#no lesser hemsworth will never be my Geralt

[sequencefairy]

No, what the fucccccccccck

[saltyseagoat83]

OMG U WATCH THE WITCHER I LOVE TO SEE IT

PLS TELL ME ABT THE YENNEFER X JASKIER FIC U HAVE BREWING

WHATS GOING ON HOW DID THIS COME ABT ANYTHING PLS

I do! Or at least I did until the showrunners decided to ruin it by booting Henry Cavill just because he wanted to keep the show true to the source material as much as possible. Watched season 3 but unlikely to watch further b/c Liam is what you get when you order your Hemsworth from Wish lol. AAAAAANYWAY.

The story is this... 😜

I got inspired for it by the interactions between Jaskier and Yennefer in season 2. The affection and warmth that lay beneath the bickering, the way they opened up to each other and so easily read the other, the way Jaskier ran to Yennefer after she came back through the portal to help her up and check her wounds and the glare he cast at Geralt right after making sure Yen was physically okay. The Yennefer/Jaskier interactions in season 3... the hug, and the continued softness and affection... fed further into it.

So basically my fic is going to start in Kaer Morhen right after season 2. Geralt still giving Yen the cold shoulder, making it clear he's only letting her stay for Ciri's sake, that sort of thing. Not outright mean or anything but definitely keeping distance and keeping things all business and practicality. Jaskier, being the perceptive shit he is, picks up on how much it hurts Yen even when she can hide it from everyone else. He takes it upon himself to stick close to her and do his best to cheer her up or at least distract her, because he knows she genuinely regrets what she did and that if she had known not just that Ciri was so important to Geralt but what Voleth Meir was really after she never would have made that stupid deal. Jaskier sees that she's changed and is continuing to change for the better. At first she thinks he's only spending so much time around her to keep tabs on her for Geralt and to a lesser extent the other witchers, but she comes to realize that's not the case at all and that Geralt not only had zero to do with it but actively tried to dissuade Jaskier from spending so much time with Yen. Over time and with a series of small events like Jaskier barging into her room to wake her from a nightmare that's making her scream out in her sleep, or her conjuring his favorite wine, and other things that indicate genuine caring, they both start catching feels.

They try to ignore it and refrain from acting on it out of respect for Geralt and neither wanting to put him in a position where he has to choose... or feels like he has to choose... between the two of them. Either someone (undecided who, but one of the other witchers or maybe Ciri) gives Geralt a talking-to though or he overhears them talking about their feelings and wanting each other but not wanting to hurt him/make him choose or feel like he has to choose, etc and he finally not only gives his blessing so to speak but outright encourages them to find happiness with each other for as long as they can. Though in typical Geralt fashion there will be threats of death and dismemberment if either ever even thinks about breaking the other's heart. I'm working on some potential ideas for expanding Jaskier's lifespan but don't have anything definitive yet for that.

(Potential future separate fic with Geralt/Yennefer/Jaskier as a poly triad but no plot for it as of yet, just vibes.)

[eiluned]

I'm so mad, y'all. I finished Witcher s3 last night and... I'm just mad.

I liked it.

S2 was a mess. I hated the complete mischaracterization of the other witchers (I'll never forgive them for Eskel in particular but Papa Vesemir was all wrong, too), I thought the whole magic rocks thing was a stupid and unnecessary addition to the Conjunction of the Spheres storyline, and was either bored or annoyed most of that season.

And knowing that s3 was going to be Cavill's last made me think that it was going to be bad like s2.

But I liked it. It had character development and relationship development and friendships and my faves acting like a family. Found family is my fucking narrative catnip, y'all. And Yen feeling like Ciri is her daughter (and finally reconciling with Tissaia) and just...

Ugh. I liked it.

And I hate the idea that next season we'll have to deal with the lesser Hemsworth getting Darrened into the storyline like we're just supposed to believe this guy who looks ten years younger is Geralt. I was skeptical about Cavill in the role at first because I've played the game a million times, but he really lived in that role.

I'm mad.