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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9081474" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>So all in all, loved the season and binge watched it shamelessly.</p><p>Even though I new what was coming the characters are so strong and the execution was so excellent it just swept me up.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think there are a few assumptions going on there. They may not have been powerful enough to capture her. They also didn’t know what side Tissaia was going to take. In the books and to a certain course she plays a neutral position between the north and Nilfguard. IIRC she didn’t participate in the battle of Sodden like in the TV series. She was going to stay neutral in the coup. Don’t forget she was one of the oldest sorceresses alive and had seen many kingdoms rise and fall. I can understand her desire to stay neutral. I got the impression in the TV series that she was very close to the Northen Mages that fought with her at Sodden and I suspect strongly that the Northern Kingdoms were hoping she would stay out of it or help them. In the books she only breaks the wards after it is revealed by Ciri that the Northern Kings had tricked everyone and broken the truce with Nilfguard to seize extra land. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I think we managed to see both which was awesome. Alzurs Thunder was done brilliantly and she no doubt single handedly saved the northern mages like Triss who would have been overrun.</p><p></p><p>However I think she had also just witnessed the destruction of something she had given almost her entire life too. As well as questioning her judgement over Vilgerfortz. She’s one of my favorite characters in the series, I could watch and listen to her all day long, since day one and I thought the actress and the script played her brilliantly. Sometimes all a flower can do is die.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In the lore she wrote the book, the poisoned source where she argued that magical blood would become corrupt if passed on in lineages. Magic corrupting is also alluded to in Yeniffer’s deformity due to her elven grand father. Tissaia therefore believed a person couldn’t have it all and had to chose between having children or having power.</p><p></p><p>Men aren’t sterilized at Ban Ard. However the magic they use does change their bodies and they usually become infertile at some point as female sorceresses would eventually even without the transformation spell.</p><p></p><p>Agree, he’s so bad it’s good. I feel a bit ashamed that I was glad he stepped in during the coup. I kinda hope he isn’t dead. It’s all part of the shades of grey of the series that works so well. Though I am glad they didn’t sanitize or attempt some kind of redemption for him.</p><p></p><p>I kinda liked it but it did feel repetitive a bit. I did like the slow reveals of the plot. I would call the episode indulgent. But after the rest of the series and the prior 2 I don’t begrudge them a little indulgence.</p><p></p><p>In the books he doesn’t really do anything over that period so I’m kinda glad he got some presence. I think a lot of it depends on where they decide to go with Radovid, who seems to be more of a computer game character than the book. It might pay off really well, who knows. I’ll also not begrudge a bit of gay representation in an otherwise pretty straight series/book.</p><p></p><p>She is a sorceress. Very powerful too. She’s just also a queen.</p><p></p><p>All will be revealed I suspect. In the books Emyr has set her up as a fake Ciri in order to gain the throne of Cintra. So that whole presentation is a show. In the series she is. Vilgerfortz creation and clearly he is working with Nilfguard.</p><p></p><p>Yes. She almost single hardly destroyed the mages of the north which had defeated Emyr’s army at Sodden. Massive win for Nilfguard!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 9081474, member: 6879661"] So all in all, loved the season and binge watched it shamelessly. Even though I new what was coming the characters are so strong and the execution was so excellent it just swept me up. I think there are a few assumptions going on there. They may not have been powerful enough to capture her. They also didn’t know what side Tissaia was going to take. In the books and to a certain course she plays a neutral position between the north and Nilfguard. IIRC she didn’t participate in the battle of Sodden like in the TV series. She was going to stay neutral in the coup. Don’t forget she was one of the oldest sorceresses alive and had seen many kingdoms rise and fall. I can understand her desire to stay neutral. I got the impression in the TV series that she was very close to the Northen Mages that fought with her at Sodden and I suspect strongly that the Northern Kingdoms were hoping she would stay out of it or help them. In the books she only breaks the wards after it is revealed by Ciri that the Northern Kings had tricked everyone and broken the truce with Nilfguard to seize extra land. I think we managed to see both which was awesome. Alzurs Thunder was done brilliantly and she no doubt single handedly saved the northern mages like Triss who would have been overrun. However I think she had also just witnessed the destruction of something she had given almost her entire life too. As well as questioning her judgement over Vilgerfortz. She’s one of my favorite characters in the series, I could watch and listen to her all day long, since day one and I thought the actress and the script played her brilliantly. Sometimes all a flower can do is die. In the lore she wrote the book, the poisoned source where she argued that magical blood would become corrupt if passed on in lineages. Magic corrupting is also alluded to in Yeniffer’s deformity due to her elven grand father. Tissaia therefore believed a person couldn’t have it all and had to chose between having children or having power. Men aren’t sterilized at Ban Ard. However the magic they use does change their bodies and they usually become infertile at some point as female sorceresses would eventually even without the transformation spell. Agree, he’s so bad it’s good. I feel a bit ashamed that I was glad he stepped in during the coup. I kinda hope he isn’t dead. It’s all part of the shades of grey of the series that works so well. Though I am glad they didn’t sanitize or attempt some kind of redemption for him. I kinda liked it but it did feel repetitive a bit. I did like the slow reveals of the plot. I would call the episode indulgent. But after the rest of the series and the prior 2 I don’t begrudge them a little indulgence. In the books he doesn’t really do anything over that period so I’m kinda glad he got some presence. I think a lot of it depends on where they decide to go with Radovid, who seems to be more of a computer game character than the book. It might pay off really well, who knows. I’ll also not begrudge a bit of gay representation in an otherwise pretty straight series/book. She is a sorceress. Very powerful too. She’s just also a queen. All will be revealed I suspect. In the books Emyr has set her up as a fake Ciri in order to gain the throne of Cintra. So that whole presentation is a show. In the series she is. Vilgerfortz creation and clearly he is working with Nilfguard. Yes. She almost single hardly destroyed the mages of the north which had defeated Emyr’s army at Sodden. Massive win for Nilfguard! [/QUOTE]
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