The Witcher Season 1 Episode 2 REACTION! "Four Marks" 1X2

We did not expect to like this show as much as we do...and it's only the second episode! Wow, there was tons of good information in this episode and we cannot wait to learn more! Also, we LOVE Yennifer!!
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[@DosCavazos]

*Remember to tag your spoilers!*

[@jakehart60]

Dos Cavazos have you guys thought about getting moderators especially if you guys read the comments

[@pinklefoo]

@@jakehart60 yeah, people that spoil rarely beleive they are spoiling or atleast that's what they claim. They get mad. They arent going to police themselves.

Also - spoil your tags!

[@Healine7]

Your tag spoils

[@nApucco]

So sorry for you that you got spoiled by those annoying people that immediately start spoiling stuff and pointing out/explaining every hint/detail in the comments. :( Especially with nowadays full-season releases. It’s half the fun of watching series like this to piece stuff together as you go along and start remembering all the hints that were there. Wish you a fun rest of the season. :)

[@Invader_Rin13]

The girls that were turn into eels are basically the ones that didn't make the cut and are now used as batteries to power the castle.

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

"Sometimes the best thing a flower can do, is to die."

[@Arbaaltheundefeated]

I love how THAT made them think the Rectress might be a decent teacher after all. :p

[@MichalBreslau]

In books they've become lawyers etc. Of course untalented girls from rich houses.

[@Strider91]

It's more than that. The witches draw on the raw powers of chaos to cast magic. Doing so takes a toll. Magic doesn't come without a cost as we saw in the episode. The girls fuel a font of raw magic and their essence is as such sacrificed to fuel the power of the mages. It's a cleaver work around, I believe in the games the mages had a fragment of the fountain as a piece of jewelry that linked them to it. I wish they had shown it here more

[@lawrencenull]

"I carry two swords. One of silver for creatures that roam the wild. One of steel for humans in their cities of stone. They’re both for monsters.” Geralt of Rivia

[@alexandercummins]

The Witcher has 3 swords! One for men One for monsters One for the ladies 😉

[@shikamarunara5445]

@@alexandercummins Sharpest sword ever.....

[@OrangeFreeman]

Both swords are for monsters. Some are just only vulnerable to silver, like vampires, strygas or dopplers - creatures of magical origin. And having a separate sword just for humans doesn't make any sense. Witcher's job is exclusively to kill monsters, why would they carry a spare sword just in case they run into some asshole? For all I know, humans die equally fast from any sword, doesn't matter if it's steel or silver.

[@lawrencenull]

@@OrangeFreeman the quote is directly from the book.

[@lilblock3564]

@@OrangeFreeman why would you dull your silver blade on humans?

[@wispiwispi1889]

Yennefer's biological father is half-elf, making her quarter elf.

[@jakehart60]

wispi wispi that’s a spoiler

[@ulysses1692]

@@jakehart60 You literally find out this episode

[@mateuszwisniewski3877]

@@jakehart60 Not really. It never came up in the books, though was mentioned in a story ("Something ends, something begins") the author himself considers not entirely canon.

[@lucamaddox4403]

its big brain time

[@clownzzz4837]

Henry Cavill did all his own stunts.

[@justanotherguy2120]

After both reading the books and playing the witcher games, including all quests and dlc in witcher 3. The man knows what it means to learn his character and be devoted. Mad respect from me, a big fan of witcher 3. I'm also a big fan of him playing Superman/Clark, and he was great in Immortals too.

[@jasonmillsom2981]

To be fair he can do that bc he is made out of steel

[@doomsdayking4843]

What a great actor dude.

[@ColinPoole]

This episode must honestly be the record for how quickly a TV/Movie has ever gotten me invested in a character so deeply. Having my cry for her in a matter of a few minutes.

[@RainNoFlowers]

They drop hints here and there regarding the timelines so you have to pay attention to the dialogue. For instance (not a spoiler) when Princess Cirilla was waiting for her grandmother when she went to war in episode 1, Mousesack mentioned they would lock girls in towers and they would die back in the day. Then back in Geralts timeline Stregobor the sorcerer mentioned the girls born under the black sun and being locked in towers recently.

[@Brontebabe]

De-Andra R also when Ciri was talking about her Grandma winning her first war at 18, it went back to Renfri saying that Queen Calenthe (the grandmother) just won her first battle.

[@carlycchapman]

@@Brontebabe Actually it's more like 13 or 15, but your point still stands

[@Bisstoro]

mousesack lmaooooi

[@brettsalazar1886]

All the talk of confusing timelines for the first season isn’t totally true I think the casual viewers just aren’t paying attention or just dense. But to be fair I did have to start the first episode over once I realized there were different timelines 💀

[@sepulchreknight]

A piece of advice for you both. This is a show that you really have to pay attention to what's happening and especially the dialogue. That's because of the different timelines for each character. There's usually a throw away line that clues you in on where in the timeline the scene takes place. This is especially true for the next episode, so pay close attention.

[@marmichaud]

In this one it,s the cleansing: Yen's Dad was killed in the cleansing, which, Toruviel tell it,s been a long time ago

[@MavenCree]

The bard's name is Jaskier (Yas-kir).

[@AdvocatusDiaboli969]

When Istredd says to Yennefer "you're a virgin" I'm pretty sure he's talking about magic.

[@julieL7773]

I thought he was reading her mind. He's good at that.

[@philo2189]

Yeah the toss a coin to your witcher is a meme that song blew up lmao

[@vkdeen7570]

o valley of plenty

[@philo2189]

@@vkdeen7570 ooooooooh

[@mjkjelland13]

Student who are not up to snuff, are transformed into eels to serve as power for the sisterhood

[@jaredrobb5092]

I don’t know if u realised and cut it out or u didn’t but yennefer also betrayed istredd. They r both going behind each other’s backs

[@DosCavazos]

Jared Robb we missed that! That makes more sense now we were a bit confused. Thanks!

[@vkdeen7570]

@@DosCavazos mages are very political and each mage school leader basically wants to have shit on the others students they can influence which mages go where and effectively shape the continent how they want

[@kyliem3728]

His seems worse.. in that Yennefer didn't know what her teacher wanted it for, and she asked and was told nothing would be done with it. Then you have Yennefer telling Istridd a personal and sensitive piece of information and him telling someone knowing that it could/would have consequences.

[@jaredrobb5092]

@Kylie M yeah I definitely think betrayed was a harsh word I just couldn’t think of another way to say it haha. I guess I was trying to say that they both went behind each other’s backs to appease their masters not because they think it’s the right thing to do but because they think it’s the only way for them to be accepted into the brotherhood of sorcerers.

[@vkdeen7570]

@@kyliem3728 it was the same neither knew what it would be used for. those flowers can be used to different types of more dangerous magic the fact that he gave 1 to yen and showed her could easily have been used against him by tissaia (it just that shes not as much of a jerk as stregobor).

[@anthonykoole3806]

I like how you know nothing about the witcher. Its so cool watching you learn more about it.

[@viola7052]

Yennefer is my favourite character as well, I love her character development throughout the season and she has so much potential

[@samkiselman3782]

Good job you guys! You’ve now made it to the really fun portion of the season. Episodes 3,4, and 5 are going to blow your minds

[@user-qd6jh9fd3u]

You guys gotta listen 😂 you miss soooooo many bomb lines lol

[@DosCavazos]

We talk to much we can’t help it 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@user-qd6jh9fd3u]

@@DosCavazos its understandable 😂

[@Jiibay7796]

Lol, "I don't eat rat" well sister you do today.

[@princekurtmontales2252]

Yen's timeline is happening way before geralt so if you didn't notice on that stregobor and istreed scene, stregobor looks younger.

[@Patruicio]

In this first season there are THREE seperated timelines: Geralt's timeline Yennefer's Timeline and Cirilla's Timeline And by the way, i have to say Sorry but the questions you are asking about Cirilla are spoilers of the story that is to come!!!!

[@tacitus5665]

Yennefers being the oldest and/ at times parallel to Geralts...

[@Arberin]

Though it's not that simple, since Geralt's and Yennefer's stories have a lot a time jumps to gradually catch up to the present (Ciri's timeline), so it can be a bit confusing.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@@Arberin It's not confusing at all, it's just people being not able to understand narrative devices like flashbacks and ellipsis

[@Arberin]

@@JulioLeonFandinho Agreed, I personally didn't find it confusing. But some people just don't play very much attention when watching and then complain.

[@darkeagle62]

@@JulioLeonFandinhoimo people just didnt pay attention to dialogue i caught the timelines this episode they mention the timelines through out the season not that hard to follow if you pay attention and have the basic knowledge of putting 2 and 2 together

[@HollyALau]

I subscribed because I love the dynamic and energy between you two!

[@philo2189]

That istrid and stregobor scene isnt in a different timeline than yens hes spying on her hes working fot stregobor

[@Comissar_Carolus]

Found your channel with this serie, and really like your comment. +1 sub. Also you have to know that in this universe, the mages, sorceresses are very arrogant, smug and haughty. Tissaia de Vries (the one who bought Yennefer) as director of the school of magic has those traits.

[@serieswatcher8058]

The less you get spoiled and less info you get from comments the reactions are more genuine and experience of the show is more rewarding.

[@dilligafwyt6095]

The girls were turned into eels to be used as conduits of magic. You cant conjure something for nothing and the best thing a flower can do is die. So the wizards in this tower power their magic from the failed sorcerers turned to eels. Another time shift. The elves that geralt met are the same ones that the boy killed and used their ears for a necklace.

[@dilligafwyt6095]

@@jessicasisk3196 thanks. That line makes more sense now. There are so many details hidden in the dialogue I am not surprised with how much I miss even when paying attention.

[@darkbarbiex]

came for the witcher reactions, stayed for your amazing energy 🥰😍 subbed and turned on the bell!

[@BilboTav]

Elves and other humanoid races like dwarfs, halflings, gnomes are generally called nonhumans in Witcher world. There is deep seated hatred between humans and them a lot, especially elves - unlike Lord of the Rings universe lets say, where they are mostly friendly. Nonhumans usually live in ghettos in human cities, there were pogroms done upon them (like the Great cleansing mentioned in the episode) A. Sapkowski - the author of the books took inspiration to this aspect from treatment of Jews in middle-ages European cities, probably. There are huge parallels.

[@QAF4life]

Toss a coin to your Witcher got stuck in my head for days!!! jaskier annoyed me at first but then I kinda liked him!

[@carlycchapman]

I liked Jaskier from the beginning. The dude is hilarious 🤣

[@LisaLynn71]

Congratulations on the 1000 + Subscribers. You guys are so much fun too watch. This episode was slower but had a lot of content. Glad you are liking the show so far..

[@Latexi_LMX]

Awesome reaction, keep up the good work! Great to see you enjoy the show, I watched it through in a few days!

[@amarillion388]

Without any spoilers: Geralt's ability to use "signs" was shown in the first episode already. He used "the push force" (Aard) and tried to change Renfri's mind with an Axii (didn't work, for she was immune to magic).

[@eddiejames4236]

keep up the great work i just found your channel two days ago

[@zebritah1]

Loved your reaction. Can't wait for more on The Witcher!! I bet you're going to love it.

[@weirdkokiri2898]

The force push Geralt did is a type of magic called Runes. There are various different kinds he can use. Unfortunately they won't implement runes much until, most likely, the next few seasons.

[@mikew4022]

Aard(Force push). :-)

[@darthbbq123]

"Toss a Coin" has tons of remixes on SoundCloud already. My fav is by Kyle Reclaim. Netflix liked it too, they tweeted a link to it.

[@BilboTav]

Great reaction! I am glad they included Yennefer backstory in the show, was a bit skeptical about that at first, because in the books it is only hinted through dialog here and there - that she was deformed, her step father abused her etc. But they did it amazingly.

[@KylaTalks]

Oh wow. One of the most interesting parts of the series is piecing together the timeline and seeing how it all connects, but y'all had that spoiled? It's really gonna affect the reaction. I remember how putting that piece together was dope to figure out/learn about/understand. Damn.

[@aidenharvey3784]

You were wondering what elves did to deserve all the hate from humans, simple...they did nothing wrong. In this world, Elves and other non-humans (dwarfs and gnomes and some monsters native to this planet) were the original inhabitants of the planet. One day during the "conjunction of spheres", the planet temporarily merged with another, allowing other beings (humans, monsters and ancient magical forces) to enter this world. Elves were kind and taught the humans (who they saw as new neighbors in their world) how to use magic to defend themselves from monsters, but humans being humans, killed most of the elves out of greed and racism and drove all non-humans from their cities and into the wilds. Since then, humans proclaimed themselves as the new rulers of the continents while erasing all evidence that elves and the other races were the true rulers. In short, humans are the "invasive species" not the elves. This adds to one of the realistic morals of the story that humans can be/are more monstrous than an horrid creature Geralt has faced in his 60ish years of traveling. And yes, at this point of the story where he meets Dandilion, Geralt is around 75 years old.

[@janmoseandersen8935]

Love this! Keep up the good work!

[@stevenbanks1548]

I believe that humans honestly began the war with elves because they were afraid of a community of people that were that powerful with separate interests than humankind. They were trying to make sure the Elves wouldn't use it against them, but by committing genocide against them guaranteed they had a powerful enemy.

[@QAF4life]

A new subscriber...I like that you guys have no idea about the world, I’m no expert but my brother was obsessed with the game so I got introduced through that so I know things, it’s refreshing watching you guys go in blind, yennefers backstory was well done!

[@Biomirth]

Man, I thought I was into the show, but you two have the ***best*** attitude towards it that I've seen so far in reaction, especially since you have not played the games nor read the books. I thought your post-episode comments were really lovely, particularly when you said (to paraphrase): "I felt like the language and story were really eloquent, like you were reading a book". Really insightful for someone who's never read them (me either I should say). One thing I've picked up is that there are two basic parts to the books: A series of short stories, and an Epic that follows. The show seems to keep this format in that it's revealing the epic but letting it 'fall out' of a series of short stories. Personally I love that they (the showrunner is awesome, watch her interviewed) didn't even bother trying to stitch the short stories into a narrative. Sometimes a collection of stories (See J.D. Salinger for the very best example) has it's own merits and you don't have to know everything to appreciate each on it's own. With the Witcher I think they've tried something very new: A series of short stories out of which a continuous narrative reluctantly emerges. Think of it like a bunch of adventure stories you hear at the pub from a retired adventurer: They don't know it's an epic story. You don't know it either. But someone, with the grace of history, picks up these stories and weaves them into the greater whole.... eventually. Also, I love how much you both love Yennifer. Anya is doing an amazing job, and though I'd have cast differently I think the casting pays off because the actress is such a good pair of hands for the part.

[@Sebastian_Polak_Maly]

Enjoying your reactions. You're going to love episode 3!

[@rockerctereo2851]

No spoilers guys. Looking fwd to Ep 3.

[@abcdefghi2749]

Thanks for telling me about that other Netflix show, the last Kingdom, from the pilot episode reaction of The Witcher on your KZbin channel. I checked it out and it's great.

[@DoctorNerf]

It is odd watching this. Whenever this came out the song toss a coin to your witcher is the song that prompted me to start learning piano. Have been playing ever since and the expert version of the song took me all of these years of practise to perform reasonably well.

[@SpaceTacos60316]

There are signs of power that Witchers can use. I'm reading thru the books now but haven't figured all of them out. Quen - ? Igni - fire Yrden - ? Aard - like a forcefield push (used in episode #1) Axii - ? Don't remember them all but I'm sure they're out there in full detail on a wiki page or something. Y'all are quite a lotta fun to watch!! Favorite line when the she-bastard was getting stabbed by servant man "I'm not even mad!" hahahaha I've also found a "movie" made up of the videogame (bc I don't play them) if you're interested, have a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHnakmBtgaeZjJY For people like me who don't play the games and haven't yet read all the books, it's an interesting look into The Witcher's Universe.

[@fakemcgee8391]

I'm going to miss the 5 comment videos where I knew you would be able to see all of them and almost have conversations. Selfish ik. You guys deserve the 1k and thousands more. Don't forget about the little moments you have as an upcoming channel. Ik you guys will blow up with your mandalorian/witcher. Love you guys 💚

[@DosCavazos]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MsMenoz]

Congratulations 1.3 k and the singer is my favorite character. Pls give him some time. Don't judge it's book by it's cover just saying lol. But this reaction is by far the most best reactions from other reatactors. Can't wait for walking dead reactions!!!

[@rrkkmindsvids8774]

Your genuine reaction deserves a 100k+ more subs. I was 1st captivated by your channel when i watched your reaction on MULAN 2nd trailer. That was the 1st vid i saw in your channel and I really liked it. Glad there are still reactors like you both. Ive seen Many fake or over over reacting reactors in the past yr like really off nonsenses reactions, its really fkng cringy. Glad i found your channel. Thanks!

[@philo2189]

I wasnt gunna tell ya its three different timelines bc they will tell you lol theres alot of confusion that they will clear up so you dont have to worry about it

[@JeronisLeror]

The first part is to help clear up confusion for fans of the books, the games and you, the reactors, when reading comments. Spoilers further below. Jaskier, the bard's name means Buttercup. In the games they changed his name to Dandelion in order to make it less feminine. The girls who failed the lightning test were turned into eels. The girl who the glass shattered in the face of, the girl who successfully caught lightning, Yennifer, and the girl who successfully levitated the Rock but whose hand is deteriorated are the only ones left from that initial series of classes. Just standing on that platform alone would be enough to fill them with electric chaos, but since the other girls weren't able to bottle the lightning, or absorb it like Yennifer, they were turned into eels so that the electric chaos could then be used to power the school. Effectively, since they failed, the only use they had were as batteries. The effect of her being bought, after the first night, is that the head mistress has effectively taking Yennifer in as her Ward and adoptive daughter. A similar relationship exists between the wizard from episode 1 and Yennifer's boyfriend. However Yennifer's boyfriend is nowhere to be seen during episode 1, despite there being that connection.

[@denisd3639]

Remembers congratulating you not that long ago on 500 Subs...Yowza! Sky's the limit!! Keep on keeping on!

[@honestcat224]

You guys are pretty cool, i was only 4 minutes into your last video..I knew i had to subscribe 👍

[@darkbarbiex]

you're actually right! they keep going back and forth between past and present to show us backgrounds of all characters and their significance 🥰

[@emmano6340]

You guys make good reaction videos. Keep up the good work !

[@stynershiner1854]

There is a running theme throughout the witcher world that humans are the worst monsters. As said by Geralt in the first episode, the first monster he encountered was a man that was trying to rape a little girl in front of her father.

[@Strider91]

I actually really liked the conversation Geralt had with the elf king in the books. It was like a more elongated version of what they had here. He told the elves they would be better to let the past and land go, to leave and go somewhere else to rebuild their civilization. That so long as even one of them lives, the culture lives. And if a culture lives, then the civilization lives on. Because here they have that talk then in the very next scene we see the elf skulls and it's like " well, should have listened to Geralt"

[@Vijay-tg7hf]

so much hilarity from the two of you. Nice vid :D

[@kobikwahbz5763]

You got one more sub. Keep it up. More of these type of show reactions.

[@Josh-re5qq]

You guys are great!

[@RomanyGypsy92]

#spoilers maybe?? Oh trust me, you'll ship Geralt and Yennefer hahaha. The timeline stuff was an interesting choice for the show but it's ultimately helped flesh out Yen and Ciri even more I think. The first two books are a collection of short stories that are supposed to be set in the past (Geralt's timeline in the show) before the events of the main saga of 4 books that is Ciri's timeline. It actually allowed them to introduce Ciri sooner in the show which is cool.

[@pinklefoo]

I feel like you should put a spoiler warning. I'm sure you'll probably disagree.

[@RomanyGypsy92]

@@pinklefoo I mean I didn't really spoil anything plot wise but yeah sure I'll add it? Also your tone is kinda contentious and idk why you felt like you had to add the second part of what you said besides just saying "hey maybe the tag is appropriate here."

[@pinklefoo]

@@RomanyGypsy92 Of course its contentious. They mention it and the video and the top comment says label spoilers. Look at how many of the comments are saying "spoilers everywhere, please get mods". People that spoil always get defensive and never admit it. It just comes with that selfish, narrow mindset. Just preemptively defending myself for the 100% record of that happening and I was right. The only mistake I made was giving a heads up. Usually the person makes an ass of themselves but this gave you the initiative to try to pin that on me. I'll go back to asking politely and watching the meltdown happen.

[@pinklefoo]

@@RomanyGypsy92 "oh trust me, you'll ship geralt and yennefer"....definitely hints a plot point. Dont play dumb to advance a point. Theres a whole thread on another reactor's comment section where someone revealed the same thing as you and had 8 different people claim that it was a spoiler. I see this everywhere. It's like watching a playthrough on twitch and some dude says "oh man, my favorite part is coming up!" When people say "shhhh" they always say "what?! I didnt reveal a plot point!"

[@ПлатонУченик]

Were you guys high while watching this episode?

[@JulietteReacts]

Jaskier stole the show for me!

[@gie8366]

7:55 Jaskier deserved that for mentioning about the butcher of blaviken to Geralt. Geralt hates that name 😅

[@chance757]

i’m continually torn between finding you guy’s comments hilarious and being scared you’re going to miss important dialogue. i guess it’s both but could i recommend watching with subtitles if you aren’t? everything is explained in the scenes themselves if not by words and if you miss both while talking then you won’t really understand what’s going on. that being said, i’m really enjoying your reactions and i can’t wait for the next! hope you don’t take offense to my comment, i honestly mean no harm💕 edit: the girls that were turned into eels became power sources for aretuza. they weren’t good enough to ascend but they couldn’t be let back out into the world with the magic that they do know.

[@DosCavazos]

It’s our mission to keep everyone on edge! 😉 Jk, we do watch with subtitles and we’re trying to pay more attention lol! -Kacee

[@eddiejames4236]

the girls were used to power up the place were the magic were being used

[@abcdefghi2749]

"It's a stupid reason to commit genocide for a whole Mass species?" There was the endangering of indigenous people when their land was stolen from them, the holocaust and slavery because of race....it's because of racism, hatred, intolerance and stupidity. That's why the elves were killed off in the show. It goes back too the historical fiction meets fantasy part of this show in this world or universe.

[@neonghost8608]

Elves deserve it

[@Bruce-Wayne79]

That was a cute impersonation of The Joker Kacee 😂, and no worries if you looked like Yennifer. I would still love ya. Lol

[@8jaytee]

SPOILERS about the timelines if you guys wanna know when they take place. Ciri's timeline is the present, Geralt's timeline is about 10 years before Ciri's. Yennifer's timeline is about 30-40 years before Ciri's.

[@looploopertzg3511]

i think about the jumbled timeline..yes, it's a surprise, but you'll only notice it if you pay attention to the dialog... and so far so good.....probably the writer want us to feel smart if somehow we figure it out...

[@heavyweightlifted171]

I subbed for The Witcher.

[@mcruz2357]

17:53 - is there ever a good reason for committing genocide? Isn't the point that it is ALWAYS stupid/wrong?

[@brittag.pedersen5340]

🙂👍 Great reaction... love to watch them! 👋👋👋

[@zombehunta1988]

congrats on a 1.24k subs

[@DosCavazos]

Thanks!!

[@zombehunta1988]

@@DosCavazos your welcome

[@lonelybanshee8593]

The elves are essentially the indigenous race of the Continent, who have been genocided and had their land stolen by humans over the centuries. No spoilers, but this isn't the last time that's going to be, erm, "discussed."

[@metalmonk3775]

Toss a coin to your witcher makes me almost cry when i hear it because its literally a retelling of a story in order to give credit to the man who deserves it, yet his whole life everyone he meets hates him by default for what he is and not who he is. Its tragic when you consider his incredible lifespan

[@dannyboy_66]

Watching this when you got 50k Subs it's cute how u r so happy about 1k Subs😂

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

The eels are basically girls that have the ability to do magic, but arent good enough to become a sorceress. Becoming a sorceress is more of a political position. Only the "best" become sorceresses. The ones that dont make the cut are turned into eels and used as a power source for Arituza (the school).

[@yugoxgc]

Ciri is Geralt's future. Not past... but yeah The Timelines can be confusing

[@dmc8706]

Those three girls failed and were transformed into eels that were still magical. They were put into a pool that is used to draw Magic for the school which keeps the building magical. They were basically sacrificed because they were not promising sorceresses. It's funny that you guys decided that the teacher wasn't so bad at the same time that she was forcing yennifer to shove her friend into the pool

[@noone1704]

I like you guys! Subscribed!

[@DosCavazos]

Thank you!

[@lulluf6392]

Those girls weren't good enough to graduate so Tissaia turned them into magic batteries for the school, pretty fucked up xD

[@topkekkek2135]

The 3 girls were turned into eels because they didn't ascend. They couldn't control magic, so they are now used as power source for the school. Tissaia taught them magic, but they cant control it, so it would be way too dangerous to let them go freely, since they would abuse it and cause chaos. Tissaia sees potential in Yen that's why she didn't turn her into an eel. She's a good teacher, she just wanted Yennefer to learn how to control her anger in tough situations. She knows she's the strongest mage at the school.

[@princedagpin22]

Anything related to witcher I will subscribe. 🤪

[@VestaraSkywalker]

Please react to Anne with an E! It is such a beautiful show and an emotional rollercoaster! You'll love it!

[@Asticek]

not to spoil anything much but the timelines will eventually meet and all will get clear just keep watching :)

[@philo2189]

The funny thing is even though the show is called the witcher hes not the most important character.

[@boskee]

Because the books are all about Ciri.

[@philo2189]

@hammertapping I never said he wasn't important he obviously he, he just isn't the most important.

[@noahholderman5725]

“I don’t eat rat” *[book spoilers]* Well, actually, you do Ciri

[@saibothero]

This would have made things so much easier for me if i knew watching it small SPOILER Ciri's timeline is the present and geralt's is about 15 years before that trust me it helps in understanding the show sooo much

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

13:46... Now you're gettin it ;)

[@dcanngieter]

Witchers want people to think they are ruthless. It's not ascending, Ascending for Sorcerers is being paired up with a King. Those that don't fit the bill, are used for power to defend the building Also the Bard is necessary to balance out Geralt. Yennefer in this state it to weak of a person to thrive off of love and care. She needs the extreme tough love to become what she ultimately does. Great Vid again, this is Arguably the weakest episode, so sit right, it gets better! 😇

[@philo2189]

Also she turned them mages into eels because theyre not good enough to be full blown mages so she used them as a source of power for the academy and tossed them into that water

[@jay4988]

Stay out of the comment sections 🤦‍♂️ better to learn everything as the show progresses!! It all comes full circle 👌

[@AntG703]

Ciri is present time. Geralt is in the past. Yennefer is in the distant past. Timelines will converge as season goes on.

[@Thepirireis]

Your audio of the feed is so low it is overpowered by your reaction. Otherwise, a good video.

[@neph6098]

You're a Witcher, Gery!

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Through all of Season 1, Ciri's timeline is the latest. Geralt's timeline starts at about 30 years before Ciri's, while Yennefer's timeline starts something like 70 years before Ciri's. Geralt and Yennefer's timelines converge just past the middle of the season, then all 3 converge at the end of the season. That relationship between timelines isn't demonstrated here, but in next episode you'll meet a character who is a bit past middle-age in Geralt's timeline who is a little kid in Yennefer's timeline (if you pay attention, there is a portrait that gives you a hint who to watch for :D ). I love how the first 3 episodes are built around themes with the cuts between timelines examining those themes from different perspectives - Episode 1 being destiny, duty, and choice, Episode 2 being the conflict between humans and the elder races, especially elves, and Episode 3 being less strongly theme-based but with the scenes kinda rhyming in theme on either side of each cut between timelines. One of the tropes that The Witcher subverts is that in a lot of fantasy anyone telling backstory knows what the truth is and relates it honestly - The Witcher isn't like that. It is generally a bad idea to take the views expressed by any character as actual truth, which is why we are shown so many perspectives on the conflict between humans and the elder races in this episode. All of the views expressed in this episode are true but none of them are completely true - all of them filter truth through what their character knows and what their world-view is. These episodes are so packed with detail that they are great for rewatching.

[@notixhdz2909]

Yenefer is my favorite she is so bad ass

[@tyroneloki5131]

just try avoid the spoilers...coz fans can be a bit too excited ....oh and BTW netflix has subtitles.