#f: a hansa’s a hansa

[hanzajesthanza]

a lot of the “haha geralt is so annoyed by his friends!!” talk reduces the relationship of geralt & co. to the events of baptism of fire—baptism of fire geralt is very enjoyable to read, but lady of the lake geralt is the final evolution of a beautiful development of character. we really ought to talk more often about how his relationship with his company developed over the next two books and how by the end of it, he felt entirely responsible for their fates.

it can’t really be said that the hanza didn’t mean a lot to geralt and he would have chosen ciri & yen over them no problem. by the end of it he really valued their friendship and company. he literally identified himself as their leader, embraced his role as their leader. only with their company, he was finally able to fully ascended to what he is at heart and who he was meant to be, what his character was created to be: a hero.

he never liked to play sacrificial games. the entire reason he shunned (the majority of) the company (sorry cahir, he took extra issue with you) was that it was too dangerous of an undertaking, and he did not want to risk the lives of anyone else for his personal matters, sticking their necks out for him. it wasn’t just because he’s an old grump and sourpuss—he literally tells this to dandelion and milva multiple times, that he doesn’t want them dying because of him.

he decided against anything that would have put milva in danger when she was pregnant, refusing to risk her life or her unborn child’s life—remaining adamant that he would not sacrifice her child’s life for his own. and similarly when codringher presented him the hypothetical of pawning a decoy girl off on emhyr, he was disgusted at the thought of trampling the life of some innocent girl for the safety of his own.

virtuous to a fault, geralt abhors stepping on another to lift himself up. he won’t even kill innocent creatures to make a quick buck—they have to be real dangers—which, of course, makes him not only poorer and hungrier, but fighting, you guessed it, more dangers. this makes geralt unlike many of the other characters we’re presented with, who, even though they may not want to, agree to make sacrifices for their personal interests or the greater good (though, what’s the difference—the lodge and emhyr called their personal interests the greater good. that’s a big point of how the decisions of those in power is deconstructed in the saga).

i don’t think geralt would have sacrificed his company, given a choice.

but he did choose, of course, despite not being given a choice. it was a necessary sacrifice, though geralt, being the man he is, would never have made such a choice given the option (like the trolley problem—he’s impossible, he would continue to insist that neither of these choices are good and he doesn’t want to choose). i don’t want to kill either shrike or stregobor, i don’t want to take a side in the war, i don’t want to ride to cintra and claim my destiny. the whole saga is about how no matter if you decide to choose or not to choose, destiny still makes you choose. even if you think you can deny and avoid the choice. and after such denial, it stops asking you nicely. death dogs his footsteps, but death couldn’t catch up with him (for a while, at least), so it had to settle for others… the hanza are another, perhaps a final, manifestation of this lesson—calanthe and cintra being the first victims.

he and cahir dragged milva’s dead and bleeding body to safety, risking their own lives in the hail of arrows which rose again once she had fallen. his noble and virtuous heart still looked for cahir and angoulême in the corridor after the fighting had ceased, waiting for them to come out of the empty hall, before ciri shook her head to tell him no one would be coming down it. his scream rung in the air with regis’ as regis was being torn apart. and he, in pain and exhausted, remembered him, to yennefer when she asked, as a friend, and managed to utter some beautifully kind words in his memory.

i don’t think someone like geralt (feeling responsible for deaths of innocents whether they’re even his fault or not) would ever truly get over the loss of his company. after having, with ciri, buried them, by the foot of stygga castle, having to drag the bodies out one by one, close their glassy eyes, mound the wet and cold earth over them. and regretfully glance back at the melted stone column he cannot bury. he was woefully dreary after stygga, and kept returning to their memory as they retraced their steps into the sansretour valley. reminding himself about the sword of destiny with two edges… and again at rivia mourning them with the dwarven company.

we can at least sigh with relief that destiny allowed him to keep dandelion. it had to, because he is just, after all “like a burr on a dog’s tail”—destiny did not quite manage to slip its noose around his neck, for he did not touch destiny, but instead tagged alongside it. (plus, the cameraman never dies). if dandelion died, it would have broken geralt well and truly. it was the longest and deepest connection he ever had. the same goes for the reverse, of course 😬

#the witcher books #the elbow-high diaries #c: geralt #f: a hansa’s a hansa #kind of a stream of consciousness thing 🫠 not really coherent but just some thoughts #analysis #book: lady of the lake

[meanpersonaart]

While I'm here and talking about Hansa and Witcher and Stygga - I can't FORGIVE the english translators who translated Regis' HIS OWN FIRST ALMOST-SERIOUS SWEARWORD (not quoting Angouleme) in the whole f-king saga in a way so it wasn't a swearword in english anymore.

So when Regis comes back to Geralt and team during battle in Stygga, in english, he says something like "I feel such power I feel like I can blow the castle into smithereens" but in Polish he is says (not the exact quote, I don't have the books beside me) "Czuję, że mógłbym ten zamek rozpieprzyć". And the word "rozpieprzyć" is a lesser type swearword something like "fuck up" but more like "f-up", but you can't really say it to people in public if you want to look like a cultural and nice person. It's like the first instance when he says it on his own, under his own emotions and It's so funny and weird, that Geralt's "Hey Regis, chill" is even more understandable. Geralt's thought process must be like "I saw him hurt people, but he never swore before, It's getting serious".

#hes like me forreal #i never swore when I was around my friends (nobody swore in my home) so when it happened it hit them like atomic bomb #the power of underusing swearwords in media is so funny #the witcher #emiel regis #meanpersonaart

[diabolus1exmachina]

Borgward Isabella Coupé 

Has any automaker gone from oblivion to success and back again as quickly as Borgward? Mention the name today, and you're likely to get blank stares, or questions along the lines of "Borgward? Who made those?" It's hard to imagine any European posing that sort of question in 1955, when Borgward had risen from the post-war rubble to outsell all other German automakers but Volkswagen, or 1958, when the Bremen firm very nearly nipped Porsche for the German sports-car championship. And yet, by 1962, the company was gone, the victim of a tragic and avoidable series of circumstances.

The Isabella was a bull's-eye in the mid-priced sedan market segment. Volkswagens were less expensive, but smaller and less powerful. Mercedes-Benz's 180 sedan had the sophistication of an overhead cam, but no greater top speed, and cost 30 percent more than the Isabella's list price of 7,265 Deutsche Marks. Opel's Olympia Rekord couldn't touch its top speed, or its all-coil-sprung suspension; and BMW had nothing between the fantastically expensive "Baroque Angel" 501 and the Isetta-based 600 microcar. On top of it all, the press loved the car. By the end of 1954, more than 10,000 Isabellas had rolled out the factory gates.

The Isabella had thoroughly up-to-date underpinnings, with a coil spring at each corner, swing axles in the rear and A-arms up front. The engine, a pushrod four designed by Karl Ludwig Brandt, wrung 75hp from its 1,493cc, with its relatively high 8.2:1 compression ratio and good breathing. The intake manifold was entirely enclosed atop the engine, making for a tidy design that could have been mistaken for an OHC. So sound was the engine that, developed for racing, it powered Cooper-Borgwards to many Formula 2 victories in the Fifties. The Borgward RS, or Rennsport, became Porsche's nemesis in the hands of drivers like Stirling Moss, Jo Bonnier and Hans Herrmann.

If the Isabella had a flaw, it was that its development had been limited, and early cars suffered from weak engine bearings and front-end components. Competitors started a whispering campaign about "die Traumfrau mit der schmutzigen Unterwäsche," or "the dream girl with the dirty underwear," but Borgward, unfazed, worked with its suppliers to iron out the bugs, and no real harm was done to the model's reputation.

Just as with the Hansa 1500, new models were quickly spun off the Isabella. In 1955, Borgward launched convertible and station wagon versions, as well as a hot TS ("Touring Sport") model with a two-barrel carburetor that could top 90 MPH, leaving Porsche 1300s behind. As the decade wore on, new designs from its competitors and a softening economic situation led to declining sales, prompting Carl F. W. to add the most glamorous model yet to the Isabella lineup: the Coupé.

#Borgward Isabella Coupé #Volkswagen #BMW #Porsche

[likeapear]

Poetry Inspo: Dandelion Masterlist

"Split the lark and you'll find the music..." by Emily Dickinson

"A train went through a burial gate..." by Emily Dickinson

"i think i met you in a different..." by wilder

"B U T T E R F L Y" by wilder

"you tell me that..." by Najwa Zebian

"I am a fleeting thing..." by Chloe Frayne

"I want to tell you this in a way..." by Chloe Frayne

For Him I Sing by Walt Whitman

Excerpts from "To You" by Walt Whitman

"The Pallid Wreath" by Walt Whitman

"Trickle Drops" by Walt Whitman

Other Masterlists:

Poetry Inspo: Geralt Masterlist

Poetry Inspo: Cirilla Masterlist

Poetry Inspo: Yennefer Masterlist

Poetry Inspo: the Hansa Masterlist

#poetry inspo #dandelion witcher #masterlist

[catadioptrics]

“Rules”: repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. If you fail to achieve some of the facts, feel free to add some other of your own! When you’re done, tag 15 other people to do the same!

tagged by: I’m just doing it to complete the squad tagging: Feel free to steal

B A S I C S

Name: Kuroko Kaminaga Age: 21 / 15 during Platinum Birthdate: January 1 Species: Human Gender: Cis female Orientation: Biromantic bisexual Profession: Engineering student, coordinator, mechanic (as a hobby)

P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S

Hair: Straight dark brown hair reaching her back with long bangs. Sometimes tied in a braid when she needs to keep it in place. Eyes: Mint green, naturally half-lidded which makes her look somewhat grumpy (not helped by the fact that she usually is grumpy). Skin: Olive, perfectly smooth because her skincare routine is flawless. Height: 1,75m / 5′9″. Weight: 63kg / 138lbs. Decently athletic but overall pretty thin.

F A M I L Y

Siblings: Daigo Kaminaga (25, older brother), Itsuki Kaminaga (22, older brother) Parents: Jun Kaminaga (father, psychiatrist), Hansa Hosuwan (mother, surgeon) Grandparents: Paternal grandparents are both deceased, maternal grandparents don’t live in Sinnoh Other Relatives: None that are particularly notable Any Pets? Aside from the Pokémon on her team, she keeps around a Magnemite she trained to act as a roomba

S K I L L S

Pokémon training, architecture, photography, repairing machines, performing in contests (and also latent aura sensitivity that doesn’t actually do anything)

T R A I T S

STRENGTHS. Self-assured, precise, resourceful, open-minded, creative WEAKNESSES. Standoffish, prideful, scheming, bitter, perfectionistic

L I K E S

Colors: Green, white, orange, purple Smells: Freshly made coffee, rain, floral perfume, hand sanitizer Textures: Wool, stress balls, hard candies, autumn leaves Drinks: Coffee, energy drinks, berry juice, milk

O T H E R D E T A I L S

Smokes?: No Drugs: No Driver License: No Ever Been Arrested?: No, but she might for killing the competition

#dash game #npc: kuroko #she didn't actually have a defined birthday yet #so i have decided that it is #today

[plushav]

brands [A-O]

[A, B, C]

amuse • antics • apricot lamb • ark toys • aurora • avocatt

b.toys • banpresto • bearington bears • bellzi • bleu bleuet • blue nose friends • bocchetta • bonpoint • build-a-bear • bukowski • bunnies by the bay

charlie bears • colorata • corimori • cornelissen • craftholic • cuddle barn • cuddly

[D, E, F]

deglingos • demdaco • dollibu • douglas

ebba

fao schwarz • felissimo • fiesta toys • fluffnest • furrybones

[G, H, I]

ganz • gelato pique • giant microbes • gund

H&M • hachunui • hallmark • hansa • heinrich bauer • hermann • heunec • histoire d'ours • honeymaru

ikea • item label

[J, K, L]

jellycat

keel toys • kidrobot • kimchi kawaii • kohl's • korimco • kosen

Lambs & Ivy • line friends • living nature • love hearts • love journey

[M, N, O]

manhattan toy • mary meyer • me to you • melissa & doug • miniso • moosh moosh

nana huchy • naver • nici • nihon auto toy • noodoll

o.b.designs • object • onesterrace • orange toys

[P, Z]

#tags

[usafphantom2]

Super Hornet conducts ski-jump launch tests in India

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/01/2022 - 12:00 PM in Military

The Indian Navy is looking for a new fighter for its aircraft carriers. With the Dassault Rafale M and the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, two types are in the final selection. The latter is currently having to prove in Goa that he can handle ski-jumps, a crucial requirement.

Since 2013, the Indian Navy has had its own aircraft carrier, the 283-meter "Vikramaditya", which was acquired by Russia. Soon, this will be complemented by the aircraft carrier "Vikrant", which is widely built by India itself. The new aircraft carrier, which is about 250 meters long, is currently being tested. The "Vishal" is the third planned aircraft carrier of the same class as the Vikrant that should be developed in the future.

The aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

What unites the three ships is the construction of the deck that is designed according to the "Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery" principle (STOBAR). Conveyor aircraft do not start, as in U.S. aircraft carriers, with the help of a catapult - but through a ramp on the bow of the ship, or ski-jump. Braking at landing is conventionally done with safety cables.

MiG-29K on board the INS Vikramaditya.

With the MiG-29K purchased from Russia, the Indian Navy has a fighter model that can handle STOBAR decks very well. But in the past, MiGs have stood out mainly with their low operational readiness. Several planes were even lost in accidents. This led the Indian government to look for a Western counterpart. The focus is now on the Dassault Rafale M from France and the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet from the USA. According to reports, there are about 26 aircraft that India wants to acquire. But only one type of jet will be chosen.

Super Hornet tests with ski-jump on Patuxent River.

The most important prerequisite for the victory of both candidates is proof that they are suitable for the STOBAR procedure. Boeing risked the first ramp takeoff with the Super Hornet in the fall of 2020 on Patuxent River (Maryland). Dassault brought Rafale M to India in late January 2022 to demonstrate the STOBAR capabilities of live hunting to Indian decision makers. Now, the U.S. competitor is in India, when last week two F/A-18E borrowed from the Navy began testing under the strict observation of Indian authorities, at the ground testing facilities (SBTF) at INS Hansa in Goa and will last more than a week.

Arrival of the two Super Hornets fighters in India.

In the next tests, the Super Hornets should take off in ski-jump tests, initially without payload and then with two Harpoon inert missiles under the wings. At the same time, Boeing wants to use discussions and comparisons to explain to Indians why the U.S. product would be a better choice for the Indian Navy than the Rafale M.

Although the choice of the Rafale may seem the most advantageous, as it was also bought by the Indian Air Force, rumors say that the Super Hornet is at the top thanks to the less space it needs to park. Compared to the F/A-18, the Rafale does not have the ability to bend its wings.

According to the North American manufacturer, the F/A-18E can also carry more weapons than its French competitor. Another positive point is interoperability with other American equipment that India owns or has ordered - such as the Boeing P-8I Neptune or the Sikorsky MH-60 Romeo. In addition, the two-seater F/A-18F should also be suitable for ramp launches and aircraft carrier missions, while France uses only its ground-based two-seater Rafale B with the French Air and Space Force. The talks should also include the participation of the Indian arms industry in the project.

According to its manufacturers, the Super Hornet engine has a thrust of 97.9kN against Rafale's 70kN (values for a single post-combustor engine). The F414 engine will also be installed on India's next LCA MK-2 fighter. However, as history has shown, political considerations and the reliability of defense partners can make or break Indian defense agreements.

Boeing had also previously offered the opportunity to manufacture Super Hornets in India, if its aircraft were chosen.

Tags: Military AviationboeingF/A-18E/F Super HornetIndian Navy

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in a specialized aviation magazine in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation

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[desperately0seeking]

18.07.2022

THE EUROPEAN CANON IS HERE

Monday was devoted to a masturbatory journey visiting sights relating to subjects that wholly consumed my interest from age 15 to 16: Christiane F. and David Bowie’s Berlin period. My obsession with the former, a film based on the life of a teenage Heroin addict Christiane Felscherinow, was so severe that my dependence on watching the film every week was akin to the eponymous character’s dependence on her kit. At one point my phone background, laptop screensaver, Facebook profile and Facebook cover photos were all screenshots from the 1981 film. I revisited the movie before arriving in Berlin and while it is still deliciously dolorous viewing I found my teenage infatuation for heroin chic and unhealthy looking people had died off a little and the film now seems a little silly in parts. Nevertheless, I would be dedicating time in the capital retracing Christiane's ghostly, subdued footsteps.  

Berlin Zoologischer Garten Railway Station is the centrepiece of the film and the state of it in the 70s and 80s is depicted verbatim. The station, while in West Berlin, was owned by the GDR who purposely let it fall to disrepute via little policing and maintenance. As a result the station became notorious and was a metonym for drugs and sex work in Berlin. The Children of Zoo Station, as Felscherinow called them, dawdled around the platforms, thoroughfares and toilets of the station balancing a life of sex work and subconsciousness. While now cleaner and denuded of the Children, the station's infrastructure remains as it was in the film and I was able to find parts of the station from the film, as well as other filming locations whereby I’d spent so much time already in my teens (via my laptop screen and Google Streetview): Europa Centre, the building with the spinning Benz logo where the kids watch the sunrise (this exact spot is also used in one of my fave scenes in Wings of Desire) (public access to rooftop longer allowed, however); Sound Disco, now gone but the thoroughfare seen in the film is still there; Kurfürstendamm U-Bahn Station, where Christiane and Kassi are spotted by Kassi's mum on the way home from Sound. Felscherinow is still alive today and continues to battle addiction, and she is said to sometimes walk her dogs near the station. 

According to her autobiography from which the film is based, Felscherinow first tried H at a Berlin David Bowie concert - taking us to the second obsession of mine. Bowie moved to Berlin 1977. Allegedly he was moving (from LA) to escape various problems with his life at that point including rack addiction, celebrity exhaustion, and a bitter marriage. He put an ad in a London paper for a professional assistant and found Coco Schwab, a 30 year old New Yorker, who became his personal assistant supporting all facets of Bowie's life. It was Schwab who found Bowie, and room mate Iggy pop, their place on Hauptstraße, Schöneberg in West Berlin & it was in Berlin where Bowie released my two fave albums of his: Low and Heroes. The city, while allowing Bowie and Iggy Pop to clean up a little, drenched them both (The Idiot by Iggy Pop also from this period) with influences ranging from Krautrock to the impact of a divided city. I walked along what is left of the wall that brooded over the area during that period, conveniently the section that lays next to Hansa Studios where the aforementioned albums were recorded. The studio is still in use today and while they don't allow visitors inside it was alluring to see the close proximity the building stood to Death Strip. I then walked through to Potsdamer Platz, a location that was nothing but a field of gravel and weed in his day, now a large shopping centre complex with a station, a fact lamented by him in Where Are We Now?. There is now a plaque at the Schöneberg apartment denoting when Bowie lived there, and since then someone has painted a stencil underneath. I hated this as the stencil is of Ziggy Stardust era Bowie (lighting bolt down the face), a version of Bowie totally incongruous with Berlin era Bowie, and I was glad to see CLIT, a Berlin writer, had capped this. Last stop was Paris Bar, a French Restaurant where Iggy and Bowie spent many long hours, for a martini. 

Bowie, Iggy and Romy Haag, DBs girlfriend at the time, at Paris Bar.

This bar, while not likely frequented by Chrsitane Felscherinow in the 70s, is just down the road from Zoo Station. Bowie is featured in the film as Christiane goes to his show (the concert footage was actually taken from an ACDC concert) where he sings Station To Station, and the soundtrack is compiled of various Bowie songs (composite of Thin White Duke & Berlin Bowie tracks). Felscherinow was besotted with Bowie but sadly wasn't able to meet him during the shooting as his parts were filmed in NYC. On the day of the film’s Berlin release she was picked up in a limo to be taken to the premier and when the chauffeur opened the door inside waiting on the seat next to her was David Bowie. <3

[rabbitcoolcars]

1957 Borgward Isabella Coupe Cabriolet

Carl F. W. Borgward was a hands-on automotive innovator from 1920 forward, but oddly, no cars bore the Borgward name until 1939, when the Hansa 2000 was renamed the Borgward 2000. Borgward started from scratch twice – once in the 1920s, and again after WWII, and was seen as the financier, engineer, designer, factory manager, and salesman!

Rebuilding after the war, the Borgward portfolio included Hansa, Lloyd, Goliath, and Borgward, and collectively accounted for a number of German automotive firsts, such as slab-sided styling, consumer gas fuel injection, air-suspension, automatic transmissions, and construction methods. Not politically savvy, Borgward’s run-ins with members of the Bremen Senate eventually led to one of Germany’s most spectacular and notorious bankruptcies, apparently for no good reason, in the early 1960s. At one time, it was Germany’s second largest auto producer, and competed well with Mercedes-Benz and Opel, and was larger than Alfa, BMW, Saab, and Volvo.

Production of the Borgward Isabella started in 1954. The Isabella soon became the most popular model and remained in production for the life of the company. Borgward went into bankruptcy in 1961.

#1957 Borgward Isabella Coupe Cabriolet

[wo-meinherz-zuhause-ist]

The northeastern part of Town Hall square ...image is by xoamys.com

Places to eat and drink whilst in Tallinn, Estonia [the list and descriptions are by weareglobaltravellers.com]

Olde Hansa – Probably the most popular restaurant and features on most blogs about Tallinn, but for good reason. The place has a real medieval atmosphere with rustic food and huge portions, local ale is served in clay mugs and the only light comes from the candles on the tables and around the hall. We only went for lunch but saw a few people getting the medieval feast which consisted of around 20 different sharing dishes and looked absolutely delicious!

Peppersack – Go for the sword fights, stay for the food! Sword fights are every evening at 8pm, we’d already eaten when we arrived so just had drinks but seriously regretted it as everything looked and smelt amazing.

Secret Garden Club – This restaurant/bar/club sticks out from the rest of the city as it is very modern and sleek, the food is a mix of traditional and modern. I opted for soup in a bread bowl which was fantastic.

Draakon – An authentic medieval pub, staff are in character, feels a bit like you are in a cosy cave, they have a very small traditional menu and I very much doubt they take card payments.

Beer house – Everywhere we go we always seem to end up in a German beer house! This place did not disappoint with live music, dancing, beer tasting and great sausages!

Labor – A very strange little bar we stumbled across where all drinks are served in test tubes, good for something a bit different and a bit of a boogie at the end of a night.

The Oak House Cigar Lounge – I have no idea how we ended up here! But my partner loved it. Hundreds of different types of cigars and whiskey (don’t worry they do wine too) in a small lounge with a members club feel.

Epic coffee – Located in the old town with all the herbal blends and nut milks. They do matcha too!

The times we had lookout over Tallin – Pop ‘Kohtuotsa viewing platform’ into your Google Maps

Telliskivi creative city 

F-Honne restaurant in Telliskivi – Order the Pumpkin and chickpea falafel with rocket-quinoa salad and cashew cream (G,L,V)

They had mulled wine everywhere!

Coffee / lunch at one of the main restaurants in the Town Hall Square (the main square pictured below with all the pretty coloured buildings)

#tallinn #estonia guide

[mandyjane-lifedesign]

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[hanzajesthanza]

since i had to film a short part of this video in a forest at dusk (you’ll see) i got bitten by mosquitoes while i was out there and am just now remembering it as the bites are starting to show.

but now i’m thinking about the company of fish soup riding through the marshy jaruga riverside, for whom mosquitos were also a problem…

and how annoyed they must have been.

how geralt would hiss in annoyance, still not quite accustomed to it from his month’s stay in brokilon, while dandelion must have moaned and complained in excess.

while milva begrudgingly swats, but just sighs (as a forest hunter, she’s used to it).

and cahir, internally despising the flies, but wanting to look mature to try to gain geralt’s respect, so biting his tongue to keep from whinging about these stupid northern flies of the yarra.

#f: a hansa’s a hansa #the witcher books #the elbow-high diaries

[astaldis]

Hot Hooch, Hot Hansa

@cake-shop-rarepair-bingo​

Prompts: Spin the bottle, First kiss

Challenge: Write a ship tag with four or more participants, Let’s heat things up

Chapter: 2/2 of “A Night to Remember”

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, Multi

Fandoms: The Witcher

Relationships: Angoulême & Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach & Emiel Regis & Geralt of Rivia & Jaskier & Milva, Maria Barring | Milva/Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach

Summary: It's Litha, the longest day of the year, and Geralt is throwing a garden party at his newly acquired estate, Corvo Bianco, the old vineyard in the Sansretour Valley. Milva cannot dance, but Cahir is a good teacher. The delicious wine and Jaskier's newest song also help. And then there are Angoulême's Hansa Games ... (Post-Canon AU)

Angoulême leads Milva and Cahir past the bonfire and towards a more secluded part of the garden. Geralt, Jaskier and Regis are already sitting in a semi-circle on the ground inside a bower overgrown with richly blooming honeysuckle and lit by colourful lanterns.

"Sit!" Angoulême orders. "And let the Hansa Games begin!" She produces an empty wine bottle from the low table standing behind her and flops down between Milva and Geralt. "It's easy. We spin the bottle. Whoever its tip is pointing to when it stops spinning must kiss the person at the rear end of the bottle."

"What?" Geralt and Cahir, who happen to sit opposite each other, exclaim in unison.

"I'd propose a little variation," Regis says quickly, "it appears a bit repetitive that the same people have to kiss every each time the bottle points at them. Why don't we—"

"I wasn't finished," Angoulême interrupts the higher vampire. "There're more rules, of course. Or why do you think I had you bring the hooch, n'uncle? If you don't want to kiss," she elaborates, "both of you drink a shot. Next time you take off a piece of clothing. Third time you'll have to kiss, no excuses. And whenever the bottle does not point at somebody but somewhere in between, you'll have to jump up and exchange places. Whoever sits down last, has to kiss the person to their left. Got it? Oh, and I almost forgot. If you're not done within ten seconds, you'll have to tongue kiss." She smirks mischievously at her friends, the legendary Hansa.

"And why again are we doing this?" Geralt asks, still not happy with the rules even though, to his great relief, he might be anble to get around having to kiss Cahir.

"It's my birthday!"

"No, it's not Angoulême. You said your sixteenth birthday was back in October, remember? When I didn't want to let you drink a glass of beer back at that pub in Beauclair."

"Guess I lied?" Angoulême shrugs her shoulders, grinning at the White Wolf. "Now shut up, company. The game is on!" She spins the bottle. It turns and turns, then slows down. Finally it comes to a halt. Of course, the bottle's tip is pointing at the Witcher and its rear end at Cahir, how could it be otherwise.

"Shot!" both Geralt and Cahir demand in unison. Angoulême passes each of them a glass from the table. They down the hooch with a grimace. It is damnably hot and feels like you could spit fire from just drinking a single swallow of it. Their eyes well up with tears and they gasp for air.

"Fuck, did you make this, Regis?" Geralt asks when he has recovered his breath.

"Guilty," the barber-surgeon-vampire says with a chuckle. "It's called Dragon breath, distilled from wheat dosed with a special hybrid of Capsicum frutescens and Capsicum dragensis. It's said to be the hottest chili pepper on the continent. Nevertheless, I found it rather mediocre when I tried a few fruits, just a little prickle on my tongue. Could be a vampire thing, though."

"Definitely a vampire thing," Cahir agrees, still panting for breath, his face flushed from the hot drink. "Feels like it's burned holes in my tongue."

"Hell, yes. Mine, too," Geralt affirms, his face only marginally less flushed.

"Don't whine, you could've kissed," Angoulême says with a mischievous smirk. "Geralt, your turn to spin the bottle!" she then urges. The Witcher grasps the bottle and gives it a try. It stops, pointing at the in-between. As fast as they can, they all jump up and change places.

"Geralt, you're last!" Angoulême cackles when the Witcher is still standing pondering where best to sit while everybody else has already flopped down on the ground. Fuck. Who's the person to his left? Jaskier. He'd have to kiss Jaskier. Maybe not as bad as Cahir, but still ...

Continue reading on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47960446/chapters/121017691

#the hansa #the witcher rarepair #the witcher fanfiction #cake shop rarepair bingo #milva barring #cahir mawr dyffryn aep ceallach #emiel regis #jaskier #angoulême #geralt of rivia #cahir x milva #kissing #spin the bottle #hot #post-canon #alternate universe #everybody lives/nobody dies

[hello-2-fun-tv-love-blog]

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[thebothsidenews]

#SuperHornet #FIA2022

[catadioptrics]

“Rules”: repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. If you fail to achieve some of the facts, feel free to add some other of your own! When you’re done, tag 15 other people to do the same!

tagged by: Just doing it to mess around this time tagging: Feel free to steal

B A S I C S

Name: Daigo Kaminaga Age: 25 / 19 during Platinum Birthdate: September 24 Species: Human Gender: Trans male Orientation: Homoromantic demisexual Profession: Painter, coordinator, Pokémon daycare assistant (on the weekends)

P H Y S I C A L A S P E C T S

Hair: Strawberry blonde with streaks in red and pink, reaching down to his chin. Very fluffy. Naturally dark brown, but he bleaches it. Eyes: Pinkish red, usually half-lidded which makes him look either stern or sleepy depending on the context. Naturally bright green, he wears contacts. Skin: Olive, with few scars and blemishes. Usually seen with paint stains on his face from getting distracted at work. Height: 1,83m / 6′0″. Weight: 70kg / 154lbs. Thin and lanky because he tends to forget to eat when he gets inspired.

F A M I L Y

Siblings: Itsuki Kaminaga (22, younger brother), Kuroko Kaminaga (21, younger sister) Parents: Jun Kaminaga (father, psychiatrist), Hansa Hosuwan (mother, surgeon) Grandparents: Paternal grandparents are both deceased, maternal grandparents don’t live in Sinnoh Other Relatives: None that are particularly notable Any Pets? Aside from the Pokémon on his team, he raises a group of Combee on his backyard so they can help with gardening.

S K I L L S

Pokémon training, painting, sculpting, gardening, performing in contests (and also latent aura sensitivity that he doesn’t even realize he has)

T R A I T S

STRENGTHS. Polite, wise, careful, compassionate, thoughtful WEAKNESSES. Timid, indecisive, stubborn, distant, self-critical

L I K E S

Colors: Yellow, red, orange, pink Smells: Flowers, rain, dirt roads, air conditioning Textures: Yarn, paintbrushes, silk, wood Drinks: Soda, hot chocolate, mocktails, berry juice

O T H E R D E T A I L S

Smokes?: No Drugs: No Driver License: Yes but hates to drive Ever Been Arrested?: No, absolutely terrified of doing anything illegal

#dash game #npc: daigo #the king of art and customization himself