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Jan. 6th, 2020 10:52 pm1. So, I've fallen in love with The Witcher series on NETFLIX. I think I may become fannish about something again. It's playing with my head. And it gets better and better the more I think about it.
Season 1 dropped with just 8 episodes -- and they are tightly plotted episodes, with great production, interesting metaphors, and some of the best drawn female characters that I've seen in a fantasy series. (I want more Netflix, please renew! If you can renew Stranger Things (which I think I've given up on) you can renew something I love.
I finished watching it on Sunday, and the more I think about it, the more it works and I love it to pieces. I may re-watch it -- which is something I rarely do. (I've only re-watched a handful of series in my lifetime. I'm not a re-watcher, too many shows, too little time. And I have insanely eclectic taste.)
It basically does everything that Game of Thrones did wrong, right. The Witcher washed the bitter taste that Game left in my mouth over the summer.
Here's a link to one of the meta's that I found online via Averil, I Love How the Witcher Proves How You Can Have A Sexist World Without Having a Sexist Story
( Excerpts for folks who can't read it -- the print is small and it's on Tumblr )
I need to find more meta or write it.
The female characters in this series blew me away. It's the first time that I've seen female characters drawn in this manner in a fantasy series. It was like my dream fantasy series come true. There's really only one central male figure, with a lot of powerful female characters, who are diverse, and powerful in various ways.
And the male character cares for women, he's not a misogynist.
Wow.
I've never seen anyone do a medieval fantasy series in this way. Usually it's well Game of Thrones. Most fantasy series are either Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings. It's got to the point that I'd given up on medieval fantasy series. After Game, I thought, eh, that's it. Not torturing myself with this crap any longer. And then I tried this -- and was blown away.
Go watch if you have netflix.
2. Ah, the New Mutants Movie actually has an sir date!
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Season 1 dropped with just 8 episodes -- and they are tightly plotted episodes, with great production, interesting metaphors, and some of the best drawn female characters that I've seen in a fantasy series. (I want more Netflix, please renew! If you can renew Stranger Things (which I think I've given up on) you can renew something I love.
I finished watching it on Sunday, and the more I think about it, the more it works and I love it to pieces. I may re-watch it -- which is something I rarely do. (I've only re-watched a handful of series in my lifetime. I'm not a re-watcher, too many shows, too little time. And I have insanely eclectic taste.)
It basically does everything that Game of Thrones did wrong, right. The Witcher washed the bitter taste that Game left in my mouth over the summer.
Here's a link to one of the meta's that I found online via Averil, I Love How the Witcher Proves How You Can Have A Sexist World Without Having a Sexist Story
( Excerpts for folks who can't read it -- the print is small and it's on Tumblr )
I need to find more meta or write it.
The female characters in this series blew me away. It's the first time that I've seen female characters drawn in this manner in a fantasy series. It was like my dream fantasy series come true. There's really only one central male figure, with a lot of powerful female characters, who are diverse, and powerful in various ways.
And the male character cares for women, he's not a misogynist.
Wow.
I've never seen anyone do a medieval fantasy series in this way. Usually it's well Game of Thrones. Most fantasy series are either Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings. It's got to the point that I'd given up on medieval fantasy series. After Game, I thought, eh, that's it. Not torturing myself with this crap any longer. And then I tried this -- and was blown away.
Go watch if you have netflix.
2. Ah, the New Mutants Movie actually has an sir date!
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