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Did you have any thoughts on the prophecy in the last few minutes of blood origin? The editing seemed to imply that Jaskier had something to do with it which has caused some grumbling from people who want more book accuracy.
The people who want more book accuracy have been grumbling about things deviating from the books since the games came out :p
Honestly, everyone would be a lot happier if they just realized we're traversing down parallel timelines that look similar but have their own stories to tell. We're essentially watching Wither fanfic with a Netflix budget. Would that more fandoms have such coinage.
Anyway, yeah, I do have some thoughts about it.
Spoilers under the cut!
So just to recap the last few lines of the prophecy, "the Lark's seed shall carry forth the first note of a song that ends all times, and one of her blood shall sing the last."
You get the general gist that Lark/Eile's bloodline is being referenced, and Jaskier gets to break the fourth wall a bit by quite obliviously going, "wait, what, who?"
The elven woman then commands him to "sing the song of the seven, Sandpiper, so the oppressed may find hope and strength and make ready for the great change to come," ensuring that Jaskier's voice is tied to how things end no matter what.
But let's jump back a bit and break things down some more.
Focusing on "the first note that ends all times," I believe that's meant to be a reference to Ciri's power. We've seen what happens when she screams; imagine what some training and time with Yennefer will achieve. Girl is going to end the universe as we know it. Again.
But wait, who is the "and one of her blood shall sing the last?"
Why, it's our dear bard, of course!
This implies that Jaskier is related to Ciri in some way, which I don't find all that implausible, no matter how much some people are grumbling about it. He's a Viscount, after all. And royal and noble bloodlines are so thickly interwoven in this universe that all their family trees look like wreaths if you squint. Sometimes you don't even need to squint. (and that is book accurate.) It's entirely plausible that Jaskier and Ciri are thirteenth cousins twice removed on their divorced great aunt's side. Or somebody had an affair. That's just as likely.
If anyone is still skeptical about this theory, Jaskier's nickname, Sandpiper, is also a type of bird, tying him back to Lark again. Lark is the bird that sang at the start of the world as we know it; the Sandpiper will sing as it ends.
It's quite heavy-handed, and I'll be surprised if the show doesn't run full tilt with it. It'd also let them handwave away why they forgot to age up Jaskier in season one. Surprise, elf blood!
Now, I know why people are mad about it because the person in the book who is telling the end of the story is meant to be Ciri.
But this is not the book series. This is the Witcher Netflix series, and they're giving the narrative burden to Jaskier, which IMO makes more sense given his tendency to break the fourth wall and that it's his voice we hear at the end of every season finale, singing through the end credits.
He is quite literally going to be the last song we hear as the series ends. It makes narrative sense to pass the burden of retelling the story on to him.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my Witcher TedTalk.
I'm going to be so mad if the showrunners don't do any of this and pull some complete batshit fuckery out of their arses as a twist.
Although I didn’t consider that it might be a meta thing, that Jaskier literally gets to sing the show off air, that’s a really good thought.
There’s also the fact that Eile gets handed a dandelion by the beggar in her first appearance, which is what Jaskier is called in the English books and games.
You’re right that Ciri and Jaskier are almost definitely related somehow simply because they’re both nobility but I do hope that it comes up because I would be delighted for Jaskier to obnoxiously refer to Ciri as his dear cousin. And I’m on boat “Jaskier is the result of an affair” myself for drama and irony.
I’ve also seen people complain that Dandelion/Jaskier isn’t a main character in the books, just a secondary one, but honestly when you have Joey Batey why wouldn’t you upgrade him to top billing. He’s a main character now there’s no helping it.
Ahh! I can't believe I forgot the dandelion at the start but yes!
And yeah, Jaskier is a main character now. I don't think the showrunners thought we'd latch on to him as much as we did, but it's hard not to when Joey Batey is just so clearly in love with what he's doing and bringing pure bardic chaos energy to every scene he's in.
It helps that he's a massive, Shakespearian-trained, fantasy-loving nerd who can actually sing and play the lute and has the personality and energy of a 6-week old labrador.
Some jerk traced my drawing and barely changed it while somehow making it look way more ugly and unfriendly, and then put it up on their Redbubble shop! Ugh!
Thankfully the last time someone stole my work I was able to report it and have it taken down, so I will fill out the report thingy for this one too.
AUs where either Geralt or Jaskier fake their own deaths after the mountain are good but what about an AU where Jaskier doubles down and fakes Geralt's.
Nilfgaard cant hunt you if it doesnt think youre alive!!
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