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dandywolves · 4 years

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-Geralt finally gets his head out of his ass and wants to make amends with Jaskier. Or maybe he has just finally begrudgingly admitted to himself that he misses the bard's obnoxious company. Whatever the case, he starts searching him out.

-By asking around, he learns that Jaskier stopped performing quite some time ago - maybe months, maybe years, idk. Word is he has returned to Oxenfurt and become a professor.

-Geralt thinks that sounds absolutely re-goddamn-diculous, but it's the only lead he has so he lets the road carry him to Oxenfurt.

-Sure enough, Jaskier is teaching. Mythology. Using his adventures with Geralt to undo all the misinformation that was once taught, and, shit, he's actually a charming and engaging teacher

-Geralt has a bit of a crisis because Jaskier is actually really smart and paid attention on their travels and genuinely cares about accuracy, and also seeing him again is making Geralt realize how much he missed Jaskier???

-But Jaskier is still angry at Geralt and Geralt doesn't understand how to emotion or apologize, so... It's rough going. And he stubbornly hangs around the university like a lost, confused puppy for a little while.

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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dandywolves · 4 years

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So, uh, I had a bunch of thoughts and it turned into 1500 words of whatever this is

Building off my previous post about Jaskier getting captured by Nilfgaard or whatever and Geralt being confronted by a Doppler wearing his face (and please be mindful that literally all I know about the Witcher is from Netflix and stuff posted in the Geraskier tag here on Tumblr lol)

-Yennefer was also, at some point, captured by Nilfgaard. Probably during that last big climactic battle after she sort of self-destructed. She eventually manages to free herself, being all magical and badass, and she finds Jaskier in his cell. He’s beaten, bloodied, and generally in really rough shape. Despite their differences, she takes pity on him – even he doesn’t deserve to be subject to Nilfgaard’s cruelty – and she frees him, too.

-When Geralt finally tracks Jaskier down to wherever he was being held, the place is half-destroyed and Jaskier is gone. He’s left wondering what happened to his bard, unsure if he survived whatever was unleashed on the place.

-Thus starts the wild adventures of Yennefer and Jaskier travelling together. They don’t really plan to become travel companions, it just sort of happens – they spend some time in the same town together for a while, recuperating from their imprisonment, and they sort of bond. Jaskier probably performs Her Sweet Kiss in a tavern somewhere while trying to scrounge together some coin, and Yennefer is like, “First of all, I know that song is about me and Geralt. Second of all, I know that song is about YOU and Geralt.”

-They bond over their heartbreak and form a Fuck You, Geralt club.

-Months or years down the line, Geralt is wandering through a town with Ciri, looking for easy monsters to kill to train her and pick up coin. He hears a familiar voice – Jaskier singing in a nearby tavern. He’s shocked and excited and filled with trepidation – the last time he saw Jaskier, after all, it was a Doppler – but he enters the tavern with Ciri in tow.

-Ciri recognizes Jaskier as Julian, the charming bard who used to perform regularly in Cintra when she was a little girl. Her mother adored him and grandmother was deeply suspicious of him. When her parents died, he stopped visiting. But she knows that face and she knows that voice – he hasn’t changed a bit.

-Jaskier was performing some sort of solemn and bitter song about the White Wolf. Not hateful or damning – he can’t bear to actually sully Geralt’s reputation, given that he a) is in love with the bastard, and b) worked so hard to make a good name for him. But the song isn’t celebratory or happy or adoring. I’m thinking maybe even just the literal Song of The White Wolf from the OST.

-He catches Geralt’s eye shortly after Geralt enters, faltering on a line. Which NEVER happens. When Jaskier stops singing altogether, Geralt gestures for him to continue. “Don’t stop on my account. I’ve not heard this particular song.”

-Jaskier finishes his song. Geralt stands in the doorway like a doofus, listening to him sing, stung by the words, but strangely overwhelmed with relief and fondness to see his bard and alive and well and still doing what he loves.

-When Jaskier finishes the song, he tells his enraptured audience that he will unfortunately have to cut his evening short, grabs his things, and B-lines for a backdoor. Geralt moves to follow, but Yennefer basically materializes from the shadows to block his path. He’s confused and shocked to discover that they’re travelling together, Yennefer tells him to leave well enough alone, and she soon follows after Jaskier with Geralt watching in bewilderment

-Sometime later, Jaskier is again captured – but not by Nilfgaard.

-Yennefer seeks out Geralt. Explains what happened. Jaskier has been brought back to court to serve as Viscount. Geralt is ashamed that he did not, exactly, realize Jaskier was titled, to which Yennefer calls him an ass and points out that she heard Jaskier ramble about it on numerous occasions long before they even went on the fateful dragon hunt together. Geralt had always tuned him out, because he was an asshole and a shitty friend

-They head to Lettenhove. Jaskier is surprised to see Geralt, but quickly masks it with anger. Tells Geralt to fuck off and let him live his life. There’s some back and forth – Ciri and Yennefer try to talk to him, too, but to limited success, and it’s determined that Geralt has the best chance of getting a straight answer from him (because Jaskier is in love with him, though he doesn’t know that, and also because he has known Jaskier the longest and knows how to connect with him, no matter how shitty he actually is at doing so)

-He’s not actually captured or imprisoned or being held for ransom or anything of that sort. He’s literally just gone back to Lettenhove to properly serve as Viscount. But that doesn’t make any sense, because Jaskier clearly never had any interest in doing so, considering he left behind the comfort of nobility to live the rough life of a travelling bard. And he did this for DECADES. Clearly, something happened that forced him to return.

-Geralt finally gets an explanation from him: Nilfgaard (or maybe some other force, idk) has been moving in on Lettenhove. Their movement has been slow and insidious, enough to be a clear danger, but not enough that Lettenhove can seek aid/support from any of its neighbours. They don’t stand a chance against this threat alone, and they don’t want to be sitting on the defensive waiting for the inevitable.

-But if this enemy took an obvious, aggressive action against Lettenhove or its nobility, they could vie for protection and support from their neighbours. Enter Jaskier – a noble who has essentially never served his station, which means he isn’t needed and he won’t be missed. They want to stage an assassination against him and frame their enemy for it.

-Geralt immediately tells Jaskier he can’t do this. Jaskier, scowling at him, sneers, “You don’t control me, Geralt. I decide my own fate.”

-(I also visualize this scene happening while Jaskier is nursing a goblet of wine. He follows up this statement by downing and then slamming the goblet onto a nearby table. The wine has stained his lips red and splattered onto his pale hand, and all Geralt can think of is blood.)

-Geralt tries to follow Jaskier as he walks away, to reason with him, drag him away, maybe even beg him, but Jaskier doesn’t even look over his shoulder as he snaps his fingers and guards converge on Geralt to block his path. Geralt is left to watch Jaskier disappear through a door, slamming it shut behind him.

-Geralt tells Yennefer and Ciri. They are despondent and also like, “Fuck that, nope, we won’t let him be assassinated.”

-The hit is slated to happen at a welcome home banquet the following night. The trio show up unannounced and uninvited to the banquet, and as soon as Jaskier sees them he tells the guards to see to it that they’re removed. As guards crowd around them and start forcing them out of the hall, Geralt shouts, “Jaskier, you can’t do this!” And Jaskier just looks him dead in the eye and says, “Just let me live my life, Geralt. However I choose to.”

-Obviously, Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri aren��t about to just LEAVE, but they also aren’t going to fight and cause a huge scene. It’s not just Lettenhove present at this banquet.

-They find windows with a good vantage point, watching for any sign of someone posing as the enemy.

-Later on in the night, Jaskier steps up to perform. He briefly explains the years he spent adventuring and singing, clutching his precious elven lute with a mix of reverence and fear. He says he’s leaving behind that life, but wants to sing one last time, for old time’s sake. Of course he sings, “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher.”

-During that building and repetitious final chorus, it happens. A Doppler had been hired to pose as one of the party guests, blending perfectly, and it emerges from the shadows in the guise of an enemy assassin, firing a crossbow bolt straight into Jaskier’s throat.

-The bard falls to his knees, clutching at his throat with one hand, gasping as blood pours over his hands, and Geralt is outside just SCREAMING because it happened too suddenly for Yennefer to try to stop it with her magic.

-But Jaskier is still clutching his lute with the other hand, and the beautiful filigree and detailing starts to glow. It’s filled with elven magic, unbeknownst to him – the same magic that has kept him so young, the same magic that might have protected him from the Djinn had he carried his lute with him that day.

-In a panic, he tears the bolt free from his neck, the hole spurting and gushing blood – and then it stops. The blood flow slows. And the hole in his throat slowly seals. The glow fades from the lute, all the beautiful detailing gone, and Jaskier is left covered in his own blood but miraculously alive.

-There is a shocked pause before the entire banquet explodes into chaos. People cheering for Jaskier’s survival – outcry at the assassination attempt – demands to find the assassin that a select few people know has already shifted back into the guise of a bewildered party guest by this point, the perfect master of disguise.

-And Geralt bursts in through the fucking window, shoving people out of the way as he rushes toward Jaskier, who he grabs and pulls into the fiercest bear hug. In a low, rough voice, he rasps, “Don’t ever scare me like that again.”

-And Jaskier can’t even pretend to be angry anymore, because he genuinely thought he was about to die and he DIDN’T, so he hugs Geralt back and just sobs against his shoulder.

#geraskier #The Witcher

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(strategically placed Jask for Tumblr’s censorship xD)

But also~~

Also~~

We talk about Her Sweet Kiss, we talk about Toss a Coin, The Fishmonger’s Daughter, but why don’t we talk about the fact that the prostitute knew practically all of Geralt’s scars because Jaskier sang about them??

Geralt: *drinks* The woman: This… *chuckles, traces a scar* …I definitely know. *starts to sing softly* “The vampiress bled…” Geralt: *sighs and keeps sighing through the song, because he’s heard it many times, I bet xd* The woman: “…as white as a sheet. And yet her dead heart did beat. Did beat…” *traces another scar on Geralt’s chest* The kikimora? *finds a scar on Geralt’s upper thigh, surprised* Hmm. I don’t recall the bard singing of this one. Who would dare try and rob you of your treasure?

So, we canonically have Jaskier pestering Geralt about all the possible details (”oh come onnn, don’t be so stingy with them, Geralt, really! …and you call yourself my muse, you mute ox”) about his scars, how he got them, maybe even touching them on his body (”I need to SEE, Geralt, stop batting my hands away! Yeah, yeah, yes, I can see from a distance, shut up”), describing them in a romantic manner (”Well excuse me, Geralt, the vampire lady might be dead, but even dead people get all flustered upon seeing your glorious naked chest”), and knowing all of them except the one so close to the, ekhm, treasure? Or maybe Jaskier kept this one for himself :D? (”I’m scratching off that line, stop chasing me, for Melitele’s sake, IT’S ERASED!”)

Anyway, my point, my point is, even though the on-screen scenes might not always suggest that, Jaskier and Geralt were clearly very comfortable around themselves off-screen - enough for Jaskier to literally sit with his notepad, stare at the very naked Geralt, and write a song about his scars while Geralt grumpily and patiently provided details needed for the lyrics. And I think it’s beautiful <3

And the sighing? The sighing?? How many times Geralt has heard that song that he’s all …ah shit, here we go again xD?

I feel robbed, dear Netflix. Robbed. First no chamomile, now this? Pfff. I would actually like to see more scenes like that, it would make their relationship not seem as much one-sided as it sometimes does in the show

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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dandywolves · 4 years

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Modern au where Geralt and Jaskier live next to or above each other in an apartment building and Jaskier is an aspiring musician who has a massive crush on his scary-ass neighbour who always seems to be in a bad mood. But the longer it goes on, the more he realizes Geralt is just quiet and isn’t really that scary at all.

And maybe he writes a song about him. And maybe he sings it all the time.

And when Geralt shows up at his door one night, silent and looking less than impressed, Jaskier doesn’t know what to do with himself. And when Geralt demands to know what that song is because it’s been stuck in my head for a month and I looked it up but it doesn’t seem to be anywhere, Jaskier doesn’t know how to tell him that it’s about him.

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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He's cuddling his lute because he can't cuddle Geralt. Also, in the second gif it looks like he's looking at the space next to him, as if expecting, in his early morning grogginess, to see someone else laying near him.

Jaskier waking up alone - The Witcher Season 1, Episode 6. From our popular Gifs for Masochists-Series (click for part I)

You know, this could be so cute. The way he’s curled up, hugging his lute while sleeping, waking up all dazed and adorably confused..

If this wasn’t Jaskier the morning after he basically confessed his feelings to Geralt and as a result Geralt spend the night with Yen and Jaskier was just left there as a mere afterthought and that’s what Jaskier and his feelings were worth as in fricking nothing, aaaaaaah!!! 😤 😩 😭

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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dandywolves · 4 years

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hi i keep thinking about a modern au where geralt is the super of an apartment building and jaskier is that neighbour that you always hear singing all the time

consider:

geralt is still a witcher and still does contracts and he's actually the landlord bc he bought the land himself like two hundred years ago and yennefer was technically the super for the building in that she used magic to keep things going smoothly but she's currently mad at him so geralt has to do all the upkeep himself for a while

she uses one of the first floor apartments for her own personal kind of magic shop thing

jaskier moves in with his guitar and a keyboard and he walks around singing literally all the time and it annoys the fuck out of geralt bc his witchery senses means that he can still hear jaskier from like two floors away

geralt one day has to come fix a particularly difficult clogged drain and then jaskier writes a stupid song about how his super is super or some shit and then the rest of the building starts singing it

ciri lives like right next door to geralt and geralt always ends up babysitting, somehow

she also likes to spend a lot of time with yennefer in her shop when she's (yen) not busy with clients, and ciri also starts to learn piano with jaskier

im also kind of taken with the idea that the building is a bit of a safe house for "monsters"

honestly i just like the imagery of geralt looking pissed off as fuck with a plunger in one hand and a toolbox in the other hand, wearing coveralls that are half off with the sleeves tied at the waist and a black shirt underneath

also i find it funny to imagine geralt trying to fix jaskier's radiator while jaskier sits on the couch playing meme songs on ukulele and maybe yennefer on the arm of the couch beside jask, laughing at geralt bc they all know she can literally just fix it with a wave of her hand but geralt's really annoyed her this time

and ciri can be his little helper sometimes when he needs to fix something but he's also watching over her, and she follows him into apartments wearing her own little set of coveralls and carrying a wrench for geralt

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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Geralt/Jaskier fic recs

So it’s time for me to do a big list of all the great fics, that i enjoyed - please read the warning in AO3 tags, before proceeding! now, onward to the recs: nothing is real ‘til it’s gone series - it’s Daemon AU by @theaceace and it’s perfect! where the wildflowers bloom - the whole buttercup series is beautiful, heartbreaking, amazingly written girl Jaskier AU retelling of the series, i can’t stress enough how in love i am with this! Also it’s Jaskier/Yennefer/Geralt end game i am flesh and i am bone - by @ninemelodies i love creature Jaskier fics! they are my jam, and i love Fae lore! Second Refrain - there is nothing like a good fix-it story, and this fandom has a beautiful variation of those after ep.6 And how we come to be here - pining Geralt? sign me up! You Suffer Alone, Not Anymore - by @seventfics , basically, i love every story by them, currently they are participating in Geraskier week and each story is a gem! Your Hand, Fixed In Mine - by @seventfics Geralt and Jaskier are cursed to hold hands! it works for everyone involved! insert can you believe gif could you love me one more day? - they are both pining so beautifully in this! also please read all of @athousandvictories stories, they are amazing! b-sides and rarities - Jaskier expresses his love to Geralt through songs Dandelions For You - each story by @xdandelionxbloomx is a gift to this fandom! this one is about Witcher Jaskier and bard Geralt, and it works on every level! A Rotten Tongue - by @xdandelionxbloomx who introduce me to banshee Jaskier and changed my life Do it Again - by @geralt-jaskier Geralt have to relive the day of dragon hunt again and again until he makes it right, it’s beautifully written and also very hot Weak, My Love, and I Am Wanting - @asmolbirb Jaskier describes mystery woman to whom he written all his ballads for, Geralt finally catches up when the bones are good - by @yoursummerfrost beautiful Jaskier character study! Nisraea - Jaskier saves Geralt from a magical fire, which binds their soul together, beautiful concept and amazingly written story. home is nowhere, therefore you - by @et-in-arkadia this is basically all i love mixed together - wonderful writing, dangerous Fae magic (just Fae in general i love those bastards), idiots in true love, tender and very hot sex so can we pretend, sweetly - by @redjewelsforeyes Fae Jaskier/ my instant favorite, should i say more? To Sleep Perchance To - this one is beautiful, but very heartbreaking, however, don’t worry - there is much needed comfort at the end. A Dandelion By Any Other Name - by @asmolbirb fandom had a variety of hanahaki trope (which is such an interesting concept on itself) and this story executes this flower curse beautifully! Food of Love - by @wallatile-qvibbler Jaskier has bard magic, which brings Renfri back to life! This is a very interesting concept of Jaskier having magic and how this magic manifests.

#Geraskier

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dandywolves · 4 years

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BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

Geralt finally tracks down the hideout where Jaskier is being kept

He mercilessly destroys everyone and everything there because he knows from the doppler that Jaskier is being tortured and he is LIVID

And then he finds Jaskier, bloody and beaten and chained up in a cell

And Jaskier just starts SOBBING when he sees Geralt

But it's not happiness or relief

It's terror

Because they tortured Jaskier with an illusion of Geralt, come to taunt and torment him

And he thinks it's more of the same

And even as Geralt unchains him and sinks to the floor with Jaskier in his arms because Jaskier is too weak to stand, he sobs and panics

"I'm real, I'm real - it's Geralt. I'm here," Geralt says, distantly aware that he is practically pleading, horrified to see his bard like this

Jaskier grabs at his arms, his face, his hair, so desperate to see that he's real and so scared that he's not. "But why? You hate me."

And Geralt feels a surge of the most peculiar heartbreak, full of anger and guilt and regret, as he gathers Jaskier even closer and whispers, voice low and rough, "Never."

Okay but WHAT IF

We see Jaskier reunite with Geralt in S2 and he’s so thrilled to see Geralt and pulls him in for the biggest hug

But it’s not Jaskier

And Geralt realizes almost immediately that something is off

This is a doppler

Jaskier has been captured - his countless songs about Geralt proved he not only had valuable insight, but that no one else would be able to get as close to the Witcher as him, no one else would have a better chance of luring Geralt into a trap

And Geralt is furious and worried and desperate

But the doppler won’t tell him where Jaskier is - he just fawns over how gorgeous his new body is, all the strange things it’s feeling in Geralt’s presence

I just…

The POSSIBILITIES

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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Okay but WHAT IF

We see Jaskier reunite with Geralt in S2 and he's so thrilled to see Geralt and pulls him in for the biggest hug

But it's not Jaskier

And Geralt realizes almost immediately that something is off

This is a doppler

Jaskier has been captured - his countless songs about Geralt proved he not only had valuable insight, but that no one else would be able to get as close to the Witcher as him, no one else would have a better chance of luring Geralt into a trap

And Geralt is furious and worried and desperate

But the doppler won't tell him where Jaskier is - he just fawns over how gorgeous his new body is, all the strange things it's feeling in Geralt's presence

I just...

The POSSIBILITIES

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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another modern au, because this is just who i am, this is all i have to offer - anyways, ciri is a gifted student at school, but needs a little extra help in regards to her music lessons, specifically the singing module. geralt doesn’t understand why she’s struggling, she’s inherently intelligent and talented, but ciri begs him to help her out.

she won’t tell him why she’s struggling.

geralt is Lost and Confused.

and then yennefer, who is a strong believer in encouraging talent, in developing passion, tells her ex-husband to stop questioning, to simply accept and to help her find ciri a tutor. because this is the only class their daughter is failing in and if it’s something that can helped, then why not offer it to her?

so they search and hunt, until they find this starving artist needs to pay rent advert. and there’s a description, detailing all of his accolades and experience - but there’s also a photo. and as geralt’s eyes scan the musician’s, jaskier’s, lovely face, he finds that no other tutor would be good enough.

he tries to tell yennefer that it’s due to jaskier’s obvious talent.

but yennefer simply arches a knowing eyebrows.

bids him good luck.

and geralt meets jaskier, finds him utterly enchanting and stunning and, honestly a little bit disorientating, but good god, did he make a good choice, yes, nice one, four for you geralt, you go geralt.

and geralt gives this pretty musician the reports from ciri’s music teacher, which cites that she’s difficult to work with, refuses to work towards the curriculum and whose style doesn’t suit the classroom.

and then jaskier meets ciri.

and then jaskier finds out why.

ciri is a heavy metal singer.

and good lord, can the girl scream.

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The red sky at dawn is giving a warning, you fool, better stay out of sight

Hey remember in Bottled Appetites when Geralt was going back in to save Yennefer

And Jaskier tried VERY HARD to warn him against going back in

But he did it anyway

And he used his last wish and essentially bound himself to her

And when she found out everything fell apart

And Geralt turned around and blamed it all on Jaskier even though Jaskier warned him NOT to go back for Yennefer

Yeah, I think about that a lot.

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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Hey quick question. Do you have any good Geraskier fic recommendations?

ohohohoohooohohoh YES MY TIME HAS COME:

here are some of my favorites (and the captions I saved them by because why not):

Chopsticks aka “Oh No He’s Hot”

“Yennefer sent me a check for eight lessons for you,” Jaskier said the following weekend, wearing a beige button-down with–

“Does your shirt have owls on it?” Geralt asked, caught somewhere between amusement and horror.

Jaskier looked down and tugged on the front of his shirt as if he had to remind himself what was on it. He beamed at Geralt. “Yeah! Do you like it?”

“Not particularly.”

The smile swiftly disappeared.

“It’s not terrible,” he amended, stepping back to let Jaskier inside the apartment. Then Jaskier’s initial words sank in. “Wait. Yen did what?”

Hanging up on Yennefer was always a mistake.

Tuesday Night Pie aka “ t h e p i e i s a m e t a p h o r “

“You’re skulking,” Ciri says, and Geralt jumps. He glares up at her far too smug face peering through the window.

“Shut up,” He orders her, knowing it’s futile.

The girl shakes her head pityingly. “Just talk to him yourself this time.”

Modern Monster Hunting (series) aka “In which Geralt and Jaskier thoroughly traumatize the manager”

Modern AU, Jaskier is an up and coming singer, Geralt is a Witcher. They are in love– no one understands how this came to be.

You Follow? (series) aka “THE BEST FUCKING AU #bardsbootygaurd”

I’m a Jaskier Rivia stan first and a person second@whitewolfpackleaderDid @bardofficial win a Grammy? No. But he DID put his husband in a leather tunic for the red carpet and in that sense, we’re all winners tonight

Wander Into My Heart (series) aka “FOUND FAMILY LET’S GOOOOO”

Ciri and Jaskier will make the halls of Kaer Morhen echo with life this year, Geralt thinks. They will fill the fortress with laughter and song until it feels less like a crypt. Vesemir will tolerate it grudgingly, so long as training and chores still get done. Eskel will accept it quietly, Lambert will say he hates it just to be stubborn and contrary, and they will all spend the winter knowing love.

Tell Me What You Hate About Me (Whatever It Is I’m Sorry) aka “Jealousy? In My Witcher Content? It’s More Likely Than You Think”

Jaskier simply plucked his bag off of where it was draped over Roach, “Well I guess you can head on Geralt and I’ll catch up. I want to ask these kind Witchers a thing or two.”

Which, absolutely not. Geralt was not just going to up and leave Jaskier with the other Witchers. There was a limited few that Geralt entrusted the safety of his- the bard to.

“No.”

Jaskier snorted at him as he adjusted the strap of his lute case, “I know you’ve been getting annoyed with me this whole trip, this’ll give you a break and maybe give me more inspiration for a new song.”

“Jaskier,” Geralt hissed, but the man only waltzed willingly over to the other two Witchers. He was far too trusting for Geralt’s liking. “Fuck.”

or

The fic where Geralt is not jealous. Not at all. Except he is jealous, and he’s forced to realize a thing or two about his tag-along bard.

Rules and Regulations: A Guide to Romance Out in the Wild (Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth) aka “The Horse Is A Metaphor”

“Touch Roach and I’ll kill you.”

Jaskier gulps, hands raised as he steps back. At first, Geralt does not trust him; not one bit.

But, gradually, that begins to change. Jaskier knows it’s dangerous, knows that what he so dearly wants can only end in heartbreak, but he is drawn to Geralt. He can’t quit it and he follows behind, waiting for the day when Geralt will inevitably tire of his irritating ways and leave him for bigger and better things.

Except; that day never comes and, if Jaskier was being hopeful, he’d even say Geralt enjoys his company.

To Thine Own Self Be True aka “In which Geralt is Bi of Sexual, Pure of Heart, and Dumb of Ass)

There is a lesson to be learned from this.

Whatever that lesson is, though, Geralt is certain he hasn’t learned it considering he’s now stuck in a stuffy overcrowded tavern in Vizima with a tipsy barmaid half in his lap as Jaskier sings about Geralt’s most powerful “weapon.”

i cannot find the words to keep you aka “why does anyone in this family assume the other have braincells”

See, Witchers were supposed to ignore emotions, and most of them did. But some of them, once the world had gotten to be too much and they had lived for too long, defected from that idea. They settled down wherever they could, and started their own customs for courtship.

or, the one where geralt thinks jaskier is proposing

tell me, love (how destiny is bullshit) aka “Ciri has all of the braincells”

Geralt doesn’t believe in destiny. He refuses to believe in destiny. Except for the fact that Ciri believes in destiny enough for the both of them, and she won’t stop until Geralt believes, too.

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“I thought you traveled with a bard.”Geralt feels his shoulders stiffen. He forces himself to relax before flicking his golden gaze from the roasting rabbit to Ciri’s pale face. She watches him intently, as if she knows he won’t answer unless she pesters him about it. He heaves a sigh and turns the spit. Grease drips from the rabbit and hisses in the flames.“Not always,” he grunts, hoping it will be sufficient.But Ciri is bright and far too insightful for Geralt.“People tell stories about you,” she says, choosing her words carefully. “Not about you and Yennefer, but about the Witcher and a bard. The White Wolf and his barker.”

Sorry seems to be the hardest word aka “the one with the cuddles”

After finally finding each other and accepting the call from Destiny, Ciri and Geralt travel together far away from the Nilfgaard soldiers who’re looking for Ciri. They plan to spend the night at an inn, with such (bad) luck that they end up in the same tavern as the bard Jaskier, who until not long ago was a friend of Geralt’s.Geralt is forced to face words he regrets saying, and Jaskier is forced to see the man he’s fought so hard to forget. Will they find it in themselves to forgive? Can they bring back what they once had?

Apologies and Nose Bleeds aka “The One Where Jaskier just fucking Breaks Geralt’s Nose I’m Not Even Joking This is Gold”

Years after the argument on the mountain, by pure chance Geralt finds himself in the exact tavern Jaskier is performing in that night, singing a melancholy song that /definitely/ can’t be about him.

The wrath of the emotionally hurt twink comes for us all.

Take My Hand, Teach Me To Dance aka “In Which Calanthe Has All the Braincells”

At Pavetta and Duny’s wedding banquet, Calanthe can’t help but notice how the witcher pines for the bard, despite how much he denies it

Companionship aka “In which Ciri suspects”

In which Ciri suspects but cannot confirm.

Or,

Geralt and Jaskier get domestic. Well, as domestic as they can.

First Times (series) aka “LET JASKIER AND YENNEFER BE FRIENDS 2020″

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And those are just some of my favorites, the creme de la creme so to speak, very little E rated stuff because y’know

Enjoy Chirrens

#Geraskier

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The Witcher + Onion Headlines 1/?

#The Witcher #funny

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Non-Human Jaskier Rec List (#1)

Because I know I’m not the only one who’s obsessed with this concept, here are some of my fave Geralt/Jaskier fics I’ve read so far where Jaskier is something other than purely human!

A Rotten Tongue by xdandelionxbloomx / @xdandelionxbloomx (9k, T, Banshee)

It bubbled up from his chest, made the hair stand up on the back of his neck, goosebumps breaking over his skin as a shriek of pain ripped from his throat. He’d never screamed like that, from his very core - he’d always been loud, but not like this.

Oh, Raven by athousandvictories / @athousandvictories (6k, M, Cursed)

“I saved you,” he croaks at Geralt. He’s been doing this from time to time for the past two hours. It’s a great comfort to him. It makes Geralt glare a bit more alertly.

Scales and Song by TeenyTinyTony (4k, T, Siren)

Geralt had known from the moment Jaskier introduced himself that the bard wasn’t human, but he had seemed harmless enough and Geralt wasn’t one to chase something that wasn’t hurting anyone. It was easier not to mention it.

so can we pretend, sweetly by theredtailedhawkwithjewelsforeyes / @redjewelsforeyes (2k, T, Fae)

Jaskier is a regular human bard, and Geralt could swear that yesterday he’d had regular human teeth.

Our Destiny, Intertwined by StupidGenius / @littleredtheboy (18k, T, Elf)

Destiny, Fate, whatever you may call Her, sits and weaves Her tapestry. The design takes shape, and some of it may surprise Her, but She knows with certainty that these four lines meet here.

There Is No Sweeter Innocence Than Our Gentle Sin by melancholymango / @melancholymango (27k, E, Vampire)

Jaskier is dead. And as far as Geralt is concerned, it’s all his fault.

What’s Mine is Yours by operacricket / @operacricket (7k, T, Elf)

Damn inconvenient to have a soulmate’s bloody story written all across his skin when he was trying to distract himself by falling in and out of love across the continent.

Shining by Nemainofthewater / @nemainofthewater (18k, T, Dragon)

“Jaskier,” Borch says. “That’s a strange name. A hard legacy to gift to a child.”

#Geraskier

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You know what keeps me up at night? Jaskier’s suggestion in episode 6, you know the one.

Like, they’d all just witnessed a pretty horrific death (or what they thought was a death at the time at least), and Jaskier’s first thought once camp is set up is to reassure Geralt that there was nothing he could have done.

And then Jaskier just straight up asks Geralt to run away from the whole dragon thing to go to the coast with him. Like, Jaskier knows Geralt is only there because Yennefer is. So he won’t leave, and certainly not without her. But still, he asks, hoping, looking at him with sad eyes. The way he says “We could head to the coast.” It’s wistful, it’s sad, it’s longing. He hopes with all his might Geralt would say yes, but he knows he won’t, or that he can’t.

Yet, it’s not just that. He’s trying to work out what pleases him, and he’s chosen Geralt. He knows travelling with him pleases him. That’s why he wants to prove himself a worthy travel companion, why he just wants to run far from the mountain, to the coast, and get away for a while.

He’s sad and dejected. Probably in shock to some degree. But he knows what he wants. And at the end of it all, he loses the very thing that he’s just worked out pleases him.

And I think episode 6 is when Jaskier realises how deeply in love he is with Geralt. I have no doubt he knew it before, but I think ep6 is the moment he knows Geralt is it, the one, as it were…

But then Geralt shouts in his face and he’s forced to leave… So, he rewrites Her Sweet Kiss, knowing that Geralt still pleases him, knowing that he still welcomes his sentence. And that’s why he doesn’t fight Geralt on the mountain, because he’s accepting his sentence, giving Geralt his penance.

All the poor guy wanted to do was run away with his love. Instead, he was sent away with angry words.

@not-a-bit-good

#Geraskier

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Just rewatched the "what pleases me" scene from The Witcher S1E6 and like

Not only does Jaskier send Geralt these lingering glances while being uncharacteristically soft and trying to comfort him

Not only does he do this while suggesting they run away to the coast (and "let's run away together" is gay code for "I love you")

Not only does he say he's trying to work out what pleases him, with hesitation and a touch of uncertainty, like he's either just figuring out what he means as he speaks or he knows but is scared to admit it

(And, like, the way his Borch impression starts out with him seriously trying to imitate Borch's voice and manner of speech, but fades into something genuine when he gets to the "do what pleases you" line, like that's something too personal and real to joke about)

But the CAMERA

The scene starts with Geralt closer to the camera than Jaskier, but Jaskier is the one in focus. That makes sense - he's the one speaking. The camera cuts away to their backs when Jaskier starts doing an impression of Borch and Geralt asks if he's working on a song. The camera doesn't cut back to the side view that shows both their faces until that long, uncertain pause before Jaskier says he's trying to work out what pleases him

But the camera is focused on GERALT

It's clearly an emotionally significant moment for Jaskier - he has 99% of the dialogue in the scene, he's the one the camera is focused on the most, he's the one clearly coming to some sort of emotional realization at the end

And the camera focuses on GERALT as Jaskier has this emotional realization

!!!!!!!

If this isn't intentional than I am absolutely flabbergasted

#Geraskier #the Witcher

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can’t stop thinking about this artist residency au.

so jaskier definitely reads all the paperwork ahead of time, where it lays out, quite plainly, there is no internet or cell service. but it says so in two different places, one via email and the other in a shoddy-looking pdf that was emailed to him separately. of the wifi, jaskier thinks “that’s okay! i have unlimited data.” of the cell service, jaskier thinks “that’s okay! i’ll find wifi.”

he arrives at check-in. there is a gruff-looking, large, white-haired man sitting in a disheveled office. for some reason there is a parrot on his shoulder. he looks like somebody who would be on the cover of a romance novel, sans parrot.

the man doesn’t say much. he has jaskier sign a liability waver, which isn’t not terrifying, and then gives him a brief, mumbled lecture on how to avoid bears (which comes with a startling bear locating call), coyotes, and snakes. he advises jaskier not to run over the cats or hit any deer. if he wants to feed the cats, that’s up to him, but he doesn’t have to.

finally, the man tells jaskier to follow him. when jaskier gets into his car, he finds the man on a horse. he follows the horse up a mountain on a winding path that really can’t fit a car, not even jaskier’s dodge neon. he is upset and appalled that his spotify has abruptly stopped on taylor swift’s “paper rings,” which he had been listening to on repeat for the past hour.

he follows the man and horse at a crawl for close to twenty minutes. it is raining and his windshield wipers screech against the glass. the fog is so thick it is nearly impossible to see the winding gravel “road.”

at last they pierce through the mountain fog and the road ends. at the end of said road is a small house overlooking a pond. jaskier wonders where the other cars are, or maybe everyone rode horses?

the man (geralt, jaskier remembers. from the email thread congratulating him, with many and varied spelling errors, on his acceptance) climbs off his horse and leads jaskier into the house. it has four bedrooms, six beds, two bathrooms, and an enormous kitchen. “when will the others be arriving?” jaskier, the extrovert, says.

“no others,” geralt says.

“pardon?”

“if you have any problems, call this number.” geralt points to a piece of paper taped next to a landline phone. there is a VCR beneath the CRT television, and not a keurig in sight. jaskier wonders if the fog transported him through time.

“some people can’t handle it,” geralt adds. “the quiet. if that’s the case, call me and i’ll relocate you.”

he says it like a threat. like a challenge. but jaskier won’t concede. he is here to write.

“i’ll be fine,” jaskier says.

he will not be fine.

#Geraskier

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