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What you will find on this blog
Not really particularly interested in fandom but I need somewhere to talk about my latest hyperfixation, right? Mostly text posts of thoughts I have while I’m playing the games and reading the books. Some pictures of snippets of the books I liked. Probably some reference posts I make more for me than for you. Maybe some Jaskier(Dandelion)/Geralt fics and art.
Extremely comprehensive post of my views (and spoilers!) below cut (updated: 7/14/21 | 12/30/21)
Table of Contents
Do not interact
Pronouns
Currently playing/reading/watching
Previously played/read/watched
My fics
Thoughts on characters:
Main Characters
The Lodge
The Hansa
Ciri's Allies
The Witchers
Other
Villains
Thoughts on pairings
Other blogs
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1 - Do not interact if:
You don't want to
2 - Pronouns
Yeah
3 - Currently
Playing: Gwent, Witcher 2 (Vernon run)
Reading: --
Watching: Witcher s2 (2021), Wiédzmin (2002)
4 - Previously
Played:
The Witcher
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
Read:
The Last Wish / Le dernier voeu
Sword of Destiny / L'épée de la providence
1: Blood of Elves / 1: Le Sang des Elves
2: Time of Contempt
3: Baptism of Fire
4: Tower of the Swallow
5: Lady of the Lake
Season of Storms
Watched:
Netflix's Witcher s1 and s2
Nightmare of the Wolf
5 - My Fics (tumblr) (ao3):
stay (ao3) - geralt patches up dandelion
elixir (ao3) - geralt doesn't want jaskier to see him under his elixir's effects
soothed (ao3) - dandelion watches over wounded geralt
gift (ao3) - dandelion writes a song for geralt
warmth (ao3) - jaskier and geralt cuddle in brokilon
emotions (ao3) - the bard following geralt has questions about witchers' emotions
safety (ao3) - geralt comforts dandelion after a nightmare
grief (ao3) - dandelion watches geralt die
toussaint (ao3) - geralt confesses his feelings after dandelion decides to stay in toussaint
something familiar (ao3) - yennefer is on the run, and she's relieved to see someone she knows: jaskier
You may be thinking "cool, but are we on the same page in terms of opinions?"
6 - Thoughts on characters
7 - Main Characters
Geralt - Very attractive man. His personality is hard to pin down in the games since it's an RPG but in the books and shows it's obvious that while he pretends to be a super neutral, unemotional witcher, he's actually the totally compassionate hero type.
Yennefer - Super hot. A very grating character, however, though I love how distinct and defined her personality is.
Ciri - Possibly the coolest character in the franchise besides Regis. Princess. Victim. Outlaw. Witcher. Bisexual icon. She's so great and multi-faceted and strong, I adore her. Also very very in love with her Witcher 3 appearance. In the show, I think they captured her near-fearlessness and determination very well. She is exceptional.
Dandelion (aka Jaskier) - Real cutie. Usually, I describe him as Geralt's PR guy. Constantly in need of saving. Brings out the light-heartedness in Geralt. My favorite thing about him is how easy it was for him to actually recognize that Geralt is a person, not just a witcher. In the show, he seems to be super in love with Geralt. "Burn Butcher Burn" is a Taylor Swift–level breakup song. It just is.
8 - The Lodge
Triss Merigold - She was kind of nice in Blood of Elves, helping Ciri and all that, but her involvement with the Lodge of Sorceresses and also her repeated, embarrassing attempts at coming onto Geralt kind of ruined my opinion of her.
Phillipa Eilhart - This bitch! She's so presumptuous and rude and entitled. Jesus. Really the physical manifestation of every negative stereotype of sorceresses.
Francesca Findabair - A relatively tolerable sorceress. In the show: Cool, but more emotional than I expected her to be. And fucking brutal. Not a bad thing I guess. She'll be a good leader for the Scoi'atel.
Sheala de Tancarville
Fringilla Vigo
Margarita Laux-Antille
Keira Metz
Sabrina Glevissig
Assire var Anahid
9 - The Hansa
Regis - Regis, my beloved ❤️The vampire that captured my heart ❤️❤️❤️Extremely relieved he is not dead!!! Games are canon, you cannot convince me otherwise
Milva - Very cool, unparalleled badass, I would feel very safe with her around, physically but also emotionally because I feel like she's sarcastic but nice and very loyal.
Cahir - On the one hand, it's kind of creepy he's in love with Ciri. On the other hand, he really has grown on me and he's really talented and presumably hot and he becomes really committed to his hansa. His death hit me hard ☹️. In the show: Poorly cast but I'm interested to see where they go with his character.
Angoulême - Kind of annoying, kind of endearing.
10 - Ciri's Allies
Avallac'h - Probably the least terrible elf, like, the only one who wasn't a total bitch to Ciri, and it's kinda cute he was in love with Lara Dorren and Ciri looks kinda like Lara but he knows she's not. Like all Alder elves, a piece of shit, but less of a piece of shit than the rest of them.
Mistle - Really, really not the best start to a relationship with Ciri, but I'm glad they eventually had a good thing going.
The Rats - Yikes, but at least Ciri has friends and people to keep her safe(ish).
11 - The Witchers
Eskel - In the books: He's a total sweetheart and I love him. In the games: He's a total sweetheart and I love him. In the show: He's kind of a dick and he died too soon. He was Geralt's best childhood friend and they kill him off without building up his character first? Terrible writing.
Lambert - Always a dick but reliable, and I will always have fond memories of dressing up in Triss's clothes with him. He's a jerk to Ciri in the show and books, but he's kind of like an older brother - wants the best for her, but he's mean about it.
Coën - Love how he got along with Ciri :) He's also pretty cool in the show.
Vesemir - He had a good role as a father figure for the witchers. In the show, I don't think he would've tried to make more witchers - he was present for and helped assist the creation of new witchers and knew how awful it was, and I don't think he'd want to repeat it.
Other witchers from the show: Nice addition for the intended purposes (giving more of a community feel to Kaer Morhen, and it made the Witcher guild a little less sad). That final fight scene... They were kind of weak, for witchers, but I'll let it go because they're not Geralt.
12 - Honorable mentions of characters I like
Zoltan Chivay
Yarpen Zigrin
Calanthe
TV Tissaia de Vries
Mousesack/Ermion
13 - Thoughts on villains
Leo Bonhart - Truly, I hate him probably more than I hate Ramsay Bolton. I just wanted him to die but he was too damn powerful. Honestly, there was nothing more satisfying than his death.
Vilgefortz - Book Vilgefortz: What a fucking creep! Yikes!!!! TV Vilgefortz: What a hottie!!! Good god!!!!!
Emhyr var Emreis - Kind of surprised the man has a heart? Insanely creepy he planned to marry and impregnate his own daughter but I'm glad he finally let her go and married fake Cirilla instead and even was very considerate towards fake Cirilla at the end.
Eredin - Also a creep, like most villains, but he's kind of a distant villain so I just don't really have many thoughts on him.
Sigismund Djikstra - He's so smart, and so committed to his principles. I like him a lot, even though he works against the main characters sometimes. He's just a well-designed, distinct character overall.
14 - Thoughts on video game characters (Jan '22)
WIP
Iorveth (2) - Hot but homicidal. 👍
Vernon Roche (2,3) - Hot. 👍
Ves (2,3) - Hot. 👍
Saskia (2) - Good ideals but tried to kill me twice so not sure I can look past that 🤙
Letho (2) - Always what I imagined Bonhart to look like... Gross and evil. 👎
Berengar (1) - Whiny jerk. 👎
Alvin (1) - Geralt isn't ready for kids and also Alvin is annoying. 👎
Radovid V (1,2,3) - Yikes maybe stop killing people and being a genocidal piece of shit? 👎
Yaevinn (1) - Hot but not very helpful 👍
Thaler (1,2,3) - Funny guy, good at his job 👍
Siegfried of Denesle (1) - We're buddies ever since we killed a monster in the sewers of Vizima together. 👍
Shani (1,3) - Stop trying to marry Geralt and adopt children with him!! omg. Y'all work great as friends but he's just not that into you 👍
Skjall (3) - He tried 🤙
an Craites (Cerys, Crach, Hjalmar) (3) 🤙
Gaunter O'Dimm - Evil but an overall fun guy 👍
That one guy from the expansion - Evil but hot 👍
Priscilla - Good as Jaskier's homie 👍
Detlaff - Eventually evil but hot (yes, even in that form) 👍
14 - Thoughts on pairings
Geralt/Yennefer - It's destiny, right? Kinda cute how head-over-heels Geralt is for her, and how he fell in love so quickly. And then she fell so hard for him too. Also, both are so strong-willed that they have a pretty non-traditional dynamic and I think that's interesting.
Geralt/Jaskier(Dandelion) - Opposites attract. This one is my favorite. Cute as hell. Geralt is jaded and cynical except... he's fallen for this cheerful, upbeat bard. Jaskier is interested in fame and amusement and women except... he's fallen for this serious warrior who is shunned by society. If the series hadn't started thirty years ago, before the gay era, you know these two would've been fucking in canon.
Yennefer/Jaskier(Dandelion) - lol jk [Update Jan'22: I cannot believe I'm saying this but under the right circumstances, they are a great pairing. Good friendship (eventually). Good sex, presumably. But no romance.]
Geralt/Triss - I guess this was a thing in Witcher 1 and 2 but I don't really see the chemistry. And I don't like how pushy she was in Blood of Elves.
Geralt/Cahir - Enemies to lovers!!! Enemies to lovers!!!!!!!!!!!
Ciri/Anyone - Headcanon that Ciri is not romantically or sexually interested in anyone beyond occasional curiosity.
15 - Thoughts on Specific Stories
Netflix Show: I don't like a lot of the changes that were made - Jaskier and Geralt's relationship (though the conflict gives it greater narrative value), Yennefer's choice to sacrifice Ciri in s2 (though the choice gave her greater narrative value), etc. But I do think it is adapted pretty well for TV.
Books: My favorites probably (besides Witcher 3), though it was at times frustrating to hear about characters I didn't care about when I just wanted to hear about the ones who did interest me. Favorite parts: "A Little Sacrifice;" Geralt going to the sorcerer party in book 2; almost everything with the hansa, especially with Regis.
Games: Witcher 1 & 2 are good but frustrating to move around in because Geralt is slow and it is not completely open-world. Witcher 3 is one of my all-time favorite games, both the gameplay and the story, and I love the role-playing aspect to it and the details and how choices actually have consequences. The Blood and Wine is probably my favorite because Toussaint and Regis are great.
16 - Other blogs
@actualsoyboy - main blog
@audi-nos-bitch - supernatural blog
@my-hero-lemillion - bnha blog
@foxthefanboi - creation blog (gifs & fics)
@fierathegamer - gaming blog













