#west-moor

[seaofthesoul]

I was tagged by @hiccoops and @legoilas in two ask games, thanks lovelies! 🥰💝💖

—one

It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome work.

This really hasn’t been a productive year for me artistically speaking, so I’m only able to list three things 😂 The two first are the first and last sentences of two unpublished short stories I’ve written about Geralt of Rivia; the third is a few of my favourite words from the vampire language I’ve been developing on this blog 🌸

1. gloveless: “The blood on Geralt’s hands is so dark it seems to burn away at the black leather of his gloves. [...] Not making a single movement, he closes his eyes and matches the drip drip drip echoing in his ears to the cadence of his own  s  l  o  w  witcher’s heart.”

2. and all the stars flowered in the sky: “The morning sun was painting striking streaks of peach, apricot and lemon across the horizon. [...] The sun finally rose fully above the horizon, round and resplendent as a shiny coin of copper close enough to grab, and Geralt gave a contented sigh.”

3. vampire language: 

Ceisatni (”Butcher,” an epithet for Geralt of Rivia)

hueru (blood, lit. life-giver)

nosferat (melody, music, symphony, inspired by Murnau’s iconic vampire film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror)

—two

Share your 12 favorite songs from this year (one from each month or just your favorites overall) and tag 12 people!

I’m gonna go with songs I discovered in 2020, limiting myself to one per artist or soundtrack 💕 Did my best to match each song with a season which I think fits the song’s vibe and emotion ✨

January: The Beast of Beauclair from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt February: Jamie Bower - Paralysed March: I Was Lost Without You from Mass Effect 3 April: Happy Childhoods... from The Witcher Netflix May: Time of Which... from The Tudors  June: Louis Tomlinson - Always You July: Harry Styles - Sledgehammer (cover) August: ZAYN & R3HAB & Jungleboi - Flames September: Niall Horan - Arms of a Stranger October: Main Theme from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla November: Wardruna - Kvitravn (White Raven) December: Monster Theme from Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Tagging @amantisegreti @technicallysideacc @micshiefmanaged @le-chardonneret @mugglemirror @lohrendrell @feanarofinwion @vilounelle @shiremaiden @spellboundzouis @west-moor @houseofmaedhros @et-earello @going-there-and-back-again to do any part of this you’d like 💗

[elliestormfound]

stupidly intricate crochet shawls/scarfs? and after one look at the terrible undyed earflap monstrosity geralt tries to hand him, he rapidly figures out a pattern for a beret (/west-moor)

@west-moor you are a genius, thank you! I will try to weave that in (pun intended)! 

When I crochet I mainly do doilies (they are so much fun and I can channel my inner old lady) and plushies for my nephews but either wasn’t really the thing I could picture Jaskier doing...

[elliestormfound]

I was tagged by these wonderful people: @west-moor @hailhailsatan (and I think someone else but tumblr isn’t showing me posts I was tagged in...)  to post the last sentences I’ve written. thank you so much!!! <3 

EDIT: @ahh-fxck also tagged me, thank you!!! 

“Can you just...hold my hand?” Jaskier whispered, “so I know you are there? It is so dark…” “Hold on to my arm,” the witcher growled back, “I need both hands in case I have to fight our way out of here.”  But he felt Jaskier’s hand carefully trace his upper arm down to his forearm and heard a quiet, “please?”  Geralt sighed, opened his hand and felt Jaskiers fingers lacing together with his and holding on to him, not too tightly, but reassuringly firm.

(it’s technically not the last thing I’ve written, because I already posted that, but this is something from a WIP and I think it’s cute)

(if I don’t respond to something you’ve tagged me in, it is not because I am ignoring you, it’s because tumblr is shit and is not showing me, so feel free to send me a dm because I am always thrilled when someone thinks of me! <)

[king-finnigan]

3 + 4, 23 + 24 for the fanfic asks? (/west-moor)

3. What do you think makes your writing stand out from others?

I genuinely don't know. Maybe it's that I tend to go for slower pacing or have longer descriptions. But besides that, I really have no idea.

4. Are there any writers that inspire you?

I haven't been reading a lot of fanfic lately because of my exams but yesterday @persony-pepper wrote a drabble I absolutely adore and I know it's gonna live rent-free in my head for a while.

23. Do you prefer prompts and challenges or independent ideas?

On one hand I really like prompts cause they often hold so many good ideas (looking at the person that requested These Four Walls) but if I'm not inspired for them I always feel really bad because there's such a pressure to fulfill them. And I'm always kinda scared that I don't meet the requester's expectations.

24. One-shots or multi-chapter fics?

On one hand, I like one-shots because they aren't as mentally taxing as multich fics but on the other.... I'm pretty bad at containing things to one chapter lmao. I really wish I was able to write one-shots more.

(from this list of fic writer asks)