Elin Ratzinger (or Wilma Wessely, if you like)
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Sapkowski on Le Guin: The Waste Land Motif in The Witcher
The loneliness and alienation, the Waste Land of the human heart, is a recurrent motif in The Witcher. Re-reading "Pirog, or There’s No Gold in the Gray Mountains" by Andrzej Sapkowski I get stuck on ...
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Love is the essence. Love and lovelessness walk hand in hand at the heart of everything in The Witcher, and with them the good and the evil.
As Tenar to Ged in Sapkowski’s reading of Ursula K. Le Guin, so Ciri to oh, so many characters.
Love is the essence. Love and lovelessness walk hand in hand at the heart of everything in The Witcher, and with them the good and the evil.
As Tenar to Ged in Sapkowski’s reading of Ursula K. Le Guin, so Ciri to oh, so many characters.
Witcher fans, an evening with Andrzej Sapkowski held in The British Library on 01.11.2025 is now available for watching until 8th of November.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Witcher fans, an evening with Andrzej Sapkowski held in The British Library on 01.11.2025 is now available for watching until 8th of November.
www.blplayer.co.uk/eventlink/10...
www.blplayer.co.uk/eventlink/10...
Sapkowski memes:
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Sapkowski memes:
Andrzej Sapkowski's opinion on Artificial Intelligence in writing: 'Since there are no children present - the difference between natural writerly talent and intelligence and artificial writing and intelligence is like a comparison between artifical and natural male organ.'
Absolute King.
Absolute King.
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Andrzej Sapkowski's opinion on Artificial Intelligence in writing: 'Since there are no children present - the difference between natural writerly talent and intelligence and artificial writing and intelligence is like a comparison between artifical and natural male organ.'
Absolute King.
Absolute King.
Host asking Sapkowski how the fandom's love has influenced him as a writer.
'A Thai prophet said, “Only very stupid writer doesn’t listen to his fans, but extremely stupid writer does what the fans want.” I try to find the golden way: I listen to the fans, and then absolutely do not pay attention.’
'A Thai prophet said, “Only very stupid writer doesn’t listen to his fans, but extremely stupid writer does what the fans want.” I try to find the golden way: I listen to the fans, and then absolutely do not pay attention.’
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Host asking Sapkowski how the fandom's love has influenced him as a writer.
'A Thai prophet said, “Only very stupid writer doesn’t listen to his fans, but extremely stupid writer does what the fans want.” I try to find the golden way: I listen to the fans, and then absolutely do not pay attention.’
'A Thai prophet said, “Only very stupid writer doesn’t listen to his fans, but extremely stupid writer does what the fans want.” I try to find the golden way: I listen to the fans, and then absolutely do not pay attention.’
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October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Writing on the cosmogony and ontology of The Witcher these days... cannot get any more excited than that! 😇 (actually, possibly would, if I got to write more of that for CD Projekt)
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Writing on the cosmogony and ontology of The Witcher these days... cannot get any more excited than that! 😇 (actually, possibly would, if I got to write more of that for CD Projekt)
Autumn evenings are for re-reading The Hussite Trilogy ☕️ And enjoying Reynevan, the pathetic, naive, self-admiring Dandelion of the dark arts getting his just desserts over and over and over...
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Autumn evenings are for re-reading The Hussite Trilogy ☕️ And enjoying Reynevan, the pathetic, naive, self-admiring Dandelion of the dark arts getting his just desserts over and over and over...
Andrzej Sapkowski wrote Ciri as the Holy Grail. Tracking his pagan streak across The Witcher and the Trilogy, we'll see what we find about the Grail, the Triple Goddess, Wiccan theology, female sovereignty, and love as the Grail's power. The Grail is a Woman.
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Andrzej Sapkowski wrote Ciri as the Holy Grail. Tracking his pagan streak across The Witcher and the Trilogy, we'll see what we find about the Grail, the Triple Goddess, Wiccan theology, female sovereignty, and love as the Grail's power. The Grail is a Woman.
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I have a lot of sympathy for the argument that modern fantasy tends to almost orientalise the Celtic nations through making their languages and cultures fey and elven but I find it deeply funny that people think Sarah J Maas invented this or even presented a particularly bad version of it.
January 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have a lot of sympathy for the argument that modern fantasy tends to almost orientalise the Celtic nations through making their languages and cultures fey and elven but I find it deeply funny that people think Sarah J Maas invented this or even presented a particularly bad version of it.
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August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In the Witcher 3's cut content, Eredin calls Avallac’h ‘Father.’ In CD Projekt Red’s hands, their rivalry was to unfold as a conflict between a creation & creator, paralleling Ciri’s & Geralt’s dynamic in a twist.
The family dynamics among the Wild Hunt generals, meanwhile, run something like this:
The family dynamics among the Wild Hunt generals, meanwhile, run something like this:
September 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In the Witcher 3's cut content, Eredin calls Avallac’h ‘Father.’ In CD Projekt Red’s hands, their rivalry was to unfold as a conflict between a creation & creator, paralleling Ciri’s & Geralt’s dynamic in a twist.
The family dynamics among the Wild Hunt generals, meanwhile, run something like this:
The family dynamics among the Wild Hunt generals, meanwhile, run something like this:
September 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Why is there an elven Tower, Tor Gval'cha, on Skellige? What is Ragh nar Roog, really? Why are the Aen Elle taller than the Aen Seidhe? The Witcher 3's cut content tells of Freyja the elf, Alderwalk, Leib-Olmai, the white ships, and even the cult of the Eternal Fire - created as a joke.
August 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Why is there an elven Tower, Tor Gval'cha, on Skellige? What is Ragh nar Roog, really? Why are the Aen Elle taller than the Aen Seidhe? The Witcher 3's cut content tells of Freyja the elf, Alderwalk, Leib-Olmai, the white ships, and even the cult of the Eternal Fire - created as a joke.
In the Witcher games, Eredin is a template death knight. In game-fanon, he is frequently a BDSM, ultra-dom, plotting maniac. In the Witcher books though... Eredin is a bit different. Like a unicorn, I rarely see him in fandom spaces, and did he kill Auberon? Well... 😅 :
August 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the Witcher games, Eredin is a template death knight. In game-fanon, he is frequently a BDSM, ultra-dom, plotting maniac. In the Witcher books though... Eredin is a bit different. Like a unicorn, I rarely see him in fandom spaces, and did he kill Auberon? Well... 😅 :
Apply this to Geralt. A Witcher whose end is shaped in Arthurian fashion. Tears at my soul to think that by entering legendary matter at the end of Lady of the Lake, he faces the mythical time of never-ending repetition of archetypal tales that will always end the same way for him,
August 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Apply this to Geralt. A Witcher whose end is shaped in Arthurian fashion. Tears at my soul to think that by entering legendary matter at the end of Lady of the Lake, he faces the mythical time of never-ending repetition of archetypal tales that will always end the same way for him,
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Spotify is now instituting face scans and ID checks ... to listen to music.
Porn was only ever the excuse. The only thing that surprises me is how quickly the government surveillance mandate has spread to absolutely every service we use.
www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...
Porn was only ever the excuse. The only thing that surprises me is how quickly the government surveillance mandate has spread to absolutely every service we use.
www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...
Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content
Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Spotify is now instituting face scans and ID checks ... to listen to music.
Porn was only ever the excuse. The only thing that surprises me is how quickly the government surveillance mandate has spread to absolutely every service we use.
www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...
Porn was only ever the excuse. The only thing that surprises me is how quickly the government surveillance mandate has spread to absolutely every service we use.
www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...
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Khm, in a book where we meet a fortune (future) teller Avallac’h, khm.
Would be cool if they included a callback to this in Witcher 4
June 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Khm, in a book where we meet a fortune (future) teller Avallac’h, khm.
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Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Glad to see those green eyes on Ciri despite the mutations! (Flawless. Gem. Queen.) 💎
#TheWitcher4
#TheWitcher4
June 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Glad to see those green eyes on Ciri despite the mutations! (Flawless. Gem. Queen.) 💎
#TheWitcher4
#TheWitcher4
Not SuperNowa continuing with the FULLY voice acted Witcher audiobook series with Ciri's journey in The Tower of the Swallow!?🤩Finally, after all this time!
(also could we pls have the little tune Avallac'h plays on the pipes at the end as a separate file, pretty please!)
(also could we pls have the little tune Avallac'h plays on the pipes at the end as a separate file, pretty please!)
June 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Not SuperNowa continuing with the FULLY voice acted Witcher audiobook series with Ciri's journey in The Tower of the Swallow!?🤩Finally, after all this time!
(also could we pls have the little tune Avallac'h plays on the pipes at the end as a separate file, pretty please!)
(also could we pls have the little tune Avallac'h plays on the pipes at the end as a separate file, pretty please!)
God, I hope we see Ciri's vision-warging in The Witcher 4.
May 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
God, I hope we see Ciri's vision-warging in The Witcher 4.
Crazy how much abandonment trauma The Witcher has.
May 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Crazy how much abandonment trauma The Witcher has.