#zamachowski’s jaskier is also such a SCOUNDREL

[gayregis]

went to watch the hexer because i was like hmm i just want to see how it is and ITS SO MUCH BETTER THAN NETFLIX* (see note). WOW. this just goes to show that you don’t need a high budget and good cgi to make a better show. you need good writing and to follow through on the themes of the original that you’re adapting from 😳

i watched episodes 7 & 13 (adaptations of eternal flame + edge of the world and something more) and while much got cut from eternal flame it was pretty true to message... that people fear dopplers because they think that they are unique individuals, are scared that dopplers know their thoughts... also i love the scene with vespula 😭. also basically edge of the world was perfect except that the timeline was messed up so that it isn’t geralt & jaskier’s first adventure, and also if this was made today with a large budget cgi could have helped (but that’s not smth they had control over so im not complaining abt it, i think they did really super well for what they had (like with lille and her scene at the end). jaskier being in something more got cut but tbh his role in that is so unimportant and it’s really just a scene for geralt to learn that cintra was razed and to say his thoughts. yurga also wasn’t travelling in ygsith, but like, they have a limited budget and amount of sets, and it didn’t hurt the overall message. the scene where geralt and ciri reunite literally did kill me though and i cried. the actress playing ciri is really cute and small and zebrowski just picks her up and holds her like omg 😭😭

also roach dances so much, and it’s funny because it’s accurate to the story, but i think the horse that zebrowski was on was just flighty...

there are some kinda weird things the hexer did, like they kinda pulled some geralt/toruviel and jaskier/dudu lines and actions (which is just kinda confusing imo) but it wasn’t like, overbearing? idk what was going on so i just ignored that in view of the positive light. also there are some just non-canon things they added in (like geralt meets toruviel and another elf again) but it’s all really in-character (geralt doesn’t crave violence and just wants peace with them, jaskier also goes off and buys a stylin’ outfit), so i didn’t mind.

also geralt in the hexer dislikes kaer morhen because they changed it so that he was taken as a boy and not given up by visenna willingly, so geralt thus hates KM and loves visenna (instead of the opposite in the books where geralt is happy to be with his wolf brothers and is bitter towards his mother for abandoning him). so at the end when he takes ciri it’s a bit unclear as to where he’s taking her, but it makes for more of a better ending for the hexer specifically, since they didn’t make any more episodes and thus can’t go forth into the Saga Proper — at the end of the hexer, i got the implication that they’re just going to live and geralt will raise ciri as a normal child and not a witcher. geralt also mentioned his friends being dwarves, elves, and “jaskier who writes songs and sings wonderfully,” so i also am guessing that they would just travel as ciri grows up and spend time with geralt’s friends ... which is a very happy concept to consider. is kind of awkward though of course because they never got to the saga, that yennefer doesn’t have a place as her mom yet.

also i havent seen the whole thing (ive seen eps. 1, 2, and 11 besides the two i just watched) idk if they adapted sword of destiny in a good way. i know they adapted a question of price but i havent seen that ep yet. so im still thinking but just the way that they adapted most of these scenes by just taking the books and making them scripts really helped like... everything. i just enjoyed it way more because it felt like they respected what was written by taking it word for word mostly. they just changed some things to make it more appropriate for the television format (like the thing abt geralt not liking KM, etc) but they did it in a way i enjoyed (like the backstory for geralt is pretty well done, it has tension and stuff. it does change who geralt is as a character an imperceptable bit though). i know some people may hate that they just basically took the books exactly for what they are and then formatted it to fit their time frame of 13 episodes, but to me that’s the kind of adaptation i wish for.

TLDR: why does everyone hate on the hexer this shit slaps. fuck netflix lmao* (see note).

* except joey i like him he has my complete favor. even if he is a little too much of a scene-stealer and makes everyone else on screen look bad bc he does so well lol.