Okay but the Yennefer and Tissaia clip reveals/is such a brilliant adaptational move??
Like, since the end of s1, fans whoâve read the books have been going âLook that climax was epic, but itâs really important to the plot that Vilgefortz is the hero of Sodden, so I donât know what theyâre going to do??â
BUT what they did with it is brilliant because it serves the different narrative needs tv shows have as opposed to books, furthers and deepens Yennefer, Tissaia, and Vilgefortzâs characters, AND furthers several of the showâs main themes:
In a book, you can get away with having a major battle won thanks to a relatively minor character. In a TV show, you CANNOT, not when that major battle is the season climax/finale
Narratively, for a TV show, one of the three leads almost HAD to play the most important role at Sodden (and certainly SOME very pivotal role). So thatâs why that has to go to Yennefer, esp since she doesnât really have the kind of fight/stuck in the middle of an epic battle scenes that Geralt and Ciri get (with the exception of the Dragon Hunt)
BUT the move to give Vilgefortz the credit was brilliant, because it a) advances the plot, b) shows Tissaia is now more actively political and Vilgefortz is more darkly ambitious than weâd realized, c) puts Yennefer in a character conflict thatâs really rough for her in particular, making her struggle between her deep-set desire for power and recognition, and the âgreater goodâ/loyalty to Tissaia, and d) explains why Yennefer being the hero of Sodden isnât going to change her whole plotline/get her super caught up in Brotherhood politics
AND on top of all of that, it furthers a major theme of the series, along with major themes of Vilgefortzâs and Yenneferâs plotlines, by having an unscrupulous man get/take all the credit for the hard work of a marginalized woman, and by having the world/the authorities go along with it
Which also furthers another major theme of the show that history isnât necessarily true, that itâs written by the victors/those with more power
Anyway, brilliant move, esp as an adaptational move, Iâm in love with it. Now massively reassured about the strength of the season to come. Massive, massive credit to Lauren Hissrich for all of this
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