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    16 days ago

    He left the Witcher franchise for similar reasons - they couldn’t keep to canon.

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      16 days ago

      While he was a walking encyclopedia of Witcher lore, wanting to give fans the best representation/adaption of the source material that could be made.

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      15 days ago

      Not only couldn’t they keep to cannon, they butchered it horribly. The Witcher is set in a world of rich lore and history, almost none of which is explored or explained in that shitful show. The first season is basically the first book put in a blender and strained through a sieve, and the second season, as far as I can tell, is a load of crap. I gave up after that.

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        15 days ago

        I haven’t read any of the books and barely played the games, so I don’t know much about the world. I did enjoy the first season, less so the second, and didn’t make it far into season 3

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          Season 4 is really fun to watch either as a drinking game or as a target for shit-talking with whoever is on the couch with you. I don’t remember any of the plot, which is probably for the best.

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      Didn’t the writers just ignore the source material and thought they could write better? Which made them effectively write fan fiction. And even by those standards, bad fan fiction.

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        15 days ago

        1:30 seconds into episode 1 season 3 Geralt is openly attacking humans. Now I’m sure there’s bullshit that explains it but that’s as far as I made it because fuck Netflix.

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          there is a reason why he was called the butcher of blaviken

          he didnt sell meat

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              15 days ago

              oh scuse me, I didnt realize youre talking about season 3. yeah idk, I didnt watch past s2

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                14 days ago

                I should have been smart like you. Every few months i forget, fire up S3 and then ragequit.

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      15 days ago

      He was perfect for the role too. If they stuck to the story, it would have been an amazing series.