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Reynard Odo may be the Love of My Life Maddy | Thirty-something | she/her AO3 | follows/likes from stupendousbee

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My Fic Masterlist

Updated 11.05.21

Love and Wine series

Tales of the North series

A Stray’s Tale - Gascon-centric fics

Meve/Reynard

Meve/Gascon

Gascon/Reynard

Meve/Reynard/Gascon

Chaptered fics

One-shots

Tumblr vignettes

Prompt fills

[narramin]

Sapkowski tends to skip over actual battles and wars and only deal with the inhuman fallout of peasants starving and sorcerers going blind and both armies raping and looting and the racial tensions it causes between the humans and nonhumans (which is to say its mostly humans lynching integrated members of the other races as a response to the cruelties commited by elf guerillas) and war profiteers and schemers and ruined roads and gallows etc BUT. the battle of brenna, the one he actually brothered to write? possibly if not definitely the gretest and most gripping battle scene ever. the multiple prespectives of various division members across the it peppered with character we've mostly met before, the scouts Not doing their job properly out of simply fear that results in Nilfgaard getting fucked (and their general who learns this by seeing the Nordlings get the unexpected reinforcment immediately orders all of them to be hanged unaware that they just got killed in the very same charge). said generals on the hills trying to command. the 17 year old courier trying to get to one of the wings to forward an order realising he bit more than he could chew. Jarre signing up despite being exluded from the draft losing a hand. the dwarves division being put in the worst positions because they'd rather send other races there over the humans. the medic tent pov, which is The main pov if i had to name one, that is once marveling at a particularly interesting injury (a witcher dying by 2 teeth. wonder if this will have any relevance later) or almost getting killed my nilfgaardians or losing hope. the courier making it with the message after all only to fall of the saddle and have his head immediately crushed under the hooves. not a single main character is mentioned for the whole chapter btw

[harpersgonnaharp]

The fact that not a single main character is mentioned is the thing that stuck out to me (especially after I read a Google review that complained about how Sapkowski made the book boring by doing so). Quite often we see the Big Battles in Hero Moments, or what I call Avengers Style: the whole of New York City is decimated, with people's lives taken or irreversibly changed, but LOOK HOW AWESOME OUR HEROES ARE IN THEIR HERO MOMENT! Who cares about the rest?

The fact that Sapkowski chose to focus on the impacts of war on those who are not the heroes (those who find themselves drawn in regardless of their beliefs, those who have no power or choice but to be effected, those who are the victims, those who are trying to help in these times of hardship), I think was a big part of why I like him as an author so much. Sure, the heroes in a "gritty" fantasy novel are fun, and Sapkowski crafts very compelling characters, but his refusal to hand wave about the impacts on *everyone else* demonstrates an understanding of how war affects real lives.

[murderspice]

so does anyone else think Villem's cheek scar in this end card art kinda mirrors Meve's or am i simply going bonkers

[bemorch]

The queen of Lyria

[bunniope]

hey thanks for calling me your "loyal knight" now i'm horny enough to win any battle

[queenmevesknickers]

Thanks @ao3commentoftheday for the banner!

Have a snippet from the upcoming third chapter of Enchanted, titled Covert Operations — we’re finally gonna hit some E-rated content 😎

He kisses her and kisses her and kisses her, for every single time he has wanted to, but could not. For the time when she’d freed him from the city jail, fierce and defiant even as they fled her capital, for the first time he’d seen her smile after that Nilfgaardian hammer had nearly smashed her face in two. For the time they’d stood together on the ramparts of Rivia Castle, exhausted, soaked in sweat and blood but impossibly, exhilaratingly alive. By all rights, neither of them should be here; their story ought to have ended half a dozen times or more before now. That they are is testament to her extraordinary strength and abilities; she alone could have forged their path to victory. And now, for once — even if it is only just this once — he can show her just how much she means to him.

Catch up on Chapter 2: Man Undercover here 🦋

[still-trying-to-be-horny]

The Armor stays on during sex. (Cling clang cling clang cling clang)

[queenmevesknickers]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/6

Fandom: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Video Game)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Meve/Reynard Odo, Gascon Brossard & Reynard Odo

Characters: Reynard Odo, Meve (The Witcher), Gascon Brossard, Villem (The Witcher)

Additional Tags: Post-Game(s), Post-Canon, Everyone is Alive, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Cinderella Elements, Identity Porn, Explicit Sexual Content

Chapter 2 is here, and Cinderella has arrived at the ball! Summary of content:

[draw-the-squad-like-this]

Draw your characters

[ot3]

coming up with an au were a dead character lives but shaking my head while i do it so everyone watching knows i support the role their death played in the narrative and consider it a legitimate writing choice

[queenmevesknickers]

Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Meve/Reynard Odo, Gascon Brossard & Reynard Odo Characters: Reynard Odo, Meve (The Witcher), Gascon Brossard, Villem (The Witcher) Additional Tags: Post-Game(s), Post-Canon, Everyone is Alive, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Cinderella Elements, Identity Porn, Explicit Sexual Content Summary:

He is quite certain that he cannot endure another ball, let alone one in costume. She will ask him to dance, as she always does, and he will do his duty and lead her to the floor, and know once more the sweet torture of holding her in his arms in a crowded room, every eye on him and her, searching for something to start the rumours they will repeat the next day. He is vigilant, always; they will never see anything untoward in his manner, they will never catch him in a longing look or a lovelorn sigh. But he can only bear so much — he prays she will spare him yet another night of agony.

When a masked ball is announced to celebrate the peace in Lyria, Reynard hopes to avoid it; Gascon encourages him instead to take advantage of a disguise to try and have some fun for once. Little does he know, someone else has had the same idea…

A companion to Ever After.

[supercupcakecollector-love]

Its hilarious that according to CDPRs timeline these two characters are apparently teenagers

[hanzajesthanza]

why does she look like this

[hanzajesthanza]

destroying nilfgaardian squadrons and then mogging their corpses is lore-accurate queen meve

[famouslybitchy]

Meve on her wedding day, by @letitflytoapril, posted with permission.

I wrote about Meve's wedding in my fanfiction Queen's Gambit (https://archiveofourown.org/works/61102981/chapters/156117904), shrugged it off as "what about a blue dress" and letitflytoapril went above and beyond with the slavic wedding outfit details. I took this opportunity to edit the fic to work those details back into it.

[queenmevesknickers]

Chapters: 3/4 Fandom: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gascon Brossard/Original Male Character(s) Characters: Gascon Brossard, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Strays of Spalla Members (The Witcher) Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Flashbacks, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Canon-Typical Violence, Backstory, Bisexual Gascon Brossard, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Rimming, Strays of Spalla - Freeform

Chapter 3 has landed! Another encounter with a hot knight, and the origin of a certain infamous pack of bandits in the dungeons of Spalla castle...

Also seems like a great time to re-share the gorgeous artwork of #myboys done by the very talented Beastflower, originally commissioned for Blood is Thicker Than Wine <3 

[renthony]

Underrated form of intimacy:

The quiet discussion and good-luck affirmations between you and the person helping you don your armor. The comfort of knowing that the straps and buckles are perfectly secure, because the person who did them up loves you more than words can say.

[renthony]

Equally underrated form of intimacy:

The absolute relief when a loved one helps you remove your armor. Not in a sexy way, no–you’re sweaty and exhausted and covered in bruises, and you feel instant relief when the pauldrons are lifted off your shoulders. You don’t have to worry about keeping track of the various pieces, because they’re already being lovingly wiped down and put safely away while you unlace your boots. The weight on your shoulders is replaced by a gentle touch, reminding you that someone is proud of you, and you’re safe to rest now.

[queenmevesknickers]

WIP Wednesday 📝

(It’s still Wednesday somewhere!)

I’m almost finished Ch 3 of The Hard Part and hit my usual wall (why are the last few hundred words always the hardest? Probably the reason why I left them till last haha). So for a bit of fun and to boost my motivation I thought I’d share what else I’m working on!

As you can see the plot bunnies are multiplying rapidly 😅 but I like having so many things I can jump between when I get stuck or when inspo strikes!

Send asks/replies if you’re curious about any of these or want a snippet, I’d love to talk about them :))