Who Really Made the Witcher Woke?
Added 2023-11-13 16:06:41 +0000 UTCEarly patreon release
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Thanks very much for making this video, Princess Weekes! I agree with the commenter Alex that bisexual Jaskier is really cool. I've played the Witcher 3 game (haven't finished it yet), and read the books partway. I haven't finished any of the books, so I appreciate your book related commentary, as it gives me a lot to think about. I plan to finish reading the books. They're very well written and the characters are great. I'm glad that the books are left leaning. It's a shame the Netflix series made Yennefer lose her assertiveness and fire. You're right in mentioning that it's way better to adapt stories with BIPOC characters rather than race bending characters. I used to think racebending was ok in general until I came watched online videos recently (inlcuding yours) that pointed that racebending doesn't work where stories require more nuance about issues of grief, colourism, sexism. I agree that the scene in the Netflix show where the girls turn into eels is also really weird. And you're right, Philippa's hair looks amazing.
sunlit_music
2023-11-18 07:25:45 +0000 UTCI do have to be grateful to season 2 for canonically bi Jaskier, especially since he has seemed painfully bi throughout the whole show haha. But making Yennefer so boring was such a big miss. People can have romantic angst and still be interesting, dynamic characters!
Alex
2023-11-13 23:19:03 +0000 UTCIf studios want to make the bigger franchises, they should do polls on which writers/directors/showrunners are fans/already have knowledge of the tone of the books. I feel like writers, especially, are fandom people. Anytime an adaptation fails massively (especially with The Witcher, not understanding the humor, etc) there just are not enough real nerds on the teams. And believe you me I know WGA members who are nerds for things. I really hope that a new generation of fantasy fans who have become creators start passionately pitching newer fantasy that has diversity built-in. When a studio orders something (as opposed to a passionate director coming forth and pitching it), finding the right people who understand (and LOVE) the source material is crucial. But I just wanted to say: I was talking to a black trans guy and his boyfriend last night, both writers, who were adapting a newer fantasy book they couldn't shut up about---in a way that nerds do at conventions but also with heavy hitting writing skills and agents. They're professionals but had PASSIONATE fan energy and it filled me with JOY (especially bc I'm a fan of the gay gay crazy series they're adapting). I hope soon the studios understand (and I honestly think they'll HAVE to, and they've been taken down a peg by the artists and the public in these strikes) that inclusion isn't just an afterthought but needs to happen at the baseline creator level. Lord of the Rings had so much soul because Peter Jackson fought for it, I think. It wasn't ordered by a studio. And I think that fight is worth fighting, especially for new material. I think execs don't read a lot of new fantasy and we just gotta be loud about them about it. I'm so lucky to have witnessed some young people out here in Hollywood getting louder. I am SO excited for what's next and I see stuff like The Witcher as dying breaths of an old way of doing things. A-thank you for coming to my TED Talk lol. P.S: you GOTTA find someone to do a pilot script and pitch deck for your Mina Murray-centric series. There's a Frankenstein Boom happening right now and I predict there will be a Dracula boom right after. MAKE DRACULA A CREEP AGAIN!
sirathena
2023-11-13 17:15:43 +0000 UTChonestly i'd happily listen to that succession/game of thrones rants!! excellent video as always.
anna
2023-11-13 16:41:28 +0000 UTC
