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Netflix keeps pushing me to watch, as someone who has never seen or is at all familiar with the original would you say the setting and story would be chill to delve into headfirst & blind as a bat

Short answer: Yes! Absolutely! There are lots of people watching it who’ve never seen the original film or read any of the spinoff stuff. The show is equally for longtime fans and for new audiences.

Longer answer: So, the thing about the original film is the creators came up with A LOT of world-building lore... that was only barely touched upon in the movie. There have been attempts to release books, over the years, that explain that lore -- with varied success. (I don’t want to talk about the sequel comics.)

But this show is an effort to finally really solidify all that lore, and build upon it, and show it. So the setting and the story they’re telling are pretty fresh, both to long-time fans and to people who’ve never seen anything related to the series before.

Likewise, the show is a prequel! There’s hints as to what happens in the original movie, but IMO the story is accessible to newcomers, and you won’t feel like you’re missing anything.

as someone who only played the first TWO witcher games and read NO books is the plot at all comprehensible ��?

I was wondering about that too, to be honest haha. I haven’t actually read the books, but I played all three games and am familiar with the rough book events, so I found it easy to get “into” the show because the characters and events are at least familiar haha. And it was cool to see them acted out haha

I feel like some parts of the show could be hard to puzzle together if you don’t know about some stuff. I knew about it, but was still confused myself because at that point I still wondering if the show might have switched up and rewritten things LOL (They didn’t really though, I think?) 

I’m sorry it took so long to answer your ask and other asks like it, but I finally got around to making a short list of my favourite fics. These are all Hank/Connor to varying degrees, so if that’s not your cup of tea… Anyhow, in no particular order:

Reconstruction by late40nights

Summary: “Am I in the hospital?” He asks. Connor shakes his head. His brows twitch in that way that tells Hank he’s thinking. His LED blinks fast, yellow to red and back to yellow again. He is considering, with the careful way that Connor considers things, what to say next.

“No.” A pause. “You were. You went out to get coffee grounds and a newspaper on April 16th, at 10:22 AM. A bomb planted by an anti-android organization went off as you were leaving the café.”

Hank looks down at himself. At his hands. They look fine, not even a scorched hair. Hardly the skin of someone who was in the hospital over an explosion.

Why I like it: I’m endlessly intrigued by the idea of Hank dealing with the reality of becoming and being an android, and I think this fic handles it in a very sensitive manner and stays true to Hank’s character, while Connor has to deal with the consequences of his actions.

Call of the Void by danceswithronin

Summary: Connor starts to question himself after catching Rupert. Hank starts to question why he shouldn’t just throw Connor off a roof. But after a split-second decision potentially ruins his relationship with his new partner and threatens the entire investigation, Connor is starting to realize that he might be more than just a machine.

The idea is terrifying.

Why I like it: I have a soft spot for Connor who is still very much torn between being a machine but also quite definitely showing signs of deviancy. This fic, in that regard, is everything I ever wanted.

Software Instability by nyromes

Summary: Connor isn’t really surprised when Hank finds him on the Hart Plaza rooftop. But he needs to accomplish his mission. And Hank refuses to get out of his way.The Lieutenant looks down, at the street below, then lets go of Connor’s wrist and spreads his arms.“Moment of truth, Connor…” he says, but the words lack the force to sound cynical. Instead, he simply sounds tired. His eyes meet Connor’s with an expression that Connor has never been met with before.Resignation, his program provides. Disappointment. Betrayal and pain. And something in Connor suddenly breaks.

Why I like it: I’ve already loved the idea of having a second option for Connor to deviate outside of his conversation with Markus. The rooftop scene would have been ideal, and this fic explores that possibility.

MY TWO FAVES OF ALL FAVES AAAA thank u so much!! 😚😚😚

whoaH this is awesome. going through some of your recent art (Catching Up on what i’ve been missing in other words) damn, im thinking.. ever considered getting an ArtStation?

YOUR ART. it has transcended ;)