#haysel

[ilblogdellestorie]

In memorian

[puppielore]

haysel’s lore . . . 🐶

nineteen. hispanic. cancer. bts.

[lupines-slash-recs]

Rec: Another Angle on the Same Subject by haysel

Title: Another Angle on the Same Subject Author: haysel Canon: The Witcher Pairing: Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier Rating: Mature [R] Word Count: 12,965 Summary: A few weeks after the incident with the deathless mother, Jaskier leaves Kaer Morhen.

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[cainache]

heyyyyy what’s up?? new here hbu?? uwu

guys tis my bsf :)

[esora247]

very lazy doodles based on haysel's moshang from the Artemis series on ao3

[wizzardhat]

God help me i spent eight HUNDRED years on this.

Feat. my Tav, Haysel.

Yes I always end up playing a druid stop asking

What a difference one year can make

[arsenic-addiction]

My first Moshang art! Based on this excellent AU story: to fill in empty spaces - Chapter 1 - haysel - 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own] I couldn't help myself when it comes to celestial themed outfits :p

[wangxianficfinder]

Fic Finder

Apr 12th

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1. For the ficfinder: In the last "In the mood for", no 8 reminded me of a fic but I cant recall the one. Wwx is travelling by himself, writing letters to LZ, he stays in a town and it ends up cursed. LZ and the juniors arrive to solve the case. Wwx is acting weird and hides his letters. The juniors read the letters and find out wwx is angry and full of resentment about how he's been treated. They find out the curse resonates from him. They talk it out to resolve matters. It was written really well. Any idea? @kesterling

FOUND! i found it myself, it kept bugging me. The fic is sadly deleted but on the wayback machine: Dock of the Bay by Haysel.

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2. Hi! This is for Fic Finder. All I remember is the ending, where Yu Ziyuan had her arms cut off, and that there was a part that mentioned that this was punishment enough as she would have to live her life with no pride. Also, she had an affair with Jin Guangshan, and Jiang Cheng was his child, and she had to become his concubine, I think. Hope someone knows which fic this is!

FOUND? sounds like the deleted "OOC!" by A_flower_in_the_snow. It's avaiable on the wayback machine.

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3. Hi, once again.

I’m looking for a fic that I seriously can’t find, at all.

So it would really be a great help if you could.

Wwx was brought to cloud recesses for healing after madam yu had whipped him so bloody he couldn’t move and wa sin active danger of dying.

The disciples who brought him there did so on a donkey I think?

Anyway they asked LZ to please befriend Wwx.

The healers weren’t sure if Wwx would survive. He does.

And joins the lan, befriending LZ oh and he can’t fight with his sword anymore because of the damage and something about his heart having been weakened.

That is all I remember.

Have a nice day/night. @ravenwithwings

NOT FOUND!🔒🧡 rain falls and soaks into the earth series by RoseThorne (T, 57k, WangXian, WIP, Near Death Experience, Attempt Drowning, Madam Yu Bashing, Recovery, No war AU)

FOUND! 🧡 Company by WithBroomBefore (T, 29k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Pre-Relationship, Getting Together, POV LWJ, Fix-It, Pre-Canon, at least to start, WWX goes to Cloud Recesses, But Not In The Usual Way, fear of character death, Everybody Lives, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending, Light Angst, good teacher LQR, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, brief discussion of past minor character suicide, Kitten, Not YZY Friendly)

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4. Hi!! I'm looking for a fic I can't remember the name of, a modern AU, possibly set in the UK where lwj is part of some sort of anarchist/ community activist group and wwx joins. Most people in the group already know wwx and are reallly good friends with him but lwj is super skeptical about him. Also at some point I think wwx goes missing and lwj is super worried??? I can't remember anything else... thank you in advance🙏🙏🙏 @kavlobebeki

FOUND? now to begin the road by detectorist (E, 28k, WangXian, Modern AU, Pining, Miscommunication, Misunderstandings, Getting Together, Light Angst, Food as a Metaphor for Love, Activism, Politics, Rooftop Conversations)

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5. Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else remembers a fic similar to leading tone by silencemostofall, and pastel by antebunny, but that's set in the canon era while they're at Cloud Recesses? A few details I remember was that the coloured mark that indicated Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian's relationship started to fade, and that Jiang Cheng was allowed home to celebrate his birthday, while Wei Wuxian's was completely ignored by the Jiang Sect and so he spent it drinking and was caught by Lan Wangji. Apologies that I don't have more! @flaxenhairedsamurai

Hi, I was number 5 on the fic finder on April 12. Just letting you know I found the fic I was looking for! It was Mark Me With Your Devotion by an orphan account. Thank you, and I've bookmarked it so I don't lose it again!

FOUND! Mark me with your devotion by orphan_account (M, 18k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Soulmates, soulmate AU with a twist, The twist is not a curse though, I'm sorry but everyone is kind of toxic in this, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, A-Yuan is adorable, First Time, Canon-typical Sex, Cultivation Partners, Fluffy wangxian, Nothing else is all that fluffy, Night-hunting together, Their studies are different that's why they keep going on missions and not staying in Gusu much)

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6. There was this fic on ao3 I don't remember, much, but it had this part, where lwj refused to go near his child(/children??) Because when wwx was pregnant he slowly grew ill or I dunno I think there was some complications (?) and when it was finally the time of delivery, wwx fell into coma I think. And lxc was angry with lwj for not even looking at his child / children when both wc were so excited for the baby.

There is a similar wx comic on Twitter. Can you please find both of them? The ao3 fic and the Twitter comic too please?

FOUND? I don’t know the Ao3 but I do know the comic similar to the description which made by AlasseTassir in twitter and they post it on their pixiv.

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7. A while back I found and lost 😥 a fic where WangXian, I think, were smuggling Wen Ning (and probably Wen Qing) across a border somewhere and they put a fake mustache on one of the two and people kept complimenting them on how nice it looked. I think people even copied the mustache after that? Maybe even the bad Wens? That's literally all I can remember about it. I've tried every tag I can think of and haven't been able to find it. Hopefully someone will know. TIA! @lilyinthesnow

FOUND! Bloom where you are planted by luckymoonly (M, 44k wangxian, MM/WQ, Canon Divergence, Fix It, courting, Mpreg, Sunshot Campaign, Fluff, Happy Ending, getting together early, Romance, WWX giving birth in the middle of the war? Most likely than you think!, Yúnmèng Siblings Feels, Smut, Drama, Blood and Violence, Minor Character Death, There Is Only One Bed, No Fall of Lotus Pier, Crossdressing, Shotgun Wedding, Mention of miscarriage (not WWX), wangxian Have a Breeding Kink, Giving Birth, Soft granduncle LQR)

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8. hii i need help finding a fic. I remember it is ongoing it is a time travel one where wei ying travels back to the past decides not to join the jiang sect but to be rouge i remember he stole gold from the sects which made the economy go to shit the emperor got involved and disbanded the wen sect wei ying is now rich he is studying to pass some exams he has a nice house with a mini farm meets lan zhan and they fall in love and we find out from lan qiren that wei ying is a royal bc his father was a prince but he ran away to be a servant to the jiang sect and sometime near the last chapters the emperor gives permission to wangxian to marry and to take with him some princes and princesses to raise away from the palace. @wangxian4evermdzs

FOUND? Starting Over by SplitGirl28 (M, 69k, WIP, Time Travel Fix-It, Back to Childhood, Change his life, Different lifestyle, But WWX is still gifted genius, Unrestrained WWX, Living his ideal life)

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9. Hi all! 👋 I am so sorry to bother you if you’ve already found this fic but I’ve scoured across the internet all day and decided to go ahead and ask anyway! I’m looking for a fic that has Wei Ying being adopted into the Lan clan as a child, he was scared to be kicked out and became rather solemn and a perfect lan clan member, on the other hand Lan Zhan has grown to be shameless and flirts with Wei Ying every chance he gets. There’s also some Jiang Bashing, OCs, and maybe some time travel? Help🥹

FOUND? could be the deleted "Uno Reverse" by A_flower_in_the_snow. It's on the wayback machine.

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10. Hello!! I swear I just read it and now I can't find this fic- but it's supposed to be an AU where wwx stayed behind during Lotus Pier's attack and Madam Yu and JC escaped but wwx stayed to fight, and lwj heard wwx was missing and he rushes to help wwx and he runs in JC and JY also trying to save wwx? Thank you in advance!

FOUND? for as long as he will let me by RavenclawLoki (T, 8k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt WWX, Love Confessions, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, First Kiss, BAMF JYL, WangXian Get a Happy Ending)

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11. Hi, thanks so much for all your efforts!!

I’ve been looking for a fic and hope it hasn’t been deleted. Wei Ying, Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Yanli were mermaids but were also semi-amphibious? They could go on land for short periods and they helped fight the Wens during the Sunshot Campaign. Wei Ying is married off to Lan Zhan and he lives in the Cloud Recesses. Most of the story is centered around Wei Ying adjusting to his life on the surface amongst humans and navigating the relationship with his new husband.

FOUND? you’re a bird in the water / i’m a fish on the ground by plonk (Not Rated, 8k, WangXian, Merpeople, Canon Era)

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12. Hi, can you help me find a fic . The story goes somewhat like Lan Wangji was in a nighthunt and had taken shelter in an inn . There was a storm, and Wei Ying came to that inn seeking shelter with a few orphan kids . Those kids and Wei Ying were both from the same, and they escaped from being sold ? I think Wangji was a bit older than Wei Ying. Also, Wei Ying could use his cultivation powers without any medium like swords or instruments. 🙏

FOUND? ❤️ Seen and not heard by eatmyass (E, 51k, wangxian, case fic, no sunshot, kid fic, dadxian, strangers to lovers, found family, LWJ pov, pining, fake/pretend relationship, first time, falling in love)

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13. Helppp! looking for a fic I read awhile ago and it just wont leave my mind, So basically Wangxian had an age gap LWJ was like 16 or 17 and WWX in his 20's but like "the cloud recesses" is some sort of mansion and the lotus siblings visit them in cloud recesses. I think it was tagged E if that helps

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14. Hi! For Fic Finder. Thank you very much for your help. There’s a fic I thought I bookmarked but can no longer find.

The first fic is a dark Lans fic set during the Cloud Recesses arc. WWX and JC are betrothed in this universe. But LWJ and WWX fall in love. LWJ manipulates the environment and JCs insecurities to break them up. I believe it’s in a two part series.

Thank you!

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15. Story of Yanxi Palace based fic. WY is the empress/consort who hides in a box from Sizhui. LZ knows he's inside the box, and as a prank/punishment, he uses the box to play a boardgames with Sizhui

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16. Hi! I really am looking for this story in AO3 and still can't find it. It was about Wei Wuxian who got married to Wen Chao but Lan Zhan couldn't take it so he plans to take Wei Wuxian back by claiming Wei Wuxian each time he got (even in the wedding night of WWX and WC) and destroying the company of the Wens. As they (LWJ & WWX) continued the deed, WWX ended up pregnant and LWJ is more than determined to take WWX back. I do hope you can help me find this story. Thank you in advance!😘 @gegegeeee

FOUND? 姻緣 | this marriage was always predestinedby saccharinings (E, 43k, wangxian, Cheating, Infidelity, not between wangxian, WWX is married and LWJ persuades him to cheat on his husband with him, Dark LWJ, A/B/O, Feminizing Language, Exhibitionism, Size Difference, WagnXian Have a Breeding Kink, Stomach Bulge, Possessive LWJ, Manipulation, WWX Wears Lingerie, Rape/Non-con Elements, for one part, Hair-pulling Kink, Alpha LWJ, Omega WWX, Mirror Sex, Vibrators, Phone Sex, Rimming, Edgeplay, slight choking kink, Light Bondage, Inappropriate Use of Gūsū Lán Forehead Ribbon, LJY’s Big Fat Crush on Milfxian, Pregnant WWX, WangXian Endgame, Spanish Translation)

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17. I'm looking for this fic that's basically a bunch of drabbles in one. Each chapter title is one word and serves as the theme for that chapter. I remember it having quite a lot of chapters, but I only remember one titled "kneeling" where Wuxian kneeled before Wangji (if you need a better picture, imagine that one scene in CQL where Wuxian kneeled and put his head on Yanli's lap in that one episode) @mindaneacc

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18. Hey, I'm looking for a fic where LZ and WY are already married and living in Gusu. But they get separated from each other due to an illness/curse going through the Wen Sect, so LZ leaves to give medical aid. In the process, he ends up adopting Wen Yuan. There is a sweet connection between WY and Lan Qiren. But most importantly Wen Qing managed to assassinate Wen Ruohan. @mother-of-pigeons

I remember 18, though I can't find it either. The sickness/curse in question made people burn from the inside; it was contagious from breathing in the ashes of the people dying. There was a honestly touching scene with Wen Chao dying while Wen Ning kept him company. Wen Qing assassinated WRH because she was treating him for the illness, for which they'd finally found the cure, and he announced that he therefore would use it as a weapon against the other sects, by deliberately infecting them and holding the cure hostage. The only ones they'd allow to have the cure are the Lans, because they're the only ones who came to help. He also intended to marry WQ, as he'd lost both his sons and needed new ones. I think it might have been part of a series, with the first part showing how WangXian got together.

FOUND!🔒Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder by Titans_R_Us (T, 11k, WangXian, Arranged Marriage, Mutual Pining, Temporary Separation, BAMF WQ)

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19. Hello!! Here I am again looking for a wangxian fic. It's one that I read through here but never found again, anyway, the things I remember from the fic are: the sects transform into animals, being shapeshifters, the Lan are dragons like WWX, I also remember that the transfer of core occurred but the core has a mind of its own and it goes back to WWX's body, WWX faints and Wanji makes a soulmate connection... Those are the only things I remember!!

Note: I think Ao3 should have category filtering in our subscriptions, because I think I subscribed to the story but I already looked and couldn't find it... @sweettiebah

FOUND? sounds like "Revealed Truths Against Dragon's Fire" by Preludian_Staves. It's hidden on AO3 but avaiable on the waback machine.

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20. Hi! I'm looking for a fic with a red string of fate au where wwx jumps off the cliff, but has a moment of weakness when he looks at lwj and end up tying himself to lwj before dying... And when he wakes up he discovers lwj kept the string bc when he wakes up as mxy he can see it connecting him to lwj. He flees and tries to put as much distance as he can between them but lwj still finds him at dafan mountain... It's a multi chapter (I think) with a happy ending. Help please? 🥺

FOUND? 💖 a trail of blood to find your way back home by blackelement7 (T, 19k, wangxian, JC & WWX, what if a soulmate string au, but without the soulmates aspect of it, a reflection on the nature of marriage, WWX is full of regrets, so is LWJ, Mutual Pining, Miscommunication, JC & WWX Reconciliation, JC is trying his best but words are hard and his brother is stupid, Siblings, Canonical Character Death, but it’s just WWX, accidental 3zun feels, WWX as the most unreliable of narrators)

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[lesyah]

AAANNNDD it’s time! Happy halloween season!!!!! 🎃👻

starting this holiday season off with a mildly haunted mansion AU (2003 ver). in which sqh is, who would have guessed, besotted.

((ps, i made a mistake on the first promo. this is 15k not 16k… my apologies 😣🙏🏻))

[fareehaandspaniards]

Imagine Haysell and Sirris accidentally having hateful yuri moment and then later Haysell can't hear the end of Leonhard and Creighton complaining that she could have finished her and done nothing. Like, there is NO end of it. Like these bitches just won't shut up about it and throw all kinds of curses at her. (She is just standing here like 😑 waiting for her moment to shine because if they mention she could have at least taken cut tongue she says "you would not think that if you were in my place 🌚". Kirk is too busy comforting the sad woman of the week to bother being mad.)

[yellowfingcr]

Imagine your OC became the fandom's most flanderized blorbo. How do you think they would mischaracterize them? ( "but haysel isnt an oc" she is. To me. Amd i love her )

// to be fair we're at a point in which the only reason I haven't gone fandomless is that I hope searching for her name lures people into playing dks! you can say she's an oc and it wouldn't be wrong at all

you're also dealing me psychic damage with this question. you're doing me a very high number of damage, directly, To Me. but I will answer. despite the pain

lowest hanging fruit: she's a gleeful fun loving gal with a penchant for mischief and trickery, a silly billy if you will, which means she cannot be absolutely anything else, most likely stemming from and coupled with the idea that really, it's because she is fundamentally childish, since what else could make a person so breezy? we all know that the only sign of maturity is suffering. eto... bleh? memes abound. were you to gather information on this specific character solely through the most popular posts you might be tempted to draw the conclusion that she is a rare specimen of herbo and not a multiple times decorated scholar among the best in her field. she is summarily deprived of any knowledge of sex and romance. I close my eyes and expire in my bed

[justwangyibo]

Hello fellow Untamed lovers, I am desperately trying to find a fic I read many months ago and I need to reread it (for my health at this point really).

I know it was post canon, lwj was chief cultivator and wwx was on his post cql travels. Wwx comes back to gusu because he’s sick, he keeps losing track of time like disassociated and “sleeping ” but awake he just can’t remember. And when he “wakes up” he doesn’t remember where he is. It’s not a curse and it’s not a terminal sickness ((at one point wwx thinks it’s mxy’s body giving up on him but that’s not the case)).

Eventually they write to lotus pier and jc tells wwx it’s like a trauma response and the same thing happened to him and he has to work on his past to get through it.

I LOVED IT so much but I can’t find it for the life of me. Please help!! I’ll give you twice the amount of Lan Zhan pics 🥹

EDIT: I FOUND IT !!!!

To the Rivers of Rivers by haysel ����❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍💖💓❣️💞💖

[glwstic]

Rec List 7: The Witcher

-  Sacrifice by SeelieSkelliger

He moved the flame closer to the bard’s fingers. “But how much would you be willing to sacrifice for him? Your lute is broken, but of course that can be replaced. Your hands, however… would you sacrifice your career for him? Would he do the same for you?”

Jaskier's time with Rience. Rating and Archive warnings might be too high but better safe than sorry.

Written for Witcher Bows & Arrows Valentines event 2022 - Day 3 Prompt 'Sacrifice

Oneshot,  1,394 words

-  where the wildflowers bloom by bloomerie

Jaskier might run with witchers and witches, but she is, in the end, human.

Oneshot, 10,332 words

-  an opiate; helpmate by yeats

"Geralt," Jaskier says, displaying what he feels is admirable restraint, "if you don't stick your cock inside me this very instant, I will tear out your fucking hair."

Oneshot,  2,281 words

-  magic touch by angelzoo (shades_0f_cool)

They’re only eyes, for Heaven’s sake. Granted, they’re extraordinary eyes, and there’s this bold intensity to them that commands attention, that makes you look.

Now if Jaskier could only stop looking.

Instead, he holds Geralt’s gaze and puts his feelings into words. “It’s all in your eyes. The perpetual loneliness and quiet longing for refined company. I’m your best friend, how could I refuse such an overt supplication?”

Now with amazing fanart for chapter two by @snovaaprel!

3/3 Completed,  11,913 words

-  so gentle in his view by ArliaDevi

The thing is, Jaskier does nothing wrong. If he had done something wrong, it might have been easier. Geralt could blame him, tell him how he’d always known this would happen, how it was only a matter of time. He could justify his anger, his guilt, his fear. He could say how Jaskier needs to watch where he walks, but the fact is Geralt had walked that stretch of the track only moments ago and had not noticed the bear trap. Not noticed it until he’d heard the rusty mechanisms spring and then Jaskier’s blood-curdling scream.

Or,

Jaskier steps on a bear trap while accompanying Geralt on a hunt for a Griffin.

Oneshot,  1,799 words

-  Always on My Mind by didoandis

The bard doesn’t seem to notice Geralt lurking behind him until Geralt clears his throat, a low rumble, which makes him turn.

“Goodness,” he says. “Hello. You’re very… loomy.”

Now she’s closer, Ciri can see his face properly. His hair hangs lank around his face; stubble covers his chin, a little too long to be stylish; his eyes above are a bright shining blue. And yet there’s something faded about him, his clothes just slightly worse for wear, his cheeks hollow.

“Jaskier,” Geralt says, almost desperately.

After the mountain, a reunion. It doesn’t go that well, to begin with.

Oneshot,  11,201 words

-  A Song of Service by didoandis

“Why do you wear that collar?” the witcher asks.

Jaskier startles. He’s been fiddling with it, he realises, a nervous habit. He didn’t think the witcher had noticed, even though those golden eyes seem to spot most things.

“It’s so people know what I am,” he says.

“And what are you?” the witcher says. His tone has turned surprisingly gentle. Perhaps he can hear the misery in Jaskier’s voice.

“Bound in service,” Jaskier explains. He tries on a smile. “It might not look like it, but I’m as much of a prisoner as you are.”

Jaskier didn’t exactly plan to escape from his master alongside a terrifying witcher. But it might turn out to be one of his better decisions.

[Inspired by The Accidental Warlord and His Pack by Inexplicifics.]

3/3 Completed,  22,516 words

-  Quiet by didoandis

“Geralt,” Jaskier said. His voice was… odd. Geralt looked at him. He had one hand on Roach still, one hand at his neck. His fingers were resting on a thin, leather band around his throat that hadn’t been there a minute earlier.

Geralt makes the mistake of telling a mage he likes the quiet. He didn't intend to be taken quite so literally.

Oneshot,  10,046 words

-  another angle on the same subject by haysel

Jaskier had opened the door, so he decided to step through. “I think it’s been proven that I do understand when it’s time to walk away.”

Geralt was quiet for a moment longer. “What are you saying? Are you saying that you’re leaving?”

Jaskier glanced over at him. “Yes. I just need to figure out where I’m going.”

_____

A few weeks after the incident with the deathless mother, Jaskier leaves Kaer Morhen

Oneshot,  12,965 words

-  If I Must Starve (Let it be in Your Arms) by Igneum807

The witchers of Kaer Morhen have never been comfortable with gentle touches. It just isn't who they are. But when Geralt arrives to spend the winter with his brothers looking more relaxed than any of them have felt in years, all due to the affection of a human bard, Lambert and Eskel grow curious. They wonder what it would be like to be touched or held without fear.

When Lambert runs into Jaskier in a small town in Redania, it's the safest he's felt in years. He and his brothers need touch and kindness more than they're willing to admit, and all Jaskier wants it to help , if only the witchers would let him.

Geralt and Jaskier are together, all the other relationships are platonic with a good helping of touch-starvation on the side.

12/12 Completed,  31,259 words

[thecrookedwriterspath]

First line tag game

Thanks for the tag @sabels-small-sphere !

This game has you post the first sentence in your last ten works; if you don't have 10, do as many as you have!

Lucky y'all, I DEFINITELY have at least that xD I usually only mention WIPs I have a decent amount on but but there's plenty more. Let me know if you're interested in any, familiar or not!

I'll tag @thewriterswitch @writing-with-melon @hd-literature and @surroundedbypearls though anyone feel free to take it on as well!

1. Songs of Decay

Tom: Soo you're angry with me because the moose didn't maul me and my daughter? Sir? Compton: No, I'm upset because you were directly in the Moose Zone after the warnings went off, and then instead of leaving, you fought it. With your daughter there!

2. Frozen Sands

Hawk stalked out of the house and paused to massage his temples. His father Hugo could be too jovial at times. There was a limit to what Hawk could handle, and Hugo went over that, regularly. Combined with the hammering of metal in the forge and workshop, headaches were a daily occurrence.

3. A Small Lantern Still Gives Light

Zhang Huai Shi: *eating noodles* You hear that? Bai Xue Ying: Dog, he said. Zhang Huai Shi: Yeah. Don't know any that tall, do you?

4. Dragons and Kingdoms

“The herds were forced into the last barn remaining, and the herders tried their best to keep all of the animals together. The dragon roared and swooped at the stragglers, its companion flying over the roof and belching out green flames. But the people had thought ahead and soaked the roof, and the flames would not catch. The greedy dragon was not pleased by this, and tried again."

5. Bards, Courts, and Changelings

Leir: Who's the warden? Haysel: Ooooh, that's Leystand. Leir: What? Haysel: *quieter* Can't you tell?? Leir: *also quieter* I've never had the misfortune of running into him.

6. Birds of a Feather (Labyrinth x Princess Tutu)

[montage of recordings in front of the school in various locations; Rosalind, a theater student with an assignment, is setting up for interviews, shuffling papers beside a camera. Her partner, Celia, is setting up the camera] Rosalind: *going through papers* Celia: *focusing the camera on an outside hallway* Femio: *posing* Is this good? My better angle? Mis amores, please tell me if I am too much for your technology~

7. Dancing with Deception

Shida used to take ballet. She'd even learned ballroom, salsa, tango, swing. Now she just listened to the beat, bouncing and banging her head and hips to the sound surrounding her.

8. Alien Girlfriend

Most people don't believe in aliens. However, I happen to know that those people are wrong. I never argued one way or another for a long time - it didn't matter to me. Extraterrestrial or local, I didn't push for any more information than people would share on their own.

9. A Deal's a Deal

Nashida walked into the woods with a light, well after the hour she knew were safe. She followed a path deeper and deeper into the forest, and soon lost the trail entirely. She was alone. She knew she had to be for this to work.

10. [title pending] Princess Tutu Reverse Isekai Xianxia

An old man lived on his own with a donkey in a cave on a mountaintop, rarely coming out but to chuckle at the world, beat his fish drum, and return. He wrote stories, fanciful but sad ones, delighting in their tragedy and chaos. One day, he was found dead, his last story left unfinished. But it held much potential left to fulfill…

That's all for now!

WIP tag lists (condensed):

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[dukeofriven]

In any case, Mrs Williams's fear and detestation of debt was wholly genuine, and this gave her argument a strength and truth far beyond her ordinary reach; in her quiet, settled part of the country imprisonment—imprisonment!—for debt did not happen, and the shocking tales she heard from outlying regions or from the dissolute, giddy metropolis concerned only raffish adventurers or worse; though her whole childhood had been tinged by whispered apocalyptic accounts of people so abandoned by God as to have lost their capital in the South Sea Bubble. By her own efforts Mrs Williams, like all the people she knew, might have earned fivepence a day at weeding or plain sewing, though some of the gentlemen might have done a little better at haysel and harvest; the accumulation of a hundred pounds was utterly beyond their powers, that of ten thousand beyond their imagination; and they worshipped capital with an unshakeable, uncomprehending, steady devotion, not devoid of superstitious practices.

-Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise, 1973

[maypoleman1]

11th June

St Barnabas’ Day

Hell’s Kettles. Source: Northern Echo website

Today is St Barnabas’ Day. Barnabas was a first century early convert to Christianity and was an associate of Jesus’ Apostles themselves. Despite having lived all his life in the Holy Land, Barnabas has a connection with the striking pools near Darlington called Hell’s Kettles. Legend has it that an irreverent carter was determined to deliver his hay despite the stricture no work should take place on St Barnabas’ Day. As he defiantly rode by the pools, Hell’s Kettles sucked him in and swallowed him up. When the waters are clear, he can still be seen under the surface, with his cart. Other traditions claim that the pools were formed by earthquakes, but the truth is, their origin is not entirely clear. They are fed by underground springs but what natural phenomena led to their creation remains a subject of debate.

The day is also the traditional start of haysel, or hay making, and St Barnabas is often depicted holding a hay rake. The 11th June was the day by which agricultural workers needed to get on with it: ‘By St Barnabas’ Day, put scythe to grass,’ as the saying has it.