thank you the time skip made me feel stupid but i am back on track now thx

I think that the biggest mistake of the show this season was not including the “Dear Friend” letters :)

As far as Geralt sleeping with Shani goes, I think it would be an err to stipulate that Geralt is among the number who prey young girls. It will be remembered that while in Aedd Gynvael there is an instance in which Geralt beholds a young lady being harassed by an older man; Sapkowski enlightens the reader that this revulsed Geralt.

Cats hate witchers that's probably why. I don't hate on the Shani relationship, Geralt is pictured as a Don Juan and it sort of shows one of his flaws. As you said, everyone is flawed in this universe, the yen/geralt relationship is flawed too, and geralt having a moment with Shani is one of the symptoms I think. Also, I really like her character, I was so happy to see her back in hearts of stone!

I fell asleep reading that one section with that dialog where geralt is on the boat 😄

So we got “A grain of truth” with Ciri in season 2 I feel like this chapter would fit perfect in season 3, I haven’t played the games yet but I would love to see Oxenfurt in live action sounds like the place to be

I actually quite like this chapter and it's a Shame it doesn't feature in season 2 more particularly the "dear friend" letter which I feel is such a big moment in the relationship between Geralt and Yen throughout the book series. The boat scene is quite slow and probably appeals to me more than some others as I'm a huge monster lore nerd from the games. Shani is one of my favourite characters from the games and again am bummed she doesn't feature in season 2. I don't mind the interaction between Geralt & Shani as someone that has come from the games then to the books it's almost already in mind that "that will be a thing" Depending on your choices in the original Witcher game Geralt and Shani have several sexual encounters and, at least on some level, carry on a romantic relationship as in the game lore Yen isn't even in the picture yet and it is a battle between Triss & Shani for Geralt's affections. And in typical Geralt fashion doesn't pass up the oppertunity to be bed 2 firey red heads at the same time until he must ultimately make a choice. In this way I think the games and the books do a great job of not painting Geralt as the "Knight in Shining Armour" hero. He is a flawed individual with a lot of baggage to carry while trying to make his way in the world the best he can while staying true to his own morales and code and taking comfort where he can find it. Personally I think this makes Geralt a far more relatable character to us (readers/players/viewers) in our daily lives as we all have flaws, do questionable things at times, have regrets and are not perfect.

Your own, personal, online book club...Nice! The Witcher books are amazing (I read / listen to a few before starting The Witcher 1)

its ok, we all know cats are the truly the ones in control ;]

Dijkstra is a very cool character I’m reading baptism of fire right now and I am excited to see more of him in the series and excited to see more of his development in the Netflix series. You have a very interesting take that is hard to argue with regarding the muddy morals of the characters in this series. I think having human heroes in general is setting yourself up for disappointment and disillusionment. I believe it’s better to look up to specific actions and beliefs. Even Ciri becomes a murderer later on in the series as Falka. I do really like how sapkowski and cdpr carry the theme that no one is a good person in this world full of evil deeds and evil people. I think people tend to overlook Geralts flaws because we see more sides of him and we see his motivations. This is a flaw that we have as people when it comes to most morally grey characters and people in the real world and it is very interesting to see in a fictional series. Thank you for this episode I hope you have a great week.

Yay she’s back ! I love this series