#yennefer costumes suck

[dol--blathanna]

And then she used the bad outfits to wipe out half the universe

[arianaofimladris]

So Pyrkon is over again. My approach this year was different than a year ago. I had zero preparations before the con, since I worked on the cosplays in the early autumn (then switched to other hobbies).

On minus side, I was reminded again that joining a group of even vaguely familiar people from one of my fandoms, but without someone really familiar, is not something I'm comfortable with. I need someone to stick to or at least somepne to feel awkward with, so I sort of ran away after the event to "unpeople". Annoying, but well, that's how I operate.

Buuuut, on plus side, and this one was MUCH bigger.

- I got to wear three different costumes. Yennefer of Vengerberg in the updated version. My Ciri. And a variation of Idril Celebrindal.

- I attended some awesome panels and had a lot of fun.

- I went to awesome concerts, even if one of them was located in a place not meant for concerts with jumping and dancing. I understand that people want to have fun like this on a concert, but it sucks when they do that on the alleys between rows of chairs with SITTING people. I had to move muach farther away from tje sxene to be avle to see something and to escape stinky crowd standing right over me sitting. Still, once I moved, I really enjoyed the music.

- I went to a Witcher parade. Nice, even if my brain noped at some point and made me leave to unpeople.

- I met some good old friends and some that I have not seen in years.

- And the biggest surprise of this con. I wasn't aware Miranda Otto was going to be a guest this year. I managed to get both a photo with her and also a signed pic with dedication. As much as I'm not really into such stuff, this is a LOTR star we're talking about.

All in all, I'm going back home after having a really great time, with a wonderful souvenir and cool memories.

[kaiyonohime]

Witcher season three, my thoughts so far (only saw the first half hour of the first episode during baby’s nap).  No spoilers.

The wigs still suck.  The costumes still lack.  The music is good.  The writing is so awful I honestly winced, it sounds like a lot of fanfiction I’ve read over the years.  To a painful trope level.  And not in a good way.  It’s the part of fanfiction that I usually skim because I’m like like ‘yeah, have to get over this part to get to the plot’.

Also, they’re writing Ciri to be like sixteen or something... and yet make her look in her mid twenties.  It’s awkward and weird.

I hate it.  Fucking hell the majority of the rest of the season better be Yennefer and Jaskier snarking at each other to make up for this crap.

[magic-multicolored-miracle]

The Witcher S3 Ep 3: Reunion AKA 🎵Everyyyyybody Huuuuuurts🎵

I think the metaphor might be getting away from you a bit

I really like her outfit. It is my kind of look

I love that Jaskier calls him "Firefingers." It's very in line with Yen's (and my) "Firefucker." And asshole doesn't deserve a name.

Sorry did you say "a friend of your mother's"?!

Aww, the adorant whisper. Because it's once again proved that Geralt is a big old softie.

Wait, that's news? I assumed she had been for a while (tbh I thought the ditching Geralt was to protect him from something or someone that was going to kill her)

So someone else did exactly what the two information brokers said Geralt should, with added mind altering...was the suggestion meant to be a tip off, since they knew he wouldn't take it in the first place?

I really like Philippa's outfit for this meeting, and the fact that it is very clearly Not Matching the general Redanian aesthetic. The costume department this season is really Killing It. (Interestingly, it is matching, or at least similar to Jaskier's...)

He does seem stressed. His poor head is going to explode. I wonder whose fault that is?

Radovid, baby, that's not a very good attempt at hiding.

Oh it was on purpose for The Drama™ I love that

This is quite the Reason You Suck speech, Yennefer. Are you actually trying to get back into the Brotherhood's, or Tissaia's good graces at all? Part of me hopes not, honestly

Oh 💔 I mean, we knew that. But the look on Yen's face hearing it out loud...

Fabio, you're there to chaperone a teenage girl at a market, not barker like a hotdog on a street corner 🙄

How did that secret get out? Was it Yennefer? I bet it was Yennefer

I like that the captions specify it's to the tune of The Wild Rover. Otherwise I'd have heard it and gone nuts. (That song was the bane of my existence last fall.)

Istredd, my friend. You're looking Rough. But it...kinda works for you?

That's. Not ideal...

Poor General Kicked-Puppy, I'm glad he gets an invite home, even though home is not a good place...

"Prove it" doesn't sound good. There's an implied threat in "prove it"

Always with the leaning, Jaskier (and with the unbuttoned vest, it's peak casual yet slutty or maybe that's just the bard wearing it)

He's not wrong but also I hate him for saying it. I don't like that.

I think this might be the longest and most frank conversation these two have ever had. 10/10 relationship growth

Well shit. Stregobitch? Or Vilgefortz?

Uh. What?

Double "well shit". Or hopefully just almost. But I have a bad feeling about Anika's fate...

I love Ciri just strolling in behind the barker's back without paying or being challenged

Who are these two? They feel important

Go Fabio!

Can we form a secondary party of these youngins? I think I like them. And maybe recruit Dara back, eventually. (That would basically just be your average D&D party but that's not a negative)

Dammit Sabrina. Why are you a bitch? Didn't Yennefer almost die saving your fucking life from Nilfgaard?

My babies! Stop hurting each other! You both need hugs, stat!

Oh look, and now Geralt's hurting too.

Oh shit. I didn't expect the Queen to die. That's a ballsy move Philippa. But a solid way to make sure your king doesn't ever trust Nilfgaard, if it works.

Was Dijkstra in on it though? I'm not sure...

Radovid. Do NOT call a sneaky murdering bastard out on being a sneaky murdering bastard WHILE YOU ARE ALONE IN A ROOM WITH HIM! I swear to god, if you get yourself killed...(I know it doesn't happen yet, but that doesn't mean it won't later)

I don't like that almost-smile from Firefucker. Whatever his demand is, it isn't going to be fun...

Good to see Francesca getting back to her roots (and doting husband Filavandrel is pretty nice) but I have the uncomfortable feeling she'll get her wish...

You seem on edge Cahir. What are you about to do?

Well, rip. I was just starting to like that guy. But why?

Running away, completely alone. Seems like a bad plan even for Ciri, so I'm going to guess this is a dream...

Eredin? Why do I know that name? [Oh, cus I actually watched Blood Origin. I didn't think I retained anyone's name, but I guess I did]

Is Ciri's appearance and her being "death itself" a play on the whole "death came riding on a pale horse" or whatever it is? Or coincidence?

[volfoss]

3, 15, or 18 for erm thae witcher

oh i am about to be the biggest hater known to man im so sorry

to preface. i avoid the witcher tags for the most part because its me and my 3 witcher mutuals against the world and everyone has bad takes all the time otherwise. so i do not have a TON of experience w fanon there but i have explored it a few times.

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

surprising amt of geralt is a nepo baby fanfics last time i checked the tag. i stay blissfully unaware a lot of the time w stuff. ACTUALLY. netflix witcher exclusive. when people are constantly talking about how geralt is such a good dad there when he has interacted w ciri maybe 3 times because they removed the really good bonding scenes from the books. i have to be a hater about it bc i think every other adaptation has handled their relationship better and i dont see the appeal of ohhh their found family (with geralt yennefer and ciri) in the shows. in the books yeah. but thats because they actually get time to spend together there. and they didnt make geralt suck as a character. also not on tumblr but the fucking team yenn team triss people on reddit. are we really going to ignore what triss did to that man?????

15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time

i dodge the tags like as much as i can but i feel a big thing is u can TELL what someone is consuming to be into this series because all netflix fanarts have been very um. weird about jaskier in a fetishizing gay men way (how they hc him not how i do etc). also sick of seeing 20 million fanarts where they completely erase every scar the characters have. if u draw geralt or ciri or even TRISS without their scars that are yk. supposed to be defining parts of their faces/character appearances i am blowing you up. stop yassifying grandpa please.

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

there are two things that apply here imo:

1. the hexer adaptations. you guys just hate fun. in what world is an early 2000s short tv series that has the worst dragon cg due to a very small budget. it is one of the best adaptations of the first 2 books in terms of characters being in character and how they handle the source material. also outside of the one polish comic (the Betrayal/Zdrada issue of Prószyński i S-ka) it is the only adaptation to show geralt's past. it is also really fun with costuming too! they have a lot of clear inspiration but also like. objectively w their budget sometimes it looks bad. its charming to me tho and im SO sick of the netflix witcher hype. sorry #1 henry cavill hater for the role.

2. my BEST FRIEND angouleme. yeah she was only in 2 books but she is one of the characters of all time. to me she is such a good example of both geralts tendency to save people when he does not need to and how they will just let kids be so comfortable and safe around him. she is also just so fucking cool man and again w her being book only (for good reason but im dreading when those get adapted and people are weird about her) character i get why she doesn't get much hype but STILL. she is so fun she will see an insanely old vampire and be like hmm. nickname time for him. yes he could kill me but i stay silly about it.

[my18thcenturysource]

I just recently read your post about The Reign and first, I completely agree with you, the costume design is kinda messed, however as I was reading it I cannot help but think about The Witcher. I have the impression that the identical aspect you describe on the Reign costume design happens in The witcher. The characters' costumes didn't match. I know is a fantasy world but the clothes have to help to build that World, I think that in the witcher it was several costume worlds running on. WDYT?

After writing my last post about Merlin, I have to say that not really. I think the Witcher is not bad at all, and that the costume does a really REALLY good job at giving some uniformity to a fantasy world that, when not keeping track and identity, might end up being a mess with no cohesion like Game Of Thrones.

BUT I think I see what you mean.

For me, the only character that breaks the unity of the world is Yennefer. Let me elaborate.

We have these main characters:

Geralt, who has only like 2 outfits or something like that, he looks like an improved version of the game, with a style that I think is the base for the whole world: leather, metal, suit of armour inspired, and a pinch of medieval inspiration, and a lot of biker references. Again, his look is VERY close to what he looks like in the video game.

Jaskier, he’s a dandy and has a much more decorated look with references to the early Renaissance and late Middle Ages: short doublets, slashes, shine, big sleeves, a lute... He’s the flashiest character of the show and I love that (usually, the flashiest character is a woman, because it’s a lot easier (lazier) to make her stand out).

Yennefer has two aesthetics in the show: the first one is just one that makes her a wallflower (which is very intentional), she’s just wearing what people around her wears. The second one (oh boy) is this kind-of-dominatrix outfits that are pretty awful BUT are a lot less awful than the ones she wears in the video game. Now, why do I say that her costumes are awful? Aren’t we all supposed to see her and understand that she’s a strong dangerous woman who’s not afraid to get dirty? Well, yeah, it accomplishes that (kind of?), by using all the clichés at the same time: black, leather, long hair, corset, slashes, transparencies, dark makeup... Hers is the laziest costume in the show, it’s the equivalent of making costumes for La Traviata and simply dressing Violetta in red. It kind of works, but it is lazy. Also, her costume does not match to anything other in the show, it just stands out for the sake of standing out: the details in her costumes designs are not repeated in other costumes for any other character. This might sound like “oh, it’s because she’s very special and not like other girls”, but it is not that: we are used to find patterns in everything, and since there is no real pattern in her costume repeated in other characters, she seems to be out of the world, like added with no logic. I don’t know if the producers asked to make her mode “edgy” or something, but having design details that are not repeated in other costumes, is odd, because nobody exists in a vacuum, and I feel like it takes the personality out of her, because you do not get real information from the costumes, since they are all over the place.

This is not like not having information about her because she’s a secretive character and her costume is so well done that it gives away no extra info (this might be closer to Gerald’s costume than hers).

The rest of the cast are dressed in groups. Each place of the continent has a particular way of dressing, and those aesthetics are kept though the show so the visual narrative is clearer and when the story goes from one place to another, the viewer get to know where they are. This might seem like a lot of messages that make the world being to vague or lacking of an unifying aesthetic, but if we get that this fantasy world is (vaguely) based in Middle Ages and early Renaissance, we can use the fact that in those times, countries like we know them did not exist, and each court had their particular way of dressing (an early Renaissance Italian court would look nothing alike an English one, for example). They keep those looks for the entirety of the series, and it helps the viewed to remember the places (and the groups of people in those places) without having to remember names.

This is what Game of Thrones started doing, but while the series advanced, they became vaguer and vaguer and every season each house had different details (I still cannot talk about how they changed the entire look of the Stark women, that ended looking like they were wearing Alexander McQueen (yes, I’m talking about THAT Sansa dress), it was pretty BUT made no sense at all, again a lazy choice of costume that used clichés instead of good design), they changed stuff season to season, and they seemed like they lost their original bible of each house. The Witcher being a smaller and shorted show has a better grip in the world building aesthetic, while both shows had about the same budget per episode.

Now, one of my main complains about Reign is that the costumes had no personality and said nothing about the character, making that they could simply change costumes and nobody would care. Here I don’t see that at all, I think it is very hard (almost impossible) to swap costumes between characters because they are clearly thought for them. I cannot think of Yennefer wearing some Ciri outfit, or Jaskier going Stegobor (I HATE THAT CHARACTER SO MUCH), or Ciri swapping with her grandmother. Even though it is not perfect, I think the costumes really work in this. Or maybe I did not get your question right? Please let me know if there are some specifics you’d like to discuss and I missed!

Now, just for you all to have the same thing stuck in your heads as I do:

[lesbianladyeboshi]

Send me the funny witcher memes because I'm not diving into the cesspool elsewhere online.

[jaskierswolf]

Black Cat

Or a prompt by @hailhailsatan based on this post. Jaskier and Geralt are getting ready for a halloween party! That’s literally the plot! (also on my AO3)

Edit: There is now art!!

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It was a well known fact that Yennefer threw the best halloween party of the year, and Jaskier’s outfits were some of the best. This year he was going for a classic… a slutty cat.

He wriggled his nose as he peered in the mirror, sticking his tongue out as he put the final touches to his nose with the eyeliner. His eyes were already outlined with dark black and impressively neatly winged make-up, thank you to all the you tubers out there who had uploaded tutorials. Now he just needed to add his whiskers and the make-up would be complete!

He hands only shook slightly as the pen tickled his cheek, and thankfully he managed to make the lines mostly even on either side of his face. He was counting that as a win. He grinned and ran a hand through his hair, making sure it was still messy. He was going for the I’ve just rolled out of bed look, and it absolutely hadn’t taken him hours to sort out his hair.

Clothes were next but at least now his make-up was done he could finally have a drink! He hated turning up to Yennefer’s parties sober. He’d tried that once and regretted it for the rest of the night, and most of the next day. The problem with arriving sober to Yennefer’s halloween party was that he always felt pressured to catch up and ending up drinking far too much. He was better at regulating when he was already tipsy. He poured himself a glass of wine, from a bottle which was an unexpected bonus for him. He usually went for whatever was cheapest and that was rarely outside of a box but he’d felt fancy that evening.

He pulled on his fishnet tights and black denim shorts. After that was the sheer black shirt that really hid nothing and was more for show than anything else before frowning at silky black corset that lay on the bed. At first glance it looked like a waistcoat, but it was boned and had intricate lacing on the back that needed to be tightened once it was on. It had been an impulse buy last halloween after he’d been too drunk to remember he had no money.

“Fuck.” He muttered.

There was no way in hell that he was going to be able to tie the lacing on the back without help. He would have to ask his housemate, best friend and unrequited crush, Geralt. Still, needs must. He wanted to look divine and he was not going to the party in a subpar costume. He pulled on his leather boots and tied up the lacing. It had been a while since he’d worn heels this high but they would make his legs look fucking phenomenal.

After jabbing himself far too many times with the safety pin, he gave up on his tail. Geralt would have to help with that too. He pulled on the corseted garment so that it just needed lacing up before he grabbed his ears and tail, fleeing from his room with haste.

“Geralt!!” He yelled before flinging Geralt’s door open.

His jaw dropped.

Geralt was wearing a torn white shirt, covered in fake blood. He had tight leather trousers and leather straps across the front of his shirt. On his back was a ridiculously realistic prop sword. Geralt’s hair was loose and covered in more fake blood and dirt.

“Umm….” He stared at his best friend, all sorts of deliciously naughty scenarios popping through his head.

Geralt turned round to face him with a scowl and Jaskier whimpered. His normally light brown eyes were yellow and slitted like a cat. Fucking hell, Jaskier was going to die before the night was over.

Geralt froze, his eyes slowly roaming over Jaskier’s outfit.

“I. Umm. Can you do me up?” Jaskier asked turning around to show off the lacing at the back.

He glanced over his shoulder to make sure Geralt was still paying attention. Geralt was still frozen, his eyes wide and a blush colouring his usually pale cheeks. If Jaskier hadn’t known better he might have thought that Geralt was checking him out. Still it didn’t hurt to try. He toss the tail at Geralt, who barely reacted in time to catch it, which was very interesting indeed. Geralt could normally catch anything, one handed, in his sleep. Jaskier bit his lip and winked at his friend.

“Be a dear and pin my tail on too?” He purred seductively, wiggling his arse for added effect. Geralt made a strange choking sound and his eyes dropped to Jaskier’s arse.

Oh he was definitely checking him out!

“Fuck.”

Jaskier licked his lips. “If you want.”

“You look… good,” Geralt hummed, not taking his eyes from Jaskier’s lips as he closed the gap between them. “very good.

Jaskier let out a weak laugh, he felt incredibly dizzy all of a sudden. It was Geralt was sucking all the oxygen from the room. He licked his lips again before turning round to face Geralt. “So will you help?”

“Hmm?”

“My tail.” He reminded his friend, almost boyfriend?

“Hmm.” Geralt’s nose brushed along his jaw and his knees almost gave way.

“Geralt!” He whined but didn’t protest any further. How could he… he was getting every thing he’d wanted since they’d been in college together almost a decade ago. Geralt kissed and nibbled at his throat and a pitiful moan escaped Jaskier’s lips.

God, they weren’t even drunk yet but fuck he wanted him.

“You can’t go out like this.” Geralt murmured against Jaskier’s throat. “It’s indecent.”

Jaskier chuckled and tugged at Geralt’s hair so he could see his face. “That was kinda sort of the point Geralt. I was hoping to find a partner tonight.”

“No.” Geralt growled.

“Yes.” Jaskier ran his thumb along Geralt’s lips until the bastard tried to bite him. “I wasn’t aware that you were an option, dear heart.”

Geralt grunted. “Didn’t think you wanted me.”

Jaskier laughed and cupped Geralt’s face in his hands. “Oh darling, you are all I’ve ever wanted.”

“Fuck.” Geralt growled and pulled Jaskier into a kiss.

Geralt tasted like stale beer and cigarettes which shouldn’t have been so good, perhaps it was the cheap wine or perhaps it was the fact that it was Geralt but Jaskier was completely addicted. He deepened the kiss with a moan, threading his hands through Geralt’s matted and honestly quite frankly disgusting hair, they would definitely have to do this without the fake blood sometime. Their noses bumped together and there probably far too much tongue, but fuck it was Geralt. He pulled at Geralt’s bottom lip with his teeth, eliciting another growl from the man.

Fuck those noises were to die for.

When they pulled apart, panting and holding onto each other for dear life, Geralt’s face was covered in black smudges. Jaskier groaned. “Oh cock! My make-up!”

“Don’t care.” Geralt grumbled and tried to pull him back into another kiss but Jaskier put a hand on his chest.

“I care.” He whined. “And Yen will kill us if we’re late. Now help me with my corset and tail, then I have to redo this mess.”

Geralt smirked. “Can’t you just lose the clothes and we can stay here?”

Jaskier pouted. He meant to protest he really did, but he was also just a man, and when Geralt Rivia wanted to stay behind from a party to fuck you senseless… it was only polite to accept. He lunged forward again, pushing the pair of them towards the bed. They fell onto the mattress already pawing at each other’s clothes.

Yes, it was a well known fact that Yennefer threw the best halloween party of the year.

But this year they had better plans.

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[bookcalanthedaily]

In the season two of the netflix Witcher they made Yennefer to sacrfice Ciri to the something called Deathless mother so she can get her magic back, if you trough that S1 wasn't shity enough wait to see a S2 whole new way of shittines. So far the only good thing about S2 are the costumes and the scenery

oh i know what they did in season 2.

i haven't watched it, but i know just about everything.

and i know it sucks

i really hope season 3 will be the last

[trashbaggage]

okay okay okay

the movie “enchanted”, but witcher-fied (sorry this got away from me a bit)

there’s a stereotypical medieval fantasyland where jaskier julian alfred pankratz is the prince of lettenhovia. he’s got the looks, voice, and affinity for attracting woodland animals of a disney princess. also, the tragic backstory: his parents died in a freak accident when he was young. but don’t worry, his creepy “uncle” stregobor took upon himself the burden of ruling in their stead, until julian grew up and became ready for the throne.

(basically, stregobitch is like rasputin, and had tricked and slimed his way into the crown’s good graces before, surprise surprise, killing off the king and queen. he left julian alive to take some of the heat off of him with that extra distraction of grieving child. alas, poor little princeling that he can play the benevolent guardian to.)

and things are gr8 for good ol streggy, julian seems more inclined to sing and wander than become bogged down with the responsibility of becoming king. everything’s comin up stregs.

and then, of course, there’s a prophecy about how julian will be his doom or whatev and he needs to get on that shit STAT like he’s never heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy before (to be fair, fantasyland doesn’t have ancient greek tragedies to learn from so rip stregosaurus). but before he can implement his sophisticated plan of julian dying in an “accident”, our dear jules wanders too far and falls down a magic well into the Real World.

and he’s like, sweet, look at all this stuff! this is great and - oh hello, very attractive man with silken white hair and eyes as golden as the dawn light falling gently upon newly blossomed lillies and thighs that can crush his head and his heart, what up. and geralt is very confused and frustrated and oddly and begrudgingly charmed by this loudly dressed and loudly singing idiot accosting him outta nowhere, but his daughter ciri seems to like him so i guess we can keep him for a night but if he pees on the rug he’s out.

cue fun family bonding, musical numbers, shenanigans, all that jazz; julian, now jaskier cuz new world new him babey,, exploring and learning and having the time of his life and trying to get this broody man to open up and show that kindness his scowl can’t quite hide.

aaaaand cut back to streginald throwing a fit that the prince has cleverly evaded his dastardly plans, he has underestimated him it seems, and he can’t just let this massive loose thread keep flappin in the breeze, so he sends yennefer to deal with him.

now, yennefer is streggo my eggo’s daughter in this, and he’s raised her to be his right hand woman, his evil apprentice, the (much smarter) kronk to his yzma, and she’s been promised power once her dad fully claims the throne, so ofc she gets right on tracking that crafty twunk down to kill him. in the process, she comes across roach, julian’s horse and bff talking animal companion, by the magic well, gathering up the fucks to go after her wayward idiot. a struggle ensues, and yen and roach both go through the portal.

so now we got the side plot of these two trying to find jaskier, yen to kill him and roach to huff reproachfully at him for getting into this mess and if anyone is gonna kill him she will for dragging her across realms (she does not like portals, okay, they feel weird) not some uppity witch. so they got their tomfoolery of yen almost killing an unaware jaskier but then roach foiling her plans. she also tries to kidnap ciri as bait for a trap, but she can’t hurt this kid she’s too precious, ow ow ow, why does her chest feel weird?? she’s actually starting to find the boundaries to her thirst for power and it kinda sucks and feels nice at the same time??? 0/10 do not recommend

during this, geralt’s quiet life is being upended by this weird dude and he’s never danced so much in his life and his child is conspiring against him to set him up with this clearly deranged but very nice and pretty man but he’s not staying ciri we have to get him back to .....wherever tf he came from i don’t even like him, what are you talking about,,,

it all comes to a head at the costume ball, where geralt and jaskier are dancing and making eyes at each other until roach bursts in and tries to charades her way into warning her idiot to run motherfucker but she can’t talk in this realm so ugh and geralt horsegirl rivia is just like omg ur best friend is a horse that’s so fucking cool i love you even more.

and then yen bursts in; she’s kinda struggling to fulfill her mission, cuz she’s been watching jaskier and geralt and they just seem like two idiots that couldn’t possibly threaten anything, let alone her father’s power grab. she’s also made frenemies with roach, she’s the only motherfucker who can handle her in this city. so she just tries to scare jaskier into never returning, which works pretty well because she is v v scary, and then stregobonkers comes strolling in like wtf why is this taking you so long just kill him!! and yen is like i’ve kind of grown this pesky con- 🤢 consci- 🤢, wait, just, give me a min,,,, conscience!! yeah, that’s the bitch! anyway, stop telling me what to do dad and stregobego drops a bomb and goes i always knew you had a weakness to you, just like your parents!

and it’s just,,

silent.

what? what do you - my parents?

and it turns out he saw the power she held and wanted it under his control, so he killed her parents (it’s like, his signature move at this point) and groomed her to be his obedient little weapon. and, understandably, yen is pissed off and hurt and goes to lash out at him, but he just smirks and clicks his fingers while muttering under his breath, and everything stops for yen a second time as her mind blanks.

sneaky streg had put in a fail safe, in case she ever got out of line, and the amulet he gave her “for protection and focus, you must never take it off” lights up and puts her under his command and she turns into a sickass dragon that starts tearing up the dance floor, literally, in her rampage to kill jaskier.

geralt and jaskier go oh shit and dodge for their lives and things are looking pretty dire, but then jaskier looks at the suits of armor set up for decoration and goes wait a minute and grabs a sword to toss at geralt and just goes cover me boo and aim for that amulet and if you miss we’ll probably all die so no pressure!! and just sprints out and distracts angry dragon!yen and geralt goes goddamnit jaskier and sneaks around until he can jump at her and do a completely improbable matrix leap to stab at the amulet, and because this is a romcom and i get to choose my coping mechanisms, he makes it and yen is free from streg egghead’s power and she turns to him, still a dragon, and smiles wide with all them sharp sharp teeth and he goes ohhhh shiiiit and tries to run, but jaskier very helpfully trips him up and goes eat up my lady and dragon yen does, with great relish.

in conclusion, everyone lives happily ever after except streggles. geralt gets over his baggage and professes his love for jaskier, jaskier goes i’m not that easy geralt there needs to be wooing! i deserve to be wooed!! before heavily making out with him in the next five seconds. jaskier gives yen his blessing to become queen of lettenhovia, because he never really wanted the job anyway and she deserves it after what she’s been through. she still comes back every sunday for brunch and to teach ciri how to fight (she’s mine now, i’ve adopted her so she needs to learn the fine art of pointy things geralt) and geralt, jaskier, and ciri take holidays to fantasyland and roach is free to roam wherever she wants and becomes an advisor to yen.

the end

(extra dramatic addendum: geralt finally brings jask home to meet his family; vesemir opens the door and geralt goes this is my boyfriend, jas- but vesemir cuts him off with a choked out pRiNcE JuLiAn?! and it turns out vesemir is also actually from fantasyland. he worked for julian’s parents; the prevalence of monsters had been steadily rising, and so they had the idea to create witchers to combat them. kaer morhen was created under their sanction and vesemir was a teacher there, but he became disenfranchised with every boy that didn’t make it through the trials. when the keep was attacked by fanatics against witchers, he smuggled out eskel, lambert, coen, and geralt, and hid them away. he looked at these traumatized kids and went well that won’t do, followed up on some rumors of a new world, had a mage friend alter the boys’ memories, and skedaddled for our world. very shocking reveal, angsty angst-ness as geralt and the others deal with repressed memories and the fact that jaskier’s parents were responsible for it all, y’know, all that good stuff)

[cirillafionaelenriannon]

i still think whoevers doing the costume design for the witcher netflix needs to be fired. i mean what part of dresses in black and white do you not understand this is what yennefer should be wearing

like they arent following in any historical accuracy so theres no need to make it time specific just MAKE IT BLACK AND WHITE AND ELEGANT ? outfits like janet wore in salem . salems costume design was 10/10 why does the witchers fucking suck with yennefer !!!!

[ladyreapermc]

Birthday Challenge Day 24 (2014)

Requested by: @omgkatinka​

Song: Let it go by Indina Menzel

Wordcount: 578

Warnings: tooth-rooting fluff

Pairing: Walter Marshall x Reader

Walter let out a long, annoyed breath when he walked into the house and the way too familiar chords reached his ears. He thought he had moved past this phase when Faye got to her teen years, but apparently, she was passing along the hype to Kent.

He paused at the kitchen with a sigh, just in time to see you coming through the corridor, headphones on, completely distracted. With a smirk, he caught you from behind, making you squeal and jump.

“Don’t do that!” you complained, slapping his shoulder as you turned in his arms, meeting his lips. “You nearly scared me to death.”

With a chuckle, Walter let you go, taking off his badge and holster and heading to the bedroom to put them in the vault.

“How long they’ve been at it?” he asked, knowing you were right behind him.

“Since this morning,” you sighed, dropping on the bed. “He wants an Anna dress for Halloween.”

Walter just chuckled again, the mental picture of his son in the costume and tresses too amusing for his own good.

“Wait. Not Elsa?” Walter asked, lying next to you, on his side so he could properly look at you. He would never get tired of memorizing your features, committing them into his mind for the darkest moments. You, Faye, and Kent were his beacon of light against the abyss he needed to toe at every day.

“Oh no.” You smirked at him. “To quote him, Daddy’s gonna be Elsa.”

“Is that right?” Walter snorted. He knew he was in trouble because the second Kent put on the puppy dog eyes at him, he was going to say yes. “I don’t think I can pull off that shade of blue.”

“Really? I think you’d look amazing,” you teased, getting on top of him and pressing a lingering kiss on his lips. “The low cut of the neckline will look very flattering with these broad shoulders.” You ran your hands over them to make a point and Walter snorted again pulling you down for a deeper kiss, his hand falling over to your ass and hugging you tighter against him. “Careful there detective Marshall. I’m pretty sure that’s how we ended up with Kent.”

“Maybe if he gets another sibling, I won’t have to be Elsa,” he joked, sucking on your lower lip and making you groan.

“Halloween is in five months. Do I need to remind you how pregnancy works?”

Before Walter could answer, the bedroom door flew open and a ball of energy with messy brown curls and bright blue eyes jumped on the bed completely oblivious to the compromising position his parents found themselves in.

“Daddy, daddy, daddy! Come watch Frozen with us!” he demanded, bouncing on the mattress and you chuckled, taking a glance bellow to see if it was safe to roll away without compromising Walter.

“In a bit, buddy,” Walter said sitting up just as Kent jumped on his arms, making him huff as a tiny foot connected with some tender flesh. “Daddy is tired and needs a shower.”

“But after?” Kent pouted, big blue eyes wide and bright and Walter nodded.

“After dinner, yes.”

“YES!” the boy shouted bouncing off his lap and running out of the room shouting for Faye.

“Scratch that sibling plan,” Walter said, glancing at you and you laughed, getting to your feet and winking.

“Smart man,” you said, leaving the room humming the melody of Let it go.

xxx

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[angst-fairygodmother]

Sing Once Again With Me: Angel of Music (The Witcher; A Phantom of the Opera AU)

A/N: This being an AU, obviously, some details will change. Otherwise, I’d just be retelling POTO with substituted names and that’s not what we’re here for. Big change number 1: at no point in the story does Jaskier believe that the being that is stalking him/has expressed a romantic/sexual interest in him is the ghost of his father. It’s creepy. It makes me uncomfortable. It’s a metaphor now. Word Count: 1840 Content Warnings: Mild reference to depression? Taglist: @joz-stankovich @hermeowyn @sennextheassasinkingoflight Previous Chapter: Think of Me Cross-posted to AO3: here

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“Jaskier?” Y/N breathed, not wanting to break her best friend’s quiet contemplation.

He was tucked in a small unused part of the music hall’s dormitory, a room that she was fairly sure used to be a chapel but was now empty even of old props and other stored things. His knees were tucked up to his chin, his lute on the narrow window sill, and he seemed to be contemplating a single, flickering candle.

“That was incredible,” she said, kneeling beside him carefully.

Finally he looked up at her with a small smile.

“Truly,” she pressed, seeing the uncertainty behind his sky blue eyes. “You were perfect. I just wish I knew who he was.”

Jaskier raised a questioning eyebrow.

“Your mysterious teacher that Yenna hinted at. Has she been portalling you out to some great lutenist somewhere? Please won’t you tell me?”

He shook his head, eyes falling back to the candle. “You’ll think it’s silly.”

“I promise I won’t. When have I ever laughed at you when you weren’t laughing too?”

He took a deep breath, turning to her, their faces close enough that he barely had to speak to be heard.

“I don’t think he’s real,” Jaskier whispered.

“What?”

“My ‘tutor’ as Yennefer put it. It’s not possible for him to be real. Not like we’re real.”

Y/N frowned, giving her friend a puzzled look.

“My grandfather used to be a minstrel, before he married. Actually, he’s the one who taught me at first. He used to tell me stories about this spirit that came to him, and how it possessed him and filled him with music.”

“And you think that you’ve been taking lessons from what? The same spirit?”

“Yes. No. I don’t know if it’s the same spirit exactly. But when he was on his deathbed my grandfather told me never to turn aside my muse, that it would always be there and would get me through my darkest times, my guardian angel,” Jaskier plucked at a loose thread on his costume pants. “You remember how I was when I came here. I was empty. I had nothing left but a gaping hole in my heart.”

Y/N nodded. It had been heartbreaking to see this trembling, lost soul curled up on his bed in the dormitories at all times of day and night, always looking like he had lost something so great that the grief would consume him. It had taken weeks to get him to even care for himself properly, months to cajole him to coming to a practice. When she’d found him in this very room the first time, strumming reverently on the lute which had lay in the chest at the end of his bed for so long, she had lingered in the doorway, not wanting to give herself up and scare him back into himself. That had been the first day they truly met and the beginning of their sibling-like friendship.

Jaskier smiled, knowing the look in her eye and gently poked the end of her nose to recapture her attention. She wrinkled her nose at him with a giggle and an apology.

“As I was saying,” he gave her a pointed look, “I had never felt so low, so hopeless and worthless. And then one night, I heard a voice, calling out to me. I answered; I had nothing to lose after all. It was the angel of music that my grandfather spoke of, I’m sure of it. He was so kind to me, guiding me out of my own misery, teaching me, helping me, supporting me. He has been ever since.”

“So you’re saying that the reason you’ve become an unfairly good musician, even better than you were to begin with, is just…because of your muse? Or some mysterious spirit?”

“Yes. Both. I can’t explain it any more clearly than that.”

“Jaskier, I love you, but I hope I am the only person you’ve ever told that to. Anyone else will have you hauled off to an asylum. Next you’ll be telling me this place is really haunted.”

“I’m not mad Y/N.” There was a fierceness in his eyes that made her flinch, burned by his anger.

“I…I know you’re not Jaskier, I’m sorry. I never meant to imply. But that sounds like something out of the ballads we play, or one of the productions. Those stories aren’t real.”

Jaskier froze, looking around. “Don’t say that. He is everywhere. He’s here even now, all around us.”

She reached down to clasp his hand comfortingly; she had seen most of Jaskier’s moods, but in the years now that she had known him, fear had not been part of him. As they touched, she sucked in a sharp breath.

“Your hands are like ice, and I’ve never seen you so pale. Jaskier, are you alright?”

“I don’t want him to take you from me, Y/N. You are my dearest friend. So you mustn’t anger him.” His voice dropped even lower. “At times, he frightens me.”

Y/N tightened her fingers around his. “There is nothing to be scared of. I promise you.”

~

“No…No…Leave!” Yennefer snapped, brushing past the various people who stood outside Jaskier’s door waving pages to be autographed, flowers for the bard, more intimate things for the bard. She scowled at all of them, flapping her hands in a shooing gesture as if they were a flock of annoying birds, and ducked into the dressing room.

“You did very well,” she said as soon as the door had closed, taking Jaskier by the elbows to get a good look at him. He was still in most of his costume, though he had discarded the black brocade doublet and, as usual, undone half of his shirt buttons. “He will be pleased.”

Jaskier blushed at her praise. If someone had told him that he and the sorceress would become such close friends, that she would be the first he’d tell of his secret (though somehow she knew of him before Jaskier even spoke) he would have laughed himself sick. And yet, now he relied on her, alongside Y/N, and to hear her state such a matter-of-fact compliment, her second of the day even, made his heart soar as much as the applause from any audience could.

“But actually, I came here to tell you that there’s someone from the audience who wishes to see you.”

“There are quite a few people from the audience who wish to see me,” he gestured toward the crowd on the other side of the wall. “You very succinctly got rid of them for me, which is good. For once, I’m not enamored with the idea of being accosted by adoring fans.”

“This one is not so much an adoring fan as an apologetic one. I can send him away like the rest?”

“Apolog…Yennefer are you trying to tell me that Geralt is here and wishes to speak to me?!”

“Yes. I am.” She folded her arms across her chest. “Do you want me to let him in or not?”

“I…I…” Jaskier floundered. The very idea of the witcher’s presence with him, especially in this small room, after the last time they had spoken made his heart race. “I…um…yes. Okay. Sure. I’ll talk to Geralt.”

“I’ll go get him.” She vanished in the flash of a portal and Jaskier could not help but laugh. She really had walked all the way there just for the sake of sending away his unwanted admirers.

~

“I’m sorry, Songbird,” the words slipped from Geralt’s lips like a prayer as soon as he laid eyes on Jaskier again.

Yennefer cast a last look at Jaskier over Geralt’s shoulder, hesitant to leave the pair alone, before allowing her portal to close.

“Geralt,” Jaskier said, plastering on a welcoming smile. “Don’t tell me the new managers took the rumors of a ghost seriously and brought in a witcher?” He flinched at the blatantly false cheer in his voice.

Geralt stared at him, amber eyes cutting through him and all of his bluster, the same as they always did. “I was…just passing through.”

“And you suddenly felt the urge to go see a musical showcase? Something you have never had any previous interest in and in fact would have scorned if I had suggested it when we travelled together?”

“Yes.”

“Horseshit.” Jaskier glared as he planted his hands on his hips.

Geralt growled, stepping closer to the bard who refused to back down.

“I was passing through the city. I felt something compelling me to stop here. Maybe it was Yennefer. Or maybe, it was you.”

“Yennefer is the one your fate is tied to. It was probably her. You should go talk to her instead.”

“Yen and I made our peace already. You’re the one I still haven’t made up for hurting, Jaskier. Please…I never should have said those things to you or cast you away like that. I was angry, and hurt, and you deserved better than for me to take it out on you. Let me make it up to you.”

“You’re right, I didn’t deserve to be mistreated like that. But I should have expected it by then. You have always made a habit of cruelty.”

“If you come with me, I will do everything I can to make it up to you. Songbird… Dandelion… Jaskier,” Geralt frowned, digging for the nickname that felt right on his tongue and hesitating before he finished his plea. “I’ve missed you. Please.”

“Why now? There was plenty of time before this for you to find me and make amends. Yennefer was important enough to seek out. But no, I am an afterthought and you’ve waited until I’ve found a new life. I’ve settled here. I have a promising career. I may even be the next star of this stage, after tonight’s performance.”

“But are you happy?”

“What?” Jaskier’s eyebrows snapped down into a crease that Geralt wanted to kiss away. He pushed the feeling down.

“I asked if you were happy. If you say yes, I’ll go and leave you be.”

“And if I say no?” Jaskier asked softly.

Geralt cocked his head, looking fondly at Jaskier. “Then I’ll ask you again to forgive me and tell you that Roach is waiting for us in the stables.”

Jaskier hesitated. He was content here, but he did miss the adventure of travelling with Geralt. And more than that, he missed Geralt. If he was being honest with himself, he had forgiven the man long ago for their confrontation on the mountain, Y/N and Yennefer and even his Angel showing him that holding on to that pain was only hurting him more.

He smiled at Geralt with equal fondness, and the other man took the expression as acceptance.

“Get packed. I’ll wait for you outside,” Geralt said, tentatively reaching out, and then, unsure of what he’d planned to do, awkwardly patting Jaskier on the shoulder.

“Actually Geralt I—”

“It will be good to have you back,” Geralt said, as he turned to leave.

[clouds-of-wings]

I wrote this like 3 weeks ago and actually got over it since but @tardigradedeathposture wanted to read it, so here’s the lightly edited rant.

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I was going to not write about how crap I thought the Witcher TV show was but it keeps bugging me and whatever here’s my rant.

So as my followers might know, I played the games (yes even the first) and mostly liked them, especially the second, which I think is a great game and actually better than the third, which I still enjoyed. The first, well, had its moments. I’ve read the first book about 5 years ago after playing the second game for the second time but couldn’t really get into it, I watched the old Polish TV adaptation and found it sort of quaint but nothing special. So of course I was skeptical of the prospect of a TV show but also sort of interested.

Well good things first. I thought Henry Cavill played Geralt pretty well actually. People hated him when he was first introduced but I think most were won over by his performance. He isn’t quite like the Geralt I know, but that might be due to the script. Second good thing, Jaskier isn’t quite as incredibly annoying as he is in the games, though still annoying. But at least he isn’t a pimp here. Third good thing, Chireadan, because Elves <3

But apart from these aspects, I think I haven’t watched such a stupid show since Once upon a time (which was so terrible that it caused my gallbladder to ache non-stop, so I had to stop after the first half of season 1. Witcher didn’t do that, so I guess it wasn’t quite as bad as OUAT). I know the series follows the story laid out in the books, and actually my problem isn’t even what happens, but how it’s presented, in that story and characterization manage to be tepid and tropey and also illogical and self-contradictory.

Take Yennefer for example, because her character annoyed me the most.

Now I’m not a fan of her in the third game either but at least she has a consistent (terrible) personality and a will of her own there. I read that she’s a better character in the books, so okay. Maybe they butchered her on the show. I honestly don’t remember the book I read very well anymore, as I said, I couldn’t get into it.

She is explicitly said and shown to do very badly during her mage training and to be bad at court politics, she’s barely even shown doing magic before the last episode, but she gets to “ascend”, whatever that means, while the other (far more deserving?) students get turned into eels. Later her teacher says she was the best student she’d ever had (?? when? where?) and gives her trust and responsibility for zero reason and Yennefer goes on to save the day, sort of.

She gets, in one of the most unrealistic scenes on the show, cosmetic surgery that involves an extensive spinal operation and the removal of her uterus WITHOUT NARCOTICS and half an hour later she wows everyone at the prom ball. IIRC, in the books and the games the sorceresses and sorcerers alter their appearance using, uh, magic instead of having some guy rip out their spine. And the sorceresses explicitly make themselves beautiful because “that’s what their clients expect”, just like the sorcerers make themselves appear as “venerable” old men - because it’s the pre-conception their clients have. It’s subversive, John-Karen, because the mages somewhat cynically show themselves to be genre-savvy by exploiting the... why am I explaining this. It’s obvious to everyone except the idiots who wrote the show. The point is, it’s not about their personal empowerment, but they could have done something with Yennefer’s “ugly to beautiful” transformation and they didn’t, so that sucks too.

From the whole way she’s presented, it becomes clear that she would be a terrible mother (”happy childhoods make for boring conversation”), yet we’re supposed to feel sympathy for her quest for fertility. And she’s constantly bitter about her lack of it - when the surgeon told her very clearly that she’d be losing her fertility as a side-effect of the operation and she explicitly agreed to it. This wasn’t something that was forced upon her yet she acts like it was.

Just like in the game, she has zero concern for other people’s wishes or boundaries. I mean she cast magic upon a bunch of people and made them sexually assault each other, and the show just frames it as “sexy lady hosts an orgy”. Then she accuses Geralt of not paying attention to other people’s boundaries because he made a wish she doesn’t even know the specifics of (lol).

Yennefer is a pretty terrible person, which would be fine in terms of character, if she were actually presented as terrible. Yennefer actually has pretty exactly the personality of Cersei Lannister, but Cersei was intentionally portrayed as vicious, power-hungry, dishonest and irrational. We weren’t supposed to see her as a good person and that made her a great character. Watching Cersei was fun and interesting. Watching Yennefer is grating because in any sane universe, a woman like that would not be the hero. That’s also why I think it’s absolutely false to call TW “the new GoT”. TW is worse than even late seasons GoT.

However, the show loves her so much that it randomly gives her super-powers whenever it suits. In the fight in front of the dragon cave, she’s as good with a sword as Geralt, even though she has no training and no muscles and he’s literally been mutated to become a better fighter. In the last episode, she easily deters the attack by Nilfgaard and then destroys their camp (??) with magic when up until then she was only ever shown to be very bad at magic. (Unleash *~the chaos inside you~* god who wrote that script?)

But in the end, almost her whole story is determined by the effect she has on men. Despite all her qualities that we’re supposed to blindly believe she has, it’s her looks and the fact that some men like her constant pointless insults that determines what happens to her. The archeologist guy in the beginning is the only one who stops her from totally failing at mage training. The king she wows with her good looks and her early 21st century dress becomes her employer. Geralt and the Elf guy falling for her. The knight guy she manipulates into going to dragon mountain with her. Her only skill that she is somewhat consistently proven to actually possess is the ability to charm and seduce men with her beauty and her sparkling personality.

Unfortunately, this characterization is somewhat common among “strong female characters”. All the important female characters on American Gods are that way as well. Wonder Woman is (in the film, I haven’t read the comics) close to it as well. Random pointless superpowers, but her story is actually determines by everyone being head over heels for her because she’s pretty. I don’t really know why this counts as “feminist”, but for the media industry apparently it does. I think it’s rather the opposite.

But, god, Yennefer wasn’t the only terrible character. I also hated the way they portrayed what were apparently supposed to be Scoia’tael adjacent Elves in the first episode. Can you imagine Iorveth or Yaevinn make common cause with those planless caricatures? I absolutely love the clearheadedness and ruthlessness of the Scoia’tael in the games. They rebel against human oppression with the decisiveness of people with nothing left to lose. The Elves are portrayed as a mentally somewhat superior race who see themselves as the rightful owners of the land and are absolutely furious at humans using brute force to disinherit them. I love the absolute lack of moral high ground and of “virtuous victimhood”. I love the elitism turned to bitterness. I love the way they frame things like telling Elvish legends as acts of resistance (which is something that has plenty of real-life parallels). I love (since it’s fictional and all) the vicious treatment of human civilians, since, you know, from the Elves’ perspectives there are no civilians among the humans. In the games, you’re clearly made to understand that both the Scoia’tael and their opponents have committed terrible acts, and then, because this is war, you’re expected to pick a side anyway. Which was both easy and fun for me as a huge Elf stan in general, but I love that it’s not supposed to be an easy choice.

So I’m just talking about a short scene in the first or second episode, because that was the only time we see Elves who have Elf-specific problems, but I just hated that scene, because it steps into exactly the tropes that the games avoided. They complain, act irrationally and are portrayed as helpless, morally pure victims who won’t actually do anything that will do more than just slightly inconvenience humans. Toothless! Exactly as Hollywood would like oppressed peoples to be, righteous in their suffering, maybe stealing some bread but that’s all they will do.

Another thing that really bothered me was how unpolished it was. Hahaha! Terrible pun alert. They took everything Polish out of the story, see what I did there? I would have loved to see those houses with the flowers painted on them for example that are based on a real Polish village. What we got was just a bland Medieval(TM) world that could be anywhere and had no discernible features. It also obliterated the charm of the costume design. I found myself longing even for King Henselt’s unbelievably stupid belt because at least it had some character. And the weird and awesome creature design as well. None of it was on the show. Can you imagine that in a million years creatures like the three Crones from TW3 would show up on the show? Of course not, because a female character who won’t give the viewer a boner is obviously not worth showing.

And I don’t even understand how they managed to include Geralt being aware of his outsider status and thinking about it and to somehow make it boring anyway. But I’m really tired of writing and thinking about this now, so this is the end of my rant about like... half the things that annoyed me about the show.

[gayregis]

okay i surprisingly liked and really enjoyed those twn character previews, so let me just say some things i am NOT liking, in order to get my bitterness over with:

i get that they have to establish all of the characters before having them come together... but i’m feeling a lack of dadliness from geralt and a lack of momliness from yennefer as the show depicts them at the moment. i think im just being impatient but i really want to see the sword of destiny and something more shine bright in this and i’m really looking forward to when they cover blood of elves so we can see ciri at kaer morhen and ellander (please her scenes with yennefer are going to rip my heart out). i’m getting a strong sense of who each of these characters are, but i’m not getting an idea of how they all find each other through destiny (besides geralt x yennefer which is a low-hanging fruit to reach imo, i think developing a parental and familial relationship on screen is much more difficult).

in a related manner, i still disagree with the choice to change the brokilon scene in a sword of destiny at all. i think they could have had the same parental moments with freya playing a 14 year-old ciri as ciri at 8-10 years old has in the books with geralt. i dont think any of this being changed is a good idea and we’ll wait to see how they handle it but i just dislike the feeling because the sword of destiny is so magical in how it just demonstrates their characters (ciri being defiant but really just lost, geralt being stern but really just soft). in how geralt immediately is protective of this girl and how ciri immediately accepts this protection and looks to him for guidance. and the waters of brokilon affecting them both and they realize their destiny at once and geralt runs from it... real shit

ok the treatment of cahir has me saying a lot of stuff. but i just want to say the lack of anonymity as The Black Knight of Cintra has me concerned for how they can even give him his later character development, since we have already seen his face. all of that symbolism is out the window right now, it’s gone forever in this series, due to a simple costume mishap.

on the topic of the not nilfgaardians . that armor still sucks and makes no sense as nilfgaard is a rich empire, no armor looks like this (even if you make poorly-made armor, it will not look like that).

some of the costume design for yennefer feels a little tacky and not specific to her as a character, she’s really refined imo and ciri always looked up to her as a lady so i think her wardrobe could reflect this better

not loving jaskier’s ballad due to poor writing and overuse of orchestral accompaniment... make it more poetic (does not have to rhyme, i think the translations from polish not rhyming in english are part of their charm and is annoys me when translators will mess up the original lyrics to force it to rhyme), more metaphorical, more vague and enticing with imagery and beautiful flowery language. and just let joey sing with only his lute and maybe one person accompanying. he IS a singer after all and he had so much potential that netflix just wasn’t willing to showcase.

where is jaskier’s plum bonnet with a heron/egret feather........... his outfit isn’t garishly lilac or green (colors he wears in the voice of reason/edge of the world) but i feel that’s acceptable, as i don’t think he’s important enough of a character to command that much visual attention on screen in the scenes he’s in. what IS bothering me is how he doesn’t have his hat... like cahir’s helmet, jaskier’s hat isn’t just pretty, it’s a symbol of his character

i could complain about how geralt does not have his leather headband, but i’ll hold back

yennefer’s original backstory presents the issue of “disabled person gets better by magic and is NOW PRETTY YAY” which reeks of ableism, so i’m just wary of how they are going to handle this... i think they should focus on how yennefer becomes beautiful with how someone finally is giving her a home and instructing her properly and not abusing the fuck out of her every day, not just like “oh well she doesn’t have her disabilities anymore so shes pretty now :)”

edit: oh yeah also they arent doing a grain of truth, eternal flame, or a little sacrifice, two of which happen to be some of my favorites. so im like. OK . not epic

[murfeelee]

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Sorry I’ve been behind on replies -- I forgot a few times, and was lazy a few other times, so... >_> Yeah. November’s not been kind, so far. U_U

nonsimsical replied to your photoset “Boho WIPs - Pt2 I’ve got whosits and whatsits galore! My schedule is a...”                                                

@murfeelee​ I LOVE YOU!                   

THANKS SO MUCH! *hugs*

alice-and-white-lapin replied to your photoset “Boho WIPs - Pt2 I’ve got whosits and whatsits galore! My schedule is a...”                                                

It seems to be the house of Ragnor Fell of "Shadowhunters":) Lovely ♪

STAAAAHP!!! I was thinking about doing the London house for Ragnor Fell! <3

I’m actually doing the Shadow Market for Malcolm Fade and Barnabas Hale (I ship them, don’t ask me why.)

simblu replied to your photoset “Halloween Oktoberfest! New Nagron Gameplay! MODERN! The scene was...”                                                

happy Halloween to you too! Great party!                   

tangie0906 replied to your photoset “Halloween Oktoberfest! New Nagron Gameplay! MODERN! The scene was...”                                                

They all look like they're having a blast! And I love the costumes. Or maybe those are their regular outfits? LOL Nice work!                    

Thank you~~! :3 Some of their outfits are recycled from older posts I did, yes (Naevia, Nasir, Donar), but with the others I was trying to think of which popular Halloween themes would match best with them. My favorite is Crixus, ngl, I was laughing the entire time.

ktarsims reblogged your video and added:                                                

This is fantastic. ^o^                    

Thank you! I plan on doing more music machinimas; I have two or three planned but I don’t know when I’ll get the time; this semester's been kinda brutal; UNI’s tryna kill me, y’all. U_U

Thanks to everyone who liked the Simblreen/Warlock/Boho-Occult/etc uploads!

acquiresimoleons replied to your post “TS2 to TS3 Warlock CAS Set”                

I LOVE IT

simblu replied to your post “TS2 to TS3 Warlock CAS Set”  

Thanks so much!!                    

mspoodle1 replied to your post “TS2 to TS3 Warlock CAS Set”

Wow! Awesome!                    

ktarsims replied to your post “TS2 to TS3 Warlock CAS Set”

<3                    

ktarsims replied to your post “TS2 to TS3 Warlock CAS Set”                              

I'm gonna install this right away.                   

I apologize if it sucked -- I haven’t bothered making CAS stuff in a while, tbh, and I kinda forgot wtf I was doing for a minute. :P

enchantedunicornhideout replied to your post “Boho-Occult Simblreen!”            

OH WOAH!! Thank you so so so much! :D <3333          

simillama replied to your post “Boho-Occult Simblreen!”        

Awesome! Thank you : )                    

simblu replied to your post “Boho-Occult Simblreen!”

Thank you so much for these treats! Happy Halloween to you too!  

simsloves replied to your post “Boho-Occult Simblreen!”                                    

thanks                    

acquiresimoleons replied to your post “Boho-Occult Simblreen!”

Holy craaaap you're the best,  thank you so much                    

nornities replied to your post “Boho-Occult Simblreen!”

Wow, this is amazing, thank you!                   

dodccfinds reblogged your post and added:                                                

IS SHE KIDDING US WITH THIS SHIT????? WRAP AROUND WALLS FOR SPIRAL STAIRS!!! I Just… Can’t EVEN!!!! … . OMFG!!! TYT TYTYTYTYT TY                    

LOL, I assure you that was one of the laziest conversions I ever did; I really can’t take any credit, but thanks! XD 

white-enamel  replied to your post “TW3 Random Decor Requests”

:D! I need to download it so fast as I can because I'm in love with the unicorn, thanks for do it!!!  :)

alice-and-white-lapin replied to your post “TW3 Random Decor Requests” 

Thank you for the beautiful medieval dress mannequin✿                    

livvielovesims replied to your post “TW3 Random Decor Requests”

I can't stop laughing from the unicorn! Hahahaha! Fantastic job! I swear I tell myself I don't need anymore stuff and then you post something else and I'm like "OOH LOOK, MORE STUFF I NEED!"                    

It’s a sickness I tell you! The only treatment is to cancel your internet service, lol.

aminovas replied to your post “TW3 Random Decor Requests”

love it!!!!                    

curmudgeonness replied to your post “TW3 Random Decor Requests”

Horny whores on a horny horse... what's so pervy about that?                    

Nothing at all, according to Yennefer! :P (Poor Geralt, the man’s whipped.)

Happy Simming, y’all! (*3*)/