#fic idea i will never write

[thedevilsfamiliar]

Got a really fucked up idea of a big bad implementing themselves into Jason’s life by forcing him to love them (be it romantic, platonic, familial, etc)

But like, imagine Jason suddenly having someone at his side who he doesn’t question but everyone else does? Because yeah, this is [redacted], they are my [redacted] stop worrying about it.

And the batfam are very clearly worrying about it while also maybe trying to not jump into conclusions because isn’t it good that Jason is connecting with someone?

But also this someone is pulling him away from the family, subtly but it’s there.

Biting at my cage

Song inspiration: https://open.spotify.com/track/7uv632EkfwYhXoqf8rhYrg?si=qTJW9Rm7QPWRE7ZbaW24Vw

[ihni]

Okay so I read a fic (in another fandom) that made me think, and this morning I woke up with ready-made fic idea in my head which I will ABSOLUTELY NOT WRITE, I have too many WIPs already, so I'll just ... write it all out here and then hope that's enough to get it out of my head.

So! Harringroveson-ish. Very rough, train-of-thought style.

Imagine Eddie and Steve smoking together and hooking up on the regular, because they both live in a small town and it's difficult and risky to find another guy who's willing to fool around in small-town Hawkins. So they've been doing it for a while, and they have fun and like each other kind of a lot and are comfortable with each other and all even though they keep it on the downlow for obvious reasons.

And then Billy Hargrove rolls into town, and he's mesmerizing and both Steve and Eddie can't really keep away from him. But Billy's acting so über straight that surely, none of them have a chance, right? So they may talk about him when they're together (for the Thrill or Sexytimes of it, idk), but they don't really think they have a chance. Until they start realizing that Billy's eyes ... wanders, if he thinks no one is watching. So they start talking about it, about trying to see if they can seduce him to the gay side of Hawkins, and it's mostly a joke between them, to get the other riled up when they're together; talking about what they'd do to him if they could. Because Billy's always taking girls out, and he's got quite the reputation - SURELY he's got a lot of sexual experience and would be up for whatever, right?

And like, they both think that THEY'd be the one to succeed to sway Billy over. Steve thinks that since he's the former King Steve and plays sports with Billy and they hang out in the same circles, of course he'd have luck with the guy than Eddie, but Eddie claims that with the music Billy listens to and the car he's got, he's obviously got more in common with Eddie than Steve ...

So they make a bet. Mostly as a joke, but a bet nonetheless; Which one of them will bed Billy first?

Meanwhile, Billy is of course secretly gay and has been moved to a closed-minded town against his will by his abusive dad for being found out just kissing another boy, and even though he's secretly eyeing both the former King of Hawkins High and the King of the Freaks, he does not fool himself into thinking something will happen. He can't allow himself to show a single sign of his preferences. So he takes girls out on dates, a string of them, and he parties and he flirts and he wraps Hawkins around his thumb, and only shows the careful mask he has created, and not an ounce of the real Billy, because he wants to live until graduation, thank you very much.

He had planned to just keep his head above water and survive until he could get the hell out of town, but that gets increasingly difficult when the two guys who he's been eyeing start to approach him. Trying to be friends? Trying to throw him off? Or ... check out the competition? Billy's not sure what's going on here, but he knows it's messing with his mask and his composure. Harrington didn't use to play this hard in gym, did he? Rubbing up on Billy like he is, now. Didn't use to smile at him and talk to him and like, stretch out in the shower after practice. And Munson had kept his distance until then, so what's up with the way he suddenly appears whenever Billy's sneaking off for a smoke, offering a good price on weed and inviting Billy to see his band play?

So, Steve and Eddie do their best to seduce Billy, mostly as a challenge between the two of them, but when they notice that Billy gets flustered when they touch him or lets his gaze for a little too long when they do things like stretch or lick their lips and so on, they start to suspect that this could actually happen. It's not so far-fetched as they might have thought. So they talk, and find it very exhilerating to imagine that maybe they both actually stand a chance, here ... but of course, the bet is still on. Who will have him first?

Billy's only human. And gay. And desperately alone in this sea of people, since no one knows the real him. So he's falling for it, even if he's hesitant and afraid (because of Neil, because of what if this is an elaborate prank, and also partly because all that he's done with a boy thus far has been kissing (Your choice as to what he has actually done with girls)).

Maybe both Eddie and Steve are getting bolder, right about now. Putting the moves on Billy, so that there's no mistaking their intentions. And Billy is tempted, so very tempted - but also so very scared. He backs off, or draws back, or maybe stammeringly mentions that his dad would kill him if he found out. "He's not gonna find out," whoever is with him says, but Billy bites his lip. Hesitates. Shakes his head.

But like, of course, eventually one of them - Steve or Eddie, your pick - succeeds. Billy gives in, gives up, throws caution to the wind. He gets to sleep with at least one of his crushes, and it's GOOD, it's so much better than he could have ever imagined sex to be and he can't believe he's so lucky that he gets to have this.

And of course whoever won the bet is thrilled. Both because they got to fuck Billy (who they are realizing that they LIKE, just like they like their other boyfriend), but also because of the thrill of winning the bet. So after, directly after or the morning after, your choice, they hurry back to their boyfriend to gloat about their win. Maybe they have to look for him, though, so they don't find him right away. Because of course for PLOT REASONS we need Billy to be at that place, too - feeling light, happy, and for the first time not feeling like a prisoner in this town - and overhearing. Overhearing the gloating, the "I won our bet" and "yup, fucked him good" and the "he was so sweet, you should have seen him". And then, for added angst, of course Billy sees the two of them kissing, making out. Looking very busy and into each other.

Billy should be angry, but he's so shocked and gutted that he can't bring up even a spark of anger.

And I want them to spot him there. Realize, by the paleness of his face, that he heard every word. That he thinks they've used him, made fun of him - and they kind of HAVE. But when they break apart and turn horrified eyes on him, Billy turns and runs. They go after him, try to stop him, but oh THERE's that anger (bubbling up to hide the HURT), so he rips himself out of their grip and snarls at them not to TOUCH HIM. Maybe he yells at them, for using him and stringing him along and making him think he meant something when really he was just a pawn, just a game. Maybe he doesn't say ANYTHING, just blinks away tears and leaves. I don't know which is worse.

But he leaves, and they feel horrible. They realize that they fucked up BIG TIME, they should have approached this differently, they never should have made that bet. They talk (again) and realize that they actually DO both like him, and they want him with THEM, all three o f them together. They decide to try to make things right, somehow. Explain to Billy, grovel at his feet etc.

But oh, it's not that easy of course. Because Neil has gotten wind of Billy being seen with some boy (maybe a neighbor saw him when either Eddie or Steve reached for his hand or pressed a kiss to his cheek or something, in the late stages of the seduction), and he punishes Billy for it. Severly. Billy's home from school for a week, recovering. Steve and Eddie thinks he's avoiding them, but eventually put their foot down like, enough is enough, if he doesn't come to us we'll come to him, so they go to his house.

Thankfully, Neil isn't home. But Billy is. And when he opens the door, still black and blue, they are horrified. Billy is afraid that anyone will see them and tells them to go, and even scrapes up some anger and tells them that this is their fault, which shuts down their attempts at apologies, and then slams the door in their face.

Eddie and Steve do some more talking, maybe some minor stake-outs. Realizes that when Billy said his dad would kill him, he meant it, and if the man knew what Billy had done, Billy might be lying dead in a ditch somewhere. They feel bad (as they should, and also because this is my fic and I live for the guilt).

In the end, I think they'd have to find a way to get Billy out of his abusive household, as a way to prove they are sorry, and that they're serious about him. Maybe they set something up to make sure Neil gets caught in the act, maybe they involve the police, maybe they blackmail the man or threaten him somehow. I don't care how. But they get Billy SAFE. And THEN they grovel. As they damn well should.

And I hope that eventually, they manage to convince Billy that in fact, they were BOTH into him from the start, and the bet was just a way for them to dare to act on it. They both wanted him, with them both. And they still want him.

And maybe Billy might just be lonely enough to eventually believe them.

[flowercrown-bard]

After meeting Rience, Jaskier always wears gloves. At first Geralt doesn't even notice bc he has been wearing gloves a lot too and maybe Jaskier just finally noticed how practical they are.

Except for Jaskier they are the opposite of practical. He can't play the lute anymore (but that's not that bad bc he doesn't have a lute now anyways), he can't casually pop a button of his doublet open when it gets too warm bc the gloves are in the way, it doesn't feel nice to pet Roach anymore. Jaskier likes knowing how things feel and now he can't run his hands along trees or flowers or fabric anymore and feel it.

So no, for Jaskier, gloves aren't practical. But they are safe. At least he hopes they are. And if he keep the gloves on even at night, just in case someone would try to hurt his hands while he's asleep, well, it's not as if Geralt would ever look at him closely enough to notice, would he?

[hetyra]

So I’ve been concocting a NG+/time travel P5 story idea where both Akira and Goro remember the original timeline in my head for like the past week, and since I’m terrible about finishing multi-chapter fics I’m just gonna ramble about it in a very long post instead lol

The reset doesn’t apply equally to them.

Akira goes to sleep one night weeks or months after the events of the game and wakes up after what feels like only minutes later on the train bound for Shibuya just like he does at the beginning of the game.

Goro on the other hand goes from exchanging bullets with the cognitive version of himself in Shido’s palace to waking up in bed in the blink of an eye. It takes a few minutes, but he realizes he’s 14 again and it’s the first day of his last year of middle school – which is also the day the meta-nav appeared on his phone.

He winds up not using the app at all. Nor does he approach Shido and offer his “services”. He’s extremely shaken up by all the memories or dreams or whatever the hell they are. He decides he doesn’t care, but he’d rather avoid becoming that kind of person and meeting that fate.

By pure happenstance, he eventually ends up meeting Wakaba. Feeling guilt for being the original cause of her death, Goro feels the want to help her this time around and ends up expressing an interest in cognitive psience (which isn’t a total lie) that results in them making a sort of confidant deal.

Through Wakaba he also meets and gets to know both Sojiro and Futaba.

Realizing that his lack of involvement with Shido could have potentially prevented Akira’s original arrest, Goro chooses to attend Shujin for high school; intent on forming the PTs himself if need be.

It’s right around this time that Sojiro suddenly offers to adopt him.

He starts attending high school as Sakura Goro, and everything is going great. Until it’s not.

Wakaba dies. In the same exact manner as when he had been the one behind it.

Up to this point in time, Goro occasionally had PTSD symptoms when things reminding him of his actions in the previous timeline came up. Wakaba’s death affects him terribly, and all his symptoms get worse from there on out.

Sojiro moves them out to Yongen and eventually gets custody of Futaba, and Goro not wanting to deal with or think about what’s going on or what happened before, instead focusses on preventing Futaba from developing a palace. He succeeds.

Around this time, Sojiro starts worrying a lot about Goro. He knows he’s been… off ever since Wakaba’s death. Even now it seems like her death is weighing heavier on him than it is Futaba.

Right about the time Futaba passes her entrance exams to get into Shujin, Sojiro is asked to take in Akira for his probation. Goro, who was helping out at Leblanc at the time of the conversation, practically bullies Sojiro into accepting.

Back to Akira now.

His arrival in Tokyo goes exactly as it did before. The next day goes much the same, up until they’re in the car on their way back to Leblanc. For the hell of it, Akira asks Sojiro again why he took him in. Sojiro’s answer is the same, except instead of saying “I was already paid for it too.” He says “My son was rather insistent I do, too.”

Akira in shock and confusion asks “Son?” to which Sojiro explains: “Oh right. I have two kids; adopted both of them and they happen to go to Shujin too. My son, Goro, is a 3rd year while my daughter, Futaba, is a 1st year. Hopefully they’ll be a good influence on you instead of the other way around.”

Cue Akira’s brain short-circuiting at the mention of Goro.

Upon arriving back at Leblanc, Futaba and Goro are there waiting for them. Futaba wastes no time commenting on how Akira doesn’t look all that tough while Goro is standing behind the counter making everyone coffee – and wearing jeans and a hoodie to Akira’s continued shock.

Sojiro doesn’t let them talk long after he feeds them, saying they should all go to bed since they have school in the morning. Futaba leaves fairly quickly but Sojiro stops Goro to ask if he’s alright, having noted the bags under his eyes. When Goro says it’s nothing to worry about and leaves, Sojiro sighs and mumbles just loud enough for Akira to hear “Is it because there was another subway accident?”

That night, Akira’s dreams put him in the velvet room. He’s happy to see Lavenza and the real Igor but surprised when he hears Goro in the cell next to his.

Lavenza explains who she and Igor are to Goro and that despite their collective freedom from Yaldabitch, he does in fact still exist in this timeline and must be dealt with. Akira helps fill in Goro on how they dealt with him before but that’s all they have time to discuss before they’re being woken up by their respective alarm clocks.

Futaba goes to school ahead of them with the excuse that she doesn’t want to be seen with her dorky older brother and the guy with a criminal record, giving the two of them time to talk.

Akira is quick to demand answers regarding the mental shutdowns and psychotic breakdowns, which elicits a rather desperate denial out of Goro. He insists it’s not him causing them and he doesn’t know who is, and Akira realizes quickly that Goro isn’t lying and is legitimately anxious about it.

The knowledge that someone else seems to have entered the “game” makes Akira uneasy, but assures Goro that things will be fine. They’ll stop whoever it is, Shido, and Yaldabitch. But first they need the Phantom Thieves.

This is when Goro admits he has yet to use the nav, despite having had it for 3 years at this point. Before Akira can comment on that, they exit the station to the rain and he instead opens the app and maneuvers them both so that they encounter Ann, Kamoshida, and Ryuji.

When they arrive at the castle instead of the school, Goro levels a look at him but simply sighs and goes with it when Akira tells him to trust him.

Everything goes the same as before, awakening and all, even with Goro there. That is up until Morgana just walks up to them. He’s not in a cell.

It turns out Morgana also remembers everything and it takes some improv acting on both Morgana and Goro’s parts to cover for Akira’s stupidity when Ryuji asks “Wait, you know this monster-cat?!”

 When they get home that night, Goro tries to take the blame for them being late but Sojiro doesn’t bite – turning to Akira and telling him that his son is a good kid and he won’t have Akira influencing him into bad behavior. Sojiro isn’t quite as angry a few minutes later when he comes upstairs to find Morgana chilling on Akira’s bed.

Goro asks Akira the next morning to text him when Ryuji asks to go back to the palace, to which Akira agrees with the full intention on not doing that.

The day of the volleyball rally, Akira is on his way to the next abuse victim he needs to question when he‘s suddenly yanked around a corner by a very miffed looking Goro. Akira apologizes and explains why he left him out, receives a grumpy “Ok, I forgive you” and continues on his mission.

Akira again does not tell Goro they’re going into the palace the day Ann follows them in and awakens to her own persona, despite Ryuji and Morgana both telling him he should.

It’s later when they’re exchanging their contact info with Ann that Goro appears looking very pissed off at certain someone. After that, the group chat is established with Goro in it so he will in fact know when they’re going to the palace.

Goro sticks to back up and surveillance due to still not having awakened to his persona yet, but throughout their infiltration he notes Joker’s watchful eye on him and the constant reminders to stay safe.

Come the gym-turned-church Goro decides he’s had enough of the other tricksters incessant worrying over him. The two of them start to argue, Akira never quite saying it’s because he doesn’t want to witness Goro die again, when the angel shadow appears and interrupts them. Akira quickly turns his attention to it and tells Goro to get to a safe distance, which cause the latter to yell back angrily.

Cue Loki’s voice and Goro ripping off a mask.

Goro’s has a new outfit, though it’s sort of a mix between his two previous outfits and Jokers

He discovers he still has Robin Hood as well.

And that’s about as far as I’ve figured out.

I haven’t decided whether the events of the new semester in Royal happened in the original timeline, but I really want to stick with the “from being shot to waking up in bed” thing so if they did I’m rolling with Goro’s memory of the events feeling disjointed and out of place.

There’s one scene I actually animated (because I was bored and in the mood to animate) that takes place later, when they go to the airsoft shop for the first time. Ryuji tells Akira about the shop over the phone, and Akira doesn’t tell Goro what they’re doing, only to meet up with them in Shibuya and that it was important. Akira thought it’d be funny if Ryuji were to ask Goro if he knew anything about guns with absolutely no context – and he does indeed finds Goro’s “overreaction” quite funny. At this point, Akira still isn’t aware that Goro actually has PTSD because of the events in the original timeline, and so thinks it’s just a funny inside joke. Goro’s anxiety meanwhile is through the fucking roof.

Here’s a link to the video of the scene.

[flowercrown-bard]

"The artist's biggest struggles..." for the made-up fic title for something Witcher related if it inspires you in any way ♡

ohh i love that title! thank you <3

So this would definitely be about Jaskier having writer’s block. And since he’s Jaskier, he’s complaining about that. Loudly. And Geralt doesn’t want to see him unhappy is annoyed by it, so he makes it his goal to inspire Jaskier one way or another.

At first he allows Jaskier to go on hunts with him and takes contracts on more impressive monsters.

He actively finds fancy parties for them to go to. Geralt hates every second of it, but it's worth it for the way Jaskier hangs on his arm and whispers court gossip in his ear so that his breath tickles Geralt's neck.

He takes Jaskier to fields of flowers, attempts to make a flower crown for him and lets him braid flowers into his hair.

None of it is working. Jaskier still has writer’s block. That is, he stopped complaining about it, but Geralt also hasn’t heard him compose any new song, so he must still be struggling. But he’s also smiling more and he’s looking at Geralt all softly when he thinks Geralt isn’t looking. It’s nice. It’s really nice.

But it’s still not enough. Geralt needs to get Jaskier’s inspiration back because he can’t risk Jaskier leaving him if he doesn’t give him inspiration anymore.

So he takes Jaskier to the coast, specifically to the part of the coast where Jaskier’s dear friend Essi lives.

Of course, Jaskier and Geralt take walks along the shore and watch sunsets and collect sea shells. But most importantly, Geralt asks Essi how to get a bard’s inspiration back. She tells him that it’s really easy. There’s nothing as inspiring as being in love. And oh.

That’s the moment Geralt realises. It’s not as if he hadn’t known all along, but now Essi had practically spelled it out for him: His love for Jaskier truly is unrequited. He had known, of course he had known. But a part of him had also hoped that it could be different. But Jaskier doesn’t write songs anymore, and if he were in love with Geralt, he would be inspired.

Geralt tries to hide his heartbreak, but Jaskier notices. When he asks what’s wrong, Geralt says it’s nothing. Because he still has a mission. He still has to give Jaskier his inspiration back, because Jaskier might not love him back, but damn it, Geralt is going to do everything he can to make him happy.

So he introduces Jaskier to other people. He starts with Eskel. Gods, it would hurt if Jaskier fell in love with him. But Eskel is gentle and deserving of love and if they get together, then at least Geralt would get to keep Jaskier in his life through him. And they do get along. Just not enough for Jaskier to write any love songs about him.

So Geralt has to find someone else for Jaskier to love. He urges him to talk to that nice person who clapped the loudest after a performance. He tells him to take that barmaid up on her offer to share her bed. He gives him a gentle nuge in the direction of the tailor who had given Jaskier’s shoulders a gentle squeeze when he had taken his measurements.

None of it is working.

On the contrary, Jaskier thinks that Geralt has grown tired of him and is trying to get rid of him in a kind way.

He confronts Geralt about it, asking if it is because he hasn’t been singing any new songs.

And Geralt, being the idiot that he is, says yes. Of course, what he means by that is, that he’d rather have Jaskier happy with someone else than miserable with him and evidently he is being miserable, if he can’t write any new songs. What Jaskier hears though, is that without new songs, he's useless to Geralt and he needs to compose in order for Geralt to want him around. In his desperation, he blurts out that he has new songs, tons of them, really. He’s still useful!

And Geralt is confused because he knows for a fact that there are no new songs. He hadn’t heard Jaskier compose in months.

Jaskier, of course, had been composing in secret, ever since that day with the wildflowers. Because those weren’t songs that he thought Geralt would ever want to hear. But now, to prove his point and that Geralt should keep him around, he sings one of them.

Turns out, Geralt is inspiring enough to write the most beautiful love songs after all.

[flowercrown-bard]

I wish you would write a another fic where for Bacreia :3

(if that counts)

Maybe something about bad ass brave Riya?

Or spiderman meme Riya/Sabil/Kira? :D

(no pressure tho!!!)

yesss moreBacreia!! thank you!!! <3

Shame on me, I tried to come up with literally anything for badass Riya and I completely blanked. I think I'll leave the badassery to Kira. She does it way better ;)

And if I were to write a spiderman meme Riya/Sabil/Kira thing... well, first of all it would be Sabil's pov (which I can't write but I feel like it would be most fun)

I'll put it under a "read more" bc no one but us cares about Bacreia and I don't want to annoy people. But it would go a little something like this:

Sabil comes back on shore after being at sea for months. She loves the adventure and all that, but fuck, she just wants to rest a bit. She deserves it

so she and her crew go to some tavern

except, before she can get there, she notices some people looking at her strangely. She can hear one of them mutter something along the lines of "does she really think cutting her hair is a good enough disguise?"

so Sabil is suspicious and starts talking with that person, asking them what they mean

that person says last week, a group of people gained a lot of attention in the city (is it good attention bc they helped someone? Is it bad attention bc they fucked shit up? It's hard to tell. Maybe it's a bit of both) Anyway, one of the people looked a lot like Sabil

And oh, Sabil doesn't like that one bit. So she asks where she can find this group of people

Turns out, they are in the tavern, where she was headed anyway. She cracks her knuckles and pulls her hood over her head, so she can find out who that asshole is who thinks she can wear Sabil's face

on her way to the tavern, she notices a magpie watching her curiously

Guess she won't get her rest just yet

and now I would switch to Kira's pov, bc we need all the misunderstandings we can get :D

Kira and Riya are playing at the tavern and it's really nice. It's been so long since they just played their instruments together. It's almost like it was before.

It's not, of course. Things are still tense between them, but this is their song and just for the duration of the song, Kira can pretend that Riya never betrayed her trust

Out of the corner of her eyes, Kira can see the door opening and someone come in. Someone who has their hood drawn deep into their face. It's impossible to see who it is, but one thing is crystal clear: This person is watching Riya

Kira doesn't like that one bit. Especially not, because this stranger is toying with a dagger and oh, if they so much as think about hurting Riya, there will be hell to pay

So Kira starts walking around/ dancing while playing the violin to subtly get herself between Riya and the possible threat

she tries to calm herself. It's probably nothing. She's just on edge bc of all the bad stuff that happened lately

but then she hears it. The stranger is muttering something under her breath. She can't make sense of most of what the stranger is saying, but she understands one word clearly. No, not a word. A name. Nadya. (no idea what Sabil would be saying here. She wouldn't recognise Riya yet, but maybe she's thinking about Nadya for some reason. idk)

So of course, Kira goes on full alert. This stranger knows. She knows who Riya really is. This is Riya's worst case scenario. This is the very reason why Riya lied in the first place. This is what might take Riya away from Kira

So Kira subtly convinces Riya to go up to their room, or leave the tavern through the back door or something to get her away from this stranger who must be send to take Riya back to Veja

And then, to give Riya a chance to get away, Kira casts a spell on herself. She disguises herself as Riya to lead the stranger away

here I would switch to Riya's pov

because there is no way in hell, she would actually let Kira get in trouble like this for her (sorry, Kira, but Riya might just break another promise to her)

She sneaks after Kira and sees how the person with the hood confronts her. There are daggers and swords and Riya might not be good at fighting, but she's not going to let Kira get hurt because she looks like her (maybe Riya has no spells left? Or she'd like to save them in case she needs to heal Kira later)

Maybe she just yells something like "You're looking for me"

which, of course, makes Kira panic bc shit, Riya was supposed to be safe!

And it makes the hooded figure throw her hands up because what the fuck is even going on

While the hooded figure is distracted, Kira puts her sword on their throat to intimidate them. "What do you want from Riya?" she asks and obviously, she doesn't get an answer other than "What, in the Magpie's name do you want from me?"

Now, Riya can't do much. She can't fight, she can't cast any spells right now. But she can do one thing. She can get the answer that Kira wants. She can find out what this stranger wants, what they desire

and what they want more than anything, in this moment, is to know "Why the hell do those people look like me?"

Riya, intelligent as she is, takes a bit to understand what that means. Because she doesn't look like the hooded figure. She looks like...like Sabil. Oh. Oh

"Sabil?"

"How do you know my name?"

"Balawi, it's me."

no idea how it would continue. So yeah. That's all i got

[flowercrown-bard]

Today I learned about a bird called Fairy-wren and now I want a bird-shifter!Jaskier AU because this bird fits him so perfectly

“During the reproductive season, males of this and other fairywren species pluck yellow petals, which contrast with their plumage, and show them to female fairywrens.” You mean that Jaskier can give Geralt buttercups and dandelions and it’s literally a sign of courtship?

“To prevent themselves from raising cuckoos as their own children, they teach their offspring a certain melody, while they are still in the egg. Once they hatch, the babies chirp this melody to beg for food. Since the cuckoo doesn’t know this melody, the parents don’t mistake it for one of their own.” You mean to tell me we could have a doppler show up and Geralt realises that it’s a doppler because they don’t know the melody that Jaskier always sings while cooking?

(image and information taken from wikipedia)

[flowercrown-bard]

We all agree that Jaskier is now afraid of fire because of Rience and I love the whump potential of that

But what about Geralt who literally had to kill his closest brother with fire? Jaskier fears being hurt by fire but Geralt fears hurting someone with fire

I want a Geralt who is afraid of using Igni when anyone he loves is close by. I want a Geralt who refuses to light a fire despite it being cold because what if it gets out of control and hurts Jaskier?

I want Jaskier to learn to trust fire when it comes from Geralt and I want Geralt to learn that he can protect Jaskier with fire. I want both of them to realise that they fear the same thing for opposite reasons and help each other with their fear

[flowercrown-bard]

Since Geralt told Jaskier he needed his help and then didn't really ask for anything in going to assume that that was just an excuse to get him to Kaer Morhen

And now I want Geralt to ask Jaskier for help as an excuse every time he wants to spend time with him

Like

Geralt: hey, Jaskier I need your help

Jaskier, excited: sure! What do you need help with?

Geralt, internally: fuck if I ask for too much he'll be annoyed by me but i have to ask for somthing or he won't want to spend time with me

Geralt: I need you to play a dramatic song so it looks cooler when I stare broodily into the distance

And eventually it'll be like

Jaskier: uh Geralt you got some jam *gestures vaguely to the Geralt's mouth*

Geralt: *trying to wipe it off*

Jaskier: do you need my help?

Jaskier: *kisses the jam off of Geralt's lips*

[flowercrown-bard]

I want a shapeshifter!Jaskier au in which Geralt assumes that Jaskier has important any during winter (teaching at Oxenfurt, playing at courts,...) until one day he returns from Kaer Morhen early to find out that Jaskier turned himself into a bear and just slept the whole winter long

[flowercrown-bard]

You know what I've always loved in fiction? The tension between a king and a foreign ambassador who's delivering threats of war

So obviously I need to cater to my own interest and brainstorm a story I will never write. Like a warlord!Geralt au but instead of Jaskier being send to him as a tribute Jaskier is Redania's ambassador

as such he'd have diplomatic immunity but since he's delivering a declaration of war to the feared Warlord of the North he still fully expects to get die

he doesn't. Instead the witchers offer him a bed and food so he is well rested when he makes his way back to Redania and deliver the Warlord a reply (which of course it something along the lines of  “You’re a tyrant and if you even think about harming anyone under the White Wolf’s protection we won’t hesitate to rid this world of one more monster. We will not sit idly by as you try to take the lands we liberated and if you don’t back down, we will defend ourselves against your army.”)

Jaskier’s stay with the witchers is awkward and it's dangerous but most importantly of all its eye-opening because Jaskier is spending time with people he knows will fight his country soon and actually they seem to be great people and he knows that if things were different they could become friends

still, he has a job to do so he goes back to the king of Redania to deliver the news that the witchers will not let him invade the mountain or any land under their protection

 the war starts and Jaskier gets sent to the witchers' camp multiple times

  sometimes it's so ask them to surrender. Sometimes it's to threaten them. Sometimes it's to offer them a treaty that would end this war but leave the witchers unable to interfere should the Redanian king do anything cruel or unjust

 at first Geralt was dreading Jaskier's arrival bc it always meant that the king was still insistent on fighting this war but with time the reason why he dreads it is bc it means that Jaskier is still in danger of getting hurt on his way to him

but Geralt loves the way Jaskier seems to really do his best to get both sides to stop this war and while he’s at the witcher’s camp, he sometimes sings songs of piece and adventure and of a better life that make Geralt yearn (it also reminds him why he started all of this. He wants to create this peaceful world that Jaskier is singing about and they bond over this dream they have in common)

  and then, one night, Jaskier doesn't come to the witchers' camp openly and confidently as he always did before. He's sneaking around, careful to go unnoticed and Geralt thinks this is it. Jaskier has finally truly realised that Geralt is the enemy and he's here to try and assassinate him in his sleep to end this war

that's not it though. It turns out Jaskier's employers don't know he's with the witchers right now. Jaskier snuck out to tell them that his king has kidnapped Ciri and is trying to use her as bait/for ransom

Jaskier and Geralt (and a couple of other trusted witchers) go on a stealth mission to get Ciri back to safety

 which basically makes Jaskier a traitor to his country. But when Geralt offers him protection Jaskier says he needs to stay in Redania. He has his sister Essi to take care of (that's the reason why he took this dangerous job in the first place) and he can't just leave her

 a couple of days later, Coen tells Geralt that an ambassador arrived, which in isn’t unusual considering how often Jaskier has already come to them. Geralt is excited to see Jaskier again and maybe ask him again to stay by his side and bring his sister with him. But the ambassador isn't Jaskier. And for once Geralt receives a threat that actually scares him

"I have been sent by Redania's honourable King to demand your surrender and that you hand over your conquered territories to Redania or else the traitor and lover of the White Wolf, Jaskier Pankratz will hang."

 Geralt knows that if he agrees to surrender everything he fought for, every land he freed of tyrants and all the people that had found a safe home under his rule while be doomed. But he also knows that he can't leave Jaskier to die

 but maybe there's another way. He had been Warlord for long enough – never wanted this title in the first place - and his second in command, Eskel, would be much better suited for the job anyways. Geralt can't tell his witchers to retreat and basically sacrifice all those they had helped. But maybe Redania's king will accept another deal. A life for a life. A former ambassador for a Warlord. Jaskier’s life for Geralt‘s