#LADY WITCHERS!! A CONCEPT!!

[hanzajesthanza]

Andrzej Sapkowski - interview for Inny Świat, July 2003

IŚ: Do you ever find yourself guided by sentiments when developing the plot? Do you have reservations about killing off a beloved character or do you consider only the goodness and truthfulness of the story being told? Have you felt sorry for any of Geralt's team members? Andrzej Sapkowski: I completely fail to understand where there is room for regret here. Or for sentiments. Since this is not the first time I have heard such a question, I will answer with a counter-question. Do you really think that my plot plans, the development of the action that I assumed, could have included something that did NOT happen in the plot? That, for example, I planned in the initial phase of writing that the archer Milva would fall in love with the vampire Regis, and that the feeling would be mutual, that they would get married in the end and have lots of children, vampires who were accurate shooters with bows. And then suddenly, while writing - bang! Clink! Thud! The pen moved, Milva was dead, the vampire was dead. Pity, oh my, oh my, terrible pity. Oh, what a pity. And it was going so well! Do you really not notice the downright ridiculousness here? Do you? So why the hell do you keep asking the same ridiculous questions?

i just keep thinking:

the most ridiculous thing sapkowski could think of on the spot as an example of something stupid that he would not ever plan to write was milva x regis

the idea of this crackship taking place is just about as ridiculous as the concept of them not dying

further explanation: "the hanza is platonic friends and also they are doomed to die together forever what don't you understand about that"

i have something to share with the class

[catscraftsandcommentary]

So I had some time to think tonight at work (in between operating heavy machinery, swearing at the materials, and trying to keep the line running, fun times!) And I asked myself, "self, hypothetically, what might @inexplicifics Accidental Warlord AU look like in another generation or two - once people really get used to witchers being The Good Guys (TM) and helping out?"

And I was like "well, they'd probably get invited to social events - ooh! Who'd like which events best?!? What would that look like?"

Geralt, as we all know, detests anything too formal or Warlord-focused. He enjoys weddings and receptions, but his TRUE favorite is baby christenings. Seriously. Put him in a room with a tiny baby and he's happy as a clam. He'll happily growl away (or weaponize his puppy-dog eyes against) grannies, aunties, and other family members to hold the baby for as long as possible. He's also 90% of the reason that witchers are now rumored to be able to bless babies.

When Mouse and Treyse bring this new rumor to the council, everyone has to just sit. And process for a minute. Because what the ever-loving fuck?!? (Jaskier immediately writes the sweetest lullaby ever, "A Witcher's Blessing", and it is the ONLY song that Geralt ever sings in public, and only ever to babies and small children. Multiple women blame this for their immediate conceptions.)

Jaskier adores weddings and festivals of all types, and if a happy couple includes details of how they met and/or fell in love with their wedding invitation, there's at least a 50% chance that he'll show up to the wedding with a personalized love song, holy shit.

Ciri loves tourneys. Loves watching them, loves displaying in them, loves sneaking into competing in them (omg, heir, NO), loves WINNING them. She's a menace. She has various stealth coats of arms that she rotates between when she's not supposed to be competing, but her favorite is the battle goose. Obviously.

Eskel doesn't like crowds or being the center of attention, which are almost inevitable with public invitations, but he does enjoy being the +1 for his family. Several of his and their interests overlap, and even where they don't, he likes to see them enjoying themselves.

Yennifer becomes well-known as an extremely efficient - albeit terrifying - treaty negotiator. She'll talk to both sides, get a list of their must haves, deal-breakers, would-likes, and don't-wants (as well as - perhaps more importantly - the reason why each of those are on that particular list). Then she draws up a draft and viciously negotiates a compromise. She is genuinely surprised the first time that both sides thank her for her help.

Vesemir, with all his long years of teaching, loves visiting schools and seeing any sort of student performance or sporting event. Kindergarten to university, drama to music to dance recitals to track and field meets to football games to student symposiums to science contests to... He buys out bake sales and funds club field trips and donates several fortunes worth of antique knick knacks to various schools. He's invited as a guest lecturer, a commencement speaker, a competition judge, a referee.

Lambert and Aiden, at some point, discover bachelor's parties, call dibs, and never look back. People learn very quickly not to invite witchers to their stag nights unless they want the entire party to get horrifyingly drunk - but at least Lam and Aiden will make sure that everyone makes it home (or to the wedding) safely. Perhaps not soberly, or sans hangover, but definitely without major injury. (And if the bride asks nicely and the groom and friends weren't total jerks, Lambert can usually be counted on to make a hangover cure. He really is a softie at heart.)

Dragonfly and Serrit get tapped for the odd bachelorette party or ladies' birthday parties. Anything that falls under "I want to be able to drink and party with my friends without worrying about some strange guy hurting one of us." They are extremely protective and have both been drunkenly proposed to several times. (Livi finds this terribly amusing. Gweld just wants to know if he can watch.) Milena and Zofia sometimes go with them.

Milena loves going to wedding showers and baby showers, but outside Kaer Morhen, she has to stay in sight of Lambert or one of his brothers. Lambert's rule. (She got KIDNAPPED, okay? He's allowed to worry!) Usually she'll take Geralt (there might be babies! He's excellent protection!) or Eskel (he's very quiet and has excellent manners, and his signs are impossible to fight) for the more, ah, female-heavy events. If anyone asks, they're her brother-in-law and genuinely like spending time around kids. And very, very married.

[trinarysuns]

Fun things gleaned from reading The Witcher books after only knowing tv/game canon:

-There's something wrong with the sun's light and it's getting worse. It's theorized that in a few thousand years its light will be toxic enough that everything will be nocturnal. This is totally irrelevant to the plot.

-90% of landmasses in this world are in the northern hemisphere.

-White Gull isn't alcohol (probably), since child Ciri grabbed some off a table and drank it without flinching. It is however a diluted alchemical distillate that's a mild recreational drug (to Witchers) and a hallucinogen (to humans). Also it's blue. Black Gull, however, is just flat out a Witcher hallucinogen that's probably extremely toxic to everyone else.

-Yes, Geralt and the rest spend their winters in Kaer Morhen getting high for fun

-You've heard of Kaer Morhen's fanon hot springs, now get ready for its canonical HRT* mushroom and fern cave garden (*unspecified endurance enhancer (and pain inhibitor?) fed to unaltered Witcher candidates and also Ciri, which Triss tells Vesemir to dial back on because Ciri wouldn't go through puberty properly)

-The vague implication that wherever humans came from was not a medieval level world ("you destroyed your own world", the trial of the grasses involves tailored viruses, Geralt knows what genes are but is unclear on the concept of antibiotics). I'd bet that the grasses formula can't be recreated because at this point they just flat out don't understand it enough anymore. This is, again, totally irrelevant to the plot.

(I also now understand why 99% of fic takes place in the first half of the general canon or post-game Witcher 3, because the back half of the book series is... Nnnot very good. Genuinely not sure what happened there but The Tower of Swallows and Lady of the Lake are structural trainwrecks)

[inexplicifics]

hi inex that one warlady milena and noble lambert ask has my brain whirling. i'm trying to think of how that would even come to be, and what milena's court might be like, because i can't imagine it'd be entirely like the kaer morhen we know.

and i keep thinking about how much happier lambert would be there, against his best wishes, without having to keep a polite face on since the nobles/witchers there would be much harder to offend, and finally being free of the pressure that comes with being third in line -- not the heir not the spare, but knowing that he'd be married off anyway.

(on that train of thought, i'd love to know exactly what his father's reasoning for sending him and not geralt or eskel instead) (or maybe they're brothers at heart, but he is his father's only actual son? the only one who might make political alliances, and lambert would hope that his father would keep him as an heir rather than have his cousin or wtv on the ducal seat, but he doesn't? that'd be so fucked up)

but anyway i'm heavily thinking about. warlady milena who is still a gently bred noble lady, as much as she has toughened up over the years, she'll never be as coarse as the men and women she leads, and her tribute which... what is she even meant to do with a noble tribute who doesn't seem to want anything to do with teaching witchers/warriors about political acumen or manners? the answer is to let him learn about alchemy and bombs, but that probably only shows up ue to circumstances, not right away. so lambert is in a sort of precarious position there and it's sooooo delightful

and i'm thinking about geralt and eskel who i'm assuming would be like. guards ? in the eventuality where they're really just chosen family, and them quitting lambert's father service days after they learn where lambert has been sent, and making the trek by foot which lambert would have done by portal, showing up a month or two later to their little brother being reluctantly happier now than he ever was before, and resolutey out of his father's crutches

this is so long but i'm thiinking so hard

I gotta admit I'm going in a very different and rather more batshit direction with this concept, but yours is awfully fun! Poor confused both of them!

[softness-and-shattering]

Finished Lady of The Lake (Witcher)

SPOILERS -- Im frustrated and confused with the ending, this isnt particularly complimentary.

And um, what the hell? Is this like a narnia afterlife situation? How did the horse end up in camelot, WHY camelot, why is Ciris future suddenly with this random knight? Why camelot? Am i supposed to be happy? I guess its independence but its not, its just a different world with different rules and politics and complications. I get that we're not doing happily ever after but like.

Kind of feels like the whole party died so the author didn't have to write endings for them. What did the unicorn even achieve, Ciri doesnt need him to travel.

Also a thing thats bothered me the whole time, why is everyone stuck on ciris theoretical future children, why is SHE not destined one? Why is everyone trying to get her pregnant at 16?? Ive never seen a story where the male protagonist has to have kids to secure a prophecy and everyones throwing wives at him. And i dont like the implication after all that that ciris gonna end up with galahad. She should be a lesbian. She cannot be the only descendant of the elder blood, and what were the elves even isolating those genes for?? What was the point of lara? There was no saving the world from politicking or future climate catastrophe.

Its already not a happy ending bc everyone is dead. It just feels like sapkowski didnt really know how to finish things? Lets just throw in some big fights ok now what let everyone noodle around uh guess Ill kill them off now ok. Ciri doesnt even get to grow up. Cahiras scary and significant and then he's just The Fighty Guy of the party, no more complexity there.

And what the fuck is with emhyr and his incest plan? Why does everyone want to fuck ciri including her father?? "The child o sore will be important" YOUR DAUGHTER IS YOUR CHILD BUCKO and then he just lets her go and didnt leave anyone with a knife for Yen and Geralt because why??

Honestly the sexual violence, the fact that every woman is always "provocative" and we always gotta mention their cleavage and fuckability, its so incredibly gross. Especially with everyone wanting to fuck or impregnate ciri. Who is confirmed to be a minor in-world.

Obviously I found the story compelling enough to keep reading multiple books but all these cool concepts just were not executed through. Just an entire book of everyone trying to fuck a child instead of literally anything else. The villain deaths werent satisfying. The protagonist deaths were cheap. I dont remember who the fuck caleb whoever was or half the people referred to in the last quarter of the book even though ive been reading these books fairly close together.

I kind of hope the show does things better but who knows with cavill leaving.

[missbadafker]

Character Inspiration Meme! I was tagged by: @lady-quen Profile picture is an older artwork I drew myself of Alivia and am still proud of! (If you see this and feel like doing it, you're ON! Feel free to say I tagged you!)

Normally I kind of randomly find an aesthetic, picture or song I will base a random idea for an OC on but when GW2 was set to release I did in fact think about a few characters when creating Alivia.

Jane Bennet - Pride and Prejudice (and zombies). The Regency era was a big inspiration for Alivia's design to begin with but Jane's characteristic that is often described as her main trait: ''Her most notable trait is a desire to see only the good in others.'' is one of the main traits I see in Alivia's character as well. I put (and zombies) in there because I like the 'not so damsel in distress that only focuses on being a lady but is in fact a badass fighter' part of this movies a lot with the general aesthetic.

Livia - Guild Wars 1 This is a really simple one: Livia was my obsession in gw1 and I adore her character. Obviously she inspired Alivia's name but the willingness to do anything to protect your people is what I drew most from when creating Alivia. What I'd like to incorporate in the future is more of the mysteriousness you get from her as well.

Lil Kawaii Lizzziie - Guild Wars 1 LOL, okay so this is one of my gw1 mains and my mesmer! The mesmers from gw1 were a huge inspiration for me as well but mostly so their aesthetics. They're sexy yet modest and sophisticated. This is how I knew Alivia had to be a character of noble background. (also yes this character inspired my account name way back when haha)

GW2 mesmer concept art Now this one doesn't really add a lot of depth but was more of an aesthetic type of inspiration. I really like how mesmers are presented more as cunning and a bit darker than what I was previously used to and I love anything from the concepts about them.

Yennefer of Vengerberg - the Witcher A powerful mage with a traumatic past, wanting to protect what is dear to her with whatever means necessary. That's how I see Alivia as well. However Yennefer is a bit more 'dark' in that regard but I'd love to explore that for Alivia as well.

Gwen (Thackeray) - Guild Wars 1 Another gw1 character (I mean what can I say I first created Alivia when I was still heavily obsessed with gw1 and playing it before gw2 came out haha). I think Gwen is up there with Livia being one of my favourite gw1 characters. She's a survivor, persistent and a role model for many. Her story is what drove me to write a troubled past for Alivia.

Alivia is a generally soft character but I really want to explore some darker sides of her in the future and I never stopped to think that the characters that initially inspired her have that going on even if it's a little bit. Anyway always open to brainstorming :D OH BEFORE I FORGET If you're (for whatever reason) interested in seeing the pinterest board I keep for Alivia inspirations you can find it here. ^-^

[fangirleaconmigo]

A big part of taking care of someone who is sick is just keeping them company because it is so isolating.

So I have sped through a lot of media this past few months while sitting with my sister. And I’ve read while waiting in the hospital and doctors offices.

Here’s the new stuff I’ve just watched and read: (if you wanna talk more about any of them hmu in the ask box. It may take me awhile to answer but I want the asks even so!)

Watched

Barbie. I loved how weird this was. We need more weird blockbusters. I loved seeing a creative team with so many women win so big.

The Bear. This show was a little too real but so well done. I would die for Syd. My sister and I have incorporated “Heard, chef” and “Yes, Chef” into our daily lexicon.

Good Omens S2. When I tell you I was SCREAMIN at the finale. Season three is not a want, it is a need. Right up there with oxygen. Bless Tennant, bless Sheen, bless Gaiman, Netflix hear our prayers.

Breaking Bad rewatch. My thoughts could fill a novel. If anyone wants more, drop an ask. But for these purposes, my only thought is that I will never comprehend people who watched this for Walter White and not for Jessie Pinkman.

Justified Primeval: Deeply enjoyed watching Raylan Givens tussle with a child just like him 😂. Also his chemistry with Carolyn was fuckn fire, I loved the ‘grown an sexy’ vibe. And YESSSS to that epilogue.

What We Do in the Shadows (tho not the finale yet) I will be completely honest I watch this for Guillermo de la Cruz. No thots head empty just Guillermo.

The Witcher S3: My sister actually actively dislikes the show 😂😂😭 so I wasn’t gonna watch it to the sound of her unsolicited critique. So, I went to my friends house to watch it. But turned out my friend’s Husband Joined Us. He is nice but he talked over it SO MUCH. (Like did you know that some of the buildings don’t have windows in the wide shots but then in internal shots, windows galore??) Bless his heart. Point being, I need to watch again.

Ladies First. I’m a big fan of women in hip hop so this documentary series was a MUST. It was great but it left me wanting more. I want a series for every year of women in hip hop. Incredible. Also I found some new artists to listen to.

Pacific Rim rewatch. The movie is just as much fun ten years later. The concept of drift compatibility is top fucking shelf my friends. Top. Fuckn. Shelf. Also, is this the only GDT movie where the monsters are actually the bad guys? 😂 I think it is.

Heartstopper. I watched this mostly because I wanted to spend time (virtually, alas) with my fandom wife and she is obsessed with this show. Glad queer teens have this. The main actors have amazing chemistry, and are super lovable and talented.

One Piece live action. I needed something lighter after being gutted by Breaking Bad so I turned to this show. Am now obsessed with Roronoa Zoro.

I Read:

Pageboy, Elliot Page

Under the Whispering Door, TJ Klune.

Velvet is the Night, Silvia Moreno Garcia

I am Spock, Leonard Nimoy

The Entire Murderbot Diaries series re-read for like the seventh time. This is like my therapy. By Martha Wells.

[grandwitchbird]

For the record. I personally love the implications of Ciri finally subverting the pull of destiny completely by giving up her status of Lady of Space and Time to really just be a Witcher (a super op Witcher too). We know Yen can perform the trial of the grasses and that’s good enough for me. I’m pro-interesting adaptive choices. It didn’t really matter in 3 that the Hunt was just a plot device. At the end of the day the story did what it needed to and did it spectacularly. In my head there’s parallel realities running where the end of the Lady of the Lake stays as it is and the story is done. And another where W3 happens.

Basically I’m not a lore hound. I know the lore but. I’m with Sapkowski on world building. It just doesn’t interest me. It’s the metaphors and the actual story that matter.

But! I’m not gonna analyze or talk about implications in a concept trailer beyond this. Because the thing that everyone is getting mad or excited at? Is a proof of concept. Not enough meat on those bones to be worth picking at.

[msommers]

4, 16, 18 for maeve, meredith and jorina!

ok listen do NOT look @ me for this taking so long i WASN'T absorbed in laying in bed, staring @ the ceiling, constantly thinking thoughts but never writing them down. that's crazy talk. anyway thank u ily <333 // oc asks: childhood edition // placing the read more higher up than usual bc shocking nobody, i don't know how to keep answers short and i wanna save everyone's dashboards from this

4) How was your muse's relationship with their childhood guardians? Has it changed over time, and if so, how? Do they keep in touch?

so check it out. i read this question an entirely different way the first time i saw it and had different answers, doubted them for like 15 minutes straight, then redid it all upon realization. so now here we are

MAEVE — bad! not good!! never improved!!! i wouldn't even call Maeve's parents her guardians in any capacity because they were so horrible at that job. they started lowkey coercing her into developing her charm when she first caught a man's attention for being pretty because they wanted to get stuff out of it, emotionally neglected her the entire time she lived with them, made her feel guilty about the most ridiculous things on a regular basis, literally sold her to Carden the same day he voiced his interest in taking her away, etc etc add a dozen other offenses here. what changed over time would be Maeve having the distance and years to process how they treated her (mother straight up abusive, father on a lower level and mostly through his inaction), accepting it, and working on the struggles/damage they saddled her with. no contact at all, even if i did entertain the age old concept of her discovering where they moved to during her travels with a witcher or two, she wants nothing to do with them.

MEREDITH — so close to both parents, her father maybe a little more so due to extra time together but that didn't lessen the bond between her and her mother. Meredith and Bryce spent a great deal of time together as she was interested in following in his footsteps, and eventually being heir of the teyrnir, which required a ridiculous amount of educating (required is a strong term, but they both agreed it was excellent to have and she loved her lessons) and additional hands-on experience being at his side while he attended his duties. they knew how to make each other laugh, his hugs were her favorite thing in all of Thedas, and she was all but his official right-hand lady by the time origins came around tbh. Sometimes she'll make a snide comment that she knew he would have laughed at and it causes a physical ache how terribly she misses the sound. Eleanor was the one to initiate Meredith's rogue training to further her capability, and that's something she'll always be grateful for. Her mother taught her how to read maps, calculate numbers in a battle, properly host visitors, she was also the one to give her lessons in Alamarri to help preserve the language. They could soothe each other's nerves or irritation simply by being at one another's side, and held entire conversations through glances and expressions alone. Her mother's smile always filled her with warmth and she spends the rest of her life wishing she could see it just one more time.

JORINA — so much love was present, even in the times of trying to figure her out. she and her father were happy in their quiet art activities together, but she shied away from his affection when it became too overwhelming. her mother supported Jorina's fierce independence without question, but couldn't understand the introvert’s need to recharge and on occasion pushed her a little too far outside of her boundaries. they were most likely at the stage of classic moody arguments between a mom and teen before Wenna’s death and Jorina regrets that to no end. Renehn fell into a severe depression after Wenna was gone (plus some other events of the blight but who has the time to list) and it irrevocably altered he and Jorina's relationship as she was forced to step up in her mid-teens to provide for the family, but fortunately they get the time to heal from individual wounds and come together down the line to slowly rebuild their relationship with great patience and new understandings of each other. Jorina finding her own love helped an immeasurable amount with her coming to understand what her father went through because she doesn't know what the fuck she'd do with herself if anything happened to Aleksi. they kept in contact through Jorina's letters sent back home while she worked for the Inquisition (her siblings would read them to him until he was able to do so himself), and through the occasional visit when time was free for it. level of contact after events of trespasser depends on what happened there i guess lmao

16) If your muse could say one thing to their childhood self, what would they say? Would your muse want to meet their childhood self in the first place?

MAEVE — she would jump at the chance to meet her childhood self because the girl desperately needed love and attention that she’d be all too happy to provide, no matter how short their time together would be. trouble is!! this would likely be one of the rare scenarios where she’d struggle to find the right words, because her list of potentials would be so goddamn long she wouldn’t know where to start. she’d likely end up giving her a much-needed hug, a kiss to the top of the head, and telling her smth like “you are stronger than any deterrent that this world may try to put in your path, love. never doubt that.” bc y’know. soft girl gonna soft and not recognize the strength needed to endure all the shit she suffers to reach her happiness lmfao

MEREDITH — “never doubt your instincts. not even for a moment.” it was the doubt that Rendon could be up to anything truly horrible That EveningTM which led to Meredith holding her tongue, perhaps a gentle (or rather: intense as hell, calm down she's just a kid, mere-) nudge could alter that. could change everything, could change absolutely nothing at all, worth the shot tho.

JORINA — she wouldn’t want to meet her childhood self one bit, she'd get so depressed lol. even when she was young, Jorina was always trying to act older than she was and missed out on a lot of the youthful joy and activities she should’ve had because of that. she’d want to tell her to go play with the other kids, put down the chores for a few hours and just have fun, but i don’t think she’d be able to do it. she’d be too upset about the reminder incarnate of how she wasted her happy, full family years batting her mother’s helping hands away and insisting she could handle big girl things on her own.

18) What's one thing that instantly transports your muse back to their childhood? Why?

MAEVE — hearing a child being snapped at in a particular tone (most often by parents in the upper echelons of society) will, sadly, always send her back to being a little girl getting scolded by her mother. she can recognize later in life that she was being chastised for simply acting as an excitable child should, but falling back into those memories brings the shame of "disappointing" and "embarrassing" her mother back to the surface. 

MEREDITH — sometimes chatting with Delilah brings her back to their early teenage years, where they would trade gossip through whispers and giggle as they linked arms before gliding off to find a new source of information, or perhaps a private space to more openly discuss their findings. smth smth prime example of girlhood and she misses that innocent fun, wishes that it hadn't been taken by forces outside of her control. 

JORINA — counting her coin. whether it be checking what's on her person or what she'd been paid for recent scouting work, she'll sometimes flash back to the numerous nights she spent counting and recounting her limited household funds as if some extra money would magically appear and she'd be able to comfortably feed the family for the rest of the week.

[justaturtleindisguise]

While i'm not currently drawing turtles, i'm very hyperfixated on some OCs of mine, kind of a little project i started in the past 2 weeks hehee ! i'm challenging myself to design 8 characters that are adopted siblings in a medieval kind of setting, and make them all look different from one another. They don't have much lore yet, besides of being very loosely based on concepts of The Witcher and other stuff i'm making up along the way. I have 3 of 8 characters designed and I'd love to share them with everyone !! :)

The first design I did was Garreth's, some part of her like her feet are looking kinda wonky cuz I'm terrible at drawing feet- I tried to make her look non-op but I don't think I did a great job on that :(

lore stuffs:

Garreth is the 4th child;

She came out as a trans woman to her family very recently and didn't felt a need to change her name;

Besides being a amputee, Garreth also wears a knee brace because of a old injury;

Her arm prosthesis is enchanted to work as a real arm, but Garreth doesn't like wearing it because of it's weight, and refuses to use it while in safe spaces;

She's autistic and very prone to bottling up feelings until exploding, but she's working on her communication skills.

Zaia was the second character I designed and honestly she's my favorite- I love me a big strong lady <3

lore stuffs:

Zaia is the oldest child.

She's currently the only AFAB person in her family, being mistaken for a boy as a child;

Family only discovered about her biological sex when she was 14 and had her first period, siblings tried to cover it up for her safety;

Zaia's incredibly smart and a big creature nerd and wrote a entire bestiary by herself with details of creatures found on her journeys;

Besides being the physically strongest of the bunch, Zaia prefers to solve problems peacefully;

Has big problems trusting any figures of authority;

Infodumps about her travels to anyone for hours.

And the third design I did is Talô! I actually just finished him hehee !! He was a tidbit more challenging than the others since I've never draw a albino character before, but I'm pretty happy with the result and hope to get better at drawing him and other albino peeps in the future !!

lore stuffs:

Talô is the youngest child;

He is the only sibling to be currently in a romantic relationship;

He's engaged with his two lovers, whom he loves very much;

He lost his leg in a fight with a werewolf, in which he was infected;

His prosthetic was made by a very cherished friend from the sea and it's currently the only mobility aid he owns;

He fell a little bit out of touch with his siblings in the years following his transformation, afraid that his siblings would hate him for that;

Talô was very close to all of his siblings, so the separation is very painful to him;

He's currently working to gather up courage to tell his siblings about this and about his upcoming marriage.

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This is currently everything I have about this characters (at least that I remember now lol).

I'm very proud of this designs even tho I can see much room for improvement, and I'm also open to questions about them !! :)

Good night folks !!

[fandom-space-princess]

WIP Whenever

Taking inventory of my WIPs folder, and I'm starting to understand why I never seem to finish anything. I jump around too much 😅

WIPs for which I have, at minimum, started to bullet-point plot and character notes (by fandom):

Supernatural:

None But Shining Hours: midam sequel to "The Game of Us." Michael and Adam living their little post-resurrection life, featuring a Michael learning to take joy in life's quieter labors.

Artificial Nocturne: Raphael sequel to "The Game of Us." Raphael growing a garden for themself as they take up a position caretaking the Empty, and getting the rest and recuperation they deserve.

[untitled]: sabrifer sequel to "The Game of Us." I'm not actually sure this isn't two fics trying to be one fic. On the one hand, there's whatever Gabriel and Lucifer are doing whenever they're haunting the bunker, and Sam, and each other. On the other hand, there's the separate setting entirely of Lucifer taking responsibility for upending the structure of Purgatory, and examining what it means to be a creature created irredeemable. Need to work on this more because it is at all times scrabbling at the walls in my brain.

[untitled] oddly philosophical bondage kinkfic featuring [REDACTED]. This one meant to be sexy when I started writing it but these assholes just won't stop talking to each other long enough to get to the good part. Woe.

Stranger to Flight: midam oneshot featuring both Michael and Adam being incredibly weird about the concept of immortality.

[untitled]: Gabriel resurrection postcanon longfic. Canon-compliant AU. Gabriel finds himself deposited unceremoniously on the bunker's doorstep, and has to reconcile a headful of conflicting memories about how often, when, and whether he was alive or dead. He's uncertain if he's real, or if anything is; he remembers the many, many "draft" versions of himself Chuck wrote, and he's stuck in a body that doesn't answer to his whims like it used to. This is technically a sabriel fic, but it's so much more about Gabriel's relationship to embodiment and existence… one day I will finish this, and publish it, and then probably just die satisfied.

First Rites: midam oneshots about their "firsts." First kiss, first decision Michael makes for himself, first fight they have after the cage… heck, when I figure out how to write them baking a cake, Michael's first birthday.

Eastern Midnight Time: samifer fic that I will someday finish and bestow upon Sin like a flower crown for inspiring it. The premise is an allegory about sacrificial goats wrt the book of Leviticus, and the idea of Sam as "the scapegoat"/the goat "for Azazel," in contrast to Dean, as Michael's vessel, being a more pure/godly sacrifice. The premise here is a ~s4/5ish Sam road trip fic, and the lengths to which he would go to feel worthy again; about helping people as he moves, collecting sins as he goes.

Witcher (all media):

Metamorphosis, and Other Gifts: Eskel/Salma the Succubus fic that keeps stubbornly resisting me writing the final chapter. Eskel's relationship to his own monstrousness (and the idea in general of what it means to be a monster) makes me feel tormented. I think this might be the next thing I finish.

[untitled]: Ciri longfic. What if, in the aftermath of TW3, the Lady of Space and Time had a crisis of conscience and took up mutiverse-jumping? What if she pulled the members of Geralt's hansa from their deaths at Stygga Castle at the last possible moment, and brought them into the post-game future? Wouldn't that be awful for everyone? GLAD YOU ASKED. It definitely would! There would be unintended consequence! Crises of identity! Angoulême and Ciri having just the worst heart-to-hearts! I can't wait to sit down and work on it one of these days.

[untitled]: series of sequential/interconnected one-shot fics for Meve/Reynard/Gascon (Thronebreaker). I'm not exactly sure how many of these there are going to be yet, but I have notes for at least three of them. I do so love my OT3.

[Bonus!] Dragon Age:

[untitled] Whooo boy, is this self-indulgent. This is a gigantic fic that exists (… I use this word loosely) to tear a big goddamn hole in the fabric of the universe and let me write a story to the effect of: "if you sunder spacetime such that you have five or six Wardens with intact memories up to the Tower of Ishal, three or four slightly different versions of the same Hawke, and a half-dozen very angry Inquisitors, how badly can they screw up working together and saving the world?" God, it's so much. There is no chance of this seeing the light of day prior to Dreadwolf, though, so I wouldn't look for it any time soon.

[hanzajesthanza]

“a road with no return” was not initially written as a witcher story—it was a shortened and cleaned up version of another fantasy novel sapkowski was working on at the time, when he then got the call from fantastyka that they enjoyed his witcher and wanted more short stories.

“road” was only added to the witcher canon later, when he felt sympathy for the beautiful name visenna, and thought to incorporate her into the witcher via the scene we recieve in “something more.” (he says all of this in the preface to the publication of the story in maladie i inne opowiadania)

as for sterility, it is true that most sorceresses become sterile owing to the magic they use.

this is stated in bounds of reason:

Urging on his horse, the sorcerer galloped off towards the head of the column. Geralt, having glanced at Yennefer’s pale, furiously twisted face, began to feel sorry for him in advance. He knew what this was about. Yennefer, like most sorceresses, was barren. But unlike most sorceresses she bemoaned the fact and reacted with genuine rage at the mention of it.

not all sorcereresses, but most. use of magic has a sterilizing effect. this is why ciri, when she begins to practice magic in blood of elves, feels sharp pain in her lower body—

“(…) I know it’s unpleasant. You’ll get used to it.”

“It hurts… My belly… Down here—”

“You’re a woman, it’s a typical reaction. Over time you’ll harden yourself against it. But in order to harden yourself you have to practise without any painkillers blocking you. It really is necessary, Ciri. (…)”

presumably her ovaries, as in voice of reason 6, it’s explained by nenneke that yennefer’s ovaries are atrophied and there’s no chance of reversing her infertility, caused by use of magic.

“No one can help her; it's impossible. She's a sorceress. Like most female magicians, her ovaries are atrophied and it's irreversible. She'll never be able to have children.”

yennefer speaks to geralt about the emotional pain of infertility, which was caused by her magic ability. what i mean to point out by using this quote is that in order to use magic, they “give up” their ability to have a child—and as they’re children when they begin to train in magic, this is not really a consensual decision they can make.

“Nature is born again, the cycle repeats itself. But not for us, Geralt. We cannot reproduce ourselves. We were deprived of that potential. We were given the ability to do extraordinary things with nature, occasionally literally against her. And at the same time what is most natural and simple in nature was taken from us.”

of course, she’s also not talking about forced sterility amongst magic users, as no such thing occurs, despite tissaia de vries’ opinion that it should—see ‘the poisoned source’ epigraph in blood of elves.

however, concerning that concept that magic usage sterilizes the body, there is not one hundred percent sterility, one hundred percent of the time.

bodies are weird and diverse, and there’s bound to be a few exceptions. visenna was one of these, apparently—and more, fringilla vigo was also supposed to be an exception, owing to a deleted scene from lady of the lake which sapkowski described in the interview “F8 Key,” in which fringilla’s great-great-great… granddaughter goes to play with a cat, but it hisses at her and runs away—suggesting that geralt was also an exception to this rule.

as for coën, it’s said that it’s his first winter at kaer morhen—which could be taken to mean that he’s a wolf, but just has never returned to kaer morhen for the winter before. but it’s understandable how people can also take this to mean that he’s from a separate school—and since cats are not allowed at kaer morhen as established in season of storms, a griffon makes some sense.

Unraveling the fanon or canon bits in the witcher through out the different canons is a mess, for example, people think Coen is from the Griffin School, and even criticized the show for making him a wolf, when its not mentioned in the books at all that he’s a griffin

The Griffin school isn’t even mentioned until Lady of the Lake and thats only once, and its not the one scene where Coen shows up

Or Sorceresses being sterile due to the effect of magical energy on their bodies despite Geralt’s mother being established as one ( since she appeared in the very first witcher story before the saga envisioned im guessing this is a case of “ the author not coming up with that part of canon yet”)

[valdomarx]

A little witcher!Renfri stocking stuffer for @jaskicr for the @thewitchersecretsanta event. [CW for violence and mentions of abuse.] Happy holidays! <3

Renfri has always been a survivor. 

She travels alone for years, taking on what work she can to live. She cheats and steals and kills as she needs to. She makes no apology for this.

She takes a job to assassinate a lord who uses his position to abuse the women and girls of his estate. The women of the village can’t offer her much, but she’d do this one for free. While she’s slitting his throat, a stranger emerges from the shadows. The newcomer has two blades, yellow cat-like eyes, and a smile that’s all danger.

“Oh,” the woman says. “I see you’ve completed my job. Too bad. No great loss though.”

Renfri takes to her immediately. She splits what little coin the job paid with her and shares a drink with her at the nearest tavern. The woman goes by the name of Dragonfly, and she tells Renfri of a place which trains women as Witchers.

Renfri has heard tales of the School of the Cat, but she’d thought they were merely legends. She’s heard they are fearless killers, fast and agile. Her curiosity outweighs her reticence.

“You could join us,” Dragonfly offers.

“I’m an outcast,” Renfri says.

“Then you’ll fit right in,” the woman says.

“I’m a monster,” Renfri admits, and the woman shrugs.

“Aren’t we all?” she asks, arms spread wide. “That’s what they call women once they’re done breaking us.”

-

The Caravan takes her in. They train her. She is already a fine swordswoman and a capable poisoner. But the Cats teach her other skills: the laying of traps, the making of bombs, the use of a secondary blade to strike at opponents’ weak points. She learns voraciously.

She flourishes there, among the outcasts. Eventually, she hears of others like her, born under the Black Sun. She wonders if they are as lost as she once was. She wonders if she could help them. She determines to find out.

She succeeds in finding them, one at a time. These women are hard, like her, tempered into fighters. But they also have grace, and empathy. They understand her in a way no one ever has before.

She invites them to come with her to the Caravan and to be trained. Most take her up on her offer.

There’s Syanna, raven of hair and a temper to match. Fialka, sweet and gentle until anyone is foolish enough to corner her. Deidre, who’d grown up among witchers, skilled with a blade and sharp with her tongue. 

They are her sisters. They are her army. She need never rely on the kindness of men again.

-

When she meets a Wolf in Blaviken, she’s thankful that the Cat trials failed to enhance her eyesight. She doesn’t have the amber eyes of their kind and can pass as a human. Just as well, for she well knows the animosity that exists between Wolves and Cats.

His name is Geralt, and he has a kind heart beneath his hard exterior. She buys him breakfast and tells him a carefully edited version of her life story. He looks at her with a mixture of respect and pity. She hates pity.

She tells him she has tracked down the man responsible for her pain to here, Blaviken. She tells him she will put an end to it. He is distressed, tries to talk her out of it.

It’s sweet that he wants to save her.

It’s funny that he thinks he can stop her.

She takes him to bed and lets him please her for a night. When they are done, she slips a sleeping draught into a cup of water and offers it to him. 

The next morning, he slumbers on. She rides out to meet her sisters. They welcome her with open arms and fierce hearts.

Stregobor will pay for what he’s done to them.

[hydraballista]

The Owl Lady

This conversation is over for Philippa. I've had much more in my mind but my skill level said no, for now of course. I will try to add more and more details in the future. I just needed to get this visual out of my mind, onto "paper" and I'm glad I did :D

How do artists color their grayscale work? I've been struggling even though I've followed many different tutorials. Perhaps it's not my forte :D

[lanegritaalma]

I’m obsessed with The Witcher! I’m obsessed with The Witcher! I’m obsessed with The Witcher! I’m obsessed with The Witcher!

Why? Because it’s the first sci-fi/fantasy show or tv show in general that did NOT make SA or r**e a consuming theme. And I applaud them for doing what no one else has done (at least in my experience). All these women and girls and vulnerable children in the show and there were never any explicit scenes or very near experiences. They talked about it in passing a few times, but not the way other shows have done. And honestly, it’s super fucking refreshing to not watch a show and feel brutalized by it. I mean, come on now, when Ciri was on her own all I could think about was “when is that scene coming?” and it never did. She’s been kidnapped, stolen, traded multiple times by many many men and boys and NOT ONE tried to assault her. Not ONE woman on this show was horrible demeaned through force. In fact, all the sex scenes on the show were CONSENSUAL on both ends. So, this shows that Hollywood/Film Production has the overwhelming capabilities to stop brutalizing people’s bodies on screen, especially womens. And any show that tries to throw it in there, WHEN WE KNOW IT DONT HAVE TO BE, we should boycott that episode until it disappears from the face of the earth, internet, etc. Bully these folks into doing right. That’s all I have to say really.

[ashke-e]

Dune Omens - Atrides/Harkonnen OR Atrides/Fremen OR Harkonnen/Fremen xD Eldritch Omens - Crowley as sleeping Nyarlathotep and Eldritch Pony (there is a concept in which My Little Pony are from Lovecraft Mythology, and wanna make forced friendship with everyone) Reversed Batman Omens - White Penguin and Barbara aka Batgirl

Burton's Alice Omens - White and Red Queen (or their servants)

Sandman Omens - Dream and Nightmare who run during Morfeo's imprisonment

Moomins Omens - Snork and Stinky

Disco Elysium Omens - Kim and one of the communist

Death Stranding Omens - Sam Porter carries packages between two shelters, which are mostly passive-aggressive exchanges between a dedicated New America archivist and an anti-establishment old punk-prep.

Hell's Kitchen Omens - players from opposing teams. Aziraphale excels at making meats, while Crowley specializes in desserts. From the moment of the desert episode, when they had to try each other's dishes, Aziraphale secretly has a crush on his competitor because of the best crapes he has ever eaten.

Witcher Omens - hunter/monster (obvious!) OR witcher/mage (better) OR inquisitor/witcher (crazy xD)

Grinch Omens - one of Santa's elves who doesn't like gifts during Christmas, only cookies and Ginch himself.

Reversed Pet Patrol Omens - Sweetie and Rocky (almost like Lady and Trump)

World of Worcraft Omens - xD Alliance vs Horde you know... It is a good world for Omens xD Crowley as undead and ANYTHING from Alliance xD

Korean Mythology Omens - Sanshin - guardian of the mountain (old, calm guy with white tiger) and Dokkaebi. (There is a ORIGINAL story about very strange friendship of Dokkebi and the old sage (not Sanshin, but close enough). They drank and joked together, but the old man was afraid that he would turn into Dokkebi himself. They argued and the old man shouted that he was most afraid of gold (?). After parting, the demon left him great wealth in gold to scared him. Clever old man. But you know... I am sure that Dokkebi was brokenhearted :')

anything can be a good omens au if you’re unhinged enough