#hbo gl

[rillette]

I went as gl for halloweekend tonight and there was a severe lack of people who recognized me I was appalled

YOOOOOO!!! fuck yeah hal-loween <- (joke that only works if u went as hal specifically)

Disappointed but not surprised, nobody cares about GL except for GL fans 🥀 most people still think about ryan Reynolds when they hear Green Lantern I fear

#asks <3 #ty for the ask!! #i hope u had a good time regardless!! #shoutout to aquaman for being lamer than GL so we dont immediately get made fun of for liking the worst JL member #only he can save us now... (john stewart hbo show)

[tinnchan]

I think one of the reason why I also seek so many asian bls and gls is because of how refreshing they are. They are so free of cynicism you might get whiplash when you switch from other media.

Yes, you can have your tongue-in-cheek moments or instances of self awareness but in an era where everything has to have 3 levels of irony and cynicism, where everything has to be toned down to be taken seriously or where even love and devotion needs to be caveated, bls and gls exist!

You can have your big emotions and your displays. You can let your guard down. You don't have to care about cringe. You do not have to be afraid of sincerity! Plus its queer!

#Nads.txt #Theres a post ill write somewhere about queer kids growing up on east asian series #And bollywood movies #And seeing those emotions in bls and gls #Long story short sometimes you need to put some bl inbetween an hbo show and an autheur movie #And its ok

[givemegifs]

#Gifs #gif #follow #giphyupload #funny #comedy #hbo #stand up #be yourself #stand up comedy #nikki gl

[autisticblueteam]

Appears from the ether again, after months of only being present enough to fill my queue up, with some WIP snippets from the gen:LOCK re-write I mentioned before...

And also finally adressing these tags lmao, sorry @thesouppond I realise these are like 3 months old.

#FUCK IM JUST SEEING THIS NOW???#FUCK YEAH 2024 SEASON OF EVERYONE GETS TO REWRITE GENLOCK CAUSE FUCK S2#Ahem anyway hi genlock moot :)))#I love your writing btw! Ive read your existing GL fics theyre great!#at this point if someone can give me a GL fic i havent already met I will forever be indebted to you i am DYING for GL content

We're really out here trying our best to do better by GL than HBO did huh!! I've been loving Reloaded, it was so nice to see someone else pop up in the gL tag after it was comparatively dead for so long. I've been working on my re-write since just after s2 came out and it was lonely in there for a while there lmao.

So I'm glad you enjoyed the couple of fics I've already done! I'm re-using parts of one of them for the actual re-write since I'm going for the 'keep the basic bones of s2 but aim to fix the execution into something less shit/re-work the worst bits' and I didn't want to write that first nemesis fight over again from total scratch lmao...

I want to finish writing all of the re-write before I post it in full, but that does mean it's taking forever whoops.

I'm still not past the introduction of Sinclair as his portion is so involved and I keep getting distracted by other projects/hobbies, but I did finally get to a point where my take on Sinclair is actually fun to write! I'm keeping his boyfriend because I did at least like that Sinclair was made canonically queer and they're actually cute when I'm just doing my own thing.

So since I feel like posting some WIP bits, here's my favourite Chris/Sinclair stuff I've done so far.

“YEAH! Take that you fucked up tin can!” Sinclair winced. The shout was like an ice pick being driven into his skull, but it was also what finally drove him to lift his head. There ahead of him, wielding a large piece of debris in one hand, was a heavyset Asian man dressed in torn clothes and covered in grime. He reared back, and for a split second Sinclair thought that projectile was for him, until he heard an impact, and the last of the humming died. The man brushed off his hands, pride written on every feature, and in that moment he was the most beautiful thing Sinclair had ever seen. “Coast’s clear!” the stranger called behind him. There was movement, but Sinclair didn’t care to look, his attention caught by the man’s approach. “And we’ve got a live one.” Sinclair’s throat was so dry he broke down coughing twice, in the time it took the stranger to kneel in front of him. “I-I’m not Union. I-I know— with the uniform, and the—” Another violent burst of coughing cut him off. The stranger handed him a canteen and a crooked smile. “Yeah, no shit. You’ve got way too much emotion on your face to be even a defector,” he said, and if Sinclair wasn’t so busy chugging the offered water, he might have mustered a laugh. “That, plus, the lack of helmet, the collapsing, and the drone getting ready to turn you into a novelty cheese grater kinda gave it away.” “Christ, I could kiss you right now,” Sinclair blurted and then regretted in quick succession. Fuck. He’d been in near solitary too long, his filter had worn away to nothing and he was making a damn fool of himself in front of the first sane people he’d seen in weeks. Except the stranger just… laughed, good-naturedly. “Close, the name’s Chris, not Christ. And I’d say buy me dinner first, but it’s a bit hard out here.”

AND then a little later...

“What about the refugee railroads?” Chris lowered his beer bottle and wiped his mouth. “Too far.” “Vanguard safe crossings?” “Too far.” “The— fucking Canadian border?” Chris laughed, “Too far. Further than either of the other things. Jesus, dude. You sure you haven’t got a concussion?” “Mostly,” Sinclair said, rubbing his face with his intact hand. “I just— you’re going to die if you stay here. A drone only has to get lucky once.” “And if we go deeper in, we’ll only die faster,” Chris said with a simple shrug. “We already have to pack up and move every few weeks when the line moves. And every time, the Polity border gets a little bit further away. Believe me, man, I want nothing more than to get outta here, but it’s just not happening.” “What if I helped?” The offer fell out before he’d consciously decided to make it, but Sinclair stood by it. Even when Chris looked at him dubiously. “No offence, dude, but you’re just one guy. And two days ago you could barely stand.” “And now I’m fine,” Sinclair insisted. “I’m a soldier. I was decorated for valour after I got my squad out of a run-in with the Union that should’ve killed us all. I was the only one who could even still hold a gun. I swear, I could get you somewhere safe. Are you really telling me you’d rather keep sitting around waiting to die than take a risk?” Chris’s brow furrowed, and he didn’t answer immediately, taking another swig from his scratched up bottle of beer. Sinclair sighed. “Look. I need to get to a Vanguard base one way or another. I don’t want to leave you guys behind if I don’t have to. I owe you my life. And maybe dinner.” Chris almost choked on his drink. “Wow,” he laughed, clearing his throat, “you sure pick your moments, huh?” Sinclair shrugged. “Figure if you’re not actually into it I’ll just blame the concussion.” “That you don’t have.” “Exactly.” Chris rolled his eyes, but he was smiling. “Smooth. Smooth operator. Alright, alright, fine, we’ll talk to the others in the morning. It might be a tougher sell when they’re not the ones getting dinner with a hot soldier out of it, but hey, guess we’ll see.” “Are you looking past the just-got-done-being-tortured chic, here, or is that part of the charm?” “Are you kidding? There’s a whole genre focused on how hot soldier guys look after they’ve been through hell.” “Not sure that’s the intended takeaway of action movies.” “Well,” Chris shrugged, starting to pick at a can of food, “it was definitely my takeaway.” Sinclair laughed. Honest-to-god laughed, in a way he was surprised he was even capable of after the last few weeks. The normality of the moment was like a balm on all the aching parts of him, mental and physical alike. For a moment he could almost forget that the reason he looked like shit was because he’d just escaped the worst experience of his life. For a moment it felt like the fight was over.

Now I just have to actually get through the remainder of my Sinclair set-up and then I'll be only one chapter away from finishing the first half of the fic... so close and yet so far lmao.

#blue is a writer #fic: the only me is me #gen:lock #each part is meant to be like a single season. so part 1 is like a new season 2 and part 2 is like a season 3 #and if i ever actually finish this. i might plan out a 'season 4' #the ending i have planned sets me up for it #i have grand ambitions and so little ability to sit down and just get it done LMAO

[bigskydreaming]

Like we were so close to having a Kyle Rayner adaptation! FINALLY. After thirty years! (At least the initial annoucements about the HBO show claimed it was going to star Kyle, but then like. That got revised and changed so many times who can say, really. LOL. Apparently the most recent news about it made no mention of him. So even if it is still on, the rumors of him being prominent in it appear to have....either changed or been baseless from the start).

And I know a lot of newer Green Lantern fans (and fans of the newer GLs in specific) think Kyle's overrated but like. He's literally NEVER been adapted other than as an unlockable extra in a video game and a very weird two appearances in animation - one episode of the Superman animated series from the 90s and one scene in a JLU episode....both of which were almost unrecognizable as Kyle, like the Superman appearance had him as this weird mashup of Kyle and Hal, with brown hair but a newspaper comic artist but he inherited the ring from Abin Sur.....it was bizarre. But I don't really count it as a Kyle adaptation.

The frustration of being a fan of a character who is so iconic and central in the comics - but a very specific time and place within the comics - but with almost no legacy or 'footprint' to show for it.....gah.

(I still maintain we were robbed and Kyle aka Teen Lantern should have been in Young Justice as Hal or John's protege. That could've worked!)

[thevindicativevordan]

Any thoughts about the recent Dawn of DC announcements ?

Let's see if the new DC is the same as the old DC.

DC's official press release says that 20 new books are coming, and they only revealed 10 (one of which was last year's Round Robin winner), so 10 more books are coming that have yet to be revealed. Let's take a roll call:

Unstoppable Doom Patrol by Dennis Culver and Chris Burnham - Burnham has me excited, Culver has me skeptical. All of Culver's DC work thus far has been lousy. His Justice League Incarnate book with Williamson was the weakest of the Infinite Frontier trilogy, his Future State Gotham book was really bad, and Doom Patrol is a great team that demands unorthodox writing. Rooting for Culver to surprise me here because God would I love to have a good Doom Patrol book with Way never coming back at this point. Can't believe it took DC this long given the success of the DP HBO Max series. Jane having a new alter that places her in the role of the Chief is a cool idea at least.

Superboy: Man of Tomorrow by Kenny Porter and Jahnoy Lindsay - I voted for this, I'm glad it won, I've enjoyed DC Mech, I expect I will enjoy this. I'm praying Lindsay gives Conner a new costume, it's time to ditch the 90s look for something new. No more looking back for Conner, that terrible Fitzmartin YJ mini was right about one thing: we can't live in the past. He needs a new modern costume, and a story that reestablishes who he is in a post Jon Kent world. This and PKJ Action are seemingly going to accomplish that, both in terms of who Conner is on his own, and who he is in the Superfamily. Given the long wait between when this series was announced as the winner and when it is finally coming out, there shouldn't be any delays at least.

Green Lantern: Hal Jordan by Mariko Tamaki (Artist TBA) - Tamaki is mostly good with a few misses, her Tec, Supergirl: Being Super, and (apparently I haven't read it) Crush & Lobo books were good, her Wonder Woman run not so much. In fairness that was blatant movie synergy and didn't leave her much freedom to work with. I liked her Tec run and this appears to be aiming for something similar. Hal back in Coast City on Earth, rebuilding his life here is exactly the kind of thing they should have done after the Johns era's nonstop cosmic epic. Give me revamps of old Hal Earth villains beyond Hector Hammond that we haven't seen in a while, Hal struggling to make friends with the neighbors the way Tamaki had Bruce do in her Tec run, and put Hal and Carol back together again, and I'll be happy.

Green Lantern John Stewart by PKJ (Artist TBA) - Now this has my attention. Giving PKJ another book means they trust him, giving him a John Stewart book - who may end up being the main DCU Lantern if that HBO Max GL series actually gets made - means they view him as one of their up and comers. He's expressed a lot of love for and desire to work in GL before, he's set up plot threads for GL such as the Revenant Queen threat that would give John his own Rogues which John desperately needs, and I obviously am a huge fan of the cosmic storytelling over in Action which I fully expect will be repeated here. DC Cosmic has been crying out for a worldbuilder to flesh it out more for ages, this is an exciting choice. My hunch is that John will be dealing with another Aspect of Olgrun, since there are six more out there unaccounted for. Inject some of that Warworld Saga storytelling into Green Lantern, let's get John a love interest, and maybe Stewart will finally get that equivalent to Johns run on GL with Hal which his fans have been begging for. Sampere is a huge GL fan who has history with PKJ before, I would say he's a natural choice for this book, but he likes Hal more so I could see him ending up on Tamaki's book instead.

Cyborg (Creative Team TBA) - Wish I could be more excited for this, but I have to know the team and the pitch before being interested. Too many Cyborg stories rehash the same "am I a man or a machine?" crap for me to pull this sight unseen.

Batman: The Brave & The Bold by Tom King and Various Artists - King got robbed of his 100 issue Batman run so I guess he's going to make up for it by doing secondary Batman books forever. Does Batman really need another team-up book given World's Finest already has him teaming up with Superman and the rest of the DCU? I'll be reading this so I guess I'm part of the problem, but I really wish King would take on another of the A-Listers. All he does is Batman books, C-Listers, and the occasional dabble in the Superman sphere. I want to see him tackle another Justice Leaguer's ongoing, give him an Aquaman or Martian Manhunter book since everyone else seems to be claimed. Apparently he's shifting back towards the mainline DCU ongoings after spending a couple years doing minis of dubious canonicity. Looks like creative teams will rotate and since Rob Williams is here and he's a writer not an artist, guess he's next up after King.

Green Arrow by Josh Williamson and Sean Izaakse - Williamson has been building up to this since the start of Infinite Frontier, cool that he's finally announcing the book. I'll admit I'm annoyed it's opening with a "we have to find Ollie who is lost out in the Multiverse!" arc, I'm sick of the Multiverse and I'm tired of DC "building up" to doing what everyone is asking them to. Just write a damn Green Arrow back where he's in Star City/Seattle interacting with the Arrow Family! Maybe Williamson doing a Multiverse story with a smaller cast will be more palatable, I did enjoy his Flash run after all.

Shazam! by Mark Waid and Dan Mora - Other than Superman proper this is probably the book Waid has been dying to write the most. He, Morrison, and Gail Simone pitched to take over the Marvel Family way back when, I bet he's got loads of ideas on how to revamp the character, and his ideas will probably be better received than Johns' revamp was. Solicit sounds great, Mora on art (and apparently still doing art for World's Finest, dude is a machine) is perfect, and Waid's handling of the Fab Five over in WF has shown he can handle younger characters still. Should be fun in the same way WF is.

The Penguin by Tom King and Stefano Gaudiano - Hah that's a pretty great team for a synergy book. King's Penguin in his Batman run was... well he seemed to be teasing that Penguin had sex with actual penguins, so clearly his take on Penguin is untraditional to say the least. Pitch seems interesting enough, Penguin back in crime because the government forced him back in as their agent is intriguing.

Steelworks (Creative Team TBA) - On one hand hell yes a new Steel book! Tell me Greg Pak is writing this and I am there day one. If it's not Pak however then I have qualms. The brief description in the press release makes it seem like John Henry is giving up on being Steel and handing over the role entirely to Natasha, and I've got no interest in that. S&L make me into a Nat fan but I love John Henry more, and I am not going to be happy if DC's idea of celebrating his 30th is him handing over the role to his niece. He better be the main protagonist and he better get to suit up and be Steel. Glad that DC has enough faith in PKJ to start spinning new series out of what he's doing.

Only two Bat books so fuck it, let's call it a win. Satisfied overall with the creative teams announced, for those that were actually announced, DC is playing it safe but after Infinite Frontier took risks and bombed that's exactly what I expected to happen. I guess the next event is going to be called Knighttime and will be another Batman event. Ugh. Also is that red circle with a bird supposed to represent Penguin, because it sure looks a lot like Hawkman’s symbol. Maybe a new Hawk book will be announced as part of the second wave? For the second wave I want books for Zatanna, Aquaman, Vixen, Justice League Dark (use the Shadowpact name if we're keeping the JL on ice for a while), Suicide Squad, and Legion of Superheroes, but as an opening lineup? I'm pretty happy with this!

#dawn of dc #doom patrol #superboy #green lantern #hal jordan #john stewart #green arrow #batman #cyborg #shazam #the penguin #steel #john henry irons #natasha irons #dennis culver #chris burnham #kenny porter #jahnoy lindsay #mariko tamaki #phillip kennedy johnson #joshua williamson #sean izaakse #tom king #mitch gerads #guillem march #gabriel hardman #dan mora #rob williams

[thesouppond]

I have seen no less than like 3 different pieces of mecha art today that made me go 'hey that's really cool!' that turned out to be AI generated and istg. Guys. Keep the AIs in the mechs to help pilot them sure, but don't use them to DRAW THE DAMN THINGS.

I'm literally teaching myself to draw mechs out of spite at this point. AI generated mecha art, or any AI generated art make me almost as mad as what HBO did to Genlock S2. AND HONESTLY GL S2 READS LIKE IT WAS WRITTEN BY AI ANYWAY. DVSJBDJWHDKAJDJ.

#mecha art #mecha #mechs #pond soup #FUCK YOU MIDJOURNEY #This has been a 1am Soup rant #genlock #i guess?

[michaeljoncarter]

also this article getting kyle’s name wildly wrong while talking about how he shouldn’t have been one of the lanterns in hbo gl because he’s too well known. please

#kyle rayner #'jordan and crane' is fucking killing me i dont know why its so funny #scarecrow kyle au when #kyle crane/parallax hal the evil little cowardmen power couple of ur dreams

[wajjs]

Image ID:

Image 1:

Screenshot of the header of an online article from Giant Freakin Robot. Header reads: "EXCLUSIVE: GREEN LANTERN SHOW DEAD AT HBO MAX

Written byMichileen Martin | Published 3 hours ago".

This header is followed by a picture from the Ryan Reynolds' GL movie, featuring him as Hal in the center and other corps members at his sides.

Image 2:

Screenshot of the first paragraph that reads as follows:

Unfortunately we have to deliver the news that shelving of Batgirl is not the end of the DC media related carnage coming out of Warner Bros. Discovery. Thanks to our trusted and proven source, we can confirm that the upcoming live-action Green Lantern HBO Max series has been cancelled. The show was still in the development stages, with only a couple of actors publicly attached to lead roles, and sadly it looks like it won’t go any further than that.

End of image ID.

FELLAS,

#dc #green lantern #green lantern corps #dc comics #dc shows #blob blahs

[ufonaut]

ARE THEY FUCKING KIDDING WITH HBO GL NOW BEING ABOUT JOHN LMAO GET THE FUCK OUT

[cogentranting]

Having now seen it, I think the plot point of Diggle rejecting the Green Lantern ring makes sense. You can't have him do that and stay true to who this version of Diggle is (and if we're going off the flashforwards on Arrow, odds are him being Green Lantern would turn at least one of his kids evil).

But it still makes for a weird, fragmented story arc that goes nowhere and loops back around to exactly where we were before it was introduced.

Unless they used it to set up something else. Superman and Lois is now confirmed to be a different Earth. And they've already introduced their version of Diggle. If they brought him back and established that in the space between then and when we last saw him, he'd become Green Lantern it would fit nicely. The groundwork would already be laid for the idea of GL Diggle. It would make it feel like that scattered Earth Prime arc had a point in foreshadowing this, instead of just going in a circle.

And it would be good for Superman and Lois. With the end of Flash and the show not being in the main universe, currently there isn't anyone to bring in for a crossover or big guest appearance. So if the show established the existence of one or two of the other big 7 DC heroes, they could use that character to the same purpose. Green Lantern would be a good option because 1. he not only hasn't appeared in the Arrowverse yet, but he also hasn't been in DCEU (yes there's the HBO Max GL show in development but who knows what's happening with that. and even if that does come out soon, that doesn't inherently preclude a S&L Green Lantern and if they introduced him this season he would definitely still be FIRST). So he's really only competing with the Ryan Reynolds GL and that's not hard to beat. 2. Green Lantern fits pretty well with the type of stories they've been telling, so he can easily come and keep pace with Clark against weird alien world-ending threats and feel like he's a good choice for that (as opposed to say Batman. You CAN put Batman against extra-dimensional alien nonsense and have him hold his own but if this version of Batman doesn't exist outside of the guest appearance then that doesn't feel like a great use of Batman in my opinion). 3. He's easy to write out when you don't want him there. If there's a world-ending threat and Superman is dying oh no, and Flash is hanging out over in Central City, and Wonder Woman is chilling wherever she lives, then you wonder why they're not showing up to help. The quintessential problem of a shared universe. But Green Lantern is cosmic and therefore super easy to handwave away when you don't want him there. "oh he's out in space doing a thing." and the audience is like "yeah that sounds like a thing Green Lantern would do" and he can be gone like that most of the show but he can swoop back in whenever you want a big exciting "Look a character you recognize who isn't normally on this show" episode.

It would resolve the Diggle plotline. It would open the door to more Diggle stories. It would give Superman and Lois a fun big name character to have in their back pocket for guest appearances. And it would help keep Superman and Lois from stooping to crossing over with Gotham Knights.

#superman and lois #john diggle #the flash #listen i know i'm not saying anything that hasn't been said before. #i know plenty of people have had this thought #I'm not even certain that I myself haven't already said this on here #but tumblr's not about htat #tumblr is about me taking the thoughts out of MY head and making YOU carry them for a while

[rillette]

Sorry I saw your reply to my Halloween ask an entire day later but yes I was Hal and yeah like 70% of the people who recognized gl went 'ewww the movie??' and I was like of course no the comics.

Omg.... happy hal-loween <- (joke that I haven't made before ever)

YEAH no the 2011 movie really just. John Stewart HBO show you're our last hope o7

#asks <3 #ty for the ask!! #i need his show to be good so bad u guys its literally got to be good or else #bc if its bad then its just another haha look how shit dc and GL are but if its GOOD. WHAT THEN.

[barid-bel-medar]

Honestly the kicker about hearing about the GL show they're going to do on HBO (and the fact someone got it through to them doing a show were the main GLs are Alan Scott and Guy Gardner is not a good idea) is it promptly gave me an idea how I'd do it and now I'm working on an outline.

God I haven't done DC fic in *years*

#if i do do it #for obvious reasons id call it #emerald knights #for the series over all

[spandexinspace]

Why are people reacting to the GL HBO show news with "well I guess lantern x is going to be in the movie". There's not going to be a movie, you stupid sluts. There's maybe not even going to be a show at this point.

#dc comics #GL fans stay losing

[hellionil]

We need a gltas revival because yj will never give the lanterns anything to do so let’s put them somewhere else.

I want too see what they had planned so bad…Sinstro…Parallax…Kyle…Simon…Jessica…I want to see the green lanterns be t posed on by all like 6 plus fuckkng earth green lanterns

If the lanterns core won’t help the justice league the rings will just have to pick more and more humans for lanterns lmao

After this many years, I highly doubt GLTAS will come back for a new season (though I have been wrong about stuff like this before). We would be more likely to get a completely new cartoon with a new focus and story lines. If I were DC, what I would do is take Razer and Aya and write them into the freaking comic continuity. That would probably appease GLTAS fans as well as up the interest in the GL comics. Realistically, we are probably going to have to get our green lantern fix from the hbo max live action show that is in the works. Fingers crossed it is actually good 🤞

#green lantern the animated series #dc comics #green lantern corps #young justice #razer #aya #hellionil answers

[thenightling]

Here is the teaser trailer for The Witcher: Sirens of The Deep. This is the second Witcher animated movie from Netflix. Remember, just because it's animated does NOT mean it's intended for children. There's violence, nudity, and swearing.

Abridged explanation of What is The Witcher: In a medieval-fantasy world in a place called "The Continent" (resembles Europe) in a region that resembles Poland we meet Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher.

Witchers are semi-immortal (they don't age as humans do) male witches trained since childhood to be monster hunters.

Geralt travels the countryside with his effeminate bard friend, Jaskier, (called Dandelion in the English language versions of the novels. Note: Jaskier is Polish for Buttercup), and Yennefer, Geralt's sorceress lover.

This barely functional trio end up, together, raising an orphaned princess, named Ciri. Ultimately Ciri grows up to be a Witcher, herself.

Plot of The Witcher: Sirens of The Deep:

Set before episode 6 of season 1 of The Witcher Netflix series, Sirens of the Deep has Geralt summoned to a sea-side kingdom where there is political unrest between the human kingdom and the neighboring sirens (mermaids whose voices can lure men to their deaths). The prince has fallen in love with a siren and one must give up their world to be with the other, much like The Little Mermaid.

This story was previously told in the song "A little Sacrifice" song by Princess Ciri in season 3 of The Witcher (live action Netflix series).

For those keeping score here are all the adaptations of The Witcher so far.

First there were the original Polish novels and short stories (available as a box set in English).

Then came a short lived Polish TV series.

After that came three very successful Witcher video games.

Then came The Witcher comic books (new short stories in comic book form).

Then Netflix created their own UK / American produced English language Witcher TV series, which is currently filming its fourth season. Henry Cavill played Geralt of Rivia for three seasons but Liam Hemsworth will take over the role for season 4.

Then came The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (first Witcher animated movie by Netflix (also in English). Prequel to the Netflix show). This is set roughly a hundred years before the Netflix series.

Then came The Witcher: Blood Origin (also from Netflix). This is a live action prequel mini-series to the Netflix show but it uses Jaskier being told the story to bookend it. This is an origin story for the very first Witcher.

Next comes the latest Netflix animated movie. The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep which is set during season 1 of The Witcher Netflix series, some time before episode 6 but after episode 2.

Currently another Netflix spin-off series is in development called The Witcher: The Rats dealing with vagabond children in a major city of The Continent, who befriend and help Ciri in her travels.

Season 1 of The Netflix live-action English language Witcher series has an unnecessarily confusing timeline, probably inspired by HBO's first season of Westworld. If you are just starting on The Witcher don't be intimidated. Just know that the story about Yennefer is set at least thirty-years before the events happening with Geralt and Geralt's story is roughly twelve years before Ciri's story. And the timelines converge near the end of season 1. They don't bother telling you that the stories are taking place in different time periods. And it's needlessly confusing because half the characters (Geralt and Yennefer in particular) don't age. And the show forgot to age Jaskier during the first season.

In The Witcher: Sirens of The Deep Geralt is not voiced by Henry Cavill but instead by Doug Cockle who voiced Geralt in The Witcher video games and actually inspired Henry Cavill's portrayal in the live-action show.

When Henry Cavill speaks as Geralt in the Netflix show he's actually impersonating Doug Cockle's version from the video games.

Doug Cockle is currently battling prostate cancer.

I'm glad Doug Cockle was finally given the opportunity to voice Geralt in a movie since his video game voice is what inspired how Henry Cavill speaks as Geralt in the Netflix series.

I appreciate that Netflix pushed to allow him to do this.

Many people expected The Witcher to be Netflix's Game of Thrones but it ended up being more like a gender swapped Xena: Warrior Princess. And… It's good.

#The Witcher #Witcher #Sirens of The deep #Youtube