Why Witcher Season 2's Controversial Yennefer Changes Were The Right Choice
The Witcher season 2 took more creative liberties than the first season and made some major changes to Yennefer’s arc that ended up being quite controversial, but ultimately, these changes were the right choice for the series. The Witcher has become one of the most popular universes in the fantasy genre thanks to its multilayered characters and its influences from different mythologies and folklore, and continues to build an extensive fanbase around the world. Created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is a series of novels and short stories best known for their video game adaptations, and in 2019 it made the jump to the world of streaming thanks to Netflix with its first English language adaptation, which was an instant success.
The first season of Netflix’s The Witcher approached Sapkowski’s stories differently and went for a non-linear narrative, following three characters in different places and points in time, with their paths converging towards the end of the season. The three protagonists of The Witcher, then, are Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra), and Ciri (Freya Allan), with their stories blending in The Witcher season 2 and making way for more interactions between them, allowing viewers to see what their dynamics are about, but that also made way for some big changes, especially in Yennefer’s story.
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The Witcher season 2 is mostly based on the book Blood of Elves though it also took stories and characters from other books and short story collections, and the basis of this season was Ciri’s training at Kaer Morhen, the witchers’ keep. This season also explored the bond between Ciri
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