Reading about it is one thing. Being there is entirely different. Linett records what she finds in lands far from Bree, but you really ought to see it for yourself.
As a self-avowed connoisseuse (read: junkie) of the
Alistair/Warden ship tag on AO3, I thought I’d talk a little about a distinct subcategory
of Alistair fan fiction that I find really fascinating because, so far as I can
tell, a number of people have decided to explore the same premise independently of
one another. It’s what I call, for lack
of a better term, the Acknowledged!AU.
There are almost as many variations on the premise as there
are fics that explore it, so I’m going to go with a definition that’s a little
on the broad side: an Acknowledged!AU is one in which Alistair is an
acknowledged member of the royal family before
the Fifth Blight starts (this includes Blightless AUs, since the Blight
never starts in one of those). He can be
acknowledged from birth, rescued before he gets sent off to the templars, or
hastily removed from them because Cailan happened to die off early. I think I’ve seen one where he’s still a
templar, but none where he’s a Grey Warden at the start of the story.
Berethron of Brandywine hosted the 2010 Summer Blogmoot.
The Winter Blogmoot was held on December 4, 9 p.m. EST at the home of Telwen of Silverlode.
Next up: The Spring Blogmoot of 2011 shall return to Nimrodel with Tuiliel (Whart, aka user-1027520) hosting! Linett is looking forward to another local moot!
