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Hello Jaskier

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Featuring Baby Jaskier

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I was looking for you account on ao3 to reread the witchers series but can't find it. did something happen?

I have unfortunately had to restrict my works to registered users. Try logging in, then you should be able to find them. I hope this helps!

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Jaskier: I grew with 7 sisters. It was horrible

Geralt: I'm sure you're exagerating

Jaskier: oh yeah?? Let me tell you, when I was 14 they all got together and decided to mess with me.

Geralt: how so?

Jaskier: they told me that it wasn't normal that I hadnt got my period yet.

Geralt: *snorting ale out his nose trying not to laugh*

Jaskier: it's not funny! I cried and made my parents take me to a healer because i thought I was dying

Geralt: *crying from laughing*

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"dead doesn't mean absent...", tathev simonyan

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Are You There Santa? It's Me, Dean

A tiny sniffle could be heard from the back seat. Castiel fought with his seat-belt, turning to find silent tears slipping down Dean’s cheeks.

‘Dean, honey? What’s wrong?’

‘Sandyclaws found us,’ Dean whispered, clutching his squirrel to his chest. He looked so small in his car-seat, staring out over the garden filled with twinkling lights. ‘He never found us before.’

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A Christmas story featuring adoptive parent Castiel and his baby boys Sam and Dean.

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For Christmas Jaskier gifts skimpy lingerie to Geralt.

He unwraps it in front of his entire family. Lambert snorts so hard hot cocoa comes out his nose; Eskel is caught touching it when he thinks no one is looking and Vesemir, to Geralt’s mortification, announces at dinner that he bought a similar set for Guxart last Christmas.

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So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.

I'm going to try it.

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Hii I just read all your the puppy and the wolf works and im OBSESSED!!! It's been a while since a fic got me so???? Scard AND giggle-y?? AT THE SAME TIME ?!

I have a question if u don't mind answering 👉🏻👈🏻 what would've happened if jaskier didn't live up to what eskel and geralt expected?? Kept "misbehaving" or trying to run away? Would they have done smth to him beyond repair? Or just returned him to society? Or something else all together? (Like.... killing him...😢)

Thank you so much! So happy you enjoyed the series, I had such a blast writing it and the feedback has been wonderful. And your request has now been willed into existence as' Not What We Hoped For'

Enjoy!

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Geralt being a handy man au

Jaskier trying to do home repairs himself, they go bad. (So very. Very. Bad). And he finally gives in and calls geralt.

Jaskier: ... so you do all the handy jobs?

Geralt internally: 😳

Geralt externally: hmm

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The first time Geralt takes Jaskier down to the hotsprings in Kaer Morhen, he almost faints.

There are three naked witchers already in the water. Three.

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Ok but jaskier telling the elderly matriarch of a small town its geralts birthday

Cue Geralt being forced to polka cause its traditional for birthdays

The little old lady dragging the big fierce Witcher to the center of the town square to lead him in the dance.

Jaskier sings about it next winter at kaer morhen

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Geralt accidentally eating a bowl of cheese dip thinking its soup.

Jaskier having to make it regularly for him as it becomes geralts new favorite.

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Witchers don’t know their birthdays.

When Jaskier learns of this travesty, he shows up to Kaer Morhen with a box of party hats.

‘I’m not wearing that.’

‘Don’t be a party pooper, Geralt. Look at Lambert, he’s having a great time!’

‘That’s- that’s not how you wear a hat.’

‘It doesn’t matter, it’s his birthday.’

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Lifting the blanket, Jaskier snuggled into the single bed, wriggling to get comfortable. It wasn’t much different from the identical bed on the other side of the room that he'd just vacated, but there was one very important difference.

‘What are you doing, bard?’

‘Getting comfortable, now stop moving.’

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Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters

Despite the fact that I am not deaf, mute, or blind myself, one of the most common questions I receive is how to portray characters with these disabilities in fiction.

As such, I’ve compiled the resources I’ve accumulated (from real life deaf, mute, or blind people) into a handy masterlist.

Deaf Characters:

Deaf characters masterpost

Deaf dialogue thread

Dialogue with signing characters (also applies to mute characters.)

A deaf author’s advice on deaf characters

Dialogue between deaf characters

Mute Characters

Life as a Mute

My Silent Summer:  Life as a Mute

What It’s Like Being Mute

21 People Reveal What It’s Really Like To Be Mute

I am a 20 year old Mute, ask me anything at all!

Blind Characters:

The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters.

@referenceforwriters masterpost of resources for writing/playing blind characters.

The youtube channel of the wonderful Tommy Edison, a man blind from birth with great insight into the depiction of blind people and their lives.

An Absolute Write thread on the depiction of blind characters, with lots of different viewpoints and some great tips.

And finally, this short, handy masterpost of resources for writing blind characters.

Characters Who Are Blind in One Eye

4 Ways Life Looks Shockingly Different With One Eye

Learning to Live With One Eye

Adapting to the Loss of an Eye

Adapting to Eye Loss and Monocular Vision

Monocular Depth Perception

Deaf-Blind Characters

What Is It Like To Be Deafblind?

Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights

Deaf and Blind by 30

Sarita is Blind, Deaf, and Employed (video)

Born Deaf and Blind, This Eritrean American Graduated Harvard Law School (video)

A Day of a Deaf Blind Person

Lesser Known Things About Being Deafblind

How the Deaf-Blind Communicate

Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind

Raising a DeafBlind Baby

If you have any more resources to add, let me know!  I’ll be adding to this post as I find more resources.

I hope this helps, and happy writing!  <3

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Dialogue tips that actually work:

You are not writing a movie (ignore this if you are). The reader doesn't need to know every word the characters say for the duration of the story. Less is more.

Dialogue can happen within the prose. "And they awkwardky discussed the weather for five minutes" is way better than actually writing five pages of dialogue about the weather.

Balance your dialogues. Surprise yourself with a monosyllabic answe to a dialogue that's ten sentences long. Don't be afraid of letting your character use half a page for a reply or nothing at all!

Don't write accents phonetically, use slang and colloquialisms if needed.

Comma before "said" and no caps after "!?" unless it's an action tag. Study dialogue punctuation.

Learn the difference between action tags and dialogue tags. Then, use them interchangeably (or none at all).

Don't be afraid to use said. Use said if characters are just saying things, use another word if not. Simple. There's no need to use fancy synonyms unless absolutely necessary.

Not everyone talks the same way so it makes sense for your characters to use certain words more often than others. Think of someone who says "like" to start every sentence or someone who talks really slow. Be creative.

Use prose to slow down the pace during a conversation.

Skip prose to speed up the pace during a conversation.

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Geralt watching in disbelief as Jaskier wanders out of Vesemir's bedroom the morning after their first night in Kaer Morhen.