#also if this is out of character please forgive me I haven't watched the witcher in a while

[doyelikehaggis]

7 Days of Scarepairs: Yennskier | Jaskier x Yennefer (The Witcher) + “Candy”

Requested by Anonymous

A hazlenut fell into Yennefer's lap. Her brow scrunched and she looked up at Jaskier inquisitively as he planted himself beside her at the table. He took a bite out of an apple and flicked another hazlenut into her lap.

Shaking her head at him, she picked one up but didn't eat it, simply rolling it between her fingers as she said, 'You do know these are for the rituals?'

She eyed him.

'As is that.'

He swallowed and shrugged. 'They are hardly going to miss a few, are they? Besides, do not tell me you actually believe in all that witchy-'

His gaze snapped to her amused expression. He gave a short, nervous laugh and nodded, as if agreeing with himself that he should stop talking lest he risk being on the end of a nasty Samhain curse.

Yennefer looked back out at the shadows casted all around them by the fire blazing away, embers carried away on a night breeze, masquerading themselves as stars in the sky. It's almost hypnotising.

'Oh, my - is that a smile I see?' Jaskier teased, leaning forward to better inspect her face in mock awe. 'No, it cannot possibly be!'

'Are you really incapable of being quiet for five minutes?' she retorted with a roll of her eyes. 'Even shovelling food down your throat isn't a sufficient distraction.'

'Well, that's just rude.' He slumped back against the table and took another chunk out of the apple. A moment of chewing later, he added: 'I could always sing instead.'

'Please, no.'

'Alright, fine, then.' He sat forward again, with a new determination as he planted a hand on his knee and gestured his apple around. 'But why exactly are you here if you're not going to have anything resembling fun?'

'Ciri wanted to come.' She turned to him, defensive. 'And how do you know I'm not having fun?'

He gave a dramatic groan only a perfomer could emit and rolled his eyes just as hard. 'Well, are you?'

She didn't answer that.

'Right. Come on.'

He stood up, and she frowned, but he simply held out a hand to her as if that explained everything. She didn't move.

'Do you have so little trust in me?' he asked, exasperated.

Her eyes flicked from his hand to his eyes, and she softened. She slipped her hand into his, already faintly thinking of ways to scare the shit out of him for whatever he was about to do.

'We,' he said, taking a step back, 'are going to dance.'

[spielzeugkaiser]

I can't decide if I want to watch season 2 of the Witcher or just continue to live in happy fandom land where things are still like season 1 and all my ships are together T0T. Have you watched it yet? Is it good?

I just watched S2, I'm coming out of a total haze and *Points at the plot* [Is that allowed??] *Points at the characters-* [IS THAT ALLOWED??] *gets eaten by wolves*

Also, asking ME is always gonna get screwed results, because I am 1. easily exciteable 2. very forgiving if I don't like something 3. have a BAD case of selective memory, like. Instantly forgetting things if I thought they were 'nah' 4. I am SO good at cherry picking and have no regard for canon. My relationship with it is like it's with fanfiction; I basically sit happily in my little corner, occasionally look up, go "you do you" and still let all my ships smooch. So my answer will always be - go for it! If you think it's shit you can still stop. Also: Some of my impressions (spoilery!) under the cut:

Okay, this is a disorganized mess and remember I still haven't read that book yet- - Poor, POOR Eskel. They really did you dirty and I'm still a bit ??? about the whole kaer Morhen backstory/ part. What. Why. When you do "the witcher" but don't get the witchers right it's. Ughhh. Also the prostitutes just threw me off, not gonna lie. Just a big :C about all of that. Vesemir is on very thin ice. - I'm so sorry but I will continue to do the *wolves eating my face thing*. I got it, I see where this was meant to be going and if the story would have arrived differently at that point, I could have seen that as poetic, but like that?? SO BIZARRE. - Is it too soon? It might be too soon, but GODS. - We got Dad!Geralt!! I love dad!Geralt. - I liked the first episode, and the bruxa and it had the "monster of the week" vibe which the other episodes hadn't. Not that that was missing per se, but I enjoyed that quite a bit! That was such a nice bruxa design, I loved the mystery, the backstory, the castle, and the design of the light-thingy Ciri had. that was such a nice way to tell a story in a story. - YENNSKIER. HELLO. I'm looking. Honestly, they were so vulnerable and soft with each other and I quite liked their interactions?? They looked at each other with a deeper level of understanding that just got me. Jaskier standing up for Yennefer? Yennefer relying on Jaskier? Guys. I do it. I stan. - CIRI. I really liked Ciri in this season. She was an interesting take on the chosen one, brave but scared, also quite stoic but not without humor? I loved that! I liked her relationship with Geralt, I'll take it. It felt a bit rushed to me, but I'll take it, because I think they portrayed it well enough that he really cared for her. - Jaskier helping the elves! Cahirs and Yens travels. - JASKIER with a broken heart. JASKIERS SPEECH ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST. Like the subtext about his "otherness" it's all- I fear that this is as close as we will ever get to canon!queer Jaskier, and I loved that scene but pLEAsE- *hungers for more* - Fringilla and Filavandrell and the whole stories with the elves! Although they took that in directions- holy shit. That got dark and drew parallels that made me feel. Conflicted? Still have to think about that. - I didn't like the monsters? They were. hmm. I'm not sure if it was the design or the animation. Also the hut?? Uhm. And the monoliths. What was with that plot. What was with the plot in general?? - WHY ROACH. I honestly screamed. Ciri lighting up a candle for her made me feel things. That was a good scene. - I loved Nenneke! I liked that part of the story! Didn't see it coming but I enjoyed it! Their talks about balance were interesting and showed a bit more about Geralts background. (I want to know more about the sign incident) - All the side characters! the two in the sewer, we got Dara back, I actually liked Istredd?? wild - Geralt and Jaskier. *sigh* Please, PLEASE stop deflecting you two. I feel like the story wants us to believe that Geralt cares for Jaskier, that he really sees him as his friend, and we got hints that he cares, but. THEY don't show it. Like they're supposed to be friends again, but we don't see it? We saw Yens and Jaskiers friendship instead (I'm not mad about that tho!) I'm curious where S3 takes us, with the Dijkstra story line. I feel like they still need to have a heart to heart. (Did Geralt find out what pleases him?? Will he EVER understand what Jaskier was trying to say that day??) - THE SOUNDTRACK - lovely sets, lovely cinematography and really good camera work in genereal. Also the costumes where beautiful! My brain sometimes turns plot off and just looks at pretty pictures, and they had some beautiful wide shots. also loved the coloring and the sound design! - JUST THE CINEMATOGRAPHY guys- I know we talk a lot about plot here, and of course a good series needs a good story, but me (who never watches much TV or movies) enjoyed that A LOT. - the pacing felt a bit off at the end tho Highlight of the season: everything Yennefer (and everything Jaskier, not gonna lie, we all

know why I love this show so much). Also Anyas and Joey's acting was PHENOMENAL.