#verse ; of monsters & men ; the witcher au

[jaskierswolf]

Horse!jask so he can gossip and bond with roach (like in that fanart??)

The Gossiping Mare

Part 8 of my shifter!verse. It takes part after Trash Panda!

On AO3

Fan art referenced is by @spielzeugkaiser. This is my own AU so the rules aren't quite the same, but the art definitely helped inspired this one!

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Autumn had come sooner than Jaskier had anticipated. His time as a professor of Oxenfurt was drawing to a close and he would finally be back on the road again. The best part was he would no longer be separated from his boyfriend for weeks on end whilst he was out chasing monsters and men. But naturally, Geralt was late. Jaskier had packed and unpacked twice already, and having spent the morning as a falcon circling the city, he was displeased. Geralt was only just crawling towards Oxenfurt, a griffin's head tied to Roach's bags. 

Picking at his feathers, Jaskier huffed and peered down at the streets below. Colourful bards were dancing and performing in the square, feathered hats and silk clothes. They weren't bad, but they weren't nearly as talented as Jaskier had been at their age. Still, they were only human. He preened a little and tilted his head as Roach finally trotted through the gates.

As Geralt glanced up at the looming building of the university, Jaskier spread his wings and took off. The wind caught underneath his wings and he glided, circling as he gently fell towards his witcher. He cried out to get their attention and then, after checking no one else was looking his way, Jaskier shifted, clattering against the cobbles with his newly formed hooves.

With a whinny, Jaskier trotted around bumped his head against Roach’s and to his delight she called back to him. As before, he wasn’t clear on any words that the mare was trying to say, if words even really existed, but instinctively he knew that she had missed him. He let his tail flick out behind him as Geralt dismounted and hit the floor nimbly. Geralt’s fingers through his mane was like heaven - the soft murmur of his voice in Jaskier’s ear. But before Jaskier could melt into Geralt’s touch, Roach stamped her hoof, demanding Jaskier’s attention.

Oh, wasn't that interesting? 

Geralt had apparently been a misery guts all summer without him. There was something in Roach’s tone that Jaskier was trying to figure out. The exasperation… the worry? 

What had his witcher been up to?

By the time they reached the stables, Roach had finally gone quiet. It was heartwarming to know that she’d missed him, and Jaskier did his best to tell her that he felt the same. Then, as soon as the stable boys left them alone, Jaskier shifted. He flung himself into Geralt’s arms, the witcher grunting under the weight. 

“Jaskier,” Geralt hummed, pressing a kiss to Jaskier’s forehead. “I missed you too.” 

But Jaskier huffed as he buried his face into Geralt’s neck. “You’re in trouble, mister. What have you been doing to worry our darling Roach?”

Geralt groaned, dropping Jaskier gently to his feet. “She’s such a gossip.”

“She cares about you.” 

Despite his obvious embarrassment, Geralt smiled, his face lighting up as it always did when his mare was involved. It wasn’t a surprise. Jaskier had known from the day he’d met Geralt that the witcher was more comfortable around animals than people, and he adored his mare. Still, Jaskier rolled his eyes. 

“And I care about you too. I love you.” The witcher blushed and pulled Jaskier into his arms. 

A murmured “I love you too” was whispered into Jaskier’s shoulder. At least now Jaskier would be there with Geralt on the path, protecting him, loving him, always by his side. And soon they would be back to Kaer Morhen for winter, with their pack - their family. Together.

[voldiebuns]

WIP GAME

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

Snagged from @batsutousai :)

Tagging: @anytownrory, @captain-raven-knight, @naryrising, @spikedluv, and @thewightknight if you wanna!

Rest of the list is under the cut bc uhhh it’s a lot...

A KNIGHT’S TALE [*] blackout poetry AGENTS OF SHIELD college au BIRDS OF PREY acclimation [Dinah/Helena] BIRDS OF PREY soulmate au [Dinah/Helena] BIRDS OF PREY sugar mama [Dinah/Helena] BUZZFEED UNSOLVED [Ryan/Shane] creepy woods

CROSSOVER Clint Is William Brandt [Clint/Phil] CROSSOVER derek is superman [Derek/Stiles] DEADPOOL dne [Peter/Wade] DOOM before [Reaper/Sarge] FLASH no powers au [Cisco/Harry] HANNA IS NOT A BOY’S NAME [Ples/Veser] first date HANNIBAL [*] ravenstag HARRY POTTER [Draco/Snape] Draco’s Detention HARRY POTTER [Ginny/Pansy] mini fest 2019 HARRY POTTER [Harry/Tom] Green and Red HARRY POTTER accidental time travel [Harry/?] HARRY POTTER Compromise [Harry/Phineas Nigellus] HARRY POTTER crystal dragon HARRY POTTER demon!Harry HARRY POTTER femslash flash [Petunia/Sybill] HARRY POTTER harry is captured HARRY POTTER Harry mpreg [Harry/?] HARRY POTTER hp mast under cloak HARRY POTTER listening in [Harry/Voldemort] HARRY POTTER Lost [Draco/Ron] HARRY POTTER love potion [Harry/Snape] HARRY POTTER mpreg [Oliver/Twins] HARRY POTTER pansy’s mom HARRY POTTER random smut [Harry/Voldemort] HARRY POTTER rondracofest [Draco/Ron] HARRY POTTER running away but not [Harry/Voldemort] HARRY POTTER soulmates [Harry/Tom] HARRY POTTER super fucked up tbh [Ginny/Weasleys] HARRY POTTER The Fire In Which We Burn [Charlie/Draco] HARRY POTTER why do you hate me [Harry/Voldemort] HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL broadway happenstance [Chad/Ryan] HINABN Hanna Worth Painting HOBBIT [Bilbo/Thorin] abo sestina ICARLY truth or dare [Freddie/Spencer] INHERITANCE new generation IT 2017 [Eddie/Richie] daycare smau IT 2017 [Eddie/Richie] dr. k and richie’s head wound IT 2017 [Eddie/Richie] dream husband IT 2017 [Eddie/Richie] eddie in a coma IT 2017 [Eddie/Richie] house reno au JUSTICE LEAGUE coffee shop KINGDOM HEARTS Radiant Darkness Ch 5 [Axel/Roxas] KINGSMAN eglet [Eggsy/Harry] LETHAL WEAPON grief LORD OF THE RINGS [Gimli/Legolas] MCU [Clint/Phil] Sequel to On the Run MCU Attachments MCU confused identities [Clint/Phil] MCU phil’s hitty family [Clint/Phil] NCIS college AU [Tim/Tony] ORIGINAL dne treat [Male/Tentacle Monster] PERSON OF INTEREST Anthony survives [Anthony/Elias] PSYCH [Carlton/Shawn] christmas joy surprise PSYCH [Carlton/Shawn] not so former lovers Psych first kiss [Gus/Jason] PSYCH no divorce [Carlton/Shawn] RPF breakup [Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto] STAR TREK DS9 [Garak/Julian] STAR TREK DS9 room visit [Garak/Julian] STAR TREK kirk’s not really a ho [Jim/Spock] STAR TREK mutual awkwardness [Gaila/Winona, Jim/Spock] STAR TREK: DS9 injured nog [Jake/Nog] STAR WARS an impreial march STAR WARS ascension week [Eli/Thrawn] STAR WARS prophecy dreaming [Hux/Kylo] STAR WARS writing rainbow [Kylo/Leia/Luke] STARGAE ATLANTIS matchmaker Atlantis [John/Rodney] STARGATE ATLANTIS Rodney has a panic attack STRANGER THINGS chocolate box [Jonathan/Nancy/Steve] SUPERNATURAL [**] Fucked Up Family Verse SUPERNATURAL hs band au [Gabriel/Sam] TEEN WOLF darkest night [Stiles/dogs] TEEN WOLF ten year crush [Derek/Stiles] TORTALL [Alanna/George] WE BARE BEARS [Charlie/Panda] Sore Back WITCHER [Geralt/Jaskier] song for geralt WITCHER crack wtf [Geralt/Jaskier] WITCHER no apology [Geralt/Jaskier] WITCHER oops soulmates [Geralt/Jaskier] WITCHER trans woman geralt [Geralt/Jaskier] X-MEN prostitution AU [Alex/Armando] YOUNG JUSTICE ma kent gets pissed [Bruce/Clark]

[concerningwolves]

reading through my evernote fic ideas vault notebook and looking at all the ideas I've plotted in bullet points but haven't actually written. highlights include:

mcu/supernatural crossover set in s2-3 of spn & post Dark World. Loki dislikes having a rival trickster causing chaos in his name on earth, crosses paths with Sam and Dean (during Tall Tales), accidentally becomes an unofficial member of their group. I have three fics' worth of content plotted and some major moments written.

an MCU/X-Men mashup in which Odin binds Loki in enchantments and sends him to earth as a child for reasons™. Loki, unaware of his true nature, is thought to be a mutant by his 'parents' and send to Xavier. Two fics worth of content – first, Loki with the X-Men/school; second, Thor gets banished and goes on a self-discovery road trip with Jane and Darcy looking for Loki. First fic plotted in bullet points.

Angsty post-canon merlin fic that seems to be based on a deal between him and Gwen. merlin will stay in Camelot for a year at least before he leaves; hurt/comfort, messy relationships, PTSD, Gawain lives but barely. only written down as a concept.

star trek mcspirk fic in which Spock and bones are stranded on an alien planet. spock is wounded and having a breakdown. jim is elsewhere. almost entirely written but every time I go to edit and post it, it seems to get longer and messier. I am not in control. it's been almost a year since I started it.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency/Merlin crossover in which merlin is an escaped blackwing subject. a large chunk of the first chapter (or fic?) is written, but it's largely incomplete and incomprehensible. whether or not dirk gently is actually there is unclear. morgana, Gawain and percy are apparently involved in taking down blackwing from the inside? idk

The Witcher Sherlock Holmes AU. slightly anachronistic mashup of Witcher 'verse and Arthur Conan Doyles' Holmes, with Jaskier as Watson and Geralt as some bizarre monster-hunting Holmes with a difference. the first fic is called The Striga of Shoscombe Old Place and has all major moments written in the wrong order

there's also myriad other ideas for fandoms I'm not even in anymore, but I can't bring myself to clear anything out Just In Case. it's utterly bizarre and I'm hoping that my posting this I'll hold myself accountable and maybe? actually finish and upload some of these??

[sunflowersupremes]

Rocket Man: Chapter One

On the hunt for his latest story (he hasn’t decided if he’s going to tell it in poetry or prose) Jaskier heads up into the mountains, looking for the elusive group known as The Witchers.

Most humans are content to ignore the little magic that remains in their world, seeing the Witchers as relics of the past. But Jaskier sees them as his ticket to notoriety.

Characters: Jaskier, Geralt, Lambert, Vesemir

Tags: Modern AU, Journalism, Youtube,

Series: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Witcher Modern AU)

Read on AO3

The road stretched ahead of him, long and winding, disappearing up into the mountains. He gulped, tightening his grip on the steering wheel, his stomach-churning uncomfortably. A part of him - admittedly a very large part - still couldn’t

His phone pinged and he picked it up instinctively. The background was the channel art for his youtube and yes, that might be a bit narcissistic, but fuck, he’d spent a lot of money commissioning it.

Ferrant: Julian your father has started calling me.

Ferrant: Please answer his calls.

Ferrant: I don't have time for this.

Jaskier: I’m fine!

Ferrant: You’re investigating a cult.

Jaskier: I’m texting while driving, which is far more dangerous than a bunch of old men in the mountains.

Ferrant: I’m not dignifying that with a responce.

Ferrant: Use speech to text you moron.

He tossed his phone back into the passenger seat, and muting it before popping a CD into the car’s disk drive. Sure he could have used bluetooth - like a normal person, his half-brother would say - but why bother buying the music on iTunes when he already had perfectly good vinyls? Instead, he just burned the vinyls to CDs for car rides.

Sometimes he listened to podcasts, mostly by coworkers, but the last thing he wanted at the moment was to have to think too deeply about what he was getting himself into.

Jaskier whistled softly through the opening verses of Rocket Man, not breaking into song until it hit the chorus. “And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time till touch down brings me around again to find, I’m not the man they think I am at home! Oh no, no, no!” He took a deep breath, skipping a few words so that he could practically scream “ROCKET MAN burning out his fuze up here alone!”

He made himself laugh, grinning like a fool as the road continued along, his car puttering slightly as it rolled up into the mountains.

It wasn’t hard to find the Witcher Compound - hell, the address was on google - but it was hard getting there. It was located at a not inconsiderable altitude in the Alps. The road was less than inviting and someone - Jaskier hoped it was just stupid local teenagers - had put up signs along the road.

“Do Not Enter”

“Turn Back”

“Here There Be Monsters” (although someone had changed that sign to read “Here There be Monster Hunters”)

Jaskier swallowed. Suddenly Ferrant’s warnings seemed much less paranoid. But he gripped the steering wheel more tightly, scolding himself. “They’re just afraid you’ll cause another scandal,” he reminded himself.

Finally, the road evened out, no longer climbing the impossibly steep hill. Looming ahead of him, was an ancient stone building that looked as though it had been transported straight out of the medieval times. Although, given how long the Witchers had been around, it was entirely possible it had been built then.

He parked the rented car, scrambling out of the driver’s seat and locking the door behind him. All he took with him was a leather satchel, containing his notebooks, a voice recorder, and his video camera with the collapsible tripod. Checking his phone, he found a few more missed calls and messages, but he had driven out of range, so there was no hope to reply. Oh well.

Before he went in, he snapped a picture of the road behind him and already planning to upload it to his Instagram Story (once he had wi-fi) with the captain ‘So glad it’s not winter. Imagine this road in the snow!’

Then he stepped up to the door, rapping his knuckles on the wood. When no one answered, he looked for a doorbell. He was only slightly surprised that they had an actual bell, as in, the old metal kind with a pull string, not an electrical device.

He pulled on it, surprised by how much noise it made.

The clanging of the bell echoed through the fortress, creating an ambiance not unlike that in a horror movie. I’m the idiot that dies first in a horror movie, he thought glumly to himself.

The door creaked open and Jaskier jumped.

The man who answered the door was undeniably ancient and less than thrilled to have a visitor. “Yes?” he asked, barely peering out of the crack in the door. Clearly he didn’t want Jaskier to see inside.

He thought about flashing his press badge, but somehow, that seemed like a bad plan (and not just because he didn’t actually work for the company that had issued it anymore). Instead, he swallowed, offered a weak smile, and said,  “I- I’m looking for Geralt?”

“He expecting you?”

“Er, not exactly, no.”

“Wait here.”

Like how The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny are divided into short stories based on Geralt and Jaskier’s adventures, I’ve decided that this will be a collection of short stories based on Elton John songs.

You cannot tell me that Modern Jaskier would not be 100% into Elton’s style choices. Maybe not the glasses, but the sequins and everything else.

Ferrant is book canon (from Season of Storms) but pretty much everything else about his family (including the half-siblings) is made up.

[abscxnder]

           i will try to get verses up soon, but in the meantime, don’t hesitate to hit me up with any questions you may have concerning timelines or specific aus, or even just in general really ! below is a pretty rough list of just some of the verses i’ve written for and plan to include :

main.

canon timeline

childhood

adolescence

domestic

main au.

cult

post-apocalyptic.

survivor (the walking dead, the last of us, etc.)

supernatural.

monster

hunter

fantasy.

adventurer (tolkien, game of thrones, witcher, etc.)

inhuman (tolkien, game of thrones, witcher, etc.)

ruler (tolkien, game of thrones, witcher, etc.)

vigilante.

mutant (x-men)

hero (marvel, the umbrella academy)

magician (dc comics)

misc.

treasure hunter (indiana jones, the mummy, uncharted, tomb raider)

western (westworld, red dead redemption)

fandom specific.

bioshock

fallout

from dusk till dawn

preacher

umbrella academy

detroit: become human

his dark materials

american gods

star wars

[geneticyborg]

VERSE  SPECIFIC  HEADCANONS :   fantasy  aus

witcher

dragon  age

skyrim

an  alchemist  and  mage  by  the  name  of  sandeman  was  driven  to  create  humans  that  could  withstand  all  toxins,  poisons  and  diseases.  through  experimentation  sandeman  began  performing  horrific  and  torturous  experiments  on  men  and  women,  subjecting  them  to  all  manner  of  mutations  and  exposure  to  various  forms  of  alchemy  and  magic.  he  came  to  realize  that  children  posed  the  greatest  chance  of  surviving  the  mutations  as  their  bodies  were  still developing,  he  also  learned  that  the  healthier  and  the  stronger  a  child  was,  the  greater  their  chances  of  survival  and  so  sandeman  began  recruited  others  to  help  him  in  his  task.

the  queen  of  beggars,  elizabeth  renfro,  would  find  abandoned  children  on  the  streets  and  send  them  to  sandeman  for  a  handsome  founders  fee  whilst  a  disgraced  knight,  ser  donald  lydecker,  would  train  the  children  in  hand - to - hand,  melee  &  long  ranged  combat.  as  time  progressed  and  while  under  the  influence  of  his  advisers  however,  sandeman’s  goals  shifted  from  creating  immunity  to  disease  and  poisons  to  creating  loyal  and  obedient  soldiers.  as  he  received  more  children  to  train  and  experiment  upon,  he  recruited  other  trainers  and  strategists,  molding  child  soldiers.

abandoned  as  a  child  on  the  streets,  zack  was  among  the  children  that  the  queen  of  beggars  gifted  to  sandeman’s  experiments  and  was  branded  on  the  back  of  his  neck  with  sandeman’s  sigil  that  appears  as  an  ‘ x ’  followed  by  a  numeral  which  sandeman  used  to  identify  each  child  eg :   Ж  XCIX.  he,  alongside  twelve  others,  were  the  only  children  to  survive  into  adulthood.  the  experiments  that  sandeman  subjected  him  and  the others  to  spliced  their  genetic  make  up  with  various  forms  of  animal,  beast  and  monster.  zack,  unwilling  to  see  anyone  else,  least  of  all  the  other  children  that  he  had  come  to  see  as  his  brothers  and  sisters,  suffer  at  the  hands  of  sandeman,  staged  a  revolt.  escaping  their  cells,  zack  led  an  assault  on  the  compound  and  all  inside,  striking  them  down  in  a  brutally  effecient  attack.  using  all  that  had  been  taught  to  them,  they  wiped  the  compound  clean.  sandeman  and  ser  lydecker  managed  to  escape  by  the  skin  of  their  teeth  and  the  queen  of  beggars  went  into  hiding.

since  the  revolt,  zack  and  the  others  who  had  survived  sandeman’s  experiments  returned  to  civilization  but  found  that  they  no  longer  had  a  place  in  society.  communities  have  conjured  various  tall - tales  and  stories  about  how  they  were  demons  or  monsters  who  wear  the  skin  of  humans,  how  they  kidnap  maidens  and  eat  mankinds  young.  over  the  years  mankind  has  taken  to  calling  them  chimera’s,  distinguished  by  their  yellow  cat - eyes.

skills  /  abilities :

enhanced / superior  speed,  strength,  durability,  reflexes  and  senses

capable  of  seeing  in  the  dark

can  go  without  food  and  water  for  much  longer  than  a  healthy  human

immune  to  disease / poison / infection

accelerated  regenerative  ability  ( heal  faster  than  humans )

increased  longevity  ( age  slower  than  humans )

enhanced  resistance  to  magic

can  hold  breath  for  up  to  twelve  minutes  give  or  take

objects / items :

rucksack  for  dried  food,  clothing,  water  and  coin

hunting  dagger

dark  steel  sword  ( avarian  saber )

silver  two  handed  sword

single  hand  crossbow

medium  leather  armor

others / misc :

pale  horse  named  tapa  ( akhal - teke )