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23 notes • Posted 2021-10-23 22:13:18 GMT

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Things I’ve gathered from watching The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf and am now meshing into what I know from playing Witcher 3/ watching the Netflix series.

Spoilers below the cut besties :) and disclaimer that I’m just in my feels and thoughts after watching this! Continue for rambling Witcher nonsense!!

Vesemir is a talkative little shit. This leads me to conclude that Geralt speaks sparsely because of being around his Master so long (you know how sometimes if a parent is quiet the kid grows up to be loud and vice versa). But a few things have rubbed off. The sass. The banter. The way Geralt’s heart is soft and hopeful. The way he pursues the ones he cares for because its the right thing to do. How he fights for love and a happy ending. *sobs*

Is this why Geralt talks to himself/ the monsters so much?? XD is this why he can hardly stand Dandelion sometimes with how much he TALKS?! Because it reminds him of growing up with Vesemir??

Baby Geralt tried to run away from Kaer Mohen because the Trials/ additional experiments stole his hair and he’s UpSeT (rightly so)!!

The animators captured Geralt’s mischevious smirk ~perfectly~

Geralt’s love of bathing post monster hunt is obviously passed down from Vesemir lmao

But like jeez what a literal nightmare for Vesemir- burdened with responsibility and grief and loss and the pressure to be a better man that the ones that raised him. To RAISE better men than even he was.

There’s so much loss and now he has to deal with that and baby Geralt and Eskel and rebuild Kaer Mohen and the enterity of Witcher reputation like holy shit no wonder he’s so tired in Wild Hunt!!

23 notes • Posted 2021-08-30 02:18:37 GMT

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Nothing saves on water bills like writers scrambling out of hot showers to frantically record all the WIP ideas before the watery curse of our creativity slides down the drain of our minds.

24 notes • Posted 2021-10-28 21:49:43 GMT

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Thinking about Din and how he'd be really into marking you in visible places like your neck so everyone knows that you're his and that he only takes the helmet off for you. And when you're out you can feel his gaze on you- the helmet tilted down just far enough that you know he's staring at his marks behind the visor.

Maybe he leans into you, gloves brushing over a mark while he says "This one's getting too faded. How will everyone know that you're mine unless I show them ?" Inhales deeply

40 notes • Posted 2021-10-18 18:11:36 GMT

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I love one (1) S H I N Y tin can glitter Man(do)

My first digital artwork of him :)

118 notes • Posted 2021-06-23 05:09:35 GMT

Okay so for the first... I don't read fic.

I know, it's crazy, right? I don't think I've read fic on Ao3 in like... 8 or 9 years. About five years ago, I went on there because I wanted to read Loki fanfic. I used every filter I could think of, and I still only found really shitty fic. So, no thank you. I post there now, but I haven't read anything in years.

I don't read fic here, either. I sometimes throw a glance, and there are a few ones I've read and reblogged, but for the most part, I don't read it. The main reason is that I'm really scared of accidentally plagiarizing something. I mean, we all write the same ideas sooner or later, but I'm just so worried I'll reuse something very specific - by accident, of course! I would never knowingly steal from anyone!

Another reason is that I already spend so much of my life staring at screens. Eight hours a day working, then several hours after that writing, or consuming other kinds of media. If I'd start doing my reading from a screen as well, I think my head would explode.

Then there's the whole issue with getting lost in a fanfic dream world. I've lived in those before, and it wasn't good for my mental health. If I were to both write and read, I'd get lost again. I love writing more than reading, so I stick to that.

I sometimes think I should just get my shit together and read more of what my mutuals write. I want to support them like they support me! And sometimes I do get over myself and read something, but it's very rarely. It's nothing personal, it's never personal. I guess I'm just not that into reading fic?

As for the second question... So, I've written (and published, and defended) a PhD dissertation. And this advice I give both doctoral students and fic writers:

Ask yourself: Do I want to write? If the answer is No, well, then don't. But also don't bitch and moan about it. (Maybe the next question you should ask yourself is why do you feel like you have to write?) If the answer is Yes, then sit down and write. Do you have writer's block? Well, boo hoo, guess what, the only cure to that is writing. Write any old bollocks. Maybe you stare at the empty document for hours on end, maybe not. Just write something. You can always delete it tomorrow, or maybe it's salvageable, and you can edit it? No part of staring at that document is wasted. Your brain is working all the time. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Let it take the time it needs. (Unless you have a deadline. Then you just need to sit the fuck down and write.)

(Of course mental health and Life should be taken into consideration. If there's Other Shit going on, give yourself a break, especially if you're a fic writer and don't get paid to write. Your health is the most important thing.)

This works for me, mostly. Even this past week, when I've been absolutely gutted with exhaustion after work every day, I've opened at least one document, read the last paragraph or page, and edited something, or written a couple more sentenced, then closed the document. Do I want to write more? Of course, but I'm too tired. Rest comes first. There will be other times when I'm not too tired.