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Look, I don't hate CDPR. I don't. But a brief scene in Witcher 1 and a throwaway 'looks like rain' line indicates that they knew Geralt's knee should still be affecting him and doesn't count as representation.
Again, I am asking you to learn the difference between "healed"-
Again, I am asking you to learn the difference between "healed"-
and "cured".
Fringilla didn't "cure" Geralt's knee injury, she helped to "heal" it enough to the point that it "can bend" relatively pain free. It doesn't mean 'cured'.
In the Witcher, magic is strict, it doesn't have loose 'do whatever the fuck you want with no cost'-
Fringilla didn't "cure" Geralt's knee injury, she helped to "heal" it enough to the point that it "can bend" relatively pain free. It doesn't mean 'cured'.
In the Witcher, magic is strict, it doesn't have loose 'do whatever the fuck you want with no cost'-
rules. Chaos comes at a cost to both caster and subject, it can only be used for so much. For example, Triss becomes severely burned all about her chest and throat after the Sodden. Triss is a powerful Sorceress, one of the Lodge's best. But all she can do is reduce the-
redness and the worst of it. She swears to never wear low cut necks on her clothes ever again. She can never cure it. She states no one can ever cure it. And what does CDPR do? Remove all of that so she can wear sexy outfits.
Fringilla likes to claim she's the best-
Fringilla likes to claim she's the best-
but she's not, her whole character is just about being full of herself. She takes pride in being able to heal Geralt enough that he can bend his knee and get around relatively pain free. She doesn't 'cure' him.
When you have a knee injury, you typically wear a brace or-
When you have a knee injury, you typically wear a brace or-
support. My knee injury is a decade old now and I still wear joint supports to prevent further damage.
If CDPR made one reference in the first game and a throwaway idle line commenting on weather, it means that they knew the difference. Geralt was "healed" not "cured".
If CDPR made one reference in the first game and a throwaway idle line commenting on weather, it means that they knew the difference. Geralt was "healed" not "cured".
So if they allude to it, why not put a knee brace on him? Why not make it a general part of his character?
Ask any sportsman with an old healed injury and they'll tell you to wear a damn support on your affected joint otherwise you'll fuck it. You expect me to believe-
Ask any sportsman with an old healed injury and they'll tell you to wear a damn support on your affected joint otherwise you'll fuck it. You expect me to believe-
then that Geralt doesn't need a brace or support given his line of work?
It's almost like CDPR have a habit of picking and choosing what they do and don't show (again look at the disservice to Triss). It's equivalent to no representation. They pussyfoot around it but-
It's almost like CDPR have a habit of picking and choosing what they do and don't show (again look at the disservice to Triss). It's equivalent to no representation. They pussyfoot around it but-
won't expressly say it.
Are the Witcher games bad? No, they're great and I adore playing them.
My problem lies in them toning down Geralt's injury so much that it might as well not be there and, for most players, it isn't.
Geralt went through a hell of a journey to-
Are the Witcher games bad? No, they're great and I adore playing them.
My problem lies in them toning down Geralt's injury so much that it might as well not be there and, for most players, it isn't.
Geralt went through a hell of a journey to-
acceptance for it to be so easily dismissed.
Was Geralt healed by Fringilla? Yes.
Was he cured? No.
They're 2 different things.
Bad representation is equivalent to no representation at all.
Plus, Geralt has a lot of other disabilities. It's okay to be disabled.
Was Geralt healed by Fringilla? Yes.
Was he cured? No.
They're 2 different things.
Bad representation is equivalent to no representation at all.
Plus, Geralt has a lot of other disabilities. It's okay to be disabled.
My thread was about my experience with the novels first and foremost and how I hoped the show would capture that. I'm not out for CDPR at all, I'm here to make sure this part of Geralt's journey is handled right in the show where, for once, it can be explored and given the-
respect, time, and sensitivity it deserves.
I'm sorry to have upset so many of you, but it's 2020. We can discuss disability and having a disabled protagonist from the books be shown to be disabled on the screen.
It's an important part of Geralt's story for many disabled-
I'm sorry to have upset so many of you, but it's 2020. We can discuss disability and having a disabled protagonist from the books be shown to be disabled on the screen.
It's an important part of Geralt's story for many disabled-
folks, even if it wasn't important to you personally.
I won't be making anymore threads on this. My concerns lie with the show and how it will portray something so significant to a lot of disabled people.
Be well
I won't be making anymore threads on this. My concerns lie with the show and how it will portray something so significant to a lot of disabled people.
Be well
