The Witcher series APPRECIATION thread

[Zlaja]

What the fuck are you even talking about

I'm just pointing out the tired trope of "humans are the real monsters" in every medium depicting mutants, robots, aliens, and 'other kind' of any sort.

 

[Storyfag]

What the fuck are you even talking about

I'm just pointing out the tired trope of "humans are the real monsters" in every medium depicting mutants, robots, aliens, and 'other kind' of any sort.

But this is untrue of the Witcher games (1-3) and novels. TW1 goes to some length to show how both humans and non-humans are capable of both honourable and horrific acts. TW2 reminds everyone that the elves used plagues to conquer cities, and humans had a fair share of war criminals among them. TW3 is somewhat preachy in that regard... but the ultimate enemy is the king of the dimension-hopping genocidal elves that conquered and enslaved many worlds. Still decently balanced, I would say.

 

[BruceVC]

You dont lose basic humanity when you become a Witcher

No, you only lose it if you're a normal human, apparently.

What the fuck are you even talking about, humans in this game are pretty fucking human. Some are cowards, some are brave, some are good, some are evil, some are trustworthy, some will lie to you, there are simpletons and sorcerers, kings and bandits, some are living one day at a time and some have schemes reaching years into the future. Some are interesting, some are boring, but most of them are pretty real. The game portrays them both as absolute filth and paragons of good and that's basically definition of human.

Yes, its a normal medieval setting that highlights a wide range of different types of humanity

Its not an unusual type of world around some people being inherently good and others being evil