>" Honestly, I have a teeny tiny theory that our showrunner might have something against Geralt ;) " share your theory!! also im sad as well but i didnt like the netflix show to begin with so i guess im less sad
Haha, I wonder if I should, because Iâve already lost about five followers right after yesterdayâs post about Ciri and Freya :D. Just to give food for thought, though, which character is the least developed with barely any backstory apart from Visenna and only because that was a scene in the books? Which character got turned into a monosyllabic brute - like from âThe Monstrumâ - but used to be originally someone emotional, kind and philosophical? Which characterâs positive traits/deeds got transferred to other characters (Triss - solving the striga, Marilka - the trick with the fork and the rat, Istredd - thinking of nice things for Yennefer to read telepathically)? Which characterâs good behavior around his friends was turned to bad? Which character didnât get to be tender during his first sex scene with Yen, wasnât shown to be sweet with the new nickname for her? Wasnât painted as selfless, but as selfish with his wish?
Which characterâs bond with a certain lion cub was treated as so unimportant that it was cut out completely because of omitting the most important short story? And turned into âa princess and her bodyguardâ thing instead of âa daughter and her fatherâ dynamic?
Like with Yennefer and Ciri - yes, they were changed too, and of course that not for the better, but from Laurenâs point of view sheâs actually making them your typical âsuperheroinesâ from CW shows (instead of making them strong and complex like Sapko). But, with Geralt, the changes he undergoes paint him as the bad guy more often than not. Look at the fandom and how they used to see him at the beginning. The villain who hurt poor Jaskier ;).
But this is about the characterization. But, about the show in itself? Geralt was used for marketing purposes thanks to Henry, but he wasnât the main character, just the titular. And look at his arc in some episodes when Yen appears too. Geralt is barely in the episode then (like in ep2, for example, around maybe fifteen minutes on screen), his adventure cut down to minimum to make space for all other, more important, and âmore mainâ characters. If you have limited time, you get rid of the unwanted, unimportant stuff. And lets face it: first books were from Geraltâs perspective. Then he shares the spotlight with the other main protagonist - Ciri - and world-building ârandosâ. If it gets to that, weâll have âguest starring: Henry Cavill as âGeraltââ because he wonât get new plots written just for him - I mean, he was the only one who didnât have anything new, but rather cut down xDD. Also, even Henry Cavill was struggling with that:
ââŚI mean. I donât know if youâve read the books, but⌠Certainly the first few. They are very much from Geraltâs perspective. So with the showrunnerâs vision⌠And the perspective is shifted to be almost more of a Cirilla, Yennefer perspective. So itâs about finding my characterâs place, within that vision. And making sure I do everything I can to be as faithful to source material as possible, within the structure set out for me.â
It showed that Henry didnât know what Geraltâs place was in all of that ;). Also, remember that thing lately on social media? With Geraltâs shattered knee and even Lauren admitting that she basically skipped it in the books only noticing:Â âoh, Geralt has some pains, letâs move onâ? Yeah, sounds like a great showrunner who puts so much thought into Geraltâs character :D. And people are praising her for listening to the audience instead of noticing that she shouldâve known about his later struggles - until Toussaint - in the first place, given that she always talks about reading the books 2345678 times ;)
Alright, so that... would be it, because I, apparently, never can write short explanations, haha :D. Thank you for asking ;)!
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