#valdo the best frenemy

[dapandapod]

Half awake thoughts about transmasc Jask.

Because

Maybe he leaves Lettenhove in skirts and long hair, with a chaperone he has had since childhood. 

And one evening he breaks down crying to her, finally daring to express his feelings about being a man. And she holds him and soothes him and lets him know he is safe with her. 

And after that, she starts investigating how to help. She finds fashion that is more androgynous, she cuts his hair short, she speak of him as her young lord when he says he feels good enough to do all of this in public. 

His parents send him angry letters, which she takes from his hands and burns when his tears start falling. 

When Jaskier finds his first true friend, she is there, supporting him.

Eventually, in his second year of school, they meet Valdo. The man is an absolute arse and a delight, because as much as they seem to hate each other, he challenges Jaskier to evolve, to get better, surer in his identity and his way of performing. Not once does he question Jaskier being a man, not once does he mention the occasional dress, but his lack of fashion sense, poor taste in ale and lovers, his playing.

But it isn’t until he meets the mage from Aretusa, the one who bespells the sorceresses' bodies when they graduate, that he starts to enjoy singing properly. 

Jaskier pays the mage every penny he has to have his body changed to fit who he is, and only later does he learn his maid added what coin she had.

This is when singing becomes his life. He performs at the local taverns to earn his keep, to keep his hand maid protected, and she smiles, and cups his cheek, and calls him her Julian.

And when he leaves Oxenfurt to become a traveling bard, he always sends money home to her, returns to her as often as he can to support her as she supported him. 

And to slander Valdo, because that bitch is still bitching.

And when he finally meets Geralt and they become comfortable enough to be friends, to talk about things, Geralt points at Jaskier’s chest and wonders who hurt him. 

“These scars are not from hurting, my friend, but from healing.”

And then they fall in love and live happily ever after. Yes.

#trans!jaskier #the witcher #jaskier the bard #her little julek #yes i am getting emotional over this #valdo the best frenemy #headcanon #geraskier #geralt x jaskier #dapanda writes #ish #close enough

[ghostinthelibrarywrites]

For the Highly Specific Ship Ranking very predictable Geralt/Jaskiee and Jaskier/Valdo ?

Love your writing style

For Geralt/Jaskier:

Squick / Just nope / A trainwreck you can’t look away from / Mehh but they are bloody everywhere / Not interested but no negative feelings / I need to see how I could make it work / BroTP / Cute / I love them / They rented a room in my mind and are here to stay

I mean, this is the ship that got me back into writing after a decade-long hiatus. I love writing them together, either as lovers or best friends. I'm always weak for the grumpy one/sunshine one ship dynamic.

For Jaskier/Valdo

Squick / Just nope / A trainwreck you can’t look away from / Mehh but they are bloody everywhere / Not interested but no negative feelings / I need to see how I could make it work / BroTP / Cute / I love them / They rented a room in my mind and are here to stay

I have no strong feelings about Jaskier/Valdo. It just doesn't do anything for me. I prefer Valdo as a frenemy and/or nemesis

Highly specific ship rankings

#ask games #asks

[deedsofmercy]

JASKIER

How I feel about this character

I adore him with every fiber of my being.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Geralt, mostly. I also can dig a Geralt/Yennefer/Jaskier triad. I also "ship" Jaskier living his best horny, hopefully not spreading STDs, life. But I don't really consider that shipping so much.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

I really like seeing Jaskier/Yennefer in fic as frenemies and/or really salty best friends that truly care about each other. I know nothing about other witchers outside of fic but I also like the ones I've seen of Jaskier being friends with Lambert and Eskel.

My unpopular opinion about this character

I'm not sure if I have an unpopular opinion about him???

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I want to see more feral Jaskier. I want to hear more of his music and poetry. I want more backstory with his nobility. I want, at the very least, to see him wander off into the night with a male companion. I want to see him interact with Ciri. I want Geralt to grovel at his feet and have to earn back Jaskier's trust and for Jaskier's forgiveness not to be 2 seconds of story. I want to see more of Geralt and Jaskier being friends without Geralt being an ass all the time. I want to see Jaskier running into Valdo Marx. I want to see Jaskier at Kaer Morhen. I want Jaskier to climb Geralt like a tree.

I want a lot of things for Jaskier, okay?

#this is me #jaskier #the witcher #thoughts