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camouflagedpath · 10 months
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So basically it’s been confirmed that whenever we see Tissaia with her hair down, it’s because something unspeakably awful is going to happen seconds later.
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skirtsarenice · 5 months
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Video game geralt looks like a goddamn puppy. I don’t know how anyone could be scared of this sweet, earnest little man, his eyes go all soft and comforting when he talks. Idk I just get mine therapy dog vibes from him. The fact that I play him as getting distracted by every flower I come across doesn’t help lol.
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theoldgaylion · 11 months
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Me looking at book!Geralt: i want to be him
Me looking at games!Geralt: i want to fuck him
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deacf-coffee-is-a-sin · 4 months
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more of you witcher girlies need to get on elric of melniboné
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twistedappletree · 6 months
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give me the answer to one thing—
tell me, can you hear me?
tell me, can you hear us now?
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zoeysdamn · 9 months
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||The Witcher tarot | Justice | Radovid V||
[Other cards of the Witcher tarot can be found here and on my Instagram art account]
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It was pretty obvious to me to put Radovid on this card. Although I’ve settled the rule to only draw characters from the book series and that he’s technically still a child in those, I couldn’t resist. To me, he’s fed with a deep, gut-wrenching thirst for justice; not because he wants to be morally good, but because he felt like he was deeply betrayed by Philippa Eilhart and the Northern kingdoms. This obsession with bringing himself justice takes a very wrong turn with his witch hunts, but he’s not a completely blood-thirsted tyrant either (I mean, pretty much every ruler in The Witcher Universe is a prick, so he’s not as bad as one another). 
For his clothes, I tried to mix his game’s outfit with some typical 15th-ish century polish noble fashion; I think I failed, I’m by no means a specialist in that field lmao. The fur collar and sleeves are a symbol of his high social status, but also a parallel and opposition to the feathers on Philippa’s outfit (because we do love rival duality). 
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flowercrown-bard · 10 months
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My headcanons for which Witcher would like doing which hobby (aka. me projecting my own hobbies onto them)
Geralt - whittling: it's just practical. He's probably already carrying a knife and there's plenty of wood to be found in the forests. For whittling, you can do rough cuts or you can add details and be gentle with the wood. You can either get lost in repetitive motions and sounds or you can make yourself concentrate really hard. I think the duality of it is perfect for mr "i don't choose sides"
Eskel - knitting: out or all the wolves, he's the one who looks the most frightening but also the kindest and most polite one (If i remember correctly, in the books Ciri was afraid of him when she saw him, but he's really polite to Triss and asks her for help). I think he wouldn't go with a craft like whittling, because he doesn't want people to see him handle something as dangerous as knives for fun. Knitting is about the least intimidating craft. It's associated with grandmas and once he's done, he has something soft and warm, just how he would like to be perceived. Also he's from the hillfolk and i headcanon that his family used to make wool themselves so he working with wool reminds him of his childhood
Lambert - drawing: people don't expect him to have the patience for drawing or the appreciation for beautiful things. So learning how to draw started out as a big fuck you to anyone who dared assume they knew anything about Lambert. Yes, he's full of anger and can be aggressive. But much of his anger is directed at the people who made him a witcher. He hates being a witcher and everything that's associated with that, so for him, picking up an artform like drawing is an act of rebellion. Secretly, it also has a different use: Lambert lost so people. His family, Volthere. Maybe Lambert is afraid of one day forgetting what those people looked like, so he makes sure to drae a picture of everyone he likes, so he can have something to remember them by if they die before him
Vesemir - cooking: his family deserves nice warm meals when they come home. And in a strange way experimenting with herbs is a way for him to cope with the experiments he used to do on the trainees before. It's learning to take this curiosity and ability to combine things and using them for something good and happiness-inducing instead of using it to mutate children
Bonus: Aiden - Embroidery: being able to use needle and thread to fix things is just very useful and with embroidery you get to stab something a thousand times
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haldenlith · 1 year
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I still love Witcher-AU Astarion in my head. As I've rambled before, he comes out quite good in this universe. Exceptionally hard to kill, immune to sunlight, immune to 'holy water' and water in general, doesn't need an invitation, superior strength, can go invisible...
And he's not even a Higher Vampire. He's a mid-grade Mula (they're not used in the game, but they seem to be basically the male counterpart to Bruxa).
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I like that he's got the duality of man-vs-beast going on.
Rambling below the cut:
While he can't quite hide all the hallmarks of his original form (the red eyes, the white/silver hair, the ears... the fangs, though they're not nearly as big), he can still be a pretty boy and leave most people none-the-wiser with a well-placed tale of woe ("I was cursed with red eyes and sharp teeth by a witch, boo hoo!").
He normally keeps everything well hidden, even carrying a sword to use when trouble arises in the public eye (even though his claws are just as sharp). He is willing to let the guise drop under certain circumstances, generally away from prying eyes... or when he knows he can just generally get away with it. (Astarion does so love terrorizing bandits. Nivh tends to call it "playing with his food.")
Usually, Astarion behaves, keeping his jaws off the common folk (when in towns). That's not to say that he keeps his hands to himself. Even in the grim-dark Witcher universe, he's still a hedonist. And this Astarion can taste booze properly. If Nivh can't drag him along on a job, he usually returns to the vampire being neck deep in wine, finery, and women (and/or men), and generally pissing their coin away.
That's not to say he's a total drag on his favorite witcher. He does have a silver tongue when haggling, and generally gets the both of them better opportunities than when Nivh is left to do the talking.
His morals are still very questionable. The only reason Astarion suggests helping anyone is only because there's a potential profit of coin to be made. Money speaks louder than violence in cities, and is power in its own right.
He's still on the run from Cazador, but as long as he stays away from Nilfgard, he's largely free to enjoy the benefits and fun of traveling with an ornery elf-witcher.
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rotisseries · 10 months
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ASKING U ABT CIRI WITCHERS BOOKS? TELL ME MORE
OK SO. the fun thing about the witcher books is that they were written by a Man In The 80s. so you have moments where it's like. oh how unexpectedly progressive of you!!! (very cool pro choice scene) and other moments where it was very much Written By A Man In The 80s. so. miss cirilla fiona elen riannon is actually a PERFECT example of this duality because she is fundamentally a joint main protag like this series is just as much about her journey as it is about geralt's and she's a teenage girl written with a lot of depth and care and compassion. and also sometimes it's just fucking weird. like this series encompasses a large span of time so while she starts the series at like. 12. a large portion of her story happens at like. the 15 to 16 range. so there's like. the occasional weird shit and then there's generally too many. threats of sexual violence against her like I cannot overstate that. a main plot point is that elves want to impregnate her because she has special elven heritage or something idfk I need to reread. BUT. MOST MEMORABLE OFFENSE IN MY MIND. IS THE FACT SHE'S CANONICALLY SAPPHIC (yay) AND IT'S WRITTEN FUCKING WEIRD (nooo) SO. there's an arc where she gets separated from geralt for awhile and he's trying to find her (with a fun little found family btw. while she's like. having the greatest suffering of her fucking life and she's ALREADY lost her grandmother to war and fire atp) and it's the first time she's truly been on her own. she's 15 she's been hanging with him since she was 12 he's been her gruff dad for several years now. so this ends up as kind of a very dark point in her life she first has to survive through this desert and then she gets attacked by bandits??? I think??? older men though which is the main threat. and she's captured and scared and then!! she gets rescued by this teenaged bandit group and this is where it's a dark point in her life bc they are a very toxic friend group for her it's not good these aren't really like. moral bandits like overall her time with them isn't great for her BUT. the first night she stays with them one of the boys in the group tries to assualt her. gently of course. 🙄 but the other girl in the group, (I REMEMBER THIS BITCH'S NAME. FUCKING MISTLE) runs him off but then she ALSO makes sexual advances on ciri SHE LITERALLY DOES THE SAME THING THE BOY DID and CIRI GOES WITH IT BUT IT'S LIKE. THERE'S NO ENTHUSIASTIC CONSENT HERE OR ANYTHING SHE'S UNCOMFORTABLE SHE'S NOT READY I THINK SHE CRIES HANG ON IT'S REALLY BAD LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT LIKE I CAN'T OVERSTATE THIS ENOUGH IT'S TEXTUALLY SEXUAL ASSAULT
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look at this shit.
"but rori," you may say, "this is awful, but why point to this as canon sapphicness? rape is not representation" and you are RIGHT. SO TRUEEE. unfortunately. ciri continues to date this bitch. they have an extended romantic relationship for months. or longer. while ciri rides around with them harassing random villages. SO. CIRI'S ONLY CANONICAL SAPPHIC RELATIONSHIP. WHICH IS MEANT TO BE HER BEING SAPPHIC BTW BC THE AUTHOR SAID SOME SHIT IN AN INTERVIEW OR SMTH ABOUT WANTING TO GO AGAINST STEREOTYPES OR WHATEVER WHERE THE PRINCESS ALWAYS ENDS UP WITH SOME MAN. KEEP THAT IN MIND BTW IT'LL BE RELEVANT AGAIN. BUT ANYWAY. ONLY CANONICAL SAPPHIC RELATIONSHIP AND CANONICAL EVIDENCE OF CIRI BEING SAPPHIC AND IT'S. IT'S FUCKING. IT FUCKING STARTS WITH A RAPE. ANDRZEJ SAPOWSKI I WILL KILL YOU
and then. AND THEN. even better. actually objectively a better situation than this one but it sours it further to me. so she's like? technically bisexual I think? in the sense that she has a female "love interest" and later a male one. but it's just. it's not anything specific but the way it's written is just like. it feels more like he wrote her as a lesbian and then just changed his mind at the last book. because the final book is her telling this man she meets about the shit she went through (this is well after mistle btw like I think it's been a few years) and then they like. leave somewhere together at the end of the book? and it's not really romantic but it simultaneously reads like maybe it's supposed to be (AND OH HEY REMEMBER THAT BIT ABOUT NOT WANTING THE TROPEY ENDING FOR THE PRINCESS WHERE SHE ENDS UP WITH A MAN??) and if yes then it's weird as bisexuality rep because it actually just reads like he wrote her as a lesbian during the worst time in her life and then after she got better and got through it her happy ending is with a man. so. bit weird bit odd. and then the game witcher 3 gives you the option to say she's not in to guys. but also the option to romance a guy. so who even knows. ciri's possible lesbianism/bisexuality is the sexuality schroedingers cat. lmao
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rakocysus · 4 months
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#60
BORUTA story resolves on the loss of the loved one;
Background on Boruta in Slavic neopaganism - Leshy (in Western Slavs name) or Boruta (Eastern Slavs name) is a "demon" who protects the forest. Despite being called "demons", Slavic demons are more akin to Japanese "Kami" - some may be helpful, some maybe spiteful. Boruta (I chose Eastern name, bc I believe would be more readable for French and English audiences as opposed to Leshy) is the neutral spirit of Slavic demonology - meaning, as long as you respect the forest, he'll help you, but if you don't, he won't let you out of the forest. He's still commonly referred in the cautionary tells- since Polish people here love to go to the forest to pick mushrooms.
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Boruta design wise
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He was shown in The Witcher 3 as a sort of antagonistic force, usually in the form of a half-naked man with a deer skull instead of a head - though Mythos describes him as an old man who has mushrooms on his head and looks kinda like Shrek (maybe smells like too) I wanted to change the perception of Boruta a bit; which I mean, not present him as the man; but focus on the subject that's most likely to appear in the Central European forest landscape one of the native Polish animals; Lynx (could go with Bison, BUT Lynx being wild cats has the advantage of audience associating duality - cats are either fluffballs or meanies to society + would be funnier and more flexible to animate than stiff Bison) Pola & Grandma
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Character designs; Pola, Baba and Leshy/Boruta digital; Photoshop
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Character and style experiment; Pola digital; iPad, Procreate
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Pola; Character Poses, pencil on paper
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The story process;
Pola loses her beloved grandma. She and Pola used to be very tied to the forest often foraging forest plants and mushrooms for their village, once Grandma went to the forest on her own and disappeared (died), Pola desperate to find her enters forest, where she chases after Boruta who leads her to her Grandma's headscarf - grieving; he leads her back to the village and Grandma's spirit becomes one with the birds who leave to the south.* (spirits of deceased being carried by the birds leaving for the South pre-winter is one of folk beliefs)
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Pola chasing Boruta; Photoshop
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Pola walk test sketch; TVPAINT
Backgrounds/Settings;
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Pola and grandma's house; gouache
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on-a-lucky-tide · 1 year
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💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕
Ooh, Berry. This one's a toughie.
If These Scars Could Speak
There are a lot of raw feelings in this. It isn't perfect, but I've given each of the characters a unique approach to trauma and grief. Eskel, particularly, was very close to home. A lot of people helped me with this work, either talking to me about their own trauma or assisting in my research.
Duality of Witchers
I liked how Lambert came out in this. His voice and his relationship with Dandelion feels the most organic that I've ever managed to create it. The 10k word limit made me use dialogue and time skips creatively too.
At The Emperor's Feet
I enjoyed writing Emhyr and Letho in this. Their relationship intrigues me and the capacity for power play and sexual tension? Off the chart.
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blog-of-mine-mind · 11 months
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My likely identities of this day:
My name is Eelis Jesper Soininen. I was born on the first of december 2005, 14:45 in Finland, Varkaus. I am 17-years old as of now and live in Finland, Helsinki.
Man ≈ gender
Pomosexual
ENFP ≈ CPT (Cognitive Personality Theory)
4w3 sp/sx 478
Phlegmatic-Sanguine ≈ temperament
EVLF ≈ attitudinal psyche
Sagittarius ≈ western astrology
Rooster ≈ chinese astrology
Swordfish ≈ primal astrology
Ash tree ≈ druid astrology
Numerologically my life path number is 11.
Expression number is 6.
Soul urge number is 4.
Personality number is 2.
In chaldean numerology, my whole name number is 73.
My favourite colors are deep dark magenta, white, bright red, purple and burgundy.
My favourite song is Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones.
I like movies that are raw, brutal and very thought-provoking. Psychological thrillers seem to belong to my favourites. My favourite movies are Fight Club, Iron Giant, Mulholland Drive and Smile.
My favourite games are Cyberpunk 2077, Destiny and GTA V. I used to play games a lot and I was addicted, nowdays I don't play so much at all anymore.
I like to dance. I like to enjoy life.
Wise, perceptive.
Self-loving and embracing.
I love being naked, I love my body.
My favourite characters are Venom Snake from MGSV and Olgierd Von Everec from Witcher 3 and Lucifer. I love the robe and style of Olgierd and the snake-likedness and alluringness in them. The embracement of dualities, mastery.
These seem to be my values. Perhaps even core-values. Authenticity, vulnerability, sincerity, transformation, connection, rawness, brutality, carefree, embracement, freedom.
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Updated in summer of 2023.
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ecoamerica · 1 month
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vesemirsexual · 2 years
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they bond over their scrunkly kids (lambert & gaetan), they divorce over how to raise them, truely the duality of witcher
the most emotionally repressed witchers vs the most emotionally volatile witchers arguing about how to parent (the true secret is not mutating them horribly but you’re not allowed to say that apparently)
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thebookishmum · 1 year
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✨REVIEW✨
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As a fantasy reader one of the main things that can make or break a book is the world building and this book did not disappoint. Yalma is teaming with life and the differences between how the mortals perceive the Gods and how they perceive themselves is palpable. I enjoyed seeing both sides with the mortals believing that all the other Gods are dead and yet we as a reader see the truth from the Gods perspectives.
One of the things done really well in this book is the way in which the Gods feel so removed emotionally and morally from the lives of mortals and yet as they begin to face the reality of their own mortality, and begin to loose their “godliness” they begin to show more mortal tendencies and become a little more human chapter by chapter. The progress is slow for Thrughfur because of his nature but by the end of the book I am fully routing for him.
All of the characters have a duality to them, neither truly good or truly evil. Even the main antagonist of the book has moments that made me feel so sorry for her, and slightly understand where she is coming from.
There are stories within this story that truly show the thought and imagination that has gone into the creation of ‘When all the gods are dead’.
This is the first book in a series and I’m really looking forward to being able to one day read the sequel and find out what happens to Thrughfur and Dewne.
I recommend this book if you enjoy epic high fantasy, it is less than 400 pages and a very enjoyable read. I think if you enjoy books like ‘The Witcher’ and Godkiller then this book is for you.
There is so much more I wish I could say but honestly I don’t want to give spoilers.
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bookcalanthedaily · 2 years
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Sapkowski: Constantly talks hhow Geralt is the Good and Ciri is the Evil and the duality of his world and clearly sets Good and Evil apart. Anon: WITCHER WORLD IS GREY I KNOW BETTER
That is actually a very good point.
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themovieblogonline · 11 months
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The Witcher Season 3 Part 1 Review: A Surprisingly More Uplifting First Half
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The Witcher is a Netflix original series that has consistently delivered in each of its seasons. With the release of The Witcher season 3 part 1, the show once again gives us the continuation of its original story, but with a new tone and approach that may be setting up something much bigger. Read on for my somewhat spoiler-filled review of The Witcher season 3 part 1. Please note that while this The Witcher season 3 part 1 review is mostly spoiler-free, we will discuss the ending of The Witcher season 2. The Witcher Season 2 Recap When we last left The Witcher and his compatriots, things took a dark turn. Realizing that Princess Ciri (Freya Allen) has elder blood within her, we discover that she is prophesied to bring about the destruction of the World, to make it a better place for Elven kind. This is why the Deathless Mother wants her. And the end of season 2 saw Ciri accidentally opening a portal to the world where the Mother reunited with her Horsemen a.k.a. The Wild Hunt, and bring about the apocalypse. Ciri, Geralt (Henry Cavill) and Yennefer (Any Chalotra) make their found family official as they vow to take on whatever threat approaches. Keeping in mind that this is after Yennefer betrayed Geralt by taking Ciri to the Mother, in exchange for her magic. But at the last minute, she saved Ciri instead. While the cliffhanger revealed that the Emperor of Nilfgaard, the main baddie of the first two seasons, is actually Ciri’s father! The Witcher Season 3 Part 1 Review Is Spoiler-Free There is seemingly a subtle shift in tone from season 2 to The Witcher season 3 part 1. While the series initially began as more mature, adult-themed, dark and serious, this season feels more uplifting. At the risk of jinxing it, given there is still a part 2 of season 3 left to release, this season feels sweet, more romantic and, dare I say it, wholesome. The relationship between the three main characters is incredibly sweet and their dynamic has gotten much better. It’s refreshing to see an action and plot-driven show like this choose not to create conflict and drama within the characters with easily resolvable plot points. Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer all being on the same page with one another, bonding and growing feels out of place in a show with brutal killings and monsters. But it’s a very refreshing change. Similarly, other characters also get positive arcs, as season 3 seemingly is setting up a bigger threat and some more interesting things to come. The Witcher Season 3 Proves Conflict Can Come From Outside Sources In many ways, season 3 evolves the character of Geralt in cool new ways. While he accepts Ciri, as well as Yennfer, he also finds closure in some of the other internal conflicts they’ve set up from season 1. Accordingly, it feels like a full-circle moment for many other characters as well. Yennefer is looking for redemption from her former mentor, and Ciri has to reconcile the duality of her powers, her abilities and her status as a princess. Season 3 does a great job of juggling these various character arcs, while also setting the stage for the back half of the season which is sure to be even more intense and surprising. But that’s where the season kind of drags, so far. The Political Machinations Could Lose Some Fans The one complaint I would have about The Witcher season 3 part 1 is just how political the story of the world is. When audiences aren’t with the 3 leads, the story is setting up a massive political showdown between the kingdoms and the various parties with their own agendas. The season relies on the deep technical knowledge of all past events between the Elves, Nilfgaard, the history of Cintra, and many other political goings on. The Brotherhood of Sorcerers plays a huge part in this season, but again, we need to know the details of each character and their history to understand their motivations and scheming now. It’s not a huge complaint, and while all the secretive and suspenseful plot is very interesting, it may definitely lose some audiences along the way. There are also many unanswered questions that hopefully will resolve themselves in part 2. It’s difficult to fully review The Witcher season 3 part 1, knowing that most of it is set up for what else is to come. But overall, the chemistry and dynamic of the lead characters and their individual stories are much more interesting than the larger plot. At least, for now. The Witcher season 3 part 1 is now streaming on Netflix. What did you think of part 1 of this new season of The Witcher so far? Let me know in the comments below or on Twitter at @theshahshahid. Read the full article
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