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I hope you guys watched this animation at August, because it has disappeared from the offerings at the moment. It'll explain a lot of Vesemier's and Witchers history.
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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Animation, Action, Adventure
1h 23m | 18
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I feel that some of you already know this information very well, but I'm going to put it down anyway. The story in the first season were a mess but it showed that Gerald of Rivia is a special person, with a destiny. He is an anti-hero, a man that is hated because of his profession, but he has a heart and a soul, and a wonderful mind that is often hidden behind the layer of stoicism.
Vesemier is the opposite, he is very social and very likeable. Some could call him as a squere daddy-o who has gone through the trials, won the game and at his later days, given the keys to raise the wolves a Kaer Morden. With the wolves I mean the wolf clan of the witchers. Thing is Vesemier is as tied to Gerald's destiny, because of the ashen haired young lady, Ciri or Cirilla.
Yennifer is tied to Gerald because of the Jinn.
There's more, but let's see how this season develops.
Death to Nilfgard! Sorry, I'm showing my bias against the black ones, but it is not unusual that the clashes in the Witcher world are epic in scale, and when the magic is involved, the damage is catastrophic. Not all magic is that level, as there are simpler spells, cantrips, even witcher powers that rival the Force. And then there are runes, some which leads to Old World of magic. Stuff that so many has forgotten as the world has gone through a purge, making it a place for humans to live.
It is strange that Cirilla's and Gerald's event happened during the major magic release, but it's not when you associate it with his destiny. It might even feel that when the marched through that battlefield to hear that Yennifer had gone missing in the aftermath, because it feels like a play and it is, done by the Three Sisters.
Everything is as it should be. Ciri is with Gerald and they have a path to walk together. Thing that you might be missing is the fact that Cirilla can time travel. She can even bent the reality and jump to a parallel world. So her appearance is a mystery but it is also destined through a prophesy that ties Ciri and Gerald to End of the World kind of events.
Ciri however doesn't remember much of things. She knows that she's a princess and her life has been secluded. And for a while, she's powerless as we see her now.
A lot of mages in this world are wealthy and in a power position. So it's not a surprise that Tissaia took the reins in her hands and showed what needs to be done, while Cintra was still burning.
The attack was a surprise and if it would not have been successful Cintra would have fallen. The black one was claiming that the Order of White Flame "would cleanse them all." It was funny that he thought to be able to stand the magical interrogation, when it is so powerful.
It surprised me that Gerald mentioned Ciri's clairvoyant dreams, when she had hard time remembering it. But I loved that she brought up that she liked crossdressing so that she could play like a boy. In our eyes, she's a normal teenager, even though she's not. But it intrigued me that despite having a life in Cintra, she was unaware of most of the magic or the presence of the monsters. Many who are vampires.
I loved that Gerald used his enhanced senses to realise that the village near Nivellan's castle was empty. It is a gift that he received from the trials, just like Vesemier and all the other witchers. I even loved more that he turned grumpier, more homely Ciri were feeling in the strange castle. That is so much like him.
I however thought from the beginning that Nivellan were cursed as that is also a thing in the Witcher world and some of those curses ... or blessings are epic. And with the comes the magic. Witchers, especially in Gerald's case are curse breakers.
It is not an easy task. And something's are extremely hard to break, because they are tied to the legacy. The Wild Hunt however was a slight surprise. It could explain why the village is empty, and why there's so much snow around, but my money is on the vampires.
Thing is, because those curses are epic in nature, some people under the accepts them because there is no cure. Nothing that they do, or have time to do, will work. Nivella had accepted his fate like any person with a chronic disease.
He said, "Monsters are more than just horrid looks and claws and teeth. Monsters are born with deeds done." And that is the fact. There is no change in their nature, but in the eyes of the humans ... they need to go, Gerald included.
He is no different, just very, very handsome. Even in the eyes of a man.
The thing where the boar man is wrong is the Gerald has feelings, emotions and a soul, just like him. And he is a blind monster for not seeing it.
She's alive and in dimithrium chains that cancels the magic, in most cases. Take them off and Yennifer is back in the source. So it wasn't really a surprise that the witch that decimated Nilfgard boys is on her way to insane cult worshipping around the Order of White Flame.
Thing is some of the gods or deities are not gods. They are either spirits, demons or some cursed things, or then they are absolutely mad in power, doing the most despicable things ... just because they can.
I was right. A vampire. Very pretty one. Gerald classified her as Bruxa.
I also loved that as soon as he had told the info to Ciri he downed a potion of Black Blood.
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It also turns witchers eyes black, while their veins looks gangrenous. The fight was truly epic, and it showed how freaking fast those vampire ladies truly are. In the games they were not easy by any measure, because of their speed.
The biggest twist is that by killing the bruxa it lifted the curse on the boar man.
Vesemier is the opposite, he is very social and very likeable. Some could call him as a squere daddy-o who has gone through the trials, won the game and at his later days, given the keys to raise the wolves a Kaer Morden. With the wolves I mean the wolf clan of the witchers. Thing is Vesemier is as tied to Gerald's destiny, because of the ashen haired young lady, Ciri or Cirilla.
Yennifer is tied to Gerald because of the Jinn.
There's more, but let's see how this season develops.
Death to Nilfgard! Sorry, I'm showing my bias against the black ones, but it is not unusual that the clashes in the Witcher world are epic in scale, and when the magic is involved, the damage is catastrophic. Not all magic is that level, as there are simpler spells, cantrips, even witcher powers that rival the Force. And then there are runes, some which leads to Old World of magic. Stuff that so many has forgotten as the world has gone through a purge, making it a place for humans to live.
It is strange that Cirilla's and Gerald's event happened during the major magic release, but it's not when you associate it with his destiny. It might even feel that when the marched through that battlefield to hear that Yennifer had gone missing in the aftermath, because it feels like a play and it is, done by the Three Sisters.
Everything is as it should be. Ciri is with Gerald and they have a path to walk together. Thing that you might be missing is the fact that Cirilla can time travel. She can even bent the reality and jump to a parallel world. So her appearance is a mystery but it is also destined through a prophesy that ties Ciri and Gerald to End of the World kind of events.
Ciri however doesn't remember much of things. She knows that she's a princess and her life has been secluded. And for a while, she's powerless as we see her now.
A lot of mages in this world are wealthy and in a power position. So it's not a surprise that Tissaia took the reins in her hands and showed what needs to be done, while Cintra was still burning.
The attack was a surprise and if it would not have been successful Cintra would have fallen. The black one was claiming that the Order of White Flame "would cleanse them all." It was funny that he thought to be able to stand the magical interrogation, when it is so powerful.
It surprised me that Gerald mentioned Ciri's clairvoyant dreams, when she had hard time remembering it. But I loved that she brought up that she liked crossdressing so that she could play like a boy. In our eyes, she's a normal teenager, even though she's not. But it intrigued me that despite having a life in Cintra, she was unaware of most of the magic or the presence of the monsters. Many who are vampires.
I loved that Gerald used his enhanced senses to realise that the village near Nivellan's castle was empty. It is a gift that he received from the trials, just like Vesemier and all the other witchers. I even loved more that he turned grumpier, more homely Ciri were feeling in the strange castle. That is so much like him.
I however thought from the beginning that Nivellan were cursed as that is also a thing in the Witcher world and some of those curses ... or blessings are epic. And with the comes the magic. Witchers, especially in Gerald's case are curse breakers.
It is not an easy task. And something's are extremely hard to break, because they are tied to the legacy. The Wild Hunt however was a slight surprise. It could explain why the village is empty, and why there's so much snow around, but my money is on the vampires.
Thing is, because those curses are epic in nature, some people under the accepts them because there is no cure. Nothing that they do, or have time to do, will work. Nivella had accepted his fate like any person with a chronic disease.
He said, "Monsters are more than just horrid looks and claws and teeth. Monsters are born with deeds done." And that is the fact. There is no change in their nature, but in the eyes of the humans ... they need to go, Gerald included.
He is no different, just very, very handsome. Even in the eyes of a man.
The thing where the boar man is wrong is the Gerald has feelings, emotions and a soul, just like him. And he is a blind monster for not seeing it.
She's alive and in dimithrium chains that cancels the magic, in most cases. Take them off and Yennifer is back in the source. So it wasn't really a surprise that the witch that decimated Nilfgard boys is on her way to insane cult worshipping around the Order of White Flame.
Thing is some of the gods or deities are not gods. They are either spirits, demons or some cursed things, or then they are absolutely mad in power, doing the most despicable things ... just because they can.
I was right. A vampire. Very pretty one. Gerald classified her as Bruxa.
I also loved that as soon as he had told the info to Ciri he downed a potion of Black Blood.
Black Blood
"In the distant past, mages working with witchers developed this potion specifically for use in fighting cemetery and crypt dwellers that drink the blood or eat the innards of their still living victims. Witchers use Black Blood unwillingly because the potion only works when a monster begins to...
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It also turns witchers eyes black, while their veins looks gangrenous. The fight was truly epic, and it showed how freaking fast those vampire ladies truly are. In the games they were not easy by any measure, because of their speed.
The biggest twist is that by killing the bruxa it lifted the curse on the boar man.
Loved the episode. 9/10.
Actually, it appeared as something Netflix thinks I would like, just now.
While I like this series, there are definitely far too many "destinies" and "prophecies" going on. Also, there obviously is a very long-arc story (or two) being told, in addition to the 'monster of the week' stories, but it is very difficult to see the wood for the trees, and I can understand why some people can't be bothered with it. I'll watch that animation sometime and see if it makes it clearer.
I tried to watch it, but I couldn't get into the style of the animation.I hope you guys watched this animation at August, because it has disappeared from the offerings at the moment. It'll explain a lot of Vesemier's and Witchers history.
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Animation, Action, Adventure
1h 23m | 18
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Well, it's not monster of the week, even if they're showing them, because there's monsters and men and Gerald isn't a man. He's a monster. Big difference. And he doesn't always get paid for his profession. Sometimes people denied, claiming that "The witcher did hogus pokus..." and we get to see rare side of the darkness with the monster man doing his worst. In Gerald case it doesn't happen but you get stories, where some other witcher solved the problem and then people did the funny business ... except it wasn't so funny at the end.
But I get that for a casual viewer all of that information is fleeting.
By 'monster of the week' I'm referring to the way these episodes are written*, not that every enemy met, or even any hero met, is an actual monster, or the way in which "monster" is specifically used within the mythology of this franchise. Sorry, for the confusion there.
Yes, the main characters all appear to be 'monsters' of some kind, but the "conjunction" needs some further explanation yet.
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Yes, the main characters all appear to be 'monsters' of some kind, but the "conjunction" needs some further explanation yet.
*monster of the week -
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Episodes where the characters fight a villain who is expeditiously defeated at the end, never to be dealt with again. Essentially, the Monster of the Week serves as the Big Bad of a single episode. Can be seen as the complete antithesis of a …
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The season 2; episode 7 scene with Fringilla and the four generals was good!
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Conjunction of the Spheres
The Conjunction of the Spheres was a cataclysm which affected the whole Multiverse and occurred 1,500 years before the events in the novels, trapping many "unnatural" creatures in this dimension, including ghouls, graveirs, and vampires. Rifts were created by the collision of many different...
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Well, it looks good it is missing a few things. Namely trees, that come up to the castle, and the watch tower ruins at front of the gate. The fort is a fort, but is has a lot of derelict builds, and plenty of ruins around it. Many of them dedicated to the School of Wolf. In the woods they have and actually refer in the episode, "Rock Trolls and Wyverns."
I also like that they are talking the season 1 dragon now as a wyvern, because the dragon are bigger and meaner. Amongst the woods there are a spring that leads to a lake, which is all part of the fortification, but for the filming reason couldn't be included in the shots. They are populated with Drowners, Hags and Spirits or Ghosts, some of them being the boys that didn't last the Trial o Grasses.
It is a chemical/magical/alchemical process that every Witchery school goes through in their process on producing the monster hunters. And not everyone survives it, because it mutates the body, enhancing the sense, their agility and their strength.
To my surprise we get to see a fort full of them and get to know that at the moment, their strength stands at twenty. On their own, a witcher is a fighting force capable of taking down multiple opponents. So those twenty, plus Vesemier are equivalent of about two hundred strong force, because of their elite status. But their biggest flaw is in the ranged combat.
It ain't happening, and in most of the cases they are just marauders, leaving the ranged stuff to mages and normal troops. But because they are inviduals, roaming all around the Northern Kingdoms, they can be taken down, if needed. United, they are strong. United with mages and ordinary forcers, a tough nut to crack. And if they're sitting in their fortress with all of it, you're going to need something super serious to take them on. So, in the essence, Kaer Morgan is the home for the Clan Wolf, but it is in a derelict state and Vesemier is an old man.
There are no stable hands, no guards, no farmers, no carpenters or engineers. It is just the master and his castle, which he used to teach the young ones, until he put a stop on all of it, with Gerald being part of the last patch.
The elves. A noble people that the humans have mostly shunted off to live in ghettoes and in their forests, overlooking elven ruins that depict all landscapes around the world. They are the natives and the humans new invaders that has been successful on the purges. But unlike humans the elves breath and live through magic, because it has been their ways since the ancient times.
It is also interesting that they also kept Fringilla with Yennefer and didn't separate them, even though Fringilla were going on and on about the White Flame propaganda. Filifandrel also seemed stubborn for having captives in same location as their current location.
The problem with humans is the every increasing technology and ruination of the forests as the humans need timber for their expansion. In that process they stir up monsters, unlike elves who live with them. For example for them the wood spirits (Leshen) that Eskel found aren't a problem. They live with them and many other things as if it's the norm.
It was intriguing that all of the mages dreamt of the same thing, all in different colours. And the elf identified him as Ithilinne, the scared prophet.
See prophet, prophecies, curses, magic and the multi-verse all in the same packet, with the sexiest monster hunter at the centre. That's what the Witcher is all about.
Fringilla however identified him as Emyr, the Emperor of Nilgard. But for Yennifer, the white man, has to be the White Wolf, our witcher.
Grumpy Gerald getting grumpier at the mention of the man with black winged helmet. I was laughing my bottom off. The important bit is that Gerald accepts Ciri as a student for the School of Wolf. There are no girls in the schools, but she is the one.
I loved that he is so, so very protective. Almost like a father, even though the witchers cannot have children because of the mutation.
Oh my days, they did the Baba Yaga hut and did a wonderful reveal with the witches and the destinies. I don't want to say more in the subject at the moment.
I loved the Leshen fight, but I wished for the bats and wolves to appear. I also loved Geralt using Igni to superheat the silver blade. I just don't believe that Eskel is dead! He is a main character!
I also like that they are talking the season 1 dragon now as a wyvern, because the dragon are bigger and meaner. Amongst the woods there are a spring that leads to a lake, which is all part of the fortification, but for the filming reason couldn't be included in the shots. They are populated with Drowners, Hags and Spirits or Ghosts, some of them being the boys that didn't last the Trial o Grasses.
It is a chemical/magical/alchemical process that every Witchery school goes through in their process on producing the monster hunters. And not everyone survives it, because it mutates the body, enhancing the sense, their agility and their strength.
To my surprise we get to see a fort full of them and get to know that at the moment, their strength stands at twenty. On their own, a witcher is a fighting force capable of taking down multiple opponents. So those twenty, plus Vesemier are equivalent of about two hundred strong force, because of their elite status. But their biggest flaw is in the ranged combat.
It ain't happening, and in most of the cases they are just marauders, leaving the ranged stuff to mages and normal troops. But because they are inviduals, roaming all around the Northern Kingdoms, they can be taken down, if needed. United, they are strong. United with mages and ordinary forcers, a tough nut to crack. And if they're sitting in their fortress with all of it, you're going to need something super serious to take them on. So, in the essence, Kaer Morgan is the home for the Clan Wolf, but it is in a derelict state and Vesemier is an old man.
There are no stable hands, no guards, no farmers, no carpenters or engineers. It is just the master and his castle, which he used to teach the young ones, until he put a stop on all of it, with Gerald being part of the last patch.
The elves. A noble people that the humans have mostly shunted off to live in ghettoes and in their forests, overlooking elven ruins that depict all landscapes around the world. They are the natives and the humans new invaders that has been successful on the purges. But unlike humans the elves breath and live through magic, because it has been their ways since the ancient times.
It is also interesting that they also kept Fringilla with Yennefer and didn't separate them, even though Fringilla were going on and on about the White Flame propaganda. Filifandrel also seemed stubborn for having captives in same location as their current location.
The problem with humans is the every increasing technology and ruination of the forests as the humans need timber for their expansion. In that process they stir up monsters, unlike elves who live with them. For example for them the wood spirits (Leshen) that Eskel found aren't a problem. They live with them and many other things as if it's the norm.
It was intriguing that all of the mages dreamt of the same thing, all in different colours. And the elf identified him as Ithilinne, the scared prophet.
See prophet, prophecies, curses, magic and the multi-verse all in the same packet, with the sexiest monster hunter at the centre. That's what the Witcher is all about.
Fringilla however identified him as Emyr, the Emperor of Nilgard. But for Yennifer, the white man, has to be the White Wolf, our witcher.
Grumpy Gerald getting grumpier at the mention of the man with black winged helmet. I was laughing my bottom off. The important bit is that Gerald accepts Ciri as a student for the School of Wolf. There are no girls in the schools, but she is the one.
I loved that he is so, so very protective. Almost like a father, even though the witchers cannot have children because of the mutation.
Oh my days, they did the Baba Yaga hut and did a wonderful reveal with the witches and the destinies. I don't want to say more in the subject at the moment.
I loved the Leshen fight, but I wished for the bats and wolves to appear. I also loved Geralt using Igni to superheat the silver blade. I just don't believe that Eskel is dead! He is a main character!
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Oh man, what a delight to see Ciri's training and more so, her getting affected by the magical powers and her destiny. It is something she cannot ever avoid. But I also like to see the other witchers, even though I have my own memories imprinted on my brain.
I just cannot comprehend why they'd remove Eskel so early from the picture, when he's somewhat essential for the Wild Hunt fight. The curse of Leshen's demands blood sacrifices, but at the same time the curse offers blessings. Not just that it happened, because what happened to Eskel didn't offer anything but misery.
Leshen also don't attack unless they're threatened. They do not invade space, other that places in the forests. They are singular entities and they do not for armies. In other words they are nature spirits that can turn bad things to good or visa versa.
So why is that Geralt is so ignorant and Vesemier driven by it?
Lambart and other witchers were correctly mocking Cirilla's training, because she's not one of them. She has not gone through the trials, trotted all over Northern Kingdoms and its swamps, solving problems and living every day in mortal danger.
Their device for combat training were intriguing, but I knew Ciri wouldn't give up on the challenge. Even if it brakes her nails. She is a princess, but she ain't a veteran. She has skills, but not the experience. No muscle memory.
Geralt also referred to the fact that Ciri isn't a witcher and she cannot take the punishment as they do, no matter how much she wants. He is that concerned father who is willing to go that extra mile for allowing his protegee to survive. It's what Ciri needs, muscle memory and experience, before she can even vaguely start calling herself as a witcher.
Ciri just couldn't take the wisdom from the White Wolf. What does the Elders know anyway?
Typical teenager. The only mistake that the great White Wolf made was that he told her that Ciri needed the experience and that she needed to learn from him, when the fact is that he needs to learn from Ciri and why she's at the centre of all of things.
"She's is drawn to most powerful things." Man I loved seeing the proper Leshen, standing at the forest floor, silently observing the Witcher and the Princess. Majestic is all I can say, but I would have loved to hear that slavik combat music, when the action kicked in. But I don't approve that a Kikimore warrior (insectoid) entered into the combat and seemingly rendered the spirit to immobile stance, when you need fire and magic to kill the beast.
What the hell happened to the Leshen?
The lodge, powerful and at the same time, so useless. It's like a magical parliament, made of mages that some are so corrupted that they only serve their own self interest. And on top of that they also serve the needs of their kingdoms. Nothing is what is seems at the top of the Lodge.
I think Geralt has sometimes referred it as a pot of worms. But it was delightful to see Yennifer and Triss, plus other girls that White Wolf has bonked, occasionally. I know it is something that hasn't come across in the series, but he is a stud.
Stregebor, the old man with illusionary hands, is the cancer as he's serving his own purpose, not the ideals for the Lodge. All the others has been blinded by the politicis and it seems that Yennifer has become a pawn for the highest in order.
It was intriguing that King Foltest got the attend with other kings to the execution ceremony and he had already set eyes on the powerful. The humans in the Witcher world are the baddies. The biggest problem with this also is that with Yennifer's betrayal, she's giving ammunition for Foltest to do really, really bad things.
Novigrad? It has the temple of White Flame at the centre on the highest point and it's on coast. But also again, it doesn't match my memories. So I scrolled up and got that reference was wrong and the Kotaku's writer was right, that is Cintra, the capitol of Cintra.
It took me a while, until I saw smooth sand stone interiors, with Nilfgard brass bransing around in their black kit. So it is a curious thing that Francesca would want to stay in there, when Baba Yaga is considered as evil. The same thing applies to the Order of White Flame. They are fanatics after all and nothing good can come out from it.
I just cannot comprehend why they'd remove Eskel so early from the picture, when he's somewhat essential for the Wild Hunt fight. The curse of Leshen's demands blood sacrifices, but at the same time the curse offers blessings. Not just that it happened, because what happened to Eskel didn't offer anything but misery.
Leshen also don't attack unless they're threatened. They do not invade space, other that places in the forests. They are singular entities and they do not for armies. In other words they are nature spirits that can turn bad things to good or visa versa.
So why is that Geralt is so ignorant and Vesemier driven by it?
Lambart and other witchers were correctly mocking Cirilla's training, because she's not one of them. She has not gone through the trials, trotted all over Northern Kingdoms and its swamps, solving problems and living every day in mortal danger.
Their device for combat training were intriguing, but I knew Ciri wouldn't give up on the challenge. Even if it brakes her nails. She is a princess, but she ain't a veteran. She has skills, but not the experience. No muscle memory.
Geralt also referred to the fact that Ciri isn't a witcher and she cannot take the punishment as they do, no matter how much she wants. He is that concerned father who is willing to go that extra mile for allowing his protegee to survive. It's what Ciri needs, muscle memory and experience, before she can even vaguely start calling herself as a witcher.
Ciri just couldn't take the wisdom from the White Wolf. What does the Elders know anyway?
Typical teenager. The only mistake that the great White Wolf made was that he told her that Ciri needed the experience and that she needed to learn from him, when the fact is that he needs to learn from Ciri and why she's at the centre of all of things.
"She's is drawn to most powerful things." Man I loved seeing the proper Leshen, standing at the forest floor, silently observing the Witcher and the Princess. Majestic is all I can say, but I would have loved to hear that slavik combat music, when the action kicked in. But I don't approve that a Kikimore warrior (insectoid) entered into the combat and seemingly rendered the spirit to immobile stance, when you need fire and magic to kill the beast.
What the hell happened to the Leshen?
The lodge, powerful and at the same time, so useless. It's like a magical parliament, made of mages that some are so corrupted that they only serve their own self interest. And on top of that they also serve the needs of their kingdoms. Nothing is what is seems at the top of the Lodge.
I think Geralt has sometimes referred it as a pot of worms. But it was delightful to see Yennifer and Triss, plus other girls that White Wolf has bonked, occasionally. I know it is something that hasn't come across in the series, but he is a stud.
Stregebor, the old man with illusionary hands, is the cancer as he's serving his own purpose, not the ideals for the Lodge. All the others has been blinded by the politicis and it seems that Yennifer has become a pawn for the highest in order.
It was intriguing that King Foltest got the attend with other kings to the execution ceremony and he had already set eyes on the powerful. The humans in the Witcher world are the baddies. The biggest problem with this also is that with Yennifer's betrayal, she's giving ammunition for Foltest to do really, really bad things.
Novigrad? It has the temple of White Flame at the centre on the highest point and it's on coast. But also again, it doesn't match my memories. So I scrolled up and got that reference was wrong and the Kotaku's writer was right, that is Cintra, the capitol of Cintra.
It took me a while, until I saw smooth sand stone interiors, with Nilfgard brass bransing around in their black kit. So it is a curious thing that Francesca would want to stay in there, when Baba Yaga is considered as evil. The same thing applies to the Order of White Flame. They are fanatics after all and nothing good can come out from it.
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Triss went to Kaer Morgen and Ciri to the Path? What is going on? I loved that Ciri got the why part quite literally a Geralt walked out from the forest with a boar on his shoulders.
Dinner and sex, life simple pleasures. In the witcher's case contraception comes naturally. In my personal case, Triss was my romantic choice, not Yennifer. Simple because she's a better woman than the raven haired one.
I loved that Triss was truly concerned and wanted to know all about the Princess in White Wolf's life. In her, I see a good witch. One that doesn't lust for power or for wealth, but rather she wants to have a family that she can't have with Geralt, because of the Trial and his mutation. But it was intriguing that she didn't recognise the Kikimore warrior, and neither did Geralt.
In a way she's always speaking the truth in this murky soup of lies and she said that the Witcher's do have emotions. They all do and it's a lie to claim it otherwise. She wants all to be good, to be part of the utopia even though the Witcher world can never be such a place.
Okay, this is Novigrad. It took me a while to realise it. It looks very different, but it is a port city, as is Cintra. It felt bad to see the elves treated like scum, but that's life for those who lost the war. They are very often at the bottom of ladder and nobody likes them. Not that any other species gets treated any better, because humans are humans, and they don't like others.
It is also not a nice place for mages, because they are Folstat enemies. Everyone are his enemies. So eventually if him wins that world is very, very dark and therefore Emyr is the better choice, even if he's an imperialist.
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, Dikstra. Yes, he fullfills all those slots and more. Watch him because he's a major character in the series. Not that he really likes to kill. He is a spymaster with a tingling on going into the dark side quite so often. So he does what he needs to do and if the price is right.
Yeah, you read it right. He's corrupted or rather opportunistic.
Speaking of which, the other side of the coin, the Dandelion. Coin and woman, two of his favourite things. Corruption comes in many forms. For the bard, it is also a guilty pleasure to help those who need, and he never learns to be better, because you can always find in there at the heart of the darkness and he is the light. He is the rockstar in the Northern Kingdoms. There' are many like him, but not with his status. He is the one.
So I loved seeing the "Sandpiper" in action and getting in trouble with his mouth.
Monolith. Intriguing thing and also its association with the mysterious monsters. If it's a curse that took Eskel, it's an epic one. But that monolith isn't in the Witcher world. It's in some other place. But because Ciri can see it, she can visit it. Not just in her mind, but actually. Just nobody, including her knows about it. But you can clearly see that she's there, even if she's also in present at Kaer Morgen laboratory.
What is intriguing is that Geralt doesn't see her as the vessel, the centre piece for many mysteries. He is clueless and in blind with so many things. Cirilla said, "If these monsters are my fault..."
Geralt touched her shoulder and uttered, "Don't worry. I'll fix it..." How Geralt, how? You are in so much of blind that we should call as a Wolf with no eyes. But he's definitely going to fix it. Promise, but in reality it's going to take time.
The old man was much better. Vesemier figured that the Cirilla is blessed with the Elder Blood, while Geralt, stubborn mule, went to Cintra ... through a portal Vesemier is the wise man, while Geralt, the white wolf, is the blind one and he has to solve thing by using brute force, and the longest, hardest method.
It is also intriguing that they played trough the Elder Blood renovation of the Trial of the Grasses and therefore, more witchers. God gives, God takes away. Round and round things go, but that twist also goes beyond the books and the games.
Dinner and sex, life simple pleasures. In the witcher's case contraception comes naturally. In my personal case, Triss was my romantic choice, not Yennifer. Simple because she's a better woman than the raven haired one.
I loved that Triss was truly concerned and wanted to know all about the Princess in White Wolf's life. In her, I see a good witch. One that doesn't lust for power or for wealth, but rather she wants to have a family that she can't have with Geralt, because of the Trial and his mutation. But it was intriguing that she didn't recognise the Kikimore warrior, and neither did Geralt.
In a way she's always speaking the truth in this murky soup of lies and she said that the Witcher's do have emotions. They all do and it's a lie to claim it otherwise. She wants all to be good, to be part of the utopia even though the Witcher world can never be such a place.
Okay, this is Novigrad. It took me a while to realise it. It looks very different, but it is a port city, as is Cintra. It felt bad to see the elves treated like scum, but that's life for those who lost the war. They are very often at the bottom of ladder and nobody likes them. Not that any other species gets treated any better, because humans are humans, and they don't like others.
It is also not a nice place for mages, because they are Folstat enemies. Everyone are his enemies. So eventually if him wins that world is very, very dark and therefore Emyr is the better choice, even if he's an imperialist.
Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, Dikstra. Yes, he fullfills all those slots and more. Watch him because he's a major character in the series. Not that he really likes to kill. He is a spymaster with a tingling on going into the dark side quite so often. So he does what he needs to do and if the price is right.
Yeah, you read it right. He's corrupted or rather opportunistic.
Speaking of which, the other side of the coin, the Dandelion. Coin and woman, two of his favourite things. Corruption comes in many forms. For the bard, it is also a guilty pleasure to help those who need, and he never learns to be better, because you can always find in there at the heart of the darkness and he is the light. He is the rockstar in the Northern Kingdoms. There' are many like him, but not with his status. He is the one.
So I loved seeing the "Sandpiper" in action and getting in trouble with his mouth.
Monolith. Intriguing thing and also its association with the mysterious monsters. If it's a curse that took Eskel, it's an epic one. But that monolith isn't in the Witcher world. It's in some other place. But because Ciri can see it, she can visit it. Not just in her mind, but actually. Just nobody, including her knows about it. But you can clearly see that she's there, even if she's also in present at Kaer Morgen laboratory.
What is intriguing is that Geralt doesn't see her as the vessel, the centre piece for many mysteries. He is clueless and in blind with so many things. Cirilla said, "If these monsters are my fault..."
Geralt touched her shoulder and uttered, "Don't worry. I'll fix it..." How Geralt, how?
You are in so much of blind that we should call as a Wolf with no eyes. But he's definitely going to fix it. Promise, but in reality it's going to take time. The old man was much better. Vesemier figured that the Cirilla is blessed with the Elder Blood, while Geralt, stubborn mule, went to Cintra ... through a portal
Vesemier is the wise man, while Geralt, the white wolf, is the blind one and he has to solve thing by using brute force, and the longest, hardest method. It is also intriguing that they played trough the Elder Blood renovation of the Trial of the Grasses and therefore, more witchers. God gives, God takes away. Round and round things go, but that twist also goes beyond the books and the games.
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Oh Dandelion, you star. I have a feeling that you're going to get hurt sooner than later, and the only thing that can save his sorry bottom is the White Wolf.
It is certainly not a good sight to see him tied into a chair, begging for mercy, for coin or whoever he charmed with his charisma. Especially not when the kidnapper is an insane mage. Thing is he went to Ban Ard Academy for years and when he came out from there, he was a magical assassin. A someone that a bard cannot charm.
With Yennifer being cursed, the only man who can truly help him is Geralt. What is worrying is that he is after Ciri. But I didn't expect Yennifer to brilliantly solve the problem without her powers. Not that it helped much when she was betrayed by her source, the working girl.
I finally get what they've done. There are no other schools for the simplicity sake, and they've tied Ciri's Elder Blood to the Trial of Grasses and renewing the School of Wolf so that we can have a continuity for the witchers.
It is a nice and clever twist. It is also loving to see that Vesemier is that man that brings that worries of the witchers to one vessel that can make order in the chaos. Another interesting one is that Ciri asked for the Trial.
What Vesemier doesn't understand that women are more capable of taking the pain then men. It is a change in the pattern and I get that Vesemier has traditions, so the choices are a compromise or a demise. Decisions, decisions, Mr Witcher!
I'm glad that he went through it with Triss' aid, even if she did announce loudly her objections.
Time-travel or rather a time projection and we get to see fluffy haired Emyr and all the other intriguing eastern eggs. I've lost the count, but this is Ciri's power. This is what her blood grants her. She is a unique, a traveller or rather the Traveller in the Witcher universe, er multiverse.
I get that they'd tied all of it to a dream sequence, but for me, all the references points to same things that I've already explained.
"It was the Conjuction of the Sphere's!" Yes, yes, we are finally getting there. Ciri is the vessel that possible, or already has started the Conjuction of the Sphere's. "They collided and they separated again!" In other words the Conjunction of the Sphere's is a merge of worlds, or planes as they call it.
Scientifically speaking it a major magical point in the timeline, and it happens when the power is at its highest. The monoliths are the gateways between the realms. In the essence, the plot thickens in this episode so much and all the important characters get their roles.
We get to see the prophesy playing through Ciri's TT projection, while Geralt learns that the fate in the chasm as the prophesy is told, "You could have united the races, but you will destroy them. You cannot help us. Child of Elder blood, child of wrath. The time of contempt is nigh. The world will die amidst frost and be reborn of the new sun. Reborn of Elder blood, of the seed that has been sown. A seed that will not sprout, but will burst into flames."
And we get to see the Wild Hunt riding down from the clouds, tying Ciri to the Elves, expect she doesn't have pointy ears. So she's an anomaly, a vessel of destruction if she ends up in wrong hands. The only way for her to to avoid is by going through it the hard way, by doing it on her own will and choosing the destiny for the Witcher world.
"Nobody can stop it. Not even him!," Triss shouted as the projection ended and Ciri stormed off for the Trials, which Geralt managed to stop by going through portal, again. That's twice in short span of time and Geralt really, really doesn't like them.
"It makes my stomach twist," is his usual explanation and then he goes either horse trotting or walking across the land to the destination. No portals for him.
It is certainly not a good sight to see him tied into a chair, begging for mercy, for coin or whoever he charmed with his charisma. Especially not when the kidnapper is an insane mage. Thing is he went to Ban Ard Academy for years and when he came out from there, he was a magical assassin. A someone that a bard cannot charm.
With Yennifer being cursed, the only man who can truly help him is Geralt. What is worrying is that he is after Ciri. But I didn't expect Yennifer to brilliantly solve the problem without her powers. Not that it helped much when she was betrayed by her source, the working girl.
I finally get what they've done. There are no other schools for the simplicity sake, and they've tied Ciri's Elder Blood to the Trial of Grasses and renewing the School of Wolf so that we can have a continuity for the witchers.
It is a nice and clever twist. It is also loving to see that Vesemier is that man that brings that worries of the witchers to one vessel that can make order in the chaos. Another interesting one is that Ciri asked for the Trial.
What Vesemier doesn't understand that women are more capable of taking the pain then men. It is a change in the pattern and I get that Vesemier has traditions, so the choices are a compromise or a demise. Decisions, decisions, Mr Witcher!
I'm glad that he went through it with Triss' aid, even if she did announce loudly her objections.
Time-travel or rather a time projection and we get to see fluffy haired Emyr and all the other intriguing eastern eggs. I've lost the count, but this is Ciri's power. This is what her blood grants her. She is a unique, a traveller or rather the Traveller in the Witcher universe, er multiverse.
I get that they'd tied all of it to a dream sequence, but for me, all the references points to same things that I've already explained.
"It was the Conjuction of the Sphere's!" Yes, yes, we are finally getting there. Ciri is the vessel that possible, or already has started the Conjuction of the Sphere's. "They collided and they separated again!" In other words the Conjunction of the Sphere's is a merge of worlds, or planes as they call it.
Scientifically speaking it a major magical point in the timeline, and it happens when the power is at its highest. The monoliths are the gateways between the realms. In the essence, the plot thickens in this episode so much and all the important characters get their roles.
We get to see the prophesy playing through Ciri's TT projection, while Geralt learns that the fate in the chasm as the prophesy is told, "You could have united the races, but you will destroy them. You cannot help us. Child of Elder blood, child of wrath. The time of contempt is nigh. The world will die amidst frost and be reborn of the new sun. Reborn of Elder blood, of the seed that has been sown. A seed that will not sprout, but will burst into flames."
And we get to see the Wild Hunt riding down from the clouds, tying Ciri to the Elves, expect she doesn't have pointy ears. So she's an anomaly, a vessel of destruction if she ends up in wrong hands. The only way for her to to avoid is by going through it the hard way, by doing it on her own will and choosing the destiny for the Witcher world.
"Nobody can stop it. Not even him!," Triss shouted as the projection ended and Ciri stormed off for the Trials, which Geralt managed to stop by going through portal, again. That's twice in short span of time and Geralt really, really doesn't like them.
"It makes my stomach twist," is his usual explanation and then he goes either horse trotting or walking across the land to the destination. No portals for him.
Very important, twisty episode. Very well done, but it is complicated. That I must admit. There has been so much story telling in the first five episodes that whatever happened in the first season feels like a distant past. Also there has been no time-jumps, unless they've been introduced by an MC.
Netflix "Don't Look Up." Complete garbage. So as a Christmas gift this is perfect. I've seen there's another SF series "The Silent Sea," which I look forward watching next.
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Excuuuuse meee, what is going on? I get that Geralt is hesitant on letting Ciralla to go through the Trial of Grasses, but leaving Kaer Morgen without supplies and telling the girl, big mistake. Please Netflix, if they make a journey, make it look as if they actually cared.
I liked that the Princess was throwing a hissy fit, "You don't care what I want..." I've heard that complaint way too often to know that it's thrown out just to hurt. There is a painting in the Witcher that you can acquire and it shows Miss Pouty Lips in the full imperial glory.
The two things I didn't like were Roach getting killed by the mutant Chernobog and Vesemier getting attacked at Kaer Morgen. If Geralt would have acted as soon as he sensed the creature the horse would have survived. Poor Roach
Our witcher didn't seem so bothered, even though Roach is essentially his partner. Maybe that is part of his emotions removed, because in the heath of the battle you cannot grieve, but the thing is, he does have feelings. Just in this occasion he's not showing them, instead he was more interested on taking the princess to a fertility temple.
Why do you exactly know that place Geralt? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more.
Regardless of what he'd been doing and why'd been using Aard inside the office as soon as they introduced Jarre I did get why they'd arrived at the Temple of Ellender. He is an important side character for Cirilla.
It surprised me that the priestess used the f-word on describing the situation Geralt had put himself into by taking the princess under his wing. I wasn't expecting it. Not from a woman of her statue. The important thing is that she told Geralt that the play is bigger than him, bigger than anything that he has ever encountered, and that he has stand on Ciri's side as a protector.
If it has not been clear before it should be clearer now.
Francesca is getting big as a house. It is kind of freaking to think that the child was given by a witches, or witches as I'm pretty certain that it's not just one but three, meaning that the fate sisters have their fingers in the destiny play and they might be biased. They might want to world to freeze to death as it has been predicted. But there is another possibility, the child is the Sacred One, Ithillenne.
What she's doing with the Elves is kind of bad, because she's mostly ignoring them as soon as they arrive at Cintra. I get that her focus is the baby, but ignoring her people is bad but not unheard of because we get that today, around at the to world.
I love seeing the places outside the palaces and temples, and what you'll see is straigth how it is in the Northern Kingdoms. It is surprisingly academic with a lot stuff put in the written form, going way back into the history. So literacy is big part of this world, and there are monsters like rock trolls who has also learned a crude way of reading and writing.
The important thing is again minor characters, the cat Esmeralda and the dwarven lady, Fenn. They might not look much but they are the keepers of the knowledge, and also partly tied to the spies. There are more of them than just Dikstra, but they all work in same way, as a information brokers, crimelords, and assassins.
They didn't go outside the book shop, but Fenn explained more about the Wild Hunt. That is is an elven weapon, meant to doom the mankind, when the humans turned destructive and somewhat evil. "A generational weapon," as it was said.
"How can this be possible?" Yennefer asked.
"I don't care."
Oh, Geralt... I'm not going to comment other than say what a beautiful romance. They can't even be with each other, and yet they are in love. It is like a forbidden fruit. They both want it but they cannot ever achieve it.
Ciri, however, should have know better. She just walked into breaking the scene and were actually sorry. Child Surprise. The inside joke was the reference on Yennefer's unicorn, that the couple have used to practising hanky panky.
What I didn't like was that Yennefer didn't tell him that she came to find out Ciri and to protect her. "It's complicated." But when the fight broke, Geralt versus Michellet brothers were one of the best fight of this year. It wasn't one shot, but it was fast, efficient and brutal. No fluff were given and none was taken.
Yennefer and Ciri versus Rience, very different. In their defence, they used the best tactic, run. Except in Cirilla's case that means a portal that she can summon naturally, since she's the traveller. The problem is when and where.
I liked that the Princess was throwing a hissy fit, "You don't care what I want..." I've heard that complaint way too often to know that it's thrown out just to hurt. There is a painting in the Witcher that you can acquire and it shows Miss Pouty Lips in the full imperial glory.
The two things I didn't like were Roach getting killed by the mutant Chernobog and Vesemier getting attacked at Kaer Morgen. If Geralt would have acted as soon as he sensed the creature the horse would have survived. Poor Roach
Our witcher didn't seem so bothered, even though Roach is essentially his partner. Maybe that is part of his emotions removed, because in the heath of the battle you cannot grieve, but the thing is, he does have feelings. Just in this occasion he's not showing them, instead he was more interested on taking the princess to a fertility temple.
Why do you exactly know that place Geralt? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more.
Regardless of what he'd been doing and why'd been using Aard inside the office as soon as they introduced Jarre I did get why they'd arrived at the Temple of Ellender. He is an important side character for Cirilla.
It surprised me that the priestess used the f-word on describing the situation Geralt had put himself into by taking the princess under his wing. I wasn't expecting it. Not from a woman of her statue. The important thing is that she told Geralt that the play is bigger than him, bigger than anything that he has ever encountered, and that he has stand on Ciri's side as a protector.
If it has not been clear before it should be clearer now.
Francesca is getting big as a house. It is kind of freaking to think that the child was given by a witches, or witches as I'm pretty certain that it's not just one but three, meaning that the fate sisters have their fingers in the destiny play and they might be biased. They might want to world to freeze to death as it has been predicted. But there is another possibility, the child is the Sacred One, Ithillenne.
What she's doing with the Elves is kind of bad, because she's mostly ignoring them as soon as they arrive at Cintra. I get that her focus is the baby, but ignoring her people is bad but not unheard of because we get that today, around at the to world.
I love seeing the places outside the palaces and temples, and what you'll see is straigth how it is in the Northern Kingdoms. It is surprisingly academic with a lot stuff put in the written form, going way back into the history. So literacy is big part of this world, and there are monsters like rock trolls who has also learned a crude way of reading and writing.
The important thing is again minor characters, the cat Esmeralda and the dwarven lady, Fenn. They might not look much but they are the keepers of the knowledge, and also partly tied to the spies. There are more of them than just Dikstra, but they all work in same way, as a information brokers, crimelords, and assassins.
They didn't go outside the book shop, but Fenn explained more about the Wild Hunt. That is is an elven weapon, meant to doom the mankind, when the humans turned destructive and somewhat evil. "A generational weapon," as it was said.
"How can this be possible?" Yennefer asked.
"I don't care."
Oh, Geralt... I'm not going to comment other than say what a beautiful romance. They can't even be with each other, and yet they are in love. It is like a forbidden fruit. They both want it but they cannot ever achieve it.
Ciri, however, should have know better. She just walked into breaking the scene and were actually sorry. Child Surprise. The inside joke was the reference on Yennefer's unicorn, that the couple have used to practising hanky panky.
What I didn't like was that Yennefer didn't tell him that she came to find out Ciri and to protect her. "It's complicated." But when the fight broke, Geralt versus Michellet brothers were one of the best fight of this year. It wasn't one shot, but it was fast, efficient and brutal. No fluff were given and none was taken.
Yennefer and Ciri versus Rience, very different. In their defence, they used the best tactic, run. Except in Cirilla's case that means a portal that she can summon naturally, since she's the traveller. The problem is when and where.
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Oh Geralt... He has never been a good boy on hearing truths, because he's so stubborn. It is his way or highway. But he never takes the latter one, because that stubbornness is essentially part of his mission and his mission is the princess. Everything else is mostly fluff. It's just he's one man against the world and the Wild Hunt.
"Sometimes we assume the worst, because we fear to hope."
Good wisdom going to deaf ears. Oh Geralt, if you'd have a brain. What I didn't like was Geralt's request, "I need you to open a portal." FFS, what happened to his infamous dislike? Yeah Roach was killed, but Geralt, the stubborn mule, would either trod across the landscape or get another horse and name it Roach. No portals.
"They are for mages and freaks," he would utter. "Not witchers."
But for the story sake, the Netflix cannot have our beloved witcher being absent from the story for pacing sake.
Dude, you might wish Phillippa was your partner, but Lady Owl ain't your partner. You could see it in the way she handled the man, dispelling everything that he wanted and focusing on the business, which surprisingly turned out to be Djikstra.
The Lodge men were stupid for opening their mouths at front of him and talking whatever came their mind, while Phillippa handled the business as it should, just as it is. Everything else is paying into Djikstra's pocket and they are deep. Plus there are a number of them.
All he was doing was fishing and the expedition was good.
Dude made second mistake on demanding information and going mental on Philippa. I know that the series has named her Tissaia, but for me she's Philippa. The grand witch of the Lodge. And she has never taken kindly people yelling at her face or demanding her to do thing.
Dandelion, if he's not in some lady's bed, he's either in the bar or rotting in some prison cell. As soon as I saw him there, I knew that the Witcher couldn't be far out, because Geralt is the usual way of how he gets out from these somewhat sticky situations. Such is a life of medieval rockstar.
I loved that he forgave Geralt, but not really, because why any rockstar would do such thing? He has a reputation.
The surprising thing is that Geralt used Dandelion on getting information on Yennifer. What goes one way, goes the other. Clever witcher and why the bard would say no to your request. He loves to talk, about everything. So it didn't take long for the White Wolf to get a hint that the raven haired witch is in league with something power. In the series we get to hear the name Deathless Mother for the first time.
"Voleth Mier. She is a demon that feeds on pain. The first witchers were hired to imprison her. They entombed her in her hut." So it's a business that was never finished. The contract is still open!
Witcher, bard and the dwarves. No other way, this is the way! I did managed to wonder when they'd introduce them and we got Yarpen from the books. Still a loudmouth, obnoxious, and absolutely lovable.
Facepalm. Yennefer teaches the Child of Chaos, The Traveller how to portal and then they choose horses, when both of them are infamous for the fact that they use portals. Netflix WTF have you been smoking?
They could have breath life to portals and what Ciri does through her Elder Blood, but for sake of frilly bits they give them horses. One that Cirilla is having hard time handling as the mare wants to go, and she keeps pulling back reins.
"The more it takes, the more I have to think what they're doing to him," Ciri shouted.
If my character does something like that I know that they are trying to tell me something. That they are acting against their nature and the part needs rewriting, not going through the stuff for sake of frilly bits. They could have had the conversation at a hill where Ciri tells Yennefer that she's concerned and the portal is the only way, which Yennefer would gladly agree and off they would go, very discreetly, while horses and ladies draws attention.
It wasn't until they came across the broken bridge, that Yennifer did teach Ciri to repair the bridge was damaged and thus altering the reality and not portal. That was broken and they, plus horses went through a portal to the other side. Why the horses, when even Yennifer says, "No be sorry when you have a power like this?"
I guess we put this down to writers behaving badly.
Somewhat surprising end to Yennefer's treachery. The fight was brutal, but not my favourite. Geralt didn't even break a sweat. But it's that holding of sword on Yennefer's neck that's the problem. And the thing is the witcher got there in right, on horseback. It however surprised me that he wanted the Deathless Mother and Yennefer delivered.
Girl, you need to chill. That's propaganda, but then again you've never know anything better. Fringilla is just a tool. A pretty one. The truth is nothing has changed. The elves are as effed as they ever were. War, war never changes. It is ugly business and instead of understanding, all she's doing is playing in the hands of Emhyr and the Order of the White Flame.
Francesca understands that her people cannot be cannon fodder for the Imperialists. She needs to get them out and repopulate their kingdoms.
I see why Dave liked this scene. The generals were silenced, dog got to eat and Fringilla showed why the mages should be feared.
"Sometimes we assume the worst, because we fear to hope."
Good wisdom going to deaf ears. Oh Geralt, if you'd have a brain. What I didn't like was Geralt's request, "I need you to open a portal." FFS, what happened to his infamous dislike? Yeah Roach was killed, but Geralt, the stubborn mule, would either trod across the landscape or get another horse and name it Roach. No portals.
"They are for mages and freaks," he would utter. "Not witchers."
But for the story sake, the Netflix cannot have our beloved witcher being absent from the story for pacing sake.
Dude, you might wish Phillippa was your partner, but Lady Owl ain't your partner. You could see it in the way she handled the man, dispelling everything that he wanted and focusing on the business, which surprisingly turned out to be Djikstra.
The Lodge men were stupid for opening their mouths at front of him and talking whatever came their mind, while Phillippa handled the business as it should, just as it is. Everything else is paying into Djikstra's pocket and they are deep. Plus there are a number of them.
All he was doing was fishing and the expedition was good.
Dude made second mistake on demanding information and going mental on Philippa. I know that the series has named her Tissaia, but for me she's Philippa. The grand witch of the Lodge. And she has never taken kindly people yelling at her face or demanding her to do thing.
Dandelion, if he's not in some lady's bed, he's either in the bar or rotting in some prison cell.
As soon as I saw him there, I knew that the Witcher couldn't be far out, because Geralt is the usual way of how he gets out from these somewhat sticky situations. Such is a life of medieval rockstar. I loved that he forgave Geralt, but not really, because why any rockstar would do such thing? He has a reputation.
The surprising thing is that Geralt used Dandelion on getting information on Yennifer. What goes one way, goes the other. Clever witcher and why the bard would say no to your request. He loves to talk, about everything. So it didn't take long for the White Wolf to get a hint that the raven haired witch is in league with something power. In the series we get to hear the name Deathless Mother for the first time.
"Voleth Mier. She is a demon that feeds on pain. The first witchers were hired to imprison her. They entombed her in her hut." So it's a business that was never finished. The contract is still open!
Witcher, bard and the dwarves. No other way, this is the way! I did managed to wonder when they'd introduce them and we got Yarpen from the books. Still a loudmouth, obnoxious, and absolutely lovable.
Facepalm. Yennefer teaches the Child of Chaos, The Traveller how to portal and then they choose horses, when both of them are infamous for the fact that they use portals. Netflix WTF have you been smoking?
They could have breath life to portals and what Ciri does through her Elder Blood, but for sake of frilly bits they give them horses. One that Cirilla is having hard time handling as the mare wants to go, and she keeps pulling back reins.
"The more it takes, the more I have to think what they're doing to him," Ciri shouted.
If my character does something like that I know that they are trying to tell me something. That they are acting against their nature and the part needs rewriting, not going through the stuff for sake of frilly bits. They could have had the conversation at a hill where Ciri tells Yennefer that she's concerned and the portal is the only way, which Yennefer would gladly agree and off they would go, very discreetly, while horses and ladies draws attention.
It wasn't until they came across the broken bridge, that Yennifer did teach Ciri to repair the bridge was damaged and thus altering the reality and not portal. That was broken and they, plus horses went through a portal to the other side. Why the horses, when even Yennifer says, "No be sorry when you have a power like this?"
I guess we put this down to writers behaving badly.
Somewhat surprising end to Yennefer's treachery. The fight was brutal, but not my favourite. Geralt didn't even break a sweat. But it's that holding of sword on Yennefer's neck that's the problem. And the thing is the witcher got there in right, on horseback. It however surprised me that he wanted the Deathless Mother and Yennefer delivered.
Girl, you need to chill. That's propaganda, but then again you've never know anything better. Fringilla is just a tool. A pretty one. The truth is nothing has changed. The elves are as effed as they ever were. War, war never changes. It is ugly business and instead of understanding, all she's doing is playing in the hands of Emhyr and the Order of the White Flame.
Francesca understands that her people cannot be cannon fodder for the Imperialists. She needs to get them out and repopulate their kingdoms.
I see why Dave liked this scene. The generals were silenced, dog got to eat and Fringilla showed why the mages should be feared.
Big flaws in this episode that I put down on writer mistakes.
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You look at above map and you'll see there's quite a distance between Cintra and Kaer Morgen. Cintra being on the coast, there's a major river system, a great forest, three to four kingdoms, a mountain line and two more rivers to cross before you get to even striking distance from Cintra. Yet, we are to believe that Yen and Big G rode from outside Cintra all the way to Kaer Morgen without exchanging words or changing clothes?
It is a major trek and you won't do it in five minutes. Even with a car it would take at least day and half to get there. A plane or a dragon airline, possible in a half day. Portal, almost instant, but our Yennifer doesn't do portals, because reasons and Geralt is a stubborn mule. Won't hear anything, won't see anything, having a tunnel vision on.
Will we rescue the princess or not?
Stranger thing is that Ciri is in Kaer Morgen slaughtering witchers and lying to Geralt about everything. And she didn't even got blood splatters on her white tunic. Just on her cheek.
It's hard to see their numbers dwindling down and Geralt being a stubborn on all fronts. So I assume that the twist is in the blood and it pays forward to bringing the school of wolves back to its feet, especially if there is going to be more monsters when the worlds collide again.
I hated that the witchers went into the armory, opened a bar and started drinking willy nilly all sorts of potions without having an idea about the monster. Against humans there are potions, just cold hard steel. No need for the silver sword.
It was when the weird basilisks stepped out from the portal that they should have hit the potions, because for them, they can counter the poison with potions and apply proper oils to their blades. It's just we don't see it in the series.
Instead we get a slaughter of the witchers, in their keep, against somewhat standard but dangerous opponents. But for the sake of the fantasy, fantastic to see rare beasts in their glory. Plus at the end, Yen played to her favours.
Maybe the biggest twist in this play is that there was a monolith In Kaer Morgen and it lead to release of the Netflix version of the Wild Hunt. The only blessing is that Ciri now portals on will. Geralt needs a horse, Yen got her powers back and Kaer Morgan needs a new generation of witchers.
How did Dandelion got into the keep and what happened to the dwarves? The last time we saw they were outside Cintra, now he's in the keep, clueless about everything as it's his first time in the castle, and he's tasked on being the delivery boy.
There are far too many inconsistencies that it's not playing in favour for the series.
So the truth came out as the boy told Filandarel what he'd been doing for King Folstat. Francesca took it pretty badly, but where can they go? Really?
According to Fringilla they went to North to avenge the slaughter of their baby. She wanted to support them, even though all of it is playing to Emhyr's hand. Maybe it's hard for her to see that because of her high position in the hierarchy. After all she has to get involved with all things, because she cannot seem to be able to trust the job to her people.
But in Francesca's case I didn't expect her to slaughter Redanian babies in her path for vengeance. What did they do and why can't she see that she's pawn in much bigger play? Her action is going to cause a reaction and her people are going to pay the price.
I was wrong about Phillippa. That woman doesn't match my memories and therefore I was wrong. Still a curious thing to see her in hands of Djikstra, playing willingly into Redanian hands.
It is a major trek and you won't do it in five minutes. Even with a car it would take at least day and half to get there. A plane or a dragon airline, possible in a half day. Portal, almost instant, but our Yennifer doesn't do portals, because reasons and Geralt is a stubborn mule. Won't hear anything, won't see anything, having a tunnel vision on.
Will we rescue the princess or not?
Stranger thing is that Ciri is in Kaer Morgen slaughtering witchers and lying to Geralt about everything. And she didn't even got blood splatters on her white tunic. Just on her cheek.
It's hard to see their numbers dwindling down and Geralt being a stubborn on all fronts. So I assume that the twist is in the blood and it pays forward to bringing the school of wolves back to its feet, especially if there is going to be more monsters when the worlds collide again.
I hated that the witchers went into the armory, opened a bar and started drinking willy nilly all sorts of potions without having an idea about the monster. Against humans there are potions, just cold hard steel. No need for the silver sword.
It was when the weird basilisks stepped out from the portal that they should have hit the potions, because for them, they can counter the poison with potions and apply proper oils to their blades. It's just we don't see it in the series.
Instead we get a slaughter of the witchers, in their keep, against somewhat standard but dangerous opponents. But for the sake of the fantasy, fantastic to see rare beasts in their glory. Plus at the end, Yen played to her favours.
Maybe the biggest twist in this play is that there was a monolith In Kaer Morgen and it lead to release of the Netflix version of the Wild Hunt. The only blessing is that Ciri now portals on will. Geralt needs a horse, Yen got her powers back and Kaer Morgan needs a new generation of witchers.
How did Dandelion got into the keep and what happened to the dwarves? The last time we saw they were outside Cintra, now he's in the keep, clueless about everything as it's his first time in the castle, and he's tasked on being the delivery boy.
There are far too many inconsistencies that it's not playing in favour for the series.
So the truth came out as the boy told Filandarel what he'd been doing for King Folstat. Francesca took it pretty badly, but where can they go? Really?
According to Fringilla they went to North to avenge the slaughter of their baby. She wanted to support them, even though all of it is playing to Emhyr's hand. Maybe it's hard for her to see that because of her high position in the hierarchy. After all she has to get involved with all things, because she cannot seem to be able to trust the job to her people.
But in Francesca's case I didn't expect her to slaughter Redanian babies in her path for vengeance. What did they do and why can't she see that she's pawn in much bigger play? Her action is going to cause a reaction and her people are going to pay the price.
I was wrong about Phillippa. That woman doesn't match my memories and therefore I was wrong. Still a curious thing to see her in hands of Djikstra, playing willingly into Redanian hands.
Season finale. The series is getting together in its own terms, but there are a lot of change. Some that I didn't enjoy, like for example using actors in their role that look like counterparts from the games and concept arts, but carrying different name, different role.
As it is with TWD, Netflix has made the series their own one, with its own twists. There are a lot more storytelling in this season than there were in the first one, and while it's generally better, a lot of background information is lost. I guess they opted to make the changes, but I might not be the only one who doesn't like them. But then again, maybe I'm purist and I don't want to see the changes, because they alter my memories too much.
So, I have to admit that I've been biased and extremely critical towards this series. It's my own fault, and maybe in the next season, Netflix can offer full thirteen episodes instead of eight and slow down the pace, instead of rushing it forward. This series need air to breath and for the audience, it needs to see the continent in its all glory and darkness. Not just glimpses of it.
Yes, this does explain much about everything.I hope you guys watched this animation. It'll explain a lot of Vesemier's and Witchers history.
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) ⭐ 7.2 | Animation, Action, Adventure
1h 23m | 18
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The Witcher Showrunner Addresses Shocking Character Death In Season 2
The decision to kill off a fan favorite caused some internet uproar but The Witcher's showrunner doubled down on it.
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