Yennskier

Yennskier is the het ship between Yennefer of Vengerberg and Jaskier from The Witcher fandom.

Season 2
REDANIAN INTELLIGENCE

As Yennefer is below the tavern, one of the elves tell her they have to wait for the Sandpiper. He performs every night and when the tavern is empty, they'll meet him. Yennefer hears the sandpiper and smiles as she recognizes the voice as Jaskier's.

As the tavern empties, Yennefer walks up and calls Jaskier "bard". Jaskier turns to her and calls her "witch". He asks what she's doing here and where she crawled out of. Yen answers a sewer and hugs him, much to his confusion. Yen misses the days when he was the worst that she had to worry about and Jaskier decides that he's not having this conversation without a drink. Yen brings up the song he sang, and that Geralt must have done a number on him. Jaskier tries to deny that it's about Geralt, but admits that he wrote it from the heart, a rather broken one. He asks why she's here again, and she say she's here because he's the Sandpiper. Jaskier asks how she knows that, and Yen explains that she picked it up while in hiding. Jaskier remembers that Yen is part elf and says he wouldn't wish being persued on his worst enemy. Which he considers her. She asks why she's helping elves, and he explains that he realized that after the elves, the north will come for anyone they deem other, which includes him. Yen then says that she needs his help as Cahir enters. Jaskier startles in defense, but Yen explains that he's with her. She needs to get to Cintra, and he'll do what he can. But they both smell awful and suggest they both take baths before they leave tonight.

After sneaking onto a ship, Jaskier gives Yen a look, much to her confusion. He asks what happened to her, and she explains that she lost her magic. She tells him to get his gloating, and at one point he would have taken the oppurtunity, but as an artist it's his job to empathize. He'd be scared if he lost his music abilities, the one thing he was put on this continent to do. He didn't know what he would do. Yen says they find a new purpose, a better one. Jaskier says that the one thing he's certain of is that chaos isn't done with Yen, so he tells her, goodbye, goodluck and good riddance. She says the same to him and he leaves the belly of the ship. She then hears the sound of Jaskier yelling and a lute string. She rushes to the deck of the ship, and looks over the top to see Jaskier's broken lute.

TURN YOUR BACK

As Jaskier is being tortured, Yen enters and pretends to be drunk. She gets close to Jaskier and he tells his torturer that she's his wife and that she has nothing to do with this. The toruturer tells Yen to be wise and leave, but Yen tell him to shut up. He grabs her and Jaskier yells at him to let her go. Yen then uses the alcohol to send the torturers fire back in his face and she and Jaskier are able to escape.

They take a rest and Jaskier asks who that was. Yen asks how she should know, but Jaskier points out that all Mages are trained at the same place. Yen was looking forward to a few more thank you's, and Jaskier says that the mage is after Geralt. Yen asks why, but Jaskier doesn't know and just wants her to conjure up something to warn Geralt, since she owes him that. Yen says that they owe each other, but reminds him that she doesn't have magic. Jaskier says she doesn't get to play damsel in distress, that's his job. She lightly hits him when several men come up behind them. Jaskier puts himself between them and Yen, but she kicks the first one down before they can do anything. They run then split up to divert the men's attention.

Jaskier is sneaking around when he hears a guard discussing how they captured Yen. He looks through a window and sees Yen bound, when she suddenly dissappears. He calls for her, but is caught by the guards.

Season 2
Redanian Intellignece
 * Jaskier and Yen toast to being better off without Geralt.

Turn Your Back
 * Yen asks aloud where Jaskier is.
 * Yen pays a local prostitute to try and find information on Jaskier.
 * The prostitute says that Yen might find Jaskier in a tavern.
 * Jaskier observes that Yen is very scary.

Quotes
"Leave the very sexy but insane witch to her inevitable demise!"

- Jaskier; Witcher S1 E5.

"My friend. He's missing."

- Yennefer about Jaskier.

"Uh- Uh- This is my- this is my wife. She has nothing to do with this. Please let her go."

- Jaskier about Yennefer.

"I need you."

- Yennefer to Jaskier.

Behind The Scenes
"There's a small connection between Jaskier and Yennefer that's blossoming, blooming. I think they're, you know, still mortal frenemies but... but it means we get to see a more vulnerable side to Jaskier. A Jaskier that is leaving his ego at the door in order to open himself up to new people and let people in."

- Joey Batey. "Anya and I have been begging for scenes together since since we met in Season 1. We're good pals and I'm a huge fan of hers and her talent, she's just an amazing actress and we've been sort of asking Lauren, 'please can we have a little bit more, a little bit more,' because it is really fun to play that sort of, you know, surface level hatred but a growing and developing fondness. You start to find little nuances and sentences that fully-conscious Joey might not have been able to do, and it becomes freer, it becomes more intimate. They're both trying to work out who they are and how they fit into this Continent that is changing so rapidly, and exploring that in Season 2 and beyond it's going to be something that I think brings more texture to the characters, and makes them more complex, and hopefully more interesting to watch."

- Joey Batey on Yennefer and Jaskier scenes. "They [Jaskier and Yennefer] really complement each other well, I think. You [Joey Batey] really do attack the worst, the heart… the most emotional points to Yennefer."

- Anya Chalotra.

Fanon
The ship was initially not very common in the fandom, but gained some more attention after season 2. Many fans like the ship due to the comedic dynamic between the two characters as well as fans enjoying making jokes about their "malewife and girlboss" dynamic. Some also see Yennefer as being more soft and emotional with Jaskier than she is with others.

On AO3, Yennskier is the third most written ship for Yennefer and the fifth most written for Jaskier. It is also the tenth most written ship in the The Withcer - All Media Types tag and the seventh most written in The Witcher (TV) tag.

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 * Geraskefer refers to the ship between Geralt of Rivia, Jaskier, and Yennefer