fandom snowflake challenge #01

[deerna]

challenge #1: in your own space, introduce yourself!

hi i’m deerna, a twenty-something queer gremlin who writes for a living and also for fun. i’ve tried to do the snowflake thing on pillowfort last year because i thought i was going to be more active on that platform, but then i started posting a little more often on dreamwidth so i thought of doing the challenge on here instead.

for challenge #01 i updated my intro/sticky post. i joined the witcher fandom a year ago and it doesn’t look like i’m going anywhere, so i added a paragraph about it. if you're wondering about it, the #a just death thing (like my main icon) is about dirk strider (homestuck epilogues).

if you want to know more about me you can also read my fandom recap and my writing recap from 2020, that i just posted. most of my personal posts are locked but i’m not fussy about adding people; just say hi under the sticky post so i know who you are.

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[deerna]

Oof, Doctor Who. I used to be staunchingly defensive of "my doctor" because I thought it was a funny and quirky injoke and then I realized people were DEAD SERIOUS about it. Jeez Louise, it's fandom, loosen up. I'm behind with the last season aaa but I love 13 to bits <3

And yesss voices. Dubbing is a lost art, unfortunately, but there's a few things that still work (case in point, the witcher games haha) (fun fact: the russian version of 'toss a coin' is delightful)

Henry is a HUGE fan of the franchise!! He played the witcher 3: wild hunt something like three or four times and he apparently had his manager bother the casting people to death, begging them to consider him for the role XDDD i don't think it's true but there's a joke going around where they say that they gave him the role to make him stop XD

The game feels Eastern Europe if you're a bit familiar with the look of European countryside I think! The show definitely felt other in a non-definable way, which I really enjoyed - but it didn't keep the same kind of humour, which is probably what felt missing. There's a definitive playfulness both in the games and in the books that netflix didn't manage to retain -- if you don't take Jaskier into account. Joey Batey really did a very good job, he managed to give a whole new shine to his character.

Yes! The non-linearity is also something that happens in the books a lot so really, they just kept it on brand. I've seen book people complain about it and I'm here like -- did we read the same thing? Fun fact: they forgot that Jaskier was supposed to age, which is why it's always Joey Batey to play him even if he's 18-27-42 years old respectively in the various scenes kdjfhg. We'll see how it goes!

I'm glad!!! Enjoy <3

[sevilemar]

I was so into 12 and Clara as a team, it was difficult for me to get into another companion or doctor at first. 13 and her merry band are worming their way into my heart, though, and I will give Bill another chance someday, when I am not so intensely invested in "my team" anymore ;)

Well, now I have to go look up the Russian version, and my Cyrillic is very bad (read: practically non-existent). It's gonna be hilarious, I think^^

I am so spoiled when it comes to voice acting, because the main thing I am watching at the moment is Critical Role, "where a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons". They are very good with their voices, especially the Dungeon Master Matt Mercer, who does multiple different and distinct voices every session.

It's awesome that a fan gets to play a character he apparently likes very much, it makes me feel all warm and mushy inside for some reason :)

Well, I live about an hour or two from the Polish border, in Lepzig, Germany, it should bloody well feel familiar ;) Alas, I have never enjoyed gaming very much, too stressful with all the choosing and fighting you have to do, so I don't think I will experience it for myself any time soon.

Though you are doing a good job of pitching the books to me, I have to say. I really would like to know more about the atmosphere and humour of the books now, and how Jaskier's character differs on the show. Did they really just forget he is supposed to be different ages? That's really funny :DD I have read a good fic about it not long ago, lets see if I can find...

The Past Is Long

Edit: The Russian version was easy to find, no Cyrillic required^^ I also found German, Czech, Polish, and a few others. And suddenly I remember why I like listening to different languages, even if I don't understand a word they are saying. Another reason why dubbing really is no alternative for me. Though I also remember a show from the 50's I could only get in the German dub version, and it was astonishingly good. They had a lot of variety back then, different accents, and class markers, that kind of thing. It was kind of an eye-opening experience of what good dubbing can be like.

[deerna]

I loved Twelve! But my doctors will always be Nine and Ten — that's where I started after all. I did enjoy Thirteen and the way she reminds me of different doctors, almost like she's morphing from one to the other ;W; <3

Oh, I'm familiar with CR! I don't quite have the attention span for it but I loved Mercer as McCree in Overwatch haha. But yeah, it's becoming harder to find good dubbing now even if there's older stuff that is astonishingly good -- we have a very good italian localization of "The Nanny" for example, which was popular in the Nineties.

I reccommend catching up with the interviews, if you're into that kind of thing, because it's quite cute to watch Henry fangirl about it haha. He apparently stole every prop that wasn't nailed to the floor and spent an embarrassingly long time watching himself in the mirror going like "hehe I'm Geralt of Rivia" while in full costume. (So Relatable)

Honestly the best part about the games are the side quests, the story itself isn't anything to write home about - at least for tw3, I haven't played the others. Definitely familiar sights then! :D there's an expansion that is set in a country that is basically a mixture of Spain/France/Italy and it definitely felt like home. They did the homework!

I wouldn't want to build up expectations -- the books definitely show their age and their author, but there's some shockingly good stuff about them so I can't help but gush haha.

That's what they said! Although it might be a low-key reference to the polish tv show where Jaskier is half-elf, thus he ages more slowly? Who knows. I just know the fandom definitely ran with it -- "immortal jaskier" is a very popular tag. I haven't read that fic yet, bookmarking it for later! Thank you! :D

[sevilemar]

Aww, I almost get nostalgic about Nine and Ten these days. And I just realised, it has been 15 years since Nine. How did that happen? I am getting old^^

Oh, I loved "The Nanny"! They did a re-readthrough of the first episode recently, it was fun (Pandemic Table Read). Fran Drescher's voice was very distinct back then^^

I found some interviews with Henry Cavill on YouTube, and you are right, he is adorable. Such a fanboy! And I love how he breaks apart the fight scene in Blaviken. I was very impressed when I first saw the scene, because it was all one shot, there was no wasted move, and you instantly knew the story they were telling just through their movements. Great storytelling! And then there is also Henry Cavill, being adorable with Simon Pegg

Gush away, I have no problem with books of a certain age. I loved Jack London and Karl May when I grew up, so no worries^^ Mind you, I wouldn't recommend them today, but sometimes you can't help what you get exposed to, especially as a child. I am glad they did their homework for the games, because getting the details right adds so much to any show, and also a game, I'd imagine.