babe wake up possessed witcher from 'in the eternal fire's shadow' quest is hot
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babe wake up possessed witcher from 'in the eternal fire's shadow' quest is hot
i fear i have become a reinald enjoyer first and a human second
okay sooooooooooo just going to dump whats been marinating in my head all day today (instead of me focusing on work lol)
putting reinald on a petri dish and looking at him with my lil microscope hes so so so interesting to me like hes been physically dead for about 300 years (give or take some time where he wasnt dead yet based on the notes and letters he leaves all around the mine) right but his soul is still there. is his mind/soul trapped in his body with the red miasmal? seems like the red miasmal was puppetting his body for a large majority of those 300 years but maybe he had some breaks in lucidity like he does when he talks with geralt. seems like he was fighting for control/fighting to keep the red miasmal for completely erasing him for 300 years and just the idea of that kind of entrapment is so so so sad but so so so interesting to me and even at the end of it hes still able to have a conversation with geralt, still for the most part able to be rational. like he hasnt been completely driven to madness iTS JUST SUCH A COOL CHARACTER AHHHHH
^^ fascinating implications about personhood and the mind-body problem much to think on and consider here i have not complete thoughts on this
more of a question as im still not super familiar with the witcher universe - are spirits always going to turn into some kind of bad specter? like if a spirit is still in the physical world and hasn't "moved on" and found peace does that mean it will eventually be corrupted? are there no "good" spirits? mostly wondering bc i have a few fic ideas kicking around my head for spirit!reinald but im just not sure how it fits into witcher lore/canon
related to reinald bc i do really want to write this story about a witcher that stumbles upon him and rescues him from his doomed fate (we lovvveeee fix it fics) - would love to make a lady witcher oc but based on what im reading online is that they just arent a thing except for in fanon (which isnt a problem for me lol), also lot of people being weird about gender on reddit about this (no one is surprised) but i wasnt sure if there was something i was missing!
more lady witcher oc thoughts - im reading up on all of the schools right now and initially i was really drawn to the school of the cat bc we love a rogue/assassin character design but they all seem to be BANANAS CRAZY CUCKOO SADISTS which is fine like if we're embracing fanon MY cat witcher doesnt have to be a maniac, but idk if any of you guys have thoughts about the witcher schools and favorites <3 (ideally she would not come from the same school as reinald)
also related - is there a good timeline for all of the creations and downfalls of the schools??? i couldn't find good dates on the wikis that i was reading but i was also on my phone. while im fully embracing making shit up with this, i was trying to get timelines that make sense. seems like reinald was alive and on this quest in 970 or 980 but i dont know how that lines up with all of the other schools and what theyre up to at the time
was reading through some of my books of pablo neruda poetry this morning for both enjoyment and inspiration and i think i found a poem that perfectly encapsulates the dynamic i want to achieve with reinald and nasrin specifically reinalds feelings towards narsin !!!!!
a few lines specifically that make me ache -
My struggle is harsh and I come back with eyes tired at times from having seen the unchanging earth, but when your laughter enters it rises to the sky seeking me and it opens for me all the doors of life.
im gnawing on MY ARM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the first part of this section so perfectly reflects the path of a witcher its actually insane to meeeeeeeeee and a major thing i want to center the story around is the comfort that someone gentle can provide to someone who has seen so much harshness in the world. a story about gentleness and unconditional love and support and seeking that kind of comfort in her laughter i WILL EXPLODE INTO A MILLION BILLION PIECES
(also i realize that this is very skewed to what reinald thinks of nasrin and what nasrin provides him but there will be more on the other side of that relationship later i prommy)