#bamf yennefer

[spielzeugkaiser]

Hey, for the prompts could we get shapeshifter!Jaskier being used for scary dog privilege? (Like him walking up as a bear next to Ciri after/before she gives a big speach or curled up as a dragon on Yen's shoulders when she needs to scare someone extra hard)

[MASTERPOST] Dragon!Jaskier is usually a tiny baby but if he really concentrates...

[bardcore-jaskier]

♡ Challenge for Netflix: stop treating Jaskier as comedic relief ♡

(I made this post piggyback riding off of my last one, like a part two if you will.)

Ok, so you know how Jaskier always seems to get into trouble? And either Geralt and as of season 2, now Yennefer as well, always seem be rescuing him? Even Jaskier himself made a joke about it to our beloved witch.

- "You don't get to play damsel in distress. That's my job."

Sadly, it paints a little bit of an unflattering picture of him to the audience, making many of us wonder (well, not on this side of Tumblr, we know he is a badass motherfucker) about how he survives whenever he is not by a strong witcher's/sorceress's side.

Have you considered though....

That the entire series is written and shot from the POV of ridiculously powerful individuals and Geralt in particular, being the main character of both the books, games & the series, has an extreme savior complex, more so bordering on a martyr complex.

In the Netflix Witcher series and unlike the books: Geralt's friendship with Jaskier started off rocky until he begrudgingly accepted that he can not get rid of the bard, eventually becoming a little fond of him, appreciating Jaskier's loyalty above every other quality Jaskier has, which makes Jaskier easy to trust. (However it is still apparent that their friendship is a little, if not a lot, one-sided)

Obviously Geralt doesn't want Jaskier's death or severe injury on his conscience, which is why he jumps in every time he senses danger, to save him before anything bad happens.

We as the audience only see Netflix's or rather Lauren's version of the story about a scorned hero who has a fragile, trouble magnet, human friend he feels responsible for. When in reality, the only few instances Jaskier wouldn't have survived without outside help were a) the Djinn, b) Rience, c) the opening scenes of Blood Origin.

Other than that, Jaskier is actually a VERY competent person! Alas, not much of that competence was shown on screen, we got mere crumbs of it to be honest. Like how despite being a flowery pacifist, he is braver than most + apparently he is a beefcake too. At 18/19 years old, he wasn't scared of approaching a witcher who at the time, was rumored to be a murderer. He always finds a way to stay lighthearted during the most dire of situations, always getting right back up with a smile or a snide comment after every traumatic experience, as if it never happened. (Is he like immune to PTSD or something? Nothing brings him down.) He even managed to start an elf smuggling operation for fuck's sake!

During the finale episode of season 2, many seasoned witchers died in battle at the hands of Voleth Mier, his chances of surviving were beyond slim. Any other normal human being would have dropped that damn jasper and ran for their life, but not Jaskier! No sir! He crawled his way towards Geralt under a wooden table, as monsters and witchers alike dropped to their deaths around him, all to help his friend!

In the books, Dandelion is presented to us as a smooth talker, able to get himself in and out of almost any kind of trouble with words + charisma alone. He is an Oxenfurt professor, has worked for the Redanian intelligence, he has connections all over the continent.

And I really hope that we will get to see all of that in future seasons, I hope that Geralt's attitude towards him changes, I hope that Jaskier gets the respect he deserves! Because after season 2, I am going to keep watching the series only for Jaskier alone. Also Yennefer. I do not much like Geralt and Ciri in the live adaptation at the moment.

[cryptid-called-ash]

Witcher thoughts

Sorcerer Jaskier / Yennefer (version one)

Just after the mountain drama

jaskier get blinded by a bruxa on his way down the mountain.

So he decides fuck it he’s had enough with people for the next decade

He dyes his hair and becomes a pseudo- hermit, throwing himself into perfecting his magic

He starts going by Julian again

Yennefer hears about this mysterious sorcerer living in the mountains who helps the local village and goes to investigate

Lo and behold it’s jaskier

She shocked, confused, but not angry. She can’t bring herself to be. Not when he invites her into his cottage for tea

She very quickly becomes angry, but not at jaskier, no her fury is solely on geralt for leaving jask alone

Winter falls and jask asks yenn to stay with him

They start getting close and before they realize it, they’ve fallen in love

They decide to wed for real

Rip geralt he’s got two angry sorcerer newlyweds to deal with now

Witcher jaskier

Do y’all watch the Witcher George on YouTube? You should. Go watch the school of the leshen video! I’ll wait.

School of the leshen Jaskier.

His dad, Alfred, is also a Witcher of the same school, he had jask before undergoing the mutations.

A 22 year old newly minted Witcher Alfred is out on a contract in lettenhove and runs into the woman he had a one night stand with, and surprise, he’s a father.

She gives a rather neglected 5 year old Julian to his father.

Panicking about his new status as a father, he takes his son back to the elder keep and raises Julian as a Witcher.

 Julian has a surprising affinity for signs, Axii in particular, which he learned to incorporate into his voice. Earning him the nickname ‘siren in the wood’

{oc time} the Witcher Berek Ebonstone is roughy around Julian’s age and the two become quick friends. Even traveling together when they become full witchers

Jul gets sent to study at oxenfurt and bring new information back the the school, where he takes up his infamous persona of Jaskier the bard

Julian is out on a contract in Posada, having just completed it when he meets geralt.

Now Julian, ever the little shit, decides he wants to see what all the fuss over the white wolf is about.

Things play out as normal, albeit with jaskier always seems to have more coin when geralt comes back from a contract than when he left, there always seems to be one less contact too. He’s sure it’s nothing though.

It’s not until the infamous break up that things really change.

Jaskier seemingly drops off the face of the earth.

Berek and Julian are once again hunting together regularly, occasionally interacting with the other wolves but, blessedly, never running into geralt.

Julian knows his luck won’t hold, and he’ll have to face geralt eventually and tell him the truth. But he going to wait until he has no other choice.

[fandom-junk-drawer]

The Witcher Headcanon - Learning the Hard Way

Lambert is one of those people who actually nice, but gods forbid anyone know it. He goes out of his way to be an absolute ar**hole to everyone, until he gets to know them better. Then he's still an ar**hole, just in a 'caring way'.

He just can't seem to drop the prickly exterior, even with people he likes. Not even with Jaskier. He actually likes Geralt's annoying Bard,

Of course he couldn't let them know he liked the Bard. That would ruin his image. It was hard though, especially after the first time he heard The Voice Crack.

Lambert spent many weeks taunting, teasing, bullying, and picking on Jaskier. But then he kind of stopped all that after Jaskier broke both his arms the following winter. Lambert felt kind of guilty about it since it had happened on his watch.

Of course, he pretended that he was only being nice to him because Geralt said he had to.

Lambert's prickliness got worse because he always seemed to make an a** of himself when he was around Jaskier. He blustered and bluffed, and snarked, but it always ended with his brothers laughing at him.

Like with the Love Bite.

And the whole Splinter Incident.

And Geralt laughing at him the first time Songbird made that stupid hand sign at him.

Lambert becomes even more of an ar**hole when he notices how protective Yennefer is of the Bard. The Witcher doesn't know why, but it annoys him that she seems so...close with Songbird.

One morning he starts in on Jaskier as he sat with Geralt and Aiden, waiting for Eskel and Coen to return from hunting. He starts out with his usual bullying, and Jaskier does his best to ignore it.

Then he starts making little comments insiuating that surely there must be something going on between Jaskier and the witch. Jaskier had glanced sharply at Geralt, and made a series of angry gestures. His eyes were oddly cold and hard.

Geralt made a few gestures back, then calmly sipped his ale. Lambert glowered. They were doing that thing again. It just p*ssed him off even more. He started insulting the witch, and Jaskier was practically vibrating with indignation.

Geralt just has this odd look in his eye, almost like he knows something, but he just hmms quietly and says nothing.

Jaskier made a smarta** comment because he just couldn't keep his mouth shut.

And before anyone could stop him, Lambert had hauled the surprised Bard across the table.

He should have known something was off when neither Geralt nor Aiden moved from the table to intervene. All Geralt said was "Lambert, you don't want to f**k with him. Just let it go."

Songbird can't fight, can't hunt, can't swing a sword...he's pretty much helpless. All he can do is sing and look pretty. What's he gonna do, Geralt? Stab me with a quill? Write a mean song about me?

"For starters, I won't give you any more Love Bites-!"

"Hah! Maybe I can get your precious sorceress to give me one instead!"

Geralt gave him one more cryptic warning "You really don't want to f**k with him. Especially about Yen,"

Lambert was to angry to care. He wasn't going to hurt him, just slap him around a bit and scare him a little.

Lambert started out with threats and insults, pushing him and slapping him about the head, getting a little more physically aggressive when Jaskier tried to joke his way out of the situation. He squeaked something about that d**n witch and what she was going to do if he hurt him.

Lambert let him know what he thought of his threat with a punch to the face, followed by a punch to the stomach. Then he let him know his opinion of the witch. Jaskier's eyes had gotten dark and he'd demanded that Lambert shut up.

Lambert had laughed, then boasted and bragged, and said a few things that he probably shouldn't have said with Geralt sitting a few feet away.

He could tell the little sh*t was feeling cocky because his Witcher was watching. He could tell by the way his eyes flashed and the way he'd started smiling at him. Lambert couldn't believe the audacity. The little b**tard was actually grinning at him!

Jaskier's voice was eerily low, almost a growl "Say one more word about Yen, and I will do worse than bury you, Lambert. I will write a song about you so savage that you will never be able to leave Kaer Morhen again!"

Lambert had seen red. He decided it was time Songbird learned his place. He snarled and shoved Jaskier to the floor. He kicked him once in the chest, held him down and growled all sorts of nonsense about the horrible things he was going to do to the witch while Jaskier watched.

Then Lambert made a very bad decision: he teabagged him.

Geralt and Aiden howled with laughter as Lambert suddenly started shrieking. There was no other word for the sound Lambert made when Jaskier bit him on the goolies, and didn't let go.

Lambert was still shrieking when Jaskier finally did let go, and there was a quick flash of steel before a line of searing fire replaced Jaskier's teeth, and then the Bard was knocking him flat to the ground.

There was suddenly a bloody knife at Lambert's throat, and Jaskier's face was inches from his, his mouth bloody and with too many teeth showing. There was an absolutely feral look in his eyes. It was like looking into the face of snarling wolf

Lambert didn't need to see the blood on the Bard's face to know the bite had broken the skin. And the blood on the knife...Lambert had a very unsettling mental image of his...boys...barely hanging on.

He was vaguely aware of Geralt and Aiden discussing something, but making no move to help him at all. The b**tards!

The Bard leaned down and snarled deep and ugly in his chest "You won't touch her! You won't talk to her! You won't so much as even look in her direction!

Lambert was stunned. That feral look had him frozen. And why the f**k did he have a knife??? Jaskier was a Bard. As far as they all knew, he didn't carry any kind of weapon, unless his lute counted as one. He supposed you could bludgeon someone to death with it in a pinch.

The trapped Witcher grabbed Jaskier's wrist and tried to twist it away, but stopped when that feral grin got wider and he felt the prick of a second knife in his ribs. How many of those d**n things did he have???

Lambert couldn't let Jaskier know he was scared caught off guard, so he bluster and spat "F**k that stupid witch, she's-!"

"Say something again! Say something again about Yen! Say something again, and see what happens!" Jaskier snarled, both knives pressing a little harder against skin.

Lambert didn't even dare swallow in case he accidnetally cut his own throat.

Jaskier.

A new voice sounded next to Lambert. Ah, Geralt had finally gotten off his a** and gotten reinforcements.

Yennefer had knelt right next to Jaskier, completely unafraid and gently touched his arm. "Julian, come away,"

Aiden *silently confused* Wait, his name's Julian??

Jaskier had blinked and wavered. Yennefer put her hand on his cheek, and turned his face towards her.

Julek...

Aiden *internally screaming* 'Julek'? F**k me, that's adorable!

Yennefer started playing with the hair at the nape of his neck, "Julek, look at me."

And like magic, the little sh*t went from feral b**tard to baby. The knives flicked out of sight and Jaskier's eyes turned soft again. He'd crawled off Lambert and leaned into the sorceress with a little "yEn..." letting her wipe the blood off his face, and check his bruises.

Ah, F**K! Not the Voice Crack! I should have let him cut my throat because now the witch is going to kill me!

Lambert's injury had definitely required stitches. Yennefer had healed him as best she could, but had mercilessly b*tched at him the whole time for cracking one of Songbird's ribs.

Geralt and Aiden made him promise not to tell Eskel or Coen about the Feral Bard Incident, and they promised to tell Eskel and Coen that Lambert was limping because he had injured himself in a training accident, instead of almost losing his balls to a Bard.

Wait, Geralt, did you f***ing know that he was going to go feral??

"As soon as you threatened Yennefer, Yes." And Geralt pulled off his shirt and showed Lambert the three knife scars on his upper body. "He gave me these by accident. Yen was sick. He was guarding her, and I startled him. "

Lambert looked at Aiden, who nodded. He agreed to keep the secret. And he'd been openly nicer to Jaskier from then on.

He'd learned the hard way not to f**k with the Bard.

[geraskierficrecs]

New Story Alert!

I caved and started a new two-shot story featuring a very feral bard.  Enjoy the whump and angst.

Check out the first chapter here.

Teaser:

Priscilla huffed out an aggrieved sounding sigh that made him smile faintly up at the green leaves above him.  “I still don’t think this was a good idea,” she said, repeating an old argument.  “You’re too exposed out there.  Especially now that–”

The clumsy attempt at cutting herself off before she completed the thought was enough to pique Jaskier’s interest.  “Now that what?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Don’t be coy.”

“You don’t want to know about it,” she said.  “That’s what you asked for.  A disconnect.”

There was only one topic Jaskier had sworn to avoid and the thought of it, of him made the smile drop like a stone from his face.  He closed his eyes and forced his breathing to remain steady, knowing Priscilla was like logging every change in his voice.  “Is he hurt?”

The image of Geralt lying dead and abandoned was the sort of madness that inspired his darkest nightmares.  They were the nightmares that left Jaskier shaking and hollow eyed for days afterward.

“He’s…” she sighed, the sound staticky over the cheap phone speakers.  “We don’t know.”

“What do you mean ‘you don’t know’?”

The illusion of control was crumbling in his grip like grains of sand.  He lost his battle against the panic threatening to overwhelm him and let it roll over him in waves, searching for the colder emotions lurking beneath the surface.  Anger.  Rage.  Vengeance.

Priscilla’s voice spoke over the thundering of his heartbeat in his ears.  “He went missing two weeks ago.  We haven’t been able to make contact with him.”

“Two weeks?” he repeated.  “Why wasn’t I informed?”

“You’re out,” she said.  “You gave up your chance to be informed.”

[witch-and-her-witcher]

While recognizing the princess upbringing would expose her to the greatest minds available and time period expectations greatly differ for "teenagers", Ciri's quick wit and maturity (because although she makes immature choices, she still processes incredible situations with guile some people would never have) is so impressive.

She continuously outwits/defeats men with decades (sometimes centuries) of experience more than her, spitting in their faces.

[bladesrunner]

i was tagged by @jowhittaker thanks Soph, that was fun 🧡

take this test and present yourself with who you got:

1. Willy Wonka (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory): 88%

2. Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 87%

3. Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock): 86%

4. Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 85%

5. Villanelle (Killing Eve): 83%

6. Dom Cobb (Inception): 83%

7. David Rose (Schitt's Creek): 82%

8. Bruce Wayne (The Dark Knight): 81%

9. Yennefer (The Witcher): 81%

10. Jo March (Little Women): 80%

✨ tagging @chaoticevils @tomcriuse @rogerdeakinsdp @stars-bean @america-ferreras @bamf @mike-mills @ethanhunt @madeline-kahn @eurodynamic @prideandprejudice @yellenabelova @ianmckellen @tesb @arthurpendragonns @frodo-baggins @onewingedangels and anyone who wants to do it!

[wren-of-the-woods]

Fatalistic recklessness for the WIPs asks? 👀

Ooh, thank you for asking! This is a fill for a prompt I got a while ago and so far it's one of the whumpiest things I've written in this fandom. It features lots BAMF Jaskier! I'm putting the snippet under the cut because I don't want to hit anyone with suprise angst

He does not know how long he stays there, lying on the filthy stone floor of his cell in the same place he had been tossed when the men left. He thinks he cries, but he’s not sure. There’s no point in knowing. Nothing he does now will matter; not a single damn thing. He stares sightlessly at the opposite wall as the last bits of his hope wither, die, and crumble into dust.  Hours pass. Eventually, Jaskier hauls himself to his feet and crosses to the opposite corner of the tiny room. He sits down. He leans back and rests his head against the wall. He closes his eyes. As he sits there, silent and motionless for perhaps the first time in his life, he thinks. He remembers his new lute, abandoned in an alley somewhere. He remembers his notebook full of unfinished songs. He remembers the elves he has aided. He remembers Ciri’s laugh, Yennefer’s smile, the way Geralt’s eyes shine in firelight, and the warmth of the witcher’s arms around Jaskier. He has so much to live for; and yet, he is going to die.  He thinks. He remembers. As he does so, among the withered, dusty despair that was his hope appears a spark. The spark lights, catches, and begins to burn. 

It is rage, he realizes, more potent than any he has ever felt before. There is no hope or reason for caution to obstruct the path of his anger. He is going to die. There is no avoiding it. His death is going to be slow, unpleasant, and quite possibly the last thing he had ever wanted to happen to him. This will be true no matter what he does; he knows there’s no escape.  If he is already going to die a terrible death, why shouldn’t he be the one to choose the reason?

From this ask game!

[3twindragons]

VAMPIRE JASKIER (HURT/ NO COMFORT/ DARK)

Song: blood in the water by joanna jones

I really want a fic where jaskier gets turned into a vampire a few years after the mountain incident while he helps elves at night as the sandpiper to escape and he can't go back to geralt...in fact he tries his best to avoid him for one more reason now. I really want rumors to spread about a very dangerous vampire that walks the night and never gets caught. Rumors about how so many people disappear: men, women, children, whole families because of the unknown vampire that roams the steats of so many cities. How he charms his victims into certain death... but in reality he uses his status as a vampire to disorients the humans into hunting him and not the elves and all those disappearances are once again the elves!

Then one day yennefer appears but doesn't know what he is because she lost her magic and jaskier helps her escape but this in time he travels with her to a defrent city, they bond over things, he tells her the truth, and finally he sends her to another vampire who knows blood magic and can help her. That vampire probably owned a favor to jaskier...

Then the fire mage finds jaskier and there is ~<torture>~ but now jaskier is ☆feral☆ and escapes on his own only to get caught by humans. He doesn't however want to raise suspicion and waits until it gets dark to sneak away...GERALT FINDS HIM BEFORE HE CAN ESCAPE

Geralt is in town..he lears about the vampire and jaskier tries to hide it from him by pretending that everything is like before and forgiving geralt immediately....however he is quite anxious....

Geralt starts realizing a lot of this are defrent...for example jaskier's physic and getting suspicious.

Then BOOM 💥 he finds out and pulls out his sword and jaskier gets violent too...harsh words/ hurt/ bamf and violent jaskier...I just want to have tears ya know??

[dadralt]

5+1 rec list

as i’m trying to read more fics again i decided to post some recs. this might become a thing? idk idk. ANYWAY.

multiple pairings, enjoy!

you are my sunshine by @orangesandducks | gen | geralt & ciri | 891 words

Five short moments assorted witchers have with baby Ciri at Kaer Morhen, and one Geralt has. (Featuring Lambert using babysitting to drive Geralt mad.)

in that house at the top of the rock by mousyfern | gen | geralt & ciri | 3156 words

5 times fisherman Geralt had to google search something to keep Ciri the mermaid safe and happy + 1 time he knew he didn't need to.

twist into my heart by @orockthro | explicit | geraskefer | 2561 words

“Has anyone told you how lovely your hair is?” He grunts a little in answer and she slaps his back, but without force. “Speak, witcher.” “Yes.” It feels like an admission. Like a secret he wasn’t meant to spill. “Ah,” Yennefer says, and presses a kiss to the back of his neck. “The bard, then.”

(Or, 5 times Geralt got his hair styled by people he cares about, and 2 times they caught him trying (unsuccessfully) to braid his own hair.)

to sleep, perchance by @handwrittenhello | mature | geraskefer | 290 words

Three times Geralt, Jaskier, and Yennefer had trouble sleeping, and one time they didn't.

five times yennefer thought jaskier was nothing but an annoyance (and one time she realised he was so much more) by @notebooks-and-laptops | teen | geraskefer | 5145 words

Emotion was power; she knew that well enough by now. If she had ever been unsure of it, ever been worried that the way of Sabrina was better, those fears had been doused by the fire she had unleashed when battling Nilfguard.

Emotion was dangerous, yes, but it was power. It gave her power.

Her emotions, her pain, her love.

Geralt – in his own way – gave her power due to what feelings he inspired in her. Cirilla – beautiful, wonderful, Cirilla – gave her power due to the care she felt for the child.

But the fourth member of their travelling party brought nothing to her expect the feeling of annoyance at his presence.

one last time, love by @wanderlust-t | teen | yennskier | 1982 words

 "You know that if you want my clothes off, all you have to do is ask.”

 Yennefer hummed. “A'ight, then. Strip.”

Jaskier’s smile faded. “What?” She stared at him for some seconds, appreciating his shocked expression, and burst into laughter. Jaskier let out a breath and laughed with her. She wasn’t drunk enough, not yet. The way he looked at her though said that he wasn’t drunk enough either.

Not yet. Five times Jaskier told Yennefer he would take his clothes off if she asked and one time she did.

where the stars do not take sides by @ladyofrosefire | explicit | yenralt | 7909 words

Yennefer likes control. She likes power. She likes the distance they let her keep and the safety that comes with that distance. Sometimes, you can have too much of a good thing.

lilac and amber by @witcheryen | teen | yenralt | 11,196 words

A strange light wakes Yennefer in the middle of the night, and an uninvited guest changes her life forever.

Or, five times Yennefer and Geralt meet as teenagers and it's cute, and one time it's sad.

veritas by @eskelchopchop | mature | yenralt | 7027 words

Moments from the year that Geralt lived with Yennefer in Vengerberg, leading to the events of “A Shard of Ice.”

Or: five things Yennefer did while she was drunk and one time she was only pretending to be drunk.

this is for the first (and only and last) by @bamf-jaskier | mature | yenralt | 8452 words

Geralt was looking up at the stars. Yennefer stood beside him, patient.

“What do you see?” She asked at last.

“I see stories.” Geralt said, “My mother used to tell me that each star held the soul of a hero. She would tell me the stories of these heroes. I always aspired to be a knight. A true hero.”

“Do you believe you have lived up to those aspirations.”

Geralt gave a wry chuckle, barely there, hardly humorous, “I doubt it.”

...

The 5 Times Geralt Leaves + The 1 Time He Stays

with such sugar’d words by @limerental | mature | merihart | 5334 words

Five times that Philippa and Triss use one another and one time perhaps that does not matter. 

five times geralt wanted to kiss regis - and one time he did by @do-androids-dream-ao3acc | teen | geregis | 16,905 words

what it says on the tin ;)

[bookshelfdreams]

10 characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags

I got tagged for this by the loveliest @awordwasthebeginning - thank you! "Fandom" here is a word that means "media I enjoy a lot/are important to me" without necessarily being active in the fandom per se, otherwise I could never have made it a full 10 :)

Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death): I can't pretend this was a hard choice. Of course it's him. Sweet darling baby boy. Pathetic wet muppet of a man. Take the phrase "well meant is the opposite of well done" and make it a whole character. He needs to be kicked in the head. He has never done anything wrong in his life. The dumbest bitch I've ever seen. Someone who was hurt a lot but is still eager to place his heart in the hands of anyone who reaches out to him. An idiot who needs to get his shit together. I would gladly die for him.

Farha Black (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency): Imagine a character. Make her a hypercompetent BAMF, proficient with firearms and at hand-to-hand. A professional bodyguard. Unwavering loyalty. Strong morals. Takes no shit, from no one. Got her? Okay. Now nerf her by giving her 27 anxiety disorders at once. Great. She's played by Jade Eshete, clearly having the time of her life. Truly the most character.

The Stepmother (Aschenbrödel): The hat alone makes her an icon.

Sophia (The Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren): Honestly life goals

Yennefer of Vengerburg (The Witcher Netflix): A great character, tragically stuck in a terrible show. Anya Chalotra is outperforming everyone, even with the shitty scripts she got, and she knows it. Somehow manages to make the horrible excuses for costumes look good. This show doesn't deserve her.

The wolf (Summer in Orbit, Ursula Vernon): I honestly - can't explain it. He's kind and protective, a fatherly figure to our heroine. A literal wolf, except for when he's a house. That's not even close to being the weirdest thing in this story. It's the most bonkers "young girl stumbles into a fairy tale world" I have ever encountered and you should definitely read it.

Carlos the Scientist (Welcome to Night Vale): Self-explanatory.

Martin Schelling (Charité season 2): He's doing the best he can, and he deserves everything.

Maedhros (extended Tolkien universe): I have a Type when it comes to characters (traumatized badass, dramatic rescue from imprisonment, amputation) and it's all this guy's fault

The irony of putting these last two right next to each other is not lost on me

Oh no the count is off. Anyway. Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters): Another brilliant actor, somehow managing to breathe life into an approximation of a character (actually just 15 stereotypes barely glued together), trapped in a godawful show. He's the only reason this trainwreck is halfway watchable (and I love him).

Okay that's it! Tagging (only if you want to do it, no pressure): @jamdoughnutmagician @mikimeiko @swords-n-spindles @soryualeksi @cakeeatingwingedcat @cuddlytogas @moth-ra @throwing-roses-into-the-abyss @khargaotte @speckled-jim

[kuwdora]

part 4: do it for the process - a naked vid draft: What (Yennefer of Vengerberg)

Part 1: introduction and verse 1 Part 2: verse 3 Part 3: verse 1 and chorus 1 again Hello, it's WIP Wednesday! This is part 4 of my "naked vid draft" aka where I share snippets of my vid in progress and write some commentary about it. I made this vid over the weekend. It was the perfect project to sink into for some escapism and help reboot my brain from the Longest Week (Two Months) ever. I have any number of WIPs I could have jumped into but like most creatives, I started a new one because the others weren't going to scratch the itch the same way. Although sometimes I think about vid projects like writing. Some vids are more like drabbles--short and sweet, in and out in a minute or less (sometimes 30 seconds or less, so short!!). Some vids are more like ficlets--like this Yen vid--less than 3 minutes long. Other vids can be like actual novellas or novels--vids that are longer than 4 minutes (or 10 minutes! whole album vids!). I knew that making this Yen vid was going to be great for me right now because I could focus on season 2 Yen only. That's 8 episodes. Only a few scenes per episode. Easy to narrow things down and quickly drop the scenes on my timeline without needing to do much pre-work (thinking/storyboarding, technical work of labeling all my clips from multiple seasons or shows/films). I already had 25% of Yen from season 2 already clipped from my previous Yen/Jaskier vid so it was easy to jump in and get to work putting things on my timeline. I also like to think about the process of making vids with other creativity-related metaphors. Sometimes I'm basically working on a coloring page and shading things in with my own colors (like this Yen vid). Other times I am fiddling with a rubiks cube where it's a puzzle and I'm actively working to put it together and sometimes peel the stickers off and put them where I want. And then there are the times I'm making a ship in a bottle--sometimes even designing the ship before getting all the pieces together. Lots and lots of work. But anyway. For a weekend vid project for my brain to soak in?? This Yen vid has been great. I'm on VERSE 2 AND CHORUS 2!! The last blank spaces of my timeline. This actually turned out to be my most favorite section because it features Yen being a BAMF without her magic and resilient and angry and I love that about her. Let's jump in! verse 2 - 0:37 - 1:35

[Verse 2: Eve] This bitch, sick spit, clips toxic Oh shit, that's it Tired of my voice? Plug ya ears Outrageous by choice? Love the stares Knew my time would come, was prepared Comeback second to none, still she here What, whatever though, cats incredible Watch me jaw-drop, y'all stuck like vegetables Take my shine? That's my lifeline Sit back and watch me chart climb, bitch, now it's all mine I ain't givin' up or lettin' up, advice? Step it up Slow down, cause your mistakes is catchin' up Fan's a fan and you scramblin', I'm sittin' pretty Ain't nothing left but me standing and you ain't wit me Sob stories all you left wit cause it's over Some say I'm mad, naw, I'm just a little colder [Chorus 2: Truth Hurts] You know what this is, got the crowd like WHAT! Ain't a bitch alive that can take my WHAT! This time when I come, it's gone be like WHAT! It ain't hard to tell you just been done

My export cuts off the beginning a little but I loved coming in hard with the execution scene and Yen giving everyone the middle finger with that axe. I love Yen's face when she's rolling her eyes at Vilgefortz and annoyed-defiant with Istredd. But of course this has my favoritest lyric/clip with Cahir's face on "Oh shit" when he turns out to not die on the chopping block, ahahah. Hope other people enjoy this part as much as I do. It was really fun to play back and forth with the sewers and Yen and Rience, and managing to get Jaskier's ridiculous face on some key lyrics that made me incredibly happy. Like, honestly. I know I'm feeling good when my brain is doing the cat "brrrrrrpt!" when I hit playback on 30 seconds of my vid. The background music in this track has such great vibes and I love finding the shots of Yen being so physically present and protective. Having to find other ways of getting shit done without her magic. My other favorite part in this section is pairing Yen kicking the guy in the balls with the way she flexes her fingers when she's instinctively trying to do magic (which is from the scene when she was trying to help the small elven child l being separated from their family). I also hope at this point of the second chorus that viewers enjoy seeing what clips are falling on the "what" lyrics. FIRE IN THE FACE-- what. Defiant and fucking badass as hell. I love Yen so much. I also want to say that I love the lyric "Some say I'm mad, naw, I'm just a little colder" because my vidder brain IMMEDIATELY hears and sees, "Yen dumped all her fire magic at Sodden and she's now empty of all her chaos." That is season 2 in a nutshell. It just all comes together in my brain when I hear a song and I'm so deeply invested in a character. This section also ends with bringing a little more Voleth Meir into the mix here as the vid will start in verse 3 with more Ciri. But I'm very happy with how this has been coming together.

The timeline is FULL. I repeat the timeline is FULL! But it's not done! There's the finessing, nitpicky part that I still have to get through, which I'll elaborate on upon in my next post.

Part 5: transitions! Chorus 1 to verse 2 - refining the timing

[yennskier-feed-ao3]

Sex Is Better When You're Unemployed

Sex Is Better When You're Unemployed

by Midnight_w0nder

Just what it says on the tin. Sex is better when you're unemployed.

Words: 2103, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Jaskier | Dandelion, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg

Relationships: Jaskier | Dandelion/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg

Additional Tags: Penis In Vagina Sex, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, little bit of feelings, Top Jaskier | Dandelion, Sub Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Dom/sub, Rough Sex, little bit of kink, Choking, Not Beta Read, Anal Sex, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Enthusiastic Consent, Aftercare, BAMF Jaskier | Dandelion, Soft Jaskier | Dandelion/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Stripping, Vaginal Fingering, Rough Oral Sex, Spanking, Daddy Kink

[cryptid-called-ash]

“Get yo fucking dog bitch!”

“He don’t bite.”

“YES IT DO!”

“Yes, I do.”

[cosmophaunt]

got tagged by the lovely @sunymar to do a 2002 aol email chain (😋) and so here i am, gratuitously reliving the early millennia with this favorites prompt!

Share ten different favorite characters from ten different pieces of  media in no particular order

Then send this to 10 people (anon or not,  your choice) 🎥🎬📺

1. laurent de vere — captive prince

recently stole my heart and most likely upstaged the fool as my favorite literary character. i have loved characters before, but i have never sat and fiercely stewed over how much like a real person a fictional person felt until laurent de vere. from his sudden volatile moments of rage (which remind me of my sister), to his hidden shame (which he never reveals the depths of), to becoming his own biggest foil and his quiet, shattered, hopeful heart. gdamn.

2. charles xavier - x-men

you are allowed to call me a simp.

3. the fool - robin hobb’s fitzgerald verse

at first, verity caught all my attention. who doesn’t love an exhausted royal who sacrifices himself for the good of the kingdom? but reread after reread and i felt more and more interested in the fool.

4. asch/luke fon fabre - tales of the abyss

childhood trauma distraction

5. lisbet slander — girl with the dragon tattoo

bamf and total icon

6. yennefer of vengerberg — the witcher

you may call me a simp part 2

7. stiles stilinski — teen wolf

i spent way too long rping this dude so i’d be lying if he didn’t make this list.

8. john egbert — homestuck webcomic

i spent way too long rping this dude part 2.

9. vi — league of legends

you may call me a simp part 3.

10. rikku - final fantasy x/x-ii

token happy character who is way too cute

i had been dead on tumblr for a long time until last month! i am tagging new followers and also whoever i see on my front page. if i targeted you, sorry. if you don’t know who i am….. um…. also sorry…..

@chastillon @airebellah @lambergeier @thequietestlilbucket @dearericbittle @lantropy @nigelrickmanlawrence @bumblegremlin @knightwayne @bearfeathers

[echo-bleu]

Writing thoughts - uh September apparently

I haven’t rambled about my writing in ages here. I don’t remember when I stopped doing the monthly update, probably when I had nothing interesting to say.

It sure has been a weird year productivity-wise (and otherwise too). I feel like I’ve been in a fog since... I can’t even remember when at this point. I actually didn’t write or draw anything for a couple months this summer, I just didn’t have any creativity left in me I guess, and no real hyperfixation to keep me doing. I wanted to write some original projects, but that didn’t happen.

Then I fell into a new fandom (The Witcher) and I’m currently milking that hyperfixation for all it’s worth because it’s allowed me to go back to writing and drawing. I really appreciate being in a fandom where there’s a lot of engagement and most of it isn’t minors, it’s been a while.

As always I’m mostly just sorting out my own thoughts here, but if you want to know what’s coming up in terms of fics, this is the part you want to read: WIP headcount.

- Holding Angels (Shadowhunters): technically it’s not a WIP because it’s finished, but I’ll start posting it really soon. It has 10 chapter, it’s heavy Alec angst with politics, Nephilim religion, angels, BAMF Magnus & Izzy.

- Singer Street (original): ...I opened the file today. For the first time in two months. I need to readjust my mind to thinking about something else than the new hyperfixation, but I’ll get there.

- Eyes on the Horizon (original, sort of): I reread all of it a while ago and decided I needed to finish the first draft before reworking the plot completely, but I’m not sure that’s the best course of action anymore. I need to figure out what story I’m trying to tell exactly.

- left you behind just standing there (Witcher): currently 11k and growing. It’s a season 2 canon divergence where an adult Ciri goes seeking Jaskier, who disappeared in Oxenfurt six years ago. She finds him running an inn with a powerless Yennefer, raising a little girl and still haunted by the torture he went through at the hands of Rience.

- untitled mute!Jaskier AU (Witcher): 13k and growing. Essentially follows the show, but Jaskier never got his voice back after the djinn.

- untitled sequel to remember me I sing (Witcher): I’m trying to keep it to a decent length (aka under 5k) but we’ll see. Mostly Jaskier whump with platonic Geraskefer.

I finally posted the epilogue to our hands clasped so tight (RNM). I’m honestly a bit disappointed by the reception but hey, I’m not even in the fandom anymore, I don’t know why I’m complaining. Anyway it was a story that meant a lot of me for a show that really doesn’t anymore, and I’m really glad it’s complete.

I’m at the stage of the hyperfixation where I’m getting 50 ideas per day, which isn’t conductive to doing anything else (including work) but at least I’m having fun. I’d missed that.