#i don't know if it makes sense i just sort of wrote without thinking slskdlsjo

[melodyofgraves]

You mentioned the witcher, so now I'm curious what do you think of the book Vs the TV series (Netflix or the original polish)?

It got a little longer than I intended so I’m putting it behind the “read more”.

I watched the Netflix series a couple of years after I read the books so I didn’t remember a lot of things. And I usually try to watch TV series/movies based on books as a separate thing anyway so I won’t get disappointed with all the things from the book they changed or didn’t include.

I know the Polish series the least since I was too young to watch it when it came out so I’ve only seen re-runs and a few episodes online. Some things aged like milk in my opinion but I think it gets more hate than it deserves.

The books are obviously more detailed and have this, I don’t know, vibe to them that I love. It’s hard to put them down. Maybe it’s just nostalgia but they’re still really fun to read. 😅 And I’m excited to see how some of the stuff from later parts are approached in future seasons of the series.

Because the Netflix series was cool! It sure had a way bigger budget than the original one so it was more, you know, wow! It was also one of the very few series I watched with Polish dubbing because I really liked the fact that Geralt’s voice was Michał Żebrowski who played Geralt in the original series. So soon I’ll probably watch the original voices and try to spot the differences in some scenes I’ve heard about. But I’m weirdly happy that Jaskier is called Jaskier in both versions. 😅

I know some fans were angry at the things they changed or the casting but looking at it as a separate thing based on the same story really made it more fun to watch. Would I like some stuff to be more like the original? Maybe, but I never suspected them to transfer the whole book onto the screen and I think what they did with it was still very entertaining. And I’m so happy it allows that story to reach an even bigger audience.

Also, I finally understood why so many people had a crush on Yennefer because of Anya Chalotra.