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	* The first season wasn't perfect either, as people complained it kept on jumping between different moments in time as it tells the story of its three main characters; Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer. While Big G and Yenn's stories were set in the past, Ciri's was set in the present, and the jumps in time between each scene were difficult to notice and made the series harder to follow for some casual spectators. A bold choice of direction for some, encouraging people to really focus on what's going on and catch any of the serie's details, but a poor decision for others, who think this makes the series more jarring to watch.		* The first season wasn't perfect either, as people complained it kept on jumping between different moments in time as it tells the story of its three main characters; Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer. While Big G and Yenn's stories were set in the past, Ciri's was set in the present, and the jumps in time between each scene were difficult to notice and made the series harder to follow for some casual spectators. A bold choice of direction for some, encouraging people to really focus on what's going on and catch any of the serie's details, but a poor decision for others, who think this makes the series more jarring to watch.

	And just so that we address in the two ~~woke~~ elephants in the room:		And just so that we address in the two elephants in the room:

	1. The <s>blackwashing</s> racebending. Let's make this clear, as stated above, the worldbuilding of the Witcher never clearly states that The Witcher is set in a "slavic" world despite european/slavic folk tales and fantasy being the main inspiration for its universe, the author not caring all that much about deep lore and just wanting to give the bare minimum. Also, it should be noted that there are no divine laws telling artists to not represent elves as just white all the time.		1. The <s>blackwashing</s> racebending. Let's make this clear, as stated above, the worldbuilding of the Witcher never clearly states that The Witcher is set in a "slavic" world despite european/slavic folk tales and fantasy being the main inspiration for its universe, the author not caring all that much about deep lore and just wanting to give the bare minimum. Also, it should be noted that there are no divine laws telling artists to not represent elves as just white all the time.

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The Setting

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	The events of the books happen some 400 years later, in the midst of what's called Northern Wars. The Northern Kingdoms are a motley collection of your-standard European Fantasy Kingdoms, separated from the Nilfgaardian Empire by the Yoruga River (Think Danube); the only thing they really have in common is their independence from Nilfgaard. They are your standard assortment of minor duchies, established (and incest-filled) Kingdoms, and even free cities and an Oxford expy; furthest North, at the very tip of the "known" world are the not!Russia and not!Nords kingdoms along the frozen Gulf of Praxeda, who play an important role in stopping the Nilfgaardians.		The events of the books happen some 400 years later, in the midst of what's called Northern Wars. The Northern Kingdoms are a motley collection of your-standard European Fantasy Kingdoms, separated from the Nilfgaardian Empire by the Yoruga River (Think Danube); the only thing they really have in common is their independence from Nilfgaard. They are your standard assortment of minor duchies, established (and incest-filled) Kingdoms, and even free cities and an Oxford expy; furthest North, at the very tip of the "known" world are the not!Russia and not!Nords kingdoms along the frozen Gulf of Praxeda, who play an important role in stopping the Nilfgaardians.

	Similarly, the Nilfgaardian empire is itself pretty varied. On paper, it's pretty much a Roman Expy, but also has hints and signs of Soviet "we're all technically equal under the Imperator" policies. Only the citizens who were actually born and raised in Nilfgaard are "Nilfgaardians," and everyone else is just a vassal. Most notable of these vassal states is Cintra, a Kingdom south of the Yoruga whose occupation sets off the events of the series, and the [[Bretonnia\|Duchy of Touissant]], a Disneyfied version of France filled with noble Questing Knights, free love, and utter loyalty to the [[Lady of the Lake\|Duchess]].		Similarly, the Nilfgaardian empire is itself pretty varied. On paper, it's pretty much a Roman Expy, but also has hints and signs of Soviet "we're all technically equal under the Imperator" policies with a dash of Holy Roman Empire thrown in for good measure. Only the citizens who were actually born and raised in Nilfgaard (around the Lower Alba region) are "Nilfgaardians," and everyone else is just a vassal in various stages of being "Nilfgaardized". Most notable of these vassal states is Cintra, a Kingdom south of the Yoruga whose occupation sets off the events of the series, and the [[Bretonnia\|Duchy of Touissant]], a Disneyfied version of France filled with noble Questing Knights, free love, and utter loyalty to the [[Lady of the Lake\|Duchess]].

			The eventual future of the world as hinted by Sapkowski is fittingly grim as well: Nilfgaard manages to conquer the north, the elves fuck off to another world entirely, the world industrializes hence killing off all the monsters which in turn eliminates the need for witchers who get warped by history into battlemage mercenaries. About 3000 years after Geralt's time, the White Frost destroys the world though as a ray of hope it is implied that a new "spring" comes after, presumably with a new world as well.

	==Races==		==Races==

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The Witcher

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	* The first season wasn't perfect either, as people complained it kept on jumping between different moments in time as it tells the story of its three main characters; Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer. While Big G and Yenn's stories were set in the past, Ciri's was set in the present, and the jumps in time between each scene were difficult to notice and made the series harder to follow for some casual spectators. A bold choice of direction for some, encouraging people to really focus on what's going on and catch any of the serie's details, but a poor decision for others, who think this makes the series more jarring to watch.		* The first season wasn't perfect either, as people complained it kept on jumping between different moments in time as it tells the story of its three main characters; Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer. While Big G and Yenn's stories were set in the past, Ciri's was set in the present, and the jumps in time between each scene were difficult to notice and made the series harder to follow for some casual spectators. A bold choice of direction for some, encouraging people to really focus on what's going on and catch any of the serie's details, but a poor decision for others, who think this makes the series more jarring to watch.

	And just so that we address in the two elephants in the room:		And just so that we address in the two woke elephants in the room:

	1. The <s>blackwashing</s> racebending. Let's make this clear, as stated above, the worldbuilding of the Witcher never clearly states that The Witcher is set in a "slavic" world despite european/slavic folk tales and fantasy being the main inspiration for its universe, the author not caring all that much about deep lore and just wanting to give the bare minimum. Also, it should be noted that there are no divine laws telling artists to not represent elves as just white all the time.		1. The <s>blackwashing</s> racebending. Let's make this clear, as stated above, the worldbuilding of the Witcher never clearly states that The Witcher is set in a "slavic" world despite european/slavic folk tales and fantasy being the main inspiration for its universe, the author not caring all that much about deep lore and just wanting to give the bare minimum. Also, it should be noted that there are no divine laws telling artists to not represent elves as just white all the time.

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The Witcher

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Races

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	*Gnomes - The other race native to the Continent. They are friendly, intelligent, and are otherwise the polar opposite of dwarves. They are distinguished by their long noses, and though they don't have the long beards of dwarves, they tend to keep theirs short or shave it off entirely. They are excellent craftsmen, and can make enchanted swords, the gwyhyr.		*Gnomes - The other race native to the Continent. They are friendly, intelligent, and are otherwise the polar opposite of dwarves. They are distinguished by their long noses, and though they don't have the long beards of dwarves, they tend to keep theirs short or shave it off entirely. They are excellent craftsmen, and can make enchanted swords, the gwyhyr.

	*Vampires - Vampires, like most of the monsters in the Witcher, were a byproduct of the rampant chaos magic caused by the Conjunction. There are many Vampires seen in the series, like Bruxas and Alps, all of which feed on blood and require Witchers to dispatch. But there are exceptions: Higher Vampires, like Elves and Humans, come from another world rather than being mutants, and consider themselves to be ''perfect beings.'' so far above humans that they don't really see them as people. They have none of the weaknesses featured in superstitious folklore, and can recover from being decapitated, staked, and buried, it just takes a really long time to recover, and by then, most of the people that attacked them would probably be dead anyway. Higher Vampires don't need blood to survive, treating blood more like alcohol, and can hide their presence from others. Geralt, badass though he is, has no clue on how to kill Higher Vampires, mostly because they're so rare.		*Vampires - Vampires, like most of the monsters in the Witcher, were a byproduct of the rampant chaos magic caused by the Conjunction. There are many Vampires seen in the series, like Bruxas and Alps, all of which feed on blood and require Witchers to dispatch. But there are exceptions: Higher Vampires, like Elves and Humans, come from another world rather than being mutants, and consider themselves to be ''perfect beings.'' so far above humans that they don't really see them as people. They have none of the weaknesses featured in superstitious folklore, and can recover from being decapitated, staked, and buried, it just takes a really long time to recover, and by then, most of the people that attacked them would probably be dead anyway. Higher Vampires don't need blood to survive, treating blood more like alcohol, and can hide their presence from others. Geralt, badass though he is, has no clue on how to kill Higher Vampires, mostly because they're so rare.

			*Trolls - Trolls are of low intelligence, but have enough cunning to build bridges to tax those who cross them for food.

	==Cast==		==Cast==

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	* Henry Cavill as Geralt; without the shadow of a doubt the best thing about this series. He loves his role and he never phones it. He's giving himself at his maximum to give us one of the most solid interpretation of Geralt's character. Hell, he even managed to generate fan clubs of girls who... Never read the books or played the games but hey, still a feat of its own.		* Henry Cavill as Geralt; without the shadow of a doubt the best thing about this series. He loves his role and he never phones it. He's giving himself at his maximum to give us one of the most solid interpretation of Geralt's character. Hell, he even managed to generate fan clubs of girls who... Never read the books or played the games but hey, still a feat of its own.
	** Cavill is also a massive Warhammer nerd. Too bad <s>the rest</s> most (Dandelion/Jaskier played Necrons to try it out) of the cast taunted him over his hobby. HE'S ONE OF US! ONE OF US!		** Cavill is also a massive Warhammer nerd. Too bad <s>the rest</s> most (Dandelion/Jaskier played Necrons to try it out) of the cast taunted him over his hobby. HE'S ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
			*** This all came to bite them in the ass, as Cavill decided to quit the show in late 2022 and declined a proposal to return to the [[DC Comics\|DCEU]] films to broker a deal with Games Workshop themselves on some new show, which he would be in charge of.
	* To be fair, the supernatural contrasts really well if the overall realistic approach of the series. It looks out of place, outside of this world and just plain old weird.		* To be fair, the supernatural contrasts really well if the overall realistic approach of the series. It looks out of place, outside of this world and just plain old weird.
	* The combat, while well choregraphed, was apparently shot by [[Meme\|Barry the drunken intern]], because it keeps changing shots and switches from normal speed to slow-mo in a flash (no pun intended). The action is good, but its just too bad the camera isn't there to assist it.		* The combat, while well choregraphed, was apparently shot by [[Meme\|Barry the drunken intern]], because it keeps changing shots and switches from normal speed to slow-mo in a flash (no pun intended). The action is good, but its just too bad the camera isn't there to assist it.