First of all, I just wanted to say that I love your page,and the "Alone together" Dettlaff fic! It is very well written,and I love every chapter!I read slowly -the longer it takes to read,the better!
When and how did you become a Dettlaff fan? Was there any specific scene or moment when you felt "omg,this guy is NOT the monster - he is perfect!" 🫠😅
Hi! Pardon the late reply, busy start of the week.
I'm so happy that you enjoyed AT! Still can't believe that I knocked out over 90k for a witcher reader insert, but y'know, when lockdown hits, you're bound to make some choices which you wanna stick with until the end to see where they'll carry you. It was loads of fun to write and it warms my heart to know that people continue to enjoy it.
As for when I began liking Dettlaff... Probably around when my Witcher 3 phase really hit during the 2020 lockdown. I felt (still feel) a lot of sympathy for him and his circumstances, his desire to just live in peace and make toys contrasted with how he was manipulated and how the ending where he dies is considered the happy one when it felt more like putting down an angry, sick dog. Sure, beating the bossfight was a challenge but it did NOT feel satisfying - in fact, it played into the narrative which you see a few times in the series: the mastermind behind the scheme/real cause of the harm walks free while the tool/scapegoat is put to the blade. And it's not fair, and it's how it is a lot of the time, but I feel like the happy ending could've been a subversion of that by letting us spare both Dett and Syanna.
Oh, Syanna. I actually don't hate her as much as I used to because critical analysis eventually powered through the fog of vampire simping and yearning emojis. She is a troubled character, one who was deeply hurt and carried that resentment with her all those years. I understand her, even if I don't approve of her actions (same with Dettlaff - he's hardly an innocent puppy), but I do wish she was written better because I feel like the latter half of the expansion fell back a little writing-wise and her character suffered because of that. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely support women's wrongs, but these wrongs have got to be properly written, and I'd love to take a stab at a more reciprocated Dett/Syanna down the line, but for now my witcher brainworms are asleep so she's out of luck.
To be honest, if I were to rewrite AT today, I would attempt to... not necessarily redeem her, but pull her out of the bandity environment which shaped her into who she is and allow her to let go of all that a little as y/n's and Dettlaff's friend (I still MOURN that she was using him. They could've had the TASTIEST Alucard/Integra or Sylas/Delilah dynamic of devoted vampire boytoy & his girlboss wife who kisses the blood off his lips.) Then, when the B&W timeline rolls around, there's no Beast of Beauclair, but Regis gets a visit from an old friend and his two girlfriends, explaining that GF2 is here to visit her sister while GF1 really wants to discuss literature so if he had any recommendations for properties for rent around Beauclair, they'd be grateful - they wanna set up shop.
Dettlaff: "I'm a vampire."
Syanna: "I'm an exiled princess and daughter of the black sun. Also my name is actually Syanna."
Y/N, blinking: "Okay you two, thanks for trusting me with this, please know that I don't love either of you any less because of it, but also AM I THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT A TERRIBLE SECRET AROUND HERE?"
Syanna: "I mean, you do read copious amounts of vampire erotica."
Dettlaff, suddenly red in the face: "You WHAT."
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