Fic: Horns Up, Fangs Out (Dragon Age)

Apr. 19th, 2026 03:14 pm
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Horns Up, Fangs Out (2564 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Iron Bull/Solas (Dragon Age)
Characters: The Iron Bull (Dragon Age), Solas (Dragon Age)
Additional Tags: Complicated Relationships, Developing Relationship, Fade to Black, One Shot, Pride's Solace Exchange
Summary: The Iron Bull was a complication that Solas hadn't planned on.

AO3 collections for VidUKon 2026

Apr. 19th, 2026 06:16 pm
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If you're premiering a vid at this year's con, we have two unrevealed AO3 collections you can add your vids to:

Premieres collection – for vids premiering in the Premieres show. Will be revealed once the Premiers show is live. 

Themed premieres collection – for vids premiering outside of the Premieres show. Will be revealed after the con.
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Submissions for Vidder's Choice, Premieres and the Themed Vidshow (Unfinished Business) are closing on Sunday, 19 April (23:59 UK time). We'd love to see your vids! Find out more about how to submit yours HERE. If you think you may need an extension, let us know.


Also just a quick note to say our AI policy is now up! We aren't fans of how generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI and related tech is being developed and made available for popular use, and we have good reason to believe that a large part of our regular attendees share our discomfort, hence the policy.


Lastly, sign-ups for the Vidding Workshop close on 20 April. If you'd like to participate in bringing this year's Frankenvid to life, you can find out more about it and sign up HERE.

happy birthday long-ge

Apr. 16th, 2026 04:24 pm
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I was watching zhu yilong's livestream: soothing and inconsequential as usual, he had to do his own hair for the stream and he doesn't know how, he loves snail slime soup -- and then I hit the moment where someone asked him an annoying question (I hate the 'describe thing in this many words' trope so much and I guess the fans copied the idea from the entertainment interviews?) and I'm DYING at his answer, but I won't spoil it.

ilu long-ge, never change.

Also, is bluesky down for anyone else? Looks like that's a problem for a lot of ppl right now, unfortunately.

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 4/15 Game

Apr. 15th, 2026 11:48 pm
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In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off.

Critical Role

Apr. 15th, 2026 07:14 pm
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I've finally started my rewatch of the early episodes of CR4 so that I can properly get caught up on Critical Role. Actually starting it has been the hardest part, so I'm hoping that now that I've begun I can stick to at least one episode a day and more if possible.

It's definitely easier to keep track of things in the early episodes now that I actually know who everyone is and what's going on. Having advance knowledge of just what groups everyone will be splitting up into shortly seems to be helping as well, as I have a better idea of what's really important to focus on and what's not. I'm also picking up on some smaller details that I completely missed the first time around just because I was already struggling to keep track of who was who and such.

I'm hoping that this rewatch will help it keep my attention better than it was the first time around. 🤞🏻

. . .

Apr. 14th, 2026 08:45 pm
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There's nothing like getting a comment on a fic of yours that's talking about how said fic is older than the person leaving said comment. 🙃

Oh, don't get me wrong. It was a very positive comment overall. But, still. Oof. I'm used to getting comments like that on some of my really early fics, but I was already out of college when I posted this one.

Pride's Solace

Apr. 12th, 2026 04:28 pm
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Pride's Solace, a Dragon Age exchange focusing on Solas, when live a little while ago. I ended up getting not one but two lovely gifts from it!

First up is a fleeting moment, focusing on Lucanis & Solas & Spite post-Tearstone Island in DA:V.


Then there's Garden of Statues, focusing on Solas & Tarquin with Tarquin meeting Solas sometime pre-DA:V. There's also a lovely bit with Ashur towards the end.
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Submissions for Premieres and the Themed Vidshow (Unfinished Business) are now open! You should see both options (plus Vidder's Choice) when logged in to your dashboard. Deadline is on Sunday, 19 April. We'd love to see your vids! Find out more about how to submit yours HERE. You need to be registered to submit. 

The case of the missing notifications

Apr. 11th, 2026 11:58 pm
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I keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.

Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)

We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.

AO3

Apr. 11th, 2026 09:24 pm
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Nothing makes you feel old like looking at your AO3 profile, glancing at your user ID, and suddenly remembering that it's a really fucking small number because you technically joined before they were even in open beta. By, like, a day. But still. I remember the length of the queues back then.



Seriously, I was still living in Tennessee when I made that account. That's terrifying.

Aurendor D&D: Summary for 4/8 Game

Apr. 8th, 2026 09:38 pm
settiai: (Siân -- settiai)
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In tonight's game, the rest under a cut for those who don't care. )

And that's where we left off, because the DM's internet died again (as the game's start was already delayed because of internet issues).
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Title: Walking On The Moon
Fandom: Ryan Gosling
Movie: First Man
Music: Walking On The Moon by Ruelle
Length: 3:56
Streaming/download at: DW | Tumblr

Fic: Unexpectations (Mass Effect)

Apr. 7th, 2026 06:38 pm
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Unexpectations (2345 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kelly Chambers/Samara
Characters: Kelly Chambers, Samara (Mass Effect)
Additional Tags: Complicated Relationships, Developing Relationship, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Not Actually Unrequited Love, One Shot, Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange
Summary: Looking back, it wasn't something that came out of nowhere.
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Falling Apart, Coming Together, and Everything In Between (1975 words) by Settiai
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard, Thane Krios/Female Shepard, Kaidan Alenko/Thane Krios, Kaidan Alenko/Thane Krios/Female Shepard
Characters: Female Shepard (Mass Effect), Kaidan Alenko, Thane Krios
Additional Tags: Break Up, Developing Relationship, Getting Back Together, Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect 3: Citadel, One Shot, Polyamory, Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange, Thane Krios Lives
Summary: Falling in love had been as easy as breathing.
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Registration open

Registration is open for VidUKon 2026, taking place 5-7 June both in Birmingham and online. You can sign up HERE or find out more about pricing, this year's extras and available sponsorships HERE. The deadline to register for in-person attendance is on 30 April. Registration for online attendance closes 4 June.


Submissions for Vidder's Choice open

Submissions for Vidder's Choice are now open (deadline is on 19 April). Find out more about how to submit your vids HERE. VJs and panelists, the deadline to submit programming is 30 April.


Upcoming submission deadlines

The submission deadline for Premieres and the Themed Vidshow (Unfinished Business) are about 2 weeks away on 19 April. For everyone planning to submit, good luck getting those vids over the line. And enjoy yourselves! We'll let everyone know as soon as submissions open – should be soon.


Register for the Group Vidding Workshop & Quiz

Signups for the pre-con Group Vidding Workshop are open and will close on 20 April. Assignments go out by 27 April and the submission deadline is 10 May. Find out more and sign up here. You can also register for Friday night's fiendishly difficult/fun Quiz by signing in at vidukon.org and going to your Dashboard. The questions and stream will be open to all attendees so if you want to follow along without officially signing up and joining a team, you can do that too! 


Schedule now available

The schedule for this year's con is now available on the VidUKon platform HERE (you need to be logged in to view it). As always, we're really excited about this year's programming! Big breaks in the schedule (1pm-3pm and 6pm-8pm UK time) indicate lunch and dinner breaks. 


Chaos Hour is back

The informal Chaos Hour chat is back to break up the long dinnertime slot on Saturday night BST. This year it follows the Then & Now vidshow and panel, so if people want to keep the discussion going, we'll have the time! Chaos Hour is a casual Zoom chat for online attendees to just hang out, so pop in to tell us about why all vidders should watch this one new (or old) show, talk about your favourite new effects trick, or anything else vid-related! 


Thursday programming

There will again be some online-only programming on Thursday evening. An All-Virtual Vidder's Choice show will start at 20:00 UK time. The con will officially kick off on Friday afternoon around 15:00 UK time 


Birmingham registration

If you're planning to join us in person, you need to register by Thursday 30 April if you haven't already. Find out more about the con hotel and find a roommate HERE.


Con Discord server

As in previous years, most of the weekend's online socialising will take place in the VidUKon Discord server, including chats during each vidshow and panel. You will receive an invitation to join the server on Thursday, 4 June. If you do not already have a Discord account, you will need to create one ahead of time to get the most out of the (virtual) con experience


With more updates to come, make sure to keep an eye on our social media – you'll always find the latest info here on Dreamwidth, plus you can keep tabs on us via Tumblr and Bluesky.


Those important dates one more time:

19 April – deadline to submit to Vidder’s Choice, Premieres and the themed submissions show (Unfinished Business)

30 April – deadline to register for in-person attendance

15 May – deadline to register for online attendance + add-ons (conbook; coasters)

4 June – deadline to register for online attendance only

5-7 June – VidUKon \o/


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