Krista

Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday Old Bob!

I think as you progress through the game, Dorian and Iron Bull develop a relationship with one another. I think you have to have certain dialogue options to release those.. For some reason I forgot all about Dorian - I create hot male Inquisitors just for him and Cassandra.. lol. I was nearly addicted to the game for the better part of two months. The Iron Bull romance is very 'easy' to develop. I think him and Blackwall literally have the easiest go at it. Solas' romance took a lot of maneuvering around certain discussions. Also, you can downright ruin your relationship with ANY of these characters. They may even break up with you later. That's another aspect of this game that I like. As for Bioware not making dwarf characters - I think one of the most interesting characters Inquisition has is lead scout Harding. She was nicely built into the story and you could flirt with her.. but she never takes the bait. If that was a romance companion in this game, I think it would have really made it better.. maybe she will be in later games. They really do need to develop lasting Dwarf characters instead of recycling Oghren and what's his face from DA2. For some reason these names are escaping me at the moment. And I don't recall being able to romance either of those characters anyway.

Alistair in my go to Origins man. I really like his development a lot. Although, I must admit I would have tried really hard to romance Cullen back in origins as well. Maybe I have a thing for Templars. DA:2 I rarely play. I think Fenris is the one I usually went for there... DA:Inquisition - by far, I think has the best romance options. One, you 'finally' can get your hands on Cullen if you're a human or elf woman. 2, they have gender and race specific romances you're just not offering your wang or flower to any character and eventually they'll take you up on it. (I think they did that in DA:2) Only thing I didn't like is that Dwarf characters were a bit limited.. and there weren't a dwarf romance character available.. Although I don't play as a dwarf much at all. One of my favorite romance arcs is Solas. As for Mass Effect, I just cannot get into that game..

Happy readin' everyone.

“Get up, we’re wasting daylight!” My sister’s high-pitched squeal issued from just beyond my bedroom door. Grumbling, I rolled over and sat up in the bed. My morning wood needed coaxing before it decided to behave. I didn’t have time to relax. Glancing over at the clock on my nightstand, I shuddered. Too many days. Too many damn days of being on the road with my sister and her best friend, scouting colleges as far away from here as they could possibly get. The thought worried me a little. G

Entrusted by his parents to watch over his twin sister Tessa and her best friend Nikki, Wes Brantley reluctantly agrees to a trip. Scouting colleges in the north east, or really just wanting to see New York. The three hit the road determined to make it to the big city.

Lol.. way to give a girl a headache until I realized what you were both doing.

You make a good point. He may 'have' to change. I think Tania was just making sure he wasn't changing into his mother.. lol. Scary thought. Thanks for reading!

Lexi saved him from making an ass of himself when he finally did come to the conclusion that he wanted to talk to Adam.. So, at least she saved him from that.. haha.

Aww. I think this is actually where the story really picks up in pace and progression. I'm only planning about 12 - 15 chapters with this one, I think I can resolve it around that anyway.. we'll see.. lol. Tania is a good friend. I'm glad you liked the chapter! Thanks for reading and reviewing. I hate being on chapter 11 and knowing what y'all don't.. makes me a bit hesitant to respond thinking that I'm going to spoil the story in some way.. lol.

My eeevil days are behind me. Motherhood has softened me a little. Unless you're Wildone, then you get abused.

Stepping out of the shower I glanced down to see the palm of my hand clean of all the ink. I grabbed a towel and dried myself off noticing that the bruises were all gone. The scar on my side was small and pinker. My ribs no longer really hurt, just a dull pain now and again to remind me that I still needed to take it easy. Wrapping the towel around my waist I walked out of the room and jumped when I saw Tania sitting on my bed looking at me. Seeing me step out of the bathroom she stood up a

Oh.. the first prompt.. I'm all over that one.

Happy Birthday!

Bless you, belatedly for your sneeze.

I think it is Jason thinking, "I can't be what he wants.." after going through something like that.. a person's self worth takes a bit of a hit... then the, "I don't trust myself right now and I don't want to make things worse...' as well. Either one can cause people to push others away I think. His parents have a lot up their sleeves sadly.

Yeah, Jason is grasping at things that can distract him enough to keep him from reliving what he went through. I sort of know what that is like myself. L

Aww. Yeah! lol If it wasn't an anthology I would have. It is difficult to rewind the idea in my head for a complete story though.

Lol! I'm sooo happy people are having the reactions they are over how the parents are. I 'want' them to be outlandish to the point of extreme... as long as they don't become too detrimental to the plot. Adam is a nice guy, but Jason really hasn't made much of a attempt to 'really' know him past his own curiosity... Thanks for reading, I do hope you are liking this story.

Aww, this was an Anniversary Anthology story, so I had a deadline and a theme to follow. I wanted it to focus around all the firsts.. like.. how they first met, the first time they said the "I love you," and then I needed it to end, so I chose to write about the anniversary of the death. I know it was a bit of a curve ball. If it was longer and a story I could work on now, he wouldn't have died at all. I would have had a terribly difficult time killing any character off within the theme I chose for this. And, for Happily Ever After stories, Roommates and Standing in Shadows definitely end happily. Thanks for reading and enjoying the story!

I sat patiently beside Mattie as he worked on his homework. Math, his worst subject. I couldn’t help remembering Alex’s expression when I told him that I had went into Accounting for college. The same expression was mirrored on Mattie’s face right now as he grimaced over a problem. He would momentarily look straight ahead, I couldn’t tell at what, most of the time. Wanting to concentrate momentarily on something that wasn’t math related. “Do you need any help, Matt?” I asked after a longer p

Transgender was a 'young' word back in the day when she would be dating and marrying, starting a family. Not a lot of people understood it, a lot of people still are confused about what all that the word entails. I believe she said that she still is sexually attracted to women. It is more or less realizing that you are born to the wrong body. It has nothing to do with sexual fantasy or anything like that. There are a lot of stigmas more so than being gay/lesbian attached to that word. So you have to imagine that there is also a lot of fear for someone to come to that conclusion as well. There is no reason to limit yourself to what you want (within legal reason), based on who you think you are. She probably wanted a wife and children. So she got married and had them. Now that being transgender is becoming a little bit more accepted.. with more people becoming more enlightened to that, then it is a better time. Also she is older, her children are for the most part grown up. So they can understand the transition. She would have had more to lose when they were younger, now they can make the decisions for themselves whether or not to accept and acknowledge the transformation she made. Sometimes people have to make decisions for themselves that are difficult and seem selfish, but if it is the difference between accepting yourself, not being afraid, and finally being happy... I don't think I could judge a person for that. Timing makes people so critical and it is sad. There is no way to judge what she felt or when she felt it. So there is no way to know when the appropriate time for such decisions are to be made.

I don't know much about that entire family... I want to keep it that way. I do think she is a brave person. Doing so as a public figure that a lot of people have opinions on. A lot of these people are unhappy for the majority of their lives, it is nice to see them finding happiness their own way. I couldn't imagine thinking/feeling that I was born to the wrong body.

Congratulations EagleIsaac! Well done. Too bad no one picked the finals correctly.. although it is always difficult to do these things really. I came in second! I'm proud to say that I topped Aj. I thought I was doomed when the Duckies went down, but yay!