This is the only thing that brings me joy
I don't really know what grimace shake is, but according to what I'm seeing on my timeline it would def revert him
we're f u c k e d
Jaskier's intro in s1: being pathetic and getting Stuff thrown at him
Jaskier's intro in s2: in the middle of playing a powerful post-breakup ballad he's playing to raving fans in a styling new look showing that he's building off his heartbreak and forging a new era for himself and his work
Jaskier's intro in s3: being pathetic and getting Stuff thrown at him 2
#king of ending conversations and escaping uncomfortable situations
THE WITCHER | 3x05 “The Art of Illusion”
this is the FUNNIEST fucking way they could have lead into Jaskier's intro for the season I am trying not to cackle
#local pocket sized princess with a poker face loves to take funcle’s money
jaskier showed up in the season's first ep.......
THEY HAVE THE SAME FUCKING FACIAL EXPRESSION HELP ME-
Aragorn son of Arathorn, aka Elessar, aka Strider, is autistic. I’m not even going to tell people to take this with a grain of salt. Buckle up. (This is mostly movie Aragorn, although my brain starts to mush movie and book together.)
- This man could be a wonderful example of flat affect. He hardly shows any facial expressions at all about anything. (I am not looking down on him for this; I adore this trait. Have you noticed I also love Ryan Erzahler??) He shows more emotion with his voice and body than his face, but even then he reserves the biggest displays for the most intense situations. You might say, “maybe that’s a LOTR/human/elven culture thing?” but the other characters are more expressive compared to him.
- When another character says something to him and he just DOESN’T RESPOND. No words, no expression, just stares and walks away.
- He lives in the wilderness and protects the land using his wilderness survival skills, along with a mysterious group of other rangers who all famously wear gray. He can look at the ground and see all the little details like he has some kind of hyperfocus autism detective beam.
- He’s both a master tracker and a master healer, meaning he has an intense interest in both things and has devoted lots of time to them.
- The fact that the man can fixate on something and will stubbornly stick with it even when others are like, ARAGORN STOP. Running for days in a row without stopping, to save his friends. Not leaving his beloved sword at the door even though the king says so. He had a MIND BATTLE with Sauron in the seeing-stone and he WON. Also he doesn’t get swayed by the Ring hardly at all, because he knows what the Fellowship mission is.
- He’s the literal heir to the throne but you wouldn’t guess that from the way he dresses or lives. It’s like he doesn’t care what the usual perception of a king is, he just does what he needs/wants to do. Practical. He doesn’t put on shows or stick to arbitrary rules about what royalty should be like. [EDIT: I mean, I know he doubts himself and doubts his role when he makes mistakes. The self-doubt could contribute to his low-key character.]
- Just that scene in FOTR when he’s softly singing to himself. stim.
- “Sure, I know what we need to do. Go to the ARMY OF THE DEAD and ask them for help! Just stroll right in to the zombie ghost land!”
- He’ll just give the hard truth right away. He doesn’t pull punches, just speaks from the heart. Ex. when Boromir keeps saying they should take the ring to Gondor and Aragorn’s like “we’re not getting anywhere near your city bc I don’t trust your power-hungry people.” Dang.
Yeah, so, I didn’t know that alot of these were autistic things and I… Im questioning alot about myself right about now.
I saw a post saying that Boromir looked too scruffy in FotR for a Captain of Gondor, and I tried to move on, but I’m hyperfixating. Has anyone ever solo backpacked? I have. By the end, not only did I look like shit, but by day two I was talking to myself. On another occasion I did fourteen days’ backcountry as the lone woman in a group of twelve men, no showers, no deodorant, and brother, by the end of that we were all EXTREMELY feral. You think we looked like heirs to the throne of anywhere? We were thirteen wolverines in ripstop.
My boy Boromir? Spent FOUR MONTHS in the wilderness! Alone! No roads! High floods! His horse died! I’m amazed he showed up to Imladris wearing clothes, let alone with a decent haircut. I’m fully convinced that he left Gondor looking like Richard Sharpe being presented to the Prince Regent in 1813
*electric guitar riff*
And then rocked up to Imladris a hundred ten days later like
Some people have been wondering about the raccoon. Listen. Listennn. Don't ask about the raccoon.
But does the racoon survive the Uruk-Hai? Does he curl up on Aragorn's head, or does he go straight to Faramir? Does he bite Denethor?
My friend. My colleague. My brother my captain my king. I too have been pondering this question, and in my mind there can be only one ultimate outcome.
A few months later
All hail the High Warden of Gondor.
Epilogue: It ADORES Faramir.