Geralt/Jaskier

Geralt/Jaskier, also known as Geraskier, is the slash pairing of Geralt of Rivia and Jaskier in The Witcher fandom. The pairing is a slash juggernaut in the fandom.
Prior to the release of the first season of The Witcher on Netflix, the pairing of Geralt and Jaskier was a rarepair, with only a small number of fanworks. Since then, interest in the pairing skyrocketed, becoming by far the most popular for the franchise and ranking in 4th place on Tumblr Fandometrics' Year in Review 2020 top 100 ships.
==Canon==
Jaskier is Geralt's closest friend and frequent traveling companion.
===Bookverse and Gameverse===
In the original books Jaskier and Geralt were close. They loved each other, Geralt openly admitted that they were friends even when other people slandered Jaskier for being a dandy.
===Showverse===
The show brought Jaskier into more stories than he was originally involved in in the books, correctly predicting that he would be a fan favourite.
Season 2 saw Jaskier's song, "Burn, Butcher, Burn", about his breakup with Geralt. Being seen by fans as a song of a burned ex.
==Fandom==
===No Ship War===
In the early days of the fandom after the premiere of The Witcher on Netflix, there was virtually no ship war between shippers of Geralt/Jaskier and Geralt/Yennefer, the love interest of Geralt in canon. There instead arose a thriving OT3 of Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer.
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
* Kidfic: About raising Ciri, Geralt's adopted daughter in canon, together as their daughter.
* Apology scene: Geralt needs to beg and crawl to get Jaskier to take him back after the season 1 finale mountain breakup
* Hurt/Comfort: Jasiker receiving the hurt, and Geralt providing the comfort, is the most common 
* Modern AU: placing Geralt and Jaskier in a modern setting, this might be a mundane AU or still involve fantastical elements, sometimes with reincarnation/soulmate backgrounds
* Top/Bottom Dynamics:: Top Geralt tends to be more popular, but Top Jaskier is also fairly common
* Jaskier is not fully human: having Jaskier be half of a fantastical race is common, some popular choices are fae, elf, or demon. This may be one way to ensure that the pairing has a long life together, because witchers life longer than humans, and it may also be a way to explain why the actor never ages on the show 
* Threesome or Poly: with the most popular choice for a third partner being Yennefer, although fanworks that include one of the other witchers, like Eskel, can also be found
===Challenges===
* Geraskier Big Bang
=== Awards ===
* In 2024, the relationship won 6th place in the fourth MLM Ship Bracket Tournament out of 112 entrants.
==Fanworks==
===Bookverse===
====Fanart====
* by johix
===Gameverse===
====Fanart====
* by egosweetheart
* gif set by seance
====Meta====
* 
===Showverse===
====Fanfic====
* Here we go again~! by Likorys, Jasker is an omega in a world where they're on the top of everything, fertile and precious, yet still used by those around for political marriages and the likes. Witchers are always alphas, always golden-eyed and always seen as one moment away from snapping and becoming mindless with lust or rage. Jaskier doesn't buy into it and when he sees a Witcher harassed in public, he intervenes.
* The god of scraped knees. by spqr, Jaskier’s been pretending to be human for so long now that he hardly remembers what it feels like to be a sorcerer. He doesn’t want to remember what it feels like to be a sorcerer. But people still murmur his name with reverence in certain dim halls; Dandelion, Dandelion, destroyer of worlds. 
* New Monster Stories by kathkin
====Fanart====
*Modern AU by труп жмыха (ottozs)
* by journeythroughunknownlands
* by saeculorum-art
* by sunatsubu
* by ellenchain
* by bonesbunns
* by thistlearts
====Meta====
* Let’s talk about Jaskier and Geralt’s bath scene (2020)
====Fanvid====
*i found by lady disaster
==Example Art Gallery==
File:Geralt and dandelion in tavern by bathorygen.jpg|Geralt and Dandelion in tavern by Bathorygen (2014), this art based on the book version of the characters 
File:Geraskier art meme.png|Art by jaskiervevo (2020), this art based off the video game version of these characters, and mimicking an online meme
GeraltJaskier_haflacky_Youremydestiny.jpg|You’re my destiny by haflacky (2020)
Elalalune_go-to-horny-jail-jaskier.png|Go to horny jail Jaskier by elalalune (2020)
Iocarus_your-honor-they-love-eachother.jpg|your honor they love eachother by iocarus (2020)
Kirashion_Geraskier.jpg|Geraskier by Kirashion (2020)
File:Sunset by MaXKennedy.jpg|Sunset by maXKennedy (2020) – Jaskier placing a flower crown on a sleeping Geralt.
File:The Witcher - Tarot by MaXKennedy.jpg|Tarot by maXKennedy (2020) – Geralt and Jaskier in the "tarot" art style.
Tonbane_bards&braids.jpg|Bards & Braids by Tonbane (2021)
Kyber-erso_geraskier.png|geraskier by kyber-erso (2021)
==Resources==
* Archive of Our Own tag: Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion
* FanFiction.net:
** Books: [Geralt of Rivia/Geralt z Rivii, Dandelion/Jaskier]
** Game: [Geralt of Rivia, Dandelion]
** TV Show: [Geralt, Jaskier/Dandelion]
* Tumblr tag: Geraskier
==References==
Category:The Witcher Relationships
Category:Slash Pairings