#the witcher time of contempt

[thedemonofcat]

It's the book I’m currently reading

A short passage from The Witcher: Time of Contempt.

“Ciri,” said the witcher. Yennefer took a step toward the girl but then stopped. She said nothing.

Who will the girl choose? Wondered Dandelion. Neither of them- the witcher nor the enchantress- will take a step nor make a gesture. Which will she approach first? Him? Or her?

Ciri did not walk to either of them. She was unable to decide. Instead, she fainted.

I bring the part up because, in all honesty, it’s funny to me, and I want to see it be done in the Netflix show. Just the idea of Ciri dramatically falling to the ground, which I took as she didn't faint from anything serious; she didn't want to choose between Geralt or Yennefer.

So, instead, she chose the ground

#the witcher netflix #geralt of rivia #joey batey #the witcher #jaskier the witcher #henry cavill #the witcher jaskier #geralt x jaskier #geraskier #fic ideas #The witcher Time of contempt #jaskier #gerskier #cirilla fiona elen riannon #freya allan #headcanon #yennefer of vengerberg #anya cholatra #the witcher season 3 #anya chalotra #the witcher season three #witcher yennefer

[saessenach]

"He knew those wild, black curls and the obsidian star on a velvet ribbon. What he didn't know and had never seen before was the face. It was a face of rage and fury, the face of a goddess of vengeance, destruction and death."

Yennefer of Vengerberg, in black and white

#the witcher #the witcher netflix #yennefer of vengerberg #artists on tumblr #digital art #fanart #procreate #my art #in all ways except physical i am hunting the witcher costume department for sport #there are options for shirts and loose trousers which ARENT FUCKING BORING #but hey that's just me #rereading a time of contempt and marveling at how much they botched this 'adaption' #anyhowwwww she's MY goddess of vengeance and i adore her

[hanzajesthanza]

vilgefortz t-posing to assert dominance over geralt

#the witcher books #vilgefortz #time of contempt #book: time of contempt #c: vilgefortz #c: geralt #denis gordeev #art #because i wish to eat a third donut

[foxounderscorecube]

Can't speak for the latter half of the series, but "Baptism of Fire" is the silliest Witcher book so far. Barely any progress is made. Most of the book is The Gang bickering. There's a long scene where they make soup and Geralt is sulking in the background. Dandelion gets a bit hurt and he is being so brave about it and everyone tells him he's being SO brave. There's a vampire AMA that is mostly about the dangers of binge-drinking. At one point, the characters practically turn to face the camera to say "Remember, kids: the only person who gets to choose if a pregnancy is carried through or not is the one who's actually pregnant".

Definitely my favourite in the series yet

#the witcher #also the one where the title is dropped the most #in time of contempt it happened a couple of times but baptism of fire everyone's like whoaa... this is just like a baptism of fire...

[tiredmoonslut]

The way HC's exit has overshadowed what was the most accurately adapted, and in my opinion most compelling and dramatic season of the show is gonna piss me off for the next several years, I feel it.

Okay I was gonna keep these in the tags but actually nevermind, salt post inbound

Henry Cavill is a good actor and a good Geralt, I'll never deny this, but the revisionist history that's going on because of his leaving the series is a bunch of nonsense being puppeted by his dudebro gamer fanbase that wants to keep holding him up as the Witcher god.

The whole "he left because of inaccurate adaptation" argument really falls apart when so much of season 3 was pace-for-pace with Time of Contempt...and Henry didn't leave the show until after production on it had wrapped, as confirmed by both Anya and Freya. It loses even more weight when Henry has gone on record more than once that he hadn't even read the books or known they existed before pursuing the role of Geralt in S1.

Also, it literally cannot be denied that this same group of people who ride-or-die for him go completely silent about Freya, Anya, and Joey---or worse, become misogynistic and racist, when what makes the story of The Witcher great is Geralt's relationships to these people and the way he acts as a catalyst in their journeys.

It's just so annoying. Be upset that he's leaving all you want, but don't make shit up and don't be a fucking dick to everyone else who works on that show as if one of them is the imposter who's responsible for his exit---when the much more likely truth is that Warner Bros. was gonna pay big bucks to have him back as Superman.

#rant over #I'm just tired of yall #the witcher #the witcher season 3 #anti henry cavill #tagging that just in case #it's really more anti his fans #time of contempt #twn #witcher netflix #the witcher Netflix #anya chalotra #freya allan #joey batey #ALSO ALSO #for anyone who reads tags #3x07 being the worst rated episode when it's the MOST accurate to the book??????? #go to hell lmfao

[miaiminnis]

I cannot bear you a son, but I’ll try

For if I am not yours, what am I?

#yennefer #Witcher #illustration #anya chalotra #yennefer of vengerberg #the love of my life always forever ceo of Yennefer till I die #I love time of contempt SOOOO much #anyway this was to test out maxpack oils and they slap go get em #portrait #wip

[geekynerfherder]

'Yennefer' by Magali Villeneuve.

Cover art for the 2022 hardcover edition of 'The Time Of Contempt', book 4 of 'The Witcher' series written by Andrzej Sapkowski.

#Art Of The Day #Art #AOTD #Magali Villeneuve #Yennefer #Yennefer Of Vengerberg #The Witcher #The Time Of Contempt #Female #Feminine #Sorceress #Witch #Fantasy Art #Fantastical Art #Imaginative Realism #Books #Book Cover #Book Cover Art #Cover Art

[tinumiel]

The Tale of Lara Dorren and Cregennan of Lod.

"...Cregennan of Lod and Lara Dorren aep Shiadhal, the legendary lovers, torn apart and destroyed by the time of contempt. He was a sorcerer and she was an elf. [...] What might have been the beginning of reconciliation was transformed into tragedy"

—Andrzej Sapkowski, The Time of Contempt.

[ Gaia Weiss as Lara Dorren ] [ Arnas Federavičius as Cregennan of Lod ]

#the witcher #andrzej sapkowski #lara dorren #cregennan of lod #the witcher aesthetic #my edits #geralt of rivia #gaia weiss #arnas fedaravičius #arnas fedaravicius #the time of contempt #the witcher books #ciri #cirilla of cintra #the reason behind this fancasting is the most stupid you'll ever hear but...the name cregennan reminded me of cregan #arnas is a fan favorite cast for cregan stark #and in the tlk fanfic i'll never write about an oc x sihtric my oc's faceclaim is gaia #that's it #that's the reason behind

[essskel]

#time of contempt ciri you will always be famous #cirilla fiona elen riannon #ciri #the witcher books #time of contempt #double shot

[inlovewithquotes]

"I love you, Yen."

"Geralt! It's the first time you've ever said that!"

"It can't be. You're making fun of me."

"No, no I'm not. You used to think it, but today you said it."

"Is there such a difference?"

"A huge one."

-Time Of Contempt

#quotes #book quotes #literature #books & libraries #relationship quotes #love quotes #andrzej sapkowski #time of contempt #the witcher #geralt of rivia #yennefer of vengerberg #yennefer x geralt #geralt x yennefer #yenralt

[azures-grace]

inspired by that one line in Time of Contempt that goes "Yes, we are corpses. But you are Death. Ciri." Because that line goes HARD BRO anyway, this is probably all I will do for this drawing, to be honest it just aint looking right maybe I'll try again at a later date

#the witcher books #princess cirilla #cirilla fiona elen riannon #ciri #cirilla of cintra #time of contempt #wip? maybe

[serenfire]

attention, anyone who cares about the witcher s3's character's motivations with regards to the books but who hasn't then read time of contempt, here is a post for you!

here's some interesting differences between the book and show characters, especially in ep 5 (spoilers for the witcher s3 so far and the books):

since yennefer does not have her s2 beef w aretuza subplot, none of the mages are her direct enemies, and she is a member of the lower circle of leadership within the brotherhood, called the council, with philippa and 3 others who are not in the show. she is also not the one who calls the conclave; she finds out about it while bringing ciri to aretuza, and attends with geralt so that they can draw out the mage who is backing rience. in the book, they're trying to convinced everyone that ciri died at cintra, and haven't been together since then to keep up the illusion, so going to aretuza together will draw out the mage who knows ciri exists and is trying to kill her

vilgefortz is, firstly, the hero of sodden in the books. he's the war hero against nilfgaard, and one of the leaders of the brotherhood. he's also (spoilers for probably the second half of s3) working for nilfgaard now, and not in the way that s1 portrays where he kills his comrade on the battlefield after the battle's over, but in an "even the hero of sodden who singlehandedly saved the north from nilfgaard wants power enough to ally with his enemy" way.

he is the leader of the chapter, which is the highest circle of leadership of the brotherhood. tissaia and francesca findabair are also members, as well as artaud terranova (guy who falls over the champagne glass table in ep 5). in ep 5 he recounts his backstory to geralt, some of it word-for-word, except for an important part: as part of his backstory, he fell in love with an unnamed mage before becoming a sorcerer, and after breaking up with her, decided he should pursue magic. he and tissaia are not together! i cannot stress this enough, in the books the mages are powered by their individual searches for power, and love does not tie them together! it's what sets yen apart: she's one of the only ones willing to sacrifice for another.

FRANCESCA FINDABAIR. member of the chapter/high ranked aretuza member, in the book shows up to the conclave party early, stirring up the northern vs nilfgaardian sentiments by being there. wild that she hasn't appeared there in the show yet. her motives in the show are WHACK. in the books she did not have a baby and did not say she wants to genocide the humans (although that is propaganda against her): she leads the scoia'tael to fight for nonhuman freedom and allies herself with nilfgaard to continue to fight the north, and she will receive a free land for the elves (dol blathanna) in return for the scoia'tael being branded as war criminals and outlawed. in the books she is the catch-22 of stuck between a rock and a hard place: allying with imperialism will save her people but gut her guerilla soldiers who fought for it.

philippa eilhart is so far the best-written character this season (to me) because she is one of the only characters who everyone knows is seeking for power (in the book she's referred to as the one who's really on the redanian throne, backed by dijkstra) and she, directly, says that she's looking to keep power in the north. in the books, most if not every mage's motivations are for power, whether in a king's court or by allying with nilfgaard, and the imperial machinations are what the politics in the books are about, so having a character not be preoccupied with interpersonal reasons and instead directly embody this is refreshing!

however! in the books philippa's position is anti-nilfgaardian invasion, not anti-brotherhood. she's pitted against vilgefortz, who's allied with nilfgaard, instead of against him because he's a leader of the brotherhood. the brotherhood as an institution isn't interrogated as a state (unlike the northern kingdoms and nilfgaard), and her specific grievances against other court mages have to do with the fact that almost every kingdom is goading nilfgaard to attack so they can attack back and vie for power. she's also got redania on a lockdown by killing vizimir right before the conclave party and i don't know how this will play out in the show considering radovid exists as well

also in the books radovid is vizimir's son who ascends to the throne after philippa and dijkstra kill vizimir, and (in the games) he makes it his life mission to kill philippa. he does not physically show up in time of contempt and adding him into the show as vizimir's brother 1) crunches the timeline down to a period of time that makes a bit more sense than the books and 2) allows the show to make up the funniest fucking subplot with jaskier. oh my god none of that happened in the books but wouldn't it have been hilarious. jaskier hooking up with the sweet and sensitive younger prince who's a fan of his music and then smash cut to twelve hours later and he's the fucking king of redania. the comedy potential is unmatched

#i am not including cahir because i fogor. he doesn't show up in TOC but it makes sense for his s3 content to happen in his backstory #that was a lot of words i hope y'all enjoy the parallels. i don't think the show portrays politics as a result of relationships well but #the show does politics as a result of power well. and there's a bit of both this season #but in the books it is exclusively politics as a result of power #the witcher spoilers #the witcher #the witcher netflix #time of contempt #the witcher meta

[astaldis]

Ciri defeating Cahir on Thanedd

Sorry, but I'm pretty confused by how many people on different social media (tumblr, reddit, instagram) say that Ciri defeated Cahir in a sword fight on Thanedd in the Witcher books. I really don't know where they get that from when you read the passage in Time of Contempt. Or is it a translation thing? In the English version it is obvious that Cahir did not anticipate that Ciri would attack him at all when he tried to grab her. He had not even drawn his sword! He is totally taken by surprise and wounded so quickly that there is never a sword fight between the two. And if there had been, Cahir would have been at a big disadvantage as he was not allowed to kill or hurt Ciri in any way while she would not have had any such inhibitions.

So, the change they made in the Netflix version with Cahir refusing to fight her did not really take the chance away from her to defeat the black knight in a sword duel because there never really was one, right? In the books she was just hacking away at him in blind fury and almost killing him although he was still unarmed ...

And neither did the Netflix version take her decision away whether or not to kill Cahir. She could have done so. It surely made the choice to not kill him a tad easier though, I have to admit, with him looking at her with those puppy eyes and asking her forgiveness. 😂

#the witcher netflix #the witcher books #time of contempt #thanedd #ciri #cirilla #cahir #cahir mawr dyffryn aep ceallach #the witcher season 3 #the witcher spoilers #princess cirilla #the black knight #eamon farren #freya allan

[hanzajesthanza]

dandelion: geralt — a moment ago, i spoke with a dryad in the common speech, she spoke without an accent, she told me . . .

geralt: you dreamed it, dandelion. this is brokilon. many things can be dreamed here.

dandelion: really?

geralt: of course. many strange and illusory things can be dreamed. for instance, i dreamed we had sex last night.

dandelion:

dandelion: that actually happened, though

geralt:

geralt: oh yeah. so it did

#go read time of contempt ch 5 if you didnt understand this #geralt x dandelion #gerlion #geraskier #geralt x jaskier #jaskier #time of contempt #mutuals dont watch me summon the dark forces with my tags alright #sorry this is so stupid but i thought of it and now everyone will just have to deal #woe. BOOK FANON be upon ye #return to book fanon where ​every gerlion shipper knows they had some kind of emotional reunion in august #the witcher books #book: time of contempt #because i wish to eat a third donut #s: i want to be by your side

[drowningparty]

“He looked at Yennefer walking alongside him, at white-and-black-and-diamond Yennefer, with her raven hair and violet eyes, and the sorcerers trying to sound him out became unsettled and disorientated; confronted with his blissful satisfaction, they were clearly losing their composure and poise. Yes, he answered in his thoughts, you’re not mistaken. There is only she, Yennefer, at my side, here and now, and only she matters. Here and now. And what she was long ago, where she was long ago and who she was with long ago doesn’t have any, doesn’t have the slightest, importance. Now she’s with me, here, among you all. With me, with no one else. That’s what I’m thinking right now, thinking only about her, thinking endlessly about her, smelling the scent of her perfume and the warmth of her body. And you can all choke on your envy.”

Andrzej Sapkowski, Time of Contempt.

#time of contempt #andrzej sapkowski #the witcher #yennefer #geralt #geralt & I enter a who's the bigger yennefer simp contest #there are no survivors

[not-your-bro]

I WEEP AND I WAIL

#AND I WEEP AND I WAIL AGAIN #the last 50 pages of blood of elves really did it for me i must say #mother daughter bonding 🥰 #the witcher #the witcher books #laura reads the witcher #yennefer of vengerberg #cirilla fiona elen riannon #this post is misleading actually as i'm like. almost halfway thru time of contempt #i'm just slow to post lol