for the choose violence ask game: witcher fandom
15, 18, and 19
15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time
for the love of god, please stop drawing jaskier as a twink. even putting aside the physical reality of joey batey, the only thing we know about book!jaskier’s physique is that he thinks it’s a good idea to steal geralt’s jacket, and i personally think he would rather wear his own slightly more damp and wrinkley jacket than be swimming in his clothes. (book!jaskier should have giant anime eyes though.)
in case it needs to be said, i’m not at all mad at individual artists, but i think i’m allowed to be frustrated by fandom trends. it’s a constant reminder that i’m not shipping quite the same thing as fandom at larger.
(also purple jacket > doublets)
18. it’s absolutely criminal that fandom has been sleeping on…
lydia. even though she’s not a particularly well developed or interesting character in the books, i imprinted on her hard and was so excited when the netflix show introduced her early. she has… mrs lovett (from sweeny todd) vibes. complely deranged and obsessed with a man who’s intention is completely elsewhere. probably not an objectively good trope from a feminist perspective, but i love it so much.
i’m going to write lydia/triss fic. it will probably just be a drabble, but i’m going to do it. i have not stopped thinking about it since redanian intelligence screencapped them dancing together in the trailer.
19. you’re mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of really like…
netflix!geralt. i love book!geralt in the books. i suspect i would not even like book!geralt on screen. my tv watching and reading needs are different. i’m glad they changed his character quite a bit. i am sorry.
still very much on a crusade against the ‘but he cares so much about the source material!!!’ cavill fans though. just stop it.