Alliey

And like, some of them are barely even the same songs anymore- verses got added and changed and lost over the years, somebody added a The Moral of This Story Is verse to “Toss a Coin” like a century after Jaskier wrote it and to the horror of everyone involved, it stuck, the second verse of “Her Sweet Kiss” got lost to time aside from the first line, so everybody knows it’s supposed to be there but nobody knows what it was-

The academic debates surrounding these songs are furious and intense. People kinda know who Jaskier was, in the sense of “we know there was a bard, at about this time, named Jaskier. We know when he was born, he flits in and out of the historical record for close to a century, and we can attribute these seven songs to him.” But then you’ve got the people saying “these songs are autobiographical and we can work out the details of his life from them” vs. camp “he was clearly just making shit up,” you’ve got Shakespeare-style authorship debates (”these other ten songs were also his!” “this song is weird and bad so clearly he didn’t write it!” “this song is weird and bad and that’s probably because it’s the earliest song we have from him!” “Jaskier didn’t write his own music!”), you’ve got some historians who study witchers very politely asking if they can play with the songs for a minute-

So. Many. Theses. Have been written about “Her Sweet Kiss,” with subjects ranging from “how many people is this song about, actually? Two? three? four?” to “who were these people to each other” to “can we pin down specific historical figures for these people” 

Meanwhile Jaskier’s a super obscure indie musician who occasionally tweets things like “The subject of whether or not I am gay is the subject of much scholarly debate. This isn’t just invasive, it’s stupid, if you’ve heard any of my songs you know I’m bi” and has REALLY STRONG OPINIONS on what those obscure, seven-century old ballads are about.

Yennefer, on her last shred of patience, offers to help artificially age a manuscript for him; an idea coalesces.

When the five thousand page autobiographical tome titled Jaskier, The Greatest Troubedor of All Time is discovered at an archeological dig the scholarly world loses its collective shit. Reading like a FAQ, historians marvel at the oddly detailed account of his life. Mucisians are awed by the collection of songs he wrote; the seven or so that are officially attributed to him, sure, but there’s also the five hundred others that have seeped into the collective consciousness that now have a history and a home. The discovery is heralded by all as one of the most important of the century, perhaps even of the modern world.

Mystical Woodland Animal Art Prints by RivuletPaperShop

character posters: adam parrish, the raven cycle

↳ requested by @adamparrishes

“How fragile they were, how easily abandoned and neglected and beaten and hated. Prey animals were born afraid.”

What You’ll Need

A mug

Milk

Vanilla extract

Honey

A tablespoon

Steps

Pour the milk into the mug and pop it into the microwave. I usually do mine for 1m 30s but it really depends on how hot you want it/how much milk there is

Once that’s done, put a drop of vanilla extract in (This stuff is strong so I really suggest being careful not to put to much)

Pour the honey into your spoon and then drizzle it into your milk slowly. Focus your intent as you do so

Once it’s all in, combine everything by stirring clockwise until the honey has dissolved