I’ve gotten a lot of people asking lately, and I know that it’s easy to miss pinned blog posts (especially on mobile) and I do have an AO3, it’s pillage_and_lute or follow this link.
I’ve been updating it pretty regularly, so I think the only stuff not on there yet is some of my ask answers
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, (here)
Read it on Ao3 HERE
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Geralt didn’t even make it a day.
He left Oxenfurt behind at dawn, riding Roach, alone, just like he always was. There was water here, a river, and trees. They were willow trees, weeping over the sludgy river, bending to sweep the water and Geralt thought of Jaskier’s mother, of the flash of an opal ring on Jaskier’s hand. The Pontar was wide and slow here, and Geralt thought of a hidden pool, far in a forest, and Jaskier talking about his mother.
Maybe he wasn’t half dryad, maybe he was. Maybe it wouldn’t mean anything but…but what if his life was longer than a human’s? Geralt didn’t want to have to lose him anytime soon, but what if he wouldn’t have to?
Geralt realized he’d already lost Jaskier. He’d betrayed his husband’s trust, kissing a witch and leaving him. He was still injured. Melitele’s tits, Geralt was an asshole. He’d hurt Jaskier. On purpose.
A clean break, what the hell was he thinking? They were married, there was no ‘clean break’. They’d have to see eachother eventually. He’d look into beautiful eyes and they’d be full of hatred. He’d see his husbands solid frame and watch the posture become closed and standoffish. Perhaps Jaskier’s words would even turn cold. Toss A Coin would never be heard in taverns again, instead something else. Witchers Are Selfish Bastards could become the next hit.
He couldn’t protect Jaskier though. The doublet was just that, a doublet. It was a pretty thing, not armor. Geralt could wrap the entire bard in basilisk leather and he still might never be safe.
But at least you’d be there to fight for him, whispered a treacherous part of Geralt’s mind. He spurred Roach faster, as if he could outrun the thought.
What if there was a barfight? Sure, Jaskier could take care of himself, but if there were no knives around? No weapons? What if he got jumped in an alleyway, or fell ill and he was too sick to find a healer?
Surely having Geralt there was better than nothing.
Anonymous asked:
I got a reply on a long comment i left on a fic like a year ago the other day it was great, im not even in the fandom anymore but i still went "nice!!! Oh i wonder if they have new stuff" and then i read a bunch of their newer fic. It's not necessary to reply and i think the people who Expect A Reply are very entitled but it is nice when it happens!
I know One (1) author who has somehow managed to recreate lj comment threads on their ao3 fic where everyone replies to everyone and the message chains get 10-deep regularly but that's extremely rare (it's an Experience)
Thanks anon! Good to know. Sometime when I don’t have so much work to do, maybe I can go back and reply to all my old comments
me: maybe im drawing jaskier's eyes too big..
joey batey:
me: .....*draws them bigger*
Other fic authors…reply to people’s comments on Ao3????
I could have been doing this the whole time and the commenter wouldn’t have thought I was weird????????!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I have been missing out :(
First chapter (a short one) of The Blood of the Covenant is up HERE on Ao3. These are the events of Thicker Than Water from Geralt’s POV.
Updates are going to be flakey, just like all my updates here, because I have a life and (unfortunately) I do this for free and have to work for a living.
Unless people want chapters posted here on Tumblr, all updates will probably just be on Ao3
okay geralt and jaskier meeting in the show is great and it's such a fun introduction to jaskier as a character but I just really love the way they met in the books because canonically its recalled that dandelion was hauling ass at a festival to get away from the Four Big Brothers of a woman he knocked up there and then he saw geralt and went "HEY A WITCHER COOL MY ASS IS SAVED" and hung onto geralt because he didn't wanna fucking die and geralt's immediate response was just going "OH HELL YEAH I'VE GOT A TRAVEL BUDDY :D" and like. I do love jaskier sauntering over to geralt and badly flirting introducing himself with bread in his pants and "three words or less" but... immediate idiot best friends book!geralt and book!dandelion my beloved <3
Jaskier just ran up to him and went "heeey bestie! 😊 I'm just gonna hang around you because you're intimidating and imposing and I don't want to be castrated and tarred and sawdusted. Let's get out of here bestie!" and Geralt just went "FRIEND :D let's go"
The was created for the 2021 Beyond the Continent Reverse Bang, where artists create a piece of art, and writers sign up to write a companion fic. The emphasis of this event was highlighting characters of colour and female characters in The Witcher.
ClydeThistles matched with me and will link to her fantastic fic on AO3. It fits in canonically to the show, draws from book lore (!), and is highly recommended.
I was thrilled to write the story that @ehay ‘s gorgeous artwork inspired, here is the link https://archiveofourown.org/works/32163517/chapters/79692772.
WOWOWOW!!!!!
Look at the artwork!!!! Light source! Skin tone! hair texture!
And please read the incredible story linked below!
Ngl,the first time I saw “Lambert Lambert what a prick” circulating within the fandom, I thought it was praising his dick not describing his personality
