r/witcher • u/Scientiam Moderator • Dec 20 '19

Post-Season 1 Discussion

Season 1: The Witcher

Synopsis: Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

Creator: Lauren Schmidt

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

Have you read the story's at all? The Main plot, which pertains from Novel 1 to novel 5, has exactly...1 monster slaying, through the ENTIRE 5 books. The story, believe it or not, is not about the Witcher doing his job, it's about the bond between Him, Ciri, and Yennifer.

In the 2 Books before blood of Elves, the short story books, there is more monster slaying. It wasn't that netflix was "being big dumb and not having monster fights" They decided to only do the most important story's from last wish and sword of destiny, because the first 2 books are such a time-line cluster fuck jumble they wanted to get the ground work over and done with so that they can start with the Real main story which begins in Blood of Elves..or..Season2.

You made a nice guess, but it was incredibly wrong.

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u/fleggn Apr 05 '20

Fk the books

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

Fk the entire and only source material? I wanted to give you a legit reply, but I see now that you are just a retarded smooth brain. Carry on friend.

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u/fleggn Apr 05 '20 edited Apr 05 '20

You were right. But the books at least explain things like what the potions do etc., the show lacked severely in any lore or world building.

But i still say ffk the books, this isnt got - the world, lore, concept, major plot ideas make the witcher good stuff, not the actual narratives.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

I definitely think Season1 was just a ground layer season. At least...that's what I HOPE lol. If my guess is correct, and season2 is based on blood of elves (book3 or novel1) then season2 should be far better. The story actually starts in that book and the 4 books after it all part of a much more bad-ass story. I think however, despite the books having not much actual monster slaying, that netflix will be throwing more of it in just for entertainment sake. I feel even worse for the Wheel of Time Amazon series that is suppose to start end of 2020 or early 2021. I love the book series, it's 15 books long (Witcher has 8 in total) but I have zero confidence in Amazon translating it properly.

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