Second one: O-1 Philippa/Triss

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First one: V-2 Ciri/Cerys

Suggestion by theowlseye@twitter

My girlfriend told me about an au idea in which yen and phil are vampires and asked me to draw something.

white-throated-packrat:

ruffboijuliaburnsides:

ruffboijuliaburnsides:

mindfulwrath:

deepspacepirate:

deepspacepirate:

deepspacepirate:

CD projekt red: Geralt dresses like a normal person

Netflix: fuck it he’s goth now

In the games, Geralt mostly wears brown due to his leather armor, as well as a smattering of red and blue in some of the textiles, like gambeson, shirts, robes, scarves, etc. These are normal medieval colors and would be accessible to the common person.

But in Netflix adaptation, he wears black and ONLY black, which is crazy because, black was actually considered a luxury dye in the middle ages because of how complicated the dying process was. And even then, you wouldnt get a true black; it was going to be blue/black, red/black, or yellow/black. It wasn’t until the 17th century that true jet black was possible with the introduction of logwood from Central America.

But Geralt’s clothing and armor in the Netflix adaptation IS a true black. And these aren’t even clothes for any special occasion?? It’s just his normal day to day wear. Like can you even imagine??? This random guy walks into town wearing the most expensive textiles you’ve ever seen and then says he’s going to go fight monsters in them?? What a damn flex.

Geralt who buys normal leather:

Geralt who only buys expensive Luxurious Black leather:

Alternate scenario, considering the amount of Unidentified Black Ichor spilled by various monsters throughout:

Geralt: hey can you help me? this damn stain won’t come out of my good leather armor
A Textile Worker Who’s About To Change Geralt’s Whole Business Model: holy fucking shit dude

i raise you: this has been Known ™ for a long time, that monster ichor is a good black dye, if you can afford it.

Witchers dress entirely in black as advertisement of their role as monster hunters, because for them, it is relatively easy to acquire.

if they have a chance, they will collect small amounts and sell it, but they tend not to bother unless they have new clothes or armor they need dyed, and then sell the rest to the person treating their clothes, which makes it still pretty rare/expensive for everyone else.

And that’s why people always know Geralt’s a witcher even before they get a close look at him, because he’s in all black and that’s basically the Witcher uniform.

Also I forgot to add: If they wear all black, with all that black ichor, they don’t have to worry about looking super gross and unkempt bc of ichor stains.

Granted, they still can look gross and unkempt for other reasons, but it won’t be bc of ichor stains they can’t get out.

This leads me to the conclusion that while nobility and rich merchants could afford all black outfits, they won’t wear them because then they’d look like witchers (euu!). But having a lot of black with bright accents – especially bright yellow or bright purple, which were also expensive and hard to get colorfast before modern aniline dyes – or bright colors with a lot of black trim would be a thing.

So it’s possible high fashion on the Continent is ‘perky goth hits the RenFaire’ at its finest.

na-mmu:

I forgot to draw his lute…but anyway

somedrunkpirate:

dat-carovieh:

castillon02:

Headcanon that after meeting the elves, Jaskier looks at Geralt “If you must kill me, I’m ready” of Rivia and is like, This is a man with no self-preservation instincts. He needs looking after. 

Meanwhile, Geralt sees a bard who refuses to abandon him even after an incident that nearly ended with both of their deaths, and is like, This is a man with no self-preservation instincts. He needs looking after. 

And they are both absolutely correct in their own ways. 

They need each other so bad.
They can’t look after themselves but they can look after each other.

They’re each other’s pet project while both also being thoroughly unaware that they are themselves a project.

It’s like they have complimentary blindspots, each being able to see what the other is missing.

nuricurry:

The Witcher | Isengrim/Dijkstra; PG-13 “counted all the paths along the way”

Undressing Isengrim was done in stages– not layers. It was not just about removing articles of clothing, it was about peeling away each of the barriers that the elf put on before he went out into the world.

For@kashuan

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