For all the Dara fans out there I may or may not have posted the first chapter of a long fic inspired by @brothebro’s art 👀
If you have been craving some Elf Prince Dara content with some worldbuilding thrown in for spice, this is the fic for you! Go check out Rex Incognito
Chapters: 1/?
Wordcount: 11756
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, The Witcher (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Dara & Fringilla Vigo, Dara & Filavandrel aén Fidháil, Dara & Francesca Findabair | Enid an Gleanna, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon & Dara Characters: Dara (The Witcher), Fringilla Vigo, Francesca Findabair | Enid an Gleanna, Filavandrel aén Fidháil, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Iorveth (The Witcher), Jaskier | Dandelion, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach
Additional Tags: Dara-centric (The Witcher), POV Dara, Prince Dara, Dara is just about done with the Continent's bullshit he'd like a nap please, Worldbuilding, implied Jaskier/Iorveth, cause it amuses me, Fringilla is going to be having too much fun :)
Summary:
“It’s not about if you can fight,” Francesca hissed, dragging Dara down the hallway, “It’s about the royal line. I haven’t heard further news on Filavandrel’s condition and I have to defend the people here. If something happens to us…you are all that’s left, Dara.”
He felt tears at the corners of his eyes.
“I can’t leave you to die,” Dara said.
“You don’t have a choice,” _______________________________________________________________________
When Ciri spoke of her own destiny Dara stayed quiet. He knew the burdens of a heavy legacy all too well, after all, he had taken the same actions as Ciri. A Royal Heir on the run, trying to stay anonymous. The one difference was, Dara had been playing the role of runaway so long, he fell into the role like a cloak, the fear like a scarf wrapped around his neck.
But with his capture by Redania and a dangerous mission set by Philippa Eilhart herself, Dara is realizing that the time for masks is over. That despite his uncertainty he will need to take up the mantle of Prince again. Not only to save himself but to save the people of Xin'trea.
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I know!! I’m finally posting another fic, this one, in particular, is a VERY late entry to @beyondthecontinent. I’d like to thank my friend @brothebro for the lovely art accompanying this fic and I will be hopefully posting more of this fic in the not too distant future!!
I figured it’s about time there was more Dara-centric long fic in this fandom and I’m excited to have finally gotten the chance to write some! I cannot thank Bro enough for inspiring this fic with their amazing art and always being there throughout the process even when it’s been a struggle.
So I wanted to put together a masterpost of some of the amazing posts from the past Femslash February prompts!!
As always, tumblr has a terrible mention system so if u did any of these prompts but don’t see yourself here, message me and I’ll add you in!!! 💛
Day 1: Xin’trea FrinFran
Day 2: Transformation Merihart
Day 3: Savior Yentriss
Day 4: Child Frinfran
Day 5: Power Ciri/Vereena
Day 6: Fugitive Ciri/Mistle
Day 7: Fire Yentriss
Day 1: Xin’trea Frinfran
Day 2: Transformation Ciri gender feels
Day 1: Xin’trea Frinfran
Day 7: Fire Frinfran
Week 1: Canonverse Frinfran
28 Ficlets total!! Pairings include Yennaia and Sabrina/Triss, super amazing and impressive work. Certainly make sure to check out all the individual ficlets!! 💛
Day 11: Blind Yennaia
Day 1: Xin’trea Frinfran
Day 2: Transformation Yentriss
Day 1: Xin’trea Frinfran
Day 2: Transformation Yentriss
Day 3: Savior Frinfran
Day 4: Child Trans!Geralt/Trans!Yennefer
Day 5: Power Merihart
Day 6: Fugitive Frinfran
Day 8: Aretuza Yengilla
Day 7: Fire YenTriss
Prompt: What is time + Geraskier
The first time Jaskier says it, the words come tumbling out of his mouth in a rush, caught between sentences and barely noticeable. It's been more years than Jaskier would care to admit since he saw the Wolf Witcher. It seems as if Geralt is still want to avoid him outside of their necessary interactions. Jaskier can never fully stop the twinge of hurt every time Geralt rejects Jaskier's offer to stay a little longer, to travel the path alongside him - wouldn't it be grand to truly have a companion?
So when Jaskier hears of a Witcher near Rinde with white hair, well it isn't too far out of his way to head to the town, leaving his supplies at an inn and heading to the river where the rumors led him. When he finally sees Geralt his heart jumps a bit in his chest and words begin to leave his mouth before he can even fully process what he is saying.
"Geralt! Hello. What's it been, months? Years? What is time, anyway?"
No response follows his statement so Jaskier pushes forward, "I heard you were in town. Are you following me, you scamp? I mean, I'm flattered and everything, but you should really think about getting a hobby one of these days."
Then, finally, a noise of displeasure from Geralt and they fall into their routine of Jaskier making witty statement as Geralt pretends not to listen.
It all goes to hell in a handbasket when the djinn is released. Jaskier forgets all about his singular statement on time and is instead focused on the much more present problems in front of him. There was one benefit to his near-death experience. After the fact, Geralt, whether out of guilt or a desire to watch over the danger-prone bard, agreed to let Jaskier travel the path with him.
Instead of random meetings and separate inns, Jaskier began to travel alongside Geralt. They would camp in the woods in-between towns and stay in the same room at whatever inn they chose for the night. It gave Jaskier a sense of pride to finally be considered Geralt's travel companion.
By this point, he had already known Geralt for nearly ten years and he was no longer a wide-eyed youth of 18 but at 28 he was still a young man, full of excitement and dreams of grandeur. The way Jaskier saw it, 28 was a fine time to pick the final trajectory of his life, he couldn't imagine any other path for himself than right by Geralt's own.
And with the shift in their traveling methods came a shift in their relationship. On Jaskier's end, he could never tell what the final straw was. One too many nights moving closer next to a fire or one too many rooms with just one bed or maybe even one too many times that Geralt would move his hand as if reaching out to Jaskier only to take it away again. Whatever the reason, one day Geralt captured Jaskier's lips in a kiss and their companionship became something even more meaningful.
Now, after nearly twenty years together, Jaskier sits at Kaer Morhen and look at Geralt, still the same as the day they met. Meanwhile, Jaskier has a twinge in his right knee that flares up whenever he walks up a set of stairs and a back that cracks like a fire whenever he gets out of bed in the morning. Every year there's new lines on his face and more hair on his bedsheets. He wonders how much longer he can follow Geralt on the path.
He's getting slower.
When he was young, he brushed off his inability to keep up with Geralt on his inexperience. However, after years of following the Witcher, he had found that he didn't tire even after walking for miles a day and he adjusted to the lifestyle. Now, as he grew older, he couldn't keep up because he grew tired faster and a bruise would last for weeks instead of days.
He couldn't confide in Geralt. He was sure the Witcher would offer to retire but Jaskier couldn't stand the thought. Geralt, sitting my his bedside as he slowly grew older and less able to follow on any sorts of adventures. Geralt, a hero who he would chain to his bedside with his own feelings of ineptitude.
Jaskier ran his fingers over the rings on his left hand, noticing the callouses that had formed over the years.
His musing were interrupted by Vesemir taking a seat next to Jaskier, "Lost in thought?" the older witcher says, not for many words.
"Have any of you ever had humans partners?" Jaskier asks.
Vesemir is silent for a moment before answering, "Some of us."
"And -- what happens, what happens as they grow older, as they are able to be by your side less?"
"You forget boy, that while our bodies might not age, our minds certainly do. The older humans get, the closer they get to matching our life experience. For a Witcher, a aged partner is a more relatable partner. Once --- well I've been in love many times but there was a woman, I knew her as children and by the time we met again she had grandchildren. I loved her the same when we were young as well she had the years on her face."
Jaskier lets out a small chuckle, "I suppose it makes sense, that Witchers would see time and age differently than the rest of us."
For some inexplicable reason, he feels his throat getting choked up thinking about leaving Geralt behind eventually, no matter how natural the process. He struggles to continue talking but says in a weak voice, "What is time, anyways?"
Then Vesemir stands up, clasping Jaskier on his shoulder as he begins to walk away and saying, "Everything."
Then Jaskier is left in front of the fire watching it slowly burn down and he doesn't move until he feels the arms of Geralt wrap around his from behind and he turns to capture a kiss from the man.
"Are you ready to come to bed?" Geralt asks, apropos of nothing.
Jaskier sighs and gets up, "It is getting late and I believe you said we have an early morning?"
Geralt shrugged, "It's nothing urgent, you could sleep into the late morning if you'd like."
"But there's so much to work on."
"Don't worry we have time."
Jaskier's face falls at Geralt's words and he turns his gaze down, looking away, "Time."
my first post for the Beyond the Continent event!
my writer for this event is the wonderful @persony-pepper, the link to the fic should be in the notes!!
Thank you for your beautiful work @phoenixandjacob!! I adored writing for it :) Here’s my accompanying fic for the @beyondthecontinent event!
Yennefer’s Sweets and Savories (5064 words) by Kaalam
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Triss Merigold/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg Characters: Triss Merigold, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg Additional Tags: Modern Setting, Restaurant au, Mutual Pining, First Kiss, Blushing, Past Geralt of Rivia/Yennefer of Vengerberg, Minor Background Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier Summary: The peace of crumbling dough under her hands is disrupted by commotion from across the street. She peeks out the window, watching the opposite store’s sign flicker on.
Triss’ Teatime and Dine. That’s new. In fact, she could’ve bet that that place had been a crumbling old structure just last week. It looks polished now. New. It’s some sort of magic, knowing how run-down that place had been.
Or: Yennefer makes pastries, Triss makes tea, and they both fall in love.
I’m so excited to have had the opportunity to participate in the Beyond the Continent Reverse Bang! Thank you to the BTC organizers, and to my partner @likecastle, whose incredible story is linked in the reblogs – I cannot recommend it enough!! :’)
Thank you @ohciq for your beautiful art and for being a wonderful partner for this event! Thanks, too, to the organizers and mods of Beyond the Continent, and to everyone who’s contributed to this fantastic event! 🖤🖤🖤
the light passing through (21658 words) by cassyl
Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Renfri/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg Characters: Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Renfri (The Witcher), Lilit (The Witcher) Additional Tags: Alive Renfri (The Witcher), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, extensive theorizing about the nature of magic and ritual, canon-typical issues of autonomy, Magical Bond, Background Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, divine intervention Summary: When Yennefer calls upon an an ancient power in an attempt to free herself from Geralt’s wish, she doesn’t get the results she hoped for, but she does get consequences–in the form of a certain long-dead princess.
Here’s my art piece for the @beyondthecontinent Reverse Big Bang! This was so much fun to work on and it was such an honor to participate with so many amazing creators. Thank you mods for all your hard work putting the event together!!
@ghostinthelibrarywrites wrote an absolutely incredible fic to go along with this art, so be sure it check it out!! The link will be in the reblogs!
I’m so excited to finally share my fic for Beyond the Continent!! Thank you to @ebbilayart for this awesome artwork and for being a delight to work with. we are the fire (we see how they run) the Triss/Yennefer modern with magic AU inspired by this piece is now up on AO3!
Rating: M
Warnings: None
Relationships: Triss/Yennefer; Ciri & Yennefer; Minor Geralt/Jaskier
Summary: Triss has been pining over Yennefer since she was fourteen years old. It was always hopeless; Triss was a gawky freshman at Aretuza Preparatory School for Girls while Yennefer was a confident, glamorous senior. Now twenty years later, Yennefer’s daughter, Ciri, is Triss’ student and Triss is back to hopelessly mooning over Yennefer.
When a mysterious scream—which Ciri may be responsible for—rattles Aretuza, powerful people begin to poke around the school, threatening Ciri. With Triss’ help, Yennefer is going to need to do whatever it takes to protect her family.
My entry for @beyondthecontinent reverse bang which I drew for a wonderfully suspenseful fic by the talented @eskelchopchop
Link to fic in reblogs, please do give it a read :D
And here is the fic! Thanks for being a patient & fantastic partner for this event, @purrritooooo!
If It Had to Perish Twice (5188 words) by EskelChopChop Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon & Gaunter O'Dimm Characters: Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Gaunter O'Dimm Additional Tags: White Frost (The Witcher), Flashbacks, Flash Forward, Temptation, unbetaed we die like the spoon guy< Summary: (Spoilers for the end of TW3) The portal in Tor Gvalch'ca opens to the realm of the White Frost. Ciri steps through to destroy it once and for all– but someone else is here in this plane beyond time and space, and he has a proposal.
Kaer Morhen: Home Alone, Protected by the walls of Kaer Morhen and their own ingenuity, Ciri and Dara fight off Nilfgaardian attack!
My piece for the BTC Reverse Bang with my wonderful writer @cheeseandcrackships Fic in the reblog :D
Brilliant art by Eden, I was so lucky to receive this piece for the event!!!
It was so much fun to work on and I can’t gush enough about how great my partner is.
RATING: Gen
WARNINGS: Graphic depictions of violence
RELATIONSHIPS: Gen, Ciri & Dara, Yenralt (not the focus)
16 Yengilla 🥺
Hey Aaliyah!! Sorry this is so late btw- I got way too involved by Yen and Fringilla bonding over lack of accomodations for schoolwork, but c’est la vie I guess.
16.) One person pouting, only to have it removed by a kiss from the other person.
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“It’s not fair!” Fringilla says, scowling when her potion doesn’t bubble like it’s supposed to. “How are you so good at this?”
“Practice,” Yennefer says, sing-songing in the way she knows Fringilla just hates. She can’t help but annoy the girl- Fringilla’s always been so good at everything she does at Aretuza.
Probably because her great-uncle is a mage, Yennefer had thought bitterly many a time. So it’s gratifying now to see something she’s not good at.
...or it would be, had it not been Yennefer’s job to make sure her potion skills were up to par. Honestly, between this and the tutoring Tissaia has her do, you’d think she was trying to make Yennefer Aretuza’s next professor or something!
“Alright,” Yennefer says finally, trying to keep the sigh out of her voice. “Show me your process.”
Fringilla blinks. “You want me to make this potion again?”
Yennefer understands her disbelief- under ideal conditions, the potion takes about an hour to make, and Fringilla’s already spent nearly two trying to make this failed batch. Still…
“It’ll be the fastest way to help you,” Yennefer says, briskly snapping on a pair of potion gloves. “Come on, we don’t have time to waste.”
Hi everybody!!! It's been a joy and a privilege to participate in @beyondthecontinent, a reverse bang focusing on women and characters of color in The Witcher. This is the first piece of fanart I've ever posted, so it's near and dear to my heart! Also near and dear to my heart is the incomparable @unremarkablegirl, who wrote the companion fic for this piece. You can find it in the reblogs, and also as the fic I will not shut up about for the next several weeks. 💕
Y’all, I still can’t get over the art, look how pretty it is!
But, yeah, I had the absolute pleasure of being inspired by this piece and I present to you my fic :D
Pirate AU | Yen-centric | Found Family | 16k
Seafarers were once land bound, free women were once victim to the whims of men.
This was Yennefer’s truth. This was Yennefer’s secret: she, the feared pirate leader of the Red Pearls, was once nothing more than a peasant girl, bastard born and lowly. She, too, was that girl whose life had been sold and upended, who’d been given a second chance—a better chance.
That life, too, came to an end. Her sisters—Triss, Fringilla, and Sabrina—were all that remained. They had followed her into the unknown sea with nary a question. She had her sisters, she had her ship, she had freedom—she had no need for anything more. But what of those women who had need of more? Those women that fumbled for freedom, entwined and ensnared, snarling and vicious? Yennefer did not need them but she had what they needed.
i participated in the @beyondthecontinent event and got to team up with the wonderful @chibitabathasloves, who writes a lovely fic for this Yen and Pavetta piece!
thank you for this amazing opportunity (´ ∀ ` *)
Hello! I wrote the fic to accompany this piece and you can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32107114 !
I had a lot of fun working on this and I absolutely adore the art and Albi who did such an amazing job! I hope you all enjoy! Rating: teen Tags: Minor Background Relationships, Developing Friendships, Minor Captivity, Temporary Amnesia, Magic, Gift Giving, POV Female Character, Female-Centric, Female Friendship, Reverse Big Bang Challenge
I finally made something for fanfiction writers to use as reference on things to avoid when writing. if you are making a reader-insert story, be sure as most people as possible can see themselves fufilling the role you want them to in your story.
I became a POC fanfiction writer after years of feeling excluded in reader-insert fanfiction. It’s important as a job as a writer to know your audience—some of which may not always fit in your “view”.
Please take the time to read this to help better yourself in the future. I know I didn’t hit every issue, but I’m willing to update it in the future.
I apologize if this isn’t the prettiest thing, but it was important for me to create.
A common feature request we have received over the years is the ability to block other users from interacting with you, or hide content by users you specify. This has been something we planned on doing for a while now, and we have been actively working on developing it for the past few months. For that reason, we wanted to give you a brief update on how this work is going
You know what’s really funny to me? How Dara and Renfri, actual characters in the Witcher, have less fan content than, say, Aiden, who we haven’t met.
In fact, just take a look right here:
So funny isn’t it :))))
I wonder :) why :)) that is :))))
Might I add :) :))))
We are excited to invite everyone to join The Beyond the Continent Reverse Bang an event for highlighting characters of color and female characters in The Witcher.
A Reverse Bang is type of big bang where artists create art that inspires authors to write a fic. You claim your artist based on the piece without knowing who the artist is, then the artist is revealed and you work to create a fantastic art/fic pairing!
Here is the sign-up form!
Once you sign up, feel free to hop on the discord if you want to chat and stay up-to-date
It’s open to all ages of artists and writers, so if have been looking for a chance to showcase your love for either characters of color and/or women in The Witcher, this event is your chance!!
Again, sign up here if you are interested! We are looking for writers and artists.
If you have any questions, feel free to dm, ask, or even jump into the discord!
Opening Tankskier prompts 💙💪
Feel free to send them in my askbox
Will do T and M rated ficlets
Geraskefer, geraskier and Yennskier
