#witcher victorian au

[aurora-boreas-borealis]

Scrapped painting I will never finish or redo tbh

[sunnyelfs]

Rules: You will be given a word. share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that start with each letter of that word. 

Thanks @crownedwille for tagging! 💙 

I'm using excerpts from different WIPs for each letter! Some of it will need further polishing, but I really wanted to participate, so be it

The word was HINT, now let's gooo

H: He didn't continue reading the article. There was an unsteady sigh as Erik picked up the paper next to him. God, what a shame. Erik is now sure to be just as angry as the queen, because Wilhelm has caused their family so much trouble. His public breakdown was a disgrace to them all. Wilhelm did not look up, not wanting to meet the disappointment on his brother's face. He could take it from his mother, his father, from every man in the kingdom, but not from Erik. Not from him.

- (Victorian AU)

I: "I saw you in my dream!" they both say at the same time. 

Wilhelm looks at the young man from the dungeons – he is still as painfully thin and pale, the clothes he was given at the sick quarters hanging loosely on him. The young man, in turn, looks at him, but his gaze is different. Not surprised and concerned like Wilhelm's, but curious, as if even intrigued. He is about to say something, and he takes in a lungful of air and opens his mouth, but he is interrupted by the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps. Two people, whom Wilhelm identifies as medical personnel, run up to them.

- Simon as a soul of a kingdom AU

N: "No, you couldn't. I wouldn't let you, and besides," he reaches out, cupping the hilt of the knife right over the stranger's hand holding it and forcing it to move the point. Eventually it ends up between the lower ribs on the right side. The demonstration is more than effective, as Wilhelm stands before him shirtless – the elf probably undressed him when he bandaged his wounds. "If you want to scare or seriously wound someone, you'd better aim here. It'll be more effective, trust me."

- The Witcher AU

T: They were destined to feel when their soulmate was hurt, and to share in the consequences in the form of bruises and abrasions. It wasn't like something they tell in fairy tales – it was painful and hurtful. Wille thought about all the times he'd been spanked by emotional nannies and wondered if his soulmate had felt it all. Once, looking at the bruise on his cheek, he hoped petulantly that yes, those spankings hadn't gone unnoticed.

- Soulmates AU

Not tagging anyone specific (seems like everyone have already done it) BUT if anyone is willing to take part you can use word FAME from me 

[rauchendesgnu]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗 (i don't know if you do these sorts of chain-letter things, or if you'd prefer not to, but for my part i do like to know which of their works a given author is especially hype on, so consider this an opportunity to gush!)

hi there! I'm not really a fan of chain letters, but I do support people gushing about each others' (and their own) art. I hope you don't mind if I open this up to anyone who sees this (to anyone who sees this: if you're feeling like showing off your favourite pieces of writing or art or gifsets or music or sculptures or whatever you do, then please do so! I'd love to see everyone's best ofs! @ialwayscomewhenyoucall @al-in-my-head @chaosheadspace I am herewith asking you specifically to show me your favourite fics :D)

These are in no particular order:

A Gentleman's Guide To Dancing Fandom: The Witcher Pairing: Geraskier Rating: T Words: 8,433 Why is this a fave: Gay Regency Pining™️and dance lessons Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: Regency Era, Witchers still exist, Slow Burn (ish, with only 8k words)

Insane Twink Takes On Military (or how Lambert learned that Geralt's husband is actually terrifying) Fandom: The Witcher Pairing: Geraskier Rating: T Words: 1,068 Why is this a fave: BAMF Jaskier, also intimidation is one of the best skills in DnD and Jaskier rolled a Nat20 in this fic Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: BAMF Jaskier, do I need to say more?

New Perspectives Fandom: The Witcher Pairing: Geraskier Rating: T Words: 4,226 Why is this a fave: vaguely Victorian setting, people respecting boundaries, trans character, supportive husband (and friends) Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: trans Jaskier, Arranged Marriage, Historical Fantasy (ish) AU (don't ask me to define the settings my brain comes up with), transphobia (not from Geralt), dysphoria

For A Moment We Are People Fandom: The Magnus Archives Pairing: LonelyEyes Rating: T Words: 3,075 Why is this a fave: Hurt Elias. Also Peter trying to justify falling in love with a horrible man called Elias Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: Illegal Soft LonelyEyes, Peter finds out he doesn't like Elias in pain if it's someone other than him who does the hurting

Five Times Jon Faces His Dysphoria Alone... Fandom: The Magnus Archives Pairing: JonMartin (Teaholding because I think it sounds cute) Rating: T Words: 4,266 Why is this a fave: the trans. also I projected a bit. maybe. and again, supportive partner and friends Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: trans Jonathan Sims, gender dysphoria, comfort

I know it said five fics, but since everything I write concerning trans characters and being trans is kind of very personal and important to me, I'll have to add another of those fics (and feel free to check out the trans fics that I have not listed here)

Questions Of Identity Fandom: The Magnus Archives Pairing: JonMartin (Teaholding) Rating: T Words: 4,496 Why is this a fave: the trans (again, yes). again, projecting and me being angry at ignorant people. supportive partner and friends (do we spot a theme yet?) Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: trans Martin Blackwood, gender dysphoria, comfort, pre-T Martin

I'll have to add another note (sorry): I haven't done so for my earlier work, but my more recent fics all have content warnings about what kind of dysphoria is discussed. If dysphoria in fics is triggering to you, feel free to check the content warnings and take care of yourself <3

Last thing (I promise): feel free to ask me anything about these fics or any other stuff I write and post. I also love recommendations, if you feel like I might enjoy something you've seen or read :D

[rvchelking]

—OCS as OBSCURE ASSOCIATIONS, pt. 2

Tagged by the lovely @perpetuagf once again to join this cool oc game! thank you so much <3 would love to introduce my Witcher OC lady Violet de Gris of Creyden.

Tagging @stacispratt <3

ANIMAL: doe; Abyssinian cat

COLORS: beige, pastel green, gold, rose gold

MONTH: july.

SONGS: nobble blood - fleurie feat. tommee profitt; Can't Help Falling in Love feat. brooke - tommee profitt;

NUMBER: 1

PLANTS: water lily, white tulips

SMELLS: strawberry, field flowers

GEMSTONE: diamond

TIME OF DAY: sunrise.

SEASON: summer and spring.

PLACES: open fields, castles, Tournament (medieval)

FOOD: cotton candy, apple in caramel

DRINKS: red wine, sweet apple cider

ELEMENT: earth and air.

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS: virgo, cancer, pisces

SEASONINGS: mint, melissa.

SKY: soft blue skies, the orangey-red skies during sunrise

WEATHER: sunny, no clouds.

MAGICAL POWER: mind reading.

WEAPONS: her voice and status.

SOCIAL MEDIA. instagram in a modern au.

MAKEUP PRODUCT: a perfume!

CANDY: sweet and sour candy.

METHOD OF LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL: horse riding.

ART STYLE: victorian paintings.

FEAR: losing her family.

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE: phoenix.

PIECE OF STATIONARY: feather.

THREE EMOJIS: 🎀🐎👑

CELESTIAL BODY: milky way, Betelgeuse!

[nochi-quinn]

candela obscura chapter 1 episode 2: hey entire table what the fuck

still enjoying matt in shirtsleeves

still weird that his wrists are naked

are his sideburns going grey? like under the bulk of his hair

this is a scene that jumped into matt's head fully formed and he has to give all the details

source: been there

auggie!

that's my son!

vexnvax syndrome strikes again

going 'yum' just as charlotte's art pops up: correct

if there's one thing anjali's going to do it's play a hot lady in period clothing

"I've been smoking since I was eight" "then you can find your own smokes"

"sir, ma'am - " "doctor"

mala: the three genders

is "otherwhere" like ffxiv and "anyroad" or is it like. a place.

if there's one thing laura's gonna do it's try to get a magical item out of the GM

thank you, howard

witcher potion

auggie, whose friend turned into an ice ghost not even a month ago: fuck you, werewolves aren't real

arlo: maybe SOME PEOPLE - not me - are just SHY - I'm not tho - and have TROUBLE with PEOPLE - except me, I'm fine

bidet

"let matthew know" snickersnort

"what's my name?"

your name is also matthew

I don't know why "make a sneak" makes me smile but it does

howard just faceplants in the background

the story's too long to tell here but one time a woman brained herself on a hamster cage in petsmart and that's all I could think of with the guard blocking auggie

this voice is very endearing

not weird but WEIRD weird

all this for a loaf of bread?

matt making up names off the top of his head

aha! drugs

oh no

Quite Betrothed

fate dating au

"have you ever seen boiled bacon?" revolting!

"I have moments where new information makes me somewhat uncomfortable" autism mood

"I'm gonna touch it" to "this was a mistake" pipeline

if any of them were gonna succeed this seems like where you would want to succeed

yeah, DEAD SCIENTISTS, HOWARD

howard is now craving bacon

I WAS JOKING

I also enjoy this voice very much

aha. veterans.

he is An Doctor

bottom table is ND as f u c k

channeling patrick loller from tiktok: "if you thank me for my service you have to give me $5"

pocket bacon!

yeah see, $5

"we're not doing Get Help"

and that's just what the couple did to the room!

oh shit it's the fuzz

"our first victorian shit!" robbie what

joke three people in the world will get: you can only poop in the designated areas

the whole table: howard no robbie: HOWARD YES

nose punch go CRUNCH

"HOWARD WENT ROGUE"

howard said acab

what is anjali feeding her dice

robbie do you want to tempt the wrath of the whatever

the secretary's a werewolf

with a very cute accent

"he was a horn player" "I bet he was"

"s e x u a l i n t e r c o u r s e"

howard

"I wanna take his badge" fearne lives

he ran into a doorknob"

"WHY DID YOU TALK"

"stairs is faster" confused me until I remembered some people can actually walk down stairs instead of having to take them one at a time, one foot then the other, while clinging to the rail for dear life

laura

the way my brain autofilled "stayed open during the pandemic"

"is he a tall lanky boy" tailed by slenderman

grumbles in public transportation

everybody gets to punch a cop!

cable car fun fact: I was reading dashiell hammet for the first time and had to google what a broadway car was bc he said it like 90 times in the first three pages

and I'm STILL not sure I got it right

"how do you know I'm OUP" "the everything about you"

"my name is gertrude! I mean ethel!"

"spend all the drives! you won't need them later!"

"steal the man of the cloth's cloth!"

[witcher voice] for your discretion

"if only you knew how I was making my money"

ty for not popping your shoulders out on stream anjali

(I originally said "popping them out" and decided specificity was necessary)

this music is a+

"first name trio" is a good name for a band

disco elysium crossover

"she's having an idea….and it hurts" mood

"SHE DID IT" my crackpot theory is vindicated

that is certainly a way to put it

eddie? eyes emoji?

ashley very quietly reaching for her pencil

bacon plague!

banana spiders

"make sure you bring your hand with you"

c o n s u m e

"I've been working on this really great YA novel" MATTHEW I have already snorted lemonade through my nose once tonight, you can't say shit like that

ARLO

AUGGIE

I love them

why was my only thought AT THE OPERA TONIGHT

"do I recognize her as a TA?" "she's an ex-student" you get how that's worse, right

you have buried the lede slightly arlo

anjali: "I shouldn't curse" matt: who told you that shit

"that's poor people talk"

classism!

arlo

"THAT MAN TOUCHED MY BREAST"

"JEEEEEEEMY GOD"

we never should have given matt buttons

matt you live in LA you're giving them all trauma

kickin buddies

[pounding table] werewolf weREWOLF

that's. not a werewolf.

that's a bloodborne monster

just the panicked yelling dlkfjls

I too yell wordlessly when forced to make decisions

"until it was trying to merge with your body" hate THAT wording

hey matt what the fuck

HEY MATT WHAT THE FUCK

"if I'm still aliVE YOU NERDS HELP ME" bakugocore

"its own viscosity" despise it

hey. hey howard. whatcha doin.

[justin mcelroy voice] DON'T DRILL A HOLE IN YOUR HEAD

DON'T YOU PUN RIGHT NOW

hey robbie what the F U C K

"a gun! :D"

hey. hey arlo. hey arlo whatcha doin

some fullmetal alchemist shit is what

I hate everything about this

laura has just decided all her characters are coloring books now

"this arm doesn't have function anymore" oh mood

"takE IT, ROBBIE"

"you just do. what other choice is there?" hey I don't need this right now

hey howard what the fuck

HOWARD'S HAUNTED

see this is why you don't drill a hole in your head, you get ghosts

[emma-ofnormandy]

TAG GAME: EIGHT SHOWS TO GET TO KNOW ME

@fireflyxrebel-writes had an open tag and Im bored between meetings so, why the hell not!

1. Vikings: Valhalla- If you’ve been around that last year+, this one is a give in. As a fan of period dramas, I never really ventured into shows this early in history until VV, but my husband got me into it and now these characters have grabbed me and will not let go. The investment in this story is quite high and has now given me a wonderful fandom to be a part of as well.

2. The Witcher- A fantasy genre indulgence that I was initially hesitant of since I don’t enjoy GoT but do like LOTR, but has since stuck in me. I will forever be a simp for the found family trope and add to that the amazing woman that is Yennefer of Vengerberg and you have me sunk. The strong females as a whole draw me in and keep me invested. With a change up of the lead after season 3, I will struggle to stick with it, but I will watch enough of 4 to see if my husband notices there is a different actor for Geralt.

3. Shadow and Bone- As a big fan of the crows duology, when I knew they would be in the series I had to watch. I continue for that story and for the hopeful spin-off. I also watch just for the cast- they are such an inclusive and lovely bunch of people that I do it for them.

4. Miss Scarlet and the Duke- Victorian England, unapologetically independent and smart lady, handsome police detective reluctant counter part, mutual pining and slow burn, enjoyable supporting cast- what isn’t to love about this show? Hits all the notes for me and I think more people would fall in love with it if they knew about it.

5. The Office (US)- It is one of those comfort shows for me. It plays in the background while I do stuff or I watch it if there is nothing else on or don’t have the mental capacity to get invested in anything. It’s my TV security blanket.

6. NCIS- I will preference this with I do not watch past Ziva’s exit (so season 11 onward I have not seen). It’s the first show I think I actually got invested in. It creates stories outside of drama related plot lines, fleshes our characters and allows slow builds and character arcs to truly shine. I think streaming media needs to take notes and revert back to this type of story telling rather than cram everything into 8 episodes.

7. After Life- Perhaps not one that most people would peg for me, but the way it deals with a significant loss and the surviving person coming to terms with that while simultaneously intertwining additional heavy subject matter along side normal life BS is just amazing. It is some of the best dark humor out there and, in my mind, is flawless in every way.

8. Law and Order- The show that probably started my true crime obsession and the reason some true crime podcast is always playing or I’m watching some true crime documentary. I enjoy the (usually) single episode stories and the original show had some amazing cast members. It is a basis for inspiration in some of my AU fanfic writings and has so many seasons that there are probably still episodes I haven’t seen.

Tagging @something-more @witch-and-her-witcher @shelivesinhermind @mercurygray @naps4bats and @lafiametta but not pressure lovelies!

[borealwrites]

Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you to @cap-sweet-and-salty-sadness for tagging me!

This is a very late fill for Witcher Trick or Treat and the prompt “forbidden.” It’s a Victorian adjacent AU where Jaskier gets send to the coast as a cure for his melancholia and is placed into the care of one Geralt Morhen.

At this point Geralt has started to wean Jaskier off of the “medicine” he was on (a cocktail of morphine and alcohol,) and the side effects are hitting Jaskier pretty hard. Good thing there’s such a strong man around to help him bathe, huh 😉

It seemed as though he blinked and Geralt was there once again.

“I’ve drawn a hot bath for you, my nightingale. I’ve got you,” Geralt murmured. With careful movements he coaxed Jaskier out of bed, strong arms supporting him when he sagged. “One step at a time, lean on me all you need to,” he encouraged even as he pulled Jaskier closer. It felt so *good£ to be pressed against another person, Jaskier didn’t protest.

It didn’t take long for Geralt to guide him into the bathroom, supporting him the entire way.

Uhhh gonna tag @hoomhum @whispered-story @kueble @luteandsword and anyone else who wants to share their WIP

[chemfreakwriting]

Fanfic-Author Tagging game 2022

Thank you @louveclaviere for inviting me to join this fun! Let's see what I got :D

Rules:

post the top 5 works you're most proud of that you released in 2022 (not necessarily your most popular),

your top 4 current WIPs that you're excited to release in the new year,

your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year,

your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year,

and your number 1 favorite line you've written this year!

tagging: @kazuza-art, @moorishflower, @queuest, @softest-punk

Five Works:

Do I even have five works in 2022??? To my surprise, indeed I have!

Dungeons, Dragons and Witchers, a mystery about a missing player in an online DnD game with characters from The Witcher-series. Born out of a binge watch of critical role.

Magic Winter Nights, a Tomarry-romcom about a millionaire and a poor artist getting mistaken for the other in an opulent mountain hotel.

Hannibal the killer whale, my big fic this year. Lots of research about marine life, orcas and the polution of our oceans. Went longer than expected, has beautiful fanart and a spinnoff planned :D

The feral child, my sweet summer child. Most popular fic this year, the people looove Severitus (good taste!).

Kiss, marry, kill, my first ever entry for a fest! Loved writing it, had so much fun that a bonus chapter got written. Minister of magic Tom and Auror Harry. Murderhusband-vibes and Grindeldore cheering from the sidelines.

Four WIPs:

Beloved Enemy - Comming in Q1.Tomarry stranded in a desert and forced to work together

The snake temple- Multiship, Tomarry, Grindeldore and Bartymort with monsterfucking

Fear the kraken - My first try at Our Flag Means Death. Fantasy-AU with Kraken!Ed in an aquarium and caretaker!Stede

La belle epoque - Hannigram with dragons in a victorian setting

Some kind of benevolent alien invsion - With Harry as a spaceship AI and Voldy as black alien goo eating the crew.

Three Improvements:

I finished fics!!! I finished so much fics!

My translation work comes along very nicely. I learned a lot from my betas and I get faster every time.

I manage to construct and follow storyarcs. Sometimes a bit wobly, but there were logical conclusions and satisfactory endings <3

Two Resolutions:

Write diverse. Branch out into difernt fandoms, differnt ships, differnt topics, differnt lenghs of fic.

Keep writing regulary. Set a time of day aside for writing, even if it is only 30 min. Keep sprinting with the discord-server and have fun

One Line:

"Is there anything I can do to convince you of my trustworthiness? I'll take your secret to the grave, but I'd really prefer not to have to do it right away."

[hellinglasses]

WIP GAME

beloved mutual and actual fruit warfare @blackberrywars tagged me on the wip game and here!! are the rules:

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of  how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or  tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips

so i did the thing and scavenged through my google docs archives while shaking slightly in anticipation and found several works in various states of progress, spanning several years and fandoms. the only currently active are the two marked in bold letters while subsequent spinoffs in that universe are italicised. and i cannot stress enough how much these wouldn’t be even happening without berry and @girls-and-honey. while not all these are going to see the light of day, i really am full of love for all these ideas and thought it would be nice to include them too, and maybe other folks would think about those blorbos in those situations and feel what i’ve felt too

the witcher

of broken dicks and bangxiety (BERRY IS A SAINT AND HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH IDEAS AND EDITING FOR THIS)

himym theme but played on lute and jaskier screaming

our flag means death

I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW @girls-and-honey IS CO-AUTHORING ALL THIS

izzy and ed are those girls from jennifer's body and stede reunites them through the power of rv

how to have your girlfriend spell out for you the love is stored in the hot TA

ed teach town cryptid

holiday shenanigans for polycules and mamas

the new adventures of pissed off dad izzy

the silmarillion and assorted jirt work

that lilo and stitch au that grew out of my control

fringe but make it second age middle-earth

what happens after the love of your life

clowntown

finding nemo but without fish but actually losing your bother when you’re sleep deprived in a bus station after fighting your whole extended family

this is entirely powered by suzi quatro soundtracks but above all no control, or, bev is dean winchester

eddie kaspbrak gets to be patrick dempsey on made of honor (2008)

victorian losers fuck off to maine working doc

hannibal

discovery investigation documentary

the ahs asylum au

good omens

good omens but it’s stranger things but different

gravity falls

the gravity falls x-men au

i also cannot stress enough that if you’re curious about any of these i’d love love love to go off about it and please feel free to ask about more than one, or multiple if you want, brain is literally sizzling with all the blorbo emotion and the possibility of sharing it

i’m tagging @fist-amidst-the-hands i’m not sure who else would like to play but this is absolutely an open invitation

[blackberrywars]

for the berry ask meme!~ 🍑 🍍 🍇

Hello my friend!! Thank you so much for playing, sorry it took so long!

🍑 is answered over here (it is long, do be warned)

🍍 What kind of AUs do you like? Are there any AUs you hate or just generally have beef with?

Ooooh alright. I've got a list for each, but take all with a grain of salt, because I will read almost any AU if it's executed well.

Liked AUs:

Genderbending (tis my brand)

Western/Samurai AUs (separate or together)

Omegaverse (the genderfuckery, angst, and porn potential is A+)

Hanahaki (something about being literally choked by your own repression)

Trucker AUs (they're rare, but they work so well, especially for witchers)

Kitchen/Bakery AUs (the chaos is just very good —my special love for the Waffle House variety)

Mythology AUs (these are usually Greek, but honestly? They're just so interesting sometimes, and I get a new rabbithole to fall down)

Disliked AUs:

Royalty AUs (just not my taste, they often take a lot of worldbuilding to execute well, and not everyone does it)

High School AUs (I didn't even like these when I was in high school)

Victorian/Regency AUs (it's never been my thing, and some people just do not research it at all)

Soulmates (I have been known to read them, but I often get bored pretty quickly)

🍇 Is there a particular scene/episode/book/etc that you want to just write a million fics about, over and over? Which one?

Quite honestly? Nope. The Witcher canon is such an amalgamation of scenes, characters, and lore, that there isn't really a moment that I want to really really really write fics about. I mostly just take little scraps of lore and dialogue to fashion into a fic.

[lifetoeveningblindness]

Stuff you might expect from me, if you're the expecting type

Things you may see HCs/Drabble/Short Fits/etc. on in the future:

Call of Duty -- specifically, König, maybe Ghost.

Attack on Titan -- Levi, mostly

Somewhat less likely things you may or may not expect from me:

Devil May Cry -- one of my oldest darlings, but haven't had the urge to write for this in a looooong time

Mandalorian?

Zombie AUs

general Apocalypse AUs

Demon Slayer -- Tengen, Rengoku

Jujutsu Kaisen -- Gojo, Geto, Nanami, Sukuna,

Mass Effect -- Garrus, mostly

Dragon Age -- Fenris, mostly

The Witcher -- based on books, not the TV show

The Expanse -- Amos

Georgian/Victorian Society AUs

Fantasy AUs

Dr. Who????

DnD -- Drizzt Do'Urden

Resident Evil 4 era Leon Kennedy

FFXIV -- Thancred, G'raha Tia, Ser Aymeric, Estinien

Things you are least likely to see from me:

Pregnancy trope -- I f'ing hate kids

Kidnapping/stalking/assault -- closest I'll get is CNC or DubCon

A/B/O universe -- dabbled in it, felt meh about it. Might do some alterations to the idea and see what happens.

Game of Thrones??? Maybe?????????????

ACOTAR -- nothing wrong with it, I just don't feel super inspired by the characters

Feel free to make requests based on this information. Or don't. Whatever keeps your boat afloat.

[rauchendesgnu]

WIPs! (ask me about them)

tagged by @echo-bleu

the game is: post the names of the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title of what most intrigued them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it. if you want, tag as many people as you have wips.

So... only witcher wips here, my friends:

Brían & Eredin D/s (Part Two)

Geraskier Smol Geralt Kidfic

Slavery Noble AU

For A Drop Of Blood

Of Cats And Wolves

Forced/Arranged Marriage Fae Geralt

Pretty Woman AU

Victorian Writer AU

Wrath And Sunrise Geraskier AU

A Blessing For The Damned

Toxicology (TWFF #73) (SAW Bingo Fill: Unreliable Narrator)

assassin!Jaskier

Das Duell (Schandmaul)

Muse Geralt Part Two

Geraskier modern D/s

Prompt: Jealousy

pregnant boi I'm so sorry

victorian apology

Warlord Jaskier and Tribute Geralt

Radskier One (Post Canon)

The Man Who Ruled The World

I tag (for those who feel like it): @al-in-my-head, @xianvar, @ialwayscomewhenyoucall, @starrschaos, @flightsfancy1

[asnowfern]

Thanks for the tag @whyisaravenlike-awritingdesk !💜

🍓How did you get into writing fanfiction?

I was in a HP-obsessed friend group in primary school and we thought it would be fun. It is awful and I will leave it buried deep deep in ff.net so it never sees the light of day. ACOTAR is the first fandom that got me seriously writing after an ACOSF alternate ending fic idea wouldn’t leave me alone.

🍇How many fandoms have you written in?

Three (I think?) - Harry Potter, Doctor Who, ACOTAR

🍈How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

Not going to count the primary school years. Aside from the few months where I wrote a couple of short Doctor Who fics in 2014/2015, it would mostly be the past year or so.

🍎Do you read or write more fanfiction?

I read more than I write but am still soooo behind on my TBR list😩

🍌What is one way you've improved as a writer?

I hope my action based scenes have gotten better!

🍑Do you have any bad habits as a writer?

I definitely have a bunch of phrases that I like to use repeatedly. Also, I’m quite bad with punctuation.

🍍What's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Not so much weird but random. From “whether tibetans ever had warrior tribes (they didn’t)” to “how to travel from London to Paris in the Victorian era (multiple ways of train-ferry/ship-train)

🍉What's your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

All nice comments are a delight to receive! Although those that pick out their favourite parts or mentioned how the fic made them feel are definitely a little bit special💕

🍐What's the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

Chinese legend based AUs! They were such a big part of my childhood and I love merging them with western fiction.

🥭What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

Longer form fics. Pacing and fleshing out storylines can be so tough? It also takes so much time and effort and dedication (props to all the lovely long fic writers around!)

🍏What is the easiest type?

Soft and comfort💖

🍋What is something you've been too nervous/ intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

I just read (and thoroughly enjoyed) Bride by Ali Hazelwood so knotting has been on my mind🫣

🍇What made you choose your username?

It is the literal translation of my Chinese name. 雪 (xuě) is snow and 薇 (wēi) is a type of fern. My mom thought it sounded pretty😂

Tagging (with no pressure!) @reverie-tales @wilde-knight @rosanna-writer @witch-and-her-witcher

Answer the questions and tag five fanfiction authors you know!

Thanks so much for the tag @tunaababee 🥰 The post got a bit long, so went ahead and made a fresh one....

🍓 How did you get into writing fanfiction?

I joined the 1D fandom back in 2011, which was my first foray into the world of fanfiction. Started writing some drabbles and imagines here on Tumblr which then led to proper fics which then led to where I am today

🍇 How many fandoms have you written in?

Just three! One Direction, All For the Game, and now ACOTAR

🍈 How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

I think I wrote my first proper fanfiction in... 2012? 2013? So I guess technically over a decade, but I did take a break from fandom and fanfiction writing in 2017 before returning in 2021, soooo how are we counting here?

🍎 Do you read or write more fanfiction?

Recently, I've been writing more than reading. I like to spend my evenings after work and dinner writing

🍌 What is one way you've improved as a writer?

Well, if you ask certain people, it's that I now write smut 😂 I never wrote smut before the ACOTAR fandom and even then, I didn't write smut until a good number of fics in.... and now look at me! Writing gargoyles and fae men in the woods 💀

🍑 Do you have any bad habits as a writer?

It's absolutely the way I have a bad tendency to repeat phrases and words over and over again across all my fics

🍍 What's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Basically everything I researched for Falling For Your Fools Gold. I went really deep into pirate facts and uncovered so many weird but interesting things 🍋🍋🍋

🍉 What's your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

I mean 10/10 I love any comment that my fics receive! But I do have a special place for people losing their minds or the ones calling Cassian an idiot (affectionately)

🍐 What's the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

Does Rhysta count? That feels a bit fringe just because it's most definitely a crack-ship

🥭 What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

Probably canon-verse? I think my overall issues with canon and the mess that is canon makes it hard sometimes to fit stories and characters within those confines while still achieving what I want from the story/characters

🍏 What is the easiest type?

Modern AU, fluffy little drabble!

🍋 What is something you've been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

Feysand

🍇 What made you choose your username?

My AO3 name is of course related to my 1D days. The Lou being Louis Tomlinson. And pumpkin spice just being delicious. So voila! Pumpkinspice_Lou

Tagging with no pressure: @moodymelanist @kale-theteaqueen @whyisaravenlike-awritingdesk @talkfantasytome @unhealthyfanobsession

[yuko27]

Wanted to colorized it quicker but smth got wrong.

I’m not that good at Victorian decor and fashion -)

[bounce-a-coin-off-your-witcher]

When the Sun Goes Down

This story is a heavily edited adaptation of “Gabriel-Ernest”, written by H.H. Munro in 1909. I owe this whole story to @tinyplaidninjas​ (thank you for helping me fix my werewolf story dilemma).

This is almost 3k words long, fair warning

tw: kinda horny, nudity

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"There is a wild beast in your woods," said Lambert, as the two men were being driven to the station. It was the only remark he’d made during the drive, but since Geralt had talked incessantly about his latest publication in the Kaedwen Journal of Medicine, his half-brother’s silence had not been noticeable.

"A stray fox or two, or perhaps some wandering brownies. Nothing more formidable," said Geralt. His brother said nothing.

---

"What did you mean about a wild beast?" Geralt asked later, when they were on the train platform with their bags and tickets in hand. Geralt was bound for his private woodland estate while Lambert was making his way into town to visit with friends. 

"Nothing. Probably just my wild imagination running away with me again. Here comes the train," Lambert rushed. 

Geralt found it odd, but said nothing. Perhaps he should not have gone on at length about the Medical Journal in the carriage. Perhaps Lambert was tired or overanxious about his meeting with Aiden. It had been years since the two college friends had seen each other in person and Geralt knew that his brother held the other, equally brilliant artist in high esteem. Surely, that was the reason for Lambert’s odd dismissal of his questions.

---

Once he’d returned to his estate and unpacked his bags, Geralt decided to take a stroll through the woods. He often took a leisurely walk in the late afternoon; the trees were full of chittering animals and preening birds this time of day, after all. The natural scientist and medical doctor found the great outdoors to be brimming with new discoveries. He wanted to pick everything apart and reassemble it accurately and down to the last minute detail. He wanted to know why certain animals behaved the way they did and how they communicated with each other. He wanted to know why the little white flowering plants in his yard only bloomed every other day. He craved the answer to the universal question of why as it applied to everything.

The doctor would often spend long afternoons sitting absolutely still in the center of his garden, observing the wildlife as it moved around him. Last summer he’d even managed to get a wild rabbit to eat out of his hand. 

Now, though, the forest path seemed uncomfortably quiet. Had a larger predator taken to wandering his grounds? If so, he’d need to send word to a local hunter’s lodge and request assistance in ridding himself of the pest. As he was debating who to inquire after, he came across an unusual sight.

On a shelf of smooth stone overhanging a deep pool just to the side of the path, a boy of eighteen lay asprawl. He was drying his tan, dripping limbs luxuriously in the light of the late-summer sun and he had very few cares about doing so, according to his state of complete undress. His wet brown hair, (disheveled as it was by a recent mussing with his long, slender fingers) and bright blue eyes, so light that there was an almost cat-like gleam to them, were aimed in Geralt’s direction with a sense of lazy watchfulness. 

He was an unexpected although not unwelcome apparition, and Geralt found himself quite ignoring his eldest brother’s good advice of “thinking before one spoke”. He narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest in what he hoped was a stance of great authority. 

"What are you doing on my property?" he demanded. “And have you no shame? Trespassing for a cool dip in the water I could forgive, but you don’t even have the proper clothing to do so.”

"Obviously I came here to have a swim and sun myself," replied the boy. “I rather like how it feels to be bare beneath the warmth of the open sky.”

"Where do you live?" Geralt inquired, stepping closer. Every instinct in his body was telling him to run. To flee this place and the presence of his estate’s mysterious visitor.

"Here and there within these woods."

"You can't live in the woods," Geralt frowned. “It’s not proper.”

"They are very nice woods," said the boy. To Geralt his tone sounded almost patronizing. Borderline condescending. The doctor bristled and stepped forward again. 

“You can’t possibly be surviving out here like this!”

“I am rather proficient at fending for myself.”

"Then where do you sleep at night?"

"I don't sleep at night,” the boy winked one of his cornflower eyes. The movement had Geralt’s head reeling and his heart thundering within the confines of his waistcoat. “That's my busiest time, dear heart."

"What do you eat?" the young professor and doctor finally asked. It felt as if that question had been on the tip of his tongue since he’d seen the strange creature come into view and only now did he have the adequate terror in his veins to ask it. 

"Flesh," said the boy. He said the word slowly and carefully, almost as if he was running his tongue along every later to catch their flavor.

“What a horrible thing to say.”

“Hmm, it is the truth,” the slender youth rolled onto his back and tilted his head over the stony ledge. His mop of chestnut hair dangled down towards the water and he gazed steadily at the doctor from upside down, “I am plenty good at catching hares and birds and mice and men. I am not picky, you see. I gobble them all up.”

Geralt nearly choked on his tongue. His face flushed and his cheeks grew hot with indignance (and perhaps something else, a stirring in his belly that he quietly ignored). The audacity of such a creature! Such open and frank fliration was unheard of, especially since he was so indecorously nude!

"I can’t imagine you’re eating well. The rabbits on my estate have never been easy to trap or catch or corner. Not even my father’s best games keeper could do it, and that man lived on the property for nearly sixty years.”

"It is easier for me to hunt them than it is for your game keeper to trap them, Dr. Bellegarde,” the boy winked again. The sound of his name in the stranger’s mouth had Geralt mildly panicked. Did he know this improper young villain? Had he forgotten the boy’s name? Had the lad followed him back from university? The strange young man added another cryptic statement, “At night I hunt on four feet. It’s faster that way.”

"I suppose you’re referring to a dog?" Geralt offered. “And wouldn’t that be considered poaching, you hunting on my lands at night with your hound?”

The boy laughed a weird, low laugh; it was pleasantly like a chuckle and disagreeably like a snarl. Both portions of the sound had Geralt’s heart racing even faster in his chest. It felt nearly as painful as he’d expected from cardiac distress and he breathed evenly like he’d been taught to do under such duress. Slowly, the panicked feeling faded away and he gazed back at his trespasser with narrowed eyes. “Why are you laughing, then?”

"I don't think any dog would be very anxious for my company, especially not at night. We wouldn’t get along with each other, me and a dog.”

Geralt began to suspect (with a deep and primal sense of ever growing dread) that there was something odd and uncanny about the strange-eyed, silver-tongued youth lounging above the pond. He uncrossed his arms and put his hands on his hips, “Well you can’t keep sleeping in the woods.”

“I fancy you’d rather not have me in your house.”

The prospect of this wild, naked animal loose in the professor’s neatly ordered and well-kept manor was certainly an alarming one. Geralt glared and shook his head, dislodging some of his long white hair from its ribbon. 

"If you don't go then I shall have to make you.”

The boy flipped onto his front in a flash and plunged into the pool. In the span of a moment he had crossed the short expanse of water and flung his glistening body half-way up the bank where Geralt was standing. For an otter the movement would not have been remarkable; for a boy it was sufficiently startling. Geralt’s leather-booted foot slipped as he jerked backwards involuntarily. After his arms windmilled for a moment and his balance failed him, the young doctor found himself almost prostrate on the slippery weed-grown shore of the pond with those cat-like blue eyes mere inches from his own. 

He raised a hand to his throat instinctively and the boy laughed again; a laugh in which the snarl had nearly driven out the chuckle entirely. Then, with another of his astonishing lightning movements, the naked youth plunged out of view into a yielding tangle of weed and fern.

"What an extraordinarily wild animal!" said Geralt as he picked himself up. Then he recalled Lambert’s remark on the train station’s waiting platform: "There is a wild beast in your woods."

As he meandered his way back towards the manor proper, Dr. Bellegarde began to turn over in his mind some of the various local occurrences which might be traceable to the existence of his astonishing young savage.

According to the local paper, gathered the day previous by his valet, something had been thinning the game in the woods lately. Poultry had gone missing from several neighboring farms and factories, hares and rabbits were growing unaccountably scarcer, and complaints had reached the local constabulary of lambs being carried out of their pastures in the hills. Could it be possible that this wild boy was really hunting the countryside with a pack of obedient hounds? 

The oddly pretty creature had spoken of hunting "four-footed" by night, but then, again, he had hinted strangely at no dog caring to come near him, "especially at night." It was certainly puzzling. 

And then, as Geralt was running his mind over the various odd occurrences he’d heard reported from the village in the past few months, he came suddenly to a dead stop. The young man that had gone missing from the milling town upriver two months ago--the accepted theory was that he had tumbled into the millwheel and been swept away; but the boy’s mother had insisted that merely run away with some village girl (who had also disappeared). 

He thought of the village youngster, who’d been applying to attend Oxenfurt at the time of his mysterious yet apparent death. Perhaps they were one in the same; but then, why in all the world, would a college hopeful by lying naked in the woods outside Dr. Bellegarde’s lonesome manor house? It was odd. Very odd.

"Where's your voice gone to, Doctor?" asked his housekeeper, Ms. Merrigold. "One would think you had seen a wolf on your walk."

At breakfast next morning, Geralt was overwhelmingly conscious that his feeling of uneasiness regarding yesterday's episode with the boy had not wholly disappeared. He had decided to go into the village and talk with Lambert about the “beast in his woods” and learn what his brother had really seen that had made him so twitchy. With his day planned and his mind slightly more settled, his usual cheerfulness partially returned. The doctor hummed a bright little melody as he sauntered to the morning-room for his customary cup of tea with Ms. Merrigold. 

As Geralt entered the morning-room and scanned the familiar space his humming made way abruptly for a quietly shouted curse. Gracefully laid out atop his red velvet settee, in an attitude of almost exaggerated repose, was the boy from the woods. He was drier than when the doctor had last seen him, but still he remained entirely naked. Every inch of his lovely, soft-looking skin was on display; Geralt averted his eyes as quickly as possible and tried to hide his blushing face from the grinning minx.

"How dare you come in here like this!” he huffed.

"You told me I was not allowed to stay in the woods," said the boy calmly. He propped his elbow up on the cushion and laid his cheek against his palm, languidly stretching his legs out at the same time. The doctor breathed deeply and kept his eyes firmly locked with the strange young man’s. 

"I did not invite you to come here!"

“Then I have misunderstood,” the boy sighed. The hand that had been supporting his head moved down and flattened against the settee. His arm straightened and his torso lengthened with the movement. Now sitting with one knee resting slightly bent atop the other, his hair messy and his shockingly blue eyes half-lidded, he looked like the painting of a young Cupid. 

“Triss!” Geralt called, desperate for another person to intervene on his behalf. To save him from this tempting little beast. “Triss, fetch one of the pantry boys. We have a guest and he’s...he’s quite out of sorts.”

“Yes, Dr. Bellegarde,” his housekeeper called back. “Right away, sir!”

The boy giggled from the couch and Geralt whirled back to look at him. His finger was playing gently with the plumpest part of his lip and the young professor found himself flushing yet again. “Yes, Dr. Bellegard. Hurry to cover me up right away.” 

---

Lambert was less than helpful when Geralt first asked about the beastly reference he’d made at the station.

"My dear father died of some brain trouble," he explained, "So you will understand why I am averse to dwelling on anything of an impossibly fantastic nature that I may see or think that I have seen. I don’t even know that I saw anything, you understand?”

"I am a medical doctor, Lambert, of course I understand. But what did you see?" Geralt inquired. “I must know.”

"What I thought I saw was something so extraordinary that no really sane man could dignify it with the credit of having actually happened. I was standing at the end of the lane near your manor property, half-hidden in the hedge growth by the orchard gate. I’d been watching the dying glow of the sunset and committing to memory for use in a future painting. Nothing extraordinary, of course, but beautiful nonetheless. 

“It was then that I became aware of a naked boy. I assumed that he was a bather from some neighboring pool who was standing out on the bare hillside, also taking a moment to watch and appreciate the sunset. His pose was so suggestive of some wild faun of Pagan myth that I instantly wanted to engage him as a model, and in another moment I think I should have hailed him over to my hiding spot to discuss such a matter. Just then, however, the sun was lost over the edge of the horizon and the last of its warm orange glow slid away. The landscape was left a cold and gloomy grey.”

“And what of the boy? Your language is poetic, Lambert, but I’ve grown rather impatient!”

“The boy was gone, Geralt!”

"What? Did he simply vanish into nothing like some ghost or phantom?"

"No; that’s the most terrifying part, you see," answered the artist; "That’s the whole reason I didn’t want to tell you about this problem in the first place. Geralt, my dearest brother, on the open hillside where my momentary muse had been standing a second before, there was a wolf instead. It had shaggy brown-black fur and huge, gleaming fangs. Most terrifying of all were its huge, bright blue eyes.”

Geralt’s mind whirled with the new information. Lambert had indeed given him the details he’d so desperately needed to draw his final, strange conclusion: the boy was a werewolf! He thanked his younger half-sibling and made his departure, hurrying back to the manor as quickly as possible.

He had to make it home before dark.

---

“The moon isn’t full tonight,” the boy sighed. Triss had managed to wrestle him into a clean shirt and a pair of cropped blue breeches but despite the clothing he still seemed to ooze a sense of easy, naked confidence. The slim brunette was draped across the chaise lounge of Geralt’s personal study, his bare feet hanging over the arm. 

“So?”

“So I will not transform into the horrible monster you fear I shall become,” he sighed again. He rolled his eyes in Geralt’s direction and smirked. “You and your housekeeper are safe. As is your cook, your pageboy, your valet, and your terribly friendly mare. Roach, right?”

“Hmm. You’ve been through my things?”

“Triss allowed me to wander the house and the grounds but then she forced me to bathe again when I came back in,” he frowned. “Soap does not agree with me and neither do these prickly, constricting clothes.”

“And your name?” Geralt asked, finally. “Since you have proven to know me already.”

“You may call me Jaskier,” the boy said, popping up from the couch. He offered his hand, which Geralt shook rather nervously. “And I’ve already decided that I’m going to be staying for awhile.”

“Why should I allow you to stay?” the young doctor bristled. “What have you to offer me in return for room and board?”

“I have no money, but I’m a wonderful gardener and I’m sure that there are, Dr. Bellegarde, other ways we can pass the time together. I sense that we are kindred spirits in many ways.”

Geralt blushed and swallowed hard, blinking down at the boy, whose fingers were playing with the material of the doctor’s cravat. His blue eyes peeked up through their bordering black lashes and Geralt’s will crumbled to dust. “Alright. I suppose you can stay; if it keeps the village safe.”

“Very safe,” the werewolf, Jaskier, smiled. His delicate little paw with its long, lithe fingers spread over the material of Geralt’s silk waistcoat, right over his heart. “So very safe, indeed.”

[mercisnm]

a silly Victorian AU for Yennefer/Tissaia that has been going on in my mind for while now

+ the silly ideas my mind came up with for this AU

+ bonus: