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Holmes in the Commonwealth by kaelma
Fandoms: Fallout 4, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
27 Apr 2018
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Being a transcription of the audio journal of Mr. Holmes, of the Commonwealth, in the year 2287.
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- Part 1 of Holmes in the Commonwealth
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Forgetting why, remember how by queerly_it_is
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
10 Dec 2014
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Cole likes the tavern.
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Steve takes in Bucky's betrayed look and Sam's confusion, follows Sam's gaze to the pile of mangled fruit in the trash can. Sudden comprehension fills his face.
"Oh," he says. "Bucky found out about bananas."
In which an American icon is mourned. But probably not the one you're thinking of.
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Random moments throughout the game, mostly just introspection. Dorian POV.
"He rather needs these people not to murder him in his sleep. Debauching the Holy Light of Andraste’s Grace should probably be near the top of his pile of don’ts."
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02 Mar 2018
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It's incredibly rare to come across a story that so vastly improves its source material, but imago does exactly that.
The Dragon Age universe is a complex one rife with heroics and horrors, and twigcollins displays masterful understanding of not just the lore but also the themes at play within it. Even the most insignificant of characters in this story are absolutely rooted within the world that they live in; having opinions and experiences that tie them with their environments so seamlessly that you'll be amazed to discover that much of those details aren't canon at all, but are the author filling in gaps or expanding existing lore.
Readers looking for stories where the author contributes something new and unique to the discourse surrounding canon, look no further than imago and Dragon Age: Inquisition. The way that magic functions in Thedas is explored in-depth, and fans of the franchise yearning to understand how magic would feel and operate in DA's unique magical setting will come away satisfied where canon has left them wanting.
But all of those elements operate tantamount to this story's single greatest strength: character.
There is no story that has a better written Dorian than this. Period.
More than anything else, imago is a character study devoted to everyone's favorite Tevinter Altus, and by God does it deliver. Written from Dorian's perspective, the story is every bit as razor-sharp as the man himself, and is at times both genuinely hilarious and heartbreaking - sometimes even within the same sentence. Such is the nuance of Dorian Pavus, and this story does the man justice in imparting a sense of three-dimensionality that players of Inquisition will immediately recognize and appreciate.
Part of me is convinced that David Gaider himself wrote this, but I feel like that's doing a disservice in not acknowledging the monumental effort the actual author undertook in emulating the character and expanding the universe as well as they did.
Also I can't remember the last time I've read combat this good in a fanfiction, or laughed this hard.