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I feel like we really lost something when we started looking at writing as a reader-centric product meant to appeal to the desires of a specific audience rather than a writer-centric approach of someone writes whatever particular thing particular compels them/whatever weird thing the demons in their head want to talk about, and people out there who are also compelled, and/or relate, find that writing. A lot of discussions of writing really center around what readers want rather than a writer's exploration. Sometimes as a reader I don't know what I want. I click on a fic or pick up a book I'm not sure about but that looks interesting, and I love it. Reading what I expect to get is it's own joy, but we always need to expand our horizons and not get mad at creators for not always writing what we want/expect.

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🐺🗡️ stinky man

[ID Portraits of Geralt from different witcher adaptations. In order Netflix tv show, Game, Hexer 2002, musical and book. end ID]

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when i say i’m from ukraine, people assume i live somewhere else now. when i say i live in ukraine, they assume i’m somehow immune to war, and there’s a logical division between a ukrainian they chat with on discord and a ukrainian on the news. bitches my yaoi is written from the bomb shelter

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I love you, Mr. Murderbritches.

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I had to find a picture of this 2017 article again because it's just so iconic.

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They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Regis’ eyes are jet-black. Onyx-black, dark as the darkest night, the purest night.

Because he is a vampire.

The eyes are the windows to the soul, and there is darkness and nothingness in there, a pleasant black void of murmurs and whispers that tickle the back of the head and make the eyelids heavy, that calms instantly, that evaporates fear, hate, love, pain. Makes one fall into…

Nothingness.

The soul lives on after the body has disintegrated into dust. The soul persists after death. What is death? What is a soul? And to a vampire? What can they be?

Dandelion witnessed the ghosts, visions of his friends, Geralt’s company, pushing the boat off upon Loch Eskalott. He saw three. Three, where there should have stood four. Alongside Milva’s braid, Cahir’s strength, Angoulême’s small hands, there should have been another. But there was only…

Nothingness.

This has happened before. This happened when they crossed the Jaruga, before Milva cut her braid. When their company was scoped out, felt out long-range magic—through the psyche of a dear friend. But where five stood, only four were seen. Because from such a magical scan, a vampire will not show up. Four humans, and where a vampire stands…

Nothingness.

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Honestly, art by Tanya Anor is my favorite witcher art ever. I adore how rough she makes that universe feel. Most artists make women seem perfect, her women are still attractive but acc look like real people. And let's not even talk about her book accuracy. She adds her own unique touch while keeping descriptions present. Even if she wasn't a witcher artist, she'd be on my top 10 bcz i simply adore her artstyle. Her designs are often not game inspired (although she does draw game versions too) and that's smthg i really appreciate. I would buy 1000 books with her illustrations. The moment i see her style, i yell "YUP! THAT'S WITCHER!!" Bcz it fits the universe so well 😭🙏🏻

Like, this is my favorite drawing ever!!!? Her style of shading is very hard to replicate (trust, i tried) and her designs are filled with extremely small details.

This one takes the cake tho. Idek where to begin. Some designs are bit game inspired probably, bit imo they are still much different and maybe superior. LIKE LOOK AT THE DETAILS AAAH. The flower pattern on their tunics and look at that mwtal texture!!! as someone who doesnt know how to draw metal, idk whether i should hate her or admire her, or both 😭🙏🏻. But my favorite thing ab the drawing is Ciri's scar, often they draw it as a very hot scratch, while Sapkowski proclaimed times and times again how ugly it is. and she captures the horror of her scar perfectly!

Ofc, i could go on and on ab the designs, but i think enough is said, whole lifetime is not enough to explain my love for her art.

I also wont go too far into her artistic skills, bcz everyone is aware of it. Her composition and contrast is mesmerizing. I like my art, but damn i wish i understood tones as good as she does. I barely achive the elementary four tones, she achives over dozen.

Anyway, i just wanted to say that cuz ive been looking at it entire morning. She is basically my biggest inspiration and i used her designs at the beginning of my witcher obsession (i never liked game designs enough, sry 🙏🏻)

Here's her deviant art if u haven't seen it already, tho i think almost every witcher fan is familiar with her work since she is icon of book art:

Does anyone know some of her other social medias? I'd love to follow her more closely :D

Thx for reading and i hope i introduced someone to her! ❤️✨

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I don't know who the fuck censored "hell" in that last image, but it sure as shit wasn't me. What is this, 3rd grade internet?

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one tectonic plate approaching another

“so are you a top or a bottom?”

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this is one of the dumbest things i’ve ever drawn, but in my defence in was done in the middle of class.

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My Favourite Things Tumblr Edition (This version written and performed by Codot) Watching the clever consulting Detective, Timelords and Doctors, and the Borg Collective, Princes of Asgard and Angels with wings, These are a few of my favourite things.

Winchester Boys in their old ‘67, Eccleston, Tennant, and Smith make 11, Seeing White Walkers and Clashes with Kings, These are a few of my favourite things.

Wizards who cast spells with deadly precision, Inspectors who say it’s “not my division”, GIF-ing The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, These are a few of my favourite things.

When Arthur dies, “Let me through, please!”, When the Angels Weep, I try to remember my favourite things, and then cry myself to sleep!

Billionaire geniuses bringing the party, Desperately trying to thwart Moriarty, It’s never over until the Ood sings, These are a few of my favourite things.

Fluttershy, Applejack, and all the Ponies, NUTCRACKER! Sam takes one in the Cojones, Aang, Zuko, Bolin and Korra’s Bendings, These are a few of my favourite things.

What time is it, why it’s time for Adventure, Feeling the love between Xavier and Lehnsherr, In fact, let’s go mad with all our shippings, These are a few of my favourite things!

When I get hit, Right in the feels, When it makes me sad. I simply remember my favourite things, and then I don’t feel so bad!

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I think this has been shared here before but I wanted to put it here one more time cuz it’s one of the very few pieces of media we actually have of them singing live 😭

Also I absolutely love how the lights on them go with their characters (blue on Joey for Blue Furious Boy and red on Madeleine for Scarlet Scarlet)

And yeah just the way they’re genuinely having fun and being silly is everything to me 😭

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… But there are other creatures of the same species that live in harmony with nature. In mountains, in woods. These I don’t chase… And some I don’t touch at all. For example…

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