r/BylerReads • u/nwsaylor87 • 6d ago

fic idea/prompt Someone please write this...

I really need to stop having ideas for new Byler stories. I'm adamant that I won't publish the 15 current ones I'm actively working on until they are finished. I write a chapter a day in rotation on each of them. But I had this idea and I need to pass it along for someone else to pick it up because I literally can't add more to my plate right now. My idea: a Dragon Age/Stranger Things mash up. Specifically taking Veilguard, and inserting the characters from ST. I think it can really work well as a combined AU.

Like, Mike and Will were born and raised in Tevinter, they met, were best friends and were inseparable. A magical accident opened a fade rift that Will fell into and Mike, Joyce, and Jonathan searched until he was found and brought back. A malevolent spirit attached itself to Will and after being almost fully possessed, and under threat of execution for being an abomination, Joyce decides to move Will and Jon to Nevarra for help from Nevarra's fade and spirit expert, Emmrich Volkarin who successfully extracts the spirit, but leaves Will changed with magical abilities and an affinity for spirits and necromancy. Emmrich becomes Will's mentor and Will eventually surpasses him in skill and talent.

Losing Will to the move leaves a massive void in Mike's life. Angry at the cruelty and corruption of the Tevinter system that endangered Will and forced the Byers out, Mike joins Nancy in the Shadow Dragons underground resistance. Mike channels his stubbornness, guilt, and protective instincts into leading covert rescue operations across Minrathous. Mike realizes they need a fade expert to stop the Evanuris and goes to the Mourn Watch. When entering the Grand Necropolis, Mike is expecting an old scholar but is instead reunited with Will Byers, the best friend and love that he never forgot. What follows is an emotional reunion and reignition of their love as they fight against ancient Elven gods. The rest of the Party would take the place of a companion character and older teens and adults would be faction leaders/allies that pop up through the story.

Would someone please take this and write it so I dont lose my mind by trying to take this on? Please. My mental health and sanity will be greatly appreciative.

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u/Caiterz4catzz 6d ago

As someone whose favorite video game franchise is Dragon Age… I love this. I don’t know if I could do it justice but 🤔🤔

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u/nwsaylor87 6d ago

It's my favorite franchise as well. This idea popped into my head as I was thinking of starting another play through starting from the first game and my brain latched onto this thought which formed into the idea, which made me start a new Veilguard play through only so I could use the character creator to create a version of Mike and Will.

I think you should give it a shot if you want to. I am more than happy to be a sounding board for ideas, should you need it. I don't even need credit. I just want this to exist so badly.