But the REAL cleverness of this is not the monsters, but the humans the monsters are linked to. Geralt knows how to navigate monsters, but he doesn't know how to handle people; making sure he HAS to handle the people means the interactions are always a conflict, low or high key.
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A good example of this is the Striga. Geralt knows how to handle a monster like that. But to defeat it, he has to know its origins. Its origins are embarrassing to someone powerful. Geralt has to untangle that relationship before he can defeat it.
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So they took what Geralt is good at (killing monsters) and hurled him headfirst into a situation that he is not good at (navigating politics) and made it so that he HAS to confront and deal with the thing he is not good at and we get to see him grow as a result of that.
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But while it's clever storytelling, its underlying principle is simple: feelings. Monsters are fearsome and magic is impressive, but these are just spectacles, vehicles used to force the characters to confront their emotions. The Witcher knows that feelings drives stories.
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BUT ALSO Almost ALL of these monsters are a problem BECAUSE of a character’s feelings, ensuring that everyone we meet, even characters who show up very briefly, have a completed character arc! Feelings push the spectacle into other feelings, which cause more spectacle. Wild, no?
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This is also why Jaskier, while outwardly obnoxious, is endearing: he instantly makes himself useful by being able to navigate relationships that Geralt can’t. And because he needs Jaskier for this, he gets dragged into the trouble that Jaskier causes. It’s a perfect loop.
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And the final piece of goodness in this already good stuff: by having Geralt’s deficiency being emotions and relationships, the character growth is right in the conflict. Geralt needs to navigate emotions to complete his job. It owns.
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And through it all?
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makes it clear that these people are still usually making bad decisions. But they never dwell on it or ask you to feel anger or sympathy. They let the characters say what they did and then you get to decide.Prikaži ovu nit -
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I just didn't like how they DIDN'T show the different times they were referencing in a way that allowed me to understand where we were in the story.
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I actually enjoyed that part of it. There were little hints along the way but when it finally became really clear I loved theorizing about 'when' they all were & when it came together in the end it was awesome.
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