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buffskierights · 1 year
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aw, you guys want to read it? well that's really sweet here's the link right here:
the moon bleeds red (for those who fear the dead)
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Prompt 4
Geralt is the captain of a pirate ship, named "Kaer Morhen." Perhaps he's still a witcher, perhaps he's just a regular old human (with white hair and golden eyes? Lol) His brothers (and "cousins" from other witcher schools) are his crew Now I can see this going two different ways, so choose a favorite (or make up your own, I am only the beginning, I hold no affront of being anything more) Jaskier is a nobleman's son, aboard his family's ship, possibly on his way to be forced into a marriage to a woman he doesn't love. And either he falls overboard or he's shoved off as a murder attempt, but he's lost in the ocean. Lambert (or someone else, but I love to imagine how Lambert would attempt to call this out to his captain who he doesn't take seriously 90% of the time, #brothers) calls that he spots a man bobbing in the sea, and they haul him up. The majority of the crew sees sight of his jewels and finery and insists on holding him ransom. But when the prisoner wakes up and isn't afraid of death, Geralt looks into this a little more. Apparently their prisoner won't get a ransom because his entire family despise him and his want to run away and become a bard. Funny. Most pirate ships have entertainers aboard to help the pirates deal with months of nothing but ocean. Perhaps they'll have use of this dumb twink after all. OR, option number two Jaskier is a nobleman's son, chained and starved for the crime of wanting to become a bard and not wanting to marry some prissy noblewoman. He hears a lot of loud noises and screams and then a bunch of burly men in fur cloaks stomp down and start rifling through their supplies. One catches eye of him and immediately yells to the captain. The captain is a very handsome man with silver locks and bright eyes, and the dreaded pirate captain is treating Jaskier with more kindness and gentleness than his family or their workers ever have. The pirate hauls Jaskier up into his arms and carries him to their own ship, laying him down in his own bed, and looking over his injuries and sending one of his crewmembers to make hm a fine meal. Jaskier begins telling the captain of his abusive life beforehand and mentions that all he's ever wanted is to spread music and love, and shockingly enough, this big scary (gorgeous) man doesn't even laugh at him for it.. Oh fuck he's falling in love-
♡!Optional addons!♡ • Geralt gayly teaching his bard how to swordfight!!!
• Perhaps Jaskier's family is crueler and has done more than beat him, perhaps they've stabbed him or something, and the very last thing he sees before he passes out from bloodloss is Geralt (Maybe he even thinks he's an angel! Lmfao)
• Geralt getting lovingly bullied by his brothers for taking care of his songbird so well
• Geralt's crew revenge-robbing or revenge-killing Jaskier's family if we do Option one for the story (attempted-murder route), since it's implied it happens in Option Two while they ransack the ship-
• Perhaps I'll do a sequel for this prompt one day for Mermaid Jaskier, I do LOVE mermaids, take this as a much smaller and much less detailed prompt for if you want that idea, too! Perhaps the Pankratz ship has a captured mer aboard, parched and dehydrated (I just mostly think it'd be funny if Geralt was checking his pulse and if he has any injuries while random other witches dump buckets of sea water on him-)
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solarphase1 · 10 months
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More of Geraskier pirates or something -
“Who are you, anyways?”
His captain and captor peered at him under a too-big jeweled crown, lounging upon the day's hoard. The question was flat, but his eyes were curious. The moonlight reflected first from the water’s surface, then second off of the gold and jewels. It bounced around Jaskier in all directions, and he looked truly in that moment, and for the first time since Geralt had seen him, like he may not be entirely human after all.
“A sailor from Rivia. As I told you before.” Geralt hummed the response regarding the other from where he was still bound to the mast.
“Except you aren’t Rivian. Wrong accent.”
Jaskier stood, gold clinking with the movement, and within a few steps crouched down to eye level while displaying something in his hand with a small flourish.
“And these are letters of Marque, from your coat. Which, I’m guessing, makes you about the poorest bounty hunter of the era,” his eyes narrowed, with curiosity rather than malice, “you don’t even get the bounty.”
Yellow eyes leveled him cooly at the accusation, “Sailor.”
“Privateer,” Jaskier tucked the papers away once again, standing to full height. “And you’re not human either. So what in the devil are you?”
The man did not give an answer for a while, pondering something. Perhaps wondering if he should lie. Then, after a moment -
“Witcher.”
Immediately Jaskier scoffed a disbelieving laugh. “No,” a finger wag and disapproving chuckle, “witchers don’t exist.”
He was met only with a flat, blank, unwavering and…truthful stare. And silence. He stared at Geralt a moment in that silence before sputtering back to life with breathy denial.
“No, no - you are most certainly not going to sit there and look at me as though I’m the one being ridiculous here. Sure, you’re a Witcher, that should be simple enough considering the only standing Mythos - the mere MYTH of Witchers - is, what, 2000 years old??”
“So you do know your history.”
“Mythology,” the captain corrected as he ceased his pacing and looked, really looked at the strange man. A moment of thoughtful silence. Something wary, something fearful behind blue eyes. “Prove it.”
“Untie me.”
“Ah, so that's it then,” He was back to banter, “quite a flimsy escape plan I really must say I’ve heard better - HAH - silly Jaskier, almost falling for the ‘I’m a Witcher,’ play, oldest move in the book…” His little monologue teeters out as he falls back on his pile of gold.
“What am I going to do with you? The Not-Witcher from Not-Rivia…”
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artistsfuneral · 2 years
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So @spielzeugkaiser and I did an art collab!! 🌼✨ We both drew Anime/Witcher themed sketches and challenged the other to complete them. As you can see by Geralt's funky shirt I had tons of fun with this 😂❤️
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ephhemeralite · 3 months
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writing pattern tag game!
post the first line of your last ten posted fics and see if there's a pattern! thanks for the tag, @ful-crum !!!!!
not quite sure how i got here, real glad i've got more than ten fics posted (if only barely), excited to see how it goes
"Aziraphale bustles back into his shop with all of the energy of a raccoon holding a goodie they never expected to stumble across." – no skin like the skin you woke up in (gomens canon divergence au)
"Ed has spent the vast majority of his life as a pirate. Get as old and experienced as he’s gotten – far older and more experienced than he ever expected, mind you – and you form some opinions, about salt and the sea and the way of things." – and i feel so proud when the reckoning arrives (this is two lines so it's cheating but whatever 💚. very dumb black sails/our flag means death crossover)
"The first time Dick notices himself call for Batgirl and the wrong sibling respond, he doesn't think much of it." – no difference between the past and the ground (dick grayson thinks he's going crazy until he realizes [REDACTED])
"Tommy thinks that finding himself stuck through the Blood God’s sword – stuck through – should come as more of a shock to him than it does." – this is mostly what happens in dallas (au of my dsmp hero/villain major character death series where the major character death doesn't happen but it's still not great! hence the wtnv if he had lived title)
"Wilbur drops onto the couch with a groan and some sort of weird, histrion-type flail." – a gaze blank and pitiless as the sun (dsmp hero/villain au, companion piece to the actual mcd, probably my best piece of posted writing)
"He isn't looking for trouble today, but he isn't surprised when the blade of a sword finds him regardless." – the truth is like a sickle (it'll cut you to the middle) (dsmp hero/villain au with the mcd)
"The flickering lights of the tavern seem soft, in the late hours of the night." – drunk in a field (on dandelion wine) (unfinished 5+1 from a folk witch!jaskier universe that i got super super attached to but eventually let go of because my life kept getting more insane and the concept more intricate)
"Peter had spent a lot of time trying to psychoanalyze Neal Caffrey before his capture." – acquainted with the saint of never getting it right (white collar/batfam crossover, dick grayson is neal caffrey, my most popular fic by a chunk)
"Geralt can already tell that Jaskier plans on dragging them both out tonight, probably with quilt, to force him into a night of 'stargazing and communing with nature like we used to!'" – it could feel like an end (to have to keep going) (immortal/modern times geraskier au fic i haven't read since i wrote and posted it in a day. i think it's contemplations on mortality, helplessness, and the climate crisis?)
"Briefly, he contemplates sitting up on the couch to give himself better lung capacity for his incoming tirade, but figures that he may as well put his vigilante training to good use, and continues to lay back." – more like me (less like you) (technically the second line of an emotional conversation between dick and jason, but the first line was dialogue and it is too early for me to mess with quotation marks like that)
so, full disclaimer that i don't post a ton (no skin was last updated in august of last year and more like me was posted in july of 2021) so a lot of this writing is kind of old, but! i did notice that i've tended to open in media res, but recently i have been incorporating more exposition. i've never tried to make my first lines great hooks — i'm honestly more concerned with giving myself a good jumping-off point than anything else. it also struck me how many fandoms i've written for that i no longer engage with, basically at all. maybe i've just been really focused lately, but i don't think a few of these fandoms would hold my attention anymore! ironically, i'm talking about the more recent fandoms like dsmp/gomens/ofmd and not the older stuff like the batfam or the witcher.
this was really fun, i loved looking back through my work like this!! thank you again ful-crum for tagging me :)! i'm gonna tag @doingthewritethings, @b10000p, and @alavenderleaf !!!!!!
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wren-of-the-woods · 2 years
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Wren’s Geraskier Ficlets
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🍀 Shorter Fluff
On Birthdays, Love, and Potted Plants | 1.9k | G | read on Tumblr  Modern AU fluff with Jaskier and potted plants.
I'll Stand Here With You | 1.7k | G | read on Tumblr Jaskier wishes he could find someone to be his, and Geralt finally realizes he’s in love.
Cuddles, Curses, and Confusion | 3.4k | T | read on Tumblr Geralt is cursed and it results in far more cuddling than anyone really anticipated.
The Wolves and the Bard | 0.5k | T | read on Tumblr The Wolves of Kaer Morhen adopt Jaskier as one of their own.
The Gift of Trust | 0.8k | G | read on Tumblr Geralt doesn’t know what to do with this bard who is not afraid.
Epilogue of a Love Song | 1k | G | read on Tumblr Geralt and Jaskier get their happy ending on the coast.
Pick Your Chords Well, Loves | 1.6k | T | read on Tumblr Geralt, Jaskier, Ciri, and Dara are quickly becoming a family, and Jaskier helps Geralt work through his feelings about that.
Publicity Pandemonium | 2.2k | G | read on Tumblr An eventful interview with Jaskier, a quickly-rising pop star, and the actor Geralt Rivia.
Flower Crown Fun | 0.3k | G | read on Tumblr A soft moment between Geralt and Jaskier in a field of flowers.
Dance With Me (I Want My Arm About You) | 2.3k | G | read on Tumblr Geralt loses a bet to Lambert and is forced to take a dance class. The instructor, Jaskier, is unexpectedly charming.
Grab the Stroud | 2.2k | T | read on Tumblr Jaskier decides to make a pirate ship in his and Geralt’s bed.
We'll Build a Den Out of Pillows (And Get Drunk Again) | 2k | G | read on Tumblr  Jaskier is sick, so Geralt builds him a pillow fort.
If It Means We Get The Wallpaper Right | 2.2k | G | read on Tumblr In which there are hand kisses and important conversations.
True Slug's Kiss | 2.3k | T | read on Tumblr Geralt is hit by a very unique (and slimy) curse, and Jaskier saves the day as usual.
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 🌿 Longer Fluff
Of Beauty and Buteos | 7.2k | G | read on Tumblr (part 1, part 2)  A modern AU with fluff and birds.
Happy Birthday, Here’s a Bard | 5.2k | T | Read on Tumblr Geralt accidentally rescues his daughter’s favorite musician and Ciri gets a wonderful birthday surprise.
Oh It Seems To Me That You Can’t Dance | 5.3k | T | read on Tumblr Geralt and Jaskier have an awkward but perfect first date. 
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🍁 Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Sing Me Awake | 2.4k | T | read on Tumblr After the dragon hunt, Geralt finds and cares for an injured Jaskier.
Furry New Friends | 1.5k | T | read on Tumblr Jaskier befriends mice in captivity – written just after the season 2 trailer.
Fillingless Pies and Other Forms of Kindling | 1.2k | G | read on Tumblr In which Burn Butcher Burn is born. 
On Devils and the Reality Thereof | 2.2k | G | read on Tumblr Geralt gets a contract for a devil. Instead, he finds Jaskier.
Your Screams Still Echo In My Dreams | 3k | T | read on Tumblr Geralt can’t stop dreaming about what happened to Jaskier in Oxenfurt. The two of them have some much-needed conversations.
On Spoons and Other Signs of Devotion | 3.7k | G | Original Tumblr Form After the dragon hunt, Geralt finds that the spoon Jaskier gave him is missing. (Written Collaboratively on Tumblr)
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🍂 Geraskier-flavored gen:
Your Smile Tells Me I'm Safe | 2k | G | read on Tumblr Dara meets Jaskier and learns that, maybe, he doesn’t have to be alone.
Of Magic, Meddling, and Mice | 7.4k | T | read on Tumblr (part 1, part 2) A fix-it of season two featuring Gordon, Jaskier, and an unexpected Eskel.
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lambden · 1 year
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🌟2022 AO3 WRAPPED!🌟
thanks to @peaktotheocean for this!
Works published: 49! more than I expected, but I published a lot of tumblr drabbles this year so that probably accounts for it
Word count: 124,134. jesus christ that is so many
Hits: 25,994
Bookmarks: 738. nowhere near last year's but still unbelievably high for my average!!
Most popular by kudos: everyone LOVED this geraskier fic heartbreak & horseshit, seconded closely by this lambden fic haha... unless?
Most hits: same as above, heartbreak and horseshit SWEPT
Longest: at 17,032 words it's an AU I wrote for another fandom that was roughly inspired by ALOTO- the movie, not the show! if anyone here is for some reason into dead by daylight or wants to read about baseball ladies, here you go!
Shortest: this is barely a fic. a tidbit of fluffy eskel/jaskier
Most comments: by far it's my modern geralt/netflix jaskier fic somewhere out there, the response to that fic was beyond gratifying and overwhelming! i am working on a part two and it should be up before 2024 LMFAO
Fic that made me cry: I don't really cry at my own writing but this cahir/eskel space pirate/robot AU is one of my favourite things I wrote this year that touches on sadder themes
Fic that made me smile: i always have fun with the flash fic challenges and this fill I did where a peacock becomes enchanted with Geralt is probably my favourite from this year! I also really like this stranger things fic I wrote but this is a witcher blog so I'll try to keep it witcherly haha
Gifts: I know this probably means gifts FOR other people but my favourite gift from someone else was this sickfic, it carried me through the whole year to be honest 💖 otherwise, this Ciri & Letho secret agent AU was requested for a friend by a friend and it made me very happy to write!
Events: I wrote a few fics for the flash fic server, and also participated in the Yennefer Big Bang and the Witcher Fic Writers winter exchange. I had varying successes with these events, and I feel a little disheartened leaving this year with a bad taste in my mouth about some of what happened. But I am proud (or trying to be) of what I contributed and very grateful for all that I did receive, and for my dear friends who helped edit and cheer me on through uncertain times. Writing is just a fun hobby for me so next year I'm definitely not going to let the stress get to me the same way. (Also, because it was brought up by Cole, I'm seconding the desire for a Stranger Things flash fic server!)
Tagging: @faetxlity @jaskiersvalley and whoever else might like to complete this! consider yourself tagged
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dancingwiththefae · 1 year
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When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass it on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love!
Ooh hmmm let’s see
1. Cold turkey - 8.1k, E, geraskier, vampire!jask who has a blood addiction.
Was the first fic idea I ever had but it took me a while to actually write it. Have a whole series planned for this.
2. A rosebud by any other name - ongoing currently at 28.4k but will be close to 90 when finished, E, Geraskefer
AU where Jaskier works in a brothel in oxenfurt and Geralt becomes one of his clients. Slow burn romance between the trio. Lots of smut and humour and a spy subplot that will give a little angst later. This one has been fun to write.
3. Deep into that darkness peering - 17.4k, Major Character Death, M, Implied geraskier.
Geralt is haunted by Jaskiers ghost and sets out on a quest to find out what happened to him. Very melancholy with sort of a happy ending. First chaptered fic I posted.
4. Baby I’m not fooling - 2.9k, E, Yennskier,
first delve into yennskier smut. I still think this is fun and sexy
5. Challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours - ongoing, M, yennskier pirate AU
Only three chapters posted to ao3 at the minute but I have the full thing planned. Doesn’t have the highest stats of my fics but I like the story I’ve created and I have lots of fun writing it (enemies to lovers am I right guys) so I don’t care that much. Most ambitious AU I’ve done I think.
These aren’t in any kind of order just the first ones I thought of.
Thank you <3
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sebastianthegiraffe · 4 months
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Nobody tagged me in this (because I never get tagged in anything) but I thought it would be interesting to do. I saw this circulating in the Clone Wars fandom, but I know it's in other places as well.
1.How many works do you have on AO3? Only 9, but I have hundreds of WIPs on my hard-drive, most of which are like one tiny passage or a summary that will never go anywhere. My brain is an ideas factory and it cannot be stopped.
2.What’s your total AO3 word count? As of January 2024, it’s 176,227 in total, but 122,240 of that is across two works: - The Greenleaf and the Son of the Forest (83414 words) - In Our Brothers We Trust (38826 words)
3.What fandoms do you write? Currently, Star Wars (Clone Wars/Bad Batch era) and Hobbit/LotR, though I used to write a lot of Kylux stuff (Star Wars Sequels), but the WIPs span everything from Cats to The Witcher to Pirates to Narnia. Told you, the ideas factory never stops.
4.What are your top five fics by kudos? - Frost-Bitten – 171 - Alphabetically, I love you – 167 - Force Fed – 137 - Scars and All – 89 - Ruby Red and Jet Black – 75 Which means that my two current projects (Greenleaf and IOBWT) don’t make this list, because they have 37 and 54 kudos respectively. It’s all my old Kylux stuff that gets the top spots, but I do approve of the top score. Frost-Bitten is one of my faves.
5.Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I usually respond to the first few comments on any given fic, because I’m just so excited that somebody read it and it resonated enough for them to write me a message. I do save all the AO3 notification emails though and I read through them sometimes when my writing is driving me nuts.
6.What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I don’t actually write angst all that much. I’ve had angsty chapter endings sometimes, but it’s never that bad and it usually gets resolved.
7.What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? They’re all pretty happy, what can I say? I’m a sap and I like a nice wrapped-up story with a happy ending. The ending of Frost-Bitten is probably my favourite though.
And despite the chill of the Knight of Winter’s lips on his, the Lord of Autumn melts…
8.Do you get hate on fics? Not to my knowledge. I’m aware that most of what I write is headcanon that got away from me though, so it’s not most people’s cup of tea.
9.Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Nope. Kissing and cuddles is as close as we get, maybe a bit of non-sexual BDSM is it’s needed.
10.Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest crossover you’ve ever written? I was on t’internet when the whole Tangled/HTTYD/Brave/RotG crossover was a thing. Some very pretty art out there, let me tell you. And I do have what would have become a giant AtLA AU in that, but I’ve never done anything with it beyond a few passages.
11.Have you ever had a fic stolen? Sometimes when I was in high school, or just finished, there was a site that copied a lot of fics from FF.net, under the same usernames and everything, but I think the site was taken down? Not sure, either it way it was only old Cats fic on mine so…
12.Have you ever had a fic translated? No. I could probably do it in German or Spanish, it would just take me forever.
13.Have you ever co-written  fic before? Who would want to play in my silly little sandpit? Only me, I tell you.
14.What’s your all-time favourite ship? I was reading a lot of Malec stuff at one point, or Geraskier, and a lot of SamBucky/WinterFalcon just after Falcon and the Winter Soldier came out. And Kylux, way back when. I don’t really have a favourite ship though, just a lot of ones I like and will happily read.
15.What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I’m not going to say Greenleaf, because I will make myself finish it. The wider universe that Greenleaf exists in though, I probably won’t ever truly be done with (White Knife, Silver Flame). I’m like Tolkien in that respect.
16.What are your writing strengths? Characterisation and getting into characters’ heads. I write lots of little dialogue pieces and odd passages for how characters interact, most of which never see the light of day, they are just writing exercises. I also try to never delete anything, if a passage isn’t working out how I want it to, I just move it to its own document and keep it as a reference. Sometimes it’s an excellent bit of writing, it just needs to go somewhere else.
17.What are your writing weaknesses? I find it really hard to write in one fandom if I’m watching the content for something else. I can’t write Star Wars if I’m watching LotR for example. Music and soundtracks are usually okay though, just no music with words or I get distracted.
18.Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I do it in both of my current projects, but I always provide a translation at the end of the chapter. If it’s little things like petnames, I think it’s fine and it can add a sense of authenticity to the world. You can do a larger passage in another language, but it can be jarring to the reader if it’s not worked into the story in the right way.
19.First fandom you wrote for? Cats, the musical and original movie, not that 2019 monstrosity. We don’t talk about that.
20.Favourite fic you’ve ever written? I’m actually really enjoying writing IOBWT, which is my Domino Survives AU. It’s fun getting to explore what Hevy and Cutup and Droidbait might have been like if they survived past Rishi, the same as Fives and Echo.
Greenleaf is also fun to write in parts, because I’ve loved Tolkien’s world since I was like ten. But it’s a battle getting the chapters out at the moment, just because of how the story’s structured.
Favourite thing I’ve ever written? Frost-Bitten, which is a Kylux Fantasy Seasonal AU, where Hux belongs to Autumn and Kylo belongs to Winter. It’s very cute and fluffy and it’s one of only a few pieces of my earlier writing that I can read and not cringe at.
I'm not going to tag anyone in particular (I don't get tagged in things so I don't know who I would tag anyway), so if you find this and fancy doing it, knock yourself out.
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Oh Great Bouncey-sama, I have a humble ask for the swashbuckling au. What would happen if someone in the crew received the dreaded black spot?
As stupid as they are, I don't think anyone aboard the Kaer Morhen would be THAT stupid.
They stick together, so no matter who was (potentially) marked has the whole crew to back them up when shit hits the sea.
I have not been called Bouncey-sama in many months and it was like being pleasantly backhanded, thank you.
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thewitcherssongbird · 3 years
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buffskierights · 1 year
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New Fic Alert
Hey, do people still follow me here for my fics? Idk what the tumblr algorithm looks like these days but if you see this and you like pirates, geraskier, morally gray characters, and more pirates: I’ve continued my one-shot fic Under the Black Sun in the moon bleeds red (for those who fear the dead)
If you read UtBS and are like “but wait didn’t Jaskier die at the end of that?” you might notice that I’ve removed the “Major Character Death” tag from it and added “temporary character death” to the new fic. So hah! Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
That was mean of me, please read my fic. I promise it’ll have a happy ending.
Please?
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julek · 2 years
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for @srapsodia <3
Waves coming and going, a sliver of moonlight coming through a thin window. The back and forth of the ship, rocked by Poseidon like a newborn babe, the silent song of the ancient wooden floorboards.
Jaskier's hand in Geralt's hair, their legs intertwined in their tiny berth, cushioned by Jaskier's many, many blankets and quilts.
A kiss being pressed to an inviting throat.
"They'll be looking for you," Geralt says quietly. "Captain."
Another kiss, stubble dragging on marred skin.
"Let them look."
Geralt cranes his head and looks at him, watches as his Captain presses a thin row of kisses to the exposed skin of his chest, following the line of his sternum. Being gentle with the scars there, soothing their ache.
His Captain's skin had been unblemished, the day they met. Blue eyes full of longing for adventure and a mouth that was both a blessing (because easy flattery got them where they wanted to go) and a curse (because Geralt couldn't take his eyes off of it, couldn't stop picturing what it might've been like to kiss it, couldn't stop kissing it once he got the chance to). A young thing, he had been, full of promise and dreams.
He still is. Full of promise and dreams and love; a bit older now. Not that Geralt would ever admit it out loud — his Captain would have him thrown off the ship for such vicious slander. But he is; he's become more seasoned, more tempered. He's seen storms and blood and loss, has walked the sharp side of a knife more times than they can count. Has found more riches than any man could ever desire, has been offered a deal to abandon his crew and settle down countless times.
And yet.
"Captain," Geralt admonishes quietly, though he himself has no intention of getting up soon.
Jaskier looks at him, shimmering blue. Siren blood, Geralt swears on it. "My love," he says simply, as if it's the only sensible answer. "My love."
His lips are soft against Geralt's, soft as they've ever been. Softer than the tiny bed they lay on, softer than the finest silks on his wardrobe. Softer than the rose petals that fall from Geralt's head whenever his Captain surprises him with a crown, softer than the sweetest honey, the gentlest touch.
"One more minute," he whispers against Geralt's lips. "My crew can survive dinner without me. One more minute and I'll go."
Don't, Geralt wants to say. Let me catch something for the both of us, let me lay dinner for you here. Let me cook it for you, let me feed it to you with my fingers, so that you never have to move again. So that you never have to leave again.
Instead, he smiles. He tangles his fingers in his Captain's unruly hair and presses their foreheads together, breathing into him.
"One more minute."
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solarphase1 · 10 months
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Geraskier as pirates or something
“Ship ahead, Captain!” The call came from the first mate, seeming to have made its way ear-to-ear from the crow’s nest.
“Ahh, splendid~ Seems our new found, foul-lipped little friend gets an answer in rather auspicious timing and now - while I am a most ambitious planner of grandiose-” the incessant silken voice simply would not stop as the lithe man sauntered about the bow, coming to a poised halt grinning over the rails  - “even I could not have planned it better.”
Even as he spoke, some sort of knowing came over the crew. All but the two holding Geralt began shuffling about, a handful of men fetching glass jars from somewhere on the ship and others taking the malleable salve within up and into their ears. 
The hands restraining the man to his knees exchanged without ever presenting an opportunity for easy escape as his two previous captors took their lot of the wax, as up closer he could tell it was wax indeed. 
A humorless chuckle, “Sirens?” He peered up at the captain through white strands, “There are no sirens in these waters, that’s common knowledge to every ship and crew. It seems your reputation has oversold you.” 
The man at the helm grinned through his response, readying a lute in his hands. “Perhaps, Geralt of Rivia, those crews should know better.”
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terrible-leviathan · 4 years
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I want to see more love at first sword fight. Like gimme fucking two bamf swordfighters dueling it out. I want to see the tension, the eye sex, them realizing "oh, they're good", the BANTER between the clashing of swords, and them pinning the other at SWORD POINT.
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mawbwehownets · 3 years
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if you follow me from any of my collabs with @bounce-a-coin-off-your-witcher, you might recognize this as his pirate au - which i officially saddled on as an artist for the moment i heard mermaids were involved and now hes never getting rid of me
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