Comment on Anon is a Witcher

FluidBeef@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In fairness, that’s not far off from reality.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Bridget_Cleary

    an Irish woman who was murdered by her husband in 1895. She was either immolated or her body was set on fire immediately after her death. The husband’s stated motive was his belief that she had been abducted by fairies and replaced with a changeling, which he then killed.

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  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Classic witch talk.

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• philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Almost like witcher was commentary from the beginning.

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’d love to know what you think this “commentary from the beginning” is. Please, elaborate.

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    • DahGangalang@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Admittedly only dumped ~20 hours into one game, so may not have the most holistic view on the game.

      But feels like there’s a ton of quests that are “go hunt this monster”, find out the monster’s motivations, realize it was the humans/“civilized folk” who dealt the first blow / profaned nature / failed to perform some ritual, Geralt grits teeth and sides with civilization against obviously wronged nature/monster.

      So yeah, I didn’t see any “its actually domestic abuse” quests, but the games are crawling with “humans have hubris/pride that is their own downfall” commentary.

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      • philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I wasn’t talking about the third game in the series but the books the games are based on.

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