#anyway. did not realize so much detail abt this series was still in my brain-attic

[aeide-thea]

not totally sure what reminded me of this, but—if i had a nickel for every witcher fic describable as 'geralt and jaskier get plunged via magic into a mysterious hall without apparent entrance or exit, where every door opens onto some scenario from their own lives, either remembered or imagined, and by the end of the story they're holding hands…' admittedly i'd still only have ten cents, but it's kind of wild to me that there's more than one!

Opening Doors by chamomiletea

A short fic in which I again engineer a fanciful and unlikely way for a magical mishap to bring Jaskier and Geralt together. Trapped in an underground chamber with four mysterious doors, the two both discover and reveal more than they had intended.

nothing is lost that is born of the heart by inexplicifics

Little fool, the mage had said. If you care for your pet witcher so much, go and find him. And then Jaskier was here, with his pack and his lute and - thank Melitele - a torch, and no idea where Geralt might be, or what sort of condition he’ll be in when Jaskier finds him, or what sort of dangers might be lurking between here and there. And no idea where here is to begin with.

#i feel like this is also a trope that's in other things but like. good luck googling that #like i have a VERY vague memory that there might be something similar to this somewhere in that janny wurts series with all the italics #however i don't think i'll be checking #(i say now. catch me at like 3 AM plowing thru the adventures of ancient blorbo arithon tho.) #(iirc he was heterosexual and it was just like. what r u doing. like if lynn flewelling had made seregil straight.) #(like there's a particular‚ shall we say‚ vanyel-esque model of Fantasy Blorbo that's‚ like‚ contractually required to be queer) #(dark long hair‚ scrawny‚ Sad Wet Cat of a man‚ he's Got Trauma‚ you all know the type i mean) #(but apparently ms. wurts hadn't read the contract so her hero had this like. star-crossed Heterosexual Love instead) #(with like. a priestess or sth?? idk. even at the time i was like 'right okay so. enemies-to-lovers with the cousin-nemesis‚ go') #anyway. did not realize so much detail abt this series was still in my brain-attic #does make you wonder if holmes was onto something tbqh #'if only i knew less abt misty lackey maybe i'd have had more room for german vocab…' #anyway uh. these tags have really veered off-course here huh #bookblogging #fannish things