#Witcher 2 summer solstice full#

#Witcher 2 summer solstice full#

вЂњThe WitcherвЂќ is full of fictional elves and sorcery, but itвЂ™s built around very human evils such as conquest and genocide, issues that have become very real as a twisted new fascism rises around the world. We read fantasy novels and watch shows like вЂњThe WitcherвЂќ to escape the boring routines of our lives, but my political reality has never seemed scarier. I watched this episode the day after Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, a sorceress in her own right. Yennefer unleashes a firestorm to defend herself and to help save their world from encroaching evil. She rejects and resents her mentor, Tissaia, for the tradeoff, and quite literally wants to burn the whole system to the ground.ДЇlash forward to the dramatic last minutes of the final episode, and Tissaia instructs her star pupil: Her fertility was the sacrifice she made for her magical transformation, and she refuses to accept it. YenneferвЂ™s chaos - her rage - builds throughout the show, mostly around her desperate longing for a baby.

вЂ¦ Magic is organizing chaos вЂ¦ and while oceans of mystery remain, we have deduced that this requires two things: Balance and control. вЂњChaos is the most dangerous thing in this world. This is from Tissaia de Vries, the stone-cold rectoress of the school of magic, who delivers her wisdom as the camera slowly follows her as she circles her pupils (some powerful mise en scene I didnвЂ™t appreciate until the second viewing): While I have many favorite quotes from the show, this one from YenneferвЂ™s schooling at Aretuza is the best for the purposes of this blog. Throughout the season, sheвЂ™s called many things: A mage, a sorceress, an enchantress вЂ¦ and that вЂњvery sexy but insane witch.вЂќ (Life goals.)Д«efore Yennefer transforms into that witch, sheвЂ™s a devastatingly shy, insecure hunchback, who wants nothing more than to be beautiful, to be desired, to be important. Add the self-depracating humor and his gruff, frustrated вЂњFuck!вЂќ when he knows he has to take care of business вЂ¦ and вЂ¦ well, it didnвЂ™t take long for my mocking giggles to turn into giddy ones. A sexy, monster-killing protector and reluctant hero вЂ¦ Henry Cavill has described him as a вЂњwhite knightвЂќ in interviews.

He also has a chiseled jaw and a cartoonish upper body that could swallow me with a hug. HeвЂ™s a thoughtful, merciful outcast who can literally slay monsters. This Witcher is a lone wolf вЂ¦ emotionally unavailable, yet tenderhearted. But alllll of the deep, psychological buttons have been pressed: IвЂ™m not normally attracted to men who look like they were conjured from the cover of a romance novel. Geralt of Rivia, aka the White Wolf, aka вЂ¦ The Witcher.ДЄs IвЂ™ve said before, he didnвЂ™t impress me much at the beginning. Watching it without any foreknowledge was a gift. If you havenвЂ™t watched the show yet, I urge you to binge and come back and obsess with me here вЂ¦ because I donвЂ™t want to ruin your own journey. Also, I sincerely hope to leave the viewers - and readers - hot. In an interview about the Netflix series, Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of the books, told People: вЂњI shall be happy if the viewers - and readers - take anything away, anything that shall enrich them in some way. I was rageful.ДЄm I going to be cosplaying in a druid cloak at a Witcher comic con after this COVID pandemic? By the end of the final episode, I was in tears. I think he took the coin and ran,вЂќ I cackled, impressed by my smug wit. вЂњHuh вЂ¦ I wonder if heвЂ™s embarrassed by this role. I was disoriented by the story and its weird timeline, and I remember giggling at the main character, brought to life by a beefcake I had never heard of before: Henry Cavill, the guy who played the latest Superman, my husband informed me. Throughout the first episode, I was skeptical and indifferent. I had never heard of this Netflix series, or the bestselling books it is based on, nor the video games and its legions of fans. The journey starts with my dismissive mocking. My husband and I streamed the eight episodes over a couple weeks because he heard it was like вЂњGame of ThronesвЂќ вЂ¦ and, well, letвЂ™s just say itвЂ™s been a helluva journey. IвЂ™m writing this in tears, just hours after finishing the final episode of вЂњThe Witcher Season 1вЂі on Netflix.