Fic: Fiercely Cold - Thorn in my Side 2/?

[1smut_princess]

Series: Fiercely Cold
Title: Thorn in my Side 2/?
Author: Rhion & le_monde
Rating: T (lingo)
Summary:Ferox was a cold man, from a cold country, with a cold heart. Once he was only one of those things. Then everything was taken away in a fiery blaze and he raged across Ferelden, venting that frozen, wintry fury upon the Blight. With cold calculation he fought to bring Ferelden back from the brink, no matter the toes he stepped upon. All the while the only person he could rely upon remained by his side, plotting his own plots and sowing his own seeds.
Disclaimer: Me no own, you no sue.
AN: Briala and I are on chapter nine of Dream a Little Dream of Me, and chapter thirty-five of this. Dream is spawned from something said at a much later chapter...this is the 'real' Ferox and Zevran, however, both are real..ehh...it's just weird. Nevermind, just read please and reviews make our collective day. (For those who wish to know, yes, there will be sexytimes, but not until chapter six. Somebody's got to be 'drunk enough')



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Look'ee here!

[scarylady]

Oh.My.God, look at these.

They would be fab for any larp or cosplay but my mind is screaming Fenris! Fenris!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=345328088812167&set=a.318845938127049.88146.310967735581536&type=1&theater

A Bit OT - But Gaming and Female Gaming Related

[1smut_princess]

Found upon Reddit a post from a game forum. Now what this has to do with Dragon Age is that I've heard similar arguments from males about how females 'are taking over and ruining gaming' and 'should just stick to Farmville' as well as 'if the female character was realistic she would have to drag around her gun/weapon and get some man to help her via flirting'.

Does anyone else ever encounter the mouth-breathing neanderthal mentality when discussing games? And who else has ever wondered how we could have games that targeted us rather than the 'general' "14-28 yr old male" stereotype in gaming that was the linchpin standard for so long? Dragon Age is one of the few games I've ever viewed as being okay and somewhat realistic with a moderate lack of sexism in games. While it is likely that males will generally outnumber females in the gamer demographic, does that still mean we have to settle upon weak plotting and characterization whilst sitting through boob jiggle? (Not that I mind the boob jiggle, just the over the top stuff can be distracting while trying to have an intelligent plot moving scene.)


A fine excerpt from this forum:

I am starting this thread because I see a new trend in the video/computer game world and that is the increase in strong playable female characters.
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So I'm not entirely sure if I shared this yet...

[dragonreine]

This was art I did for another Secret Santa exchange (on BSN, in this case), and it's for our very own dalishstorm for her Warden and Zevran from "Nations and Ages".

I kind of designed this with Mucha (i.e. Art Nouveau) in mind, so obvious influence is obvious. Time constraints and a general lack of ideas didn't let me colour this in, which is kind of a fair shame. I might get around to do that. Eventually.

Nations and Ages - Lineart by DragonReine (on deviantArt)