takes more than that to be a Warden. You can also set this in the context of Duncan telling Warden Tabris about their mother.
-Fiona and Loghain can end up at Skyhold at the same time, and that's the context I'm most interested in seeing for this exchange. They went through a lot together, back in the old days, and had Maric as the person they both loved (in different ways). Both of them have gone through trials and loss, and I'd love to see that old connection spark into a new romance under the threat of Corypheus.
-I'm most interested in seeing how things go for a Warden F!Mahariel and Merrill. Mahariel has to undergo the Joining to save her life, which means she has to be parted from Merrill. Were they a couple, or were they just pining after one another? Or was the pining one-sided? How do they meet again, whether that be in an alternate DA2 timeline or during the Inquisition (or after) period? How have they changed from the girls they once were, and how does that make them fit together now?
9. Female Brosca/Sten
(Bucket: Zevran Arainai/Female Brosca)
10. Herren/Wade
Charade Amell/Sera
Female Aeducan/Gorim Saelac
(Bucket: Female Aeducan/Varric Tethras)
-Herren and Wade are such an old married couple, I love them so much. I'd be interested to see how they manage the chaos of Denerim and later Amaranthine, Herren trying to keep Wade aware of the circumstances that AREN'T strictly related to the crafting of armor and weapons.
-Charade Amell becomes a Red Jenny and associate of Sera after her appearance in DA2, and I mostly just want to see these two having fun adventures together. You could start with Charade joining the Red Jenny organization and Sera bringing her up to speed, or sometime after Charade is already established. An Inquisition cameo would be fun, especially if it's while Hawke is at Skyhold.
-You have the option to have F!Aeducan be truly in love with Gorim, which makes his marriage to a surfacer all the more heartbreaking. (Side note: I love the Origins characters that only gain extra meaning when you've played through their related Origin.) While I'm not opposed to pre-Origins fic with these two, I'm more interested in what happens after she becomes a Warden. An AU where Gorim doesn't get married but instead returns to serving his lady is ideal! Or perhaps even more of an AU where she gains the throne and keeps Gorim by her side.
-F!Aeducan's attitude towards Orzammar is almost the exact opposite of Varric's. Again, maybe an AU where she's Queen; or maybe Warden Aeducan actually shows up in person at Skyhold and initially clashes with Varric, but then finds common ground with him.
If you find you have questions or want clarification, you can leave an anonymous comment and I’ll be happy to answer you :)
Likes:
- Awkward first dates, meet the family
- Humor and friendship, especially female friendship
- Arranged or accidental marriage leading to genuine companionship
- Mutual UST/pining that leads to friends using clue by fours to get them together, already
- Sexual tension bubbling over into their first time together
- Sex pollen/aphrodisiacs ramping up mutual UST until the mutual confession of feelings
- Characters starting from very different positions and eventually finding common ground
- Relationship evolution and building of trust
- Nerds being nerdy together
- “It’s a bad idea for us to be together” angst that eventually gets worked out
- Safe, sane, consensual BDSM- perhaps in the context of an established couple trying something new
- Kink negotiation
- Size kink (in couples where there's a size difference -- e.g. non-qunari with qunari; dwarf with someone taller)
- Alternate history / "what if” AUs
- Post-canon / “what happens next?”
- Custom Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor
- Non-Warden AU with the Warden ships
- Watersports/Scat
- Humiliation
- A/B/O dynamics and other non-traditional reproductive biology (mpreg, etc)
- Modern/Mundane AUs
- Necrophilia
- Infidelity/cheating
- Daddy/mommy kink
- Non-canonical major character deaths
- Unhealthy relationships (unless I've stated otherwise)
Requested Relationships
1. Female Adaar/Sera
Female Adaar/Varric Tethras
Female Adaar/Sten
(Bucket: Sera/Shokrakar)
-Woof. I love how unabashedly Sera is into Qunari Ladies, and it’d be awesome to see Adaar reciprocate that. Alternatively, a non-romanced Sera is instantly smitten when Shokrakar comes to see Adaar at Skyhold.
-SIZE KINK. Varric adores his tall girlfriend and doesn’t mind that she has to pick him up to kiss him. Adaar is charmed by this.
-Arishok Sten shows up at Skyhold after Iron Bull’s loyalty quest (it can go either way). Adaar greets him cordially, but stiffly, because she is no fan of the Qun. She refuses to budge even an ounce on her convictions. It isn’t until Varric tells her about his time traveling with Sten and Alistair (see: the comics) that she unbends enough to give him a fair shake. Adaar eventually opens up to him and discovers they actually have a lot in common.
Sten, meanwhile, is still struggling with the fact that, as the Arishok, he’s supposed to embody the principles of the antaam – but his experiences in Thedas mean that he’s far more tolerant of differing views than pretty much everyone else in the Qun. He’s been falling for Adaar the whole time he’s been at Skyhold, and it all comes together one night. What happens after that? Is it only while Sten is at Skyhold, or does it somehow continue?
2. Dagna/Female Aeducan/Female Brosca/Female Cadash/Lace Harding/Sigrun
Female Adaar/Female Hawke/Isabela/Josephine Montilyet
Female Cadash/Dagna/Lace Harding
(Bucket: Leliana/Josephine Montilyet/Cullen Rutherford)
-LADY DWARF STACK. I don't care how you get them all in the same place at the same time but just make it happen. Smut? Fluff? Both?!
-Established Adaar/Josephine and Hawke/Isabela decide to mix things up a little bit while Hawke and Isabela are at Skyhold.
-Cadash finds herself being torn between her two fellow lady dwarves -- the genius who stays at Skyhold, and the trailblazer in the field. Luckily, poly is an option.
-War Room Sandwich: Consider this a free space to write whatever version of these three your plotty/smutty heart desires :)
3. Isabela/Merrill
Fenris/Isabela
Zevran Arainai/Female Hawke/Isabela
(Bucket: Zevran Arainai/Fenris/Isabela)
-You can tell that Isabela genuinely cares for Merrill. I can easily see Isabela taking the role of gentle teacher, trying to help Merrill without breaking her optimism and positivity. Maybe it starts as Isabela deciding that Merrill needs to learn a few things about how to please a woman, and ends with Isabela unable to give Merrill up.
-Since Fenris and Isabela get together if Hawke doesn't romance either of them, I'd definitely be interested to see a little more of that relationship. It's implied that it's somewhat of a FWB relationship, but like I keep saying, I love seeing what happens when real feelings start to creep in!
-Zevran and Isabela have a history, and that makes things somewhat awkward for Hawke/Fenris when he shows up outside of Kirkwall. Maybe Isabela’s been trying to pretend that things are still casual, and that facade falls apart; maybe Isabela has acknowledged how serious she is and worries that her past lover will shake her new relationship. Or perhaps it’s just straight up sexytimes for the trio. I’m not that picky.
4. Sigrun/Velanna
Female Brosca/Sigrun
Nathaniel Howe/Velanna
(Bucket: Nathaniel Howe/Sigrun/Velanna)
-Sigrun and Velanna are two somewhat prickly ladies with more in common than not. I can easily see a mutual respect turning into something more. Perhaps you could show them gradually growing closer during the events of Awakening, or maybe show how they forge a new path together afterwards.
-Sigrun and Brosca are rogues (of a sort; you don’t have to write a Rogue Brosca) that can never really go back to Orzammar. I see Sigrun starting off as somewhat standoffish and treating Brosca as her commander, nothing more; how does Brosca break down that barrier? Or is Brosca obviously smitten but won’t make a move, leaving Sigrun to take that first step? There’s also always the option of both of them being stubborn, leaving their friends to scheme to get them together.
-I would love to see Nathaniel and Velanna get the full relationship treatment. They definitely seem like they’re edging towards mutual respect and even a little admiration. How does Nathaniel help Velanna with her sister’s fate? What does Velanna think of Nathaniel’s sister? Do they stay at Amaranthine after Awakening, or go somewhere else?
-Velanna’s torn between Nathaniel and Sigrun, and decides she wants them both. It might take some time, but eventually everyone’s on board. A ‘V’ relationship is fine, as well as the full OT3.
5. Female Hawke/Isabela/Merrill
Fenris/Female Hawke/Isabela
Fenris/Donnic Hendyr/Aveline Vallen
(Bucket: Fenris/Donnic Hendyr/Isabela/Aveline Vallen)
-I see F!Hawke/Isabela/Merrill as being an organic poly relationship rather than a 2+1, if that makes sense. Hawke flirts with them both and refuses to choose, and they’re on board with that. It’d be great to see Merrill getting involved with the Qunari tangle at the end of Act 2 as well as Hawke.
-Since Fenris and Isabela get together if Hawke romances neither, there’s obviously some chemistry between them. Is this a pair inviting in a third situation, or one where it becomes obvious that all three are attracted to each other? Similarly to F!Hawke/Isabela/Merrill, it’d be interesting to see how Fenris deals with the Arishok since he seems to have some knowledge of the Qunari.
-Donnic and Fenris strike up a friendship that starts to develop into more. Who notices it first? How does Aveline feel about her husband being attracted to Hawke’s broody elf friend, and how long does she let it go on before she tells Donnic to just go kiss Fenris already? Does Fenris grow closer to Aveline as a result? (‘V’ and OT3 both fine here!)
-When you add in Isabela, I'm interested in any of the combinations of this foursome, up to and including everyone in the same bed, but my only request is that everyone is on board with what happens. Some healthy communication and poly negotiation would be fun.
6. Leliana/Morrigan
Leliana/Josephine Montilyet
Leliana/Cassandra Pentaghast
(Bucket: Leliana/Female Trevelyan)
-Leliana and Morrigan didn’t get along at all during Origins, but they find themselves moving in similar circles by the time Inquisition comes around. They’ve both matured and changed and find their old bickering doesn’t matter anymore. Leliana gives the Inquisitor a positive review of Morrigan instead of a negative one, and respect turns into something more.
-With Leliana and Josie/Cass, you can tell there’s an enormous amount of respect and friendship between the two of them. Being in such close proximity during the events of Inquisition… it becomes more than just simple friendship.
-Spymaster and Left Hand of the Divine, Leliana has lived a (post-Origins) life where it’s necessary to guard her emotions and remain free of entanglements. How does she deal with falling in love with a politically savvy Trevelyan (of any class)? I’d prefer her to not have been romanced in Origins; but hardened or not is your choice. How does Trevelyan win over a reluctant Leliana?
7. Celene Valmont/Vivienne
Morrigan/Celene Valmont
Female Adaar/Vivienne(Bucket: Morrigan/Celene Valmont/Vivienne)
-Celene has had two different but very powerful female mages at her beck and call. It’s easy to imagine that closeness turning into something more than a professional relationship. Perhaps Morrigan/Vivienne is mostly doing it to stay close to Celene, but they come to enjoy it more than they thought they would. I can also see Morrigan doing it as a way to try to manipulate Celene, in the process of becoming invaluable to her. Perhaps Celene is using her partner as much as she’s using Celene, but everyone’s having a good time.
-For Vivienne/Adaar, I'd love to see a mage Adaar -- at first, they don't understand each other since one's an apostate and one's a Circle mage, but they realize that they can complement one another in the field, and find common ground in more than one area. Maybe Viv gives Adaar some etiquette lessons before Halamshiral, which leads to them bonding and eventually falling for one another. It’d be awesome to see the decisive moment in their relationship (when they realize they want to be together) be at Halamshiral in front of everyone.
-Morrigan has made herself invaluable to Celene, which is a position that Vivienne once held/aspired to hold. Vivienne attempts to get back in Celene's good graces at Halamshiral, and finds out that includes buttering up Morrigan. They don't really get along, but somehow that doesn't matter with Celene to bridge the gap between them.
-Morrigan has made herself invaluable to Celene, which is a position that Vivienne once held/aspired to hold. Vivienne attempts to get back in Celene's good graces at Halamshiral, and finds out that includes buttering up Morrigan. They don't really get along, but somehow that doesn't matter with Celene to bridge the gap between them.
8. Female Aeducan/Dagna
Duncan/Adaia Tabris
Fiona/Loghain Mac Tir
(Bucket: Female Mahariel/Merrill)-Dagna and F!Aeducan have a forbidden romance in Orzammar, both of them dreaming for something they can never have. Everything changes when Aeducan leaves, then comes back – what is their reunion like? How does Aeducan feel about Dagna going to the Circle, and then later working with the Inquisition?
-Duncan tried to recruit Adaia Tabris back in the day, but was convinced to leave her because of her ties to her family. I'd be interested to explore that relationship a bit more, and would prefer if you set it before she marries Cyrion and has a child. What did Duncan see in her that made him want to bring her in? Adaia is shown to be a fierce fighter, yes, but we're shown that it takes more than that to be a Warden. You can also set this in the context of Duncan telling Warden Tabris about their mother.
-Fiona and Loghain can end up at Skyhold at the same time, and that's the context I'm most interested in seeing for this exchange. They went through a lot together, back in the old days, and had Maric as the person they both loved (in different ways). Both of them have gone through trials and loss, and I'd love to see that old connection spark into a new romance under the threat of Corypheus.
-I'm most interested in seeing how things go for a Warden F!Mahariel and Merrill. Mahariel has to undergo the Joining to save her life, which means she has to be parted from Merrill. Were they a couple, or were they just pining after one another? Or was the pining one-sided? How do they meet again, whether that be in an alternate DA2 timeline or during the Inquisition (or after) period? How have they changed from the girls they once were, and how does that make them fit together now?
9. Female Brosca/Sten
Sten/Female Tabris
Zevran Arainai/Female Mahariel(Bucket: Zevran Arainai/Female Brosca)
-More obligatory "I love Sten" requests - how does Brosca/Tabris break down his walls to reveal the softie underneath, and what does Sten think about this infuriating woman who breaks all his preconceived notions about the world? (Okay, I gave you a bit of a hint there, but I'm still open to other ideas!) I'm ok with either a bittersweet parting at the end of Origins (possibly with Brosca/Tabris's death) or one of them making a sacrifice to stay with the other.
-Zevran has an interesting arc as a Warden's LI, going from trying to kill them to being totally devoted to them. How does that relationship evolve with either a Mahariel or a Brosca Warden? How do those feelings become genuine on both sides? I'm also totally up for them going off together after Origins to deal with the Crows, or have other adventures in Antiva.
-Zevran has an interesting arc as a Warden's LI, going from trying to kill them to being totally devoted to them. How does that relationship evolve with either a Mahariel or a Brosca Warden? How do those feelings become genuine on both sides? I'm also totally up for them going off together after Origins to deal with the Crows, or have other adventures in Antiva.
10. Herren/Wade
Charade Amell/Sera
Female Aeducan/Gorim Saelac
(Bucket: Female Aeducan/Varric Tethras)
-Herren and Wade are such an old married couple, I love them so much. I'd be interested to see how they manage the chaos of Denerim and later Amaranthine, Herren trying to keep Wade aware of the circumstances that AREN'T strictly related to the crafting of armor and weapons.
-You have the option to have F!Aeducan be truly in love with Gorim, which makes his marriage to a surfacer all the more heartbreaking. (Side note: I love the Origins characters that only gain extra meaning when you've played through their related Origin.) While I'm not opposed to pre-Origins fic with these two, I'm more interested in what happens after she becomes a Warden. An AU where Gorim doesn't get married but instead returns to serving his lady is ideal! Or perhaps even more of an AU where she gains the throne and keeps Gorim by her side.
-F!Aeducan's attitude towards Orzammar is almost the exact opposite of Varric's. Again, maybe an AU where she's Queen; or maybe Warden Aeducan actually shows up in person at Skyhold and initially clashes with Varric, but then finds common ground with him.
