#they memorized the bestiaries together in the scriptorium under the light of a shared candle

[laurelnose]

[lays on floor] all i want is one fic. one fic!! that treats the library at kaer morhen with the respect it deserves. is that too much to ask for? is it?? god.

[akilah12902]

#the library at kaer morhen#'but socks if you want it so badly why don't you write it yourself' i do not have a FIC IDEA#what i have is a COLLECTION OF EXTREMELY SPECIFIC HEADCANONS#and also like a modicum of experience with real actual libraries and 40% of a masters in library science#thats what i have. not a fic idea#also i don't necessarily want a fic ABOUT the library#i just want it to FEATURE but be like. RESPECTED.#and by respected i mean i need everyone to feel emotions about it#i need lambert sneering contemptuously when the state of the library is brought up and calling good fucking riddance#(never mind that the library had nothing to do with the trials)#(lambert is still reconciling his real and yawning grief with his virulent hatred for the institution; aggressiveness covers his feelings)#i need vesemir (the same vesemir who kept Sad Albert) to have the only key a key which he guards with his life#there may be nothing much left but ashes but they're the ashes of a community vesemir loved with all his heart#and he will watch over that grave‚ defend that memory‚ as long as he is the master of kaer morhen#i need geralt and eskel refusing to speak about it#they memorized the bestiaries together in the scriptorium under the light of a shared candle#studied the case files of witchers past in preparation for their finals‚ awed every time they found the names of the instructors#but it's all gone now. all those bestiaries‚ all those histories. there was a library at kaer morhen but there is none now#no point in bringing that grief to light#LOOK. ITS JUST. if you write the library as nothing but a room full of books#a) why the fuck even feature it then like what story purpose does it serve#b) you're wrong there are no fucking books there is no way it wasn't destroyed in the massacre#c) YOU'RE WRONG BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT LIBRARIES ARE#please. please let there be actual feelings about the library. it is not just another chore. THIS IS ALL I AM ASKING.

[lays on floor] all i want is one fic. one fic!! that treats the library at kaer morhen with the respect it deserves. is that too much to ask for? is it?? god.