Frankiesoup
Fandoms
- Mass Effect Trilogy (7)
- Dragon Age: Origins (1)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (1)
- GreedFall (Video Game) (1)
- Dragon Age II (1)
Recent works
-
Amongst the Gathered by Frankiesoup
Fandoms: Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition
30 Aug 2026
Tags
Summary
When the lack of an heir causes a breakdown in her marriage, Stevaine Cousland throws herself into the search for a cure to the taint.
But the coming Exalted Council to decide the fate of the Inquisition forces her to confront her past. And royal husband.AU where the Couslands grew up knowing Cailan. Lots of flashback stuff. There's probably a bunch of other Plot too, but ... I'm crap at blurbs. In short: everyone's a mess and no one is ok.
If you've been with me for a while, you might recognise bits of this as something I posted then deleted. We'll see how far it gets this time. I'm not wonderful at angst, but I do love this story.
-
Tags
Summary
The reaper war is over. Organic life won. In the wreckage of a small Danish island, former stunt-worker Louise Bell tries to piece together something of a life. She wants to go home to Scotland, but she still hasn't found the sister she set out to reunite with.
Back across the North Sea, Meredith Greenhowe and her husband are searching for Louise, but the breakdown in infrastructure makes things difficult.
As Louise learns to embrace life as a leader, Merry begins to fall apart in the peace after the war. Without the constant danger to contend with, Merry struggles, and Sius feels like he's losing her.
The sequel to 'I Didn't want to Die Alone and You Were The Only One There'. This takes place after 'A Nice Day for a Chaotic Wedding'. It sounds serious, but expect the same fuckery as usual. Sitina and Caesus might also show up - I haven't decided yet. Stay tuned, I guess.
This should still make sense if you haven't read those fics.Series
- Part 6 of How the weirdos cope with the apocalypse
-
Tags
Summary
The Reapers have taken Palaven and Sitina Aetrius finds herself as a refugee on the Citadel.
After Cerberus tries to take the station, circumstance takes her to the door of an old friend.
A friend she might have previously fucked over.
A friend she might be a bit in love with.
A friend who might still be a little bit in love with her ex-husband.
-
Their dynamic is basically:
Caesus: you’re a horrid bitch
Sitina: fuck you, you fascist pig, I need you to do crimes with me and buy my dinner.
Caesus: I hate you, let’s go
(Thanks Garf!)Anyway, we're kicking off in chapter 17 of "I didn’t want to die alone’ (https://archiveofourown.org/works/76223786/chapters/206302036).
If you've not read that rambling mess, don't worry about it - you should be able to keep up.
TLDR:
- Sitina was a Cerberus hostage during the Citadel Coup. Her dufus ex and his new girlfriend tried to rescue her. She mostly ended up rescuing them.
- Sitina is a very angry woman. You're going to hear about it.
- Sius is her ex, and Merry is Sius's new partner. They're absolute dorks and they have my whole heart. They do not have Sitina's.Series
- Part 2 of How the weirdos cope with the apocalypse
-
That time Sius and Merry decided to dress up and go play tanks by Frankiesoup
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
09 May 2026
Tags
Summary
The title is the summary.
This is a bit of a deleted scene that I never found anywhere for in 'I didn't want to die alone'. Sius and Merry were going to realise they loved each other while dicking about dressed as Garrus and Shepard. Because Lols.
I got a bit bogged down in writing about Sitina one night and gave myself a break. I don't even know if this is any good, or if it's even funny at all - it's 8am on a Saturday morning and I'm posting it before I go to work. If I have to look at it any longer I'll delete it, so here you go, internet. Enjoy!
Series
- Part 5 of How the weirdos cope with the apocalypse
-
We interrupt this broadcast to bring you Merry's trauma dump that I can't think of a title for. by Frankiesoup
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
21 Apr 2026
Tags
Summary
In 'I didn't Want to Die Alone and You Were the Only One There', Merry talks about (and is targeted by) a man called Cliffs.
She says he stalked her back on earth, before he attacks her on the Citadel, and this is a telling of that time. In short, Cliffs has seen Merry in a role and can't separate life from art.
Series
- Part 4 of How the weirdos cope with the apocalypse
Recent series
-
- Words:
- 173,361
- Works:
- 6
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
A former Tevinter Ranger on the run seeks refuge, and finds more.
Bookmarked by Frankiesoup
18 Jul 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Bookmarked at that time when you were talking about synergy between warriors and all you could come up with was 'drift compatible'
-
Past Lives by chalkituptofate
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
09 Sep 2026
Tags
Summary
In the aftermath of the Fifth Blight, two children of northern Ferelden are called back to the Coastlands. Elissa Cousland, the newly married queen and Warden-Commander, tries to rally what remains of the Grey Wardens to stamp out the evil still stalking the countryside. Nathaniel Howe, suddenly with nothing left to lose, returns to his ancestral home to sift through the wreckage of his family's reputation. During the increasingly desperate bid to save Amaranthine from the awakening darkspawn, they are haunted by grief both for those they have lost and for the lives they thought they would lead. All the while, they share the unique ability to understand the other's plight — for better or for worse.
-
Game & Gambit by AdelineIserman
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
07 Sep 2026
Tags
Summary
This is bad. Shepard’s…bad. This-does-not-look-survivable, bad. If Bray was here with me, he’d shoot her. I’d probably tell him to do it. There’s a not-insignificant chance this is wholly not worth my time.
That’s probably my cue to bow the hell out of this bullshit.
But nobody’s telling me how Shepard got to Onkarah–or why her little pureblood girlfriend bailed on her–and it’s not every day I get the chance to play hero with a side of Noverian rum.
Bookmarked by Frankiesoup
29 Apr 2026
-
How to Raise Your Human by capnmarvl
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
30 Mar 2026
Tags
Summary
Castis is a turian who tries to do right by his family, but he changes their lives forever when he makes one very daring promise to a very daring little human girl.
A partial retelling of Fostered Rivalry through Castis’ POV. I’ll do my best to add TLDRs to each chapter for relevant info from the longer fic, but it is the main source material.
Series
- Part 4 of Fostered Rivalry
Bookmarked by Frankiesoup
13 Mar 2026
-
An Inconvenient Meeting by EratoHayden
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
13 Sep 2026
Tags
Summary
A chance encounter on the Citadel following the events of the Skyllian Blitz in 2180, leads Kara Shepard and Garrus Vakarian to meet earlier than the canon Mass Effect timeline. Kara is freshly promoted, completed her N7 training, and ready to take the next step in her five year plan. C-Sec Officer Garrus Vakarian has been upgraded from beat cop to actual crime investigation, and probably on the fast track to making detective whether he wants to or not. The two cannot fight their chemistry.
Bookmarked by Frankiesoup
08 Mar 2026