Witcher 3's Yennefer Is A Better Character Than The Show's
Yennefer's strong, calm, and book-accurate portrayal in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is drastically different from the childish, selfish Yennefer seen in the Netflix show. In the games (and books), Yennefer is a talented sorceress who is in control of her own destiny. She is loyal to her central, selfless motivations whilst deftly navigating the Continent's tense political scene. A mother figure to Ciri and Geralt's true love, Yennefer is capable of displaying tenderness and vulnerability without the constant anger and unchecked emotion witnessed in the show.
Although Netflix explores Yennefer's backstory from the source material in more detail, a lot of her character is changed for the worse. The headstrong, determined Yennefer of Vengerberg seen in Witcher 3from CD Projekt Red and Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels is adapted into a childish mage prone to loud emotional breakdowns when she does not get her way. Netflix's Yennefer is consistently petty, shallow, and does not know what she wants.
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Contrary to The Witcher 3's cool, calm, and collected Yennefer, Netflix introduces a Yennefer that acts more like an entitled, spoiled child. Although the show is set before the narrative of Witcher 3, there are only a few years between the events of the two. Not only is Witcher 3's Yennefer more mature, but she is also more in touch with herself and her needs, compared to the boarish Yennefer seen in Netflix's adaptation that hunts for beauty, power, and selfish desires.
Yennefer was finally introduced to The Witcher games franchise in 2015's Wild Hunt. Being a protagonist of the book series as Geralt's true and destined love, it is interesting that CDPR only introduced
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