#Princes/Bards

[woetoy]

has Prince E's time spent listening to bards ever resulted in a full womb?

it has to now

[bookishsugarplumprincess]

the struggle between wanting a tv show of your favourite books so you can watch edits of your favourite characters and the knowledge that if the actors don't look exactly like the characters in your mind you're going to kill everyone in that show and yourself

[red-dead-sakharine]

He's composing a ballad about Tav...

[arachnidsgrippysocks]

woah i drew characters other than Vriska for once!!!!!!!!

[nightingale2004]

Why do I feel like these two idiots👇

Are the older version of these two idiots 👇

(Am I alone? They would have aged so freaking gracefully in adulthood. That or this is them in the Hobbit universe if they were Bf allies)

[wannastayugly]

Thinking about them

The bard guy and his royal boyfriend from The Witcher

[starlit1daydream]

Dipper Pines is a Dersite Heir of Mind

Mabel Pines is a Prospitian Witch of Heart

Stanley Pines is a Prospitian Thief of Void

Stanford Pines is a Dersite Mage of Light

Soos Ramirez is a Prospitian Page of Life

Wendy Corduroy is a Dersite Knight of Time

Fiddleford McGucket is a Prospitian Bard of Light

Gideon Gleeful is a Dersite Prince of Space

Pacifica Northwest is a Dersite Maid of Rage

Bill Cipher is a Prospitian Lord of Mind

[grelleswife]

Stills from Episode 8 of Kuroshitsuji 2024, which airs this Saturday, June 1st!

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[thelostgirl21]

Radovid experiencing all 3 stages of fanboying within literally the first 1 minute and 59 seconds of laying eyes on Jaskier.

[pxndragvns]

｡ﾟ•┈꒰ა his butler, ♡ taking off ໒꒱┈• ｡ﾟ

[superxstarzz]

Can you do:

Anarchist of Cognition

Gatekeeper of Expression

Cleric of Sentience

Displacer of Exile

Hoarder of Grief [New Class]

here ya go!!! :3

[patroclusdefencesquad]

radovid. the crown fucking prince of redania. was prepared to risk it ALL!! give up EVERYTHING!! after one night with mr viscount jaskier the bard. can i get an amen for bard dick so good it has you ready to give up your entire way of living

[lingeringmirth]

The prince and his bard

Written for @steddie-week day 1 prompt "secret relationship."

T | medieval au, fluff, steve's dad is a grade-a dick, prince steve, bard eddie | 444

Also on AO3.

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They had to hide their relationship, because such a thing was just not done. The prince only fell for the bard in courtly romances and ballads, and even then, the bard was always revealed to be royalty in the end.

Edward Munson, Eddie, was not royalty.

And he’d known, he’d really known to not be swayed by a pair of pretty eyes. But those eyes had come with such a handsome face and irresistible smile, paired with just the right words to break down his barriers and make him act foolish.

Eddie shouldn’t have acted foolishly, yet he did, swayed by a smile and a kiss.

Then once became twice, thrice, often. His prince was handsome but soft inside, slashing with his words in public but loving in private, doting and kind. They were courting with disaster as much as they were courting with each other, skirting on the edge of too much in public.

The bard held the prince’s heart as did the prince the bards.

But a secret was only a secret when the two sharing it knew, add a third and they were exposed.

...because the bard was not the only one who had eyes for the comely prince, who yearned to touch more than was allowed, who was jealous.

Pining had simmered in the heart of Knight Hagan, whom Prince Steven had thought a trusted friend. Maybe he would have been, in other circumstances, but ugly jealousy had bloomed in his heart, festering, eroding his loyalty to his prince, his friend. It was him who deceived them, exposed them.

Banishment was too kind to the bard who’d dared put his hands on the prince, no matter what the prince himself said about having consented, despite his professing his love, undying and unwavering, putting himself between himself and his father, the King.

”Let the tide deal with him,” the King degreed, making the prince gasp. Some said, later and in hushed whispers, that the King seemed to enjoy the prince’s pain.

But while a doomed love between prince and bard might be worthy of ballads, Lady Fortune could be swayed by a good story and gift a happy ending more often found in storybooks and not real life.

So, the Prince saved his true love, swimming to him where the bard was tied to a pole on the shore to be claimed by the unforgiving rising tide, and kissed him back to life for all the cheering crowd to see.

Then the prince and the bard stole away, only to come back later to overthrow the King and his unjust rule, steering the land toward a time of peace and prosperity.

[ladyannemarie5]

Funny how Geralt always stayed on the sidelines with Jaskier's conquests for fear of a broken heart and yet he got a front row seat to watch the bard fall in love with the prince.

Geralt would cut the bard off when he started talking about the virtues of whatever man or woman he spent the night with, but he had no choice but to listen to Jaskier when he told him how the prince learned his song, because the poet appealed to their "best friends" bond.

Geralt smiled inwardly when the bard left his conquest for the night alone to go order him a bath and wash his hair with special soaps and oils after the hunts. And then the witcher had to witness Jaskier leaving him to go order Radovid a bath because "his long blond hair has never been anything less than perfect and cannot be left uncared for, Geralt." 

Geralt always distracted the bard with a story of past hauntings with terrifying creatures every time Jaskier began to compose a love song for his conquest, but nothing could distract the poet when he began to talk about how beautiful and bright Radovid's eyes were and how he wanted to find the perfect words to describe them. 

Geralt faked annoyance every time Jaskier asked to sleep next to him at night insinuating that he was too cold for a little bard. Geralt feigned relief when Jaskier told him that he would no longer bother him with that because he now slept with Radovid and his arms and fur blanket were more than warm. 

Geralt kept as much emotional distance as possible from the bard who approached him in a tavern in Posada so he wouldn't have to deal with a broken heart from falling in love with a human. 

But absolutely no distance in the world prepares him when that night while they were camping alone, Jaskier lying next to him and looking up at the stars, turns to him and says softly "I'm not in love with you anymore, Geralt. You don't have to act cautious around me anymore."

And Geralt can't say anything. Because he simply can't. He must have misheard, maybe the kikimore from earlier hit him too hard or something because there's no way, no world where Jaskier was in love with him. There's no way he would have wasted his chance. 

Jaskier, oblivious to the witcher's stupor, continues "I know I made you uncomfortable with my affections for you, I tried hard not to throw myself at you if I'm honest, but Radovid... I've fallen so much in love with Radovid that I'm ready to let you go. I'm sorry it took me so long to give you and Yenna peace."

Geralt looks up at the stars in silence, not believing what he just heard. Jaskier is about to turn away when Geralt takes his hand. He says nothing, just a simple squeeze. Jaskier breathes a sigh of relief, the witcher doesn't hate him for that, he doesn't ask him to leave as he had feared. Geralt is also relieved that he is no longer burdened with the bard's feelings. 

Geralt allows himself to hold his hand one last time. He allows himself a small luxury, so that he can silently mourn the loss of his bard and curse his own stupidity. Tomorrow he will watch as the bard is reunited with the prince, tomorrow he will watch with a broken heart as they embrace and the prince spins Jaskier in his arms, before kissing him and swearing eternal love. Tomorrow Geralt's heart breaks completely. 

But just for today, just for that night, he allows himself to take Jaskier's hand, draw him into his arms and breathe freely the scent of the man he has been in love with for over two decades. Just for that one night, Geralt allows himself to be happy.

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I really love to make me cry ^^

[mercurialskiies]

I don’t care what anyone says, but

“There is nowhere you go,” said the Antari to her prince, “that I cannot follow.”

was an absolutely banger line that, now in CONTEXT, hurt me on a spiritual level

They make me so absolutely ILL

Thanks miss schwab

[rayquazaxd]

so… you’re telling me that our dad isn’t actually our dad, and we’re just his genetic clones?! and my dad wasn’t even my dad… HE WAS JUST A BODY DOUBLE???