The Power of Friendship
Feb. 28th, 2022 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingI absolutely love how healthy and *real* the friendship between Geralt and Jaskier feels in the Hexer
https://ruusverd-fandom-blog.tumblr.com/post/618674826549379072/i-think-my-favorite-thing-about-the-hexerthe
Geralt and Jaskier in the Hexer feel like two people who are genuinely best friends. They’re clearly ecstatic to see each other whenever they meet, big smiles, big hugs, but they’re not excessively anxious or mopey when they part ways, just somewhat sad. They’re each functional as individuals, their lives don’t revolve exclusively around each other.
Jaskier doesn’t see Geralt as a legendary hero for him to exploit for inspiration, neither does he treat Geralt like a bumbling idiot who needs Jaskier to manage his life for him. He sees Geralt as a truely good man who has been forced into a difficult, violent life against his will and above all just wants to be normal. Similarly, Geralt openly enjoys and admires Jaskier’s music and poetry and says Jaskier is “wise,” but he neither structures all his actions around Jaskier’s approval nor treats him like a unwanted burden.
While rewriting The Demon King, I realized that the friendship between Ananth and Marlowe needs to be strong from the beginning. It will become more real the more they interact with one another, but it needs to be clear from the onset that they actually like each other.
I haven't read the Witcher novels. I hear they're good, though.
https://ruusverd-fandom-blog.tumblr.com/post/618674826549379072/i-think-my-favorite-thing-about-the-hexerthe
Geralt and Jaskier in the Hexer feel like two people who are genuinely best friends. They’re clearly ecstatic to see each other whenever they meet, big smiles, big hugs, but they’re not excessively anxious or mopey when they part ways, just somewhat sad. They’re each functional as individuals, their lives don’t revolve exclusively around each other.
Jaskier doesn’t see Geralt as a legendary hero for him to exploit for inspiration, neither does he treat Geralt like a bumbling idiot who needs Jaskier to manage his life for him. He sees Geralt as a truely good man who has been forced into a difficult, violent life against his will and above all just wants to be normal. Similarly, Geralt openly enjoys and admires Jaskier’s music and poetry and says Jaskier is “wise,” but he neither structures all his actions around Jaskier’s approval nor treats him like a unwanted burden.
While rewriting The Demon King, I realized that the friendship between Ananth and Marlowe needs to be strong from the beginning. It will become more real the more they interact with one another, but it needs to be clear from the onset that they actually like each other.
I haven't read the Witcher novels. I hear they're good, though.
