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vitaminseetarot · 10 months

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Aquarius Full Moon PAC - General Messages 🖤💗❤️

The full moon in Aquarius is finally here! I hope you're getting the chance to enjoy some sunshine in between these bright moonlit evenings. I sure have had my fill from this last weekend; I got the royal sunburn to prove it! Owo#

(Life lesson: apply sunscreen, then do it AGAIN.)

Aren't you glad we can't get moonburns? One could get burned sitting on the moon, sure, but it's kinder than to send that kind of energy back down to Earth. The moon allows us to see the sun's light without dying, which I can appreciate. But I'm going off on a tangent! Below are three images based on color palette cards I've picked for your reading. I've also added some emoji hearts for additional guidance. Please time all the time you need to select your pile when you're ready.

(1, 2, 3 - images from pixabay, divider from @saradika)

Pile 1. Tahoe Blue + Black Heart

X Wheel of Fortune, 7 of Pentacles, XXI World; Sun - Source, Space (Black), New Moon Gemini - Communication is Key

"I'm curious about my true nature; I seek to understand myself."

I feel such stillness and calm with this pile. You have so much blue present in your pile asides from the palette card! And watery energy too; your moon quote card has a lake on it too! Still yet deep. I'm hearing that this pile is getting a big upgrade to your throat energy. It's for both ways, listening and speaking, but I think speaking is being highlighted here more. This is in order to help you move through a bigger phase of your life that's yet to come. You may be feeling like you're ready to come out of your shell, even if just for a short while. There's a sense of grand change occurring in your external world, something that has been in the background or in the works for a long time has finally begun to culminate during this potent full moon time.

You have have recently closed a big chapter in your life and cleared out the muck. Now it's like you're standing before a canvas and you're ready to paint something new. The lunar force moving now allows a turn of luck to flow towards you like a water wheel. It's also purifying your intentions. When you have the place to be still and concentrate on where you want to go next, things can really quickly line up in your favor. With this extra space, whatever that has been building in the background may finally come out and be seen and heard. There's no resistance to this buildup, or there was resistance but it's been removed through this clearing out. You're being asked to savor this brief time. Not just make use of it, because in a way it's growing on its own, but to actually enjoy where you are right now. To get into the mindset of the person on the 7 pentacles card harvesting their abundance, that all is working out at a good pace.

You're being recommended to journal or write during this phase, perhaps like paragraphs of where you're going next (like a vaunt). I'm also getting vision boards for you would help if you need inspiration, or lyrical songs. I'm getting that communications will help you move into the next stage. This whole reading reminds me of someone who's finally finished the manuscript of their book and is sitting in that serenity of having completed something important. But, dear, that's not the end of it! You still need to bring it out into the world for it to be as evident as you see it in your mind. You still would need to get an agent and submit the manuscript to publishers for review.

Communication is being highlighted here as being that which you need in order to move along. Furthermore, you're being asked to tune into yourself for answers on where you'd like to go next, as no one else can tell you. People don't just go out on the lake for peace and quiet, they go to find a piece of themselves and to tune into that for spiritual guidance. May the boat be your lucky charm this full moon, pile 1. Not just to find yourself on the open water, but to connect you with other shores as well.

Pile 2. Sunflower Seed + Pink Heart

Queen of Cups, Queen of Swords, 4 of Cups; Vesta - Hearth, Love (Pink); Full Moon Virgo - You Are Good Enough

"Beauty raises my vibration; I seek it for joy."

For the rest of this month, you are focusing solely on your own needs. Like it or not! [blows coach whistle] But no, seriously, I'm not getting busybee vibes from this pile, I'm getting "poor dehydrated bee that's fainted on a flower" kind of feel. Maybe you're actually dehydrated and tired! This could also be true for your garden if you have one. You may need extra TLC around this full moon. You've been stretching yourself too thin but you'll be in much-deserved receiving mode in order to heal. I like that two Queens showed up and one of them is of Swords. She knows better than to spend her precious time worrying over the trifling things. She knows when to disconnect and tune into what's important. And Queen of Cups says that important thing is your own emotional wellbeing and comfort.

Your quote card features a person standing at the peak of a mountain with arms stretched out towards the moon in accomplishment. You either are or have been working intensely on something for the last few months. It either has or will soon come to a full head and with that comes a surge of expended energy. Similar to midterms or the week before a holiday when the workflow doubles. It's a crunch time! Since it's summer and you may not be in midterms or busy on vacation, this could be a reference for later this year or fiscal quarter. Take care that this busy time coming up isn't going to drain you.

You could have opportunities come up near the middle of autumn that's gonna want your attention. You'll want to be fully hydrated and refreshed for when it finally shows up. The 4 of cups can sometimes be about blind spots, or the blessings we don't see readily available because we're too tired and burnt out to really see what's there. It's highlighting this opportunity and wants you to make the most of it.

You could be feeling a strong pull to stay at home and focus on your craft, project, or hobby. Perhaps you're busy squeezing out the most free time you can while you have it. Again, avoid the sense of pushing like "oh man, I only have a week of summer vacation left oh geez what do I do?!" It's not a matter of sitting around and doing nothing all vacation only to hurt ourselves trying to be On 24/7 for a semester. That's not sustainable. Make the most out of your time, but make sure you have time carved out in between the high energy weeks of being productive. A sunflower without water can't stand and a bee without rest can't fly!

Pile 3. Clover Patch + Red Heart

XVII Star, XVI Tower, XV Devil; Progressions - Journey, Anger (Red), Waxing Crescent - Have Faith in Your Dream

"I gather more wisdom each day."

This pile … hoo boy. This would be my pile if I had to choose one, so I'm with y'all on this. Okay, I got the instant message that you are trying to manifest something very VERY big right now. I mean big like new car, apartment, longterm relationship, just something that's gonna upgrade and transform your life in a big way. It could even be education as one of the cards has a book in center. The thing is, Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither is your manifestation gonna instantly appear when you're desperately trying for it to cause desperation doesn't usually bring positive outcomes, it usually winds up with Fun With Dick and Jane type scenarios to play out. Also stress.

You have three major arcana cards in a row, with the tower card smacked right in the middle like a spicy sandwich cookie (would I even try one?) So I get it. This is likely a very significant full moon for you, supercharged as it's an Aquarian supermoon, and you got Aquarian Star as your first card, so emotions will be running a bit hot. Unpredictable swings. Sudden "bursts". But don't suppress your feelings of frustration, you'll just need to redirect these emotions differently.

You gotta be patient and watch it unfold organically. Even if you're manifesting the demolition of something, there is strategy to it. Demolition workers don't just go in and do what they please, they have to be mindful of their surroundings and what impact they'll make when they make it. When gardeners prune, they're mindful of the angle of the cut, knowing that the right cut can grow just as the wrong cut can infect. Let things go as they may. Things can start moving smoothly or quite abruptly, so focus from a place of expecting that it's already coming and strategize from there. You got the Star card, so something fortunate is indeed coming for you. There is a little Leprechaun luck on your side. It'll be easier to see that once you're able to move past old blockages that are delaying your manifestation. Listen to the leprechaun and not the little voice on the other shoulder telling you that you need to panic over the small things.

See the current time you have as a manifestation in itself, as a product of you believing that you need extra time to cook up the right end goal. See this time you have as a blessing, not just an in-between state. Make good use of this time. There is no reason why the process can't be as fun as the destination. Your inner child is being subtly asked to come out to play for a spell. This pile may be into doing witchcraft spells; if so, grab a little glitter and sprinkle some magic into your day, especially a time-based spell like a growing plant or burning a candle. If anything, it will boost morale which is often more important for manifestation than simply applying routine and logic to everything. I'm also getting that journaling may be of interest to you, whether it's writing down meditation notes or affirmations or just venting. Get creative even and write a poem about your wishes. Try to incorporate more writing in general into your moon magic. (Thoth would be pleased.)

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2023, @VitaminseeTarot ™

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beautifulpersonpeach · 9 months

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Sorry pls ignore my last ask BPP. Your point about Seven being the 'Dynamite' equivalent in solo era is a good one and explains the treatment it got. After the BB article I also now understand why BH dropped LC. If BB believed the LC record was 'tainted' with Chinese cash and BH never had that 'Dynamite' promotion plan for it, everything that's happened makes sense. But it still leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. I can't wash it out. Are we now at the mercy of BB's whims? Also don't you find the support for Seven excessive? Is the elimination of direct to consumer sales enough to explain that kind of support to keep it number 1? I'm just trying to understand how the company is thinking about things without victimizing the members. They all seem to be still working with purpose so I feel they don't feel shortchanged, but from the outside looking inside it doesn't feel fair.

Ask 2:

Hi BPP,

Re: bb article

1. Do you think there will be additional changes coming, making sales even less relevant for bb charts?

2. I absolutely hate that it is again Jimin that takes the brunt of all this bulshit, I really do. He doesnt deserve this at all. But he is strong, he will be OK. That being said, its making me really upset IRL, so I will have to do some me time.

3. I would be interested to know your outlook on BB as a whole when it comes to BTS and their future in US market (if you have talked about this pls refer me to the post)

My opinion is, that while BB is paramount when it comes to big awards season, eventually BB and the awards themselves serve as a kind of promotion, to validate the artist to their (potential) fanbase, keep them invested etc. BTS guys do all of that on their own, with their music, personalities and lyrics. So going forward, if they dont chart as much, dont win as much... It will not matter in the long run. Their fan base is so solid that I trully believe they will have no problem selling multiple stadium stops 25 years from now. Easily.

There will be a significant fandom fall off, when all the people who are here for bragging rights lose their interest. And that is a good thing... But the people who will stay, who love the guys for who they are and for their art, those whose love does not depend on how many grammy noms or BB H100 they recieve... These people will stay and buy the tickets. And their numbers will still be enourmous. Enviable. More than the majority of the western industry plants can only dream of.

Rant over. Have a good weekend

Ask 3:

The latest Billboard discussion is disheartening, but the NYT article description of U.S. conservatives aping the tactics of Swifties and BTS fans to get their nefarious messaging across is even more so. Have we opened the gate for the Trumpsters of the world?

I was struck by this partvof the original question to you"

'... figure out a way to truly determine which songs are most popular (whatever that even means anymore)....'

So, how can we ever know what is truly popular? Are fervent fans willing to devote time and resources to get their fave to the top really the best arbiters? Even if they number in the millions, we are still looking at support that is far deeper than it is wide.

I mean, better than the suits deciding, I guess? Or is it just another group--this one outside of the target country--imposing their agenda on the population? One has the goal of making money; the other of winning a fan war.

So, how do we ascertain what is truly popular with the much-vaunted GP? Or doesn't it matter?

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I've said many times on this blog that I'm not a writer, and that English isn't my first language, so I suppose it's unsurprising that despite my efforts putting my thoughts to paper/Tumblr, I'm still unable to fully communicate it in a way people understand right away, to eliminate/answer a lot of questions that I believe should be clear to infer from what I've written before. So rather than write a massive post like before where my key points could get lost, I'll pick out key questions from your asks and give fairly brief answers to each one. I'll work my way from the top, down.

Hi Anon(s),

Select answers below:

"Also don't you find the support for Seven excessive? Is the elimination of direct to consumer sales enough to explain that kind of support to keep it number 1?"

I think the results speak for itself. Dynamite and the PET got what is easily the biggest support any BTS release had gotten to date at the time - all of it tailored to mirror how American labels promoted their tracks, *and* the fandom had D2C sales buttressing it as the primary support mechanism. Like, please read that sentence again and think about what it means. Sales are the easiest and most transparent way for the fandom to influence charts, and so was always preferred for ARMY. Even if you weren't in the fandom then, understand it's impossible to overstate how much D2C sales mattered. With that now out of the question, everything we're seeing for Seven for me feels like a given, especially after the Billboard article.

"Do you think there will be additional changes coming, making sales even less relevant for bb charts?"

Yes. But not 'less relevant' in a sense, more like differentiated and treated as its own thing, perhaps in a separate chart.

"I would be interested to know your outlook on BB as a whole when it comes to BTS and their future in US market (if you have talked about this pls refer me to the post)"

This probably requires its own post but the long-short of it is: just like Ticketmaster, Billboard is only one arm of one of the largest private monopolies in the US entertainment market - PMC, and as such they serve as gatekeepers of sorts. Their interest in BTS (and k-pop by extension) lies primarily in how they can profit off the group/fandom, which so far BigHit and ARMY have created very limited avenues for. BigHit's strategy until now has been to expand BTS's reach without relying on the PMC apparatus, using it only for select releases that are explicitly tailored for it e.g. Seven and PET. While I don't think this strategy will change dramatically, every change from BB is to force more compliance with their apparatus. BTS will continue facing handicaps from PMC so long as BigHit continues limiting how PMC can profit from BTS for each release. (This sentence makes sense in my head but if it's not clear, please let me know.)

"Have we opened the gate for the Trumpsters of the world?"

Well, yeah. But ARMYs can't take all the credit. After all, ARMYs are only doing what the Bey Hive and Swifties have been doing for almost a decade with none of the scrutiny. BTS, more than any other group, actually has the absolute numbers in demand and grassroots support to justify it as they're comparable to the afore-mentioned artists, proven by their concert showings not just in the US but worldwide, as far back as 2018. People only started paying attention to ARMYs' movements because BTS didn't look like the sorts of people they expected to see at the top of the charts. Everybody took notice, including a political faction in the US that in recent years has moved more aggressively into the entertainment sphere to influence culture, such as Ben Shapiro's entertainment empire, movies like Sound of Freedom topping box office charts, and conservative country singers pushing Reagan-esque talking points to the top of music charts. So it's basically the result of timing and opportunity.

"So, how can we ever know what is truly popular? Are fervent fans willing to devote time and resources to get their fave to the top really the best arbiters? ... how do we ascertain what is truly popular with the much-vaunted GP?"

I've talked about this before I think. You can find my views on it in my Masterlist, and I've linked the post here.

People sent in more asks on BB but I've since lost interest in this topic and will post my responses when I feel like it, much later, using the same format I've used to answer the asks above. The truth is that while I understand why many people feel like everything that's happened so far with Seven and Jimin is unfair, I think a lot of the discourse is awfully reductive, actually does a disservice to Jimin and BTS, and that there's a much bigger picture here that's more consistent with how BTS has operated for the last 10 years.

This is probably not the best analogy, but one way I think of BTS is like a Swiss army knife, with each member being a separate tool. And that at different points, in various markets, BigHit and BTS are testing various approaches to expand their reach while aiming to maintain the market share they've gotten so far. The group has always had projects they release that have more artistic merit and cache, versus projects made by all appearances to be purely for commercial purposes to expand the reach of the group. For example, consider how BigHit promoted Butter/Permission to Dance, compared to the BE album, or how Seven was created and promoted relative to Indigo. To go back in even further in previous years, I remember how BTS appeared to center Jimin in Blood, Sweat & Tears era to build out his and their presence in Korea, and Taehyung in DNA era where his and BTS's presence in China ballooned in 2017.

While in the solo era some people feel like every accomplishment remains solely with individual members, I feel everything serves only one purpose: to further establish the group. Because by BTS's own words, they all have their individual ambitions, they've always had that and each member is aggressively competitive on that note, but they've each all said that their priority remains the group. Not everybody likes that, not everybody believes them when they say it, but the good thing with BTS is that they plan in multi-year stints and time always reveals what the facts of the matter are. We're only one year into Chapter 2, and while certain parts of the fandom are treating their solo debut albums as the be all and end all, I don't think there's anything to suggest this perspective lines up with the reality of how BTS has behaved for the last 10 years. I could be wrong, but either way we're just going to have to wait and see. In the meantime, I believe there's significant artistic merit in what the guys are putting out in Chapter 2, that I hope isn't lost in the noise. The fandom should do a better job of bringing the attention back to this, rather than a tunnel-vision on performance metrics that only tell half of the story.

#bts #bts chapter 2 #bang pd #jimin #jungkook #jikook #namjoon #yoongi #hoseok #seokjin #taehyung #billboard #kpop #kpop industry #music industry #fandom behaviour

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th3-0bjectivist · 10 months

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Dear listener, over the past month or so I’ve been alluding to musical acts that were… but are not anymore. So once again, let’s jump aboard the nostalgia train and take the nearest stop to yet another cobweb infested and tuneful tombstone. I would be remiss in my efforts to bring you the finest of dead bands if I didn’t shoot a passing glance at School of Seven Bells. While I wouldn’t say I’m personally infatuated with their overall sound, or their discography for that matter, I’ll acknowledge them for an ability to create tunes that manage to sound completely different than anything else out there in the dream pop/shoegaze market. Among their contemporaries, SVIIB managed to squeeze out a noise that is more memorable, more abstract in lyrical composition, and more ethereal than any other similar act (in my opinion). The best part of this group were the vocals, which were recorded by the very lovely Deheza twins before the instrumentals. For those who don’t know, that’s a somewhat unorthodox and polar opposite approach to modern music creation. The twins’ voices were heavenly, especially together, and they did this thing where they occasionally sounded nearly robotic on top of the soundscapes that were built around their voices. The lyrics were often as abstract as dreams themselves, allowing the listener to simply project a meaning on to the tunes without excessive handholding by the music makers. They went on making some pretty cool and chill tunes for about a decade. One of the sisters dropped out of the band in 2010 for personal reasons, followed subsequently by the passing of their bandmate Benjamin Curtis to T-cell lymphoma in 2013. Although they haven’t put a record out since 2016, I still find myself randomly hearing their work through Pandora or some dark corner of the internet, and suddenly feel an uncontrollable urge to revisit these indie rock pioneers of yesteryear. The track above is a remix specifically done for a song of theirs that got on the show True Detective, and that is Trance Figure from 2008’s Alpinisms. If you like it, I implore you to click here to sample the more angelic side of their catalog. Enjoy!

While I wouldn’t put them on any kind of vaunted ‘Favorite Bands of All-Time’ list, their efforts keep me coming back, spoon and bowl in hand, buttocks clenched in anticipation of a heapin' helping of eerie and transcendent beauty. Image source: https://www.nme.com/news/music/school-of-seven-bells-5-1230847

#school of seven bells #alpinisms #trance figure #music on tumblr #music #audio video #audio on tumblr #indie rock #dream pop #shoegaze #electronic #electronic music #SVIIB #remix

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redandyellowziam · 11 months

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Re: Zayn to Mercury and freedom.

So, what does this mean? In my opinion, freedom. In a cutthroat, devious business like the music industry, where significant profit reigns supreme, you do not let your golden goose your money train i.e., 1D just walk away with no strings attached. Especially with a contact still in place. The public was led to believe that Zayn left because of difficulties/differences within the band, and he went to RCA. Just like that? With no breach of contract lawsuit demanding millions from Zayn, really? Convenient that Sony is the parent company to RCA. The strings, money stays in house, narratives stay in place. They were not going to let him get away (and the profit he would generate) to another label they did not control.

So, Zayn recently returns to social media. He thanks his fans for their support. Pictures of him appear showing off his tattoos. It is noticed that a tattoo said to represent a passed relationship/narrative has been altered. Significant? Yes, the freedom to alter. Shortly thereafter, it is announced that he has signed with Mercury Records a subsidiary of Universal Music Group - UMG. Known to be the biggest label in the music industry, Sony is second. So, Sony lost Zayn to UMG not how they wanted this to go. The public narratives about the lads over a long period of time were supposed to make the members of 1D (except for Harry) less desirable and less profitable to competing labels. Harry, still with Sony is how they are able to maintain any significant profit for themselves after 1D refused to renew their contract with Sony/Simon. Harry is also, the exception that proves the rule. The shinny object that the public is supposed to focus on, rather than the sabotage they were conducting on the careers of the other lads. The classic divide and conquer. The vaunted 1D fanbase left in shambles. That was one of their goals.

So, Zayn now with Mercury, Liam with Capital but not without strings. The narratives remain. Both however, are under the same parent company of UMG. They have stated from the beginning that their musical tastes are very similar. Management stunted their musical expression while with 1D. They have both stated recently that new music is coming. The question is are they both free enough now to be seen together in public and free enough to collaborate with one another? Are they free enough to no longer need to hide behind lyrics and tattoos? Decipherable only to those who know the back story and are paying attention to what they are trying to say. Note that none of the tattoos that are said to represent their relationship with one another has been altered by either of them. As I sated in a post several months ago, I have subscribed to the view that there is a contractual obligation is in place that holds 1D in a managerial contract for up to 13 years. If this is true, the contract would end this year. This could explain all of the recent activity and anticipated actions to come. The question is how do you untangle this web of lies? These narratives. The most difficult being the "baby daddy" narratives.

It is my belief that the 1D saga is well known within the industry. The profit behemoth that 1D was demanded it. Everyone wanted a piece of them. What they could have been, and the sheer profit Sony/Simon could have garnered if they had managed 1D properly and respectfully would have been astounding. A primary reason why Sony/Simon parted ways, by the way. What Harry has been able to generate profit wise pales in comparison. The industry knows what they have been put through and what the relationships within the band are. As such, I believe that once their contract finally ends, they will have a great deal of support to reestablish themselves individually and if they desire it as a group and to correct the record. It could be as simple as letting the media know that they will no longer be allowed to ask about children or as complicated as a slow build through whispers of gossip from distant parties far removed from the 1D lads themselves to begin to ask questions about parentage. Thus exposing the false narrative. I don't know which way it will go but I don't believe that Louis, Liam and Zayn will allow this narrative to stand past the contact expiration date.

Unlucky 13, may turn out to be 1D's luckiest year of all. The year they finally find themselves no longer bond to a hideous contract. If so, let the collaborations begin. Looks to me like the next few months are going to be quite eventful, buckle up.

Oh you're back. Why?

I don't know if any of them are 'more' free these days, because it certainly doesn't feel like it. With Gigi and Selena (thank god) gone, I can't help but think that he'll get another beard. Isn't it always like this? They release new things and they get beards or pr sh*t to promote the music. Why should it be different now?

It's always the same thing, every damn time. '& with Liam commenting on Zayn's post. Why? What does he have to do for it to actually be happening? More stunting with Kate. A friendship narrative? No lol, we've been here before and it just feels wrong to hope for better things. And if Liam can do these things, why can't Zayn? Is he still 'untouchable'? Ridiculous

#shady

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catsnuggler · 8 months

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This performance of Song of the Volga Boatmen just... always, always brings me to tears.

It was recorded in 1965, sure, 20 years after the war. However, Leonid Kharitonov lost his father in the war, and the song is literally titled Song of the Volga Boatmen, so it's about Boatmen on the Volga river, including what was then called Stalingrad, which is on the Volga River (and is now called Volgagrad). A significant part of the Battle was the ferrying of Soviet marines across the Mother River, the Volga, to assist Red Army soldiers in the defense of this great and noble city, against the Nazi invaders.

The first verse is sung singly, in a mournful tone, as if the marine ferrying across the river is overcome with sorrow. Of course he is. He witnesses bombed ruins, burning buildings, horrors beyond comprehension, as Stuka dive bombers attack the Soviet reinforcements. To think that the fascist invaders could have penetrated so deeply into the Motherland...? These fascists, who seek the death of all Soviet people - not just the men, but the women, and the children, too. Russians, Belarusians Ukrainians, Jews, Kazakhs, Yakuts, Siberians, Tuvans - none have any place in the terrible clutch of the vaunted, so-called Thousand-Year Reich. They sought to destroy all Soviet people, after first enslaving them. The Marine bears witness to this catastrophe... and, he accepts. He does not accept that the Nazis will win. No. Not for a moment. No, he accepts that, either way, he will suffer. He will likely die. But he must die. He must die for the revolution, for the Soviet people, and for all people, across the world.

The second verse is sung somewhat more hopefully. I don't speak Russian, but I looked the lyrics up once. They're hopeful in this verse. Yet the singing still sounds mournful. His hope is not necessarily that he will live. Nonetheless, he hopes. He hopes for victory. He hopes for peace. He hopes his children will live, and that they will know happiness. He hopes they will never see what he sees. He believes that this is possible, so long as he gives his all to the Motherland, in Heroic and Sacred War against the invader.

The Marine was never the only marine on the boat, but he was so struck by terror, initially, that he felt alone. Flotillas cross, despite the shelling and gunfire, and the troops remember they are united, together, under one banner. No individual is alone. Many will die, but, together, they may triumph. And so, their determination, their devotion, is forged in steel. They will, together, hold this great city. They will push the fascists out of the Motherland. They will triumphantly press onward, and, no matter the sacrifices, the bloodied heart of the fascist empire will soon beat for the last time. Together, these brothers and sisters will march to victory, and the people of the world will know peace once again.

That war never should have happened, but it did, and the Soviet people gave their all to end it. As I mentioned, Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews, Yakuts, Siberians, Tuvans - they fought, bled, died, and triumphed to save the world from the worst evil we have ever known.

And that's why I cry every time I hear this.

#Youtube

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ultrarupture · 1 year

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yuu miyashita - parasite piano (im not actually super familiar with the translated lyrics to this one i just like how it sounds)

the piano is a parasite, parasite hear it resounding, parasite playing for my life, i ward off my death parasite, parasite

2. the paper chase - you're one of them, aren't you?

you're going down, good friend so i'm letting go of your leg the houses we've haunted will vaunt with our sick hearty laughter

3. issey - shasai

are these circumstances not circumstances? even so, it's nice wanting to see you you're crazy are these circumstances not circumstances? if, say, this trouble seems to come to a complete stop i’ll still bare my tears

#thank you! i never get asks anymore so this jumpscared me

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cocomilk-subs · 2 years

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fun(?) ways to manifest

reminder that you don't need methods to manifest, i made these just to have fun lol

watch shows and read mangas with the same genres/themes with the certain vibes that you want in your own life (the feeling comes much easier for me)

for self concept, some characters in tv and movies for me include teruhashi from saiki k, luffy from one piece (or any shounen mc's), elle woods from legally blonde, haruhi suzumiya (she's literally a god) and also this video and this one on loop

picture a magical girl/boy/other transformation on a certain phrase (e.g. moon prism power!!!) that propels you into your ideal self if you're spiraling

read books that your ideal self would read while you listen to a playlist who makes you feel like your ideal self

make a vaunting blog (a private one if you have personal stuff) that posts about all of the fun things you're doing, how good your self concept is

randomly quote poetry or lyrics suited towards the kind of person you're embodying, instead of repeating affirmations mindlessly maybe

keeping a sketchbook that your ideal self would have if they were drawing out their life in their perspective (including all the things that you want in your life)

wear the same perfume and clothes as your ideal self

incorporate a new way of talking that you now associate with embodying the you with a great self concept (e.g. ending your sentences towards people with "my love <3" or now always adding "totally" to your sentences)

incorporating something new that you eat often that signifies that you are a person who now has your desires (e.g. now you always eat tangerines!)

get into a state of flow with something you really enjoy or work or anything, and while you're happily engaging in your tasks, repeat and remind yourself that you're so powerful, that you have all your desires, etc.

fall asleep with a pillow or a plush toy that you tell yourself is your SP

whenever you get something a the store or something to eat, remind yourself that you have to get a second one for your SP (naturally, cuz both of you are dating, right?!)

remind yourself that certain things of yours were given to you by your SP because you're both dating

#manifesting #neville goddard #law of assumption #spiritual #spirituality #dream girl #dream boy :") sobs

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honeytonedhottie · 7 months

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HONEYS TEA ON SELF CONCEPT୧ ‧₊˚ 🌸

this post will include affirmations that i use on a day-to-day basis, and in general things that i do for my god-tier self concept <3

tier one : AFFIRMATIONS (thoughts i frequently have)

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi know for a fact that i have all my desires because i am god

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi know for a fact that i have all my desires because i am the creator

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi am the source

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi have perfect self concept

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟim on the pedastal

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi get everything i want because i say so

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi am (insert desired traits)

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi am a master manifestor

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟmy manifesting abilities are unmatched

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi am the star in every room that i stand in (nicki minaj)

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟeverything goes my way

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi have everything i want because i said so

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟeverything in life exists to serve me

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟi mold my reality the way i want to

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟim limitless

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟim barbie

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟim a literal goddess

tier two : MUSIC (song recommendations and brief science)

listening to or making music increases blood flow to brain regions that generate and control ur emotions. its called the limbic system and it "lights up" when our ears perceive music. more-so the type of music that u listen to can have an impact on ur MOOD.

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟbig difference - nicki minaj - THIS SONG HAS SO MANY GOOD AFFIRMATIONS IN IT. i literally catch myself singing it to myself in my head and its so productive bcuz im implenting self concept while listening to good quality music

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟqueencard - (G)IDLE - this song is all about empowerment and its so catchy so i 10/10 reccomend it

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟprincess diana - ice spice - im thick cuz i be eatin oats

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟdeli - ice spice - literally any song by ice spice is such an amazing manifesting tool

໒꒱ ⋆ﾟthot sh*t - megan thee stallion - i love love love megan's music

other artists like britney spears, flo milli, ariana grande, black pink, and beyoncé are artists that helped my self concept

tier three : IMPLEMENTATION (how i implemented my mentality so that its set in stone)

i have a habit of while im in my bed (in the state akin to sleep) of just whispering to myself and vaunting about my self concept. and then i go to sleep in that state of being and its just amazing

i'd listen to my playlist ab self concept and sing in the mirror the lyrics word for word while admiring myself

acting. as. if.

the key thing was CONSTANTLY reminding myself bcuz the concept of a self concept was so foreign to me at one point so back when my self concept was weak, whenever something undesirable would come up in my reality my self concept would constantly fluctuate and then i'd wonder why im not getting the results i wanted.

repetition is KEY

now its just like second nature, now what were once affirmations that i repeated to myself consciously, became thoughts that my brain generated subconsciously.

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inscribeddiatribes · 3 years

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Oscar ‘Spooky’ Diaz Fluff Alphabet Part 2

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I decided to finish Oscar’s fluff alphabet in honor of Valentine’s Day and the final season of On My Block being confirmed! Hope you like it :)

Fluff Alphabet Part 1 (A-M)

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N = Nickel (Do they spoil? Do they buy the person they love everything?)

Oscar spoils you on occasion. He isn’t necessarily the romantic or creative type, but he still wants to make you feel appreciated, so gifts it is. Oscar is heavily involved in illegal activities that help with money, but Oscar has to take care of Cesar, pay rent, and pay bills too all on his own... not quite a lot of money to spare on buying his partner everything.

O = Orange (What colour reminds them of their other half?)

Gold. Spooky frequently goes out on risky runs for his gang and there have been many times where you worry that he might not come back. He decided to let you wear his gold cross necklace to give you some peace of mind. This little interaction soon became a ritual, so now he can’t look at his necklace or the color gold without thinking about you.

P = Pet names (What pet names do they use?)

Oscar keeps it pretty simple most days by just using your name, but he calls you baby when he decides to be sweet or when he’s teasing you about something.

Q = Quaint (What is their favourite non-modern thing?)

Without a doubt... his car! Spooky’s car is one of his most prized possessions. He’s had it for years and he’s quite proud that he has managed to keep it in shape for so long.

R = Rainy Day (What do they like to do on a rainy day?)

He typically spends most of his day concentrating on gang stuff and his brother (which really isn’t stopped by the rain). Whenever he has free time and it’s raining he likes to lounge around and watch tv with you. It’s pretty simple, but he really doesn’t care as long as he’s spending time with you.

S = Sad (How do they cheer themselves/others up?)

It can be kind of hard to tell when Oscar’s sad because he tends to hide it very well.

He tends to go grab a burger and sit in his car until he starts feeling better. To cheer you up, he’ll usually try to clear up his schedule a bit so he can spend some time focusing on you. It’s definitely one of the moments you’ll get to see gentle Spooky.

T = Talking (What do they like to talk about?)

Oscar is pretty reserved when it comes to his parents and gang activities, but he loves talking about cooking and his brother. Spooky can be kind of hard on Cesar, but he’s still quite proud of him because he basically raised him.

U = Unencumbered (What helps them relax?)

The beach, cooking, and you. His perfect day would probably be taking you to the beach and having you with him while he cooks dinner.

V = Vaunt (What do they like to show off? What are they proud of?)

You. Oscar most definitely isn’t ashamed to let everyone know that he’s with you.

W = Wedding (When, how, where do they propose?)

When: It would definitely be after he left the gang. That’s almost guaranteed. Oscar doesn’t want you to get hurt by being with him and being legally bound to him would probably make you a target. It’d probably take at least two years of dating before he thinks of seriously proposing.

How and where: He’d bring you to the beach and would randomly ask you to marry him. Oscar has never been one for frills or elaborate romantic plans. He wants things to feel natural and comfortable.

X = Xylophone (What’s your song?)

I Won’t Give Up - Jason Mraz

“Well, I won't give up on us. Even if the skies get rough. I'm giving you all my love. I'm still looking up”

Things are going to be difficult at times in your relationship. Oscar just has so much stuff going on in his life that he has to work through (emotionally and physically) that’s going to require patience from both of you. No matter what happens though, he won’t completely give up on you or the relationship.

Y = Yes (Do they ever think of getting married/proposing?)

Of course. Oscar wants to settle down, the only thing preventing him from doing that is his involvement in his gang. Once he manages to get out of that situation, marriage will definitely be on his to-do list.

Z = Zebra (If they wanted a pet, what would they get?)

A dog. Oscar constantly sees dogs roaming around in his neighborhood, but he realized that he really didn’t have the time to dedicate to one. When he leaves the gang, getting a dog would be one of his goals.

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himbo-only-zone · 3 years

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Fluff Alphabet for Ryoma? 👉👈

ryoma hoshi || fluff alphabet

I'm sorry this took so long!! I had to research a whole fuckin lot for him, so whoops- hope you like it!

- Mod Anna

a. attractive. what does he find attractive about you? your persistence. even though he constantly tells you to stop bothering with him, you still try. you try to make things work, you try you hardest. and that's the only thing he could ask for.

b. baby. would he want a family? yes, he would. only if it was completely safe to do so. no mafia running around, no one that could potentially endanger you or the kids.

c. cuddle. how does he cuddle? little spoon, kinda the only thing he can do. he likes to lay on your chest. he feels protected and safe. as much as he says he can stay on his own, cuddling shows that he isn't being completely truthful.

d. dates. what are dates with him like? usually at home, he doesn't like going out. soft and sweet, just a movie and cuddling. he might even cook for you!! he seems like the type to cook.

e. everything. what are you to him? (ex. you are my _____) you're his reason to live. you know the motive videos? yeah that's where you would be now. you're his person. you're his reason.

f. feelings. when did he know he was in love? he denies it so much, but he falls in love quickly. when you continued getting closer, and hearing about him and his stories. knowing that someone cared made him so soft, and so loved.

g. gentle. is he gentle with you? very. he wouldn't dare hurt you. he probably couldn't, if we're being honest, other than the sheer force of the racket. if you guys are playing, he goes a bit easier on you. a lot easier.

h. hands. how does he like to hold hands? he doesn't often. but when he does, he isn't exactly the best at holding it. tiny hands. but if you guys are alone and he's okay with being soft, he'll hold your finger.

i. impression. what was his first impression of you? just another person to disappoint him. he didn't get his hopes up. he found you amazing, so he definitely didn't want to get closer. you did anyway.

j. jealousy. how often does he get jealous? he doesn't, but not in a particular jealous way. he just gets down on himself, these guys would make you so much happier ... lies. you have to reassure him sometimes, but it's worth it.

k. kiss. how does he kiss? who initiated the first kiss? you initiate everything. he's kind of scared to give affection, afraid of being shut down. but when he does kiss you, they're soft and light, extremely loving. it shows how much he truly loves you. you have to reassure him a bit, yet, you always feel so happy when you actually get those kisses.

l. love. who says "i love you" first? you. he starts doubting everything in the relationship, and you have to shut him up. you love him, and that's certain. you have to make him realize that sometimes.

m. memory. what's his favorite memory with you? days where you do nothing. one instance was when you were laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling and talking about nothing. there aren't a lot of times where he has a clear head and can be truly humorous, and when he's like that, he's finally happy. you make him happy.

n. nickel. how much does he spend on you? he tries to spend a lot, but there's not much to spend on you. he shows his love through other methods like walking up to you and just hugging you for a little while.

o. orange. what color reminds him of you? red. the color of passion. something that hasn't been in his life for a long time, and it's back now. you're here now.

p. pet names. what pet names does he use? classic ones, such as love and dear. he's a pretty classic person, and the way he says it is so beautiful.

q. quaint. what's his favorite non-modern thing? he likes leaving flowers for you at your doorstep. he wants to give you a little surprise! he loves you, and he wants to show it in different ways.

r. rainy day. what does he do with you on a rainy day? laying around the house and talking about nothing, just things where you can bond. not much energy, just soft things.

s. sad. how does he cheer you up? he sits you down and tries to take your mind off of it. he doesn't want you to dwell on it, so he just holds you and tries to fix the problems with distraction. if you want to vent about it, he's happy to oblige.

t. talking. what does he like to talk about? he doesn't like to talk about the serious stuff, he's asked too much about it and he doesn't like to talk about it. he likes being lighthearted for once. it's so much nicer. so, so much nicer.

u. unencumbered. what makes him relax? he likes taking days with you where he doesn't have to worry. no physical exhaustion, no worries about everything, he can just be himself with you.

v. vaunt. does he show you off? no, actually. he loves you so much, and he doesn't believe he deserves you. so, he tries not to get his hopes up about you. he loves you so so much, and if he showed you off too much, someone might take you away ...

w. wedding. when, how, and where does he propose? it takes him a while, probably about a solid three years. he prepares a little indoor date, with rose petals and candles. extremely romantic. and when you walk in the door, he drops down to one knee. “s/o, i ... appreciate every single thing you've done for me. the smile you put on my face every day is something i haven't had for ... so, so long. i love you, and if you would allow me to ... i would love to be your husband.”

x. xylophone. what song reminds him of you? what's your theme song? be my mistake reminds him of you, not lyric wise, just the soft vibe. your theme song is probably i wanna be yours by the arctic monkeys!!

y. yes. does he think about proposing to and marrying you? yes, he does! he would love to marry you, and be your lovely husband. however, he needs to make sure you're safe. he needs you to be perfectly safe before he takes these steps. baby steps.

z. zebra. if he was able to get a pet, what would he get? cat. give him another cat. he deserves it. he loved his kitty, and he wants to have one with you.

#danganronpa #fluff #fluff alphabet #danganronpa killing harmony #danganronpa x reader #danganronpa fanfiction #ryoma hoshi #ryoma hoshi x reader

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theoutcastrogue · 3 years

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“The Song of the Young Prig”, a broadside ballad in thieves' cant

“Frisk the cly, and fork the rag, Draw the fogies plummy, Speak to the rattles, bag the swag, And finely hunt the dummy.”

This ballad was printed c.1819-1828, and collected in Musa pedestris, three centuries of canting songs and slang rhymes (1536-1896). Among the many ballads of that period which “engage juvenile convicts as their narrative voice”, this is an example of the satirical type (the other types being valedictory, betrayal, and confessional ballads):

In order to create a satirical representation, ‘The Song of the Young Prig’ is written entirely in ‘flash’: a form of argot or cant supposedly used by the beggars and thieves. The idea that a criminal class had its own unique sublanguage was often cited as evidence that they existed as a subclass to the rest of society. The exhaustive list of definitions at the bottom of the broadsheet, however, invites the reader to share in the humour of the language rather than be excluded from it. The list of crimes in which he jubilantly proclaims his skill, is mostly the writer’s attempt to demonstrate the humorous breadth of cant. [i]

V. A. C. Gatrell assumes it was reprinted from an earlier broadside, because it has "antique references to Tyburn and to transportation to Virginia". However, its language combines early thieves' cant with contemporaneous slang: prig is cant for "thief", dating from 1566 and the very dawn of English rogue literature, but rumbler meaning a carriage of some sort is strictly 19th century. So I think this version of the ballad is indeed from the 1820s, though of course it could be inspired or adapted from older material.

Gatrell also writes:

Although the highwayman and Tyburn tradition in balladry became attenuated or romanticized in time, reflections of its subversive postures survived in crowd behaviour right to the abolition of public execution in 1868. In blackguard ballads [...] we find a refusal to be defeated, a compulsive cockiness, a vaunting celebration of cleverness. To triumph over affliction, to refuse surrender, to reject mediocrity, and still to mock and laugh was to achieve the main distinction plebeian life could offer. [ii]

"The Song of the Young Prig" is indeed very cocky, and rather cheerful. It doesn't bite, like others of its kind, it remains happy to the end. And in the prospect of the gallows, which never fails to make an appearance in these ballads at least as a possibility, it simply shrugs: there's no queering fate, sirs (what a phrase!). Which means, you can't cheat fate, lads. So eh. Que sera sera.

Reading today a ballad written wholly in thieves' cant is a bit of a hassle, since going back and forth from text to definitions kinda spoils the rhythm, but if you stick with it, you'll be rewarded. The lyrics have an incredible swing to them. Enjoy.

The Song of the Young Prig

I [1]

My mother she dwelt in Dyot's Isle, [2] One of the canting crew, sirs; [3] And if you'd know my father's style, He was the Lord-knows-who, sirs! I first held horses in the street, But being found defaulter, Turned rumbler's flunkey for my meat, [4] So was brought up to the halter. [5]

Chorus: Frisk the cly, and fork the rag, [6] Draw the fogies plummy, [7] Speak to the rattles, bag the swag, [8] And finely hunt the dummy. [9]

My name they say is young Birdlime, [10] My fingers are fish-hooks, sirs; And I my reading learnt betime, [11] From studying pocket-books, sirs; I have a sweet eye for a plant, [12] And graceful as I amble, Finedraw a coat-tail sure I can't So kiddy is my famble. [13]

III

A night bird oft I'm in the cage, [14] But my rum-chants ne'er fail, sirs; [15] The dubsman's senses to engage, [16] While I tip him leg-bail, sirs; [17] There's not, for picking, to be had, A lad so light and larky, [18] The cleanest angler on the pad [19] In daylight or the darkey. [20]

And though I don't work capital, [21] And do not weigh my weight, sirs; [22] Who knows but that in time I shall, For there's no queering fate, sirs. [23] If I'm not lagged to Virgin-nee, [24] I may a Tyburn show be, [25] Perhaps a tip-top cracksman be, [26] Or go on the high toby. [27]

Notes

Notes in italics are mine, I’m mostly drawing from the invaluable Green’s Dictionary of Slang. The others come with the broadside or were written by the compiler. [iii]

Said to have been written by Little Arthur Chambers, the Prince of Prigs, who was one of the most expert thieves of his time. He began to steal when he was in petticoats, and died a short time before Jack Sheppard came into notice. Internal evidence, however, renders this attributed authorship very improbable.

Dyots Isle, i.e., Dyot St., St. Giles, afterwards called George St. Bloomsbury, was a well-known rookery where thieves and their associates congregated.

beggars | canting crew = the underworld of professional thieves and beggars

hackney-coach | rumbler's flunkey = a footman who runs for four-wheeled cabs (rumblers) in return for tips

halter: the noose used in a judicial hanging

pick a pocket; lay hold of notes or money

steal handkerchiefs dextrously

steal a watch, pocket the plunder

steal pocket-books

Birdlime = thief or thievish, equivalent to the metaphorical “sticky fingers”. In the Newgate Calendar we read that birdlime could also be a literal thieves' tool: “While a merchant in King Street was counting some money and bank-notes on a counter, a staff or small rod, overlaid with birdlime, was suddenly thrust in at the door, which having touched the notes, two of them were thereby carried off; and, before the merchant could pursue, the ingenious actor had made his escape.“ and "Again, he was very expert at the "whalebone lay," which is having a thin piece of whalebone daubed at the end with bird lime, and going into a shop with a pretence to buy something, make the shopkeeper, by wanting this and that thing, turn his back often; and then take the opportunity of putting the whalebone, so daubed with bird lime, into the till of the counter, which brings up any single piece of money that sticks to it. After which, to give no mistrust, they buy some small matter, and pay the man with a pig of his own sow.“

"Pocket-book" = reader.

an intended robbery

skilful is my hand

lock-up

gaoler

rum-chant = a song

run away

frolicsome

expert pickpocket

night

To work capital = to commit a crime punishable with death. Previous to 1829 many offences, now thought comparatively trivial, were deemed to merit the extreme penalty of the law.

weigh one’s weight = to commit a capital offence [under an act of William and Mary the reward for the capture of a highwayman or coiner had been set at £40]

getting the better of

transported [to Virginia; this couldn’t happen after 1776, however there’s another version of the ballad that goes “lagged to Botany B.”, i.e. Botany Bay. Penal transportation to Australia started in 1787 and went on for almost 70 years.]

be hanged

housebreaker

become a highwayman

Sources

i. Cameron Nunn (2015) ‘Come all you Wild and Wicked Youths’: Representations of Young Male Convicts in Nineteenth-Century English Broadsides, Journal of Victorian Culture, 20:4, 453-470

ii. V. A. C. Gatrell (1994) The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868, p.144, Oxford University Press

iii. John Stephen Farmer (1896) Musa pedestris, three centuries of canting songs and slang rhymes (1536-1896)

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fandom-puff · 4 years

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Severus Snape Fluff Alphabet

As requested by @epaige0914 - enjoy !! 💕💕

A = Attractive (What do they find attractive about the other?)

Eyes. He loves being able to stare someone in the eye and be vulnerable, letting his emotions sleep into his normally expressionless eyes, and loves when you allow him to do the same to you. It truly connects you.

B = Baby (Do they want a family? Why/Why not?)

You’re not actively trying for one, but there’s a mutual desire to have a family at some point. In his mind, if it happens sooner rather than later, then it happens, and whether or not you want to keep it, he will support you wholeheartedly.

C = Cuddle (How do they cuddle?)

His favourite way to cuddle is with him on his back with you nestled into his side. Regardless of your position, however, he will have his arms around you protectively, or at the very least, your hand clasped in his

D = Dates (What are dates with them like?)

Dates with Severus are quiet, private affairs. Even if he takes you out to a fancy restaurant, he’ll request a table in a cosy corner, or cast a few charms to muffle the noise around you. He loves when you dress up all fancy, incredibly happy to have you on his arm as you walk

E = Everything (You are my ____ (e.g. my life, my world…))

You’re Severus’s everything.

F = Feelings (When did they know they were in love?)

He is a very reserved man, and thought himself truly unable to love after lily. He knew he was in love with you when you snapped at him to cast a stasis charm on his potion and go to bed, because he looked absolutely shattered.

For once he did as he was told, slumping off to bed, dazed, while you put away his potions ingredients

G = Gentle (Are they gentle? If so, how?)

He’s gentle but firm. If you’ve got your hand in the crook of his elbow, he’ll use his other hand to push yours down a little more, so you’re properly hold on to him. He speaks in his signature baritone rumble, yet with you it’s so very soft that even him asking for the salt seems incredibly personal and private

H = Hands (How do they like to hold hands?)

He’s not really a hand holder, not in public at least. In public he’d rather you have your hand in his elbow as you walk, close to his side

I = Impression (What was their first impression?)

When he first met you he found you tiresome and impudent, but as you grew closer, his opinion changed- you were passionate about what you cared for, the same way he was.

J = Jealousy (Do they get jealous?)

He doesn’t need to. You and him actually find it quite amusing when other try to charm you (emphasis on TRY). Neither of you need to get jealous because you have one another, and that’s all you need

K = Kiss (How do they kiss? Who initiated the first kiss?)

I actually wrote some Severus kissing headcanons a while back!

L = Love (Who says ‘I love you’ first?)

You. You were rushing around like a headless chicken, trying to get ready for a meeting when you couldn’t find your shoe. He accioed it and handed it to you with a raised brow, and you blurted “god, I do love you,”

M = Memory (What’s their favourite memory together?)

Late one night he stumbled into your bedroom after being crucio’ed by Lord Voldemort. You ran him a hot bath and gently sponged at his wounds, rubbing dittany into them, before helping him to bed, holding him tight to you as he sobbed. It may not be a happy memory, but you made him feel safe for the first time in years

N = Nickel (Do they spoil? Do they buy the person they love everything?)

He will occasionally treat you with books and such, but neither of you feel the need to lavish one another with material goods

O = Orange (What colour reminds them of their other half?)

Light, flickering yellow. You have some of your best conversations by candle light, and he loves the way your eyes sparkle in the light of the flames

P = Pet names (What pet names do they use?)

My Love, my darling, dear

Q = Quaint (What is their favourite non-modern thing?)

He loves listening to vinyl records with you as you go about your everyday tasks like reading, cleaning, cooking

R = Rainy Day (What do they like to do on a rainy day?)

He’ll get some brewing done, which he doesn’t mind you keeping him company for.

But sometimes though, he’ll unbutton that frock coat and lounge with you in his arms and a blanket over you both

S = Sad (How do they cheer themselves/others up?)

Severus distances himself, almost as if his mind isn’t connected to his body. You worry like mad when he does this, but know that he’s strong, he’ll come round. If it’s something relatively minor, he’ll get in a huff and hug you from behind, resting his chin on the top of your head, deep in thought

T = Talking (What do they like to talk about?)

Severus is incredibly patient. He’s extremely well read, and a potions master to boot, so when you ask him questions about ingredients and how it all works, he’s more than happy to explain it to you. He’ll also confide in you, bitching about work and dumbledore and such, and loves that you (mostly) take his side- unless he’s in the wrong

U = Unencumbered (What helps them relax?)

Brewing. The methodic rhythm of dicing ingredients into minute pieces, the smooth grind of the pestle and mortar... it really soothes his nerves as it’s something he knows he is good at and has done thousands of times before.

V = Vaunt (What do they like to show off? What are they proud of?)

He is proud of the fact that his sanity is still intact. Between dumbledore, Voldemort, and a thousand teenagers, it’s a wonder he hasn’t lost it completely.

W = Wedding (When, how, where do they propose?)

He proposes in his private rooms, with no prying eyes (although Minerva anc Albus knew exactly what was going on). He gets on one knee, holding the ring up to you. It’s a simple band, studded with a few diamonds and emeralds- nothing too gaudy, and he’s barely said what he needs to say before you’re nodding and pulling him up to kiss you

X = Xylophone (What’s their song?)

Severus doesn’t really have a SONG. He doesn’t really like ones with cheesy lyrics. Lyric-less is more for him. He does rather like Beethoven’s sonatas.

Y = Yes (Do they ever think of getting married/proposing?)

Yes. Once he is sure you love him and will not toss him aside, he is willing to commit his heart and soul to you

Z = Zebra (If they wanted a pet, what would they get?)

I imagine Severus would get on extremely well with a grumpy Sphinx cat... something just tells me he’d make sarcastic comments to the cat, but he would never, EVER admit it.

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The Witcher - Favorite Reads Masterpost

So, the previous one was getting really super long and Tumblr refused to save the latest update three times, which I’m taking to mean I’ve reached some kind of length limit. In view of that, and with a poke to @nyliekeo who asked to be tagged, here’s the second volume of my Witcher fic-reading adventures!

(Pretty much all Geraskier, because I’m only a multishipper in the sense that I have many ships across many fandoms.)

Volume 1

Last updated: April 10th, 2020.

Non geraskier fic

Her Current Is Pulling You Closer - TheMarvellousMadMadamMim

Specs: 1 900 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Eist/Calanthe - Swimming, shameless flirting

Summary: After nearly three years of marriage, Eist Tuirseach realizes there are still things to learn about his wife.

Becoming Water - Orockthro

Specs: 3 456 words - Mature - Trans woman!Geralt, curses, happy ending

Summary: When Geralt was a child his mother kissed his forehead, wove flowers in his hair, and let him dance around the campsite they shared with the other druids. He loved dancing, the way his body moved and flowed; he was like water.

And then she left him in the road, spilled water on his feet, and a faint trail of dust where she and the cart were no longer. And a man came and took Geralt and made him into something new.

“Were you short? Waifish? Did those witcher mutagens turn you into, you know, the hulking sexy man that you are? At least they gave you such male perfection, what with the stubble and the jaw and the--”

“Shut up, Jaskier.”

(Or, Geralt is cursed with a female body during their travels. Only it's not so much a curse as a gift she didn't know she so desperately desired until now.)

of cockroaches and men - Potrix

Specs: 1 442 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Yennefer & Jaskier, Getting to know each other, BAMF Jaskier

Summary: As if being stuck waiting for her supplier in this sorry excuse for a town full of narrow-minded, superstitious simpletons isn't already frustrating enough, the first familiar face Yennefer spots when she walks into the grubby tavern is that of her least favourite bard.

Or, alternatively; sometimes you misjudge people, but there's nothing some badassery and booze won't fix.

all cooped up - alittlebitmaybe

Specs: 4 205 words - Mature - Polyamory, Pandemic 2020, Non-explicit sex, instigator Yen

Summary: Geralt's old university roommate, Jaskier, needs a place to ride out the pandemic. Geralt and Yennefer conveniently have a couch and Geralt, inconveniently, has a crush.

Cover it over and write it out - TheArcheologist

Specs: 3 214 words - Mature - Dyslexia, implied child abuse, Dandelion is a noble

Summary: There is something Geralt has noticed, after traveling so long with Jaskier. It is nothing major, nothing world ending or even warranting bringing up, but it is there, nonetheless, a funny little habit he can’t unsee.

“You’re better at this stuff than me, Geralt, you read it.”

Geraskier fics

pride - Besully (Briar_Elwood)

Specs: 737 words - Teen & Up - Trans Jaskier

Summary: Geraskier Week Dealer's Choice

He only manages to get the shirt untucked from the bard’s trousers when Jaskier’s smile disappears, and he scrambles backwards, holding the edges of his shirt down.

Do It Again - thisgirlsays22

Specs: 6 771 words - Explicit - Time Loop

Summary: By the twentieth time Geralt has gone through the loop, he decides to just throw himself off the cliff’s edge after Borch.

He wakes up to his twenty-first attempt.

“Fuck.”

Interlude; The End of All Things - TabbyCat33098

Specs: 3 496 words - General Audiences - Growing Old Together

Summary: Geralt realizes Jaskier is growing old and tries his best to return the rest of Jaskier's life to him. If only Jaskier would cooperate and take it.

How much longer will Jaskier be content with weathering the elements and contending with the uncertainty of mercenary work? How long until Jaskier realizes that in devoting himself to crafting a legacy for Geralt, he has forgotten to create a legacy of his own?

After all, he does not have a wife or children, for their nomadic lifestyle is conducive to neither. He has no home to return to between stints with Geralt, whether a sprawling mansion vaunting his wealth or a comfortable cottage replete with souvenirs from his varied exploits. How many experiences has Jaskier sacrificed because some contract or irate nobleman drew them elsewhere? How many untouched fields of snow has Jaskier never seen; how many harvests at Novigrad has he yearned to celebrate from halfway across the Continent—

“You’re staring,” Jaskier points out.

“You wanted to go to the Kovirian coast,” Geralt responds.

a tapestry of scars - splendidlyimperfect

Specs: 7 688 words - Mature - Modern AU, Birpolar disorder, self harm, references to previous suicide attempt and car accident.

Summary: Jaskier comes into Geralt's life on a sunny afternoon in May - wide smiles and baby blue eyes; breathtaking stories and half-written song lyrics. He's mesmerizing and full of life, and Geralt can't look away. But sunshine doesn't last forever, and when Jaskier disappears, Geralt learns that beautiful things have dark and broken pieces, and even damaged people can help fix them.

Summer Mornings - The UnamazingTrashKing

Specs: 3 241 words - Mature - Fluff

Summary: Geralt and Jaskier are sort of a couple. They definitely wake up together and talk about spending the rest of their lives together.

An Incomplete Happiness - BlossomsintheMist

Specs: 22 497 words - Mature - Serious injuries, injuries recovery, unresolved sexual tension, unresolved romantic tension

Summary: Jaskier is traveling with Geralt when a hunt goes badly wrong and Geralt ends up injured. Geralt soon realizes that the bard can take care of Geralt better than he'd realized, in his own way.

Hide Behind The Mound of Dead Bards - Bones (Doctorbones)

Specs: 17 296 words - Explicit - Temporary character death, Graphic depiction of violence

Summary: Jaskier is really bad at two things: shutting up and staying dead. Luckily, he can do both at the same time...for a while.

faith in transience - unconscious

Specs: 12 532 words - Explicit - Monster of the week, Service top Jaskier, attempted mind control.

Summary: “I learn stuff about you to enrich my songs, thanks very much.” Geralt starts.

“Like what?”

Jaskier strums a chord. “Plenty of things. You always ask the contractor if they want the head or not instead of just showing up with it, because you don’t want to shock people. You eat normal amounts of food when eating in public, instead of your usual awe-inducing giant amount. You sleep more when you’re hurt, but that’s the only way I’d ever know. You’re a bit weird about your potions and you count them a lot.” He glances up and grins. “Shall I continue?”

A handful of contracts go sideways. Recovering is easier with Jaskier there.

when midnight breaks their sleep - SummerFrost

Specs: 16 736 words - Mature - Modern setting, polyamory, polyamory negociation

Summary: The first Snapchat that anyone ever sends Geralt is a picture of his own irritated face.

shrike_princess: can u believe this dumbass finally got a snapchat bc a cute boy asked him nicely

"It wasn't even that nicely," Geralt says flatly.

AKA: The one where Geralt is a bartender and Jaskier sings karaoke.

he, who i love - kinneyb

Specs: 1 279 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Established relationship

Summary: Jaskier looked forward to these nights the most; he was playing in a rundown tavern in a small town near the coast, coins gathered at his feet, knowing that at any moment Geralt would come bursting through the door.

He spun on his heels, strumming his lute with nimble fingers, the mark of a practiced player.

Jaskier had thought he’d reached his peak when he was younger. He had been proven wrong, of course, practice truly did make perfect. He was getting more attention than ever, and only half of it probably had to do with his new songs, all depicting the Witcher’s love story with a bard of the human variety.

He never directly mentioned himself, but the people had made the connection fairly easily, anyway.

Near the Coast - IantoPace

Specs: 2 164 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Dresses

Summary: Geralt finds out some of the feminine things Jaskier likes. This is inspired by the images of Joey Batey & Madeleine Hyland in the woods wearing each other's clothes.

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later - Ladivviniatravestia

Specs: 3 427 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Defining the relationship

Summary: Geralt and Jaskier fuck, then try to define their relationship. Too bad Geralt has no idea what he really wants and Jaskier has been hiding something.

parry, riposte - plutoandpersephone

Specs: 5 230 words - Explicit - Established relationship, competence kink, power dynamics

Summary: "How about it?"

Geralt looks at Jaskier like he’s just started to speak in some long lost, foreign tongue.

"You want to take me on in the sword ring?"

Jaskier challenges Geralt to a bout in the fencing ring. They both get more than they bargained for.

The Coast - NinjaSniperKitty

Specs: 1 856 words - General Audiences - Established relationship, overly protective boyfriend!Geralt

Summary: Geralt takes Jaskier up on his offer to get away and go to the coast for a while. While Geralt sees danger hiding everywhere along the coast, Jaskier hasn't been to the sea in years and only sees a good time!

Sweet, Silky, Soft, and Shiny - Girl_in_Red_Crossing

Specs: 3 251 words - Mature - Inappropriate use of candy

Summary: Just a couple of bros, sucking on sweet things... sharing silky things... lying in soft beds together... (kissing)...

The Witcher Wolf 2: Geralt’s POV - im_fairly_witty.

Specs: 15 338 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Animal transformation

Summary: It's been two weeks since Geralt drove Jaskier away from him on that mountain top and Geralt's been doing his best not to think about it by accepting every contract he comes across. But when a job goes badly he find himself cursed into the form of an injured wolf and is then saved by none other than Jaskier himself, who has no idea that the animal he's taken under his wing is his own witcher. Geralt must now try to alert Jaskier to his real situation and adjust to his new life traveling with the bard, learning several hard but very much needed lessons along the way.

Shadowplay - sospes

Specs: 26 539 words - Mature - BAMF!Jaskier, Espionnage

Summary: Geralt returns to Oxenfurt on a bright May morning to find flowers laid outside Jaskier's rooms and a fresh grave in the cemetery.

Except, as Geralt is about to learn, in Jaskier's world things are never quite what they seem.

An Old Man’s Tale - NotebooksandLaptops

Specs: 1 448 words - General Audiences - External POV, Old age

Summary: At the edge of the village, in a house surrounded by wild-flowers and weeds - re-built from its former crumbling foundations – there lived the Old Man. He’d earnt the rights for the capital O, capital M off of the rest of the villagers barely a week after he’d moved into their humble world. For he had not grown up here, like everyone else did. Yet he settled and settled as if he had always been there. He wandered the cliffsides, the beaches, the streets. He strung shells together and gifted them to the ladies of the village with a wink that betrayed the charming young man he once must have been. He bought the little ceramic pots Alicja sold on the market, and he filled them with weeds as if the weeds were flowers worth showcasing. And – most importantly – he sang.

-///-

Or, Jaskier settles in a costal village towards the end of his life.

For The Joy Of It - vvitchering (Witchering)

Specs: 848 words - Teen & Up Audiences - self esteem issues, body image

Summary: After spending years on The Path together, Jaskier and Geralt finally settle down. Jaskier notices one day that his new sedentary lifestyle has changed him in ways he fears Geralt won't accept.

The Silence Between Heartbeats - anarchycox

Specs: 7 969 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Jskier knows Geralt better than anyone

Summary: Geralt faced off with a sorceress, only instead of her magic killing him, it stole his voice. But this should be an easy fix, he knew many women who could heal this. But that would mean anyone noticing something wrong. He knew he was quiet, but seriously, did no one wonder why he wasn't saying a single thing? Months he traveled silent, no one noticing and it was driving him mad.

Until he runs into Jaskier, who notices immediately that something is wrong.Because of course it is Jaskier.

Who else in the end would it be, who properly saw the White Wolf?

tailored - jeannie_tangerine

Specs: 4 874 words - Explicit - Geralt has a kink and Jaskier is absolutely into it.

Summary: in which Jaskier finds out that Geralt has a kink and is more than glad to indulge it.

oh darling please be mine - kickassfu

Specs: 749 words - General Audiences - Introspective, fluff

Summary: Geralt’s head turns to him just as he’s jumping into his arms. Obviously, he catches Jaskier, in his very strong, very big arms. Still probably processing what’s happening, Geralt’s body is tense, unmoving. Jaskier doesn’t care.

New Monsters Stories - Kathkin

Specs: 20 209 words - Explicit - Urban fantasy, mutual pining

Summary: “So do you have a name?”

“Yeah.” The man who had saved his life less than an hour ago – the white-haired, absurdly buff, weirdly sexy man Jaskier might have called taciturn if he was feeling charitable and surly if he was feeling less so – dug into his second burger.

Jaskier waited. “Are… you going to tell me what it is?”

The man paused mid-bite, and looked at him reproachfully as if to say how dare you. How dare you interrupt me. Can’t you see I’m enjoying my cheeseburger. Can’t you see this cheeseburger is the most important thing in my life right at the moment. He swallowed, and said, “Geralt.”

It turns out almost getting eaten by a werewolf can make your whole life go careening off in a new, terrifying, wondrous, artistically flourishing direction. Who knew?

Professor Pankratz - martistarfighter

Specs: 1 147 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Established relationship

Sumary: “Come teach my class with me tomorrow.” He whispers in the witcher’s ear. He’s sporting a neatly trimmed beard these days, and it tickles Geralt’s neck in the most tempting way.

Geralt chuckles dryly, but the lack of an immediate quip tells him that Jaskier is serious. It’s a little scary how often they can read their minds by now.

“Don’t think so. You’re the teacher, Jask. I’ve got nothing to tell them.”

“But you’re the reason I’m still alive and teaching in the first place. Besides, you can just sit there, look pretty and answer some questions. My students have heard a lot about you, they’ll adore you.”

As someone pointed out, there's too much 'witcher watching out for his idiot' and not enough 'the witcher is a himbo who loves his college educated bard husband, who is qualified to teach' content out there. So I'm fixing it with a self-indulgent ficlet!

and i plan to be forgotten when i’m gone (yes, i’ll be leaving in the fall) - Stockholm_Syndrome

Specs: 18 083 words - Mature - Discussion of assisted suicide, discussion of suicide, depression, curse, no MCD

Summary: “That was more emotional than I expected.” He finally said “I didn’t think I’d have time to share this with you, and I.” Jaskier interrupted himself, as if unsure if he should continue. “I suppose I didn’t think it would upset you so.”

“Jaskier” Geralt growled, not able to express how ludicrous that idea was.

“Yes, I suppose I was wrong there.” Jaskier replied with a helpless shrug.

---- Or, Jaskier is cursed to turn into a monster. He doesn't think this is important information to mention.

Chopsticks - thisgirlsays22

Specs: 12 175 words - Explicit - Piano teacher!Jaskier, friends to lovers, modern setting

Summary: “Yennefer sent me a check for eight lessons for you,” Jaskier said the following weekend, wearing a beige button-down with--

“Does your shirt have owls on it?” Geralt asked, caught somewhere between amusement and horror.

Jaskier looked down and tugged on the front of his shirt as if he had to remind himself what was on it. He beamed at Geralt. “Yeah! Do you like it?”

“Not particularly.”

The smile swiftly disappeared.

“It’s not terrible,” he amended, stepping back to let Jaskier inside the apartment. Then Jaskier’s initial words sank in. “Wait. Yen did what?”

Hanging up on Yennefer was always a mistake.

what’s in a (pet) name? - janie_tangerine

Specs: 1 415 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Fluff, pet names

Summary: "So," he clears his throat one evening, having just rinsed Geralt's now clean, soft white hair, and damn how he wishes the man would just take care of it somewhat decently, "I was wondering."

"What?" Geralt says after he doesn't go on for a bit. It didn't sound particularly annoyed. Right on.

"This is a very broad question, but I was just curious, no need to answer if you don't want to -" Jaskier starts, having learned that giving the man a way out is always a good bet.

"Just get on with it, won't you?"

Jaskier clears his throat, leans down, puts his elbows on the rim of the tub. "How do you feel about pet names?"

Or: in which Jaskier has a question for Geralt. It doesn't get answered the way he had assumed.

As Long As You Were Mine For A Little While - whisperedstories

Specs: 12 815 words - Explicit - Friends with benefits, mutual pining

Summary: It starts with Jaskier offering a helping hand when Geralt needs to let off some steam. The thing is, Jaskier likes taking care of Geralt—however he can—and Geralt lets him, so he just keeps doing it.

And as long as they never talk about how he's in love with Geralt, they're both happy with the arrangement, right? Right.

Of Debt and Debtors - sp_oops

Specs: 5 136 words - Explicit - Semi-public sex

Summary: Two bros, chillin' in a ta-vern, five feet apart ‘cause they—fuck, they really missed each other, not that Geralt will ever admit it—and anyway, in a minute here, they're gonna have to get closer than they ever thought possible. (Or, sometime after Episode 6, they meet again, Jaskier’s in trouble again, and Geralt saves them. Again.)

This One I Shall Choose - DorkMagician

Specs: 3 751 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Quiet pining, the exact moment Geralt falls in love

Summary: Geralt falls in the river fishing for a djinn and winds up soaked. Jaskier sees the opportunity to do as his mother told him a long time ago and takes the first step when he offers Geralt his handkerchief.

Skin Deep - Sospes

Specs: 8 935 words- Teen & Up Audiences - Fluff, getting together, non consensual tattooing, implied/referenced rape, implied/referenced childhood abuse

Summary: “What’s that?” Geralt asks.

Jaskier blinks. “It’s a tattoo,” he says. “Have you never seen a tattoo before, Geralt?”

Geralt fights the urge to roll his eyes. “I know it’s a tattoo,” he says. “What’s it a tattoo of?”

They say there are 5 ways to show your love (and I don’t know any of them) - Mayathelittlebee

Specs: 5 989 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Fluff, humor

Summary: May be if Geralt stopped being so dramatic for a moment he'd finally realize that loving Jaskier is not as hard as he thinks.

I don’t mind if I’m with you - janie_tangerine

Specs: 11 152 words - Explicit - In which Jaskier has to quelle his murder instincts concerning how much Geralt’s life sucks

Summary: or: five times plus one in which Jaskier finds out that Geralt is missing on good life experiences and promptly sees to fix it.

Fill Me Up - Mysticmajestic

Specs: 402 words - Teen & Up Audiences - Romance

Summary: Geralt only knows how to give, and give, until he's empty. What is he to do with Jaskier, who only wants to give back to him?

Little Things - QueenForADay

Specs: 3 315 words - General Audiences - Domestic fluff, Ciri ships it

Summary: In the first few months of knowing the Witcher, he experienced first-hand how shut-off Geralt could be with the world around him and those within it.

At some point, and he can’t pinpoint where, that shroud started to slip away. He saw how much Geralt could, and does, actually care. It’s as fierce as the way he fights.

They spend a great deal of time watching each other; when they finally fell into a bed together, they spent most of their nights learning what the other liked, mapping the plains of skin and muscle underneath the other.

But it’s the other things, the little things, that Jaskier thinks about the most.

O, Empathy - almostnectarine

Specs: 32 624 words - Mature - Body swap, friends to lovers, questfic

Summary: “How did you manage,” asked Geralt, with infinite patience and only a desire to know the facts, and not at all a little meanhearted glee, “to insult a sorcerer while his tongue was down your throat?”

“Don’t make me recount the entire sordid affair, Geralt,” said Jaskier, with a surprising note of desperation breaking through his gruff monotone. “I’m already having a rather shit day and all I’ve done so far is wake up.”

“In my body,” said Geralt.

“Yes,” said Jaskier, with the insolent cadence that was unmistakably Jaskier’s, but in Geralt’s voice, emerging from Geralt’s face and frame.

“And I’ve got yours,” said Geralt, from Jaskier’s.

and for that love to be with men - sebviathan

Specs: 6 734 words -Mature - Emotional constipation, self discovery, self acceptance, geralt is a whole ass gay man who doesn’t know what being gay is

Summary: Something's not right about what I'm doing but I'm still doing it—living in the worst parts, ruining myself. My inner life is a sheet of black glass. If I fell through the floor I would keep falling.

The enormity of Geralt's desire disgusts him.

at last, at last, at last, oh I thought you’d never ask - elegantwings

Specs: 15 040 words - Explicit - Arranged marriage, slow burn, trans!Jaskier, in this house we love Yennefer of Vengerberg

Summary: Geralt is given firm instructions from Vesemir: He is to get married to a Redanian noblewoman in the hopes of improving relations between witchers and the rest of the world. Once the ceremony is over, he plans to drop his new spouse off at their new home and carry on with his life as he always has. Little does he know, his future wife is not a woman, and not so easily left behind. He's not really sure he'd like to get rid of Jaskier, either. Over the next several years, they learn to navigate their new relationship, first while Jaskier completes his degree, and then when Jaskier insists on accompanying him on the road. And no matter what anyone else has to say about it, Geralt is absolutely not in love with his husband.

it’s what my heart just yearns to say - chasing_the_sterek

Specs: 1 071 words - Teen & Up - Slice of life, Jaskier: what if I found a way to make Geralt admit when he needs things

Summary: "If you could have one blessing," Jaskier says, eyes lit green by the fire between them, "What would it be?"

Geralt looks at him. The whetstone is smooth and friction-warm in his palm, edges rounded from use. It's been with him for a long time: almost four years.

Jaskier has been with him for even longer, but he's never done this. Geralt squints at him, but only thing different to this morning is the yellow firelight changing the colour his eyes appear.

"What," he says.

not a goodbye, a thank you - Potrix

Specs: 2 915 words - Mature - Graphic depiction of illness, near death experience, talk about death, found family

Summary: Somewhere further in the courtyard, Lambert yells out a colourful curse while Ciri cackles maniacally. Eskel is taunting the former through his laughter, and Vesemir’s voice joins in with barked commands and corrections once the clang of steel against steel continues. Somewhere above them, on one of the balconies overlooking the yard, Geralt can hear the scratch of quill against parchment as Yennefer works on her correspondence, interrupted every now and again by the tapping of nails against an inkpot.

He realises what’s wrong an instant before everyone else grows suddenly, eerily still; Jaskier is quiet.

After Summers of Fasting (I Feel Hunger At Last) - Artemis_Unbound

Specs: 3 793 words - Teen & Up Audiences - A six pack you can see is not a good thing, Jaskier tricks Geralt into Not Being Starving anymore, Love confessions

Summary: Defined six-pack abs are a sign that someone has been starving and dehydrating themselves, not a sign of incredible strength. It's just not healthy.

Jaskier sees Geralt shirtless for the first time, sees all that defined musculature, and is Horrified. He's slept with enough warriors and soldiers to know what that means. And he decides, this stops now.

Tunes Without Words - foxy_mulder

Specs: 22 021 words - Mature - Self-esteem issues, past abuse, miscommunications, misunderstandings

Summary: The plan is this:

He will note all the things that annoy Geralt, and he will stop doing them, and then Geralt will want him around. It will work.

It has to work, because Jaskier cannot be left behind.

The Path Not Taken - sospes

Specs: 40 149 words - Mature - Extraordinarily bad misunderstanding, Idiots in love, Explicit sexual content

Summary: Jaskier comes across an injured witcher in a backwoods town, months after the events of the dragon hunt. It all just sort of escalates from there.

#The Witcher #Geraskier #Geralt of Rivia #Jaskier #My Posts #Witcher Fic #Fic Rec #Masterpost #100n #150n #200n

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xiakha · 3 years

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FFXIVWrite2021 Prompt #8 - Adroit

The Warrior of Light, Savior of Eorzea, Azure Dragoon, Van Baelsar's Downfall could not read Eorzean letters.

Though it was a thought that made the Literati of Aldenard tremble, should it not be expected? After all, it was naught six moons after she set foot in Limsa Lominsa that she laid waste to the Praetorium within Castrum Meridianum and destroyed the Ultima Weapon. There was hardly a moment for the Warrior of Light to sit down with phonics.

...Not that she could read other languages. She grew up with one of the Southern Seas Moonkeeper tongues that lacked an alphabet entirely.

...Not that she spoke Eorzean. Though one would never realize it through simple interaction with her, the Echo's ability to translate all languages for her meant that, unless she was consciously attempting to listen to the rolling babble that made up the Eorzean syllabary, she had spent the last six months, and year and a half before that whist privateering, understanding everything in the roil that made up her Moonkeeper dialect. Most people would describe her simply as stoic, the strong silent type. Actions speak louder than words, after all.

However, her chosen entourage were the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, which had a core of Sharlayan graduates and post-grads. And Minfilia and Yda.

Mayhap that was the key to why Xiao seemed to prefer their company by default. It was difficult to participate in the conversations and arguments about arcane marginalia when your only responses were an emphatic nod, a shrug, and an expression of careful consideration to mask cluelessness. But the Sharlayan scholars were not all indifferent to her struggles.

Y'sthola and Alphinaud had made it their mission to slowly have Xiao learn Eorzean. Y'shtola did it for the sake of wishing to have actual conversation and also wanting to hear Xiao express herself (What little she remembered of her own Miqo'te tongue was a tattered mess from childhood), and Alphinaud did it for the principle of the matter (But of course he did). Thus it was that Y'shtola had frustratingly plodding immersive conversations with Xiao, and Alphinaud lectured fruitlessly through a Sharlayan children's primer on phonetics.

But all of that came to an abrupt close when the Warrior of Light was accused of assassinating the Sultana. Beset on all sides with hardly the words to explain herself, what was she to do? No amount of nodding was going to help her there. Perhaps that was what Teledji Adeledji was banking for. Perhaps a cynic would say that, after so many moons of people assuming and showing good will, it was inevitable that someone would use the Warrior of Light's mute nature to their own advantage.

* * *

The three processed grief in very different ways.

Alphinaud sulked and brooded before landing himself in the library. Maybe if he read the right book for the situation he could take advantage of it all, or at least ease his sense of guilt.

Tataru had perhaps the healthiest coping mechanism. She threw herself into work, yes, but it was sociable work. It was surrounded by those that learned to care for her as they cared for the other inhabitants of Camp Dragonhead. It was acts of creation and crying on the willing shoulders of her growing network of friends and acquaintances.

Xiao Longbao destroyed.

Murder would have spoken some sort of intent to harm, a vendetta or motivation. Nay, she destroyed for the sake of destruction. Camp Dragonhead went through more training dummies in the first fortnight after the banquet than it had since the Umbral Calamity. They were all expertly dismantled with strength that rivaled Ralghr's despite the fact that she never used anything but the practice weapons one was supposed to use within the confines of the fortress. They were also running out of those as well.

As for the Dravanian incursions, House Fortemps soldiers would rally and charge the enemy to only find blood and limbs littering the mountainside, and if they were fortunate, a tired looking Miqo'te, her hair matted with blood, leaning on a spear, looking out towards Mor Dhona.

If they were unlucky, they'd find an axe wielding beast hacking apart an already dead ogre or Vodoriga.

Then, once the destruction was through, the Warrior of Light would imbibe enough to kill a horse. Perhaps it was normal for a former privateer, but it still gathered rumors and whispers when the supposed Savior was found slumped over in the mess hall deep in the cups almost every night. She would rise from this state in the morrow and repeat. Outward destruction by day, inward destruction by night. Alas, who would confront her? Camp Dragonhead enjoyed the first fortnight without an injury or casualty among her garrison for the first time in memory. It wasn't that they were ungrateful just, just... who had the words?

So the concern reached all the way to the top, and Lord Haurchefant, Commander of Camp Dragonhead, decided finally that it would no longer be improprietous for intervention. Oh, he had flirted and expressed his interest once upon a time, but as the debt his small dominion began to accrue in the Warrior of Light's ledger, never mind that she would never come around to collect, he distanced himself for he knew his place. He was not one to risk scandal for House Fortemps. But surely, surely now that Ishgard proper was indebted to the Warrior of Light, now that, begrudgingly, she was recognized as another Azure Dragoon by Estinien and even by Ishgard's vaunted Dragoon Corps, surely there could be no fuss to be made.

It was why he immediately received the trio, shivering and alone in the cold, without question and gave them rooms and the intercessory. But the embers he felt, he dared still not fan. Let them stay cooling coals, both he and the Warrior of Light had other fires to attend to. But now, but now, he would risk fanning the flame. After all, did they not work well together? Did they not admire one another?

So it was that, upon her return one bloody afternoon, Haurchefant greeted Xiao with a still steaming bucket of water.

"I had thought your hair ever a dashing violet. When did it become so faded and browned?" he said, wrinkling his nose, "Moreover, when was the last time you bathed?"

Xiao barely had the time to hiss at him when the water hit her. But whatever rage she felt was utterly wiped out by the shock of water, and the feeling of comfort it brought to her stiffening body, following by shivering as the warmth quickly passed.

Haurchefant looked down at the pooled gore that the first bucket knocked off her. With impunity he tossed at her a second bucket's worth, then a third.

"There is a bath of this very same water prepared for you," he said, "But I had been forewarned that you mayhap require a pre-emptive soaking. 'Tis unfitting of a lady to smell as if she has crawled into something that had died and wear it as a dress."

Xiao opened her mouth, her voice a hoarse growl from disuse, "Not lady, a weapon."

"Very well, but a weapon without maintenance and cleaning is liable to break, and the fortress ill needs a broken blade on the battlefield."

So it was that Haurchefant lead Xiao by the hand into the Manor, to his own private quarters, where a bath was drawn and waiting. Xiao did little to resist the careful hands with which he removed the plate amor that she had slept in and the caring and precise manner with which he undid the bindings of the leather she wore underneath. She sat as in a stupor on the stool as Haurchefant scrubbed her back and limbs with warmed rags, delicately dabbing at bruises and areas where her skin had chafed away without her realizing. She merely grunted at the stinging, her eyes still staring off thousands of yalms away. The bathroom floor was soon a muck of brown with the filth that was wiped off her, and the bathwater didn't quite change colors nearly as dramatically when Haurchefant finally settled her in.

She hadn't realized how weary she was. She hadn't realized how hard she pushed herself. She hadn't realized how disgusting her tail fur was. It was as if she were waking up again after a long, troubled dream.

But the pain returned. The anguish, the failure. Y'shtola...

Lost and adrift with thoughts that she had been avoiding, she didn't notice Haurchefant leave and return with a clean shirt and a book.

He began reading from it, and the lyrical timber of his voice was enough for Xiao to push away the Echo and ask, "What is this?"

"A book of poems, written in old Ishgardian tongue. They would bring me comfort in my youth as my mother read from them."

The rise and fall of his voice entrained her thoughts on it, despite not quite understanding the words, the skillful play of tones and syllables, the steady dah-dih-dah-dih-dah-dah of the verses.

Immersed in warmth and the beauty of Haurchefant's voice, Xiao drifted off peacefully for the first time in days.

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