Challenge #13: share fandom resources
i almost didn't do this part of the challenge because i didn't really think i was going to have anything useful to share but then i realized that the hundreds of links i got squirreled away in my bookmarks might actually come useful to someone, so here we are.
( Way too many links under the cut )
challenge #9: brag about yourself
i know im not the only one who had a kneejerk reaction at the verb to brag - because at one point in life we've been taught that being proud of an accomplishment is unsightly, not nice, not polite. the thing is that there's a vast difference between rubbing something into someone's face, and feeling good about your own skill.
so this is a list of things i accomplished during the past year. the feeling good and proud about them will come as i write, i hope.
skipping #7 because i have zero ideas about challenges... also i need to get my mind off things so here we go
challenge #08 make a wishlist
i have a weird relationship with wanting things, so im using this as an excuse to crowdsourcing help kjdgh here i go:
i should be writing but i can't get in the flow so i might as well catch up a little
challenge #06: rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create
first of all im going to cheat and redirect you to my other two reclists -- one for series and one for single fics.
the three stories i rec'd are huge, cover heavy themes either psychologically or emotionally, and are very different between them, for genre, pairing and style, so I think they make for a nice morsel for someone who -- well, wants to look into my tastes in fanfiction i guess haha. please give these people all the kudos because they deserve them.
tap tap tap, by
lemmingdancer geralt/eskel, geralt/jaskier | angst with a happy ending | 45k | link
this fic is long. it spans their whole lives, from childhood to retirement, and it's deliciously painful. one of my favorite things about it is geralt's transformation after the second trials, how he has to put an effort in learning how to act human again. and i love how eskel and jaskier go at it, with their flaws and their sweetness. i loved the issues and the mistakes and the feelings and the tap tap tap. and after a lot of pain — a happy ending. truly a must-read. // warning for minor spoilers for the games
Silver and copper, by
jaskier has a very good reason not be a bard, and geralt happens to pass through lettenhove and fix it. this is a horror story (to the point that i regretted reading it at night) and there's some truly horrifying stuff going on about the curse, so heed the tags. it's also a mystery story, which reminded me a little of the side quests you can play in tw3 but with a lot more frustrated meandering and false leads, which keep you on the edge of your seat. there's also a lot of hope and love, though — the truly selfless kind, the kind that doesn't give up on you, the kind that waits for you to come back, the kind that adopts you even if it has no reason to do so.
out in the pouring rain (down on your knees) by
it starts out as jaskier doing a favour to yennefer and geralt, to satisfy a cuckhold fantasy, and then it turns into something much more complicated. i'm extremely picky with modern aus but this pushes all my buttons re: kink & the witcher cast. also, i almost feel like i should've tagged this as jaskier/yennefer because that's what mostly is - geralt is off screen a lot, but he's the elephant in the room and the reason everything is happening and everyone is feeling. the pining hits hard and the burn is slow; by the end of it i felt consumed by it, in the best of ways.
special mention: ciri! she's trans (i know that folk look for that kind of thing) and adorable and her parents and jaskier love her very much and i appreciated the whole thing so much.
code by tessisamess | icons by honeymoonedit, twelveedits & retroicxns
challenge #05: talk about a canon you love
Nobody will be surprised to see that this post is about the Witcher, since apparently it’s all I think about these days. I don’t actually talk about it much on any of my online spaces - I’m not great at meta and I always feel like other people have more interesting things to say. Fiction is usually my way to say things about my canons, so that’s what I usually write — but this is a challenge so I felt like challenging myself.
Before the netflix show came the games, and before the games came the books, which I had the pleasure to discover during the entirety of 2020 — so I’m going to gush a bit about the opening scene of the short story that started it all.
( spoilers about the books under the cut )
Challenge #2: Intearact With Someone New
I was so nervous about this one, but it happened almost naturally in the comments of my previous post, so that's good! *waves to new people* it was such a pleasure! Please gush at me about the Witcher whenever you want, I'm open to it 24/7.
Challenge #3: Guess Who's Coming to DinnerI'm not actually doing this because putting myself in the same space as 'fandom creatures' doesn't come naturally to me — which is something I actually want to talk about, so here's my version of the challenge, with a twist to the topic!
I always enjoyed playing with characters in the space of my fantasy, but I could never picture myself there with them, not even putting myself in one of the characters' shoes. There's something about my sense of self that doesn't let me breathe the same fictional air as they do.
I missed out on tons of my friends' adventures because they created personae that were based on themselves in order to join their fave characters on adventures set in the franchise of the week, and I didn't. It's something that bleeds into more reality-related stuff, like meeting actors, singers and writers to get their autograph or take a picture with them.
I don't know if it's because I'm scared of something or if it's just shyness, or if it's just my way to interact with fandom — but I love seeing other people have fun with it! Tell me your secrets, oh self-insert writers!
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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