Radskier

Radskier is the slash ship between Jaskier and Radovid from The Witcher fandom.

Shaerrawedd
TBC

Unbound
TBC

Reunion
TBC

The Invitation
TBC

Everybody Has a Plan 'til They Get Punched in the Face
TBC

Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan
TBC

The Cost of Chaos
TBC

Shaerrawedd

 * TBC

Unbound

 * TBC

Reunion

 * TBC

The Invitation

 * TBC

Everybody Has a Plan 'til They Get Punched in the Face

 * TBC

Out of the Fire, Into the Frying Pan

 * TBC

The Cost of Chaos

 * TBC

Quotes
"Does the witcher know how lucky he is to have you?"

- Radovid, Unbound

Songs

 * Extraordinary Things | Jaskier/Joey Batey ( on the show and the soundtrack )
 * & Radovid/Hugh Skinner ( on the show )
 * Jaskier's first song to Radovid. In an interview, Joey Batey explained that "...there was an awful lot of script rewrites and things like that. We deleted whole scenes in favour of songs. So I brought in a new song, and I said: 'Can we just cut all this dialogue, and I can just sing something?" in reference to this specific song.
 * The lyrics are:
 *  Keep your words on ice, Your gaze lights the fire, *
 * They say, "Keep on playing nice", But I have no desire*
 * Why waste our words, When lips were made for extraordinary things*
 * It's not a want, it's a need, It is paying no heed to what others say to sing*
 * The greatest songs are made up of unspoken words of love* Of them I have had enough, With you, I have enough  With you, I am enough, I am enough
 * Drop the sweet disguise, Your heart's beating too loud
 * The fairy tales and little lies can't drown out all the sound
 * So take this heart and break this heart, For extraordinary things
 * It's not a want, it's a need
 * It is paying no heed to what others say to sing
 * The greatest songs are made up of unspoken words of love
 * Of them I have had enough, With you, I have enough*
 * With you, I am enough, I am, I am enough*
 *  *Parts of the song that Jaskier is heard singing on the show. 
 * The lyrics appear to be an invitation - from Jaskier to Radovid - for the two of them to stop playing games with each other.  Either by staying quiet when they are stuck in a situation where they can't be truthful with one another (Keep your words on ice) and letting the sincerity in their eyes do the talking instead (Your gaze lights the fire), or even opting for other more physical forms of communication (Why waste our words, When lips were made for extraordinary things); being brave enough to disobey what Dijkstra and Philippa's intend for them (They say, "Keep on playing nice", But I have no desire); and/or downright ignoring them (It is paying no heed to what others say to sing).
 * In the second part of the song - that the show chose to cut probably because of time constraints - Jaskier appears to be telling Radovid that the Prince's feelings for him are too loud for Jaskier to be successfully fooled by all his little lies and pretenses (Your heart's beating too loud, The fairy tales and little lies can't drown out all the sound), and that he might as well stop pretending (Drop the sweet disguise), since he can already see right through him. There's also a sense that Jaskier might  be  expect  ing  things between them to have a bit of a rocky start - and for Radovid to break hi  s  heart at some point - but still remains hopeful and willing to take that risk  ;  because of what he might stand to gain in exchange (So take this heart and break this heart, For extraordinary things).
 * Radovid later sings the song back to Jaskier - deeply surprising and touching him - before the two of them share their very first kiss and make love in a shed. In essence, having Radovid sing the song back to Jaskier could be considered a way for him to express that he accepts Jaskier's invitation, desires the same thing, and is willing to attempt to be sincere and truthful with him, too, regardless of what his brother, Dijkstra, or Philippa may want from him.  It could also be one of the reasons why Radovid's perceived betrayal, when he went to see Ciri without having first gained Jaskier's permission to do so, appeared to hurt Jaskier so much.
 * In the second part of the song - that the show chose to cut probably because of time constraints - Jaskier appears to be telling Radovid that the Prince's feelings for him are too loud for Jaskier to be successfully fooled by all his little lies and pretenses (Your heart's beating too loud, The fairy tales and little lies can't drown out all the sound), and that he might as well stop pretending (Drop the sweet disguise), since he can already see right through him. There's also a sense that Jaskier might  be  expect  ing  things between them to have a bit of a rocky start - and for Radovid to break hi  s  heart at some point - but still remains hopeful and willing to take that risk  ;  because of what he might stand to gain in exchange (So take this heart and break this heart, For extraordinary things).
 * Radovid later sings the song back to Jaskier - deeply surprising and touching him - before the two of them share their very first kiss and make love in a shed. In essence, having Radovid sing the song back to Jaskier could be considered a way for him to express that he accepts Jaskier's invitation, desires the same thing, and is willing to attempt to be sincere and truthful with him, too, regardless of what his brother, Dijkstra, or Philippa may want from him.  It could also be one of the reasons why Radovid's perceived betrayal, when he went to see Ciri without having first gained Jaskier's permission to do so, appeared to hurt Jaskier so much.
 * Radovid later sings the song back to Jaskier - deeply surprising and touching him - before the two of them share their very first kiss and make love in a shed. In essence, having Radovid sing the song back to Jaskier could be considered a way for him to express that he accepts Jaskier's invitation, desires the same thing, and is willing to attempt to be sincere and truthful with him, too, regardless of what his brother, Dijkstra, or Philippa may want from him.  It could also be one of the reasons why Radovid's perceived betrayal, when he went to see Ciri without having first gained Jaskier's permission to do so, appeared to hurt Jaskier so much.
 * Radovid later sings the song back to Jaskier - deeply surprising and touching him - before the two of them share their very first kiss and make love in a shed. In essence, having Radovid sing the song back to Jaskier could be considered a way for him to express that he accepts Jaskier's invitation, desires the same thing, and is willing to attempt to be sincere and truthful with him, too, regardless of what his brother, Dijkstra, or Philippa may want from him.  It could also be one of the reasons why Radovid's perceived betrayal, when he went to see Ciri without having first gained Jaskier's permission to do so, appeared to hurt Jaskier so much.


 * A Little Sacrifice | Jaskier/Joey Batey ( on the show )
 * & Ciri/Freya Allan ( on the show and the soundtrack )
 * A song that Jaskier sings to Ciri as a lullaby to help her fall asleep (moments before Radovid attempts to knock on their cabin's door, with the following events leading to their very first kiss and night spent together).
 * The song is about a Prince (Radovid), living on land, and a Siren (Jaskier), living in the sea, that fall in love with each other. At first, the two of them  attempt to convince the other to make a "trade for surf", and a "swap for turf"; each pondering what they want most in life, and which one of them would cave in to follow the other (i.e. make a little sacrifice) first.  Eventually, the song reaches a point where the Prince is being confronted by a "twilight red horizon" that finally makes him see his place among the sirens, and believe trading foot for fin to be worth it!  The last chorus changes from "For if yer goal be Paradise, a life with your true love, Ponder all yer wants in life, and make A Little Sacrifice...." to "For if yer goal be Paradise, just give your love a firm nudge, if he sinks to darkest night, embrace his Little Sacrifice!"; perhaps referring to Radovid's attempt to leave his life at court to follow Jaskier, only for him to devastatingly sink on his very first attempt to swim, as his brother is violently murdered and he is made King against his will.
 * Ciri later sings the song to herself while lost and wandering the desert alone, for comfort.
 * Ciri later sings the song to herself while lost and wandering the desert alone, for comfort.
 * Ciri later sings the song to herself while lost and wandering the desert alone, for comfort.

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Trivia

 * Joey Batey has explained, in interviews, that the idea of Jaskier being queer was something that he'd personally been exploring in his portrayal of the character (indeed, the first recorded suggestion that his character might be pansexual was made on December 21st, 2019, when Batey stated that Jaskier doesn't really womanizes, but has "such a capacity for love" that he just "falls in love with everyone").  However, he'd never received any clear answer re: the character's actual sexual orientation until he was approached by the showrunner,  Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, with her intentions regarding the character and the romance, prior to writing the scripts for Season 3.
 * As a result, the actor has been deeply involved in the creation and the portrayal of the Radskier ship. "My number-one priority, which I said to her, was just to make sure that we were doing it right and that we did it sensitively with a care and a kinship, and I wanted to avoid all kinds of stereotyping, really.  So there was an awful lot of script rewrites and things like that. We deleted whole scenes in favour of songs. So I brought in a new song, and I said: 'Can we just cut all this dialogue, and I can just sing something?'"
 * Joey Batey has since been referring to the character of Jaskier as being on the aromantic spectrum (sapioromantic ), a panromantic or pansexual person, and said that he doesn't "think Jaskier really sees gender".
 * Both Hugh Skinner - the actor portraying Radovid - and the character himself are openly gay men. Hugh has been very vocal about how "exciting and a real privilege" it has been for him to be given the chance to portray such a character.
 * Hugh Skinner's career includes a lot of singing in various TV shows, as well as musicals (he played the younger version of Harry Bright in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" as well as Joly in the film adaptation of "Les Misérables"). When asked if the two characters might be singing together, Joey answered "I don't think [I could]. I think I would be too nervous to sing anywhere near Hugh. I think his talent would outshine mine and poor Jaskier, you know, poor Jaskier's ego would be burned if I ever tried to do that." However, according to Hugh, he did offer him a crash course on how to play the "mandolin" [note: he might have meant "lute"].