~The Witcher: Jaskier SFW: Labels~ {Patreon Exclusive}

Jaskier offers a quite simple sounding answer, for something that's been going around in your head for a while.

Contains: Discussion of Romantic and Sexual Attraction, Talking About Labels, Pansexual!Jaskier, Comfort, Advice, Partial Coming Out, Partial Confessions

With this audio, I really wanted the Listener to really have a heart to heart with Jaskier, however unexpected that might be from him lol. Labels when it comes to sexuality can be incredibly helpful for some, and not matter for others, and I wanted Jaskier to kind of touch on those realms of thought, while also talking about how the way you're attracted to people can change, and that's ok. A lot of times, members of the LGBTQIA+ Community feel like once they 'pick' an orientation that they feel fits them, that they're bound by it. I don't think that's true. Sure, some people find a label that fits and stick with it their whole lives, but others find that upon introspection at different points of their lives, they feel a different label fits. Some people just choose the phrase, 'Queer' because it's an umbrella term and sometimes that's easier than trying to explain the sometimes long-winded labels that some straight people don't care about. And then there are those who don't have a label at all. It's all valid, and really, the only people it should matter to, are yourself, and the ones you want to be with. It can feel weird how something that feels and seems so big and important can be approached so simply, but taking it easy and exploring and really asking yourself if labeling who you are matters to you and going from there can make the journey to finding your truth perhaps a little easier.

~Audio Transcript Below~

Jaskier: Get you a drink?

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Well.....we're having a celebration, and you seem to be a bit down in the dumps, is there....so I figured I could offer you a drink and maybe help you get your mind off of whatever it is it seems to be stuck on......

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Of course.....you can have your complete confidence in me.....as long as I don't drink anymore.....one moment......

*gulps*

Alright.......what's on your mind.....

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I won't laugh, I promise. I can see just by your hesitance that this is probably something that you'll been mulling over for a while, and it's probably not a laughing matter.

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You're having trouble.....reconciling your.....attractions? If I'm understanding you correctly?

*hums* You're having trouble naming what it is that you feel?

*sighs* Well......if it makes you feel any better, you're not the only one who feels the way that you do......I in fact, am attracted to multiple genders and expressions of people.......I mean.....you didn't think the only reason I started following and travelling with Geralt was because I thought he was eternally interesting and I wanted my bardic career to flourish, did you?

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He is quite something to look at, isn't he?

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Mmmhm!

And, not to trivialize what you're feeling or agonizing over.....at the end of the day.....sometimes.....there doesn't need to be a word for how you feel.....what you feel......a label....

Whoever you love or are attracted to enough to potentially share a bed with is up to you, and said person.....or persons if that's your persuasion.....you wouldn't be the only one here......

What anyone else thinks about you and your attractions, isn't their business.

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But--if finding some way to describe who you are and how you feel makes things make more sense or makes you feel better, then by all means.......

I could help you come up with one if you want......

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Me? Well........*hums*......Lover of People......is what immediately comes to mind.....

I just......that makes sense to me....if I were to put words to it.......there are so many people in this world......and I find myself attracted to a great many of them.

Maybe that helps you, maybe it doesn't.....but as I said......it's something that you can think of and find, if that's what you want......

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How did I come to terms with liking more than one gender......*large sigh* Whew! Well......

For so long it was expected of me to take over my family's duties of overseeing judicial....shit over the province and.....settling down, marrying the nice girl they picked out for me.....and I fell into it.....doing all the things I was 'supposed' to do......

It took longer than I'm willing to admit to realize that......that's not what I wanted....that's not who I am.....it's not how or who I wanted to love. That it wasn't any of the business of those who were trying to tell me what to do, and how it was "for my own good".

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Realizing doesn't have to come all at once, and it can change. Romance and sex can change and are fluid.....just like people can and are.

In the end.....you love who you love, you have sex with who you have sex with, and it's ok too if you don't do one or the other or both. You aren't hurting anyone just by existing, and you aren't wrong if you explore and find something else that resonates better with how you feel inside. Life is too short to worry about those who tell you otherwise.....

And if you ever need someone to talk to about it, someone with different life experience or just another possible take on things....you can come to me. Even if it's just so I can lend an ear for you to rant at.....or.....if you're looking for advice.......

Bottom line is......you are who you are......and who you are......is good.......

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Now, we should probably be heading out I think....Thinking about it I may have flirted with someone I shouldn't have, and I can practically see the storm cloud growing larger and larger over Geralt's head as we speak, so........

Shall we?