ladynearthelake
The Lady Near The Lake
30+ Netflix Witcher obsessive. Deep in Radskier hell. Sneaking Pacific Rim, Good Omens, Critical Role, and other nonsense in as well.On AO3 as the_dread_e
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Pssst Posada Remix, Chapter Update.
We are really closing in on the end. I'm hoping to get the $$ together to commission someone to do a piece for the ending.
I am also going to create a file with my notes on everything that was inspired by the books and how I changed it or included it.
I'm excited to be actually be almost getting here.
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#critical role#orym of the air ashari#dorian storm#dorym#I’m vibrating with anticipation for Thursday
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Nobody told me jaskier asks geralt to run away with him in episode 6 what the fuck
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“Busking in seedy taverns teaches great lessons in the art of pretending to be pissed when you have to keep your wits about you. And in a vipers’ den such as this, well…”
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No, you know what, everyone be nice to Liam Hemsworth. He's not the step Geralt, he's the Geralt who stepped up.
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LIAM HEMSWORTH and JOEY BATEY in the Season 4 Table Read.
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celebrating our favorite blue boy's return to the table!
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#god that hair in front of his face?#kill me dead#especially after Jaskier pushes it back when they kiss#because they see each other#but now this poor dummy has to hide again?!#top fucking tier#just excellent stuff#radovid#the witcher netflix
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You can't convince me that Joey wasn't winking at Hugh 😭😭
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did i rant to my friends about dorian and orym just to be called a simp? yes i did. and i'll do it again.
these two characters? consume my waking thoughts. because just fucking think about this from a timeline/literary point of view for a second with me.
orym lost his husband and his father-in-law (who he always calls dad because he didn't have a dad growing up) in a violent attack on his leader a while ago and whatever magic was used to kill them kept them dead - no reviving magic worked to bring them back. in the space of a single attack, he lost two of the most important people in his life, and now he's a widow who still mourns and loves in equal measure even while far from home trying to save the world. he loves even though he's scared of losing again.
dorian is a runaway heir to a title he never really wanted, a musician for himself, a charlatan hiding behind an easy smile, who has really only ever wanted to see the world in his own time and make real friends for once in his life. and he did that! all on his own! he was with the group at the beginning of the campaign but then they ran into his older brother who was in trouble and needed to lay low and dorian went with him, falling back on old instincts that family by blood comes first. he ran from the group and from the foundations he was building with them. because dorian has only ever run from the things that scare him. but now he's back, re-traced his frightened footsteps toward the daunting promise of tomorrow - not yet with the group, we're getting his side of the story first. and he even said it himself, that he ran from the group and now he's not sure why he did it, why he left, when he stands here now and realizes everything he wanted was already in front of him.
they have sending stones, a once a day chance to say something to each other in 25 words or less. they've been using them, keeping each other updated on where they are, that they're still alive, and kindling this flame even without dorian at the table, without even seeing each other, and liam has been carrying this torch alone for 78 episodes but damn it the flame is still lit regardless!
and orym always updates on their progress and location first, and with whatever words he has left he drops in a sentiment to remind dorian that they still care - that orym still cares. and orym is practical through and through, he's a strategist so he always always always uses his words wisely because he's so fucking limited by this spell but the last message he sent? he repeated himself, he admitted a weakness, he faltered.
he told dorian where they were. he asked if dorian could come their way. he admitted to struggling while his voice broke. he asked again but in a different way if dorian could come their way. he ended the message with the most heartbreaking "fuck, i miss you," i have ever heard in my life.
orym, the man who messaged dorian 52 episodes ago and said "glad you're not here, wish you were anyway." because they're constantly in danger, and he wouldn't wish that on dorian, but he still aches to have him near. orym, the man who confessed 13 episodes ago during a trial with his friends that he's lonely, that he misses dorian and sometimes he thinks it's okay and sometimes he doesn't - because he was married and is still mourning and how dare he have feelings for someone else? how dare he move on even when his husband would WANT him to be happy again? he indicated dorian was missed by everyone in three of his previous messages before the trial, before finally shifting to 'I, orym, me - it's me who misses you'.
and dorian, the one who replied to a message orym sent him with "stay steadfast, sending you fairer winds" in the most longing tone i have EVER heard. dorian, who kissed orym's forehead when they parted ways but that is the closest they have come to acknowledging whatever is between them. dorian, who has been to orym's home between exu and c3 and met orym's mom and knows about orym's husband.
when orym died 58 episodes ago, he went limp and the sending stone slipped out of his hand because he was trying to message dorian before he died, before he ran out of words and breath. before he was revived, there was a moment he stood in the beyond and saw his husband and he told orym "you're not done," and orym said "i really wish i could stay," and then his husband said "i'll still be here," and orym said, heartbroken, "oh, i miss you so bad."
he told dorian, "i've really missed you," and "fuck, i miss you." i miss you is orym's way of saying i love you.
they're so close. they are so close. and orym fully died 19 episodes after dorian left, but he was revived and then never told dorian via sending that happened. part of me wants dorian to find out and the other part hopes he never has to feel like he failed orym by leaving. because nothing could have changed that from happening, not even dorian.
they are so close to reuniting, orym has needed dorian back for WEEKS and he's so close. i'm begging them to hold on so they can hold each other again.
and, again, from a literary point of view, you know the wildest part about all of this?
none of it is scripted.
#critical role#orym of the air ashari#dorian storm#dorym#as always I’m pleased to see others are also unhinged about these two
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I got actual work done this weekend but more importantly I drew PAM WHO DEATH FORGOT
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As you likely well know, A Little Sacrifice is my favourite of the Witcher short stories. I'm a big fan of Little Eye and the old bugger she's friends with :')
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Sending Stone Messages
A list for me that I want to update as new ones come in! Which w/ Dorian back, hopefully not so much (But i think I found all of them so far)
Bonus Ep 6 - Orym gripping the sending stone while Dorian was away
Ep 16
Fearne - right after Dorian leaves
Ep 22
Orym — “We’re leaving Jrusar, heading southeast. Following the Treshi thread further. You’ve been missed. Hope you’re well.
Dorian — “Hey, sorry. Was sleeping. Thanks. Miss you guys too. Shit got crazy here too. Floating bar, I’ll tell you later.
Ep 31
Orym — “Hey friend. Missing you here. Could really use your special brand of optimism right now. Don’t know where you are. Hope you’re happy. Bye now.”
Dorian — “Hey! Floating bar got a little weird. Took awhile to land it. This side of the fam is keeping me busy. Miss you all too- Don’t die!”
Bonus Ep 33 - Sending stone falling from Orym's hand as he dies from Otohan
Ep 40
Orym — “Hey. Yios bound. Found them- their killers. Bigger than we thought. Read rough, Dorian. Eshteross is dead. Glad you’re not here, wish you were anyway.”
Ep 41
Dorian (via Robbie)— “Oh Orym~ My heart aches I cannot be there to help you. Find strength, stay steadfast. Sending you fairer winds. …. Is this thing on or-“
Ep 49
Orym — “Dorian. Update. People we’re chasing unleashing hell in a week. We’re headed there now. Odds not good. More tomorrow. Where are you?
Dorian — “Orym! With the rest of the Crown Keepers in Tal’Dorei. Opal’s getting a little dark. Little busy at the moment.. I don’t even know how to get to you.”
Ep 49
Orym — “Listen, what’s going on over here is really bad. Get the group, get underground. Stay there until you hear from me again… Miss you”
Dorian — “I'll see what I can do. There’s plenty of places underground, I’m sure. It's a little hairy on this end too. You take care of yourself. Be careful”
Ep 59
Orym — “Dorian?? Can you hear me? what’s the sky look like where you are? Tell me you’re okay-“
Ep. 63
Orym — “Dorian. still alive, by the skin of our teeth. want to talk more. you know where Dariax is?’
Bonus I miss you - Ep. 79
"I really miss Dorian and sometimes I think that's okay and sometimes it isn't."
Ep 86
Orym — “Dorian, we’re alive. Been to the moon, going back. Find the tempest. If I don’t get the chance again, I’ve really missed you.”
Ep 92
Orym — "We're home. Can you hear me? I'm northeast of Bassuras. Can you get there? I'm struggling. Sorry. Can you get here? Fuck, I miss you."
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thinking about radovid's wardrobe in s3 and how it reflected his mask.
and how when he's first introduced, he's wearing his furs and doublet and everything and he's all put together and he's playing the role of the drunken, playboy prince and spy master.
and how he stays that way up until 3x04. at which point we see him without his furs and he finally lowers his mask to confess to jaskier that he's scared.
and then when we see him next in 3x06, there's a brief moment where he's just in his chemise after having slept with jaskier and being at his most vulnerable. but then he makes the choice to betray jaskier and he gathers up his clothes to put them on and leaves. (also something about how radovid waits until he's outside to put his clothes, and thus his mask, back on.)
but then the next moment we see him, despite having all his layers on, he's no longer as put together as he once was. his clothes are in disarray, his doublet's undone, he's disheveled. all of which not only reflects the literal, physical affect that jaskier's had on him the night before but also how his feelings for jaskier are genuine but he is still wearing a mask to some extent as he doesn't tell jaskier the full truth as to why he betrayed him.
same thing with 3x07. when we see him again, he's still just as disheveled but he does earnestly want to prove to jaskier that he is more than the mask he wears.
and then in the beginning of his scenes in 3x08, he's lost his furs and he's only wearing his doublet and he confesses that he isn't a spy and that he isn't a good prince and that he's found his purpose in jaskier and wants to be with him to help him.
and by the final scene, after he's put into action his plans to run away with jaskier and all but abdicate, he's stripped of his furs (his mask) —which he planned to sell to be with jaskier anyway — and his doublet and is back to wearing just his chemise, along with a robe.
but then the crown (another mask) is put on his head.
/// spoiler cut for s4 leaks ///
all of which actually just leads me to wonder about radovid's wardrobe in s4 and how it will reflect his mask and his mind and his emotions. because we know per the leak that radovid will lead the northern army into battle. which should imply that he's wearing armor. to protect himself. physically. but will that also symbolize something like him protecting his heart? as we also know that jaskier is at the northern army camp at the same time? or perhaps his true self from the world? will it be another mask he's wearing — or a different one? (will the show even continue this narrative thread?)
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