Author: Lily Ross

I’m a really, really, REALLY! Big fan of The Witcher book series written by Andrzej Sapkowski and game produced by CD Projekt Red who helped create the Witcher Three, The Wild Hunt. However, something I’m not too happy about is the disregard to timeline, character development, and story in Netflix’s adaptation. 

Who is casting?  Who or what is the problem? 

A really big fan of the books was stared as the main protagonist, Geralt of Rivia. A Witcher on The Path. Some may know him from his previous role as Superman in Zack Snyders DC Superman films, Henry Cavill. 

Henry, like many with favorites to the games, was in big favor of the books. At first, everyone waited on the edge of their seats for the upcoming Witcher series that would release on December 20th, 2019, because of the highly anticipated casting of Henry being Geralt himself. However, the excitement did not last long. The sudden cause for future drastic disinterest and modestly, shame, for the series wasn’t because of Henry, it was really the opposite, it’s the producers. 

If you are unaware, Henry had a lot of back and forth with Zack Snyders superman for not entirely being true and accurate to Superman’s character in the comics, the same can be said for Geralt when the producers began changing and mixing things up that weren’t not only true to Geralt, but the entire story and sequences of events as well. 

I understand some movies and shows have budgets, and The Witcher series defiantly would have to have been a show. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, I’ll give you some story depth.

Who IS Geralt?

Geralt of Rivia is a man from the kingdom of Rivia but was taken as a child from his home by these monster and human hunters called Witcher’s, a male version of witch, sort of. Only boys at a young age were taken, and very few survived the mutation or training to become a Witcher, the mutation being the “rite of passage” sort of deal where if they survive, they are now destined to walk The Path, a brutal and dangerous journey for just any normal man. Going to town after town, contract after contract with no such thing as a retirement. (Geralt would also be the one to change this in the video game and maybe the books but not until the very end) 

Another really big difference that I’ve noticed is that they really switch up his love interests and their storylines. Theres so much I want to rant about, but I can’t incase anyone’s interested in reading the books and then playing the games. 

(The games and the books are heavily tied together, and the games stay very true to the books, making them more accurate and canonical. If you saw how many side quests and in-depth world exploration is, Netflix would have a very hard time keeping up with it all, so I understand not including EVERYTHING) 

Here are some pictures of the Geralt’s used in both the game and Henry Cavills adaptation to him! 

Book Geralt (1st book):

Game Geralt (The Witcher 3):

Henry Cavills Geralt:

I’ll get more into The Witcher in my next blog, hope you enjoyed the basics though.

Theres many things in this world that people can enjoy like, Coffee, Boba, and Tea. 

You may or may not be a morning person, so coffee may or may not be for you. You might enjoy a bitter but prominent flavorful taste; Tea is the way to go. Now if you enjoy both, Boba adds to the fun. Giving you a silky-smooth milk tea or coffee experience with fun popping or brown sugar boba balls at the bottom. Each one of these drinks can add just the right amount of dopamine to your day. It doesn’t have to be every day but whenever you want. 

In better understanding what each of these beverages bring to you, you have to be willing to TRY them, otherwise you miss out on, potentially, a newfound experience.  Or maybe you have, and it just wasn’t for you, that’s fine, you don’t HAVE to like them. 

Coffee:

Coffee is a well-used essential beverage in everyday life, specifically mornings to help those wake up for a very long day with a boost of caffeine. However not always is it used for this purpose. From what I’ve seen, coffee is a very comforting beverage to some and even helps keep the brain focused without a dump load of caffeine like energy drinks do normally. You can drink it on the go, hot or cold, you can even try many different types of coffee like a Frappuccino, Macchiato, Cold brew, so on and so forth. You can even mix and match flavors and styles to find and personalize your own. [If you couldn’t tell already, I really like coffee.]

Tea:

Most people who like coffee, don’t really like tea and those who really like tea don’t really like coffee. Tea in itself is unique. It’s herbal and fresh and brewed fresh just for you. It can be bitter, but that can change with anything you want to add into it. Tea is a very soothing beverage, it helps ease the mind and if you’re not a caffeine fan, this helps keep you energized and awake in a good healthy way. You can drink it hot or cold, anywhere you want. 

Boba:

Boba is a nice, sweet surprise in a cup. The tea, coffee or even milk itself is not what makes this drink so overly fascinating, it’s the surprise at the bottom. Can you guess what their called? These fun little surprises can make any tea or coffee ten times more enjoyable and fun. Certain flavors with the right beverage mix will be an explosion of flavor in your mouth if you have the popping pearls. The regular pearls at the bottom are usually just the standard brown-sugar pack in a three-pack box from Walmart. These Boba’s are a lot squishier and purely just for flavor. You can of course get different flavor of the standard pearls and the popping pearls, its fun to mix and match sometimes! 

So, what do you think? Willing to give these three drinks a try?