#justalittletomfoolery

[pointnclick]

hey I'm a biology student and I'm really curious as to how you thought you were immune to smallpox. genuine question 💙

i thought i was just built different

[geraltrogerericduhautebellegarde]

always a sucker for geraskier, romantic or not, and Jaskier helping Geralt with sensory overload 💙💙

I really, really love this prompt. I struggle with sensory overload a lot so writing this was kinda cathartic. Geralt is having an issue with auditory overload in this one because I knew that I could make that realistic, at least to my own experiences. 

I hope this is what you were looking for! <3 Thank you so much for this prompt, it’s wonderful!

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The sounds were too much.

Every shout, every whisper, every strum of that stupid fucking lute, was killing him.

Geralt had been anxious since he’d finished his last contract, set on edge, and every noise was just making it that much worse.

He thought he’d be fine. He would meet up with Jaskier at the inn, eat some food, drink some ale, let the adrenaline seep from his body after his last hunt, but no.

Everything just kept getting worse.

First it was just the general noise, the low hum of talking was mildly annoying, but he could ignore it. Then the lute started irritating him, although it wasn’t a sound that typically bothered him. In fact, he normally enjoyed it when Jaskier played. Then the clapping along made his hands clench and his breathing quicken.

Suddenly, his vision was blurring and he was becoming light headed. He just needed all the noise to stop. It was too much, too much.

Too much.

He felt a hand on his shoulder and flinched away. It was then that he registered Jaskier’s voice. The bard was speaking quietly but Geralt couldn’t understand him. The next thing he knew, he was being led through the crowd of the inn to their room.

Jaskier started talking again, still soft, but it was too much.

“Please stop,” he gasped, breathing ragged. Geralt sat heavily on the bed, hands clenched over his ears.

He heard Jaskier’s sharp intake of breath and then felt gentle hands guide him down on the bed. Then he felt something lay across his head and the noise around him got less intense.

A pillow.

He moved his hand on top of it to help muffle the sounds. With his hearing, he wouldn’t be able to get rid of noise completely, but it was much easier to handle now, away from the loud patrons of the inn.

He felt Jaskier lay on the bed behind him and whisper, “Is this okay?”

Geralt moved closer to Jaskier, listening to the steady beat of the bard’s heart. The sound was comforting now, and he focused on it, drowning out all of the other noise, taking comfort from the heat of Jaskier wrapping himself around Geralt.

He would be okay.

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I now have a prompt fill 2020 masterlist if anyone wants to check out the other prompt fills I’ve done today

tag list: @stinastar @jaskierswolf @elliestormfound @geraskier-trashh @hailhailsatan @bastardofmothman

[king-finnigan]

your witcher europop tags SENT ME pls I have to know your thoughts on modern witchers and eurovision 💙💙

oh ho hoooo *rubs my gay little eurostan hands together like a villain at a hand sanitizer convention*

i know he's not a witcher but let's start with jaskier, because he is the sole reason that all the witchers watch eurovision.

every year in may he forces them to sit down in front of the tv for 3 nights so they can watch both semifinals and the finals together.

the man is a walking encyclopedia of eurovision knowledge. it's insane how much he knows. it's also slightly concerning.

he doesn't have a favourite country but every year he listens to the songs as soon as they drop and picks the 5-10 songs he likes most (he has a particular soft spot for gay songs)

he always insists his favourite esc performance was madonna. this greatly confuses geralt, because he doesn't recall madonna being on esc and isn't she?? american???

he doesn't recall the disastrous performance because he was asleep like the old man he is. he always falls asleep halfway through.

he just.... doesn't really understand esc. but he's supportive of jaskier so if jaskier loves it and wants to watch it, geralt is happy for him.

eskel also.... doesn't really understand it. he quite enjoys it, though, don't get him wrong, but it's always a bit... much. he particularly likes sweden, he thinks they make a lot of nice songs.

his favourite esc singer is celine dion though. he has a soft spot for celine.

vesemir is old enough to remember the time when esc was broadcasted in black and white and the audience consisted of twenty (20) people.

he always complains the songs these days suck compared to the old ones and that it's become too "loud". he never mentions the fact that it's become a hell of a lot gayer as well.

either he doesn't realize it or he refuses to acknowledge it.

lambert is always very vocal in proclaiming that he hates esc and that it's the worst three nights of the year every time jaskier forces him to watch it.

secretly he loves it, though. he loves the songs, the flamboyance, the cheesiness, the queerness. the only one who he's told that, though, is aiden, who won't let him hear the end of it.

(speaking of, aiden loves eurovision too. eventually he joins in on the annual watch party and gives knowing looks whenever lambert starts fake complaining again. though it's not like the rest can't see through lambert's little charade as well)

anyways, lambert's favourite is abba.

also lil bleater adores eurovision. she'll happily "sing along" to most of the songs, which is quite cute but also slightly annoying. she has a great time, though.

[fastidious-and-a-mess]

JOHN MULANEY AS JOHN HUNGER THAT IS ALL

John Hunger is John Mulaney if he became his father instead of his mother. The infinite personification of “one black coffee.” 

Merle: choose joy. 

John Mulhunger: you have the moral backbone of a chocolate eclaire.

[in-love-with-writing002]

45!

So I haven’t forgotten about this ask, I’ve just been super busy since I got it. Your song was Nicotine by Panic! At the Disco, and it was really difficult for me to figure out a good way to write for this prompt. I also wasn’t sure which ship to use, so I went with the vibe that I was feeling when I first started writing it.

But I hope that you like how it turned out!

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• so the song makes me think of Eskel’s Magic Hands TM, and I’ve had a few thoughts about Eskel’s hands being Very Nice.

• Eskel’s signs aren’t just strong, there’s chaos in his very soul, at the core of him, that emanates powerfully in his entire body.

• To mages, this feels like a tingling sensation, a bit tickly and to some, a little intimidating. How can one Witcher have so much magic?

• Geralt already has a... fascination with magic users. His track record isn’t exactly pure— he certainly has a type. And Eskel...

• Eskel’s hands don’t tickle to him, the way that a mage would feel his touch. Geralt feels it like lightning, a sharp, electric heat that affects him.

• It’s an innocent accident really, that starts Geralt’s... intrigue... with Eskel’s hands, and the chaos carefully controlled within them.

• It’s a firm handshake, after the second round of mutations— Eskel is happy to see that Geralt is alright, is alive and thriving, although changed, moreso than any of the rest of them. They were nearly ready for the path anyway, but with the additional mutations, Geralt would need more time to recover before he left.

• And when Eskel touches him, that sting zips through him, not enough to set off his medallion, although his chest grows warm in a different sort of way.

• Eskel leaves, shortly afterwards, leaving Geralt yearning for that shock.

• He seeks out mages on purpose, searching, desperately, for anyone who can recreate the shock that touching Eskel gives him.

• None of them feel right.

• And when Eskel and Geralt meet again in the winter, Geralt gets woozy just thinking about when the bare skin of Eskel’s fingers touch the sensitive place of Geralt’s wrist— the jolt, the burn that seems to fry all of his senses at once in the best way.

• When he and Eskel finally realize their feelings for each other, Geralt confesses this obsession, this yearning that sometimes feels to intense that he thinks about going out in a storm, sword in hand, just to draw lightning.

• After that, Eskel touches him all the time, and it takes no time at all to realize why his lover is suddenly so tactile.

• The smirk on Eskel’s face as Geralt’s senses light up tells the whole story.

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Magic Man!!! Thank you very much for the prompt, I hope you liked it :)))

[squidne]

I fucking love you pfp never before has Zac been anywhere near that menacing

thank you, you can really feel the unhinged-ness in this photo. 

[limrx]

I love your jaskier so much he gives me such strong Puck vibes,,, especially when he's grinning,,,, looks like he's just itching to turn somebody's head into that of a donkeys just to make the whole situation way worse for no reason whatsoever 🌻🌻

Thank you!! You are so right omg. I love drawing Jaskier as open, playful, and mischievous and it gives him major faerie vibes.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

fucking GENIUS taz takes merry I'm I'm love. also geralt has such strong duck vibes I can't believe I didn't notice it before

Technically the genius is @anais-ninja-bitch, I’m just vibing

And YES he truly does - love me a reluctant hero who’s kinda dragged along into saving the whole dang world