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Salt, Vinegar, and Iron by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
20 Mar 2026
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"Are you under a curse?”
The girl nodded, another tear dripping down her cheek. “Yes. But I’m afraid you can’t help me.”
Geralt sighed. “Why don’t you come sit by the fire and tell me what happened, and let me be the judge of that.”
She shook her head, mouth twisting bitterly. “I’ve nothing to give you in payment. I have nothing but the clothes on my back.”
Damn it. Still. “It’s true I don’t work for free, but it seems to me we’re fellow travelers,” he said. “No harm in sitting by the fire and swapping stories.”
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Many times over, Geralt has learned his lesson: you can't save everyone, not every time. But sometimes, all you need to do is offer someone the chance to save themself.
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Winter and Other Sea-Changes by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
14 Mar 2026
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“Lambert’s never brought anyone for the winter," said Geralt. "He doesn’t make friends easy. Doesn’t deal well with change, either. He—” Geralt frowned. “He probably won’t get along with you.”
“I’ll have you know, I can be very charming when I want to be,” said Jaskier, aiming for a bit of light-hearted teasing.
The corner of Geralt’s mouth lifted, but then dropped back into a more somber expression. “Lambert,” he said carefully, “is a contrary ass. The more you try to charm him, the less likely it is to work."
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At long last, Geralt invites Jaskier to Kaer Morhen. Lambert is less than pleased to have a stranger in the keep, especially since his favorite outsider would never be offered the same welcome. Or so he thinks—but sometimes, a cruel twist of fate can turn out to be a miracle in disguise.
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- Part 4 of the scent of grass
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At the end of her long, long, long life, Ciri seeks out familiar company.
At the end of his first winter on the Path, Geralt meets a strange, ancient witcher.
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Frailty and Other Nightmares by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
12 Dec 2025
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“You said you wouldn’t let me die,” hissed the wraith with Jaskier’s face, its cold fingers closing around Geralt’s throat. “You promised!”
Geralt’s eyes snapped open. The night was quiet and still, with not even the slightest hint of wind to stir the leaves on the trees. His medallion was likewise still, but it lay beside his ear on the bedroll instead of on his chest, and the section of chain across his neck was chilly instead of skin-warm. He must have moved while he was dreaming and dislodged it.
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Jaskier survived an ordeal that ought to have killed him, and seems to have come out the other end no worse for wear. So it would be silly for Geralt to still be having nightmares. Ridiculous, even. It would be the absolute height of foolishness to go days without sleeping when everything is fine.
Because everything is fine.
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- Part 3 of the scent of grass
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Lilacs and Other Entanglements by Ostentenacity
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
25 Nov 2025
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After a close brush with death, Jaskier finds himself altered in subtle ways. If anyone can help figure out the long-term effects of his ordeal, it's Yennefer of Vengerberg—but involving Yennefer means inviting complications, especially when it turns out Geralt's been keeping a rather important secret.
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Or: With Geralt temporarily absent, Jaskier and Yennefer plumb each other's hidden depths.
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- Part 2 of the scent of grass
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"Why is it always just friends?" Velvet complains. "Why does your sweetheart of the week outrank me?"
"Harsh! But fair. And moreover, a good point." Thancred knocks back another swig of ale.
"So... was that a 'yes' or a 'no'...?"
"Piss off," they reply in chorus, and the latest trespassing gossip-rag reporter is escorted out of the Rising Stones.
-- Unpleasantly frequent interaction between the day the Praetorium fell and the night that would later be known as the Bloody Banquet.
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In interropunct's immortal words: "Jaskier gets bitten by a rabid animal. Then poisoned. Then injected with strange and horrifying concoctions. No one is happy about any of this."
And then, afterwards, things start looking up.
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Recovery from Ascian mind control is a long and winding road.
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Six Archons depart Sharlayan. Years later, four return.
Scenes from the Scions' time in Old Sharlayan during/after Endwalker—when they weren't busy saving the world.
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The archival staff of the Magnus Institute—and their daemons—try to make sense of the strange and horrifying events befalling them.
In other words: the canon timeline of events, but with daemons.
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though the voices around you kept shouting by interropunct
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
14 Jul 2026
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Hit with a bad curse, Eskel knows he has to go back to Kaer Morhen for the winter. But being unable to stop himself from hearing the thoughts of those around him will surely make it painful to be around anyone else, even his fellow witchers. Especially Geralt. The last thing he needs is to be confronted with what his family—and his first, hopeless, unrequited love—truly think of him.
But, luckily or unluckily, absolutely nothing about breaking his curse goes as planned.
Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
04 Jul 2026
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catastrophic functionality by deervsheadlights
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Apr 2026
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Fault tolerance/catastrophic functionality:
a system's capability to handle faults without any degradation or downtime. [...] Failure tolerant systems mask errors and maintain failure-free operation in the presence of one or more faulty components. [Wikipedia]Eva Stratt knows Ryland Grace has a problem.
But the end of the world doesn't stop for one man's problems, and she can't afford to lose her leading Astrophage expert to rehab.
Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
19 May 2026
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The Astrobiology Immersion Program by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 May 2026
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It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.
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Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
12 May 2026
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Striking a Chord by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
04 Apr 2026
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Living on a spaceship with an alien that exclusively speaks in song can really recontextualize karaoke for a guy.
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Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
21 Apr 2026
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Do You Hear Me, Question? by gnomie_gnome
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
13 Apr 2026
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The Hail Mary arrives at the Eridani system, but before they can celebrate, Rocky has to make the best/worst call of his life.
Technically a prologue to my Iron Lung crossover fic, A Bloody Miracle, but can be read as a one-shot.
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- Part 1 of Happy Ending for Unwilling Sacrifices
Bookmarked by Ostentenacity
13 Apr 2026