People still hung up on "but the leshy made him act that way, I thought that was obvious" when the adaptation's own promotional (*cough* 'supporting' because the writing needs it *cough*) material promotes the idea that Eskel's usually a bit of a dickhead anyway (to the point that their God Tier Chadralt "doesn't see eye to eye with him", because Chadralt is special and Does Not Struggle or Agree With The Naughty Things Going On Here), but the leshy sting made him a bit more of one because he's tired ("especially after")?
Which is why the response of the others is "*shrug* he's just more Eskel than usual". Netflix Canon Eskel isn't the one from the books and games. He's a different beast. And even in the flashback, he isn't sweet, he's... lazy and boorish, then leaps away from Geralt like he's used to having the shit kicked out of him by Geralt for being a dick (facial expressions are important in visual media).
By all means, copy/paste your pretty boy over game/book Eskel, but you're missing out on another irredeemable arsehole to write about.
