#lookoutrogue

[morggo]

Any chance of getting "If I exist, then those like me exist" on a shirt? I love your designs.

more than likely not. it's a quote from a youtube vid about lonliness and i don't want to monetize off someone else's work + it's personal and i am not interested in selling it. i appreciate folks like it and it resonates with them, though.

[bloggingboutburgers]

This is a free space for you to go off, because yeah those people saying you're infantalising yourself really do sound like aphobes. There are plenty of ace and allo adults out there who don't like sex or kissing with tongues, who are also short and cute, it doesn't make any of them children. Speaking about our experiences as adult aces doesn't make us children. Anyone who thinks so needs to sit down, shut up and grow up. You deserve to draw yourself the way you want, always. <3

(OK I'm replying to this super late, but to give context to everyone, this was in reaction to this and the posts of support from other people that followed it ghfuidjgldfks)

But yeah, thank you so much for this. I'm so sorry I'm replying to this so late but ye for real tbh, I don't see anything to add. No notes. Couldn't have said it better myself and I sincerely appreciate the validation.

[courtmartialme]

Ah! You're the trans Riza artist! Please know I would die for your Riza--and all your art. Thank you for posting them!

i like that ... yes it is i. The Trans Riza Artist ... !!!!! thank you so much for liking my art <3

[valdomarx]

Happy birthday!!! I'm terrible at exciting prompts but if you'd like, how about Jaskier visits Kaer Morhen for the first time and discovers the wolves sleep in a cuddle pile? XD Also, please accept this birthday cookie cake and well wishes for your birthday! *Gives birthday cookie cake and love*

This was thrilling. He finally got to see Kaer Morhen, home of the witchers! Jaskier had been waiting for this day for literally years, and as the crumbling towers of the old keep come into view, he knew he wouldn’t be disappointed.

Geralt gives him a cursory tour: Here is the kitchen, the great hall, the armory. Here’s the courtyard where they train and the basement where they brew potions. He introduces him to Eskel, Lambert, and Vesemir, and Jaskier is captivated by each of them in turn.

Everything is so exciting. He has a million questions. But right now, after a long day of travel up a terrifyingly steep pass, one is most pressing: “Where do we sleep?”

“Oh.” Geralt averts his eyes, and if Jaskier didn’t know better he’d swear that he looked self-conscious. “We can make up a room for you.”

Just for him? That sounds rather lonely. He’d been expecting to share with Geralt, in truth. “And where will you be?”

Geralt twists his lips, and Jaskier has never seen him so unsure. “I’ll be in the great hall,” he says, and that seems odd. Seems like it would be rather cold there, and lacking in a bed. Still, Geralt can sleep where he likes, Jaskier supposes.

It’s not until several hours later when Jaskier enters the hall to say good night that he understands what Geralt had meant. The grand fireplace at the end of the hall is stacked high with logs and glowing brilliantly. In front of it, there is a mound of furs and rugs, cushions and blankets, all thrown together in an enormous pile.

And nestled within the pile are a host of sleepy witchers, cuddling close and burying themselves under piles of fur and fabric.

It’s quite possibly the cutest thing Jaskier has ever seen.

He takes a running jump into the middle of the pile, kneeing Lambert in the chest and getting an elbow to the side for his troubles.

He cuddles up to Geralt. “I’m sleeping here, with you,” he says firmly, and he feels Geralt’s smile against his cheek.

[on-a-lucky-tide]

Logged on just to scream in your inbox about how much I love Ad Meliora already! I didn't realise it was your Lambden Arranged Marriage AU! I'm so excited to see you putting all the parts together and creating this new, rich and interesting world. I can't wait to follow you further into it. I love your work and am always happy to see you writing things you enjoy. Thank you for sharing, friend.

Rogue, omg. 🥺 Thank you. I've written a fair bit on it as it was originally going to be my LBB until I had to drop out before the "pairing up with an artist" stage. I'm still in love with the premise, and exploring how they can build something together, get Lambert out of a crap situation. Ad Meliora means "towards better things", so it promises a happy ending (my version of happy though, so be warned, heh).

In this, the Cats would be way more liberal. Aiden will be shocked when he arrives for his mandatory year at Kaer Morhen, knowing that when he takes Lambert home with him, he will show him how it should be, and then... Well, building from there.

[laurelnose]

LOL! Your answer to that last ask put the mental image in my head of Lambert returning home for winter and totally being tackled by Eskel and Geralt and dragged into a damn bath. 'Cause there's no way they're putting up with him stinking like bear fat for the whole season. Too bad for him, since the reason he slicks his hair back is because otherwise it's just curly as shit and Eskel and Geralt obviously delight in pulling his curls and watching them bounce back. They're all terrible, really. XD

lambert has been putting up with these assholes since he was ten

(the bear fat post, for context)

[mondfuchs]

asks I got since December 2020

and never answered because I was hit by a major social burnout back then, and the social pressure of answering asks (or well, compliments) overwhelmed me because my perfectionist ass desperately wanted to draw something for all of them since they meant so much to me... so ofc I ended up neither drawing something nor answering them... until now!

@lookoutrogue​ @erinbeast​ @sohydrated @alexerion (can’t tag all of you because of privacy settings ahh...)

Thank you guys!!!!! I am absolutely thrilled to know that you all like my Eskel, that you like him big (at times fatter than at others depending on a lot of chance and my mood)! I’m also glad that you like the big nose I give him, and that you think he’s comforting, and I’m so honoured that alexerion came into my inbox to tell me that my fat Eskel inspires them to try and start appreciating their own body more?? Wow... that’s something that I’ve been thinking about for a lot, and it really is such a big honour for me that you’d ascribe that kind of power to my art. Thank you all that you decided to tell me such, too! It has been movitating me a lot to explore more about Eskel and the body I give him, and it’s also been so interesting from the drawing perspective, because coming from anime (but also general media...), I’ve never drawn a chubby or fat character regularly before, let alone this often (I’ve counted well over 50 art posts on my art blog that include him!! That surprised even myself!). Drawing him fat makes me happy too, and I cherish it so much to know that it makes so many of you happy as well :’)

@circadianx Along with the Eskel asks came these really cute geskel ones. It’s so cool that you pick up on the design contrast I’ve been applying and exploring for these two characters in the past months, and it’s even cooler that you like it!! I’ve automatically drifted more towards a thin and lean Geralt the moment I started drawing him with Eskel (if you go back to last year’s April-July, you’ll find some really buff Geralts), and that has definitely become more extreme over the time I’ve been drawing them! It’s so fun to see that you guys notice it and tell me about it... :)))

And you, @paintingraves​ ! I think I’ve told you way back that I got your ask. Thank you now officially, it delighted me so much!!! Thank you for supporting me :D

I’m going to post these drawings separately as well because I feel like if someone wanted to reblog them, it would be kinda weird if these asks got circulated along with them... so if you want to reblog them on their own, here’s the drawings-only post :)

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! YOUR SUPPORT MEANS THE WORLD!!! Especially in this pandemic :’)

[in-love-with-writing002]

So, I know you were on a Gereskel kick earlier, and since I'm apparently now OBSESSED with muto, how about young Geralt and Eskel finding out / learning to deal with this new side of themselves? Or or, in the theme of possessive Eskel, how about the first time Eskel meets Jaskier and his wolfy brain just screams to sit on Geralt like a giant dog claiming his human? XD I just couldn't get the image out of my head of Geralt being absolutely floored by this big black wolf flopping on him. 🤍

Ah!! You’re such a lovely human, thank you so much for coming to chat. :3 I actually have a part 2 in which Geralt is processing how to deal with himself after the trials, so I’m going to save that for a bit, and instead I’ll give you Possessive!Eskel with Geralt!

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Jaskier was exhausted from the trek into the city, wanting nothing more than to collapse onto a bed in the inn that Geralt insisted on going to. Thankfully, Geralt took them to the inn straight away.

“I’m going inside to get a room,” Jaskier said with a yawn as Geralt got Roach settled in at the stables.

“Use my name. They know me here.” Jaskier shrugged, but went inside. The inn’s lobby was busy with travelers coming in from trips nearby, people enjoying meals at the tables in the makeshift tavern area, and staff working behind the counters. The energy of the place was nice, and any other time, he might have wanted to play for a few hours.

“How can I help you?” Asked the man as Jaskier got to the front. “If you’re looking for a room, we’ve only got ones on the ground level.”

“That’s perfectly alright,” Jaskier said with a smile. “I’m here with a friend, Geralt of Rivia. He said you know him?”

A smile crept across the innkeep’s face, then he looked at something over Jaskier’s shoulder. “Geralt’s helped me out a few times. Hell of a Gwent player, too. You can have a room in the back, it’ll be quieter.” He took a key from a ring that he withdrew from his pocket and slid to Jaskier. “You take care now.”

“Thank you!” Jaskier said, and turned to start walking, only to run facefirst into a firm chest. “Geralt, watch where you’re-“

“Where is he?” A voice that was decidedly not Geralt asked in a low tone. “I can smell him all over you.”

“Excuse me, sir, but I don’t...” Jaskier took a step back to look at who was speaking, and found a tall man with firm yellow eyes and scars running down one side of his face. His mouth was pulled into a sneer, though it seemed to be from the open spot parting his lips. “You’re a Witcher,” he said quietly.

“Where is Geralt?” He asked. Jaskier noticed his nose twitching, as if sniffing repeatedly. “Have you done something to him?”

“Er, no, he’s... he’s just outside with Roach.”

The man turned, sniffing the air again. Jaskier followed his gaze, and then sighed in relief as Geralt walked through the door. Jaskier watched his pupils narrow into skits before blowing wide, and he shoved aside people until he was face to face with the man.

“Geralt, do you... know him?”

“Which room are we in?” Geralt asked, still not looking at Jaskier.

“The um, the back. But Geralt- Hey- Wait!”

Geralt had started walking as soon as Jaskier finished speaking, taking the hand of the other man and tugging him along. He sighed in annoyance as they vanished from his sight, then walked around the corner after them. Geralt opened the door at the end of the hall, and in front of Jaskier’s eyes, the large scarred man suddenly vanished— and a black wolf took his place. Muto, Geralt had called it. Geralt’s face turned pouty—

“You know I can’t fucking shift in buildings, Eskel. What do you—“ Geralt was cut off when the wolf, presumably Eskel, stood up on his back paws and pushed Geralt over by the shoulders. Jaskier got into the room and witnessed Eskel licking Geralt’s face, even goin so far as to lick into his mouth, though not without some spluttering from Geralt. Jaskier could tell it was difficult for him to stay in his human form— his hands twitched and flexed while he buried them in Eskel’s thick fur. Eskel laid on top of Geralt, effectively pinning him down, his tail wagging wildly behind him.

“Shut the door, Jaskier,” Geralt said, closing his eyes serenely. Jaskier must have made a face, but he listened anyway. When he turned around, Geralt was embracing Eskel, burying his face into his fur. “I missed you,” he sighed. Eskel whined in response, and Jaskier caught a glimpse of Geralt smiling. Eskel huffed a sound against him, trying to push Geralt away again— “No, what? He’s just a—“ Geralt’s eyes flicked over to Jaskier. “A bard.”

Eskel, the wolf, looked over at him and his tail stopped wagging. A slight smile curled over his lips as he moved until Haskier could no longer see Geralt, and, at Geralt’s splutter, must have begun licking him once again.

Jaskier would never understand these wolves.

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This got SO LONG I’m so sorry!!! This ask got super out of hand, I started getting carried away with Eskel just wanting to see Geralt and I was like, inches from not even adding in the shapeshifting. Anyway, I hope you like it!!