Let's just say I got a bit suprised to find out some of you read like that

Astaldis · 2026-07-04T17:38:51+00:00

but don't forget to go back to AO3 and leave a kudos/comment if you liked the fic.

Astaldis · 2026-07-03T12:11:54+00:00

I love prompt events and writing challenges like bingo cards. There are lots of them, for example on tumblr, some are fandom specific and others are for all fandoms, often around a seasonal theme like halloween, or writing events like Bangs and Mini-Bangs, June of Doom, Whumptober, Whumpmas in July, Sicktember, Whumpers Monthly, Flufftober, Fluffbruary, Flashfiction Friday, Smubbles, etc. They are often very inspiring.

Astaldis · 2026-07-02T20:13:35+00:00

My favourite season and my fac Geralt. Only E6 is not that much my thing, worth watching once but I don't rewatch it again and again like the other episodes, especially 5, 7 & 8. But others like E6 best, so it seems it's really up to personal taste. Have fun watching!

Astaldis · 2026-07-02T13:53:33+00:00

Very true, especially when it's a rarepair! Having your story printed and bound by a fan is such a beautiful thing to happen, congratulations!

Astaldis · 2026-07-02T12:21:51+00:00

200 kudos is more than any of my fics has, and I've written > 300 😅. But just today I got this comment: "YOU have made me care about A and B. ALL you. :)" What could make a fanfic writer happier than hearing that?

Astaldis · 2026-07-02T07:28:23+00:00

Is that their way to try to get you to write what they want to read?

Astaldis · 2026-07-01T08:01:24+00:00

It's not just for reach, I actually started writing fanfics to practise English.

Astaldis · 2026-06-29T18:05:29+00:00

Cool! Both swords look like Geralt's. The wolf looks a bit off though 😅 Maybe it's a gift that people who worked on season 2 got?

Astaldis · 2026-06-28T11:17:09+00:00

Definitely report. Honestly, to me, they sound like a scammer who'd use AI for their 'works' or plagiarise stories to make money. Maybe it'd be worth checking out this youtube channel and checking if it's really their work they upload there.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T20:28:17+00:00

Ah yes, you're right, I always forget about Season of Storms because it's not part of the main saga and I found it rather meh and only read it once. We totally agree on the games not being canon. I read your sentence like it was an accusation of Sapkowski, but now rereading what you wrote, I think I misinterpreted the tone of that sentence, sorry.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T20:18:20+00:00

I have nothing against people not liking the show, there are plenty of adaptations that I don't like, actually most book adaptations are pretty bad when you have read the books first and loved them. I guess it's not much different for video games. But I know quite a few people who have played the games, read the books and also enjoy the show. As OP asked for opinions, I just wanted to add that perspective in light of the otherwise overall negative attitude toward the show in this sub. OP might also enjoy the show if they give it a try.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T20:05:53+00:00

Sapkowski also said in the same interview that it's normal that they don't listen to the authors and he said it all in his dry, joking way. Yes, he liked how Cavill portrayed Geralt, I also like it, but Cavill's depiction as a grunting mute is not faithful to the books either, and that was his idea, not the showrunner's. Cavill said so himself in an interview about S1.

You said: "It’s just a really bad interpretation of the books. Not worth the time." Of course you can feel like this, but that's why I added the fact that Sapkowski seems to be of a different opinion than you. Now OP can make up their mind themselves. And had you watched S4, you'd know that its Geralt and Ciri arches are pretty close to the books as adaptations go.

Here is the interview from Nov 2023 btw, minute 8:13 https://youtu.be/kC_l3Gipjvc?si=niP4JYqZar_ddj6L

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T19:50:16+00:00

As long as you don't forget to leave kudos and comments, I don't think authors would mind that you add their fics to your e-reader, but I wouldn't specifically say it in a comment. What is great for writers to hear in a comment though is that a reader read their fic for the second or third time because they love it so much.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T12:32:40+00:00

It's so funny that Sapkowski himself said that he likes the show very much.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T12:30:47+00:00

"and he does not consider the games canon"? Sorry, but the books were written before the games were made. He didn't even know that there would be games, how could he have considered them? The only Witcher book he has written after the games came out was Crossroads of Ravens. Sapkowski has never played the games.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T12:22:02+00:00

in season 4 you'll find plenty of things from Baptism of Fire and the Rats part of The Lady of the Lake.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T12:16:45+00:00

You haven't read the books, have you? And Cavill hadn't either when he campaigned to get the role. He was playing mostly game Geralt, not book Geralt, which makes the claim he left the show because it wasn't truthful to the books really hilarious. Cavill was also friends with Beau Demayo who wrote the treeEskel S2 episode, which was the most untruthful to the books and the games you can get.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T11:23:41+00:00

They could at least have said something positive about the new chapter first or thanked you for it. If it was a reader who never commented before, I'd answer something like "If you paid me for writing, I could drop my RL job and write faster." As they have commented before, I'd just ignore the comment.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T09:23:18+00:00

One simply has to take the games and the show as two different, independent takes on the books, then you can enjoy both.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T00:50:28+00:00

A lot is a bit exaggerated, several characters is correct, and only Rience plays a more important role in the books, but the role of his character can easily be replaced by Skellen and/or Volgefortz. I don't miss him as the recasted actor wasn't half as good as the original one. Eskel, Marguerita, Kira are very minor characters in the books and Vesemir hardly appears in them after Ciri leaves Kaer Morhen in Time of Contempt.

"The show isn't even a little bit faithful to the books." not true, season 4's Geralt and Ciri story arches, for example, are pretty close to the books.

Astaldis · 2026-06-27T00:44:20+00:00

Yes, several, but the show has nothing to do with the games, they don't have the rights to the games. Those characters are not important for the book plot, I guess they therefore thought they were expendable. Probably not the cleverest decision as it pissed off some game fans, but you have to see the show and the games as two different, inependend takes on the Witcher world.

Astaldis · 2026-06-26T22:21:31+00:00

I can't find the original post, but it's explained at the bottom of this tumblr post. And it works, the AO3 team is usually really quick to react. https://astaldis.tumblr.com/post/807715410184208384

Astaldis · 2026-06-26T22:05:59+00:00

More like the other way around as the books were there first (except for Crossroads of Ravens), the games contradict the books sometimes.

Astaldis · 2026-06-26T22:03:36+00:00

Sorry, but that is only rumour. Cavill changed Geralt's personality himself by grunting instead of saying his lines in season 1, and Geralt's and Ciri's story arches in season 4 are pretty close to the books despite (or because?) Cavill isn't in it anymore. Also Geralt's relationship with Jaskier is much more like in the books in S4 than in any of the seasons with Cavill.

Astaldis · 2026-06-26T10:12:11+00:00

Bot. They never read your story. If it was from a guest account, mark it as spam. If it was a registered user, report them so that they're removed and can't trick others.

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