#jaskier concepts

[spilledbutter]

jaskier leaving lettenhove as a young teenager, eager to experience the world

jaskier graduating oxenfurt but feeling like something is missing

jaskier experiencing the horrible sacking of bleobheris firsthand, being covered in the blood of his friends and fellow bards

jaskier enlisting as a soldier, feeling like it's the only way he can do some good in the world

jaskier fighting his way to the top through sheer force of will, loyalty, and dedication to the cause, eventually becoming a knight, and formally shirking his former name and title

jaskier earning a new title---the sandpiper---for the sound of his whistling call before his troops rush into battle

jaskier meeting geralt..........

[spielzeugkaiser]

Prompt 6: Geralt + Ocean (of flowers)

[yetanotherknitter]

it has been? months??? years????? I have had a dramatic break up and begrudging reconciliation with the Netflix Witcher and I still! can't! stop! thinking about that moment in s2 when yen hears jaskier playing in the distance and just. relaxes.

specifically I can't stop thinking about it in the context of that OTHER moment in s2 where yennefer reunites with her friends at aretuza and they spend the first few minutes being Very Mean before clinging to each other in abject relief they're all alive and y'all I think yennefer thinks she and jaskier are friends

like, they've known each other for decades and they meet up every so often to trade snide remarks and drink and maybe commiserate over geralt being *gestures at all of geralt* and that's basically friendship right? at least, according to her shitty childhood and all the socialization she got at the trauma factory of aretuza they're practically besties

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

literally the ENTIRE VIBE of this bit just feels like listening to your dumbass bestie thoroughly explain the most nonsensical shit about their latest bad decision of a crush I need to give vespula financial compensation

[astralnymphh]

so i'm over here playing skyrim like i have for the past eight years just thinking about all possible medieval!ellie tropes and can we all just unanimously agree that bard!ellie would be the silliest and cutest one out there. like on one hand she wears all the little daisy crowns the kids in passing villages she visits make her, and would serenade you so fucking stupidly but on the other hand she's getting black-out drunk at the tavern and toppling over into open barrels and crushing her lute in half.

[deathbatsgalore]

im sleep deprived and sad so i drew a little picture of yenskier to make myself feel better :3

[cherryjuicegf]

| and all that i want is to fall in your shallows |

[an-au-blog]

I need Jaskier to be more bitter about what Geralt did to him in s2 so...

before the new The Witcher season comes out, I want to share a couple of somethings I read after s3 became I think about them on the daily and add some stuff to them

I can't find the posts but the were basically this:

After reince burned jaskier's hands, he couldn't play or even hold his lute, and after the screaming in the last episode his voice is all worn out

Out of guilt, geralt gets lessons from jaskier, learning the lute so he can help jaskier earn coin again while his hands heal

and the other was that after burn butcher (just how he became a hero from toss a coin), people started recognizing him as the man who abandoned the bard

so my add on that is something like

Geralt had been more attentive than usual, he changes Jaskier's bandages and applies remedies. It's not that the others can't do it, they just realized that Geralt was hung up on doing it himself.

There was a lot of damage after the battle, so most of the witchers were trying to repair the building, but always found time to go to Jaskier's toom at the end of the day to check on him. He tried to go when he was already asleep, he didn't want the word to spread that he was worried but it was inevitable to catch him while he was awake sometimes. He only spoke to Geralt with hums, nodds "yes" and shakes "no". He can speak now, Geralt has heard him talk to Ciri and even a bit to Yen, he just has nothing to say to Geralt.

What's worse, it doesn't seem that he's angry, he just seems tired when it was just the two of them.

Even though it pains him, Geralt asks if he wanted to stay at Kaer Morhen to rest but Jaskier just says that "I won't be left on another mountain top by you".

While that's the only think he said to him in a long time, it's still progress.

When Jaskier taught the cords of his songs, he never sang the words, only hummed the melodies and adjusted the witcher's finger positions , so when Jaskier found a tavern to sing at, the boo's and judgemental glances that he got were a bit of a surprise. He hadn't gotten this kind of treatment since before "toss a coin". Midway through his performance, the crowd started shouting "burn butcher" and Jaskier started singing the song that was so obviously about him, he understood. Still, he was hesitant to preform it and even before he did, he mentioned that it'd be the last time he would.

That night, after the performance Geralt didn't say anything. After changing his bandages again and leaving for his own room, Geralt finally said "I'm sorry".

[hanzajesthanza]

I know, I risk wolfish hostility If my words offend anyone But to speak about what others keep quiet of Is after all, the role of poetry

bonus:

they are together do not separate them

[podcastenthusiast]

Sometimes I listen to the Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace and as you do I think about Jaskier composing it at Kaer Morhen.

The first part of the song has this really soft, simple-sounding guitar (I dunno shit about music but it sounds like maybe 2-3 chords?) and his voice is quiet, tentative, a little sad. I imagine Jaskier with his new lute; he doesn't know yet if his burnt hands can still play like they used to. Honestly he's afraid to find out.

But he knows he has to sing to help the elves, the witchers, everyone. And he also knows that if he doesn't finish this particular song it's likely to tear him apart. For a while it hurts to strum even the simplest melody, which is only a little better than the numbness and weakness he'd feared. Still, anything more complex is impossible to play.

Yennefer reminds him that even with magic it will take time for his hands to heal (adding that she'll learn to play the damn lute herself if he doesn't fully recover). Ciri shows off her new fencing calluses with pride and that reminds him it will take time to develop his own again, too.

It does get better. Everything does. He sings, he heals, he plays the lute until his confidence returns. He tells the story of the Seven, of course. He tries, in his small way, to make things right.

It takes a long time but when he finally finishes the Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace, a song that's just for him and no one else, it feels like exorcising a spirit from his body.

Geralt--having overheard it because this is a witcher fortress full of witchers--looks at him like he's seeing Jaskier for the very first time.

[spilledbutter]

it's so sad because i'm following the crumbs like a fuckin mouse. like fuckin hansel and gretel.

like i'm looking at the post going around where we've noticed jaskier is tied up and there are archers in the background. the one in particular on the right looks like an elf. and there are so many fires burning.

and i keep thinking about jaskier's last scene being rejected by lambert. and jaskier reaching out and trying to bond and get comfort over the trauma they all just went through. and being told he's not a part of the family, that there isn't one here, where there's only ruin and death and the corpses of fallen witchers. and i keep thinking about him going to his room and packing to leave and geralt finding him on his way out, how geralt tries to stop him, and how they argue. how jaskier tells geralt he has to go make his own way, that he's found his own purpose and he has to go help fight the war in a way he's actually useful, that's bigger than their argument on the mountain. that there are people who rely on him now. and geralt letting him go and understanding and mourning and hoping he sees him alive again. and then i keep thinking about bleobheris and jaskier going to the seat of friendship after he's portaled off the mountain. he's still wearing the same clothes he's been wearing for weeks, riddled with holes and dirty and torn and everything he used to hate. and how he wanders right into the middle of a skirmish that results in peaceful elf refugees being slaughtered. how it lights a rage inside him and vindicates all of his actions as the sandpiper and how it reignites his purpose in returning to his duties. how he gets captured and caught during the fight because he's recognized as the great Jaskier the Bard and how he's definitely a wanted man with a price on his head. how he has to watch as people (elven people) are cut down in front of him, as he's covered in their blood. how his useless, burned hands are made even more useless tied up, how he has to sit back and watch again and how he can't do fucking anything. and how likely it is that the elves cut him loose, one elf in particular (seanchai) to use in helping tell their story. freeing him, so he can help free others.

Jaskier the Bard. the Sandpiper. the Voice of the Continent.

Does anyone want to come and yell with me about the Jaskier crumbs? Literally just jump into my inbox, send an anon, message me directly, whatever. I've tried to resist but it's melted my brain and my adhd has latched on and isn't showing signs of letting go

[spilledbutter]

@podcastenthusiast SUGAR BABY GERALT i am YELLING

sugar baby geralt is a twenty-something college drop-out single dad trying to figure out how to get ciri to eat her vegetables and keep the lights on. he's got his trusty piece of shit car (affectionately named roach) that desperately needs a new set of tires and volunteers part-time at his dad's dog rescue, the wolf pack.

he's got a lot of responsibilities and not a lot of money and he is just. so tired.

jaskier is a well-to-do thirty-something self-made indie musician/part-time influencer with money to spare. he's been his own man since his early twenties when he finally told his parents to fuck off after college. he's got a business degree (forced upon him but used out of spite) and a chip on his shoulder and is determined to do Whatever The Fuck He Wants at this stage in his life.

they're both trying to escape their problems.

he and geralt meet by chance. geralt's old flame-turned-friend yennefer dragged him out for a night of fun. ("all you do is work, geralt, and ciri will be fine with triss for a night.") jaskier is out essi and priss. the club is loud and hot and too much but when they see each other across the dance floor, everything else fades away.

it's like gravity (or destiny or fate, if you believed in that kind of thing) draws them together. they share a dance, then a kiss, then suddenly they're making out in an uber on the way to jaskier's place. they spend the night together--and what a night it is.

but when geralt wakes up in the morning, he notices... jaskier's place is nice. like rich person nice. and he feels self conscious as he looks around at the lofty ceilings and nice furniture and expensive looking instruments placed everywhere. there's a recording studio. who the fuck is this guy.

so he's getting dressed and is about to make his exit posthaste when jaskier catches him.

"leaving so soon?"

and geralt is still embarrassed but he likes jaskier. he's attracted to him. and he figures he can let himself play into the fantasy just a little bit longer after he checks his phone and sees that yen and triss and ciri are alright.

so they eat scrambled eggs and toast and talk. it's... nice. and geralt finds himself telling jaskier about his daughter, about his life. he doesn't explicitly say anything about money, but jaskier can read between the lines.

jaskier makes a suggestion.

"we could keep meeting, you know. i enjoy your company, geralt, even if the sex never happens again. and in exchange... why don't you bring your car next time? a friend of mine is a mechanic, and owes me a favor."

and geralt's pissed at the implication, because who the fuck does jaskier think he is. he's not a charity case, he's not going to take his money just because jaskier had him on his back last night.

and he tells him so, but jaskier repeats the offer, with nothing but sincerity in his eyes.

"geralt. i want to help you. and you don't have to do anything to deserve it--i think knowing you will be payment all on its own."

and geralt knows he could use the help. jaskier seems nice enough and he doesn't have any other options coming his way right now, really. the universe has never been kind to him.

so he agrees. "alright."

they keep meeting up, with jaskier doing little favors for him here and there--fixing his car, buying groceries. he never accepts jaskier's money straight out.

and eventually, they truly are friends. geralt lets jaskier meet ciri. and the presents start to overtly include her too--paying for them to go to the amusement park, just to see ciri shriek with glee. paying for the karate and piano lessons ciri has always wanted but geralt has never been able to afford.

and things inevitably get messy when geralt starts to feel something more.

[spielzeugkaiser]

Another study I did! In case of not knowing what to draw - draw Jaskier in a dress 😌

[charlieism]

i remain crushed we didnt get a "BEYONCE???" moment from any other witcher when they met jaskier

[fawnnbinary]

I was trying to type 64 not 74 oop

just for you, I'll do both!!

64

I/Me/Myself - Will Wood

favorite lyrics:

I wish I could be a girl, and really I'd prefer it if you would use I, Me, Myself Am I pretty enough, am I pretty enough To fucking die

doodle!!:

74

Warriors - Imagine Dragons

favorite lyrics:

As a child, you would wait and watch from far away But you always knew that you'd be the one That work while they all play

doodleeeee:

[witcher-inspiration]

okay, okay I am finally ready to talk about this WIP

I plotted this massive modern!Geraskier story in which Jaskier is a musician rising to global stardom and Geralt gets hired as a bodyguard after his first song blows up.

He follows Jaskier when he dates people that are bad for him and people that break his heart. He follows him to parties and is there during introspective nights. In return, Jaskier is itching to find out more about Geralt's story to the point that he starts writing songs inspired by his grumpy bodyguard which leads to speculation that almost gets out of hand.

They start sleeping together when Jaskier swears off of love and Geralt inevitably breaks his heart. Then it is about them finding their way back together and healing together.

The whole thing is inspired by Taylor Swift's discography but I changed the album covers and album titles to fit Jaskier's journey.

The problem is that I did all of this in January 2022 and I was soooo proud when I came up with the alternate title for the '1989' album which I called 'Midnight'. I thought it perfectly encapsulated the parties and the nights where you sneak around with someone and the nights you realize you're getting over someone that broke your heart. It just FIT.

And now Taylor Alison Swift has announced and released a full-on album called 'Midnights' and no one would believe me that I came up with this in January for a freaking Geraskier fanfic.

Anyway, I have cover art for six albums with some tracklists and vibes. Should I drop them???