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[thebibliosphere]

feel free to ignore this if you don't have the spoons, but would you recommend the new Witcher show to someone who hasn't played the games/read the books? I keep seeing lots of cool stuff, but most of the people I see talking about it were already fans of the series so I'm a little worried about going in blind. (Also it sucks that the holidays are so draining for you and I hope you feel better soon).

So one big thing I will say, is that the thing they are doing with the timeline? It’s really confusing, even to those of us who have read the books and played the games. I think they’re trying to do something clever with it, given that one of the character’s main abilities is later found out to be time travel, but it kinda falls flat and just comes across as confusing. I hope they will do something to clarify this in season 2, or just, stop doing it cause it doesn’t work well on screen like this. Not without a lot of visual cues or heavy narrative exposition which is what they seem to be trying to avoid for the sake of *spoilers*.

As for the rest of it, I think they explain the world fairly well? It’s very heavily “ye olde European inspired fantasy” so the world itself isn’t that unique or hard to grasp. You’ve seen one big-budget generic fantasy renfaire you’ve seen ‘em all :P

Some of the magic scenes with Yen can be a bit “wait what” but they do a fairly good job of clarifying things imo.

I really am not a fan of how they portrayed Yen’s disabilities, (ie: the true disability is how she looks and not say, the debilitating curve in her spine which apparently does not affect her beyond making her look “ugly”, but that’s able-bodied people writing disabled characters for you) and how she “overcomes” them, but that’s true to the canon source so I wasn’t expecting much. Geralt is really well done, and I will say they seem to have toned down the sexism of the games quite a lot. There was nothing that jumped out at me that made me go “yikes” like some of the games did. So that was a good improvement. 

So no, I don’t think you need to have read the books or played the games to understand it.Mostly it just feels like it’s trying to have fun while not taking itself too seriously. It’s certainly not trying to be GoT which I was worried it would, but mercifully the writers seem self aware enough to realize that’s not what Witcher fans truly enjoy about the franchise. The timeline thing though is just not that well done, sadly, and I could see why some people might be put off by it.

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Gift from @crabcrown for @silvernyxa!!! They don’t have internet, so they asked me to post it on Christmas for you c:

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[musicalrash]

I just got tagged for this over on my art account @crabcrown by the wonderful @humanshapedstress but imma do it on this account (aka my personal account) bc I try not to put anything that isn't art on that blog.

Rules: Tag 5/10 followers/people you want to know better

Name: Madeleine

Nickname(s): Maddy, Mads, Moodle, Maddy-bob, Bob, Steve, Boy (I don't know how to explain half of these)

Gender: Female

Height: 5′3.5″

Star Sign: Scorpio

Sexuality: probably bi or pan but I'm not sure yet

Hogwarts House: I usually get Hufflepuff but I have gotten Slytherin once or twice

Favorite Animal(s): all 10 of my pet sheep

Dogs or Cats: Cats because I own cats but I don't mind dogs

Average Hours of Sleep: 9-10 or 2-3 there is no in-between 

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: three because I can

Current Time: 8:58pm

Dream Trip: I moved to the other side of my country last year, it isn't actually that far but its still hard to find time to go back and visit friends so I would probably go back to visit people

Dream Job: probably something to do with art or graphics, I'm not really sure yet

When You Made Your Blog: April 22nd 2017

Why You Made Your Blog: I just wanted somewhere to post art

Number of Followers: 37 on crabcrown 

Reasons for Your URL: I like drawing crabs and why not

I Tag: @nose-coffee @cake-snake and I don't know who else to tag because I don't really follow that many people so I'm just gonna tag them (you guys don't have to do it if you don't want to)

[cake-snake]

I was tagged by @musicalrash (technically @crabcrown

Name: Heather

Nickname(s): Hey, you. (Nobody wants to give me a nickname, last time I had one, I threw a tantrum. Granted, I was 5, but still no one dares.)

Gender: Female

Height: Five foot Two inches.

Star Sign: Aries

Sexuality: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw.

Favorite Animal(s): Capybarras are friend-shaped.

Dogs or Cats: Dogs, but honestly I’m allergic to both, even my own dogs.

Average Hours of Sleep: as it turns out 6-9 hours.

Number of Blankets You Sleep With: one, but it’s a winter weight do a I stol from my parents, so it may as well be three.

Current Time: 7:22pm

Dream Trip: Disneyland, New York, Washington DC, San Fransisco, and then eloping for a reason to never return home.

Dream Job: I want to be either an actress or a director, but my career path changes every time I get a new hyperfixation, so who knows.

When You Made Your Blog: April, 2012.

Why You Made Your Blog: I got in with the nerds at a new school, and they convinced me that this was a good place. Now I’m trapped here. Please help me.

Number of Followers: 376 apparently. I think most of them are porn bots??

Reasons for Your URL: it was my favourite animal and the last food I ate. I actually did one of those things, and then it rhymed, and the universe told me it was time to change my URL.

I Tag: @aceme8201 @mygardenisasecret and @followedbymercy and those are all of the mutual I speak with, that’s it, that’s all, and if yo think I’m tagging someone I haven’t ever spoken with, you are severely mistaken.

[silvernyxa]

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@crabcrown TYSM I LOVE IT!!

Gift from @crabcrown for @silvernyxa!!! They don’t have internet, so they asked me to post it on Christmas for you c: