#geralt best dad award

[jay-arts-t]

Sometimes I just like to think about what it could've been if Geralt had gotten Ciri right after Pavetta and Duny died. If Calanthe was so weighed down by grief she realizes she can't take care of Ciri. So she orders Moussack to go find Geralt to collect Ciri. Imagining Geralt in a random tavern somewhere in Temeria, slowly making his way up to Kaer Morhen for the winter as autumn is approaching. Him having a gut feeling he should head up early, he thinks it's because something is wrong with Vesemir so he's anxious to make it through. But Roach needs to rest and well, it wouldn't hurt to get some extra supplies for the winter. Certainly wouldn't hurt to get some extra booze so he has relief from Lambert's grating voice on his ears. Besides, he and Eskel can stay up late and drink to their hearts content up in his room like they used to sneak around when they were teens.

Then out of the blue he sees Moussack, and dread fills his entire body. He doesn't keep up with news outside of what Dandelion tells him. So when Moussack is telling him Calanthe is summoning him he's thinking "oh fuck, she's changed her mind and is going to execute me."

But Moussack reassures him he's not going to be harmed. Calanthe is asking for him because of his child surprise. And now Geralt is really worried. What happened to them? Are they okay? Are they hurt? Did they die? They're only a few months old, there's so much that could've gone wrong. So he agrees to go with Moussack.

Calanthe looks a mess when Geralt sees her. Eist is by her side as always, trying to comfort her. Pavetta and Duny are nowhere in sight and it's making Geralt extremely antsy. Calanthe tells him the news, her voice is hoarse from all the crying she's been doing. Geralt sympathizes with them, gives them his condolences. And then that's when he realizes "oh. OH. OH NO". Sure enough Calanthe tells him she can't take care of herself, how could she care for a baby. Geralt refutes telling her "they're your grandchild, I don't want to rip them away-" and Calanthe tells him then it's a girl. And for a split second his brain gives the helpful thought of "oh I have a daughter" and Geralt is having an internal meltdown right there in the throne room. But he can't refuse. His entire basis for not coming back and claiming her is because she has a family who cares about her. But now that family is saying that they can't care for her, not because they don't love her, but because they do. So Geralt agrees to take her.

The first time he meets her he is entirely captivated by how small and precious she is. The moment he holds her he feels overwhelmed with such a fierce protectiveness and he can't help but absolutely adore her. He is trying so hard to stay stoic and unemotional but the moment he's alone with Ciri back in that old tavern he'd been at he just holds her and smiles. If he'd been a normal man, he probably would've burst into tears by how happy he was. (he did later once she got settled into Kaer Morhen, when he and Eskel did end up drinking up in his room. They're talking about the usual things, and then he looked over to her in her makeshift crib and just started bawling. Eskel freaks out and asks him what's wrong and he replies "I just love her so much."... Yes Eskel teared up.)

Then he has to go through the lovely moments of "how the fuck do you raise a baby" which Vesemir watches with so much amusement. Geralt raided most of Kaer Morhen's library and Nenneke's office for books about parenting. (Kaer Morhen has none, unsurprisingly.) He eventually asks Eskel to go to Oxenfurt and grab Dandelion and any books about parenting, childhood development, psychology and women's health he can find. (He is DREADING eventually having The Talk with Ciri but he won't be unprepared.) Dandelion is completely awestruck with Kaer Morhen of course however, nothing shocks him more than seeing Geralt looking bone tired with a 5 month old baby wailing in his arms, trying to soothe her.

"uh... What ya got there, Geralt?"

"H e l p."

Where's Yennefer? What about Yennefer?? Geralt is hesitant at first to even tell Yennefer he has a kid. But she sends him a letter one day, asking him where he is now that it's coming up on spring. (Ciri's first bday!!! Yay!!!! Also oh gods planning a birthday?!?!?!?? That's a thing??????) So he does tell her, and she understandably to her character demands to see this child surprise. So again, sends Eskel on out (pls Geralt, he's your childhood best friend, not your errand boy.) to go get Yennefer. Yennefer storms through the main hall, not even acknowledging Lambert and Vesemir, and right up to Geralt. How did she manage to find her way through the halls without ever being there before? Geralt doesn't know and he's scared by it. Yennefer spots Ciri, who's doing her tummy time. To which she's very fussy about and gives the nastiest glares an almost 1 year old can to her father. Yennefer is absolutely gobsmacked that Geralt was being genuine. She points to Ciri, then to Geralt, then back to Ciri, to Geralt.

"YOU?????? HOW????"

"I'm really bad at making jokes."

Yennefer adores Ciri, but Ciri is a little skeptical of her. Who is this strange woman????? Where is her dad?????? Where's her other dad (Dandelion)???? How dare she smell nice and be warm???? Ugh as if she'd let her feed her!!! No way! Yennefer is always completely drenched with baby food whenever she attempts to feed Ciri. Geralt tries so hard not to laugh at her. Ciri is absolutely seething by the end of it and is only contained when Geralt picks her up and holds her securely. Then it's like little devil Ciri never existed, she's all smiles and babbling happily to her dad. Yennefer gets really disheartened over it. Late at night she ends up crying over it, thinking it wouldn't matter if she was able to have kids or not; Ciri proves she'd be a horrible mother anyway. Geralt doesn't know what to say at first, but he knows it's not true. Yennefer is trying her best, it's just that Ciri is really fussy. She even fusses sometimes when Dandelion holds her. He tries to comfort Yen, and ends up deciding the best thing to do is hold her and tell her that she's doing amazing. He doesn't think she believes him because she's still got a very somber look on her face the next day. She becomes reluctant to take up care of Ciri because of the incident. Well about after the third day of this Ciri gets fussy again. Geralt is taking a well deserved nap day. He's back in his room snoozing away. Yennefer and Dandelion are with Ciri in the library, one of the warmest places in the keep. Dandelion wipes his hands of the ink that stains them and picks her up and checks if she's soiled. She isn't, so he asks if she's hungry. She thrashes around in his hold and turns in search of Yennefer and starts grabbing towards her. So Dandelion hands her over to Yen. The moment Ciri's resting against Yennefer she settles down.

"huh, guess she just wanted her mommy." Dandelion comments and Yennefer starts crying. (Dandelion's face morphed from aww to OH FUCK)

The bigger Ciri gets the more rambunctious and energetic. Geralt couldn't be prouder that they're all raising her to be genuine to herself and that they've broken the generational trauma. Vesemir pats Geralt on the shoulder one day and tells him "I'm proud of you, Wolf" and damn, if that doesn't make him want to cry. He doesn't of course, only meeting Ciri made him cry from joy. And oh how she gives Lambert a run for his money. It's hilarious to see a 60-something year old argue with a 4 year old. They get into the most stupid arguments too. "blue is better than red!" Or "I'm taller than you" which is the most absurd because it's always Ciri who starts it. Geralt thinks it's because Lambert is the shortest besides Vesemir. But Vesemir has only become short due to his old age, and Ciri already gives him a hard time for that. ("Why are you so fat and old? Aren't you a Witcher like Daddy?" She said once and Vesemir just paused and looked at her like "why would you say that to me". She burst into a giggle fit at his crushed expression.)

The argument will always, without fail, go:

C: I'm taller than you.

L: no you're not? I'm 5'11!

C: well I'm 8 feet tall!!!!

L: more like 2 feet tall!

C: NO! SEE

Then she'll stand on the chair so she towers over Lambert.

L: fine well I'm older.

C: no??? My birthday is first

L: NO ITS NOT?

C: YEAH IT IS

L: NO APRIL IS BEFORE MAY. AND IM 67, YOU'RE 4

C: uhhhhh I hate to break it to you, but no you're not. You've been lied to your whole life.

L: W H AT WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE????

C: uhmmmmm god.

Then when Coën finally meets one of the Wolves and comes up to Kaer Morhen he's shocked to see someone so young. At the time Ciri was around 7. She calls him ugly and walks away to the stables. Coën is just left flabbergasted while Lambert and Eskel are laughing their asses off. Geralt apologizes to him, while trying to hold in his laughter. Coën becomes like an older brother to Ciri, and he gets on her good side by helping her prank Lambert.

When Ciri hits 12 she does get her period, and Geralt is like "OH GOD OH FUCK HOW DO I TALK TO HER ABOUT THIS I DONT WANT TO MAKE IT-" and Yennefer walks into the room and goes "I told her, we're good."

Then comes the "boy talk" Where Ciri brought up that a character in a romance book was attractive and Geralt went into "No one is good enough for my baby girl" dad mode and brashly announced "you're not allowed to date boys until you're 21."

Yennefer slaps him on the arm and Ciri looks at him almost offended.

"jokes on you I don't even know if I LIKE boys. Maybe I just like this character's personality." She replies sassily. Geralt cannot argue with that logic. (And yes 2 months later, she goes on a day trip with Yen and talks to a girl her age. She comes back and Geralt asks her how it went and she says "I definitely like girls." And walks up to her room to take a nap. Geralt celebrates as soon as she leaves "YES!!! I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME BRUTE MESSING WITH MY DAUGHTER FUCK YEAH" Yennefer reminds him that some women are just as bad and he crumples to the floor in agony. Now he has to worry about brutish women hurting his daughter.)

Essentially, I just love that Geralt has a daughter, and that he's so proud of her and loves her so much. Their relationship is just so 🥹❤️ I adore them.

[mothkraft]

this was part of an old scrapped comic that will never be, but i find this crack ship idea so sublime that i guess i’ll share it

and as a proud owner of both a kratos and geralt nendoroids they do indeed hold hands on my shelves in what i like to call a pro gaymer move

[reveniemus]

hugs 16 for a pairing of your choice 💙

thank you for the ask dear!! i went really fluffy with this so i hope you don't mind 😅

16. ‘not wanting to let go’ hugs

little victories feel big

rating: G warnings: none i think au - modern setting. dadralt my beloved and his girl, cirilla, all grown up(ish)

The thing is that it has just been them for so long and Geralt knows this is for the best, but he doesn’t really want to do it either. It is five in the morning, and he is in the kitchen triple- and quadruple-checking Ciri’s lunchbox to make sure she has plenty of snacks and juice boxes to make it through the day. Maybe it’s overkill, but Geralt knows how much she eats and drinks when it’s just them, and maybe she’ll be busy playing, but maybe she’ll get thirsty and will need a juice box! He hums before turning to grab a water bottle from the fridge to tuck beside her four juice boxes. Just in case.

“Dad?” a sleepy voice asks from the doorway, and Geralt turns to see his daughter standing in her baby goat pajamas and lionhead bedroom slippers, rubbing at her eyes. “Is it time for school?”

“Almost. You have to shower and get dressed first,” he says, kneeling in front of her. “You sleep okay, cub?”

She nods, taking half a step forward before leaning into him. He wraps his arms around her, pulling her close so he can pick her up. “Do you think my teacher will be nice?” she asks sleepily into his shirt, and her voice is muffled, so he knows she’s got her thumb in her mouth, a habit she has mostly kicked except when she’s scared or nervous.

“If they aren’t, you have to tell me so I can yell at them,” he says, kissing her hair.

“You can’t yell at everyone, mum says so,” she mumbles as he deposits her on the stool beside her sink. It was Yennefer’s, once, before they had determined that maybe they were better for each other in smaller doses. Now, it was covered in sparkly pink toothpaste, bright green mouthwash, and various plastic toys, the mirror covered in stars and hearts that Ciri deemed necessary.

“Mum is wrong about that, because I can. It’s just not always the best idea,” he says, helping her squeeze the last of her toothpaste onto her toothbrush. He makes a mental note to buy more toothpaste while she’s at school.

They get ready with ease, a routine they’ve perfected in the last few years. Geralt brushes and braids Ciri’s hair while she brushes her teeth, she swishes her mouthwash while he brushes his teeth, and she brushes his hair out while he ties his work boots on.

Once he’s dressed and his hair is brushed to Ciri’s standards, he starts for her room and she stands in front of the door. “Cirilla…” he says, his tone warning.

“I picked a very special outfit for school! It’s a surprise!” she tells him, her tone very reminiscent of Yennefer’s scolding one and Geralt sighs. Ciri’s face breaks out into a grin knowing she’s won before running into her room and shouting at him not to peek.

Geralt, ever the gentleman, does not. Instead, he grabs his keys, his wallet, and his phone and waits at the door, her lunchbox and backpack in one hand. “Ciri,” he calls after a few minutes, checking his watch because he doesn’t think it’ll look good if they’re late on her first day.

“Almost ready!” she shouts, and he’s about to respond when he hears shuffling and the door closing before her footsteps run towards him. She’s dressed in a dark green dress with a high neck - one of Triss’ purchases, he’s pretty sure - and a bright pink sweater. On her feet are a pair of work boots just like Geralt’s that he’s sure Eskel spent way too much money on, and she’s got a barrette in her hair that’s got a purple pom pom on it that Geralt doesn’t remember buying, but can’t figure out where she could’ve picked it up.

“You look like you’re ready for a very special day, Ciri,” he says, knowing that anything less would devastate her, and he’s not in the market to devastate his daughter on her first day of school.

She beams like he’s awarded her a prize, and runs up to him and turns so he can slide the backpack straps through her arms. “I am verily very ready for a very special day!” she announces, turning and holding her hand up for him to take.

Geralt chuckles and takes her hand, squeezing it lightly as they make their way out the door. Public transportation isn’t ideal for getting his daughter to and from places, but considering his car is in flagrant violation of a few vehicle laws right now, he isn’t trying to take her anywhere in it. Thankfully, her school is at the same stop as his job, so it makes the trip there and back a little easier.

Ciri spends the trip seated in front of Geralt, babbling about how she hopes Roach isn’t lonely without them there to keep her company and how she hopes they can draw during class today, because she’d like to draw “Unkie Lamby” a picture since she drew “Unkie Esky” one last week. Geralt hums at the appropriate places, but is at attention for any potential dangers around them. He doesn’t expect anyone to come crashing into them at eight in the morning, but he also doesn’t want to be taken off guard if someone does.

When they get to their stop, Ciri hops off the seat and holds her hand out for Geralt to take. Normally, he’d scoop her up to make sure they don’t get separated in the rush, but they’d talked about it and Ciri insisted she wanted to walk to her first day of school. Geralt was nothing if not putty in her hands, so walk she would.

They approach the primary school Geralt and Yennefer had painstakingly researched and vetted just before 8:30, and Geralt knows he’s not ready for this, but Ciri is excited to go to school and she needs to socialize and meet kids her age, so he has to pretend. At least for a little bit longer.

A woman with blonde hair checks them in and directs them towards the hallway for Ciri’s age group. Geralt thanks her, but the words are mostly lost to the sound of Ciri’s excited squeals as she tugs him down the hall and towards the open doors, some with teachers standing outside and others with parents milling about. Geralt nods at some parents he recognizes from previous programs Ciri has been in or from the nearby parks, and nearly trips over Ciri when she stops in front of an open classroom door.

“I think that dragon is sitting on pancakes,” Ciri says matter-of-factly, head tilted to the side.

Geralt pauses and studies the window decoration, his head tilting as well. “Yes, it is,” he says, before the door is suddenly occupied by a man with brown hair, bright blue eyes, and … a lute?

There’s a flash of something in his eyes when he looks at Geralt, but then turns his attention to Ciri, kneeling so he’s at eye level with her. “Good morrow, fellow adventurer, are you here for Mr. Pankratz’s class?” he asks brightly.

“Uh, yeah, this is Cirilla Rivia,” Geralt says, squeezing her hand lightly.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Pan… Pankratz,” Ciri says, brows furrowing as she concentrates on getting all the consonants out correctly.

“Lovely to meet you, Miss Rivia.” He bows as deeply as he can while still kneeling in front of her. “Come inside and claim a cubby and a desk,” he says, standing so he can step aside and let her in.

Ciri beams and runs inside, painstakingly evaluating each and every cubby. She places her lunchbox in a cubby for a few seconds before shaking her head and taking it out and trying a different cubby.

Geralt watches her with fondness, his chest welling up as she finally picks a cubby and puts her lunchbox, backpack, and bright pink sweater away in it, her movements methodical in a way that makes him realize she’s copying what he does when he gets home. He thinks about calling out to her, so he can say a proper goodbye, but then she’s running towards the collection of desks to pick out the one she thinks is best for her.

“First time?” Mr. Pankratz asks, his eyes soft and amused when Geralt turns to him.

His cheeks pinken, but Geralt nods. “The office has all my information and it’s in her bag too, but I’m just down the road if anything happens so I can be here immediately,” he says, knowing that there is a strong likelihood that nothing will happen and he will be back at two o’clock for pick up and they’ll do this all again tomorrow, but he feels like he needs to say it. Just in case.

Mr. Pankratz nods. “I’ll keep an eye on her, I promise,” he says, and Geralt gives him a small smile.

“I should get to work,” he finally says after he watches Ciri pick a desk next to a kid with dark skin and fluffy hair. “See you at two, Mr. Pankratz.”

“See you at two, Mr. Rivia,” he says, and Geralt starts to turn when he hears Ciri call for him.

He’s kneeling on the ground before she gets to him, her arms thrown around his neck and her face buried in his shoulder. Geralt wraps his arms around her, his eyes closed as he presses his cheek against her hair. “You be good, alright, cub? I expect a full report at pick up,” he says, trying to keep his voice light but he can hear the small crack in it. He just hopes Ciri doesn’t notice.

“I love you, Dad,” she mumbles into the fabric of his shirt as her arms loop tighter around his neck, and Geralt squeezes her tight.

“I love you too, Ciri,” he says, rubbing her back with one hand. One of his parenting books had said that an adult should never release a hug until a kid was ready, but he knows if he doesn’t go soon, he’ll just scoop her back up and pretend like school was never a possibility.

Geralt can hear and feel Mr. Pankratz kneel behind Ciri before the teacher speaks. “If you’d like, Miss Rivia, I have a notebook that I think would be perfect for putting all the things that happen during the day so you can remember what to tell your dad when he comes to pick you up,” he says, his fingers featherlight over Ciri’s shoulder. “I think he’d really like that, don’t you?” he continues, his smile widening as Ciri pulls away from Geralt slowly.

She nods and wipes at her eyes. “You have to go, so I have things to tell you!” she tells Geralt, as if this is a fact that she has only just learned. Ciri leans in to kiss his cheek before turning to Mr. Pankratz with a determined set to her jaw. “I like pink notebooks best,” she tells him, and he chuckles.

“Let’s see what we can do, yeah?” he says, offering her his hand. Before the two of them completely turn away, Geralt catches his eye and mouths a silent ‘thank you,’ which he responds to with a shake of his head and a smile.

Geralt watches Ciri for a few more seconds before turning down the hallway towards the exit. Just five and a half hours til he can pick her up.

[lannisterdaddyissues]

for the TV show ask game: 26, 27, 35, 49, 50

for the get to know me ask game: 10, 26, 46, 59

(also i'm so sorry i promise i'll get to your texts soon!! exams r keeping me busy </3)

AHHHH ISHLEEN MY BELOVED <3 I ADORE YOU TY FOR THE ASKS!!! and take your time exams are important!! i can’t wait to watch kkbb with u tho we will have so much fun :’)

tv show asks

26. favourite TV show theme song?

oh is it even a contest? DEFINITELY the nanny. absolutely no contest whatsoever. game of thrones comes in a close second tho

27. which actor do you think deserves an Emmy for their work on TV?

oooooh this is a few years too late unfortunately but david dawson should have won an award for his portrayal of alfred in the last kingdom 100%

35. who are your top 5 TV characters right now?

hehehe so i started watching wheel of time and i would die for moiraine damodred so she’s one! beth harmon would be another bc i recently watched the queen’s gambit yay! for my third choice i’ll go with L lawliet from death note bc it‘s the last anime i watched and he was my fav ofc. haven’t yet started any new shows besides those so for my other two favs i’ll go with seong gi-hun from squid game and roy mustang from fmab bc he’ll always be one of my favorite chars no matter how long it’s been <3 (you still need to watch fmab!!!!!)

49. who are your favourite couples on TV?

ISHLEEN GIVING ME EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED!!!! ok *ahem* i watch so many shows so there are a lot but i’m assuming “on tv” doesn’t include anime so my favorite live action couples are as follows: jaime and brienne from game of thrones, mary and matthew & anna and bates from downton abbey, benny and beth from the queen’s gambit (tho they’re not canon 😭 why), hughie and annie & frenchie and kimiko from the boys, geralt and yennefer from the witcher, and fran and maxwell from the nanny!

50. what’s one TV cliche you love?

enemies to lovers. braime and niles/cc from the nanny invented it. was literally blindsided by both of them but in the best possible way

get to know me asks

10. are you good at hiding your feelings?

probably not unless the feeling is that i hate your guts then yeah i will treat you like my best friend. if i am nice to you it’s because i hate you

26. idol(s)

my dad :) but aside from him my only idol is homer hickam, jr.! i’ve read his memoir rocket boys several times now and my favorite movie is an adaptation of it. he is such an inspiration to me and thinking of him and all the obstacles he overcame in his life to achieve greatness always gives me motivation

46. what my last text message says

“There’s a LOTTO” (a “lotto” is short for a “lot o’ love” in my fam)

59. why i joined tumblr

i was saving too much fanart in my photos to the point that i had like 25,000 photos saved on my phone so i deleted them all and made a tumblr so i could have a place to save fanart without doing That to my phone lol

[jilyandbambi]

auuuurrrghhhhhhh

but GERALT of RIVIA really is Peak Soft™.

battle-scarred, world weary monster slayer whose first instinct is ALWAYS to spare the monsters he's sent to slay so as to show the humans in power how and why the fanged scaly beasties Aren't So Bad. like some kind of Medieval Crocodile Hunter but Buff and Depressed. Because maybe if he can convince non-supernatural people to react with empathy when they encounter what they can't understand or overpower then hopefully, in time, that kindness and compassion might be directed back to him.

if he can help other monsters be accepted. the same will be true for him, one day

and this just has me like--?? this is really the 'Laconic Tortured Soul Who Believes He's Unworthy of Love' trope done right

normally, these types of male protags (written by male writers) are 'lovable scamps' who take all of their issues w/ society & their sad backstory out on their love interests and/or the members of their 'found family' in ways that come off as self-centered and downright mean-spirited. and the narrative just excuses it bc meEN aRe NoT ALlOwEd tO FEeL eMoTioNs dontcha know? so here's our attempt at deconstructing that by giving u a protag who uses the ppl in his life like burnt out receptacles in his trashfire of toxic masculinity and repression.

and Geralt is such a great counter argument to that trope. here we have this certified fresh ass badass Your Dad Calls Me Daddy superpowered monster killer, but whose first instinct is, paradoxically, empathy, compassion, and conciliation. why? because he’s been there, Is There, constantly being spat at, mistrusted, betrayed, and shunned. He’s so fucking lonely and starved of person-to-person connections he talks to his horse, and when he has actual people to talk to, people who want to get to know him and be around him when he’s so used to being shot down and turned away, that it’s all so out of his norm it’s all he can do to respond with grunts and monosyllables and bland matter of factness BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT HE KNOWS. But it’s not to be cruel, he’s just not used to people liking him enough to engage him in friendly conversation.  

and like, yeah, it’s funny to joke abt Geralt’s memetic laconicism but this is one of my other favorite things about him: that he IS so quiet and humble about his work that his whole I’m Here to Redeem schtick flies under the radar for most characters in universe and many audience members as well. And that’s just?? I feel like in a different show this type of character would have a bunch of award-baity monologues about the world being rotten and cruel to make it even easier to buy into the narrative’s obfuscation of this character’s heart of gold, or they’d play the trope dead straight + have Geralt’s story be one abt redemption vis a vis his love interest and child mcguffin. Or, script would go another route and  play the Messianic Monster here to teach white peop--I mean, humans--not to be racist anymore so that the audience couldn’t possibly miss his heart of gold and pacifistic message.

instead, we get Geralt, neither sinner nor saint but doing his best to do the most amount of good he can wherever his travels take him to make the world a little less awful and a little more compassionate. he asks for little, takes even less (seriously, do any of the villages he save actually pay him?), and barely talks. He’s bad with people but doesn’t want to be. His sharpness, when it comes out, isn’t meant to drive others away; it comes as a result of chronic insomnia and social isolation, not from a need to hurt others the way he’s been hurt. he’s not here to lash out at the world for throwing him away. He’s a bit cynical and bitter, as battle scarred social outcasts are wont to be, but his actions belying the stalwart hope for a better, kinder world outshine all that. And it’s done quietly.    

people might roll their eyes at this but I really don’t think Geralt gets enough credit for the amount of depth there is to him, the very specific way he defies so many fantasy protag tropes.

[murfeelee]

Alright, I’ve been talking about The Witcher TV show for months and months, and now I’ve FINALLY seen it.

I've skimmed through the books here and there, but really I’m a diehard fan of the video games, particularly The Witcher 3 (I’ve played TW1 and TW2 as well). Because of all the hype, attention and love the TW3 got over the years, with even Henry Cavill being a major fan of the video games, Netflix went and made this tv show, with Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher.

MY THOUGHTS

It was GOOD! \(^0^)/ I really liked it!

Alright, don’t get excited, I think this show had some serious problems. But we’ll start with the good before getting to the bad and the ugly.

THE GOOD

THE ACTING

Everyone was top notch, and did a fantastic job. I freaking LOVE Grandma Calanthe, omg. I wanted more of her, and Mama Tissaia, and the different sorceresses (when Sodden started I was like hooo boy, I know how this goes; the finale is WORTH the price of admission, folks).

I even liked Eclipse-Princess (her name escapes me, my bad; I was calling her Arya 2.0 in my head). Don’t think I effing missed how they threw in a nod to the Eclipse Princess from Blood & Wine; that was awesome, featuring the Black Sun “curse” again.

I already knew I was gonna HAVE to tune in to see Yennefer’s story, and it was every bit as superb as I suspected it would be. Dare I say it was THE most interesting story arc of the three? Caught me tearing up a few times. I still don’t see book/game/Polish Yennefer with her, but she did a GREAT job, nonetheless--her emotions and delivery and everything was excellent.

She sounds so dang young though, which throws me off with the timeline, cuz when exactly does Yenn’s story take place in all of this? It’s hard to match her with the more...well....matronly/mature persona we’re more familiar with in the games. But I guess she develops that over time, after getting to raise Ciri. Though this does put in better perspective why she was so mean to Ciri at first, calling her ugly and everything. She wanted a child so badly, and Geralt just...gets one by surprise, and she was feeling bitter, I see it now.

THE ACTION

And I gotta give it to Cavill. Boy can MOVE. My favorite moments with Cavill were when he was sword fighting; whoever choreographed all that needs a frikkin award. I imagined the Butcher of Blaviken just tearing up mofos, and that’s exactly what we got. And he was WERKING them pants! XD

Except we never really saw my favorite sign, Igni. Oh well. And I hate that he doesn’t have cat eyes. And the Toxicity ISTG makes him look like a vampire and makes no effing sense, but whatevs.

And sometimes he was sounding WAY too Batman or demonic with this really deep and gravelly voice -- I appreciate that he was trying to give us that gruff and sandpaper dry video game Geralt, but when they’d make him yell or be mad I was like JFC NOT TODAY SATAN. But an attempt was made, and I appreciate it. ^_^ He was fine for the most part. More than fine, even. As I said, the acting & action was great, and they played to Cavill’s strengths.

THE SPECIAL EFFECTS

I also thought the CGI was fine--not the best, no, but I’ve seen way worse in shows with bigger budgets. The dragons...eh.... And that kikimore.... Well, I’m just remembering the Polish tv show, the Hexer--BIG improvement. Trust me. O_O The practical effects were excellent. Even though they messed around A LOT with the Striga plot from TW1, and what it looked like, I did like that they stayed pretty faithful to the fight. 

THE STORIES & CHARACTERS

IMO, the best episode was E04, with Pavetta & Duny. It was just REALLY well done, and the one I was LEAST expecting. My favorite episode was E06, with the dragon, because of course. Reminded me of Hercules the Legendary Journeys, IDKY. The finale was really good, too; I love the sorceresses and all the magic. And E07 when all the plots and flashbacks come together was great.

And now for MY COMPLAINTS

THE BAD

#1) OMG WTF WAS UP WITH THE TIMELINE?

I feel BAD for anyone who’s watching this show fresh, who’s never played the games, read the books, seen the Polish Hexer tv show, played Gwent, or anything related to the Witcher world.

I was thrown off several times, as they shot from Ciri running for her life or Geralt fighting a Striga in the present time; to Yennefer learning magic in the past. Geralt & Dandelion go on adventures Shrek & Donkey style--I ASSUMED in the present, with the Sylvan, Djinn & Dragon, until an episode or two later they’re in Cintra together in the PAST, and Ciri’s not even born yet, and we’re seeing a drunk Ermion/Mousesack and young Crach an Craite (I squeed, my dad~!! His accent was on point!), and Ciri’s mom and grandma. (And WOW, the lady they got to play the mom looks just like the actress playing Ciri--are they related?)

And they do this over and over again over the episodes--present day with Ciri, eff knows when with Geralt or Yennefer. Especially since you know from the books/games that they’re both almost 100 years old. Yenn keeps throwing out “it’s been decades“ this and “years” that. But W H E N though!?!

I mean, I could follow along, sure, but they REALLY needed to make it clearer SOONER for people who have NO idea who TF these people or which kingdoms are which, that some things are happening YEARS apart from each other. Pay attention to how many times GoT shoved those maps of Westeros and Essos in our faces. Or how different shows use color filters for flashbacks or something. Properly situate the audience in time AND space--we’re not Cirilla, who can travel willy nilly between both. They bounced back and forward between past and present with the toss of a frikkin coin.

And speaking of coins...

#2) THE MUSIC WAS...Well.

Oh, Dandelion. XD

Anyone who knows me knows I fangirl HARD over the Witcher video game OSTs. And unfortunately, the music on the tv show was just...alright. :\ And for a franchise so closely connected to iconic music like the band Percival, it’s a crime against nature that the tv show never had a single track that made me go YES. Give it up for POLAND. The end credits song is okay, but I only started getting into it at like Episode 6, soooo... :\

And no, I didn’t like Toss A Coin to Your Witcher in this show. It didn’t sound like part of this medievalesque universe AT ALL, but something kinda pop/country, aimed at I don’t even know who. Sure, the dude playing Dandelion can sing. But so can Ed Sheeran, and when GoT got him to sing on the show, he sure AF didn’t bust out with the next Billboard Top 40 on us in the middle of nowhere.

#3) THE CHARACTER BONDING?

The acting was top notch...it was the plot/writing I didn’t like. Or rather, the relationships between the characters. I felt more for Yennefer & Istredd, and Geralt & Roach, and Ciri & the Elf boy (and her grandma), and even Pavetta & effing Duny/Emhyr (that royal piece of sh!te) than I did for any other characters on this whole show. And that’s a bit of a problem.

First off, I HATED how they made it seem that TEENAGED Ciri had no idea who TF Geralt was. TV Ciri’s gotta be what? 15? Geralt said something about it having been 12 years since Pavetta & Duny, but even that’s too old. Book!Ciri met Geralt IN the Brokilon or whatever forest with all the water drinking and the dryad queen and mess.

They were already obsessed with each other before the fall of Cintra even happened! Ciri was like 10 already when Geralt took Ciri to Kaer Morhen to start her Witcher training, but this girl on the show’s way older, and effing clueless. They don’t even meet til the final few SECONDS, wtf!! It’s just Destiny~! Destiny~! Child of Surprise, but we never even have a scene together~! Destiny~!

Speaking of children, we have Yennefer and Geralt, which was better, but again, WOAH with the pacing. I felt effing BAD for Istredd! :( I don’t really GET why Geralt & Yenn fell so hard for each other; I don’t really feel that connection. Geralt had just as much bonding time with that eclipse-princess! They only had the Djinn episode, really, and by the end of the Dragon episode it was already over!

I mean, yeah, in the books/game they have A LOT of ups and downs, but come on; we’ve already wasted so much time on Geralt & Triss (that homewrecking wench, I’m glad her airtime was minimal), and I just want more BAMF battle couple parents Geralt & Yenn raising Ciri already! >_<

Same with Geralt & Dandelion. Geralt’s kinda mean to him, which is fair; Geralt hates everyone. But I don’t feel where they’re friends at all, and they part at the end of the season on NOT great terms. I kinda feel Geralt doesn’t really like Dandelion at all. :( Even with the whole comedic relief Shrek schtick,

THE UGLY

#4) THE LENGTH

I dunno what’s up with all the 8 episode miniseries lately (GoT, Mandalorian, Witcher, etc), but it REALLY isn’t enough to really flesh out a story. Especially not one as convoluted as The Witcher, AKA the GoT of Poland.

Again, I REALLY feel for the casuals watching, who probably don’t know what the Conjunction of Spheres Istredd keeps referring to is, or what exactly a Witcher is, or why Ciri’s so dang special -- was Lara Dorren or the Elder Blood ever even MENTIONED???

We know Yenn’s got elf blood, but it’s waaaay more than that with Ciri -- though I don’t think they mentioned her elf blood, either, just that Calanthe’s grandmother or someone had their Banshee powers before Pavetta & Ciri.

BTW, wtf with Ermion/Mousesack? That’s gotta be a red herring or something. Cuz we know this dude’s old AF and thriving in Skellige, sooo....? TF. Why the Doppler? Why?

TBH this felt like Season 1A, if anything. I don’t feel the plot really progressed much at all, other than us getting Yennefer’s story. Ciri & Geralt finally meet (cliffhanger supreme right there), but jfc this felt like a prequel -- so much of the season was dedicated to backtracking us in a roundabout way up to the fall of Cintra, then skipping ahead to the Battle at Sodden Hill.

And why the heck did they wait so long to get to get to Vigelfortz!? That’s what I was sitting here WAITING for! You mean I gotta wait for Season TWO to see my Hanse in full force!? :( URGH. Reeeeeeeegiiiiiiiis~! :(

Maybe cut out some of the unnecessary nudity every frikkin where and tell the full frikkin story, hmm? (Yenn’s boobs look great, we got it the first 5 times. Meanwhile these cowards won’t even have a dude’s left testicle be shown on screen, but whatever.)

So yeah, those are my 4 biggest complaints.

Well, and that wig’s hard AF hair line, jfc.(I was DYING during the Pavetta & Duny scene, when Cavill was holding on to that wig for dear life. XD XD)

Otherwise, I really liked the show! B+!

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The Best Pc Games for Gamers

PC gamers have an entirely incredible thing going. Intriguing, trial independent games? Correct. Complex procedure recreations? Completely. The shiniest, prettiest variants of large spending console games? They get a great deal of those, as well.

Suppose you've as of late joined the positions of the PC tip top. Which games would it be advisable for you to introduce? Start with the ones in this post.

Crusader Kings III

It's elusive an all inclusive assessment in gaming, yet here's one that is about as near consistent as you can get: Crusader Kings III is superior to Crusader Kings II in fundamentally every manner. It's more amazing in scope however slighter in swell and busywork. It's simpler to get (simply ask any newcomer) and harder to put down (ask any long-lasting fan). It has a cleaner interface, more keen character models, and it's likewise massively wonderful. Beginning in the ninth century, you shepherd a dynastic line up and through the fifteenth century. To pinpoint Crusader Kings III as a technique game wouldn't be wrong, but on the other hand it's reductive: Yes, it's a procedure game, but at the same time it's part the board sim, part visual novel, and part job player. Included all together, you get one entire wonderful.

A Good Match For: History buffs. Enthusiasts of substantial technique games with not many managerial errands. Champions.

Not A Good Match For: Anyone searching for a blustery instructional exercise; however simpler to get than its archetype, Crusader Kings II is still more perplexing than most games.

Supergiant's Greek folklore themed Hades was produced in the inferno of roguelikes. That implies, in the same way as other class champions, you'll bite the dust (a great deal) as you over and again go through a layered prison loaded with randomized adversaries, gradually accumulating level-ups and gaining steady ground with each round. Be that as it may, Hades spins a tried and true recipe by wagering enormous on account. You play as Prince Zagreus, the child of the divine force of the dead. Your objective, apparently, is to get away from the hidden world—and your dad's pitiless, iron-fisted rule. On your journey, in exemplary Homerian style, you're helped by the Olympian divine beings (Zeus, Athena, Dionysus, and so forth). As you play you get the opportunity to more readily know these divinities and different individuals from the Greek mytheme. Each character has an authentic, fleshed-out relationship with Zagreus, one that pushes forward with each run. In Hades, playing doesn't simply gain you more ability focuses or better weapons. You additionally procure a ridiculously incredible story.

A Good Match For: Fans of roguelikes, activity games, isometric RPGs, dating sims, Greek folklore, and any earlier games in Supergiant's oeuvre.

Not A Good Match For: The effectively baffled. The individuals who don't care for excited, relentless activity games. Sisyphus.

Urban communities: Skylines initially dispatched in 2015 as a dynamite if marginally wonky city-manufacturer. Indeed, the traffic repairman might've been busted, yet it caught the particulars of metropolitan arranging—drafting locale, plotting plumbing, building bicycle paths, calibrating charge strategy—not at all like whatever else. In the years since, Skylines has become the best city-building game around. Patches resolved a considerable lot of the crimps. Developments presented winter climate, night-and-day advances (total with magnificent nightfalls), and enough open travel choices to make any reformist urbanist sob in bliss. Yet, the genuine development originated from the mod network. Ambitious modders based on and improved essentially every aspect of Skylines. You can download graphical update mods, custom structures, extended guides, and changed and smoothed out game frameworks. Even one consequently destroys deserted structures, adequately eliminating the most monotonous aspect of the game. The outcome is a city-building game that additionally gives you a sample of playing god.

The Sims 4

What more is there to state? It's The Sims! The fourth portion of Maxis' long-running life test system turned out in 2014 and, through an apparently relentless series of updates and fixes, has just improved as time passes. A year ago's university development, specifically, catches how and why this section constantly reverberates: This is life. It's untidy and unusual, and you have no clue about how your Sims may respond in different circumstances. However, in that too-genuine estimate of life exists boundless potential. In all of computer games, scarcely any character makers are more top to bottom. You can coordinate your characters how you need (generally), and shape their general climate how you please (for the most part). Furthermore, in a checked improvement over past passages—one that further catches the impulses of reality—your Sims can both perform multiple tasks and feel feeling.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

There's no lack of desire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Geralt of Rivia's most recent experience is gigantic, a world you can become mixed up in for quite a long time and still have bounty to do. There's a ton for stalwart Witcher fans to appreciate, however you don't have to have played a Witcher game to appreciate the hell out of this one. While numerous games these days have rambling scenes, The Witcher 3 is completely thick. Each niche and crevice is loaded up with vital characters, astute composition, and awards for inquisitive players. The principle story is as exciting as it is sincerely depleting, and the side journeys are really worth doing. Since its delivery in 2015, The Witcher 3 has gotten a huge amount of free updates and upgrades alongside two marvelous paid developments, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. The full experience is presently significantly greater, more extravagant, and over and above anyone's expectations.

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A Good Match For: Open-world fans, particularly the individuals who appreciated Skyrim yet were disillusioned by the battle. In The Witcher 3, battling is close to as pleasant as investigation.

Not a Good Match For: People who esteem their time and public activity, any individual who needs a game they can complete in a modest bunch of hours.

Development VI

In the a long time since Civilization V came out, we figured out how to survey it not once however twice. That is how much these games loan themselves to playing and replaying, and Civ VI is the same. The most recent section includes a great deal of groundbreaking plans to the Firaxis' time tested equation, and keeping in mind that some novel thoughts work in a way that is better than others, the entire is as regular more than the total of its parts. The mechanical changes and refinements are enveloped with an inconspicuous, table game like tasteful that is as satisfying on your 20th hour as it was on your 10th. We'll be playing this game for quite a long time.

A Good Match For: Civ fans, individuals who have never played a Civ game, essentially any individual who doesn't effectively despise Civ.

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Last Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

In 2010, Square Enix dispatched Final Fantasy XIV Online, and it was only the most exceedingly awful—carriage, over-confounded, incomplete; a wreck. The designers went through three years remaking the game starting from the earliest stage, and the outcome is one of the best greatly multiplayer online pretending games ever constructed. It's beginning and end fans love about Final Fantasy—rich fine art, solid story, flawless music—just greater, all folded over a conventional MMO system. It's that Square Enix clean that separates it from its rivals, acquiring it a spot in this rundown.

A Good Match For: Fans of imagination pretending computer games hoping to take the greatly multiplayer risk. The first Final Fantasy XIV was a tangled wreck of clashing thoughts, when all players needed was a standard MMO game with the recognizable highlights of a Final Fantasy game. That is actually what A Realm Reborn is.

Not a Good Match For: Folks terrified of month to month memberships. In spite of the MMORPG class overall moving towards allowed to-play installment.

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The Best Top 10 Shows On Netflix United States 2020

The Best Shows On Netflix US

In this list of the best Netflix shows, we picked TV arrangement that are worth marathon watching anytime. Netflix has such a large number of TV shows to browse, with new firsts discharging each week, so we've been quite certain in picking the best Netflix appears here. Here, on this single page, you'll find what we believe are the 30 best Netflix TV appears, with each and every class represented.  Our rundown of the best TV arrangement on Netflix incorporates evident top choices like The Witcher or Tiger King, yet in addition a couple of more subtle picks, similar to the AMC show Halt and Catch Fire or the as of late included frightfulness dramatization Hannibal. This rundown of the best Netflix TV shows gets refreshed each and every week, to ensure you've generally got a large group of cool stuff to watch.  These are the best Netflix shows you can observe now, at that point. Plunge into our rundown of the best Netflix films, as well, in the event that you love film, or best Netflix narratives on the off chance that you need to get the hang of something.

Great TV Shows That Are Worth Binge Watching

The Best Netflix Series 2020

BoJack Horseman

Hollywood (miniseries)

Tiger King

Queer Eye

Ozark

Better Call Saul

Never Have I Ever

The Witcher

Dead to Me

I Am Not Okay with This

BoJack Horseman

A humanoid horse, BoJack Horseman, lost in an ocean of self-hatred and alcohol - chooses it's the ideal opportunity for a rebound. When the star of a '90s sitcom, in which he was the supportive dad of three stranded children (two young ladies and a kid). The show was the most smoking thing around, at that point out of nowhere, was dropped. Presently 18 years after the fact, BoJack needs to recover his pride. With the guide of a human sidekick and a catlike ex who is his operator, he embarks to get it going. Be that as it may, Hollywood is incomprehensibly unique in relation to those days, and becoming accustomed to stuff like Twitter may take some time. This initially enlivened arrangement from Netflix, with a lot of references to sex, medications and liquor, isn't for the little ones.

First episode date: August 22, 2014! Final episode date: January 31, 2020! Genres: Adult animation, Animated sitcom, Dark comedy, Surreal humour, Comedy-drama, Satire, Tragicomedy! Writers: Mehar Sethi, Kate Purdy, Joanna Calo

Hollywood (miniseries)

Hollywood (miniseries)

In post-World War II Hollywood, aspiring actors and filmmakers will do almost anything to make their showbiz dreams come true.

First episode date: May 1, 2020! Final episode date: May 1, 2020! Network: Netflix! Editor: Butch Wertman; Andrew Groves; Suzanne Spangler; Lousine Shamamian

Tiger King

Tiger King

An investigation of enormous feline reproducing and its strange black market, populated by whimsical characters.

First episode date: March 20, 2020! Final episode date: April 12, 2020! Directed by: Eric Goode; Rebecca Chaiklin! Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh; John Enroth; Albert Fox, Robert Mothersbaugh

Queer Eye

Queer Eye

Over 10 years after the first arrangement went shut off, Netflix reboots the "Strange Eye" establishment with another Fab Five and another setting, exchanging the solid wilderness of New York City for networks in and around Atlanta. The style specialists manufacture associations with people who regularly have various convictions from them, prompting snapshots of social critique sprinkled with style counsel. Instructing individuals in need concerning way of life makeovers are food and wine authority Antoni Porowski, inside architect Bobby Berk, prepping specialist Jonathan Van Ness, style planner Tan France and culture master Karamo Brown, who unscripted television fans may perceive as one of the housemates on "The Real World: Philadelphia." David Collins, who made the first show, is ready as an official maker.

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First episode date: February 7, 2018! Network: Netflix! Nominations: People's Choice Award for Favorite Bingeworthy Show, MORE! Executive producers: David Collins, Adam Sher, Jennifer Lane, MORE

Ozark

Ozark

Made by Bill Dubuque ("The Accountant," "The Judge"), this dramatization arrangement stars Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde, a money related organizer who migrates his family from Chicago to a late spring hotel network in the Ozarks. With spouse Wendy and their two children close behind, Marty is moving after an illegal tax avoidance conspire turns out badly, driving him to take care of a considerable obligation to a Mexican medication ruler so as to keep his family protected. While the Byrdes' destiny remains in a critical state, the desperate conditions power the broke family to reconnect.

First episode date: July 21, 2017! Awards: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, MORE! Genres: Crime film, Thriller! Nominations: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, MORE

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

Ex-scalawag Jimmy McGill transforms into a little league lawyer and experiences a progression of preliminaries and disasters, as he changes into his adjust inner self Saul Goodman, an ethically tested criminal legal advisor.

Writers: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, MORE! Genres: Crime film, Dark comedy, Tragedy, Legal drama! Awards: Satellite Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries & Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, MORE! Networks: Netflix, AMC

Never Have I Ever

Never Have I Ever

The complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenager.

First episode date: April 27, 2020! Program creator: Mindy Kaling! Composer: Joseph Stephens! Narrated by: John McEnroe, Andy Samberg

The Witcher

The Witcher

The witcher Geralt, a changed beast tracker, battles to discover his place in a world in which individuals regularly demonstrate more underhanded than brutes.

First episode date: December 20, 2019! Network: Netflix! Executive producer(s): Sean Daniel; Jason Brown; Tomasz Bagiński; Jarosław Sawko; Lauren Schmidt Hissrich; Alik Sakharov! Director: Tomasz Bagiński

Dead to Me

Dead to Me

Jen's significant other as of late kicked the bucket in an attempt at manslaughter, and the scornful widow is resolved to fathom the wrongdoing. Idealistic free soul Judy has as of late endured her very own deplorable loss. The women meet at a care group and, regardless of their perfect inverse characters, become far-fetched companions. As the ladies bond over jugs of wine and a mutual partiality for "The Facts of Life," Judy attempts to shield Jen from a stunning mystery that could wreck her life as she most likely is aware it. The dim satire - which investigates the abnormally amusing sides of pain, misfortune and absolution - highlights a cast that incorporates TV veterans Christina Applegate and Ed Asner.

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No. of episodes: 20 (list of episodes)! Executive producer: Liz Feldman; Will Ferrell; Adam McKay, Jessica Elbaum; Christina Applegate; Christie Smith! Genres: Dark comedy, Tragicomedy! Nominations: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

I Am Not Okay with This

I Am Not Okay with This

A youngster explores the complexities of secondary school, family and her sexuality while managing new superpowers; in view of Charles Forsman's realistic novel.

First episode date: February 26, 2020! Directed by: Jonathan Entwistle! Music by: Graham Coxon! Based on: I Am Not Okay with This; by Charles Forsman

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geralt teaching ciri qwent

Definitely also going to render this one

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Open to interpretation

all i'm thinking about is that one post I made about Vesemir owning 1 tiny dog named Duchess that terrorizes either Lambert or Geralt (I can't remember which so both atp) Alternatively thinking about Ciri bringing home a dog and Geralt being the "I don't want that damn animal" Dad Trope and then becoming besties with it.