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I'd like to add some thoughts I had on various theories, for example the 'Toussaint is doomed' theory is actually interesting as in the books there is some 'flashforward' references to a great fire that burned down the palace of Beauclair and an archeological team discovering stuff there, like corpses and a tub with manuscripts in some unspecified but apparently distant future of the witcher world. As for vampire an the date, well Emiel Regis in the book Baptism of Fire claims that he is around 400 or so years old and that he is 'a descendant' of the original vampires that got imprisoned in the witcher world after conjunction, so he was already BORN in witcher world, supposedly he may not know exactly whether the gate to original world of their species will be opened so maybe that date 1358 may have such significance :) that Regis is simply unaware of, and maybe only older vampires know of it and that would mean that the vampire in Novigrad is much older than Regis :) (but the easter egg is also good theory hehe). As for Roach horses and Geralt, he definitely cares about his steeds and it's visible in the books as well, hell it is said in Baptism of Fire by other character that despite complaining about his current horse Geralt owuld not leave it (the horse that Geralt got in Baptism of Fire after losing all his possessions at Thanedd, was given to him in Brokilon where he recuperated from his wounds): ""You won’t even give up that skittish mare, you won’t leave her, you won’t exchange her for another, even though you keep threatening to. You aren’t the kind that leaves others behind." Witcher, Baptism of Fire Books contain various references to future events, in year 1350 apparently the area of the northern kingdoms was supposed to come under attack in invasion of eastern tribes of Haak (from Haakland which together with Zerrikania lies far to the east beyond the mountains) there are no other events, until later into 15th century with the nilfgaardian scholar Fourens Delannoy :). It also should be noted that in-universe the name Mount Gorgon may actually come from a type of monster, in the Season of Storms there is a monster called Gorgon (though the real world etymological origin of the word definitely is important too :) as Sapkowski filled his books to the brim with historical, mythological and other references to real world European folklore and history). The scientific revolution thing, some form of progress is indeed happening as in the Season of Storms roughly hundred years later than the story, there is reference to steam powered machinery or something of the sort, that is seen by Nimue in the flashforward sequence, it should be noted that already at the time of the witcher stories taking place in books there were references to various technological developments, and mages and sorcerers influencing this progress wiht mage Ortolan inventing all sorts of stuff: "Like every inventor, Ortolan had stages of fascination with explosives, incendiary materials, bombards, armored chariots, firearms, and poisonous gases. A condition of well-being, argued the old man, is a common peace between the nations, and peace is achieved by armaments. The surest way to detract from war is scaring it away with scary weapons, and the scarier the weapons the longer and more stable the peace. As Ortolan did not listen to any arguments, saboteurs were secretly placed into his inventive group, which hindered the dangerous inventions. Almost none of them saw the light of day. An exception was the famous, and the point of many anecdotes, ball thrower. It was a kind of telekinetic arbalest with a great flagon for lead balls. The ball thrower - as the name suggests - was supposed to throw balls into a target, and in quick succession. The prototype went, to his surprise, beyond the walls of Rissberg, it was even tested out in some battles. With poor effect however. The shooter using the invention when asked about the arm's usefulness reportedly said that the ball thrower was like his mother-in-law. Heavy, ugly, absolutely useless and there's nothing to do with it but drown it in river. The old wizard did not take it to heart however. The ball thrower was a toy, he supposedly said, he had on his drawing board, other projects far more advanced, able to strike in mass. He, Ortolan, would give humanity the benefit of peace, even if it meant killing half of mankind. " Fireworks appear in the books too, in the Tower of the Swallow :). "A stinking rain of brimstone fell to the ground, the ashes of the last fireworks." And the freedom fighters used some sort of incendiary oil bombs in that book. We know from books that the mages were controlling all spheres of life to some extent, influenced not oniy politics but economy and science as well, mages and sorcerers were also using magic for military purposes (the nilgaardian mages helped with their magic during war with Cintra, and of course the famous Battle of Sodden had two sides employ mages). It also should be noted that many magical devices are being used more commonly, as well as that the gnomes and dwarves of Mahakam already have more advanced tech, with blasting furnaces and various machinery using steam etc. "'And the technology is in Mahakam,' Percival interjected. 'Iron, steel and metallurgy! Blast furnaces, not some shitty chimney. Water and steam hammers...' 'Here, Percival, wet your whistle.' Zoltan passed the gnome a full cup. 'You'll bore us all with your techniques." So it's only matter of time that this type of tech will spread among humans. well the thing about Dandelion/Jaskier's age hehe the only acknowledgement of his age is in the Blood of Elves (which should be theoretically covered in next season of the show but netflix is indeed very loosely inspired by ;)): "I know you're almost forty, look almost thirty, think you're just over twenty and act as though you're barely ten." -Sigismund Dijkstra Regarding the Freya and Ladies of the Wood theory, very interesting, it's one of those things that in the witcher world we don't know for sure whether the gods exist, but the characters interact with some powerful entities, Yennefer has vision of Freya with gold eyes in her temple on Skellige, Geralt and Dandelion encounter entity known as Dana Meabdh, which may have inspired the cult of Melitele (or maybe she is Melitele :)), an entity that was once worshiped by elder races (especially Aen Seidhe), and appears in two forms among humans as old lady (a crone) and a young girl Lille Queen of the Fields (Queen of the Fields, Ladies of the Woods? sounds intriguing right? A whole kind of ancient spirits maybe?), in Edge of the World story, I always assumed there might be some connection between Freya and Melitele and Dana Meabdh, it may not be also 'real' divine being, but some powerful magical being that has great power there may be other such entities (we know there exist demons from other dimensions and genies from other Spheres so why not). The Shrek and Donkey thing being similar to Geralt and Dandelion is only due to the netflix show I assure you ;), in the books their relationship is so much deeper a true friendship rather than annoying sidekick like in the show hehe alright jokes aside, that's a fun theory as both witcher and Shrek are all about twisting and subverting the fairy tale motiffs, deconstructing fairy tales and so on, but it's a superficial similarity. There are many stories like that I remember that old miniseries the 10th Kingdom which takes place in a subversion of fantasy land of Grimm fairy tales :) where Snowwhite and other fair tale characteres were real historical figures. About the cats, cats are stated in books to be able to draw magical energy and sense magical stuff (like see the invisible things) and the fact that witchers are mutated through magic may cause the whole cats disliking witchers as they would sense their magical impulses or vibrations and that's it (mages also can sense tingling sensation from the touch of a witcher, as sorcerers also can sense magic impulses).
By the way have you considereing making an iceberg about Lord of the Rings? There should be many topics and theories and so on about that franchise hehe.
@@fantasywind3923 This is some greaty insight! Sorry for the late reply! I haven't thought about making an iceberg on Lord of the Rings yet, but now it's on the back of my mind, I might end up making it there, got a lot of ideas in the backlog first though!
Yeah, I'm going with the theory that he names all his horses Roach because he does. The life that he lives is inherently deadly, and there's no way to get around the fact that you're gonna lose a horse now and then if that's your only means of conveyance. Much in the same way as he treats Ciri, he's characteristic of someone who cares whenever he can. It's a luxury, not a constant. I'm mainly going off The Witcher 3 for this as it's the best example of how he really thinks and feels simply because if you don't act in that manner, you end up with probably the worst ending of any video game you could possibly get. And they back it up in the first DLC when "the bad" ending tells you how to get the good ending in the main game. He has an unspoken bond with most characters that he cares for. But that does change a bit, or a lot, when Ciri comes into the picture. There's literally nothing he won't do for her, and if the player acts contrary to that in any way, they are severely punished in the story mode. One parallel I would draw is the movie John Wick. The whole dog issue gives him a way to express emotion after the loss of his wife. He never gives it a name, nor does he give the second dog a name. But he cares for it as best he can.
7:18 in blood of elves, Dandelion points out to Geralt that the horse his riding on isn't Roach but a random chestnut coloured one. Geralt corrects him by literally saying out loud that he names every single one of his horses Roach.
True, as for the idea that he cares about all of his horses. At some point Milva says that for all the complaining Geralt does about the horse he got from the elves before leaving Brokilon, he hadn't actually gotten rid of it, indicating that he actually cared about it.
I havent watched the video yet, but for some reason in Russian Geralt calls Roach “плотва» which is one of the most common river fish you normally catch
In czech the roach is translated as "Klepna" and in slovak as "Klebietka" with both meaning the one who gossips or a gossip. No idea why are yall geting animals but fine
What I love about Roach name in Polish is that it's indeed a small fish....but also a pun - you see - Płotka a horse - is often tied to a fence while Geralt is in a small village....a word "fence" in Polish is "Płot" - so "Plotka" could be interpreted as a horse that is tied to the fence quite often. It's a pun and a dad joke - most Geralt thing ever.
In the slovakian version she's called 'Klebetka', the slovakian word for gossip is 'Klebeta' and its an ironic nod to the fact Geralt's favourite thing about his horses is they don't talk
@@krumpi6500 I think this might be a mistranslation caused by confusing two words - compare płotka/plotka in polish: the former means roach (fish), the latter means... gossip ;)
Reading the books right now. The more I read the more I appreciate how hard CDPR worked on the witcher 3. They captured sapkowskis world so well. The Netflix series however. I like less and less the more I read... its just not even close to as good. Geralt and Yens relationship is romantic in the books. And yen her self is more powerful, and more fierce, and it's a big reason why Geralt is so struck by her. Dandelion is better in the books. He's not just a big man child. He's a shit head at times, but is still an able man, and him and Geralt are bros, like tight AF, in the show Geralt seems to constantly be annoyed with jaskiers presence.
Additionally for the "Cats are Monsters Theory", you can use Yen's Potestaquisitor (The device used to detect the Dimeritium bombs disturbing her magic) on cats. If you do, the Potestaquisitor will hum louder the closer you are to a cat. Geralt even has a voice line of him shooing away the cat if you attempt this. Credit goes to xLetalis as this was in one of videos!
for dandelions age, someone made a good point by mentioning that at least through the games I think the stories of Geralt were all told through dandelion, as he is the writer of the story he intentionally keeps himself youthful through the stories as he always holds himself to a high regard.
To be fair her warmer side isn't seen until at least the equivalent of Season 2 of the Netflix series. Its not so evident in the short stories. But CDPR definitely didn't do enough with her character.
It'd worth noting that we only know this because the books let us see from her perspective mostly. If it wasn't for that she might still appear very cold.
Imagine not caring enough about you own show that you “drop the ball” on aging a character. That or incompetence. So glad Cavill walked away from this joke.
That intelligent academic spin Sapkowski puts on traditional fantasy is one of the things i love about his books. Its so distinct and different, but still feels very familiar to what we've come to expect of fantasty stories. Loved the video!
@@Jenna_Talia it's not vague if you read the books lol. I mean don't tell me you weren't surprised when you first started reading thinking this was gonna be another epic Fantasy adventure story with Geralt being the archetypal big gruff swordswinging, monster slaying, maiden bedding, unemotional giga Chad only to find out that most of the actual action is only there to break up the long, dramatic dialogues, with Geralt time again showing the fierce intellect and deeply sensitive little emotions hiding behind that gruff exterior. Geralt likes to act like a big bad unfeeling witcher but really he's just as dramatic and emotional like Dandelion, only Dandelion Is more honest with his feelings
a few bits i think are interesting to consider: -while canonically of vulcanic origin, Toussaint doesn't have to be 'doomed' at all. Italy is the best example for this theory, definitely, but i dare pose another: the Central Bohemian Highlands. warm and fruitful area of vulcanic origin that still looks the part while being completely inactive. -as for the technical revolution, there is a semi-canon (at best) collection of short stories by various authors called Tales from the world of The Witcher that dives a bit deeper into Fabio Sachs and his future accomplishments (as far as i know, it's set post-second conjunction). It describes a continent to the west, and includes the witcher school of the Crane, members of which use early guns. But even without this (because you don't have to accept it as canon), the theory still has a solid basis. -yes, monster mutagens were used for the trial elixirs, but the statement "witchers are monsters" kind of... goes against everything the series is about. Witchers are victims. Of poor domestic situations, extreme pain and body morphing, and for the rest of their lives, prejudice. Alzur, BugBoy and Old Fart Cosimo did fight fire with fire, but their side of the battle wasn't the witchers themselves but rather the insane amounts of shit they put their subjects through. And the cycle of abuse that would continue because witchers were always needed. To protect people that spat in their faces. The whole point (or one of the points) of the saga is that if anyone, people are most likely to be the monsters, worse than vermin roaming the wild and certainly worse than a bunch of grumpy dudes with suppressed trauma. -Cut-throat's name is Madoc, and i'm of the belief he doesn't have a school affiliation at all, at least that's what i got from the Journey story. The schools were formed a bit later after the creation of first witchers (which Madoc is heavily implied to be, given his first-hand experience with Alzur), after the Order of Witchers disbanded and its key members set out to found the schools. to be completely fair, the timeline is wonky as hell because like, mages live longer than usual and witchers do too but the creation of witchers isn't that far into the past from the books/games (very roughly 300 years), so by the time Alzur died (Journey story), the schools might have been estabilished or even well into the second generation of witchers (i approximate Vesemir to be third gen), but either way, cut-throat is Madoc, not Barmin, and it's implied he died with Alzur by the end of the Journey. -the spirit in the tree/whispering hillock/She Who Knows has been confirmed to be the mother of the three crones, her gwent card art is her forming Brewess (gwent.one/image/gwent/assets/card/art/max/2050.png ) and as for the Freya theory... Freya is essentially the Skellige version of Melitele, three faces and all. her/their existence is slightly more ambiguous (although implied to be real) than the crones', who, as well as SWK, have physical form and interact with commoners quite a bit. And the latter's intentions and demands also seem to be much more grey area or straight up hostile and cruel, as opposed to Melitele/Freya. -cats, like all common animals in the universe, are pre-conjunction creatures. They are however, unlike, say, bears, drawn in by magic (which only appeared during conjunction), being more sensitive to it. Since witchers have a weird aura, maybe it just puts cats off... i think maybe connecting cats to magic was just Sapko's way to create a grounded spin on "witch with a pet cat" trope? -as for Dandelion being immortal, this one is pretty easy: Sapkowski messed his own timeline while writing Season of Storms. :D there are a few more cool theories: Witcher 3 Dijkstra actually being a doppler because he acts so painfully ooc; the in-universe belief that Falka or her child had elder blood (but this one is easily disproved); what if Iris von Everec had elder blood (one of my favourites); Erland of Larvik (the founder of Griffin school) and Arnaghad (the founder of Bear school) are actually bitter exes,... Sapko is very vague with lore and worldbuilding that doesn't relate to the story he wants to tell, so there's a lot of room for creating semi or non canon content - and/or theories. the shrek stuff is quite funny though.
On the subject of Roach. My mother-in-law names all her dogs some slight variation on the same name she only has one dog at a time. It is clear it's because she wants to always honor and remember the pup before and before and before. It's chain of love extending all the way back to her first pup. So when I first played Witcher and found out about Roach I instantly assumed that was why he always had a Roach.
I really loved this video, however there are two things that I would like to criticize/correct: 1) The Catriona is not extremely similar to the bubonic plague, it IS the bubonic plague, just with a different name. 2) I disagree with the notion of Toussaint being doomed. As my username might suggest, this topic interested me a bit too. :-D The name of Mount Gorgon and everything around there is likely due to the fact of the mountain terrain being extremely treacherous in the winter month with snow storm plaguing the landscape. This is revealed by the names of the mountain passes near Mt. Gorgon like e.g. Pas Sansmerci, meaning "without mercy". This said however, I would speculate that the volcano that is responsible for all the volcanic ash is Mont Crane (the one with a hansa in the castle on top), which now largely only remains as a volcanic neck. This is further evidenced by the Ardaiso-quarry of marble/limestone situated at the base of Mont Crane. This is typical for submarine volcanoes, where reefs form on their flanks. This means that either the volcanic-derived soil could be from eroded pillow-lava (which is typical for marine low-viscosity lava systems) or a deposit of volcanic ash, as volcanoes can show explosive characters under and above the sea. What exactly happened here cannot be stated, but anyway: I would speculate that all volcanic activity in Toussaint is long gone and there is no threat of eruption there anymore.
Thanks for the in depth explanation! 1, is most likely true, that Ciri did go to a place that was considered Earth and picked up the Bubonic plague, but I'm not sure if it's been 100% confirmed anywhere that it is actually the Bubonic plague? It could have also just been a paradox where Ciri was just obtaining the Catriona plague from the future. 2: This is amazing analysis and I hadn't actually thought of this before! Will have to include this in a follow up video if I end up doing one!
@@natiscool This could be the case. I mean; sure, it's not 100% confirmed that it is the bubonic plague, but I just looked in the book (granted: German version may have some differences to the English or Polish version) and there it is described that Ciri arrived at a port where boats lay at quais and wooden poles and a channel runs through the port. This sounds quite similar to Venice. Houses where infections happened were also marked with a white cross - as was done in our world. Moreover the infected people there had ulcers on their bodies and the disease was transmitted by a flea. Now while this does not say 100% that it is our world (you are technically correct there), I would say that it is 99,9% sure. Thanks, that would be an honour. One thing that we have to keep in mind however is that Toussaint is surrounded by mountains and some rivers show really strange travel patterns. Meaning, what we know of the world is not always consistent with geology, therefore we have to take everything with a grain of salt.
My favorite Witcher deep-lore fantheory is this: Later on in the book series we are introduced to a scholarly sorceress born hundreds of years after the deaths of the main characters named Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn. Nimue grew up on the tales of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri since childhood, and she can be said to be obsessed with their story. She collected book after book of the legends of Geralt and Ciri and keeping them in her own personal library at her lake-house (hence her getting the nickname: "The Lady of the Lake"). One of the framing devices in the final book in the series (also called "Lady of the Lake") is Nimue hiring an oneiromancer named Condwiramurs Tilly to go over these ancient manuscripts and paintings to use her powers to magically dream up the "true" ending to the story for her. Now think of all those books on Nimue's bookshelves. What if Geralt and Yen actually did die at the end of the books and stay dead? Wjhat if the events of the games are not exactly canon, but are rather "in-canon" as other stories about the Witcher, with each differing choice and story-path being written by a different author? Same with the show or the comic books: all stories written over the centuries now resting on Nimue's bookshelf. Ancient authors would depict Geralt siding more with their nations and factions they themselves were sympathetic to. "Team Yen" and "Team Triss" would be two actual in-world factions of writers and scholars arguing with each other. Perhaps Witcher 3's omission of Emhyr's incest-plan from the books is due to that story being written by a Nilfgaardian author? The possibilities are endless.
I thought about using that as a way to make the games fit with the canon, despite the differences. But, with how impactful Geralt's actions were on the world, it doesn't work. The fun thing about Geralt, is that while his story is a well known legend in the Witcher world, his action weren't that impactful. If you look at the in-world, Geralt isn't really mentioned when it comes to historical events. It's a neat thing, that while he did influence quite a lot, it was done in such a way, that historians have no way of knowing about it. You could say, that in historical context, Geralt appears, I would say, 4 times total. Removing the curse from Foltest daughter, when Duny arrived in Cintra, Thanned Coup and Battle at the Bridge. All of his other actions were basically unnoticed, and that's why there are so many different versions of what has happened. In games, Geralt is a much more important person the world. In W3 alone, you can impact who is the ruler of Redania, Temeria, Skellige, Nilfgaard. This kind of impact would not go unnoticed, it's too big compared to Geralt's actions in the books. It could work, if the games had the unreliable narrator, but they don't really have that. In the books, we see what really happned and with in world texts we see that the world remembered all of it very different. Games don't really do that.
What if Geralt wasn't one person, but multiple people and all the stories were embellished over time? What if he didn't actually walk on water or get resurrected?
When Yen starts teaching Ciri magic, she says that magic is pouring out of the ground and Ciri has to learn to feel it. She also says that cats feel this magic and are attracted to it. Maybe cats are not monsters, but at least they are magical
There is a note in the Witcher 3 that is talking about Cthulhu, you can find it on the Skelige Isles in the possession of a pirate at an island with a destroyed fortress.
Literature is meant to be interpreted but the last wish Geralt made was something along the lines of “to be together forever” which is why despite separating all those times they came back. The two of them could effectively live together but a mage will likely die and a Witcher most certainly will. But they still cheat death individually and together a lot. Even in their death in the books they’re brought to to the isle of mists to effectively be together forever.
In the last expansion of the Gwent multilayer game we were given a bit of a backstory for She Who Knows. There's no chance she's Freya...apparently she is as enigmatic and old as life itself and has traveled all over the world in search for her own origins and the meaning of life. Really interesting story/character.
Wolves asleep amidst the trees Bats all a swaying in the breeze But one soul lies anxious wide awake Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths For your dolly Polly sleep has flown Don't dare let her tremble alone For the witcher, heartless, cold Paid in coin of gold He comes he'll go leave naught behind But heartache and woe Deep, deep woe Birds are silent for the night Cows turned in as daylight dies But one soul lies anxious wide awake Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths My dear dolly Polly shut your eyes Lie still, lie silent, utter no cries As the witcher, brave and bold Paid in coin of gold He'll chop and slice you Cut and dice you Eat you up whole Eat you whole
20:00 "Gwint" is derived from German "gewinnt" (wins or winning) in a contracted form prevalent in Sylesian and Pommeranian dialects of German (both areas with mixed German and Polish people before WW2).
@@20jumps All former German areas east of the rivers Oder and Neisse plus the eastern part of the island Usedom were incorporated into Poland with the exception of the northern part of Ostpreußen which became the Russian oblast of Kaliningrad (former Königsberg). Many Germans of those regions fled direction west, some could stay in Poland. But in communist Poland, there was no place for the German language. All had to learn Polish and speak it. If one was caught speaking German in the early years they could face retribution. But even later (from the 70ies onward) speaking German was frowned upon. Many Germans still living in Poland (and all the other communist countries of the Warsaw Treaty) have moved to (West)-Germany. As long as they can prove German lineage they are considered German by the administration.
To the Dandelion aging theory. It is said in the Season of Storms a potion stat slows aging is indeed a thing and a reason why mages and sorceresses don't seem to age, invented by master Ortolan. It should be the next or few paragraphs after the arbalest gatling gun mentioned in the scientific revolution theory section. It also contains mention how some inventions of mages are being sabotaged not to get out.
In one of the books (at work and poor memory), Dijkstra comments something like Dandelion is 40, looks 30 and acts 20 (ages probably wrong because again, poor memory and no access to books right now). So Dandelion looking far younger than his age (and acting even younger than that) is canon, at least according to Dijkstra :)
Geralt absolutley has a connection with his horse, regardless of the banal name he assigns them. In the books, he got a horse during baptism of fire and constantly preached about how he couldn't wait to get rid of it, get a new one, or abandon the current one - yet he never did, even when he had ample oppurtunity to do so. So yea, Geralt appreciates and cares for his horses deeply, more than he ever verbally expresses.
The cat thing is really that cats are associated with a lot of magic in folklore like having 9 lives and giving you bad luck. Also the cats hissing at Witcher’s is more of like a trope, just like how children in the witcher always scoff at geralt
@@natiscool yeah I'm genuinely surprised lol. And if your wondering yes it did surpass my expectations just like your video about ds1 and Skyrim, keep being great man👍
My favourite theory about dandelions youth is that roach is part unicorn and spending time around her and geralt dramatically slows his age because of her magic. Really stupid but fun
The great thing about the Witcher is that after reading the books, you play the games and then there are easily another couple hundred hours of Witcher lore and speculation videos like this one. Being a Witcher fan is a fulfilling thing.
I love the idea that, similarly to such relationships in real life, the seemingly odd relationship between Geralt and Dandelion has no concrete definition. Sure it *could* be a Djinn “curse”, but ultimately they are both better off for it. One could say it goes along with Geralts unnatural luck. That he survived the modified Trials, multiple deaths, immortal demigods, and being hunted by entire kingdoms is testimony to that despite the hardships he faces. Maybe we all feel life is like that sometimes and that’s why we like him so much :)
31:42 There is a potion that halts the aging process in Season of Storms, but only mages have access to it. Just because Dandelion doesn't age in the show due to constraints, it doesn't mean that he doesn't age in the books.
One aspect that wasn't mentioned by you in regards to the verge of scentific breakthrough is that it is actually a theme in Witcher 3. It may therefore not be canon but at the end of the druid questline there is a brief moment where geralt discusses the fact that monsters seem to leave this world and making witchers irrelevant. But is not only referred to the harmful monsters and spirits but to all magical elements being pushed out of the world in favor of scientific progess. The people are stopping the believing in their old traditional ways which weakens the monsters and spirits.
While I agree that Baba Yaga was likely a strong inspiration, the three Crones are also heavily reminiscent of the Norse Norns, the three women who would weave the threads of people's fate and sever them in Norse mythology, like the Fates in Greek mythology and like Weavess' magical tapestry of human hair in the game. There's also some Hansel and Gretel as well as other European folklore involved. They are missing the quintessential flying mortar, pestle and broom as well as the house on chicken legs, which I'd say are somewhat referenced in Blood and Wine by the witch in the Land of a Thousand Fables, though that one's actually supposed to be a reference to Hansel and Gretel. Bottom line is that the Crones are a whole concoction of references to folklore and I could swear that I've seen something similar to She Who Knows and her daughters in European folklore. Really cool and sinister design alluding to the even darker pagan origins of many folktales (like Baba Yaga likely originating from an old Slavic goddess of death).
In the second season of the netflix series, someone complains that one of dandelions songs "was too complicated" and "took him until the fourth verse to figure out there were multiple timelines". This was a joke about the first season, and how it confusingly had multiple timelines. This could mean that the story being told is through Jaskier's perspective, and that is part of the shows explanation for how he barely ages.
I like to think that Nibbles isn't actually a cat, but actually a doppler spying on Geralt. They could be at the employ of Dijkstra or possibly even Nilfgaard, as both would have a vested interest of keeping an eye on Geralt.
I once was at writer's corner with Andrzej Sapkowski when he visited Kyiv maybe 10 years ago. He really hated talking about witcher and almost despised one guy in Geralt's cosplay. It was funny.
Vampire under Novigrad - more likley he opened an investment account in Vivaldi bank and just wants to wait for profits. If you ever wondered why vampires are so rich... Thats's why.
bombs and fireworks existed in the late medieval period, there are even "feuerwerker handbücher" which are books about making fireworks and other incendiary devices.
As a Polish person I can attest that roach has nothing to do with cockroach. It's just a direct translation of płotka, which is a type of fish. Cockroach in the original language of this series is karaluch so english similarity is just a coincidence.
In reference to ciri was in cyberpunk. In the lady of the lake there is a short paragraph within the games universe that is written by a newspaper in London (our world) the newspaper discusses the story of a girl appearing out of no where on top of a black horse ( this girl is ciri) the date of the newspaper is given as 1904 I believe. But Ciri exists in our world as a game character, but in the Witcher universe she has been to our world which views her as a game character. The same fact could apply to cyber punks world.
The Vampire lore from the B&W dlc was added later, so it is more detailed. The vampire quests in novigrad were made before and then later slightly retconned.
Ended up starting this video when i replayed the witcher little over a year ago, never got around to finishing it... But since Next Gen update came out this popped back into my feed and couldnt be happier... thanks for all ur work and, happy holidays from the time of writing this
Had to put streaming on the back burner to get this video out, and need to take a break from content creation for a bit to reset, hopefully streaming then goes back on the agenda!
Quick correction to the timeline you presented in the introduction: Season of Storms does chronologically take place around the time of The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny, but that book was not released until after The Witcher 2. Also, the show never adapted anything from Season of Storms and ended season one with the end of The Sword of Destiny, so I doubt they are going to do anything or much with that book.
Personally, I'm a big fan of the theory that humans came to the Witcher world after causing the apocalypse on ours in the nearish future. IIRC, in the Lady of the Lake, Ciri briefly travels to a desolated world where she sees what could be interpreted as a motor way. Some of the elves also make snide comments about how humanity destroyed their world, so why should they be trusted with this one? This would also explain why the sciences in the Witcher are so advanced compared to our own dark ages. The scientists of our world would have traveled there, too, and gotten a head start, learning magic on the way to eventually lead to the sorcerers and magic circles we see in the series. It would also explain why people worship gods that are also worshiped irl, such as Freya.
21:37 because NPCs don't exist in the Witcher Universe. If you are theory craftong, then its not just a random vampire. He has a backstory that we don't know.
I went to check my ebook version of Baptism of Fire mentioning the dwarves playing cards, and even though it is an English version, it says 'Screwed' and not 'Barrel'. What the hell am I reading??
Addressing the roach issue, in my family we do the same with our dogs. Always naming them either Conti or Kingo, to make them all live as succesors but also as their own beings. But ultimatly so we never forget them because we deeply love our them
31:37 yes there is ! such a potion exist, in season of storm the last book you litterally meet the old and decrepit mage Ortolan who invented (a little late for himself) the potion to stop everyone from aging, if I don't misremember it's also stated that the potion is not spread between the non magic population as a means of control except the mage that invented it doesn't know that, and think that all the people are immortal
I expected to cast my view around the Afterlife or some other area of Night City and have Ciri be sat somewhere very subtly. The sort of sweeping the room with V’s eyes before noticing Ciri in my periphery and looking back to get a better look but she’s gone. I saw the magazine with her on the cover which was cool, I just expected more.
9.25 The saying goes, you can tell a gelding, ask a stallion, but must negotiate with a mare….and pray if it’s a pony! 😂In my experience stallions are more biddable than mares, if handled correctly.
The way they portrayed Foltest in the first season of the Netflix show. It made sense to me 'cause I just thought he was depressed or something about his daughter being a monster.
"They've studied the world a whole lot more than me" IDK man, Netflix showrunners don't seem entirely literate let alone studied... I'll give ya that when it comes to Cavill tho
Book spoilers! . . . . . . Regarding the Last Wish, you forgot to mention that in the books, when Geralt dies, Yennefer dies almost immediately after him. And it's kinda ambiguous why, maybe she died of grief, maybe the spell drained her, or maybe since the Wish somehow intertwined their fates Yennefer couldn't stay alive because Geralt had died. But it had to be unintentional side effect? Why would you wish that other one stays alive only if you do? It would be dumb, unless it was the only option.
The Maiden, Mother and Crone mentioned by npcs is an obvious reference to the tripple goddess, present consistently in the lore. The crones of Velen are inevitably influenced by the theme but there are far from being the core of the theme. Gotta love fan theories based in ignorance. :C
When Cyberpunk was announced and people realised Ciri was referring to Cyberpunk before it was announced, CDPR were often asked if there would be a Ciri Easter egg in Cyberpunk to which they replied "We're not Kingdom Hearts"
Weird that you think Ciri being in Cyberpunk isn't plausible. There's a playable arcade machine called Roach Race that plays exactly like the google chrome dinosaur game. Among a lot of other references, Ciri (presumably) has the high score under the nickname "Z1RA3L."
Tolkien and by extension Peter Jackson had such vast imagination and vision when it came to differing races/species and cultures in a fantasy world. The Elves are elevated, regal and clearly depicted as ancient beings that has transcended the trifling squabbles of lesser beings. Moving and conducting themselves with such grace and elegance , you can clearly see they are of a superior civilisation. It gives the elves (Every faction) a unique feel and atmosphere to them. The same unique/different feel is also captured within the Witcher games, the elves feel like a race elevated to that of the humans / dwarves and so on. In contrast, Netflixs creations are all so generic, bland and decrepit , with absolutely no difference between humans, elves or dwarves. Netflix propaganda writers just want to create a world they want to see, a decrepit , homogenous pit of gray excrement , every fantasy species/race/faction consist of every earthly race, white, asian,black, indian , there is absolutely zero distinction to any faction or people group. It is just a cauldron of mediocre ,braindead cussing people with malformed ears. The world the woke cult wants to see. Regardless of Henry Cavill’s perfect casting and his enthusiasm and love for the games and books, from the get go I knew ‘’Not the Witcher’’ on Netflix would be dead on arrival. It was like giving a piece of priceless art to a shit fisted chimpanzee , only there to smear its feces all over the existing canvas. I was excited for season 1 only because of Cavill ..but as always in today's age of the Woke feminazi cult, I immediately saw them relegate Geralt … the namesake of the franchise to the background to promote the diverse females in their propaganda piece. Thus I have refused to even continue entertaining the very notion of Netflix’s NOT the Witcher. I really don't mind companies wanting to make money. What I do mind, and despise is when talentless , visionless dim-witted cretins, don't have the brains to create anything new in their image, so instead they take well loved, richly culturally based (European culture) stories ,created by vastly superior minds and corrupt them, defile them and distort them with only one aim, promoting the propaganda of their fascist ,feminist woke cult. That I will not abide by. ‘’The Shadow that bred them can only mock,it cannot make: not real things of its own. I don’t think it gave life to Orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them…’’ - Frodo, The Return of the King. Evil Is Sterile. It cannot create, cannot imagine or have new ideas, certainly cannot produce new forms of life, It may be able to propagate, but only in the manner of The Virus or The Corruption, by turning everything into more of itself. Beings who have fallen under evil control, whether they are Reforged into a Minion or taken over by their Superpowered Evil Side, become cruder and twisted versions of themselves. They may gain power, but they lose crucial aspects that once made them special, and will probably not behave very intelligently. Ultimately, the hope of this kind of evil is to, at best, corrupt the whole world into being just like itself, and at worst, destroy everything. The possibility of making something new and different is anathema to it. 1 Corinthians 15:33 - Don’t be deceived, bad company corrupts good character. Isaiah 5:20 - 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Each year Hollywood/Netflix/Amazon/Disney/Modern ‘’Entertainment’’ CNN/BBC/Fox, evolves further and further into the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. It doesn't aim to entertain/provide factual news, it’s only aim is to emulate Joseph Goebbels , mastering the art of spreading the Propaganda of their Woke feminazi cult.
Nah nah nah. Cats are just "beasts/animals" with a sensitivity to Magic/lay lines. Cats are known to lay or group up at lay lines and just...sit there. No-one can actually explain WHY they do this. This is not just a Witcher thing.
well small loophole in your horse theory. in a world of cars and planes, no horses arent important, in worlds where those advanced travel accomodations arent available, a horse is extremely important as its the fastest way to get around. geralt may not like his horse (or he does) but it is definitely important to him.
You just ignored the fact that the reason Geralt hates that specific horse because he hasn’t had it for long. And because of how slow and disobedient it is he hasn’t even named it Roach. He rides it after losing Roach as a temporary replacement between Roaches
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I'd like to add some thoughts I had on various theories, for example the 'Toussaint is doomed' theory is actually interesting as in the books there is some 'flashforward' references to a great fire that burned down the palace of Beauclair and an archeological team discovering stuff there, like corpses and a tub with manuscripts in some unspecified but apparently distant future of the witcher world. As for vampire an the date, well Emiel Regis in the book Baptism of Fire claims that he is around 400 or so years old and that he is 'a descendant' of the original vampires that got imprisoned in the witcher world after conjunction, so he was already BORN in witcher world, supposedly he may not know exactly whether the gate to original world of their species will be opened so maybe that date 1358 may have such significance :) that Regis is simply unaware of, and maybe only older vampires know of it and that would mean that the vampire in Novigrad is much older than Regis :) (but the easter egg is also good theory hehe). As for Roach horses and Geralt, he definitely cares about his steeds and it's visible in the books as well, hell it is said in Baptism of Fire by other character that despite complaining about his current horse Geralt owuld not leave it (the horse that Geralt got in Baptism of Fire after losing all his possessions at Thanedd, was given to him in Brokilon where he recuperated from his wounds):
""You won’t even give up that skittish mare, you won’t leave her, you won’t exchange her for another, even though you keep threatening to. You aren’t the kind that leaves others behind." Witcher, Baptism of Fire
Books contain various references to future events, in year 1350 apparently the area of the northern kingdoms was supposed to come under attack in invasion of eastern tribes of Haak (from Haakland which together with Zerrikania lies far to the east beyond the mountains) there are no other events, until later into 15th century with the nilfgaardian scholar Fourens Delannoy :). It also should be noted that in-universe the name Mount Gorgon may actually come from a type of monster, in the Season of Storms there is a monster called Gorgon (though the real world etymological origin of the word definitely is important too :) as Sapkowski filled his books to the brim with historical, mythological and other references to real world European folklore and history). The scientific revolution thing, some form of progress is indeed happening as in the Season of Storms roughly hundred years later than the story, there is reference to steam powered machinery or something of the sort, that is seen by Nimue in the flashforward sequence, it should be noted that already at the time of the witcher stories taking place in books there were references to various technological developments, and mages and sorcerers influencing this progress wiht mage Ortolan inventing all sorts of stuff:
"Like every inventor, Ortolan had stages of fascination with explosives, incendiary materials, bombards, armored chariots, firearms, and poisonous gases. A condition of well-being, argued the old man, is a common peace between the nations, and peace is achieved by armaments. The surest way to detract from war is scaring it away with scary weapons, and the scarier the weapons the longer and more stable the peace. As Ortolan did not listen to any arguments, saboteurs were secretly placed into his inventive group, which hindered the dangerous inventions. Almost none of them saw the light of day. An exception was the famous, and the point of many anecdotes, ball thrower. It was a kind of telekinetic arbalest with a great flagon for lead balls. The ball thrower - as the name suggests - was supposed to throw balls into a target, and in quick succession. The prototype went, to his surprise, beyond the walls of Rissberg, it was even tested out in some battles. With poor effect however. The shooter using the invention when asked about the arm's usefulness reportedly said that the ball thrower was like his mother-in-law. Heavy, ugly, absolutely useless and there's nothing to do with it but drown it in river. The old wizard did not take it to heart however. The ball thrower was a toy, he supposedly said, he had on his drawing board, other projects far more advanced, able to strike in mass. He, Ortolan, would give humanity the benefit of peace, even if it meant killing half of mankind. "
Fireworks appear in the books too, in the Tower of the Swallow :).
"A stinking rain of brimstone fell to the ground, the ashes of the last fireworks."
And the freedom fighters used some sort of incendiary oil bombs in that book. We know from books that the mages were controlling all spheres of life to some extent, influenced not oniy politics but economy and science as well, mages and sorcerers were also using magic for military purposes (the nilgaardian mages helped with their magic during war with Cintra, and of course the famous Battle of Sodden had two sides employ mages). It also should be noted that many magical devices are being used more commonly, as well as that the gnomes and dwarves of Mahakam already have more advanced tech, with blasting furnaces and various machinery using steam etc.
"'And the technology is in Mahakam,' Percival interjected.
'Iron, steel and metallurgy! Blast furnaces, not some shitty chimney. Water and steam hammers...' 'Here, Percival, wet your whistle.' Zoltan passed the gnome a full cup. 'You'll bore us all with your techniques."
So it's only matter of time that this type of tech will spread among humans. well the thing about Dandelion/Jaskier's age hehe the only acknowledgement of his age is in the Blood of Elves (which should be theoretically covered in next season of the show but netflix is indeed very loosely inspired by ;)):
"I know you're almost forty, look almost thirty, think you're just over twenty and act as though you're barely ten." -Sigismund Dijkstra
Regarding the Freya and Ladies of the Wood theory, very interesting, it's one of those things that in the witcher world we don't know for sure whether the gods exist, but the characters interact with some powerful entities, Yennefer has vision of Freya with gold eyes in her temple on Skellige, Geralt and Dandelion encounter entity known as Dana Meabdh, which may have inspired the cult of Melitele (or maybe she is Melitele :)), an entity that was once worshiped by elder races (especially Aen Seidhe), and appears in two forms among humans as old lady (a crone) and a young girl Lille Queen of the Fields (Queen of the Fields, Ladies of the Woods? sounds intriguing right? A whole kind of ancient spirits maybe?), in Edge of the World story, I always assumed there might be some connection between Freya and Melitele and Dana Meabdh, it may not be also 'real' divine being, but some powerful magical being that has great power there may be other such entities (we know there exist demons from other dimensions and genies from other Spheres so why not).
The Shrek and Donkey thing being similar to Geralt and Dandelion is only due to the netflix show I assure you ;), in the books their relationship is so much deeper a true friendship rather than annoying sidekick like in the show hehe alright jokes aside, that's a fun theory as both witcher and Shrek are all about twisting and subverting the fairy tale motiffs, deconstructing fairy tales and so on, but it's a superficial similarity. There are many stories like that I remember that old miniseries the 10th Kingdom which takes place in a subversion of fantasy land of Grimm fairy tales :) where Snowwhite and other fair tale characteres were real historical figures.
About the cats, cats are stated in books to be able to draw magical energy and sense magical stuff (like see the invisible things) and the fact that witchers are mutated through magic may cause the whole cats disliking witchers as they would sense their magical impulses or vibrations and that's it (mages also can sense tingling sensation from the touch of a witcher, as sorcerers also can sense magic impulses).
By the way have you considereing making an iceberg about Lord of the Rings? There should be many topics and theories and so on about that franchise hehe.
@@fantasywind3923 This is some greaty insight! Sorry for the late reply! I haven't thought about making an iceberg on Lord of the Rings yet, but now it's on the back of my mind, I might end up making it there, got a lot of ideas in the backlog first though!
@@natiscool in any case it will be interesting video for sure :), good luck and good work hehe.
Yeah, I'm going with the theory that he names all his horses Roach because he does. The life that he lives is inherently deadly, and there's no way to get around the fact that you're gonna lose a horse now and then if that's your only means of conveyance. Much in the same way as he treats Ciri, he's characteristic of someone who cares whenever he can. It's a luxury, not a constant. I'm mainly going off The Witcher 3 for this as it's the best example of how he really thinks and feels simply because if you don't act in that manner, you end up with probably the worst ending of any video game you could possibly get. And they back it up in the first DLC when "the bad" ending tells you how to get the good ending in the main game. He has an unspoken bond with most characters that he cares for. But that does change a bit, or a lot, when Ciri comes into the picture. There's literally nothing he won't do for her, and if the player acts contrary to that in any way, they are severely punished in the story mode. One parallel I would draw is the movie John Wick. The whole dog issue gives him a way to express emotion after the loss of his wife. He never gives it a name, nor does he give the second dog a name. But he cares for it as best he can.
7:18 in blood of elves, Dandelion points out to Geralt that the horse his riding on isn't Roach but a random chestnut coloured one. Geralt corrects him by literally saying out loud that he names every single one of his horses Roach.
I thought I read this in the swords of destiny
True, as for the idea that he cares about all of his horses. At some point Milva says that for all the complaining Geralt does about the horse he got from the elves before leaving Brokilon, he hadn't actually gotten rid of it, indicating that he actually cared about it.
@@rokship97
He cares about the horses for sure
Naming every one roach is out of practicality and probably helps him cope with losing the horse
I heard that also in the game, i was shocked xD
@@tjpeasant9135 i read it recently you are correct, it's when they're trying to cross the river and the army is using all the ferry
In Spain, Roach is translated as "Sardinilla"... little sardine.
I havent watched the video yet, but for some reason in Russian Geralt calls Roach “плотва» which is one of the most common river fish you normally catch
In Poland Roach is translated to Plotka which means Roach but in Polish
In Mexico roach is cucaracha, which is the disgusting insect.
They should've really traduced that as Sardina, which is the same fish you mention, not as cockroach, the insect xD
In czech the roach is translated as "Klepna" and in slovak as "Klebietka" with both meaning the one who gossips or a gossip.
No idea why are yall geting animals but fine
What I love about Roach name in Polish is that it's indeed a small fish....but also a pun - you see - Płotka a horse - is often tied to a fence while Geralt is in a small village....a word "fence" in Polish is "Płot" - so "Plotka" could be interpreted as a horse that is tied to the fence quite often. It's a pun and a dad joke - most Geralt thing ever.
Didn't know that, nice fact)
Indeed that is funny!
They translated the name to Plötze in German which is just the name for that fish in German but I like the connection to the word fence too.
In the slovakian version she's called 'Klebetka', the slovakian word for gossip is 'Klebeta' and its an ironic nod to the fact Geralt's favourite thing about his horses is they don't talk
@@krumpi6500 I think this might be a mistranslation caused by confusing two words - compare płotka/plotka in polish: the former means roach (fish), the latter means... gossip ;)
Reading the books right now. The more I read the more I appreciate how hard CDPR worked on the witcher 3. They captured sapkowskis world so well. The Netflix series however. I like less and less the more I read... its just not even close to as good. Geralt and Yens relationship is romantic in the books. And yen her self is more powerful, and more fierce, and it's a big reason why Geralt is so struck by her. Dandelion is better in the books. He's not just a big man child. He's a shit head at times, but is still an able man, and him and Geralt are bros, like tight AF, in the show Geralt seems to constantly be annoyed with jaskiers presence.
I'm confused about how Geralt didn't recognize avalach.. Also on how his character seems entirely different in the game versus the book.
@@trev6783 when didn't he recognise avalanche? In the game?
also i loved cahir and i think he is way less interesting in show
@@mete9730 same. Cahir was one of my favourite characters in the books and the show hasnt done him justice. Among many things they got wrong lol
@@trev6783 how does he seems entirely different ?
Everybody gangsta until Shrek is a Witcher, another 10/10 video
I want Dandelion’s cover of “All Star” by smash mouth now
Only watching cause of this comment 🤣
Additionally for the "Cats are Monsters Theory", you can use Yen's Potestaquisitor (The device used to detect the Dimeritium bombs disturbing her magic) on cats. If you do, the Potestaquisitor will hum louder the closer you are to a cat. Geralt even has a voice line of him shooing away the cat if you attempt this. Credit goes to xLetalis as this was in one of videos!
Which video?
@@TheDennys21 i Wanna know too
Shrek is a witcher. Can't change my mind.
I would like to know more
@@rezasalamati9652 ...because Jaskier is a Donkey.
He is a witcher 🤫
for dandelions age, someone made a good point by mentioning that at least through the games I think the stories of Geralt were all told through dandelion, as he is the writer of the story he intentionally keeps himself youthful through the stories as he always holds himself to a high regard.
By the "Blood of Elves" Dandelion / Jaskier is nearly 40 years old, supposedly looking nearly 30. At least in Dijkstra's words.
Yeah, so in the Witcher games he would be nearly 42-45.@@MultiGolonka
12:00 Yennefer is actually way warmer, softer, and affectionate then Netflix and CPR depict her.
To be fair her warmer side isn't seen until at least the equivalent of Season 2 of the Netflix series. Its not so evident in the short stories. But CDPR definitely didn't do enough with her character.
No wonder Yennifer is such a b---- in the game.
@@trucid2not really or not near the end of the game. She’s more affectionate towards Geralt in blood and wine
It'd worth noting that we only know this because the books let us see from her perspective mostly. If it wasn't for that she might still appear very cold.
Imagine not caring enough about you own show that you “drop the ball” on aging a character. That or incompetence. So glad Cavill walked away from this joke.
That intelligent academic spin Sapkowski puts on traditional fantasy is one of the things i love about his books. Its so distinct and different, but still feels very familiar to what we've come to expect of fantasty stories. Loved the video!
What kind of academic spin?
@@ICityCatI do you genuinely not know, or are you a troll?
@@696190 Bro just tell them it's not like "academic spin" doesn't sound vague as fuck.
@@Jenna_Talia it's not vague if you read the books lol. I mean don't tell me you weren't surprised when you first started reading thinking this was gonna be another epic Fantasy adventure story with Geralt being the archetypal big gruff swordswinging, monster slaying, maiden bedding, unemotional giga Chad only to find out that most of the actual action is only there to break up the long, dramatic dialogues, with Geralt time again showing the fierce intellect and deeply sensitive little emotions hiding behind that gruff exterior. Geralt likes to act like a big bad unfeeling witcher but really he's just as dramatic and emotional like Dandelion, only Dandelion Is more honest with his feelings
a few bits i think are interesting to consider:
-while canonically of vulcanic origin, Toussaint doesn't have to be 'doomed' at all. Italy is the best example for this theory, definitely, but i dare pose another: the Central Bohemian Highlands. warm and fruitful area of vulcanic origin that still looks the part while being completely inactive.
-as for the technical revolution, there is a semi-canon (at best) collection of short stories by various authors called Tales from the world of The Witcher that dives a bit deeper into Fabio Sachs and his future accomplishments (as far as i know, it's set post-second conjunction). It describes a continent to the west, and includes the witcher school of the Crane, members of which use early guns. But even without this (because you don't have to accept it as canon), the theory still has a solid basis.
-yes, monster mutagens were used for the trial elixirs, but the statement "witchers are monsters" kind of... goes against everything the series is about. Witchers are victims. Of poor domestic situations, extreme pain and body morphing, and for the rest of their lives, prejudice. Alzur, BugBoy and Old Fart Cosimo did fight fire with fire, but their side of the battle wasn't the witchers themselves but rather the insane amounts of shit they put their subjects through. And the cycle of abuse that would continue because witchers were always needed. To protect people that spat in their faces. The whole point (or one of the points) of the saga is that if anyone, people are most likely to be the monsters, worse than vermin roaming the wild and certainly worse than a bunch of grumpy dudes with suppressed trauma.
-Cut-throat's name is Madoc, and i'm of the belief he doesn't have a school affiliation at all, at least that's what i got from the Journey story. The schools were formed a bit later after the creation of first witchers (which Madoc is heavily implied to be, given his first-hand experience with Alzur), after the Order of Witchers disbanded and its key members set out to found the schools. to be completely fair, the timeline is wonky as hell because like, mages live longer than usual and witchers do too but the creation of witchers isn't that far into the past from the books/games (very roughly 300 years), so by the time Alzur died (Journey story), the schools might have been estabilished or even well into the second generation of witchers (i approximate Vesemir to be third gen), but either way, cut-throat is Madoc, not Barmin, and it's implied he died with Alzur by the end of the Journey.
-the spirit in the tree/whispering hillock/She Who Knows has been confirmed to be the mother of the three crones, her gwent card art is her forming Brewess (gwent.one/image/gwent/assets/card/art/max/2050.png ) and as for the Freya theory... Freya is essentially the Skellige version of Melitele, three faces and all. her/their existence is slightly more ambiguous (although implied to be real) than the crones', who, as well as SWK, have physical form and interact with commoners quite a bit. And the latter's intentions and demands also seem to be much more grey area or straight up hostile and cruel, as opposed to Melitele/Freya.
-cats, like all common animals in the universe, are pre-conjunction creatures. They are however, unlike, say, bears, drawn in by magic (which only appeared during conjunction), being more sensitive to it. Since witchers have a weird aura, maybe it just puts cats off... i think maybe connecting cats to magic was just Sapko's way to create a grounded spin on "witch with a pet cat" trope?
-as for Dandelion being immortal, this one is pretty easy: Sapkowski messed his own timeline while writing Season of Storms. :D
there are a few more cool theories: Witcher 3 Dijkstra actually being a doppler because he acts so painfully ooc; the in-universe belief that Falka or her child had elder blood (but this one is easily disproved); what if Iris von Everec had elder blood (one of my favourites); Erland of Larvik (the founder of Griffin school) and Arnaghad (the founder of Bear school) are actually bitter exes,...
Sapko is very vague with lore and worldbuilding that doesn't relate to the story he wants to tell, so there's a lot of room for creating semi or non canon content - and/or theories.
the shrek stuff is quite funny though.
On the subject of Roach. My mother-in-law names all her dogs some slight variation on the same name she only has one dog at a time. It is clear it's because she wants to always honor and remember the pup before and before and before. It's chain of love extending all the way back to her first pup. So when I first played Witcher and found out about Roach I instantly assumed that was why he always had a Roach.
I really loved this video, however there are two things that I would like to criticize/correct:
1) The Catriona is not extremely similar to the bubonic plague, it IS the bubonic plague, just with a different name.
2) I disagree with the notion of Toussaint being doomed. As my username might suggest, this topic interested me a bit too. :-D
The name of Mount Gorgon and everything around there is likely due to the fact of the mountain terrain being extremely treacherous in the winter month with snow storm plaguing the landscape. This is revealed by the names of the mountain passes near Mt. Gorgon like e.g. Pas Sansmerci, meaning "without mercy". This said however, I would speculate that the volcano that is responsible for all the volcanic ash is Mont Crane (the one with a hansa in the castle on top), which now largely only remains as a volcanic neck. This is further evidenced by the Ardaiso-quarry of marble/limestone situated at the base of Mont Crane. This is typical for submarine volcanoes, where reefs form on their flanks. This means that either the volcanic-derived soil could be from eroded pillow-lava (which is typical for marine low-viscosity lava systems) or a deposit of volcanic ash, as volcanoes can show explosive characters under and above the sea. What exactly happened here cannot be stated, but anyway: I would speculate that all volcanic activity in Toussaint is long gone and there is no threat of eruption there anymore.
Thanks for the in depth explanation! 1, is most likely true, that Ciri did go to a place that was considered Earth and picked up the Bubonic plague, but I'm not sure if it's been 100% confirmed anywhere that it is actually the Bubonic plague? It could have also just been a paradox where Ciri was just obtaining the Catriona plague from the future.
2: This is amazing analysis and I hadn't actually thought of this before! Will have to include this in a follow up video if I end up doing one!
@@natiscool This could be the case. I mean; sure, it's not 100% confirmed that it is the bubonic plague, but I just looked in the book (granted: German version may have some differences to the English or Polish version) and there it is described that Ciri arrived at a port where boats lay at quais and wooden poles and a channel runs through the port. This sounds quite similar to Venice. Houses where infections happened were also marked with a white cross - as was done in our world. Moreover the infected people there had ulcers on their bodies and the disease was transmitted by a flea. Now while this does not say 100% that it is our world (you are technically correct there), I would say that it is 99,9% sure.
Thanks, that would be an honour. One thing that we have to keep in mind however is that Toussaint is surrounded by mountains and some rivers show really strange travel patterns. Meaning, what we know of the world is not always consistent with geology, therefore we have to take everything with a grain of salt.
Good read. Thank you.
My favorite Witcher deep-lore fantheory is this:
Later on in the book series we are introduced to a scholarly sorceress born hundreds of years after the deaths of the main characters named Nimue verch Wledyr ap Gwyn. Nimue grew up on the tales of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri since childhood, and she can be said to be obsessed with their story. She collected book after book of the legends of Geralt and Ciri and keeping them in her own personal library at her lake-house (hence her getting the nickname: "The Lady of the Lake").
One of the framing devices in the final book in the series (also called "Lady of the Lake") is Nimue hiring an oneiromancer named Condwiramurs Tilly to go over these ancient manuscripts and paintings to use her powers to magically dream up the "true" ending to the story for her.
Now think of all those books on Nimue's bookshelves. What if Geralt and Yen actually did die at the end of the books and stay dead? Wjhat if the events of the games are not exactly canon, but are rather "in-canon" as other stories about the Witcher, with each differing choice and story-path being written by a different author? Same with the show or the comic books: all stories written over the centuries now resting on Nimue's bookshelf.
Ancient authors would depict Geralt siding more with their nations and factions they themselves were sympathetic to. "Team Yen" and "Team Triss" would be two actual in-world factions of writers and scholars arguing with each other. Perhaps Witcher 3's omission of Emhyr's incest-plan from the books is due to that story being written by a Nilfgaardian author? The possibilities are endless.
I thought about using that as a way to make the games fit with the canon, despite the differences. But, with how impactful Geralt's actions were on the world, it doesn't work.
The fun thing about Geralt, is that while his story is a well known legend in the Witcher world, his action weren't that impactful. If you look at the in-world, Geralt isn't really mentioned when it comes to historical events. It's a neat thing, that while he did influence quite a lot, it was done in such a way, that historians have no way of knowing about it.
You could say, that in historical context, Geralt appears, I would say, 4 times total. Removing the curse from Foltest daughter, when Duny arrived in Cintra, Thanned Coup and Battle at the Bridge. All of his other actions were basically unnoticed, and that's why there are so many different versions of what has happened.
In games, Geralt is a much more important person the world. In W3 alone, you can impact who is the ruler of Redania, Temeria, Skellige, Nilfgaard. This kind of impact would not go unnoticed, it's too big compared to Geralt's actions in the books.
It could work, if the games had the unreliable narrator, but they don't really have that. In the books, we see what really happned and with in world texts we see that the world remembered all of it very different. Games don't really do that.
What if Geralt wasn't one person, but multiple people and all the stories were embellished over time? What if he didn't actually walk on water or get resurrected?
When Yen starts teaching Ciri magic, she says that magic is pouring out of the ground and Ciri has to learn to feel it. She also says that cats feel this magic and are attracted to it. Maybe cats are not monsters, but at least they are magical
There is a note in the Witcher 3 that is talking about Cthulhu, you can find it on the Skelige Isles in the possession of a pirate at an island with a destroyed fortress.
I'm pretty sure in Wither 3 Gwent it's stated as a Dwarven invention.
Yep! This is in Gwent: A History, which is one of the main reasons why I don't think that this is true.
It's also said in the books as the first appearance of Gwent is when Zoltan and other dwarves introduce it to Geralt and his friend
Literature is meant to be interpreted but the last wish Geralt made was something along the lines of “to be together forever” which is why despite separating all those times they came back. The two of them could effectively live together but a mage will likely die and a Witcher most certainly will. But they still cheat death individually and together a lot. Even in their death in the books they’re brought to to the isle of mists to effectively be together forever.
video starts at chapter 3 (6:55)
no hate towards the video, just helping those that wants to get into the iceberg immediately :D
Based, thanks my dude
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in my Opinion : Witcher III Goty editions
is the BEST game i’ve ever Played 🕹🇵🇹🎮💻🖥
Cring
@@peachyjam9440 if you don’t agree
That’s fine 🖥
With Jaskier stumbling into events, I wouldn't be surprised if he stumbled into a fountain of youth
In the last expansion of the Gwent multilayer game we were given a bit of a backstory for She Who Knows. There's no chance she's Freya...apparently she is as enigmatic and old as life itself and has traveled all over the world in search for her own origins and the meaning of life. Really interesting story/character.
Wolves asleep amidst the trees
Bats all a swaying in the breeze
But one soul lies anxious wide awake
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths
For your dolly Polly sleep has flown
Don't dare let her tremble alone
For the witcher, heartless, cold
Paid in coin of gold
He comes he'll go leave naught behind
But heartache and woe
Deep, deep woe
Birds are silent for the night
Cows turned in as daylight dies
But one soul lies anxious wide awake
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths
My dear dolly Polly shut your eyes
Lie still, lie silent, utter no cries
As the witcher, brave and bold
Paid in coin of gold
He'll chop and slice you
Cut and dice you
Eat you up whole
Eat you whole
41:00 I love the attention to detail in W3 cats always hiss at you as soon as you walk into a town
20:00 "Gwint" is derived from German "gewinnt" (wins or winning) in a contracted form prevalent in Sylesian and Pommeranian dialects of German (both areas with mixed German and Polish people before WW2).
What happened after ww2 😐
@@20jumps All former German areas east of the rivers Oder and Neisse plus the eastern part of the island Usedom were incorporated into Poland with the exception of the northern part of Ostpreußen which became the Russian oblast of Kaliningrad (former Königsberg). Many Germans of those regions fled direction west, some could stay in Poland. But in communist Poland, there was no place for the German language. All had to learn Polish and speak it. If one was caught speaking German in the early years they could face retribution. But even later (from the 70ies onward) speaking German was frowned upon. Many Germans still living in Poland (and all the other communist countries of the Warsaw Treaty) have moved to (West)-Germany. As long as they can prove German lineage they are considered German by the administration.
@@twinmama42 ah thank you
I love how professionally this video is made and still keeping things light with good jokes here and there.
To the Dandelion aging theory. It is said in the Season of Storms a potion stat slows aging is indeed a thing and a reason why mages and sorceresses don't seem to age, invented by master Ortolan. It should be the next or few paragraphs after the arbalest gatling gun mentioned in the scientific revolution theory section. It also contains mention how some inventions of mages are being sabotaged not to get out.
In one of the books (at work and poor memory), Dijkstra comments something like Dandelion is 40, looks 30 and acts 20 (ages probably wrong because again, poor memory and no access to books right now). So Dandelion looking far younger than his age (and acting even younger than that) is canon, at least according to Dijkstra :)
Geralt absolutley has a connection with his horse, regardless of the banal name he assigns them. In the books, he got a horse during baptism of fire and constantly preached about how he couldn't wait to get rid of it, get a new one, or abandon the current one - yet he never did, even when he had ample oppurtunity to do so.
So yea, Geralt appreciates and cares for his horses deeply, more than he ever verbally expresses.
The cat thing is really that cats are associated with a lot of magic in folklore like having 9 lives and giving you bad luck. Also the cats hissing at Witcher’s is more of like a trope, just like how children in the witcher always scoff at geralt
You forgot the theory that Triss Merigold is Shrek's granddaughter
Fun fuct In Polish versions same voice actress dubbed both Princess Fiona and Triss
One of the best iceberg videos I have seen! Your explanations are clear and you clearly know The Witcher universe :D
Thanks Neko, really appreciate that confidence boosting comment! :)
Let's gooooo
Thank you for taking the time to do this video! :D
Thanks! Thank you for taking the time to watch this video! :D
I absolutely hate the fact that The Shrek Is in the Witcher world theory makes actual genuine sense
I've been waiting for someone to upload an iceberg video about the Witcher. Thanks bunches.
Surprised there hasn't been one! Hope it surpassed your expectations!
@@natiscool yeah I'm genuinely surprised lol. And if your wondering yes it did surpass my expectations just like your video about ds1 and Skyrim, keep being great man👍
Ur alright boah
@@barrybananas2737 Thanks mah boah
Unseen elder is definitely a very important character, but also completely missable.
My favourite theory about dandelions youth is that roach is part unicorn and spending time around her and geralt dramatically slows his age because of her magic.
Really stupid but fun
A unicorn eunoch
I never though about the translation of Roach, in Spanish is "Sardinilla" the name they gave to Roach, and it's that, a sardine, absolutely perfect.
The great thing about the Witcher is that after reading the books, you play the games and then there are easily another couple hundred hours of Witcher lore and speculation videos like this one. Being a Witcher fan is a fulfilling thing.
I love the idea that, similarly to such relationships in real life, the seemingly odd relationship between Geralt and Dandelion has no concrete definition. Sure it *could* be a Djinn “curse”, but ultimately they are both better off for it.
One could say it goes along with Geralts unnatural luck. That he survived the modified Trials, multiple deaths, immortal demigods, and being hunted by entire kingdoms is testimony to that despite the hardships he faces.
Maybe we all feel life is like that sometimes and that’s why we like him so much :)
Wow, this is one the highest quality icebergs I’ve ever seen ! Outstanding job
Thanks Henrique! Put a lot of effort into this so glad it's turned out well!
31:42 There is a potion that halts the aging process in Season of Storms, but only mages have access to it. Just because Dandelion doesn't age in the show due to constraints, it doesn't mean that he doesn't age in the books.
One aspect that wasn't mentioned by you in regards to the verge of scentific breakthrough is that it is actually a theme in Witcher 3. It may therefore not be canon but at the end of the druid questline there is a brief moment where geralt discusses the fact that monsters seem to leave this world and making witchers irrelevant. But is not only referred to the harmful monsters and spirits but to all magical elements being pushed out of the world in favor of scientific progess. The people are stopping the believing in their old traditional ways which weakens the monsters and spirits.
The Freyja / Crones theory makes me even MORE confused because I thought the Crones were supposed to be based on Baba Yaga?
While I agree that Baba Yaga was likely a strong inspiration, the three Crones are also heavily reminiscent of the Norse Norns, the three women who would weave the threads of people's fate and sever them in Norse mythology, like the Fates in Greek mythology and like Weavess' magical tapestry of human hair in the game. There's also some Hansel and Gretel as well as other European folklore involved. They are missing the quintessential flying mortar, pestle and broom as well as the house on chicken legs, which I'd say are somewhat referenced in Blood and Wine by the witch in the Land of a Thousand Fables, though that one's actually supposed to be a reference to Hansel and Gretel. Bottom line is that the Crones are a whole concoction of references to folklore and I could swear that I've seen something similar to She Who Knows and her daughters in European folklore. Really cool and sinister design alluding to the even darker pagan origins of many folktales (like Baba Yaga likely originating from an old Slavic goddess of death).
They look nothing like Keanuo Reeves though
In the second season of the netflix series, someone complains that one of dandelions songs "was too complicated" and "took him until the fourth verse to figure out there were multiple timelines". This was a joke about the first season, and how it confusingly had multiple timelines. This could mean that the story being told is through Jaskier's perspective, and that is part of the shows explanation for how he barely ages.
I like to think that Nibbles isn't actually a cat, but actually a doppler spying on Geralt. They could be at the employ of Dijkstra or possibly even Nilfgaard, as both would have a vested interest of keeping an eye on Geralt.
Or maybe gaunter odimm spying on geralt
Roach does not mean cockroach. Roach is a type of fish.
This is clear in the Polish version. The horse is named after a common fish.
the is also another novigrad in croatia located in Zadar county
I once was at writer's corner with Andrzej Sapkowski when he visited Kyiv maybe 10 years ago. He really hated talking about witcher and almost despised one guy in Geralt's cosplay. It was funny.
Geralt watching this video and realizing he's bound to Dandelion, "welp. Time to find another Djinn"
The shrek Witcher theory is now official in my head and no one can tell me otherwise
Vampire under Novigrad - more likley he opened an investment account in Vivaldi bank and just wants to wait for profits.
If you ever wondered why vampires are so rich... Thats's why.
These videos you make are pure art
bombs and fireworks existed in the late medieval period, there are even "feuerwerker handbücher" which are books about making fireworks and other incendiary devices.
0:57 As the owner of 3 cats, I can confirm they should be higher up in the chart lol
As a Polish person I can attest that roach has nothing to do with cockroach. It's just a direct translation of płotka, which is a type of fish. Cockroach in the original language of this series is karaluch so english similarity is just a coincidence.
Dandelion is basically hocking Gwent like it is his version of Raid: Shadow Legends.
Man geralt gets around
42:02 Actually, it's cats AND dragons, not just cats.
"quite a loose adaptation" is a understatement, Netflix butchered it
In reference to ciri was in cyberpunk.
In the lady of the lake there is a short paragraph within the games universe that is written by a newspaper in London (our world) the newspaper discusses the story of a girl appearing out of no where on top of a black horse ( this girl is ciri) the date of the newspaper is given as 1904 I believe. But Ciri exists in our world as a game character, but in the Witcher universe she has been to our world which views her as a game character. The same fact could apply to cyber punks world.
Love the vid. Can see you put a lot of work into it and am looking forward to seeing more icebergs in the future!
The Vampire lore from the B&W dlc was added later, so it is more detailed. The vampire quests in novigrad were made before and then later slightly retconned.
Ended up starting this video when i replayed the witcher little over a year ago, never got around to finishing it... But since Next Gen update came out this popped back into my feed and couldnt be happier... thanks for all ur work and, happy holidays from the time of writing this
Dandelion can't be the inventor of Gwent, otherwise the "Dandelion" card would be some OP card.
Agreed, it would be 15 points, unburnable, and would double all attack values for ranged troops.
*special effect:* Your opponent must remove all their clothes.
when u streaming again?
Had to put streaming on the back burner to get this video out, and need to take a break from content creation for a bit to reset, hopefully streaming then goes back on the agenda!
I know this is a very old video but I remember that in on of the books it was stated that the lodge surprised the reaserch on gunpowder.
For the fireworks point, blueprint could be just similar to geralt's bombs.
Loving these iceberg videos. Just watched your other two. Keep up the amazing work!!!
Quick correction to the timeline you presented in the introduction: Season of Storms does chronologically take place around the time of The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny, but that book was not released until after The Witcher 2. Also, the show never adapted anything from Season of Storms and ended season one with the end of The Sword of Destiny, so I doubt they are going to do anything or much with that book.
Thanks for this correction Wynn!
Personally, I'm a big fan of the theory that humans came to the Witcher world after causing the apocalypse on ours in the nearish future. IIRC, in the Lady of the Lake, Ciri briefly travels to a desolated world where she sees what could be interpreted as a motor way. Some of the elves also make snide comments about how humanity destroyed their world, so why should they be trusted with this one? This would also explain why the sciences in the Witcher are so advanced compared to our own dark ages. The scientists of our world would have traveled there, too, and gotten a head start, learning magic on the way to eventually lead to the sorcerers and magic circles we see in the series. It would also explain why people worship gods that are also worshiped irl, such as Freya.
33:17 Alzur and Malaspina didn't create witchers to fight monsters. They sought to create a perfect human being, faster, stronger and immune to aging.
21:37 because NPCs don't exist in the Witcher Universe. If you are theory craftong, then its not just a random vampire. He has a backstory that we don't know.
I went to check my ebook version of Baptism of Fire mentioning the dwarves playing cards, and even though it is an English version, it says 'Screwed' and not 'Barrel'.
What the hell am I reading??
You'll be reading a fan translation as opposed to the later official translation. :)
Addressing the roach issue, in my family we do the same with our dogs. Always naming them either Conti or Kingo, to make them all live as succesors but also as their own beings. But ultimatly so we never forget them because we deeply love our them
31:37 yes there is ! such a potion exist, in season of storm the last book you litterally meet the old and decrepit mage Ortolan who invented (a little late for himself) the potion to stop everyone from aging, if I don't misremember it's also stated that the potion is not spread between the non magic population as a means of control except the mage that invented it doesn't know that, and think that all the people are immortal
I expected to cast my view around the Afterlife or some other area of Night City and have Ciri be sat somewhere very subtly. The sort of sweeping the room with V’s eyes before noticing Ciri in my periphery and looking back to get a better look but she’s gone. I saw the magazine with her on the cover which was cool, I just expected more.
Vesemir master was shown during the netflix movie : Nightmare of the wolf, poor bastard died.
9.25 The saying goes, you can tell a gelding, ask a stallion, but must negotiate with a mare….and pray if it’s a pony! 😂In my experience stallions are more biddable than mares, if handled correctly.
The way they portrayed Foltest in the first season of the Netflix show. It made sense to me 'cause I just thought he was depressed or something about his daughter being a monster.
Nah, they portrayed him that way to villify him, that's all. (Also Triss was not there, Geralt met her in a completely different circumstances)
Trial of grasses hit shrek like a freight train
Bro put a fact checker bar in his video game conspiracy theory video 💀💀💀💀💀
Imagine the end of the fight with Eredin you should ask him for what about a round of gwent
That sponsor scene warranted a like
"They've studied the world a whole lot more than me"
IDK man, Netflix showrunners don't seem entirely literate let alone studied... I'll give ya that when it comes to Cavill tho
The theory about technology: a second conjunction could wipe all technology from the world.
Any advancements would be set back decades.
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Regarding the Last Wish, you forgot to mention that in the books, when Geralt dies, Yennefer dies almost immediately after him. And it's kinda ambiguous why, maybe she died of grief, maybe the spell drained her, or maybe since the Wish somehow intertwined their fates Yennefer couldn't stay alive because Geralt had died.
But it had to be unintentional side effect? Why would you wish that other one stays alive only if you do? It would be dumb, unless it was the only option.
The Maiden, Mother and Crone mentioned by npcs is an obvious reference to the tripple goddess, present consistently in the lore. The crones of Velen are inevitably influenced by the theme but there are far from being the core of the theme. Gotta love fan theories based in ignorance. :C
Omfg, that GENDER NEUTRAL deep dive for Roaches name. Gosh. It’s just a common name, there is no big deal in it.
There is also graffiti in Cyberpunk that reads “Cintra Rulez! -Ciri was here.”
When Cyberpunk was announced and people realised Ciri was referring to Cyberpunk before it was announced, CDPR were often asked if there would be a Ciri Easter egg in Cyberpunk to which they replied "We're not Kingdom Hearts"
3:43 I had to pause because my side hurt from laughing, i need to watch the hexer
Weird that you think Ciri being in Cyberpunk isn't plausible. There's a playable arcade machine called Roach Race that plays exactly like the google chrome dinosaur game. Among a lot of other references, Ciri (presumably) has the high score under the nickname "Z1RA3L."
Tolkien and by extension Peter Jackson had such vast imagination and vision when it came to differing races/species and cultures in a fantasy world. The Elves are elevated, regal and clearly depicted as ancient beings that has transcended the trifling squabbles of lesser beings. Moving and conducting themselves with such grace and elegance , you can clearly see they are of a superior civilisation. It gives the elves (Every faction) a unique feel and atmosphere to them.
The same unique/different feel is also captured within the Witcher games, the elves feel like a race elevated to that of the humans / dwarves and so on.
In contrast, Netflixs creations are all so generic, bland and decrepit , with absolutely no difference between humans, elves or dwarves. Netflix propaganda writers just want to create a world they want to see, a decrepit , homogenous pit of gray excrement , every fantasy species/race/faction consist of every earthly race, white, asian,black, indian , there is absolutely zero distinction to any faction or people group. It is just a cauldron of mediocre ,braindead cussing people with malformed ears. The world the woke cult wants to see.
Regardless of Henry Cavill’s perfect casting and his enthusiasm and love for the games and books, from the get go I knew ‘’Not the Witcher’’ on Netflix would be dead on arrival.
It was like giving a piece of priceless art to a shit fisted chimpanzee , only there to smear its feces all over the existing canvas.
I was excited for season 1 only because of Cavill ..but as always in today's age of the Woke feminazi cult, I immediately saw them relegate Geralt … the namesake of the franchise to the background to promote the diverse females in their propaganda piece.
Thus I have refused to even continue entertaining the very notion of Netflix’s NOT the Witcher.
I really don't mind companies wanting to make money. What I do mind, and despise is when talentless , visionless dim-witted cretins, don't have the brains to create anything new in their image, so instead they take well loved, richly culturally based (European culture) stories ,created by vastly superior minds and corrupt them, defile them and distort them with only one aim, promoting the propaganda of their fascist ,feminist woke cult. That I will not abide by.
‘’The Shadow that bred them can only mock,it cannot make: not real things of its own. I don’t think it gave life to Orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them…’’ - Frodo, The Return of the King.
Evil Is Sterile. It cannot create, cannot imagine or have new ideas, certainly cannot produce new forms of life, It may be able to propagate, but only in the manner of The Virus or The Corruption, by turning everything into more of itself.
Beings who have fallen under evil control, whether they are Reforged into a Minion or taken over by their Superpowered Evil Side, become cruder and twisted versions of themselves. They may gain power, but they lose crucial aspects that once made them special, and will probably not behave very intelligently.
Ultimately, the hope of this kind of evil is to, at best, corrupt the whole world into being just like itself, and at worst, destroy everything. The possibility of making something new and different is anathema to it.
1 Corinthians 15:33 - Don’t be deceived, bad company corrupts good character.
Isaiah 5:20 - 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Each year Hollywood/Netflix/Amazon/Disney/Modern ‘’Entertainment’’ CNN/BBC/Fox, evolves further and further into the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
It doesn't aim to entertain/provide factual news, it’s only aim is to emulate Joseph Goebbels , mastering the art of spreading the Propaganda of their Woke feminazi cult.
Nah nah nah.
Cats are just "beasts/animals" with a sensitivity to Magic/lay lines.
Cats are known to lay or group up at lay lines and just...sit there. No-one can actually explain WHY they do this. This is not just a Witcher thing.
well small loophole in your horse theory. in a world of cars and planes, no horses arent important, in worlds where those advanced travel accomodations arent available, a horse is extremely important as its the fastest way to get around. geralt may not like his horse (or he does) but it is definitely important to him.
You just ignored the fact that the reason Geralt hates that specific horse because he hasn’t had it for long. And because of how slow and disobedient it is he hasn’t even named it Roach. He rides it after losing Roach as a temporary replacement between Roaches
They should make Witcher magic the gathering cards to make gwent real
The way you present your sponsor is amazing.