#anyway apologies for the nerdery i wrote this ages ago and only now rediscovered it in the mess that is my drafts

[wren-of-the-woods]

Criminally Underused Bird Nicknames for Jaskier

I love "Lark" as much as the next Witcher fic reader, but there are so many more options we could explore! Here are a few:

Jay / Bluejay This one has excellent potential because 1) jays are incredibly beautiful, colorful, intelligent, and social and 2) their songs are terrible. (Examples here, here, and here.) As such, it'd be perfect for a fond-yet-teasing nickname for Jaskier. Plus, it sounds like the first letter of his name!

Magpie Magpies are corvids like jays, so they're similar in many ways. This one has the extra connotations of collecting shiny things for bonus fun teasing <3

Sparrow Sparrows have lovely songs! They tend not to be very colorful, but they're very cute and the name sounds endearing. I've seen this one used in fic occasionally and I like it!

Sanderling Sanderling is an adorable name for an adorable bird -- they're little sandpipers that run around on beaches! It works perfectly as a reference to Jaskier's role as the Sandpiper and I think it's really sweet.

Peep Peep is a general term for the smallest few species of sandpipers (they're hard to identify at the species level, so calling them peeps is most convenient). It's similar to Sanderling in that it references Jaskier's role as the Sandpiper and sounds adorable!

Bonus: Songbird I have seen this one used in a few fics and I love it every time! It's vague enough to let you imagine whichever bird you want while also sounding very sweet.

Extra options include, but are not limited to: warbler, finch/goldfinch, nightengale, robin, kinglet, titmouse, mockingbird, and starling.

#sanderling is my personal favorite #i'd love to see it catch on #jaskier #the witcher #twn #wren talks #also modifications on lark are fun! like skylark is a good name #but larks are brown and kinda hard to see and i thought jaskier might appreciate being named after some showier/more relevant birds #and also blood origin took it apparently #again no offense to the lark name! i love it a lot! #i just have very many other thoughts #also yes peep is a real thing people say and no i will never get tired of hearing someone refer to 'a flock of peeps' #it's adorable #anyway apologies for the nerdery i wrote this ages ago and only now rediscovered it in the mess that is my drafts #might reblog later with pictures #basically i desperately want to see sanderling and jay used as nicknames for jaskier and i haven't found the right fic to put them in yet