#falka

Contrast that with Angoulême, who is very much a foil character to Ciri and the Rats, she gets to tell her own story of abuse and becoming a bandit, to Geralt and the rest of the company, and it humanizes her

And they don't really have distinct personalities outside of just delighting and violence and killing and enjoying stealing and pillaging gold, and fancy clothes and jewelry, and also fisstech, Sapkowski is normally an excellent character writer, even with characters without tons of page time have distinct personalities.

Was this supposed to be the author's take on "A Clockwork Orange"? teenage ruffians dressed to the 9s, enjoying a bit of the ol ultraviolence, if so, it never addresses any of the themes explored in that book/ film, the only one it does sort of address is the tendency for victims to repeat the cycle of violence, especially sexual violence, which is something I don't see talked about in fiction very much

But it isn't touched upon nearly enough as a topic of this weight requires. Mistle, despite having one of the most horrific backstories in the Witcher novels, I often see fans describe her as one of the most hated characters in the books, and I think that's because how that experience affected her from her perspective is never told or shown to us (beside the obvious of her having no concept of consent, becuase in her mind what she is doing to Falka isnt nearly as violent and horrible as what was done to her)

I think I know what was missing with them, we needed to see their low points not just their spoils and partying, we need to see what they run from with their contempt, the night terrors, the PTSD flashbacks in the middle of raids, the drug withdrawal