#dhwty-writes

[utilitycaster]

I saw you just reblogged that torture line and while I love it, it also confused me a bit. Is there something between Melora and Torog (?) that I'm missing or is that just a general "we used to be on the same side and now we're all caught in this war" thing?

Also I saw that the encyclopedia exandria lists Tishar and Umleta as avatars of Gruumsh and Lolth respectively and while I don't disagree, I'm not sure how people arrived at that conclusion. What do you think about those two?

With regards to Melora and Torog (more re: assumptions in a second) you didn't miss anything but I think this is best understood as the fact that we as the audience know a lot, but we still don't know the whole story - that's the entire premise of this miniseries! Perhaps this was a romantic relationship once, or perhaps it's just familial. I want to soapbox for a second re like, the idea that actually this series isn't accessible for new viewers. It is! I think you'll get more out of it if you have the full experience of Critical Role in the same way that you get much more out of say, Calamity or Campaign 3 (and will have way better theories and analysis) if you watched the previous campaigns than if you didn't, but this is a self-contained story that you could watch on its own and still find satisfying (vs, say, a random episode of Campaign 3 midway through).

More generally, sometimes works of fiction leave things ambiguous or up to context clues or drop hints that gain additional meaning later. Asha and Zaharzt's conversation is one of those. Be patient; we may learn more. Or we might not! Sometimes you never find out every single piece of information and that's okay!

Regarding the second part: you'd have to talk to the editor who put those in, and I would personally mark those as presumptive, but they are in my opinion valid presumptions. Umleta is sneaky and skittering and mentions both being in the dirt with mortals and a preference for dark places; Tishar is shown with clear blood imagery and a love of destruction. This matches Lolth and Gruumsh's vibes.

[vethbrenatto]

Eisfuura for the critical role ask game?

eisfuura: who is your favorite npc

just realized i never answered this! yeza is pretty high up there (best guy. great husband. adorable.) and kima would be another (most badass woman. feral. would bite you but allura won't let her.)

[petrifiedforests]

📚 and 🧩 for the ask game?

📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app? 

Ha, it's the things I want to address during my next doctor's appointment. I hope you'll excuse me not giving out the details :D

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

When I skimmed the tags and did not realize it was x reader. You do you, Kinktomato and everything, but not for me, thank you. :)

Game and Questions HERE

[crushcandles]

20 for the end of the year asks

Hi, hello!

20) What’s something you learned this year?

I'm still working through my larger feelings about how practicing expressing joy and empathy have reshaped my interactions with myself and other this year, but I will say that on a smaller, more practical note, I did my first cross-stitch this year! It was a really fun experience that got me thinking about using my hands in a different way.

year-end asks!

[kmackatie]

Really tough choice for my favourite fic by you. Probably Sleep With Benefits though, that was so lovely. Thank you for writing and sharing it ❤

Thank you! 💜 sleep, with benefits has a special place in my heart too — I had a lot of fun with it and seeing how others responded was a delight!

[wren-of-the-woods]

Hello! Thank you so much for what you do- could I please have some recs for geraskier fics where geralt is the one pining harder?

Here you go!! I wasn't sure how to categorize who was pining harder in all of these (since our boys are masters of longing lol) but these are all stories where Geralt loves Jaskier very much, and I highly enjoyed them all!

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favorite by @asweetprologue (Rated G, 5.8k)

Jaskier gets Geralt a gift, and it makes Geralt realize he doesn't know enough about what Jaskier likes. He forms a plan to figure it out.

i’ll kiss you slow by @paintedcrayons (Rated T, 4.9k)

Geralt is not being creepy. He’s not. He’s just looking out for his friend (with a questionable choices in lovers). Lately, Geralt has started to notice the way people treat Jaskier’s affection like a means to an end. They kiss him only to move to the next step, dance with him as pretense to get him into their beds. He would like nothing more than to kiss Jaskier for the sake of it. (He does.)

time and time again by @samstree (Rated G, 5.2k)

Marriage proposals, through the years.

The Best Laid Plans by @dhwty-writes (Rated T, 5.5k)

Geralt is in love with Jaskier. In order to finally get him to admit his feelings, he devises a ten step plan with Lambert, Eskel and Vesemir.

A Friend in the Wild by @samstree (Rated G, 1.6k)

In which Geralt acquires a tiny friend who wouldn't stop following him.

Weak and Wanting by @sociallyawkward--fics (Rated T, 36k)

Geralt had thought that inviting Jaskier to Kaer Morhen after all these years would be a good thing. What he didn't plan on was his brothers deciding to have a little fun with their situation. Lambert and Eskel really needed to stop meddling in things they didn't understand, especially when it came to his bard.

Tell It With Your Heart by @bambirex (Rated G, 2.5k)

While Jaskier always says what's on his mind, Geralt works a little differently. That doesn't mean he cannot tell Jaskier how he feels - he just does that without words.

Repeat After Me by @onwardorange (Rated G, 7.3k)

All it takes is (nearly) three years, two meddlesome brothers, and one exasperated sorceress to get Geralt to admit his feelings for Jaskier.

Love Me Better, Send A Letter by @rebrandedbard (Rated T, 12.5k)

Geralt and Julian have been exchanging letters since participating in an inter-school pen pal program in high school, and Geralt has been pining away for Julian for over a decade since meeting by chance one faithful day in Posada. Between work and Ciri, he hasn't had much time for travelling, but he and Julian still exchange their letters faithfully. Finally, Julian's equally busy life coincides with Geralt's long enough for a short visit, and Geralt has the chance to finally introduce Ciri to the man she knows only on paper. Things would be perfect ... if Julian's visit didn't fall within the week of the concert of Ciri's favorite musician, Jaskier.

Music is no solution by @thecrownprincessbride (Rated T, 4.3k)

Jaskier has self-doubts, and Geralt is there for him.

A Careless Omission by @samstree (Rated T, 5.4k)

Jaskier reveals he has a type. Geralt behaves strangely.

Highway Angel (To the Dark I Said Pour and Forgot to Say When) by @fangirleaconmigo T, 2.8k

Geralt is a long haul truck driver. With long stretches on the road away from his family, and with no one to keep him company but his loyal dog Roach, he has to brave most of his life completely alone. Then one day, just as he is passing the city of Oxenfurt, he turns on the radio and hears a voice.

zero for ten by @yaelathewordsmith (Rated T, 10.4k)

The blue-eyed boy on the school's cricket team seems determined to bowl Geralt out. The worst part is, he isn't even fucking trying. * Or, the ten times Jaskier held Geralt's heart in his hands without knowing, and how Geralt grew to want him to keep it.

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(You can find my other reclists here!)

[the-badger-mole]

Shipper Tag Game

Tagged By @kila09

1. What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don't care anymore?

I wouldn't say I don't care anymore, I just haven't been inspired by them in a while, but definitely Inu/Kag. They were not my first ship, but they were the first ship I wrote for.

2. Which ship would you consider your first one?

Serena/Darien from the Sailor Moon US dub.

3. Your first fanfic belonged to which couple?

Inu/Kag. And no...you can't read it.

4. Do you remember the first couple you saw a fanart over?

Inu/Kag. it was drawn by my friend

5. Did you ever get into ship discourse?

Ha! I am the discourse....yes. I do.

6. Did you used to have a NOTP or have it currently?

Kataang and Sess/Rin. The full body cringe I get when I think of either of them...

7. Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read?

Zutara

8. Currently, do you have any OTPs?

Zutara, forever and ever. Usa/Mamo (now that I've seen the original Japanese version), Inu/Kag

9. Is there any couple, to this day, you are extremely mad about not getting together?

Zutara. They are my only OTP that isn't canon, but they should have been. Hayley and Andy from Modern Family is next. I'm honestly not happy at how they handled Hayley's arc in general. The writers were so cruel to her! I'm still not over it, and I'm mulling over a fix-it fic for her (one-shot probably). Ichabbie (Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills) are in third place, but a very distant third. I lost all respect for Sleepy Hollow after how they treated both Abbie the character and Nichole Beharie the actress.

10. Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they are kind of interesting?

...no. Not really. I mean, I guess you could count CaptainSwan from OUAT, but that's less I didn't like the ship and more I wanted to get rid of Emma so EYE could have Hook.

11. Do you have any ship that, in the past, was considered normal but now would be canceled over?

I mean...probably? I can't think of any right now. I only have a handful of ships that I care enough about to talk about, and most of them don't appear on my blog, so...🤷🏾‍♀️

12. What was your favorite crack ship?

Mai/Aang (or Flying Dagger as I call them). I don't even really consider this a crack ship. Don't get me wrong, I see them being a disaster together, but not in a cracky sort of way. More of a reality show couple way.

13. Who is the couple you read more fanfics of?

Zutara these days. It used to be more of an even split between my top 3 ships, but the fact that I get around to reading anything these days feels like an accomplishment.

14. What do most of your ships usually have in common?

Powerful women and the powerful men who would die protecting them. Also, powerful women and the powerful men who are their biggest cheerleaders

15. What do you absolutely hate in a ship?

I mean...pick a trait from Kataang, and that's pretty much it. Hero gets the girl because he's the hero; the woman becomes the supportive background partner no matter how powerful and ambitious she was before she got with him; Man can't control his violent outburst without his partner's help. Kataang is the embodiment of everything I hate in a ship.

@soopersara @dhwty-writes @veggie-smoothie @vocalvixen20cp the floor is yours if you want it!

[flowercrown-bard]

Thank you @restless-witch for tagging me ^^

Questions for 15 friends

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?: Not as far as I know (i like to believe I'm named after a character feom "Pippi Longstockings" but i know I'm not) If, for some reason, i don't want to tell someone my given name I tend to use names of characters I played in a ttrpg or in a play (my favourite name is Valentine from Twelth Night) if that counts?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: Monday, from 8pm until 10:30pm, with some breaks (i had a bit of an exhausting week with a lot of bottled up emotions and rehearsing for a play in which sickness, death and loneliness are prominent topics is both cathartic and very hard sometimes)

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: Nope

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?: i used to play handball (hated it), vaulting (loved it), track and field athletics (hated it), hip hop dancing (it was fun i guess but i also felt incredibly awkward), Judo (loved it), Jiu Jitsu (loved it). Now I dance (for the theatre but I'll still count it) and go running sometimes and very rarely I do some sword fighting with a friend (i feel like I'm missing something but i dont remember anything else)

DO YOU USE SARCASM?: Yeah, but only with certain people. I am very bad at telling if someone else is just being sarcastic or is genuinely insulting me, so i often worry that my sarcasm comes across as such. I often follow it up with "just a joke" or something

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?: Probably hairstyle and clothes? Visual things by which i can try to remember them

WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOUR?: Brown

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?: Depends on my mood

ANY TALENTS?: One time I got out of bed and failed so hard that i broke a foot. Make of that what you will

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?: Germany

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?:

Theater (including singing, dancing, acting, building the stage set, crafting the props)

cooking (i love doing it, i just don't do it very often)

playing the guitar

ttrpg

going on long walks/hiking -running -creative writing -indulging in the hubris of thinking i can teach myself a new skill without doing any research (aka. Whittling, embroidery, crocheting, making my own dnd dice) I feel like I'm missing something but oh well

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: Sadly no. But I'll give an honourable mention to the dog I'm taking on walks whenever i got time

HOW TALL ARE YOU?: 168cm probably. I haven't measured my height in ages

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?: Theater and literature. Honourable mention to maths, not because i liked o4 understood the subject but because my teacher was the absolute best

DREAM JOB?: Kindergarten teacher (and maybe publishing a book one day)

Tagging: @dhwty-writes @parttime-creative @sinilumi @combatbootsfemme @lycanbucky @lokibus @a-kind-of-merry-war @witcher-and-his-bard and everyone else who sees this and wants to do this <3

[girls-and-honey]

Who are some of your favourite mutuals? Pick as many as you'd like!

this question makes me so happy get ready to get tagged y'all (also sorry it took me so long to answer anon, and thanks for asking this is truly a great question <3)

I'm going to start off with a favorite non-mutual asdkfsl @hellinglasses! we've actually been mutuals for a while but due to the incredibly top tier functionality of this hellsite I accidentally blocked her last week and she hasn't followed me back yet :') (I literally just noticed while writing this up but milena pls follow me i miss u)

some of my oldest mutuals on this account who will always have a special place in my heart: @king-ten, @overthepapermoon, and @mielgf, also @isitaliveordead I know we don't talk much but I'm putting you in this category too <3

two mutuals I've recently started talking to more (see guys I can be social... ish) whether it's messages, replies, tags, etc: @stinastar and @arsenicflame

some mutuals I think of as a grouped sets (do not separate) bc they were already friends/mutuals with each other first and/or you seem like you'd be friends: @sidewalk-scrawls & @p0ochy (I'm invested in y'alls tumblr love story), @dhwty-writes & @flowercrown-bard & @parttime-creative, @kiwifluid & @astrowizardry & @percethecurse

and more beloved mutuals who make me smile when I see them on my dash or activity: @canonheadcanons, @inkamumbles, @subtle-skipping, @futureempressoftheuniverse, @fangirleaconmigo, @toapoet, @hmariee, @heyitslozza, @cream-and-tea, @the-moon-loves-the-sea, @writingpostmidnight, and @treesofgreen you guys are all like friends to me even if we don't talk

[fist-amidst-the-hands]

wip game :)

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of  how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or  tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips  

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thank you for tagging me @hellinglasses!!!

okay so I’m going to put all the wips I have even if they’ve been abandoned alskdfj so this includes ofmd and witcher wips! also when I started writing for ofmd I have no idea why but I was just writing a bunch of separate things all in one doc so one of these titles is secretly *checks wip* actually 9 wips and a handful of 1-3 lines of thoughts for more wips

 ofmd:

iz_luc

izzzz [I guess for this one feel free to pick a number 1-9 or ask for one of the little thoughts, or if you don’t specify I’ll just pick something at random(ish)!]

package_doc

to rise or to fall

drafting

ofmd - co-written with the wonderful @hellinglasses: (first one is the main au, the rest are spinoffs! I adore this entire large and involved universe we built together, also she named all of these because clearly (see above/below) I cannot for the life of me name things well)

izzy and ed are those girls from jennifer's body and stede reunites them through the power of rv

how to have your girlfriend spell out for you the love is stored in the hot TA

ed teach town cryptid

holiday shenanigans for polycules and mamas

witcher:

5_1_scent

30.2

a plant in need

back_writing

bards_rules

blacksmith pastries

clue(less)

flight prompts

hunt_recovery

learning

YENFRI COLLEGE AU

the 100:

prompts

I tag: @stinastar, @theamazingbard, @our-hands-mean-death, @roachandrenfri, and @dhwty-writes! I think most of you don’t know me so asdfjkl; hi

[flowercrown-bard]

@dhwty-writes sounds somewhat familiar, doesn't it XD

i want this love story

[utilitycaster]

I have a DnD question that is only tangentially related to mechanics: how do I get a DM new to the game to just play the game, without immediately homebrewing things. Long story short, I'm playing in a campaign with some friends who are all very new to DnD, including the DM. Since I'm the only person who has some experience with it, the DM often approaches me and asks about ideas he's had. In the beginning it was only mechanics and worldbuilding questions, but lately he has begun homebrewing things, including wanting to change the way that multiclassing works. Most of his ideas seem phenominally bad to me, since it's not just homebrewing a class or a spell, but changing how the game works altogether (e.g. multiclassing and levelling, turn-order based combat and a few other things. His newest idea was just giving characters extra attack despite what their class says). I don't want to keep telling him that all his ideas are bad and even suggested that it sounds like he doesn't really want to play DnD and maybe look into another system, to which he only replied that he already spent too much time working on this campaign. I'm kind of at my wits end but maybe you or your followers have a suggestion what to do?

You need to tell him straight up and fairly bluntly that his ideas are bad and that he either needs to stop and find a different system, or that you will leave.

I err on the side of "be blunt to get the point across" anyway, and one of my most cherished beliefs is "people who try to disrupt or reform things without first gaining a fairly thorough understanding thereof are some of the most irritating and short-sighted idiots around," so do understand that's coloring my opinion, but like, if someone is not receptive to gentler hints, it is ultimately kinder to say "here's the deal: this is a terrible idea." It is in my opinion better to have someone mad at you for feedback they solicited than to hold back out of concern for their feelings and then watch them crash and burn (or to hold back out of politeness and then be miserable or resentful because you were in fact unhappy with their choices).

I think if you want you can try to guide him to the answers himself (eg: "can you explain why you are changing multiclassing? can you explain what you believe this achieves") and I think you can offer to help him find a game that fits his needs better, but ultimately you need to say "you're making bad choices that destroy the game balance, it's unfair to the players, and the effort it takes to switch to a system that meets your needs is worth it." And then if he doesn't, if you're not having fun, you need to quit and find a different game. Which sucks, and is a last resort, but like...there is, and never has been, a magic solution that communicates exactly what you feel to someone that also ensures they won't get upset. If you have consistently been giving someone honest constructive feedback that they have solicited, and they disregard it? That is not someone you want to game with until they get their head out of their ass, and it's okay to get harsh if kind constructive criticism isn't getting through someone's thick skull.

[petrifiedforests]

Most/Least Tag Game

Rules: give us the links to your wonderful words with the Most hits/Most kudos/Most comments/Most bookmarks/Most words/Least words

Thank you for the tag @samstree!

Most Hits - They didn't know

The Wing AU that quickly went places I didn't expect it to go, aka the Hurt No Comfort route. How many evil things can be done to clones with wings by the Kaminoans? So many. Just a lot.

I think it has the most hits, because a canon character is in the summary.

Most Kudos - In Springtime

It's a drabble I wrote for @cacodaemonia's lovely Waxer / Boil Mythology AU. And then they drew something partially based on my drabble. So I've got quite a few readers who came over after the picture was posted to read and leave kudos.

Most Comments - A Face like no Other

This one has angsty world building regarding clone medics. Just imagine your patients looked like you? And they died regularly? Wouldn't that be fucked up or what?

Anyway. People yelled lovingly in the comments 😍

Most Bookmarks - In Springtime and They didn't know

Kinda fitting for Most Hits and Most Kudos I guess. It just makes sense :D

Most Words - Dress Code

A whopping 300 words! I could not fit all I wanted to into a drabble, there were too many emotions and snark.

Least Words - For You I'll Always Wait [moodboard]

It's zero words. And it's a Witcher thing unlike all others :)

The imagery in @dhwty-writes' For You I'll Always Wait is so cool.

Go and read it (if you want, I can't tell you what to do).

Tagging whoever wants to give it a go :)

[parttime-creative]

Thank you for the tag @flowercrown-bard &lt;3 Last song: Inkpod Gods (The Amazing Devil)

Currently watching: a lot of Iceberg Videos as well as "Delicious Dungeon"

Three Ships: SwanQueen, GriddleHawk, Necroracle/Theadia/Immortal lovers (I count the last three as one because they are OC ships an barely anyone knows them <3)

Favorite Color: Blood/wine-red and dark forest green

Currently consuming: frustration and an apple

First Ship: Kigo (without knowing), SwanQueen (actively shipping)

Birthplace: South of Germany

Current Location: a super boring meeting at work

Relationship status: Discovering myself, by myself, happily

Last movie: The Creator (BIG RECOMMENDATION!)

Currently working on:

two birthday presents,

a huge send of drawing for my dead PnP-Character,

A Gideon Nav cosplay,

several fan fictions and original stories

and uh... well work related stuff... I guess

tagging: @bokimari @lyrifaun @dhwty-writes @wfpb-nut @girls-and-honey @zensayr

[cardierreh15]

Lol oh. That’s @dhwty-writes I just used her tags but these are fun topics and hopefully one day I’ll write a medieval Henry fanfic

the spn drama could take a whole year to explain in the least so i’m good

[flowercrown-bard]

Sea may rise/Sky may fall - Chapter 1/13 is finally up on AO3 :D

summary:

“What happens if I don’t kiss him?” His hands twisted together, before they became eerily still. A part of him already knew the answer, but he still needed to hear it out loud. “You die,” the siren said simply, no preamble, no way of softening the blow. “You die and this time there will be no saving you.” She turned away, but Jaskier could see the tears glistening in her eyes. “Can you promise me that that won’t happen?” she pleaded. “Can you promise me that your witcher loves you enough to save your life?” Jaskier didn’t reply. His lips twisted into a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “When can I meet that sorceress of yours?”

OR: During a disastrous siren-hunt, Geralt watches Jaskier drown. What he doesn't know is that Jasker didn't fully die but transformed into a siren instead. After a year of loneliness, guilt and longing, Jaskier makes a deal with a mage to regain his human shape. But as we all know, the chance to spend a little more time with Geralt again, comes at a deadly cost...

tag list (please tell me if you would like to be added or removed from this. No hard feelings if you’re not interested in this fic. this is jsut the only tag list from one of my other fics): @spookylostboy @justablobfish @karolincki  @flosimo @rebrandedbard @hollowxo @silvertonguelover @inanoldhousewrites @yaskefer @emotional-support-fandom @fandoms-princess @kore888 @fen-thenobling @geraskier-thots @strippiluolamies @sharinalein @slumberingcorpse @elle-ja-bell @bellathecatastrophe @hockles @fangirlwithoutinspiration @ban-aard @mothmanismyuncle @pitrsattabhaadmeinjao @longdeadtemple @ cristianoreblogo

also, look @dhwty-writes it’s finally happening lmao