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002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you:
When I started shipping them:Iâm not sure â whatâs certain is that I didnât ship them when I played the game since I managed to kill Keira in my first run đŹ and didnât complete Lambertâs quest the first time around, so I thought he was an ass and that was it. I then read about them on the wiki, thought âwhat the fuck lolâ and from there the characters grew on me, first apart and then in possible combinations *wiggly brows*
My thoughts:I think theyâre a great match, in a âtheyâre so bad they deserve each otherâ kind of way, and you know how I feel about those ships. NUDGE. They come from very different places but are equally manipulative and ruthless, although Lambertâs quest shows that he does, in fact, truly care about a number of people. Also, as the player you have the option to have he and Keira âdo the right thingâ - out of self-preservation, or begrudgingly, but it is an option. Thatâs enough for my brain to decide that character growth is possible, and what better way to grow than to get a taste of your own asshole medicine? And ultimately â I wouldnât impose them on anyone else đ
What makes me happy about them:Theyâre both terrible people and thatâs potential comedy gold. Iâm also weak for the token odd ship that makes everyone around them go âlol noâ. And finally, I do think thereâs a possibility they do each other good, in every sense of the word, wink wink
What makes me sad about them:About them as a couple, not much. As individuals â I can get sad, not at Lambertâs life (because most witchers probably have equally shitty stories), but at how bitter heâs grown and how heâs basically built his own hell. As for Keira, we donât know much about her past, but her possible fate at the hands of Radovid always gets to me. How wrong can you judge a person and a situation? How badly can you screw up, after months of putting effort in the right direction? Thatâs kinda terrifying tbh
Things done in fanfic that annoys me:I mustâve read like⊠two or three stories about them, specifically? So Iâd say what annoys me is that I have to write some of itÂ
Things I look for in fanfic:At this point, anything, really
My wishlist:Good fic and good art (âis that too much to ask?â), the will to produce decent fic and art đ
Who Iâd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Canon doesnât exactly shower them with opportunities? Keira seems happy enough to have her way with Geralt, but itâs a favorite headcanon of mine that the sex wasnât all that special and that she walks from it wondering what it is with sorceresses and him.So, uh, I donât know. Iâm cool with anyone as long as itâs done well.
My happily ever after for them:They travel to Toussaint to wait out Radovid / Emhyrâs reign, Keira sets up a practice and becomes a favorite at the Duchessâ court, Lambert takes contracts and crashes at Corvo Bianco more often than not. They never adopt (lord have mercy), but both end up being around younger people and while itâs like pulling teeth 90% of the time, they do reconcile with the idea that maybe, maybe transmission can mean something to them, too. (Shut up, itâs MY fantasy)