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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8875724" data-attributes="member: 6796661">Thanks for explaining it. I can see how fans of the books would be upset. Yennefer was one of my favorite characters in Witcher III but they really didn't get too deep into her backstory in the video game. This is probably a situation where not having read the books makes it easier for me to enjoy the TV series. Generally, I am pretty could about segmenting my expectations and enjoyment of stories based on the medium, but when they drastically change favorite characters, that can certainly be disappointing.I think that the show is trying to make a relatable character arc of redemption for Yennefer. For me it worked in the show (not having experience with the books to compare with). Do you think the more caring mother figure approach would have worked as well in the show?That's something I've learned to have to shrug off with most shows, especially epic fantasies. At least in the Witcher they could have hand waived it by a throw away mention of teleportation travel.This doesn't bother me as much. Makes for more dramatic scenes. Where shows usually fail in this regard is making the protagonists selectively competent or incompetent to force a plot point without any in story rationale. Geralt certainly seems to be the most bad-ass of the bunch, which may make sense from a TV storytelling perspective, but perhaps not from the world building done in the books and games.Well they felt the sotry, world, and characters were good enough to invest into the show. But show writers are always going to adapt the source material for the screen. Show writer egos and the desire to put forth their own vision likely also plays a large part.Well a redeemed Yen would. I could see that showing a more motherly side of her early on could make it more difficult in the truncated story telling of the TV show for audiences to accept her as the scheming badass she has to be to survive in this world. Yen is still one of my favorite characters in the TV show, but then I'm not invested in the story telling of the books. I've really enjoyed the three Witcher shows on Netflix so far, but thanks for helping me understand why fans of the original books are not so enthused.</blockquote>

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