Why you should watch The Witcher.
(a completely biased TV rec by me)
It is based on a series of novels and video games, though I have neither read or played them so I cannot judge how faithful an adaptation this is. I can only say that the show by itself is awesome.
Also it’s already been renewed for a second season by Netflix.
But back to why it’s totally worth watching.
First of all. Yennefer of Vengerberg.
She is a mage. She is a badass. She’s had a very hard past and she’s sacrificed a great deal to get to where she is. You will see her kick ass, kill people, do magic. But you will also see her be vulnerable and kind (sometimes) and sad. She is the unstoppable force of this series, I know you might think that would go to the Witcher in the show called The Witcher but believe me it’s Yennefer. She does not stop, she never stops, even if it might be good for her, because only she herself decides what’s good for her and what she wants above all else is to have choices.
The next (and related) reason you should watch this show is Yen’s relationship with Tissaia de Vries, the Rectoress of Aretuza (basically Hogwarts only more shady and more kidnappy).
You will think you know who Tissaia is gonna be and believe me you don’t.
They introduce an ‘evil sorceress’ and then you see her smile at Yen and goddamn she’s actually a mama bear to her girls.
The next reason is Cirilla of Cintra.
She is a princess. Or she was, right up until her entire kingdom got slaughtered and her grandmother sent her off to find Geralt of Rivia.
She is innocent, she is not very experienced. She is the Lion Cub of Cintra. She is also absolutely savage.
And all she wants is to be safe. And every second person she meets wants to adopt her.
She’s also the future daughter of Geralt (and Yennefer, I cannot begin to tell you how much I’m looking forward to that).
Then there’s the Witcher himself. His name is Geralt of Rivia. Is he a badass? Yes. Do people say that ‘his kind’ don’t have emotions? Also yes… but they’re morons. Because you know what else he is? A mushy marshmallow with absolutely terrible luck. Like, the worst.
Can’t even fall in love like a normal person. Has to make it complicated and all angsty by SPOILER spoiler SPOILER. It’s amazing. And don’t me even get me started on how he acquires his future daughter. It’s spoiler SPOILER the most amazing thing you will ever see.
He loves his horse, who he has named Roach because why not (if anything ever happens to that horse I won’t have to kill anyone, Geralt will do it for me).
And then there’s Jaskier the Bard. He’s going to be responsible for getting a song stuck in your head for a chunk of the foreseeable future.
He’s also Geralt’s best friend and advertisement consultant. This happened by sheer persistence and because like I mentioned Geralt is a grumpy marshmallow.
Finally if this has convinced you all you need to know before you begin is that the show takes place in three different timelines that slowly catch up with the present.
Ciri’s POV is the present.
Yennefer’s POV starts out like fourty-five-ish to fifty-ish years before that.
And Geralt’s POV starts out eighteen-ish to twenty-ish years before the present.
It sounds complicated but honestly it’s not that hard to get the gist of it and the specific times aren’t actually all that important anyway.
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