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for the character ask, Willow and Amity!!!
Willow!
favorite thing about them: I love a lot of things about her! But for now I'll be a bit general and say her arc of continuing to get back up and prove people wrong. I wanna call it perseverance or strength, but it's more like stubbornness lmao. In the early episodes she's prone to defeatism and that's such a far cry from who she is now. She gained hope and belief in herself and leant into the righteous anger she felt watching people she loves be treated like dirt! AUGH I love her
least favorite thing about them: ooh not sure. Maybe that early episode defeatism? Both in an encouraging way where I want her to get back up but also in the sense of "GIRL THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT NOR THE END OF THE WORLD. TALK TO SOMEONE ABT THINGS!!!" You can see it a bit in for the future too where she interprets hunters ambiguous response ("I don't know") as negative. It's the warped self perception for me /j
favorite line: GRRR THAT'S HARD!! I'm not in encyclopedia mode rn but rn I'm thinking of some lines from Understanding Willow ("you said I was hurting Willow? I was just finishing what you started!" And "it's...a start"). uhh there's also "not if I never look down!" and "it'll be 52 weeks before Caleb's next day off"
brOTP: JUST ONE??? SHE HAS SO MANY GOOD FRIENDSHIPS MAN!!! But either her and Luz or her and Gus
OTP: sigh. Huntlow (I am predictable)
nOTP: her and Boscha. I wasn't in the fandom much during season 1 but I really never got it even back then. That is not a girl who's mean bc she likes you that is a highschool war criminal
random headcanon: OUGH I'VE HAD SO MANY OVER TIME AND NOW I'M BLANKING! Uhh would like magical girl anime (cardcaptor sakura and sailor moon specifically I think). Likes hyperpop and riot grrrl bc it releases her repressed rage and scratches her brain
Unpopular opinion: OKAY I get it. I also want willow to go apeshit, to have her catharsis and maim and kill. But some people characterize Willow as a lot more bitter than she is to compensate for this and I personally don't care for it, lol. It's Awful or anything it's just Not My Girl. She would not fucking say that
song i associate with them: CRIES. SO MANY!! Mona Lisa my mxmtoon
favorite picture of them:
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^ this Dana pic!! There's more but I don't wanna make this any longer
Amity!
favorite thing about them: probably how far she's come from being a lonely, image obsessed girl who lashed out at others to a pretty silly but ultimately very emotionally mature person. She takes care of people more often now, while still having learned her lesson about respect and boundaries from labyrinth runners. Also her design/aesthetic
least favorite thing about them: bit wishy washy but a lot of the early season 1 scenes of her bullying Willow, Luz and Co are like. Hard for me to watch sometimes lol. Same with her and Willow in labyrinth runners. Mean girls just hit too close to home sometimes lol.
favorite line: ECLIPSE LAKE SPEECH HANDS DOWN!!! "There are people out there who won't make you feel worthless" SO PROUD OF HER. CRYING RN
brOTP: probably her and Willow since they have the most developed platonic relationship! But also her moments with Matt in for the future lmao (also Gus and Raine. In my head)
OTP: sigh. Lumity (I am predictable. Again)
nOTP: ooh I'm not sure I really have one! At least one that's based in personal squicks/opinions and not stuff like. Shipping her with men. If that's the case though, Amity/Hunter. Gag
random headcanon: she used to play piano as a kid! Was decent at it too even if she only got to play classical. But when she committed to abominations her mom cut her off of her lessons and pushed her away from it since there was no "practical use" for it anymore, not like Amity was going into the bard track. She gets back into it post-canon though :] would also like to jump off that starting point and play bass
unpopular opinion: hhh okay. While I think they could've made things more explicit/dwelled upon/whatever in order to communicate more clearly to the audience, I'm overall fine with the direction they took in Amity's "redemption arc". Bc like. She's just a highschool bully who's already being punished by her family when the audience can't see her. The solution to this would not be to punish her more. Maybe she should've gotten to talk things out more, somebody once pointed out that, in the main big redemption arcs in TOH, nobody really says sorry (ON SCREEN. Apologies are very much implied), just makes a gesture and does better, which I understand but also I like apologies they give closure. But overall I prefer them just giving her the chance to follow through on her promises.
song i associate with them: Babyface by fresh maybe?
favorite picture of them: I DONT HAVE IT RN BUT THE FACE SHE MAKES WHEN BOSCHA GETS DOWN ON ONE KNEE IN FOR THE FUTURE AND SHE GOES "heh????" IT'S SO FUNNY
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msommers · 1 year
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🌈😚🍭⭐️ for the maeve ship of your choice and also maybe vesper/ellana?
thank you!!! randomizer chose lemmers for the maeve ship we must abide the roll // otp hc questions
🌈  - What were their first impressions of each other?
MAEVE/ILYA — maeve was grappling with the fact that she found herself thoroughly enamored within the first hour of them meeting instead of being afraid. because that's a very large man, covered in tattoos, standing a foot taller than her, generally intimidating, and obviously a witcher which means he can snap her in half like it's nothing. but instead!! he's charming, has the gentlest touch, and engages her with such a genuine interest and respect that she's at ease the whole time. plus he's just. incredibly hot. that helped a lot, we all know. & certainly on ilya's end he was dealing with the "oh, it's you" realization for a time. he'd been waiting going on three decades at the very least by that point to stumble across his soulmate again, and there she was. every bit the enchanting and intelligent bard he would expect after having read most (if not all) of her works and hearing a story or two about her by that point. also impossible to not appreciate her beauty and humor tbh, she’s a gd delight even when thrown off guard by a hot stranger.
ELLANA/VESPER — ellana felt an immediate respect for vesper. protecting and providing is what she’s done for years with her clan, to see that vesper had been doing the very same for the apprentices after their circle fell?? instant admiration, especially knowing that it could not have been easy given the current state of things. physical traits wise i think ellana would’ve been amused by vesper’s speaking with her hands, an endearing mannerism she took note of pretty quick. on vesper’s side of things, i can only assume getting to witness ellana’s “ride or die within minutes of meeting” attitude spark up when it came to defending a group of mages from harm would’ve been fairly impressionable lmao. her empathy, warm smile and silver hair are the usual suspects when it comes to first impressions generally.
😚 - When one gets sick, what does the other do?
MAEVE/ILYA — he's waiting on her hand and foot, we all know it. bringing her food, helping her bathe, braiding her hair, rubbing her feet, whatever she requires or her heart desires. probably surprising her with things that even she wasn’t aware she was going to be wanting because he’s just Like That. maeve doesn't really have to worry about ilya getting sick, the perks of marrying an ancient witcher. (if he Did get sick, there would be a high chance of her getting sick too because she'd be at his side the entire time out of worry. her staff would be making meals, fetching medicines and leaving them at the door lmao)
ELLANA/VESPER — ellana's a tad overbearing but she has the kindest intentions. she's been a provider for her clan for as long as she can remember and those instincts kick in big time when a loved one's ill. she's insistent that vesper stay resting, she'll fetch her anything and everything she needs, keep her company, fluff her pillows, run her a bath, brush her hair if she needs to, literally whatever. she's sweet and the levels of care are endearing, but she is indeed hovering like mad and would need to be told to step away for space if needed. 
🍭  -What are their nicknames for each other?
MAEVE/ILYA — any and every option under the sun 'cause they're sickening like that. my love is their number one always, sometimes shortened to simply love when things are more casual. my heart likely pops up when the romance is high. ilya probably has some ridiculously romantic terms from a dead language or two given his age, fucks maeve up every time. she’ll just use whatever rolls off the tongue in the given moment, most often it's darling or dearest or a string of names all in a row.
ELLANA/VESPER — ellana would have a handful she rotates between depending on the vibe in the moment, some in common but i imagine she favors elvhen terms of endearment the most. she'd enjoy getting to translate their meanings, both for the sweetness of the chosen terms and getting to see vesper take in just how affectionate they are 🥰 it’s been such a long time that i don’t remember the source of it, but i remember reading a list of elvhen terms for partners/lovers/etc and one of them was the elvhen word for embrium, which would be the equivalent of sweetie or baby and that’s the right level of cute for ellana to use. maybe one along the lines of “heart’s flame” could do as well, because naturally she’d have to have at least one referencing fire. not sure nicknames vesper may have for her in return, but ellana's sappy af and would love any lmao
⭐️  - Who is a morning person?
MAEVE/ILYA — ilya’s probably some kinda sick bastard who wakes up early to work out or just get a start to the day. absolutely dreadful, maeve “wants to wake after 10am at the least” sommers thinks, and probably the only con she’s discovered about the guy. maybe she can still fix that part of him it's ok
ELLANA/VESPER — tbh i could see them both being morning people?? the shared sleeping troubles would contribute heavily to it, but i also imagine they’d enjoy sharing those early, quieter hours together. sharing a meal, reading in peaceful silence, watching the sunrise, etc etc. ellana also likes morning cuddles to get her day started on a high note so if she gets some of those it’s top tier
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selfdiagnosedeyemotif · 5 months
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CHARACTER ASK THING!!!
Olberic, Cyrus, Ori and Agnea!!!!!
PEACE AND LOVE ON PLANET EARTH!!!
Olberic:
Favourite Thing: in love with this man's theme. we love brass instruments in this household
Least Favourite Thing: not a huge fan of monarchies but the guy's allowed to serve whoever he wants to serve
Favourite Line: i'm not super deep into his story so i'm gonna have to go with "I wreak havoc upon thee!" from when he uses Brand's Thunder
brOTP: brOTP isn't the right word for it but i love his dynamic with Phillip. certified little guy and his insanely powerful knight mentor
OTP: Erhardt i guess? i think there's some worthwhile stuff there but i'm not sure if i'd prefer it romantically
nOTP: Cyrus, on the grounds that i am a firm believer in aroace/romance averse Cyrus
Random Headcanon: he has tried thrice to ride a horse. thrice he has failed.
Unpopular Opinion: gonna have to hold off on this one because i don't really know enough about him to formulate something of that variety
Song: military marches in general, which bears with it three distinct possible options: good, good, and deeply unfortunate (in order. anyone with any knowledge of the last one will be able to tell you why it's so unfortunate).
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Favourite Picture: i think his depiction in the Break, Boost, and Beyond album art is beyond fun because just:
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all of the modernized outfits are fun but Olberic gets an octopus jacket, sick shades, AND a bass. cool levels are off the damn charts
Cyrus:
Favourite Thing: gonna sound like a damn nerd but the themes he represents. Professor Cyrus Albright is a representation of the progression of humanity as it marches ever forward (his story culminates in refuting Lucia's ivory-tower offer), and i've been carrying his final monologue with me ever since i first heard it
Least Favourite Thing: the "too pretty for his own good" bit is kinda lame. its not bad and it can be funny, but its very middling
Favourite Line: "I teach my students with the expectation that one day, they will surpass me.", because again, i LOVE the themes of Cyrus's story and that line summarizes them perfectly
brOTP: odette. just a couple of odd birds that can't stand each other but are also besties.
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nOTP: everyone. next question.
Random Headcanon: i think that he has a background both in theatre and in orchestra, and took them both as minors when he got his degree in history
Unpopular Opinion: his lack of an arc is not only not detrimental to his character, but i'm GLAD that they didn't give him one. giving him an arc was unnecessary for his story and would have detracted from what made it great (the themes. them's some tasty themes)
Song: again just waltzes in general, but also Queen from Deltarune and William Shamspeare ~ Back-Alley Bard from The Great Ace Attorney
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Favourite Picture: this piece of fanart by @/meansary
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Ori:
Favourite Thing: I FUCKING LOVE ORI. CAN'T SAY A DAMN THING ABOUT HER FROM AN ANALYTICAL ANGLE BUT OOOUUUGH. anyways i love the fact that she lives!!!! she's just scarcely able to turn her eyes away from the void!!! she realises that she wants to live before its too late!!!
Least Favourite Thing: no official art and we are thus limited to her sprite for design cues. alas.
Favourite Line: "So taking a step back, what Partitio did is impossible. Unimaginable. Inconceivable.", from her journal. its just. oh my god. its the moment you can see the the Moonshade Order is starting to lose its grip on her. she's in denial about it, but its these sentences that began the process of her saving her life. "I wish i had a lifetime to report on your shenanigans" and the moment Partitio convinces her to flee from Roque in his chapter 4 are both also very tasty and good
brOTP: Partitio is the cop-out answer to this one, but im also fascinated by what her dynamic with Ochette might be cuz like. symbolic representation of all the themes of hope that has seen humanity do terrible things but keeps on truckin' + person that is only beginning to accept that maybe life isn't such a curse after all is a very cool combination
OTP: Partitio by proxy. dont ship it, dont intend to ship it (partitio has some aro energy to me but hey thats just me), but i do not deny that it is certainly a thing
nOTP: no standouts in this category.
Random Headcanon: Ori hasn't had good food in years as a result of the whole "if i'm gonna die anyways, there's no point in enjoying this" mentality that was clearly trapping her in the Moonshade Order, and the first time she had a good bowl of soup was positively life-changing for her. she started trying to cook for herself shortly thereafter
Unpopular Opinion: not unpopular by any stretch of the imagination but it does run counter to one (1) person i've seen, but i think she deserves to, and can, make a full recovery. no shade on the person who wrote that super cool fic in which she was tormented by hallucinations of her brother and said in the fic description that they didnt think she'd recover, but that ain't for me
Song: she's so No Children by The Mountain Goats coded. there's always one guy
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Favourite Picture: this delightful number by @/nicandragon, specifically the one in the bottom right corner
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it's a very... vivid and evocative depiction of the final moments before she nearly dies, and there's a kind of beauty in that.
Agnea:
Favourite Thing: the Song of Hope! it was a fun detail to make the choices you made throughout the journey show up in her chapter five, and it's like. such a fun thing to incorporate into her story. i love it when characters create art (also the track itself is a banger)
Least Favourite Thing: the pitch of her voice has lost me a little as time has gone by, nothing major but it's not as charming as it used to be (this is NOT a statement about the accent thing. that bit is fun)
Favourite Line: "Dreams aren't good for nothing" was just a fun line, but "The stars... they're all gone" was delivered EXTREMELY well, so i'm giving it to the latter
brOTP: she and Throné have a very fun dynamic. not much to say on it, it's just fun
OTP: hikari? i guess? dude there's ships that i sorta accept into my headcanon of the story but dont touch and there's ships that my mind obsesses over for decades, and this is neither of those. it's a choice i selected from a drop-down menu.
nOTP: also no stand-outs
Random Headcanon: she does take Throné to her village for the next raspberry festival, as mentioned in their Agnea 5 travel banter
Unpopular Opinion: is a great vehicle to get across the themes of the story, but doesn't do it with nearly as much finesse as Cyrus, but still doesn't have a clear arc, and her character suffers a bit as a result
Song: on vibes and vibes alone, Voice Like A Bell by Gregory and the Hawk
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Favourite Picture: strangely enough, it's actually this modern au design for her by @/hanpaopaoo, simply because it does such a good job of maintaining her key design features, silhouette, and colour scheme while also being undeniably modernized
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OC questions :)
I decided to do this: it is very long
1. Your first OC ever? Something from my little pony. I don't exactly remember them.
2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs? Not really, but i do obsess over the ones i've had the longest (my minecraft sona, oldest d&d character, and an old ninjago character for example.)
3. Have you ever adopted a character or gotten a character from someone else? Yes, mostly warriors characters.
4. A character you rarely talk about? Most of my unused d&d characters. I am going to make many posts about them soon though.
5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be? FUCK. Prolly Harmony???? Because she has a story that I really want to tell. but also lunalei because of most of the same reasons but also because I feel like people would go ham on her design and backstory.
6. Two OCs of yours that look alike despite not being related? I don't think I have two that look that much alike without being related.
7. Are your OCs part of any story or stories? Many. I play in 2 d&d campaigns and i just daydream a lot, and also i have 4 pokemon ocs.
8. Do you RP as any of your OCs? If you do, introduce one of your RP OCs here! Uhhhh Delryn, Lunalei, Harmony, and Igne. they're my active D&D characters
Delryn is my really tanky paladin with a 21 ac and 100 hp, and she's so soft and motherly it hurts.
9. Would you ever be willing to give any of your OCs to someone else? No.
10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design? Tayla! She's a human vampire with three of my favorite magical items (grappling hook, phantom steps, and a cloak of many fashions.) and she's got an opera sad/happy mask with one side of it cracked off, and it has a deer antler attached to it. she is verrry complicated.
11. Is there any OC of yours you could describe as a “sunshine”? delryn. She is the mom friend of the group, and has the second least amount of trauma in her adventuring party (we have recently discovered that her parents did not just abandon her, they also died!)
12. Name an OC that isn’t yours but who you like a lot There are a lot so i'm doing two. mollymauk tealeaf (for many reasons.) and lucifer @rosie-kairi
13. Do you have any troublemaker OCs? Tayla, but also Igne, simply because he's a fae, and it comes with the territory.
14. Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory *sweats profusely* Lunalei, who had an abusive cultist family and mommy issues (said mother is trying to summon an elder god to take over the world.)
15. Do you like to talk about your OCs with other people? YES. ASK ME ABOUT THEM.
16. Which one of your OCs would be the best at biology (school subject)? ... Igne. Because he's a fucking druid and no other reason.
17. Any OC OTPs? A lot. We have Harmony and her wife (who is unfortunately dead) and also delryn with her two gfs.
18. Any OC crackships? Not really mine???? but uh. sehanine and eilistraee in the forgotten realms campaign setting because the moon is a lesbian. no i will not budge.
19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why) Lunalei! She means a lot to me because she's been with me for 4 years now!
20. Do any of your OCs sing? If they sing, care to share more details (headcanon voice, what kind of songs they like etc)? harmony, and my other bard Aurum. Harmony has a slightly rough/husky singing voice, and she really likes love songs and also sea shanties. aurum likes singing lullabyes and softer songs.
21. Your most artistic OC I actually have no ocs that do art. it's weird.
22. Is there any OC of yours people tend to mischaracterize? If yes, how? Not really?
23. Introduce OC that has changed from your first idea concerning what the character would be like? Harmony AGAIN. She was meant to be a creepy fortune teller with the bard of spirits subclass! instead she's a little sad woman who can swing a sword real good! (college of swords.)
24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why? Harmony because i think she's hot.
25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?) Lea, my pokemon oc, but also my minecraft sona.
26. Have you ever had to change your OC’s design or something else about them against your will? Not really? I don't show half of them.
27. Any OCs that were inspired by a certain song? ... Many.
28. Your most dangerous OC? In terms of regular damage input? Tayla, she does 2d12+2 and 15d6 damage at full, glorious power per turn.
29. Which one of your OCs would go investigate an abandoned house at night without telling anyone they’re going? I have no idea. probably uhhhhh. lunalei
30. Which one of your OCs would most likely have a secret stuffed animal collection? also lunalei. she kept every stuffed animal her brother gave her in secret.
31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really) Lea. It would be about his job (champion) his best friends (bede, hop, and marnie.) and also posting about his life and everything that touches it. shots with leon after he beats him in the battle tower, reblogging pictures of him taken by fans, stuff like that. also besties with raihan.
32. Which one of your OCs would be the most suitable horror game protagonist and why? no clue. i don't like horror games.
33. Your shyest OC?
34. Do you have any twin characters? uhhhhhh. No. but i do have very close siblings and that's really good enough for me.
35. Any sibling characters? many. Harmony and Hunter are tiefling siblings, lunalei and her older brother alastor.
36. Do you have OC pairs where the other part belongs to someone else (siblings, lovers, friends etc)? technically, alastor is an npc played by the dm.
37. Introduce an OC who is not quite human alasteria. She has two sets of eyes, and looks generally like a creepy porcelain doll. (archfey)
38. Which one of your OCs would be the best dancer? alastor! it's part of his religion actually.
39. Introduce any character you want mir, my kobold gloomstalker ranger. he's an idiot and i love him.
40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share! Lunalei is what started me on playing d&d!
41. Has anyone drawn fanart of your OCs? If yes, maybe show a picture or two here (remember sources & permissions!) no. i'm very sad about that.
42. Which one of your OCs would be the most interested in Greek gods? Aurum. he's a bard of creation and a researcher.
43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess I almost never make truly human ocs. it's the mystique and otherworldly sense of playing somehting that isn't human and is treated as such is really nice to me.
44. Something you like about your OCs in general they are all very strong in different ways.
45. A character you no longer use? all of my warriors ocs.
46. Has anyone ever told you that you treat your OCs badly? i rarely ever get to share mine ;^; so no.
47. Has anyone ever (friendly) claimed any of your OCs as their child? Yes! My minecraft sona, once.
48. OC who is a perfect cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure ... pass i can't think of any.
49. Which one of your OCs would most likely enjoy memes Delryn, she would misuse them (she's 250 years old you see she doesn't get all of the slang right.)
50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want magic! god i make almost exclusively magic characters. warlocks. wizards, sorcerers. clerics. druids. bards.
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Congrats on the follower milestone!! I've been trying (and failing) to come up with a good prompt so, based entirely on my recent shopping habits - perhaps something where Geralt decides to buy Jaskier a weapon? (Or Jask just goes and does it himself). Something about swords/daggers and training and "oh my god who gave the bard a deadly weapon??"
This ended up being less 'wacky hijinks' and more 'let's traumatise the bard some more!', so I hope you like it! (Also sorry for taking approximately 20 years to write this, real life has been A Lot)
CWs for blood, violence, aftermath of torture. Contains S2 spoilers.
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Jaskier doesn't know why he stops. The market square is too busy, too loud around him, and not in the fun, inviting way it always used to be. Yet despite his every instinct urging him to retreat to the safety of his lodgings, Jaskier remains in place, letting himself be buffeted by the crowds as he stares down at the stall in front of him.
In the cold midwinter sunshine, the daggers on display glitter like jewels.
There are long, curved blades; daggers small enough to be secreted within a sleeve and unleashed with deadly accuracy; ones with ornate, gem-encrusted hilts, more akin to a betrothal gift than anything one might sully with bloodshed. Yet Jaskier's eye is drawn to one of the more unassuming offerings: a small, slim blade with a simple hilt, made from polished steel. It reminds him of the knives Geralt carries.
"Half price," the stall's vendor says, jolting Jaskier from his thoughts, and as she leans in closer so that only he can hear, she adds, "for a friend of Xin'trea."
Jaskier looks back to the dagger.
He should turn away. Pull up the hood of his cloak and slip from the market – and perhaps Oxenfurt itself – before he attracts any other undue attention. Instead, he reaches for his purse.
The dagger is a strange weight at his side as he ducks his head and hurries back through the city.
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It's a simple precaution, he tells himself as he tucks the knife into the waistband of his trousers each morning before he sets out for the day. Oxenfurt has always had its unsavoury sides, of course, but there are shadows lurking in the alleyways now; scarred faces looking back at him in the crowd, gone the moment Jaskier turns to focus on them. He's glad for the press of the dagger against his hip when the bodies filling the city's streets press in too close around him.
It feels like safety. Like comfort.
Where once he had his lute to occupy his idle hands, more and more he finds the dagger slipping into them. He turns it over between his fingers as he waits for news of the next ship to Xin'trea. He presses his fingertips against the cool steel when the burning in his scars grows too fierce to ignore. He wakes in the dead of night, flames behind his eyes and his own screams still echoing in his ears, and reaches for the blade where it's tucked beneath his pillow, clutching it tightly until his heartbeat slows again.
The fire in his lonely room has died out while he slept, turning the air frigid. Jaskier doesn't bother to get out of bed to relight it. His hand still curled around his dagger, Jaskier reaches for the bottle on the nightstand and drains it. It's foul stuff, the cheapest liquor he could nab from the tavern below, but it goes a little way to fending off the cold.
He burrows back beneath the sheets and closes his eyes again, praying that sleep will return to him in a kinder mood.
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Someone else entertains the patrons in the tavern each night now. He's good – his voice clear, his modest collection of songs rousing enough to capture the crowd's attention – but he's not as good as Jaskier.
One day, Jaskier tells himself, as he rubs at his scarred fingers and tries not to look towards the spot across the room where he'd been gifted them. One day he'll make his triumphant return to the stage.
But not just yet.
He's tucked away in the darkest corner of the room, waiting for the last stalwarts propping up the bar to finally shuffle on home before he can find out if there are any in need of passage tonight. He doesn't expect there to be. The number of elves fleeing Redania has been steadily dwindling for weeks. Jaskier prays it's because so many have already made it to safety, and not – well, not the other thing.
He keeps his head down, hoping none of the patrons will recognise him, sipping his drink in grim silence as the evening drags on. It's a little like being Geralt. The thought brings a shadow of a smile to Jaskier's face.
The troubadour ends his set to a polite smattering of applause, and one by one the bodies filter out of the room, until only one figure remains sat at the bar. Jaskier watches the man nod to the barmaid and she promptly disappears out of sight.
For an awful moment as the man pushes himself up from his stool and begins to turn towards Jaskier, he expects to find the firefucker standing over him once again.
The reality doesn't turn out to be much better.
Jaskier's back slams against the wall of the alley behind the tavern hard enough to knock the air from his lungs and make his head spin. Before he can slump to the ground the man hauls him up with an oversized fist curled in Jaskier's shirt.
"Been looking for you," he says.
"Always nice to meet a fan," Jaskier chokes out. He licks his lips and tastes blood.
The man sneers back at him. Instinctively, Jaskier's hand closes around the hilt of his dagger. He focuses on the feel of it against his palm; the familiar contours of the cool metal; the criss-crossing pattern of the leather wrapped around it. Its usual calming effect is lessened, somewhat, by Jaskier's current predicament.
"There's people in this city who'll pay a king's ransom to have the Sandpiper personally delivered to them."
"On the condition of me being alive, I'd wager."
"I'm sure they'll forgive a little damage occurred during transport," he says. He closes his fist around Jaskier's throat and squeezes tight. "Make a fuss and we'll find out."
With his free hand Jaskier claws at the man's wrist but his hold doesn't loosen, and he drags Jaskier away from the wall, towards the street and whatever unthinkable fate awaits him elsewhere in the city.
He doesn't wait to discover it. His hand is moving before his increasingly foggy mind can catch up with it, yanking his dagger from its sheath and plunging it into the man's neck.
Blood spills, hot and thick, over Jaskier's hand.
He's watched Geralt do it a thousand times. Always quick and clean, one stroke and it's done. He made it look easy.
Jaskier doesn't know how many times he clumsily jabs and slashes until the pressure around his throat releases. His attacker sinks to the ground, and Jaskier almost tumbles down with him, sucking down great lungfuls of air as he waits for the world to stop spinning beneath his feet. The continuous hubbub of the city all around him is oddly distant, muffled by Jaskier's pulse thundering in his ears.
"Jaskier," a voice says from somewhere behind him.
He whirls, the knife still outstretched, his heart beating so fast it might kill him before anyone else gets the chance.
Geralt is standing at the mouth of the alleyway, watching him with an expression Jaskier can't decipher.
Jaskier could sob with relief at the sight of him. Maybe he does – he can't really tell anymore. His mind and body feel like they're in two entirely separate locations. "You've got a funny sense of timing," Jaskier hears himself say, and then he's pressed into the solid wall of Geralt's chest, his armour cold against Jaskier's burning skin.
"Come on," says Geralt.
This time as Jaskier's dragged away from the alley, he doesn't fight it.
Geralt steers Jaskier through the streets with an arm around his back, the only thing keeping Jaskier in step beside him, and if he says anything as they hurry towards wherever Geralt's taking him then Jaskier doesn't hear it. He's wrapped in Geralt's cloak, he realises belatedly, and he frowns as he tries to remember Geralt draping it around him.
It smells like him; like pine needles and horse and the musty depths of Geralt's pack where it remains shoved for weeks at a time when the weather on the Path turns favourable. Jaskier breathes it in.
It's not enough to rid him of the stench of blood.
Jaskier stumbles over his own feet and the hand on his flank tightens, pulling him closer against Geralt's side. Geralt's grip doesn't loosen again until he's pushing open a door inside a quiet building Jaskier doesn't recognise and ushering him into the room.
"It's all right," Geralt says as he sits Jaskier on the edge of the narrow bed and kneels at his feet. "We're safe here."
Jaskier nods. He lets Geralt peel the cloak from his shoulders, and only as he gently prises Jaskier's fingers open does Jaskier realise the dagger is still clutched in his hand. The blade and hilt are both dark with blood. It's beginning to dry on Jaskier's hands by now, thick and sticky, and bile rises in the back of his throat at the sight of it curdling on his skin. Yet he can't tear his eyes away.
"I've never–" he manages, before the thought chokes him.
Geralt takes the knife from him and sets it aside. With cautious fingers he brushes the hair from Jaskier's eyes, but instead of drawing away again he cups Jaskier's face in his hand, the rough pad of his thumb wiping the wetness from Jaskier's cheek. Jaskier presses into the touch as Geralt's hand lingers.
"You did what you had to," says Geralt, softly.
Jaskier's lost count how many times he's said the same to Geralt over the years. His lips twitch at the memories. "Does hearing that ever help?"
"Not really," Geralt admits with a wry smile of his own.
There's a bowl and ewer beside the bed and Geralt reaches for them, dipping a cloth in the water as he takes one of Jaskier's bloody hands in his own. It's no different from anything Jaskier's done for Geralt, so accustomed to tending Geralt's wounds after a hunt that he doesn't flinch at the blood he cleans from Geralt's skin, doesn't bother to ask if it belongs to Geralt or something else. Yet the sight of Geralt kneeling in front of him now, clutching Jaskier's stained hand like he's afraid he might break it… it's all wrong.
But even as Jaskier wills himself to pull his hand away his body refuses to cooperate.
"You don't have to," he says instead.
"I know."
Geralt dabs the cloth against Jaskier's knuckles, his touch so impossibly gentle Jaskier has to bite back a sob.
"Why did he call you Sandpiper?" says Geralt after a long, quiet moment.
Jaskier shrugs. "What are you doing in Oxenfurt?" he says. He forces a grin as he meets Geralt's gaze again. "I know you're not here for the poetry."
The room slips back into silence as Geralt purses his lips, his eyes downcast, but from the deep furrows between his eyebrows it seems he's actually trying to muster up an answer. "You left Kaer Morhen so quickly," he replies. "We didn't have time to…"
He trails off then, and doesn't seem inclined to chase after the rest of his sentence, but before Jaskier can decide if he has the energy to press the matter Geralt turns Jaskier's hand over to clean his palm. He stills at the sight of the burns on Jaskier's fingers, the scars as vivid as the memories, almost as stark against Jaskier's fair skin as the blood staining it.
Jaskier yanks his hand out of Geralt's. "Barely hurts anymore," he says with a tight smile.
Geralt just stares, pale brows tilted in concern, his lips a thin, severe line.
"I'm fine, Geralt," Jaskier insists. "I can take care of myself."
He's proved that tonight, at least. Perhaps in the morning that thought will bring him some comfort.
Geralt sits back. His gaze flicks from the bloody dagger to Jaskier's hand still clutched against his chest. "Jaskier," he begins.
Those vivid yellow eyes peer back up at him. Jaskier tries not to see flames within them.
"I think you need to tell me everything."
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pixiedreamer21 · 2 years
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Some of my personal thoughts on The Witcher season 2
Under the cut is MAJOR SPOILS! ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
I gotta say, most people saw the whole Eskel situation coming and I was disappointed when I assumed it but, I can’t say I loved Eskel on the show. Maybe it’s because of fanfics but I always imagined Eskel as the “sweet” one and level headed and he came off as an asshole probably because he was infected but still I was sad we didn’t get to see more but kinda happy
Loved the fact that there wasn’t unnecessary sex scenes. I loved that Geralt turned triss down for the simple fact that he thought Yen was dead and was actually dealing with it along with protecting Ciri. I HATE when shows kill off a love interest and the remaining character moves on right away. But i also loved that Yen and Geralt didn’t jump into bed as soon as they saw each other. And he said in the end he didn’t forgive her for almost hurting Ciri. I LOVE that. I know they’re endgame but I like how they’re moving them. They’re not my OTP but i like where they are heading
I can understand why people ship Tisassa and Yennefer because there was some major scenes for them and I’m happy for people that ship them.
Hated Triss’ hair, that wig deserves to be burned seriously what was wrong with her natural curls!?
kinda loved Yen this season, she was a lot more human to me and she needed a hug. She grew but also made mistakes which i’m totally here for. Can’t wait to see where her story goes. 
Geralt, I like how first and foremost he worried for Ciri and did all that he could to do right by her. Surprisingly I loved his scenes with Istred. He grew too as far as character development but not as much as Yennefer
Lambert and Ciri I love their relationship as well. He gives her tough love that I think she appreciates more than anyone because everyone else is kinda treating her as a doll or a pawn.
Fringilla I liked hearing more about her story and how she became so loyal to Nilfgaard but still craved power. She was so close to getting what she wanted if Cahir didn’t fucki it up.
Ciri was awesome I kept seeing that she was the star of season 2 and she most certainly was! This season really showed her depth and I like her. Does she look 12 years old though?? No, not in those low cut dresses. 
Costumes were Gorgeous this season, only thing I HATED was Triss’ hair, Pavetta’s hair and geralt’s YELLOW eyes
Mixed feelings on Cahir, Francesca, even Reince
We saw Dara (who i love! more than Jaskier) which suprised me 
Okay now the Jaskier and Geraskier of it all
Was I disappointed in the lack of Jaskier on season 2? OF FUCKING COURSE but i was not surprised because we got him probably as much as we did in season 1.
Breaking up song? LOVED “I wrote it from the heart, perhaps a broken one” I just 🥺🥺🥺🥺
i loved the prison song more though I’m not gonna lie i kept laughing
I was also disappointed because Joey Batey kept talking about how Jaskier was darker and not really ruled by his friendship with geralt and I just didn’t find that true...yeah in episode 4, he was the Sandpiper, doing a dangerous thing and saving elves but once Geralt showed up?
They turned him into a bumbling Bard that follows Geralt and the writers threw him for comedic relief and the damsel in distress. When Jaskier went off on Geralt for leaving him on that mountain I was like 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 but once they were on the road and Geralt apologized very half heartedly not gonna lie, he got talked down to and treated like a lackey and not worth anyone’s time. He got dismissed by yergen and Lambert like he was a piece of horse dung.
I really hope they start treating him better next season because if this is how they keep making this character, I’m gonna be so disappointed.
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VENTIIII
Of couuuuuurseeee you picked him!
do I like them: I married him yesterday! Venti my beloved!
5 good qualities: His singing (that soldier poet king cover is godly), his will to respect other people's wishes (his governing style basically), pretty boi <3, His care for his people even in the background (like in windblume) and his quick planning (how did we go from "my friend's having a problem" to "let's steal my special harp ehe" wtf bard)
3 bad qualities: Alcoholism I don't care if you're a god. That much wine should not go into anyone's body, I know I praised his loose ruling but it also caused some problems (namely one dictatorship) and also his joking attitude despite being a fun thing has also sort of prevented him doing the things he needed to do
favourite appearance: His story quest's closing cutscene abt the nameless bard, I cried for the first time playing genshin then.
otp: some fucking therapy
brotp: I think Jean, he could get her to relax a bit, and also help take some of the load off her work
ot3: Xiao and Aether tbh
notp: I got nothin
best quote: "Even if life's all in a jumble, you can sort it out as long as there's a whisper of the wind. ...Don't be afraid, I'm here." His line in the teapot strikes a chord (I would've used the story quest cutscene, but he's just quoting someone else)
head canon: Very light boi. 100% easy to pick up and hug. Weighs nothing.
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cyberdragoninfinity · 3 years
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Duke devlin
DUUUUUKEEEEEE!!!!
favorite thing about them: i just love his character design SO fucking much....of all the yugioh duel monster characters he feels like one of the ones that Most encapsulates "this looks like an OC I would design." red and black gambling aesthetic vibes always get me, eheheh
least favorite thing about them: ok real hit the DDM episode arc is ROUGH to get through. duke this game is fucking BORING. IM SORRY MAN. really excited to see it play out in the manga though. i wanna see his fucked up dad.
favorite line: i cant think of one off the top of my head from the show but he has a line in duel links where he's like "lord british space fighter, lauuunch your attack~" in a HORRIBLE fake british accent and it makes me laugh so hard. duke dorklin
brOTP: LISTEN. LISTEN. I THINK DUKE AND RYOU SHOULD HANG OUT. PEOPLE WHO LOVE DICE FLOCK TO EACH OTHER they should show each other their massive dice collections I know they both have!!!!!!
OTP: I ACTUALLY DONT HAVE ONE I FEEL PARTICULARLY STRONGLY ABOUT lots of duke pairings are fun and I can vibe with them--I respect duke/joey and tristan/duke sure man hell yeah!! tbh i can vibe with joey/tristan/duke too. some guy summer!!! im also a little bit like *thinks about aro duke* oh thats fun too :-)
nOTP: idk if i have one?? ive seen some people into duke/yami marik and im mostly just like ??? ????? ?????? ok man ?? i guess???? this is how i feel about a lot of ygo pairings honestly,,
random headcanon: duke is definitely the kind of dnd player who is All About tieflings and a little too excited about playing a bard. Very "i need to flirt with every NPC" energy sorry @ his DM. i love him because of and despite this.
unpopular opinion: idk if this is unpopular or not but i Love the extended part of s4 where hes just driving rex and weevil around. absolutely obsessed. love it. love this particular trio of characters interacting a LOT. OH ALSO im not as big on his DSOD design, idk.
song i associate with them: hmmm i could see everybody loves me by onerepublic mayhaps??
favorite picture of them: this picture is so fuckign funnyHHGDFHGSDG
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For the 'give me a character' thing: Haldir, Thranduil, Lindir and Bard, I'd love to hear your opinion!
HALDIR
How I feel about this character: I’m very indifferent about this dude. I don’t care about him at all. I don’t like or dislike him. He’s just there.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: None
My non-romantic OTP for this character: None
My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t have any because I don’t pay attention to him at all
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: I don’t know.
THRANDUIL
How I feel about this character: I don’t like him. At all. He can fuck off. Though I don’t dislike him so much he becomes an asshole in my stuff.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: None
My non-romantic OTP for this character: None
My unpopular opinion about this character: I have seen him get called underrated. HE IS NOT. He’s even a little overrated too. But if you like him, you like him, I won’t stop you.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: I don’t want to see him die, but I would love to see Thorin slap him.
LINDIR
How I feel about this character: I forgot he existed.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: None
My non-romantic OTP for this character: None
My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t have any, though I would like to know where he’s relevant to the plot. Maybe in the books, but I don’t have Fellowship of the Ring yet.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: None. I don’t care about him.
BARD
How I feel about this character: He’s cool, I get his frustration when Thorin refused to pay the money. I knew he always looked familiar, then I realized he was Gaston from Beauty and the Beast
All the people I ship romantically with this character: None
My non-romantic OTP for this character: None. If you want a satire ship, the Black Arrow and Smaug.
My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t have one.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.: None.
I hope you’re not disappointed from how repetitive my opinions are, haha.
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estelanel · 3 years
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Mighty Nein ep. 106
I gotta be honest, like. Rationally, the whole time they were damage-looting in boiling hot water, my brain was like, but what if you just come back later after you’ve healed up? But my heart was 100% with Veth ‘one more round’ Brennato.
“Apex predat-” - *reverts back to Caleb form* - “- ah scheiße.”
“Yasha, catch me!” - *Yasha claps and holds out her arms* Guys, I ship this so hard.
WTF that’s so, like. Weird but romantic?? Person A jumps from a cliff for fun and person B produces newly-grown wings to catch her - your otp could never.
Also, listen. Listen. She ‘let go’ of Zuala and then, like, six hours later, catches Beau bridal-style. The symbolism in this, folks.
“Things are a bit weird right now in the village of Vo.” - thanks, Matt. XD
“I’m just saying. This is a probletunity for us.” - thanks, Veth. :D
God I love Orly a lot. I’m just now realizing that I really love him dearly.
Also yeah, fuck, he’s a mid-level bard, isn’t he? He should have some tricks up his sleeve that would help in securing a ship.
“Really it’s a miracle that Marius made it off the docks that first day.” - Caleb’s not wrong, you know.
I WAS FUCKING THINKING ABOUT THE HAPPY FUCKING FUNBALL TOO.
“I don’t really care about those 200 people. I do care about you.” - Fjord is SO OBVIOUSLY falling for Jester right now. It’s so obvious. :D The fact that he keeps checking in with her one-on-one - look, I love Fjord from the bottom of my heart, but he never does that with any of the others. Homeboy, you not subtle at all.
Vilya is the sweetest person, honestly. I mean, I’ve written enough about Allura so that y’all know how much I love kind, compassionate, genuine characters, and I’m honestly so happy to know that Keke’s mum is one of them.
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Tagged by @darth-felis
Pick your top 10 OTPs without reading the questions.
1) Eskel/Geralt
2)Regis/Geralt
3) Eskel/Lambert
4) Dettlaff/Regis
5) Yennefer/Jaskier
6) Geralt/Jaskier
7) Yennefer/Triss
8) Lambert/Aiden
9) Geralt/Emhyr
10) Eskel/Geralt/Lambert
1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?
That FUCKING bathtub scene, the way Jaskier looks? He looks at his nails almost NERVOUSLY? the way he bends down and looks Geralt right in the eye? The DIALOGUE? good shit
2. Have you ever read a fanfic about 2?
I'm pretty sure I've read every fic in the tag. Tbh I've read fanfic about all of these.
3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr screen saver?
Nope! Currently my lockscreen is a pic of kaer morhen and my home is Eskel 🥰
5. Why is 1 so important?
Eskel/Geralt is god tier, it's two people who went through so much together, it's two best friends falling deeper and deeper in love. Its just the BEST. Also I should mention Regis/Geralt is in spot 2 but it's just as good as Eskel/Geralt, the admiration, the understanding, the friendship, it all so good!
6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?
Ajskdl for me personally not really. Like I can't seriously imagine them getting together BUT I've read some fantastic fics. ALSO the kinky sex potential is GR8.
7. Out of all the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?
Eskel/Geralt & Regis/Geralt bbbaaabbbyyy, I think Eskel/Geralt/Lambert is close behind, oh so is Dettlaff/Regis!
8. Out of all your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?
Technically probably Dettlaff/Regis being tied by blood and all that, but you KNOW Eskel/Geralt & Regis/Geralt are close behind
9. How many times have your read/watched 10’s fandom
I'm currently reading the books (I'm almost done with Baptism of Fire) and I'm on my 2nd playthrough of the Witcher 3, I bought 1 & 2 and I'm gonna play them when I'm done. I also love the netflix series which was my First Witcher Media!
10. Which ship has lasted the longest?
Probably Dettlaff/Regis I bet that shit was slow burn to the max, also, ya know, vampires.
11. How many times, if ever, has 6 broken up?
Well, technically, that mountain scene comes off as a break up.
12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?
I don't know, Lambert/Aiden would be fairly competent as witchers, but Regis is basically immortal especially to Zombies.
13. Did 7 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?
Mmmaaayyybbeee? I imagine it started when they were younger so they probably were sneaking around Tissaia and the other girls. But other than that I don't think so? Unless they're in a backwater village
14. Is 4 still together?
Depends how you play Blood & Wine, in my version, yes
15. Is 10 canon?
If Sapkowski and CDPR weren't cowards
16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?
Ajskdgkgl god that would be hell. I'm assuming Dettlaff/Regis cus immortal vampires bbbaaabbbyyy, tho if regis sided with Geralt....
17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 5’s ship?
Yeah probably, I doubt Geralt would based on his behavior in the books, honestly he'd probably find it hot. Istredd would definitely try to scare off Jaskier citing him as "too immature" and that he's always sleeping around so he could NEVER devote himself to Yen and ALSO he's a boring BARD and then Jaskier would hit him over the head with his lute and go get pegged by Yen.
18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?
What does this even mean. They're fictional relationships, and none of them are morally wrong, so just chill out.
19. Do you spend hours a day going through 3’s tumblr page?
Akskfl I would if it existed. They're are like 3 pieces of fanart and that's IT
20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she’d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?
Geralt/Emhyr I doubt it would happen in the first place and if it did it wouldnt end well.
Anybody who wants to do this, it's totally cool to say I tagged you ✌
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ventrue-rosary · 3 years
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Leliana
Why I like them: Her background as a bard is so fucking cool. I loved playing that DLC, and I LOVED seeing her return in Inquisition as a goth Why I don’t: I think one playthrough I complimented her hair and apparently it kicked off the romance and I wasn’t aware until she confronted me for getting cosy with Alistair Favorite episode (scene if movie): God its been so long since I played....the shoe conversation piqued my Cousland’s interest for sure. She is a girly girl so she liked having that heart to heart Favorite season/movie: Origins Favorite line: Oh jeez its been 4+ years since I played wither game...gonna have to pass Favorite outfit: For sure the outfit in Inquisition OTP: Morrigan and Leliana Brotp: Zevran and Leliana Head Canon: Leliana has a name and detailed backstory for every one of her ravens and nugs Unpopular opinion: Hmmm don’t think I have one? A wish: Uhh I guess it might be cool to see her in 4 but ONLY if it makes sense, don’t shoehorn her cameo in An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Get killed 5 words to best describe them: Happy-go-luckly, polite, nice, stabby My nickname for them: Don’t have one!
Send me a character
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8, 13, 14, 25, 37, 39, 42, 46, 55 and 62 for the DA ask meme!! sorry about so many lol
8. Preferred class overall?
Mage, both for roleplaying and game mechanics reasons. Mages are just so endlessly fascinating to me and fun to play.
13. Favorite mission from DA:O?
Origins has many interesting missions, big and small, but one that comes to mind right now is the Broken Circle. It is very interesting especially if I’m playing as a mage. That is because even if the mage-Warden is happy to be away from the Circle, it still was their home for so many years and they probably have friends there.  
The Fade part is interesting for story reasons but damn it is tiresome to play trough. Always causes me headache.
14. Favorite DA:O party combo?
Alistair, Morrigan, Zevran/Leliana. Ali is usually always with me, for a mage I start with Morrigan, then use Wynne until Morrigan can do all the healing magics mage-grandma can, which is when I usually start taking Morrigan out with me again but both of them get to accompany me a lot. In the final battle it is Morrigan whom I take with me because it makes sense to me that after the dark ritual she’d want to be in close proximity to the Archdemon when it dies, to ensure her spell works. Rogue is a hard choice since I really love both Zev and Leli, so I usually do so that for around the first half of the game I keep Leli with me and later when Zev has actually learned to pick locks I take him lol.
Since I prefer to use Alistair I notice that I have the other warriors with me far less often than I’d like : // they have such interesting banter.
 25. Favorite DA:I place?
There are many but one specific that comes to mind is that one villa in the Hinterlands that you have to take back from bandits; the one where a bard who was a past arl’s lover used to live in. It is such a beautiful place with such a romantic history I would love to make my home there… although it is in that area with millions of bears.
37. Bloodmagic: yes or no?
It’s one of those things that you’d better avoid altogether or if you absolutely have to use it, tread very carefully. It seems like blood magic follows slightly different rules from regular magic, and it’s very easy to make things much, much worse even if you initially had good intentions for what you were trying to do. And you usually can learn it from making a deal with a demon, which is a big no-no.
I gave my Warden Amell blood magic as one of her specs (I hc she learned it from drinking the potion at Soldier’s Peak, she never deals with demons) and it’s a skill that has been useful to her on some occasions, but one that she hates using because she is afraid that one day the temptation for power will become too much, or that things will backfire horribly. So she uses it only when she absolutely has to, and only her own blood. And every time she does so, she is afraid that she might become a monster because of it.
So in short: “no”, it’s better to stay away from bloodmagic.
39. Creepiest moment in the games?
Haven in DA:O; I really love how it looks like a peaceful village but already when speaking with the guards you get the feeling that something is off, and the more you walk around in the village the more you realize some really creepy shit is going on there.
The Deep Roads in DA:O; how you can hear Hespith’s voice tell about the nasty stuff that happened because Branka allowed it, and then you encounter the Broodmother and realize that it used to be a person ;___;
The thing with Hawke’s mother… shit. I really love how the quest builds up: at first you do what looks like a simple sidequest, finding Ninette’s ring and figuring out something bad happened to her and then you forget about it all for a few years until the disappearances start again and then it suddenly becomes pretty fucking personal for you, and oh boy it is creepy and unnerving when you finally find out what’s going on. ;___;
A bonus mention that comes to my mind is a moment from Awakening, that time when you get captured by the Architect and wake up in his dungeon after he has done some experiments on you. It is already creepy as is, but the first time I played it I ran into that glitch that makes you lose your equipment and has you appear in your underwear instead of some common clothes, so I was really disgusted when I woke up half-naked in the cell. I honestly was afraid that my character had been r*ped or something similar. “No way you’re turning me into a Broodmother or some shit!”
42. Who do you wish you could romance that you can’t?
Nathaniel would have been nice, I really understand why some ship their Couslands with him c: Also Krem, and a full romance for Lace Harding, please!
And then there’s Varric… I love his friendship with Hawke but I totally understand why many would want to romance him. There is of course his thing with Bianca, but it looks like it isn’t really fair or good for him, Varric deserves better.
46. A character you’d love to drop in a volcano and forget about?
The first character that comes to mind is Sister Petrice… ^^
55. Your non-Player Character OTPs?
For couples that can happen in-game, I like Krem/Maryden, Aveline/Donnic (there may be others I can’t recall at this time). Many ships can be interesting but OTP is such a big word I’ll have to sit down and think which ships I like so strongly ^^
Oh there’s Anders/Karl of course. Now I’m having the feels… ;___; <3 
62. A character you think deserves more fan love?
Anders… Justice… also Sigrun and Velanna, I feel like the Awakening crew doesn’t get all that much attention (save for Anders and Nathaniel).
Thanks for the questions, hopefully I didn’t miss any uwu 
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luci-on-the-moon · 5 years
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I'm playing a little game - This is like a chain-mail ask. I'm going to ask you 2 questions, you have to answer them and send 2 questions to 2 other people (make sure you copy and paste this for your two people). 1) Do you have any rituals before working on your beautiful art? 2) Pick a favourite OTP: Seb/Ciel, Seb/Bard, Seb/Agni and tell us why ;)
Oh Stardark, my love, your questions (specially the second one) had me pondering on my whole EXISTENCE for like TWO DAYS, my dude. My good pal.
1) Do you have any rituals before working on your beautiful art? 
Ahehehe thank you *blushes* it’s really not thaaat beautiful, could always improve, but eh I guess all creators just like to kick themselves in the bumhole, right?
I do have a specific ritual I like to participate in, as a matter of fact. I like to stand buck ass naked and bask in the moonlight the night before. I make sure I’ve lit twelve candles in different colors for the muse to enter my body juuuust right. I chant a secret demonic enn as I cleanse my room with incense, and then I draw a pentagram on my bedroom’s floor with the blood of my enemies.
You see, I’m a simple gal. I need to do something? I summon a demon to possess my body and let them do it on my behalf.
My art? It is not mine. It is the work of various hell imps that have decided to posses my body in order to do artsy things, in exchange of some play/cuddle time with my precious fluffy murder munchkins (my cats).
(But really I just sit on my ass in front of the laptop and browse pinterest for inspo pics and put on my playlist on youtube to get in the mood....AND THEN I DO NOT FUCKING WORK AT ALL and then I try the next day. Easy peasy *cries*)
2) Pick a favourite OTP: Seb/Ciel, Seb/Bard, Seb/Agni and tell us why ;)             
Fuuuuuck, Andre. You couldn’t have possibly picked a harder question, like dude.
I’ve broke my last three functioning braincells just thinking about this. You are evil.
I love all three of them. Sebastian and Ciel have an unique dynamic, and I very much enjoy seeing/reading them together (when done right, and preferably if Ciel is an adult) (antis hop off my dick).
Seb/Agni is also special, bc Agni is *taller* than Seb, you know what I mean? their skin tone is so different and I just love imagining Seb’s pale complexion next to Agni’s delicious, rich, Indian spicy tan....can you tell I’m a hoe for Agni? cuz I am.
But, the winner for me must be Seb/Bard. The answer has always been right there in front of me, they are my FUCKING SCREEN WALLPAPER so I can bless my eyeballs with them all the time:
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I’ve answered why I liked them before, the answer is SCIENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TORTURING ME WITH THESE QUESTIONS, I’D LOVE TO GET MORE, PLEASE!!!!
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scanlan?
Do you love/hate/don’t feel strongly about this character?
Scanlan Shorthalt has passed through every adjective (though “ambivalent” is probably more accurate than “don’t feel strongly”) in this question and while i love the bastard man now it took me quite a while to get there. 
What’s your favorite trait of this character?
His frankly unfathomable ability to Charm and lie his way out of any bad situation. The number of times Scanlan/VM were in a seemingly dire situation with no hope of escape and Scanlan managed to pull off some Wild Shit and fix it? Iconic each and every time. 
Also, on a mechanical level I just really fucking love bards and it was always really exciting to see all of the creative ways Sam/Scanlan was able to use magic and inspiration to get through conflict. 
What’s your favorite moment/event involving this character?
When he uses his ninth level spell slot to cast Counterspell, and loses his chance to cast Wish in order to save Vax. Sam Riegel came into my home and personally attacked me. “I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.” Dear lord just fuck me right up. Boy do I love me some angst over not being able to save your loved ones.
If you could have one power/attribute/etc. of this character, what would it be?
Being able to just fucking?? come up with songs?? at the drop of a hat?? how??
And, like Vax, I think I envy his ability to find the happiness in life, even when everything around him is going to shit. (And I know that mid-to-late campaign Scanlan had a harder time with that, and I know it might be a selfish thing to envy. But there is a reason Vax is my favorite character...)
Have you ever pictured this character naked?
Only by virtue of him being canonically semi-nude several times.
When did you fall in love/hate with this character? If you don’t have any strong feelings toward them, why not?
Okay, so, I guess this is where I attempt to work through my complicated feelings about Scanlan. He’s at the center of some of my favorite moments--Scanbo? Iconic. Him throwing out The List? Essential. And I love how much he loves his friends, and how effectively he’s able to support him. But he’s not always...the best...at boundaries...and for a long time there was a lot of conflict for me between finding him hilarious and enjoying his relationship with various VM members and also feeling very uncomfortable with, say, his cavalier use of Modify Memory. Also tbh he did himself no favors by hating on Trinket all the time.
I’m really glad that I watched episode 85 when I was able to experience it without influence from fandom, because I think I was able to process the entire situation much better that way. I went through pretty much all of the emotions everyone else did in that moment. Because--and don’t get me wrong, I love Sam--there really hadn’t ever been a moment where it seemed like Scanlan was attempting to be taken seriously for the group. This is not to say that there weren’t more things they could have collectively done to be there for Scanlan and to check in with him. But it felt very disconcerting for Scanlan to accuse the group of only liking him for his humor when he would intentionally deflect with humor, and when--to me--it always felt like Sam was playing him as a comic relief character.
But, episode 85 is also where Scanlan really started feeling like a whole person to me. There’d been moments before--his addiction problems, him working on his relationship with Kaylie, him realizing that he had idealized Pike--but his leaving Vox Machina is the first time it all really came together for me. So while I was pretty fucking pissed at him in the immediate aftermath of watching the fight, episode 85 is also when I first truly fell in love with Scanlan Shorthalt, warts and all. Becoming the champion of Ioun was a rewarding moment for me, because it felt like a conclusion to an arc for me regarding how I felt about Scanlan as much as it felt was a really important in Scanlan’s own character arc.
Who’s your OTP for this character?
I don’t have one, actually. I enjoy Pikelan, and am perfectly content that it’s where the story ended, but I never actively shipped it romantically. I deeply enjoyed his friendships with both Pike and Grog though! 
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from within this gaping wound of ours
geralt/jaskier post S2 fix-it, cause i’m real emo about the bard, gang. 1.6K words, rated T. spoilers for season 2, obviously
Kaer Morhen was, slowly but surely, returning to its usual state. The monsters had been dragged down into the laboratory for study, the fallen witchers returned to the earth, and the damage done to the great hall was steadily being righted. There was still far more to do, but for now, it was time to rest.
The remaining wolves were in the hall, laughing and drinking like it was any other winter's evening in the keep, the sound following Geralt as he made his way through the corridors to check on Ciri before he turned in for the night. He paused at the sound of a quiet sniffle coming from the darkness of the hall to his left.
"Jaskier?"
Jaskier was stood alone in the shadows, leaning against the wall and peering into the great hall below. He didn't answer. As Geralt stepped closer he could see Jaskier's eyes were shining in the light spilling from the hall. The scent of shed tears was thick in the air.
"Why aren't you down there with the others?"
"It isn't meant for me," Jaskier said.
He hugged his arms to his chest and dropped his temple against the stone as he watched the others, and Geralt hung awkwardly a stride's length away from him. He wasn't sure he'd earned the right to step into Jaskier's space again yet.
There was still something off between them, as much as they both tried to act as if nothing had changed. If Geralt could sense it, no doubt Jaskier was well aware of it, too. They didn't get too close to one another; always remembering themselves and coming to a stop a respectable distance away; always moving as if to reach out, to touch, but thinking better of it. Geralt didn't know what to say to make it better.
Maybe all it needed was time. But the longer this strange holding pattern they were stuck in went on, the worse the ache in Geralt's chest grew.
An ache that Geralt had created himself. Because he'd been hurting, and Jaskier had been the one there to face the consequences. The pain caused by this distance between them now was the least Geralt deserved.
"If you don't want to stay here," Geralt said, even as the thought of Jaskier wanting to leave seemed to constrict his lungs, "I'll take you wherever you want to go."
"I don't have anywhere else to go."
Jaskier finally met his eyes then, a little laugh rattling his chest as he wiped at his wet cheeks.
"I'm being maudlin, sorry," he said. Lambert's shout rang out below, followed by a peal of raucous laughter from the others, and Jaskier smiled down at them, even as his eyes welled with tears again. "It's just hard, sometimes, watching everyone else surrounded by the people who love them – the people who give a shit when they're not there. And then there I am, just… on the periphery of it all. I don't have anyone."
You have me, Geralt wanted to say. But maybe that wasn't true anymore, after everything Geralt had done to drive this wedge between them. Maybe it had never been true in the first place. He'd give anything for Jaskier to believe it, though.
"You have people," said Geralt. "Everywhere you go, they always love you."
"They love the songs, Geralt. Nobody cares about the one playing them." He looked down at his hand. The burns were still an angry, painful-looking red. "And I can't even do that anymore."
"I'm so sorry, Jaskier."
Jaskier nodded. He curled his fist and lowered his hand back to his side, like if he could keep it tucked out of sight he wouldn't have to think about it. "I'd still do it again," he said. His mouth quirked in an attempt at a self-deprecating smile, but it didn't reach his eyes.
Geralt couldn't remember the last time he saw anything but sadness in them.
"You shouldn't have had to go through it at all."
Some part of him had always known it would go this way, though. Geralt's life was too fraught with violence for the people closest to him to pass through it unscathed. It was why he tried to keep Jaskier at a distance; why he'd buried his own feelings too far down to let himself be tempted to act on them, even when Jaskier would flirt and leave lingering touches and look at Geralt that way he did sometimes, like he was considering asking Geralt to join him for the night. And despite it all, Jaskier had still been hurt because of him.
Jaskier's gaze drifted back down to the rest of the wolves. Coen was by now slumped over the table and Vesemir had disappeared out of sight, but the others were still going strong. Jaskier should have been at the centre of it all; sharing every lewd song or story he knew; doing an impressive job of keeping up with the others as they drank into the night. He didn't belong up here, on his own in the darkness.
"I try so hard," said Jaskier, and he sounded so exhausted Geralt wondered how long he'd been fighting to keep all this in. He closed his eyes as more tears spilled down his cheeks.
Geralt's hand twitched with the urge to wipe them away. But he remained rooted in place, feeling as if his heart might break just from the pain in Jaskier's own.
"I don't need to be loved," he went on. "But is it really so much to ask just to be seen?"
Finally Geralt forced himself to take a step closer, but there was still too great a distance between them. He ached to reach out for Jaskier; to pull him into his arms and take back all the hurt he had caused.
"I see you," he said. He took a breath, preparing himself for what he knew he needed to say – what Jaskier needed to hear. "And I know it isn't the love you want, but you have mine."
Jaskier let out a tiny, bitter laugh. "Right," he said as he met Geralt's eyes, his own still shining. "For helping you save your child surprise."
Geralt opened his mouth to argue, but Jaskier was already pushing himself away from the wall and their conversation with a shake of his head.
"Goodnight, witcher."
His footsteps echoed off the stone as he walked away.
Geralt stared after him for a long, awful moment. He would have left it alone once; let Jaskier wander off to lick his wounds and in the morning it would be as if nothing had happened. He couldn't do it this time. He'd fucked things up too many times already.
He found Jaskier in his room, slumped down on the bed with a bottle clutched to his chest and a thoroughly miserable expression on his face. Geralt stayed in the doorway.
"It's not that," he said.
Jaskier looked back up at him, but he said nothing in response. Geralt took it as an invitation to keep talking.
"Sometimes I think you're the only one who's ever seen me, as well. Not as a witcher, or a monster, or a protector – as I am. As I could be."
Slowly, giving Jaskier ample opportunity to ask him to leave instead, Geralt stepped into the room and took a seat on the edge of the bed. Jaskier was still just watching him.
"The world's gone to shit, Jask," sighed Geralt. "I miss the days when the worst we had to deal with was bad backwater tavern ale and shit hunts for terrible pay."
He looked over to Jaskier with a smile, and to his relief Jaskier returned it.
"I miss you," Geralt went on. "I'm sorry that all I ever did was push you away."
Jaskier set his bottle aside and sat up so he could lean over his bent knees, and, his hand almost shaking, Geralt reached for him. He brushed Jaskier's hair out of his face to see him – to really see him; all his love and hurt and determination right there on his face. He'd never kept anything hidden. It was long past time for Geralt to do the same.
Their eyes were still fixed on one another as Geralt leant in. And when Jaskier didn't tell him to stop, he pressed his mouth to Jaskier's. The kiss was hesitant at first, barely a brush of lips, their bodies angled too awkwardly for it to be comfortable, but neither of them pulled away.
Jaskier was the one to deepen the kiss. He cupped Geralt's face in his hands, shifting forwards as Geralt wrapped his arms around Jaskier's back to keep him close; to never let him go again. Jaskier tasted of wine and loneliness and want, and Geralt kissed him like he might never get another chance. Even once the kiss had dwindled into occasional pecks and then to nothing, Jaskier's hands stayed on Geralt, his thumb brushing along Geralt's cheekbone as he rested his forehead against Geralt's.
"You deserve someone better than me," Geralt said into the breathless space between them. "You always have."
"I don't want anyone else, Geralt."
"I know."
They sat like that for a while afterwards; just breathing together; just holding each other, the silence old and familiar as it settled around them. They didn't need anything more right now. It was enough just to know. To hope.
Geralt had learnt how to be the guardian Ciri needed. He would fight just as hard to become everything Jaskier deserved as well.
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