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roughentumble · 7 months ago

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*holding your hands so tight* together we will love dandelion enough for the whole world. together we will love him for being a little bitch (affectionate)

I really hate when people use the argument of Book/Game Dandelion is misogynistic and sexist to dislike him and prefer Netflix Jaskier over him.

It's genuinely fine to have preferences, not saying it's not okay /gen However, a lot of the time the arguments being made literally just sound like a character having flaws and being a bad person is the most horrible sin in the world, and the only way we can consume characters and media is when they have no flaws and are perfect little blorbos with nothing negative about them.

It's fine to dislike a character when they're doing bad things and have bad views, that's a-okay! It's not okay to act like a character having realistic flaws and being a bad person in their media is the worst crime known to humanity. The Witcher isn't and has never been an escapist fantasy; it's dark and realistic in how it portrays war, people, and human nature. The characters within this world are going to reflect that realism.

As much as I love Joey Batey, I do think that wiping some of that selfishness from Jaskier's character, taking away some of these flaws that he has within the books and games has done harm to the character. Dandelion... Jaskier, is selfish. That is an active part of his personality and his arc throughout the series, and we shouldn't be afraid to see characters exhibiting negative traits and navigating those types of stories.

#also he's a fun foil to geralt!#geralt is an everyman blue collar worker who loves thinking and reading history and discussing philosophy #and dandelion is a rich noble bard who grew up with all advantages and hated school and drank during class #and thinks all of geralt's philosphy is silly and doesnt understand why anyone would read history for fun when its so BOOORING #theyre inversions of who you expect them to be!#which isnt to say dandelion is unintelligent but it DOES serve to make him more interesting and less one-dimensional #dandelion excelled in school despite hating it there and slacking off in class(a total ADHD mood)#meanwhile geralt has to fight against funds and prejudice to get more schooling and yet loves to learn about astronomy and the world!#dandelion thinks the worth of a history book is in how easy it is to hollow out and store a flask in because school wasnt an option for him #it was FORCED on him. often accompanied by beatings #but for geralt higher education(beyond witcher schooling) is a privilege that he thoroughly appreciates because it was his choice #these are interesting facts! they inform so much about the characters!#in a way dandelion has parallels with lambert. forced into lives they didnt want and rebelling because of it.#hit in school when they didnt learn things they never asked to be taught #dandelion managed to remake himself in the image of who he wanted to be but he's still always running from his past #meanwhile lambert never escaped becoming a witcher but he's still haunted by who he's become #sorry. got off track. just. dandelion!!!! my friend dandelion!!!!#i love jaskier i just wish he had more dandelion in him #witcher tag

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