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yeey its me (tired ass student) drawing grandpas again😔

#art tag #Regis

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a little regis for the soul

#Regis #art tag

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Cahir 🔥

#art tag #cahir #him!!!!

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the lovers

#art tag

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haven’t drawn them in Forever.

#art tag #book tag #hanza

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people who haven’t read the witcher books are missing out because in “sword of destiny” geralt and dandelion (jaskier) climb into bed together and have a heart-to-heart that ends in both of them reading the other for absolute filth. it’s literally amazing

#book tag

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Vernon Roche, busting through the wall of an ancient elven bath on his search for Geralt: Oh hai. This is nice.

#game tag #vernon roche #obsessed with this clip ngl

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some general hanza sketches but primarily a lot of of angoulême, and thinking about some of her dynamics with the rest of the group :,)

#art tag #book tag #hanza

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Hanza :) Trying a different rendering technique.

(Angoulême design inspired by @kashuan 's artwork!!)

#the Witcher #book tag #art tag #hanza

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coming of age film where a girl is really good at shoplifting and her dad finds out and is all like no daughter of mine is gonna be a shoplifter! and she goes but dad you don't understand I'm really good at it! maybe the best! this could be my calling! my purpose! and he goes absolutely not you're grounded young lady and at the climax she sneaks out and nabs like hundreds of dollars in fishing equipment and walks out of the store and all her friends are there cheering and lifting her up on their shoulders and the dad is there with his arms crossed and he looks mad as hell but then he sees what she got and realizes she did this to support his fishing hobby he's like well Christy I may not understand it but if it means this much to you... I guess it's alright with me and then the movie ends with them on the lake having a couple beers

#Geralt #ciri #you’re so right for tagging them??

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Hanza :) Trying a different rendering technique.

(Angoulême design inspired by @kashuan 's artwork!!)

#book tag #hansa

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Geralt and his two loves at Thanedd (Yennefer and Shrimp).

I had to redraw Geralt so many times.. and in the end his outfit turned out so much simpler than Yen's....

I just think it would be cute if they had matching starry looks!!

#book tag #art tag #geralt #Yennefer

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‘sword of destiny’ and ‘something more’ being originally intended to be placed at the forefront kf the saga makes me think...

if one were to do an adaptation of the witcher, if one was intending to place focus on the saga—one may need to cut down the short stories severely. because it’s not all extremely relevant. but the problem with this is that it’s impossible because the short stories are so fucking good

#book tag

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readers: geralt didn’t realize regis was a vampire as soon as he met him, how inattentive is our witcher?!

geralt: yeah, i did think regis was a little weird when i met him, but i mean, i just thought he was autistic. . . and he is autistic, but he is also a vampire as well

#regis #geralt #book tag #real. #you are so correct op

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use #the witcher books for the witcher books tag

hi there! if you are a fan of the witcher in general or specifically the witcher book series, you may have found it difficult to find book-related art, textposts, edits, and other posts in the main #witcher or #the witcher tags on tumblr, as adaptations and non-adaptations also bearing the witcher name (e.g., netflix or games) tend to dominate those tags.

the results of the poll conducted earlier this week concluded that #the witcher books should be the tag (at least, here on tumblr) to both find and post posts related to the book series.

as the tag designations stand:

#the witcher books : books-related posts | all languages #wiedźmin : all mediums | polish language content, or posts with no language (e.g., visual art or edits, which would not hinder a search)

of course, it is up to each person's individual discretion whether or not to use the book tag, especially if their posts contain or are about multiple mediums, but there have typically been few issues with keeping the tag book-centered, so this isn't really a worry as of now.

the reason for this post is to let people in the witcher fandom know that there is a books tag, if they are looking for books-focused content, or want to post books-focused content themselves.

if you are a fan of the witcher (any medium) or post about the witcher, i encourage you to consider reblogging and sharing this post to inform the community of how to use these tags.

and under the readmore, you can find:

the poll results and reasoning behind these tag designations

a quick tutorial on how to search a tag on tumblr (because there is a difference between searching a tag and searching a phrase).

how this was decided

after both a poll and conversations amongst the community, many came to the conclusion to use #the witcher books as the tag for content about the book series.

here, i will describe the poll results and boost some voices and opinions i thought were significant in this decision.

poll results

there were two primary contenders for book witcher tags on tumblr: #wiedźmin and #the witcher books.

#the witcher books won with nearly 40% of all responders, and together, over 70% of all responders were in favor of either only using #the witcher books or using both tags.

this decision, however, does not mean that one should not tag their witcher books posts with #wiedźmin. the decision was for #wiedźmin to remain an all mediums tag, and for #the witcher books to be the book community's main go-to to post and search book-related content. but read the below for more context.

commentary and opinions

in this post, i also wanted to include some reasoning behind this decision and foster discussion within the community about this topic. (as a note, i will be using the term 'anglophone' in this post now to mean those who speak english but do not speak polish)

the word wiedźmin is literally just the non-translated "witcher," and thus applies to all mediums of the witcher: books, games, netflix, 2001 film ("hexer" in english), musical, you name it.

generally, it was expressed that #wiedźmin should be a place for polish language posts because there are already so many places for english posts, and it can be difficult to specifically find posts in polish for this reason. for many polish fans seeking polish-language posts and other polish fans or creators to connect with, it can be aggravating to see a polish tag appropriated for english-language posts.

and with the alternative of using an english tag for english-language posts, the choice seems like a no-brainer here.

additionally, the broader community already has some history with anglophone fans appropriating the polish name for something (or someone) to mean that thing (or character) in "only this specific medium" ... yes, jaskier, i am talking about jaskier, whose polish name and tag seemed to become synonymous with netflix's jaskier overnight, with little room left for the books or games jaskier... and suddenly, the tag became unusable for polish posts.

of course, this opinion was not expressed by every single member of the community, but by several mutuals, friends, and followers who pointed out that it is important for polish witcher fandom to have its own space. also significant of note, there have been no arguments standing against this opinion.

thus, #wiedźmin should generally be prioritized for polish posts or posts with no language (e.g., visual art or edits, posts which would not hinder a search).

how to use tag search on tumblr

a question raised during this poll was, what about when non-book posts tag #the witcher, but mention "books" somewhere in their post, so it gets put into #the witcher books tag?

to which i must point out, there is a difference between searching a phrase on tumblr and searching a tag on tumblr.

searching a tag will send you to that tag, where you can see all posts tagged with that tag.

searching a phrase will return a search, where you can see all posts containing the keywords in your search.

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on desktop, it’s very simple:

just navigate to the searchbar, and type in the tag you want to browse.

to search the tag, click the highlighted "Go to #the witcher books".

this will send you to tumblr.com/tagged/the%20witcher%20books.

do not hit return to search the phrase, which will instead send you to tumblr.com/search/the%20witcher%20books

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i follow #the witcher books tag:

which makes it more streamlined to open the tag, which looks like this:

oh, a familiar face at the bottom there, how nice

by the way, the very nice featured art in the tag header right now is by @onlymagpie! here is the post to reblog if you wanted to see the featured post of the tag

but you can also navigate to the tag in other ways.

for instance, if i open the search tab, it leads me to a search fork much like the desktop version.

i can either search the phrase, which is not what i want, as it will return posts that have not explicitly tagged #the witcher books, but rather all posts which include the keyphrases “witcher” and “books”:

or, i can search the tag.

to do this, you have to either select the "Go to #the witcher books" in the search function, as per it is on desktop

or, you can also go to “tags” from the search you returned, and select the tag you want to browse:

then, you will end up in the tag (see above).

conclusion

this is how you navigate tags and searches on tumblr. though somewhat complicated, one has the choice whether to search all posts containing certain keywords words, or only posts tagged with a tag with the keywords in the right order.

#honestly yeah #book tag #it’s been damn near impossible to find book related things in the search

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I keep writing posts and deleting them going round in circles over the same problem and that problem is Philippa’s mismanagement of the Lodge. Specifically when it comes to Triss Merigold. Triss is a fair-weather ally, and Philippa knows this because she comes from a background of espionage and political manipulation. Philippa knows people and she knows Triss and she STILL lets Triss’ leash get far too long and far too tangled.

You either leave Triss out or you put her in the center and tell her she’s the most important person in the room (see the Wolf Witcher’s careful treatment of her in Blood of Elves). Philippa doesn’t do this, or at least she doesn’t keep it up, which means that when Yen comes knocking, Triss is riding off to Rivia and the Lodge is six feet under. Something about that feels reckless to me, though at the same time I love it, because it goes to show that even someone as skilled at manipulation as Philippa is going to slip when it comes to Triss Merigold. Because Triss is not simply ‘selfish’ or ‘patriotic’ or ‘dedicated to the wellbeing of mages’, she’s often just hoping that everyone stops fighting and doesn’t ask her to apologize and that they forget the things she does when she’s scared or lonely.

#book tag

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FINALLY A FUCKING MAP THANK YOU NERDS IN WARSAW