猎魔人第二季

在我看来，《猎魔人》是一部堪与《权游》媲美的魔幻剧集，同样展现了一个平行于中古欧陆的架空世界观，只是内容和影调上更偏重阴暗的哥特风。第二季第一集讲述的是关于吸血女妖的故事，剧名小标题：“True Blood”（真爱如血）。灵感来源于博蒙夫人的童话作品《美女与野兽》。

薇瑞娜外表看起来是个苍白而柔弱的女孩，当然并不是每个人都能亲眼目睹她的这张“清秀”面孔。当攻击猎物的时候，她会变身为面目狰狞、满嘴獠牙的妖怪！她栖身在废弃的古堡里，与被魔法诅咒变成野兽的古堡主人相爱相杀，过着黑暗嗜血的日子。直到女主希瑞带着她的“猎魔人”骑士来访。

如果一个人或者某个情景令你心动，相信那一定是你从中看到了自己——一个同样独特的灵魂，和自己太过相似，仿佛内心投射出的镜像——薇瑞娜暗中打量着公主，抑制不住好奇与狂喜。她早已经厌倦了杀戮，但无法克制吸血的本能；她羡慕人世间的温暖，却不得不与黑夜为伍！

于是在邂逅宿命的寒夜，她又一次变回那个柔弱无助的女孩，“潜入”到公主的睡梦中。她用手指蘸了一下希瑞的眼泪，放到自己的唇边，她想体验情感融在指端咸涩的味道，那是她一直渴望拥有而注定无法拥有的东西！她用一种奇特如响尾蛇般颤动的语言和她交流，还送上好看的裙子作为礼物。两个纤弱的女孩（其中一个至少形体上是）在古堡摇曳的烛影中交谈——这一幕为何竟会如此打动我？也许和薇瑞娜遇见希瑞一样，我也从中听到了自己内心深处如融雪一般孤独的声音…

“怪物”实际是根本不存在的，它不过是人们为了排除异己而生造出来的词汇。就像剧中面对公主“你是怪物吗？”的发问，薇瑞娜怅然回答道：“你也与众不同，难道你也是怪物吗？”“怪物害人，而人害一切！”作为一个猎杀者，她虽生性凶残，却又其心可悯。她代表了那些被排斥在主流社会之外的边缘化群体，以及所有不被理解的心声，想寻求一种归属感，却只能被“人类的世界”拒之门外，内心永远被孤独和绝望包围。

故事的结尾耐人寻味：害人的怪物得到了应有的下场——猎魔骑士斩下了薇瑞娜的头。她的头颅滚落在雪中没了声息，眼中的光亮也在暗夜中渐渐熄灭。而她的血——以死亡之吻献上的真爱之血——喷溅在古堡主人的身上，诅咒解除了！公主和她的骑士重新踏上征途，薇瑞娜最后留下的一句话：有一天你（希瑞）也会和我一样。

没有感情的“怪物”在最后时刻奉献了真爱，而得到真爱的人却无法让它哪怕在手中多停留一秒。或许爱终究是可遇而不可求的东西，得到的同时也意味着失去，正如Linkin Park在《One More Light》中的唱词——

“There are things that we can have but can't keep”…

1. 啊总算不是多条时间线故事线穿插进行了！原本我以为是编剧终于悔改了，后来意识到是因为这一季原创天马行空剧情太多，编剧如果还敢打乱时间线剪来剪去的，那真的没人能看懂了==

2. 最后 恩希尔 出来的时候我都呆掉了，这尼玛是什么颓废暗黑霸道帝王攻，说好的中年油腻鬼*父呢，相比小说也就开了10级美颜吧。说好的小成本渣剧，里面的女性角色一个个丑到哭，为啥男性角色都帅到让人怀疑片酬呢？嘛总之感觉第三季可以的，而且我有预感会有一大批没有节操的同人女去嗑 白狼*白火这对cp的，就仔细想想确实也很带感就是了！

3. 编剧把鬼*父线砍了，嗯挺好的，看原著我就觉得这条线太重口了，就魔法世界也吃不消啊。

4. 特莉丝这季是换了化妆师还是瘦身成功了之类的，颜值蹭蹭蹭上涨了不少。然而和游戏里比起来还是差了一大截。但是我觉得我这里能勉强接受了吧，毕竟我本来就是走叶奈法线的，而且巫师2里我也选择没救她，最后赶到广场发现她被雷索救了，那场面一度十分尴尬==

5. 堪称本剧最大雷点的 芙林吉拉 还是没换人，而且本季她的支线剧情多到逆天，竟然和原著第一美女的精灵女王戏份平起平坐了？目测第三季她剧情还是会多到发指，希望编剧魔改改大一点，把白狼和她原著在陶森特那段高抬贵手给删了吧，我实在是不忍心看到这版人比花娇的白狼被辣手摧花啊。

6. 菲利帕那个女演员很惊艳啊！不知道为啥就最后一集给了个镜头就切了？她第三季应该很多戏分吧！（毕竟四海八荒第一搅屎棍子）然后就是 Dijkstra 演员还是太瘦，没有达到原著里那个海豹的形容。拉多维德五世有点帅过头不够疯逼，没啥意思。还是游戏里那个黑演员朋克青年比较带感。

7. 据说第二季收视率还不错？那我就敲碗坐等第三季了==

有些改编是可取的，比如让希瑞加入童话的真实性（真爱如血）这一短篇中，可以避免犯第一季时间线混乱的错误。贯穿整季的林中老妪也是不错的原创内容，她引出了叶妮芙的故事，而且最后和整个世界最大的威胁狂猎联系在一起，有始有终，all make sense了。

猎魔人Eskel和第一季的莫斯萨克类似，虽然他们一直活到游戏第三部，但剧中因为后续戏份不多早早领了便当。可是Eskel完全颠覆原本冷静理智的形象，乖张而莽撞，忘记怪物的致命要害，甚至带一群风尘女子到凯尔莫罕（非常非常非常离谱，网飞一定付给了安杰伊老爷子一大笔钱才能让他忍受这样的桥段），活脱脱一个差生模样。

Francesca是一个术士，也是个政治动物，而不是被复仇冲昏头脑的绝望母亲。她在将来的仙尼德岛政变中要扮演关键角色，剧中她和术士协会完全没了瓜葛，真不知道这段故事要如何发展。

维瑟米尔想利用希瑞，甚至叶妮芙也想利用希瑞，还出现了杰洛特挥剑指向叶妮芙的场景。这些改编不仅仅是让原著党无法满意的问题，对角色形象和人物关系的影响也是很大的。劳伦-施密特-希斯里斯对“灰色道德观”的理解似乎有些浅薄，让角色做蠢事或坏事并不能体现这一点。

杰洛特变成了一个男妈妈的样子。他的倔脾气，他的冷幽默，他常常不合时宜的原则性，他努力想藏但藏不住的正义感，他偶尔流露出的孩子气，他面对一个突如其来的青少年养女的手足无措，这些全都无影无踪。这个杰洛特太完美，缺少了很多魅力。

相对来说，更喜欢第一季让我觉得太油的亚斯克尔了。他成了最与众不同的角色。

台词一直飘在天上，完全没有烟火气——生活质感本来是猎魔人作为一部奇幻小说很独特的亮点。

所有猎魔的过程都有着一致的节奏：先把气氛烘托到位，简短的交手后一刀毙命。是缺钱了吗？

总结，劳伦-施密特-希斯里斯的剧作水平不太担得起《猎魔人》，她的才华在原著作者面前犹如火苗面对火炉。

一般来说，系列作品的续作往往更难让观众满意，首作或者前作会让人对后续作品有更高的要求，也让人对续作有更高的期待，更难免让人和前作比较。所以作为高口碑作品的续作往往需要创作团队绞尽脑汁甚至另辟蹊径，才能保证续作维持较高的口碑和热度，让系列作品不垮掉。

但是如果首作的口碑不佳，甚至让评论表示大失所望呢？接了一个烫手山芋的前作，续作如何在不否定前作的情况下走出自己的路？

如果有一部电视剧，第一季的烂番茄指数只有68%，第二季的评分确狂飙至96%，那么第一季是不是有重拍的必要呢？

这就是我们今天要讨论的作品——

《猎魔人 第二季》

01官方吐槽，最为致命

官方吐槽，最为致命

观众和评论对《猎魔人 第一季》的主要吐槽就在于混乱的叙事结构和编剧方式，这点甚至连官方都有所了解，甚至在第二季第四集借一个码头混混之口好好自嘲了一把。

可以理解第一季的导演和编剧用一种在观众看来莫名其妙的叙事顺序讲完了整个故事。在《猎魔人》前几部小说中作者安杰伊·萨普科夫斯基确实使用一种类似单元剧的方式较为孤立的写出了一些零散的“反童话”的魔幻故事，毕竟作者最开始创作《猎魔人》小说是基于参加小说大赛的投稿，并没有在起初就规划一个波澜壮阔的异世界，而是基于一些斯拉夫民间传说写一个落魄大叔的伏魔故事。近年来对于改编作品而言，需要面对的一个重要命题就是如何在获取新受众的同时取悦硬核粉丝群体，或者说不要流失太多的铁粉，在这样的前提下，采用与原著小说相近的叙事方式和故事内容，是一种稳妥的选择。

但对于《猎魔人》这部作品而言，对这部作品抱有期待的观众很多都是基于小说所改编的游戏作品，或者更确切地说，是基于2015年获得年度最佳游戏的《巫师3：狂猎》（坊间戏称《昆特牌3：狂赌》）而对剧集保有很大的期待。对观众而言，《猎魔人》与其说是一部小说改电视剧，不如说是一部游戏改电视剧更符合观众期待。所以观众们更期待的是和游戏的线性叙事更详尽的叙述方式，尤其是对于玩过游戏但没有看过原著小说的观众而言，里面的故事对他们来说更加不知所云，原本认为熟悉的世界设定和故事情节在剧集播出后显得无比陌生，因此在看了第一集甚至前20分钟后便只能早早弃剧，在评分网站上留下低分评价之后便匆匆赶往下一部剧，毕竟目前是优质剧集争夺观众眼球，而早已不是观众在电视前苦等八点档的年代。

第一季对于观众不友好的地方还在于，依据小说的故事结构，是以杰洛特为主线的故事插叙，包括叶奈法，希瑞和其他的角色都是杰洛特的冒险故事中出现并引出的人物，因此在阅读的时候并不会出现很大的疑惑。但是电视剧因为需要在前期引入叶奈法和希瑞两位重要女性角色的故事，在一开始便安排了他们的出场，而且由于叶奈法的形象在故事里发生了很大的变化，读者和玩家更熟悉的是叶奈法后期的御姐形象，导致对故事的理解更为混乱。希瑞由于是杰洛特的“意外之子”，对于其父母的出身和与杰洛特纠葛的由来确实需要详细叙述，但由于原著（小说与游戏）中对希瑞的起源故事和希瑞的母亲着墨较少，对部分观众来说理解更为混乱。

看完第一季之后，我认为导演类似于犯了这样一个错误“在星球大战小说发布之后，用插叙的方式将前传三部曲、《侠盗一号》和《汉索罗传奇》杂糅到一部电影里。”

（这是电视剧第一季和游戏里的叶奈法，玩家完全无法把二者形象认为是一个人）

第二季导演果断放弃了第一季凌乱而破碎的叙事结构，从索登山之战后以杰洛特和希瑞的故事为主线，穿插了叶奈法、芙琳吉拉和法兰茜斯卡与不死之母的交易，同时简要叙述了北方联盟各国王之间的政治阴谋，在同样8集的篇幅中包含了魔幻、政治、爱情等多个元素，最终明确阐释了希瑞本身上古之血的来源和影响，形成了完整的故事闭环。第二季同样穿插了多线叙事，但是在完整的故事框架和线索引导的前提下，始终引导观众理解剧情和故事发展，在故事中并没有“抛下观众”。如果说第一季作品是视觉小说，那么第二季作品更像是游戏3A大作，在拓宽了叙事框架的前提下，也让玩家（观众）完成了主线任务。

02 老角色强势回归

在第一季的故事中，除了混乱的故事线，还出现了一个需要魔幻题材作品需要规避的重要问题，不要过多引入新的设定和概念，也就是掉书袋。

于是，在第一季中出现的故事，除了杰洛特的主线故事之外，很多支线故事的发展让新老观众都很疑惑，包括叶奈法和伊斯崔德（初恋男友）、伦芙芮和斯崔葛布的恩怨，菲拉凡德芮对杰洛特的绑架，辛特拉的陷落，布洛克莱昂森林和精灵的故事。

这也解释了观众对第一季的一脸懵逼，除了杰洛特、丹德里恩（剧集中称亚斯基尔，这也是小说里的称呼）叶奈法和希瑞这些游戏里的主要人物之外，对其他人原著中的人物并没有太多的共鸣，反而由于对类角色的过度刻画，挤占了电视剧本身的篇幅，而很多的人物在后续的故事中并没有出现，也破坏了故事本身的连续性。

第二季的作品很好的修复了这个问题，尤其是在引进游戏中令人熟悉的角色这点上，很好的弥补了第一季中所带来的的问题——熟悉的角色可以让观众有更好的代入感，也可以更好的通过熟悉角色之间的联结建立对相同作品之间的共鸣。尤其是维瑟米尔和兰伯特这些游戏里让人耳熟能详的重点人物，让游戏玩家和小说读者以及电视剧观众三者可以迅速达成一致。同时维瑟米尔的引入本身就是一个重要的楔子，他作为杰洛特的导师所扮演的杰洛特的导师所扮演的慈父形象与杰洛特对希瑞的感情如出一辙，而他本人对希瑞的感情又体现了作为最年长猎魔人对种族（职业）传承的焦虑和希望，最终在剧集最终一战中对希瑞复杂的感情变化也增加了角色本身的复杂程度。

（嗑药的维瑟米尔眼里充满了仇恨和愤怒，和后面peace的形象相差甚远）

03对原著恰到好处的改编

《猎魔人 第二季》的故事对原著小说进行了一定程度的改编，其中改动最大的地方就是反派角色“不死之母”的引入并因其对叶奈法、芙琳吉拉和法兰茜斯卡三位重要女性角色的诱惑和由此产生的角色冲突和政治纠葛。我认为第二部剧集对原著的改编恰到好处，并且更好的完善了这部剧，主要有三个原因：

（1）自圆其说的故事

不死之母作为天球交汇时来到猎魔人世界的妖灵（精神体？），被初代猎魔人封印后希望复仇和离开禁锢之地，引诱了三个各怀鬼胎的女术士来为自己服务，并引发了大陆上各国之间的连锁反应，这个故事即使单列出来拍摄一集剧情也是一个完整的故事。而由此引发的法兰茜斯卡的精灵婴儿（原著中没有）以及对北方王国的进一步仇恨和与尼弗迦德的联盟，芙琳吉拉对自身价值的探索和对白色火焰的复杂感情，最终都有了合理的解释，并进一步推动了主线故事的发展。

（2）与其他故事背景的有机融合

在改编故事中非常需要编剧注意的一点就是不能出现大规模推翻原著基础设定或者大量“吃书”的情况，第一季作品因为担心过度改编导致粉丝群体不满，所以谨小慎微的按照原著内容推进，虽然并没有因为推翻设定或者曲解原著导致粉丝声讨，但是作品本身的质量也并不能让人满意。第二季虽然对原著进行了部分改编，但依然没有超脱原著框架，魔物是由于天球交汇的影响，因为希瑞的能力觉醒而从其他次元出现，最终也因为希瑞的力量得以解决。叶奈法能力的流失也有了合理的解释（当然很难想象叶奈法能忍耐无魔的自己这么久）。在这种程度下的改编不仅没有表现对原著作品的不尊重，反而是一种对原著系列作品的致敬。

（3）不影响后续故事发展

最难能可贵的是，在第二季中从各维度相对改编了作品之后，创作团队对自己延伸出来的故事有了肯定的收尾，在最后一集引出了狂猎的形象，不仅对自己的故事有了完美的结束，还带出了观众们期盼很高的反派角色，也给下一季的故事留下了伏笔。

04细节刻画到位

这个话题先看两张图

上图为第一季的特莉丝，下图为第二季的，虽然演员没有变化，但是从妆发上，第二季的特莉丝更贴近游戏里的人物形象，红发的特点越发明显。第二季在细节等方面更好的突出了角色的特点，同时全面贴近全面形象也让观众有了更好的代入感。

在场景转换上，第二季更多的使用了远景拍摄城市的手法。对于魔幻类题材，观众往往更希望看到与现实生活中不一样的生活场景，而《猎魔人》中体现城市的手法与《权力的游戏》中的场景转换方式如初一辙，在剧集中后期政治色彩逐渐浓厚，各方势力角逐愈发白热化的前景下，通过大广角的方式体现博弈方的变化，一方面可以通过不同的城市场景转变体现各方政治博弈的复杂性，另一方面可以在观众心中进一步拓展世界观架构，为系列下一步进展争取更大的空间。

05提高剧集潜力

在我看来，《猎魔人》第二季不仅仅作为一部剧集很完整的讲述了一系列的故事，更重要的是他为整个猎魔人系列争取了更为明亮和宽阔的未来。

第一季的作品已然留下了很多的遗憾，但第二季作品在讲述自己故事的情况下为第一季做出了很多更详细的注脚，包括希瑞一家血脉的来源、芙琳吉拉为什么要背叛北方联盟、希瑞在躲避黑色骑士追捕之后爆发的力量导致了什么后果等等。作为一部续作作品很好的为前作解释、补充了很多设定和起源实在难能可贵，而且它为《猎魔人》系列的未来发展和转型开启了很好的示范。

如果说第一季是杰洛特的冒险故事、叶奈法的成长故事和希瑞的逃往故事的机械组合，中间夹杂着尼弗迦德对辛特拉侵略的政治和军事元素，那么第二季就是以杰洛特冒险和希瑞成长为基础引出了北方联盟和南方帝国之间长久对抗。

（迪科斯彻和菲利帕这对相爱相杀的老情人未来一定会有更多的后手）

更重要的是北方诸王之间的纵横捭阖为这部剧集从魔幻冒险故事转变为政治惊悚片和宫廷斗争剧埋下了无限可能。结尾处北方五王对希瑞和杰洛特下达的通缉令让未来的剧集发展不可避免的将涉及政治体裁和军事对抗。

06 更好的未来

《猎魔人》系列之所以在魔幻届长久以来占据一席之地，不仅仅依靠的是奇妙的幻想和细腻的文笔，而是作为魔幻历史框架下将“工具人”杰洛特巧妙地楔入北方联盟和南方帝国的残酷斗争。作为剧集，《猎魔人 第二季》让人可以幻想系列剧集的广阔未来，甚至有希望在某些方面成为和《权力的游戏》类似的现象级魔幻作品。不得不感谢这部剧集的导演和编剧，在创作一部成功作品的同时，给了这系列剧集更广阔的发展空间，也为全世界魔幻爱好者构造了一个三维的猎魔人世界。

（最后友情提醒各位，当老板很聪明的时候千万不要耍小聪明）

Fuck it. I decided to compile a list of every change between Season 2 and Blood of Elves

Heavy spoilers for the books and Season 2!

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This is not all-encompassing. I'll forget some changes--Heaven knows the writers made enough changes. I'll also preface this by saying: This isn't a commentary on the quality of the season itself. It is simply a collection of the differences between the novel and the show.

**Characters**

* Voleth Meir is not in the books. Completely new character.

* Geralt wouldn't use Ciri as bait in the books. Nor did he.

* Ciri is never possessed by a witch.

* Yennefer does not lose her magic in the books.

* Yennefer never considers sacrificing Ciri for power. Nor does the opportunity ever arise.

* Yennefer is not captured by Niilfgard in the books.

* Instead, she is blinded following Sodden after taking a fireball to the face from Fringilla. She then spends lots of time in recovery, then--on Dijkstra's orders--tails and saves Dandelion from Rience.

* No one ever thinks she's dead in the books either (Geralt worries that she died after Sodden, if I recall, but finds out rather quickly she's still out there after talking to Triss at the Sodden memorial)

* Later in the series (Post Time of Contempt/Late Season 3 or early Season 4 by comparison), people suspect Yennefer of being a Nilfgaardian spy. But at no point does anyone suspect her of being a spy following Sodden.

* The Stregobor stuff isn't a thing in the books. He's there, but plays no important role.

* Vessemir wouldn't try to use Ciri's blood to create more witchers in the books. Nor would he ever allow Ciri to undergo the Trial. Nor would he let Eskel bring a bunch of hookers to Kaer Morhen

* In the books, Dandelion is actively working with Djikstra and the Redanian Secret Service. ~~This is removed in the show~~ It is implied that Djikstra is funding Dandelion's sandpiper activities, though Dandelion doesn't seem to be aware of who he is working with. This is speculative on my part though.

* Also in the books, Dandelion is not nearly as comedic as he was in Season 2. He is funny, but they seemed to lean into that aspect of him for Season 2.

* This is more my interpretation, but in the books, Dandelion is far wittier than he is in the show. He certainly doesn't come across as the type to talk to rats in the book.

* Djikstra is not a rambling drunk in the books (although I didn't find that to be a bad change. It was pretty interesting IMO).

* I don't believe Istredd even appears in Blood of Elves

* Francesa Findabar is *not* with the Scoia'tael in the books. By this, I mean she's not in the field with them, acting as their leader.

* She is a member of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, though she does harbor sympathies for their cause and occasionally meets with Scoia'tel leaders (Filavandrel, as an example). This relationship becomes relevant when she aids Niilfgaard during the Coup at Thanned

* Fringilla Vigo does not become de facto leader of Cintra in the books. Instead, she fucks off to Niilfgard

* Cahir is not captured by the Brotherhood following Sodden in the books. I don't even recall if he was at Sodden. As far as I recall, he traveled back to Niilfgard following the Fall of Cintra, and was imprisoned for failing to capture Ciri. We don't see him again for another two books after Sodden.

* His execution plot-point never happened in the books.

* Book Cahir is also not nearly as mustache-twirly-evil-villain as he is in the show. Cahir fans will know what I mean.

* Tissaia is hardly a significant character in the books.

* Rience is not a magical bounty hunter in the books. He's an almost fanatical follower of Vilgefortz in the books.

* Rience is scarred in the show and books, but in the books, it's because Yennefer uses her magic to wound him as he's interrogating Dandelion.

* Lydia Van Bredevoort does not develop her scars from sniffing a vial of elder blood in the books. Instead, her scars are a result of magical experimentation on Vilgefortz' orders, and her wounds are hidden with an illusion.

* Eskel is not turned into a Leshen and then killed (as far as we know. He's not in the books for long.)

* Vilgefortz and Tissaia are not a romantic thing, as far as I could tell. Nor are they really even partners. Vilgefortz is also the genuine champion of Sodden in the books. He does this to gain more authority in the Brotherhood.

* Vilgy is also way stronger and smarter in the books then how he is depicted in the show. Also, Vilgy never says his classic line. This is a cardinal sin, imo.

* Nenekke is an old and religious lady. She doesn't go around dropping f-bombs in the books.

* Emhyr kept the fact that Ciri was his daughter a big secret in the books. Understandable, given his plans for her (**cough** Imperial Incest **cough**)

* Jarre in the books is a bit of a geek, who is very clearly awkward around girls, and has a crush on Ciri. But he's also smart, and good-intentioned. The show reduces him to a dick joke.

**Plot Points**

* Except for Ciri's training, there is not a single fight at Kaer Morhen. Never. There is no Leshen, nor is there the centipede thing with the claws. There is no possession.

* There are only four witchers at Kaer Morhen (Vessemir, Eskel, Lambert, and Coen)

* At Kaer Morhen, Ciri trains and exercises. Eventually, Triss arrives (on Geralt's request) and instructs Ciri on the basics of magic, as well as the Elder language.

* The plot point with Ciri's blood being able to make more witchers is not in the books.

* Vesemir never collects her blood either. The thought of making more witchers is only ever entertained in the context of Ciri being raised as a girl vs. being raised as a witcher. But the mutagenic process itself/Trial of Grasses is never brought up.

* In the book, Triss travels with Ciri and Geralt to the Temple. In the show, she doesn't. We don't see her get sick.

* On the path to the Temple is when they run into Yarpen Zigrin again. This doesn't happen in the show. As a result, Ciri doesn't visit Shaerrawedd, and there is no fight with the Scoia'tael.

* There is no fight at Melitele's Temple in the books. Never.

* Yennefer does not travel to the Temple to kidnap Ciri and sacrifice her in the books.

* In the books, Ciri and Yennefer stay at the temple for a while. Ciri learns more magic.

* Yennefer is invited to the temple by Geralt after Geralt has already left. See the 'Dear Friend,' bullet point further down.

* There is no reunion between Geralt and Yennefer in Blood of Elves. They reunite outside Gors Velen in the next book.

* In the books, Rience does not find Ciri at the Temple. Instead, Geralt leaves Ciri in Nenekke's care to find Rience at Oxenfurt.

* There is no Shani in the show. >:(

* Phillipa does not help Geralt find Rience, nor does she help Rience escape: as she does in the books.

* In fact, Rience doesn't meet Ciri till the Time of Contempt, which is the next book following Blood of Elves.

* Dandelion doesn't sing at a tavern in Oxenfurt. He sings at Bleobheris, a sacred tree.

* His Sandpiper plot is not a thing in the books.

* Dandelion is not arrested in the books.

* The elf and Cintra plot is not in the books.

* There is a non-human uprising in the North in the books, led by the Scoia'tael, but they are not given Cintra as a place of refuge by the Niilfgardians. Instead, Niilfgard is suspected of funding and arming them behind the scenes to stoke instability in the North.

* Francesca never gets pregnant. Nor does Emhyr commit infanticide against an elven baby in the books.

* The notion that a pure-blooded elf hasn't been born in decades is also a Netflix invention. Elves have a much smaller window of time to get pregnant, but it still happens in the books. Avallach and Geralt talk about this in Tower of Swallow.

* The magical politics is a thing in the books, but is very different from the magical politics in the show. Stregobor does not interrogate or harm Yennefer, and neither do Tissaia/Vilgy use that as an excuse to seize Council seats.

* Instead, the magical politics in the book are concerned with the growing distrust between the Kings and their magical advisors

* The meeting of the Kings at the end of Season 2 is the meeting of the Kings in BoE that puts the Mages on edge, and is used to justify the Conclave in Time of Contempt. However, Tissaia is at the King's meeting in the show, which is not the case in the book. No mages were invited to the meeting in the books.

* When the Kings of the North meet, they do conclude it best to kill Ciri--so as to prevent her falling into Emhyr's hands (they don't want him to have a legitimate claim to the Cintran throne). However, the show cut the King's talk of war with Niilfgaard.

* In the books, they believe a quick strike across the Yaruga could recapture Cintra, and deal a blow to the South. This conversation paves the way for the Second Great War, but does not happen in the show.

* The show also leaves out the politics regarding Cintra's throne. Cordhingrer is visited by Geralt in the books, and they develop a plot to--essentially-- smear Calanthe's name and ruin her claim to the Cintrant throne, thus making Ciri's claim to the throne illegitimate. Thus, protecting her from the kings who want her dead for her political power.

* Again, the Voleth Meir plot is not in the books at all. Instead, Blood of Elves focuses on Ciri's training and planting the seeds for future conflicts.

* I.e. the Second Great War, the Coup of Thanned, Character's motivations to capture Ciri, etc.

* The Monoliths are not a thing in the books.

* The 'Dear Friend,' bit is in reference to letters exchanged by Yennefer and Geralt while Geralt is in Oxenfurt hunting for Rience. Geralt asks Yennefer to travel to the temple to train Ciri. Again, Geralt and Yen don't actually meet though.

* In the books, Niilfgardians are depicted as something more akin to the Romans or English (Highly centralized government with progressive and aristocratic traditions and legal codes). In the books, they are not religious zealots. Though they are also not necessarily 'good' either.

* Yennefer and Cahir never have a team-up in the books.

* Tissaia does not recommend that Ciri be captured, nor does she suggest that anyone protecting her be captured as well. In fact, Tissaia's role in the show is dramatically overblown.

* Ciri is not with Geralt when he meets Nivellen.

* Istredd does not meet with Cordringer and Fenn in the books. Geralt does meet them to find information about Rience and Ciri.

It's not an exaggeration to say that the *majority* of this season is different from the books. And not just sort of different, but drastically different. Hell, the last four or five episodes are fictitious (relative to the book canon (yes I know it's all fiction, please stop reminding me)) in nearly every way. At this point, I'm not certain where the story will go. For example, how will the Coup play out on Thanedd if Ciri won't be able to attend it? And if Ciri isn't at Aretuza for the Coup, then how will she be warped to the desert? And if she isn't separated from Geralt and Yennefer, then how will she meet up with the Rats?

Obviously, they can still work these plots in, or at least, work in the *effects* of these plots, but the story will take a drastically different turn than the one the book tells.

Note that this isn't necessarily a good or a bad thing, so long as it's done well. But there has to come a point when the adaptation is so drastically different from the source material, that I start to wonder whether it's truly an adaptation, or if it's a reimagining.

第一季最后，出人意料得把巫师故事原本的史诗感、传奇性拍了出来，这一季开篇也有很大的进步，就在我以为可以延续下去的时候：糟糕至极的改编，又莫明其妙得把大量应该慢慢说清楚的故事冗杂在了后半段，还把咱们大名鼎鼎的布拉维坎屠夫、白狼、利维亚的杰洛特拍得肉麻话满天，猎魔人原本对情绪的压抑、深沉雄厚的情感以及冷静的幽默恰好是他们的魅力。 原作的迷人之处，本该是用一个个充斥幽秘、用魔法与鲜血跟幽暗森林打交道的冒险经历，所给观众带来的代入感，以及用几位人物复杂的情感、成长故事来贯穿了整个大陆的历史，所带来的厚重感，可惜这些都被剧里像被鞭子抽一样的剧情推动毁掉了。 原作中，正如geralt的信条一样，他不愿踏入历史漩涡，所以永远是以他的故事为主，着力点在充满怪物的小道上，但同时又如他总是不自觉已经踏入了漩涡一样，他是这片大陆历史推动的重要一环，大故事就被侧面渲染了出来。相比冰与火之歌，巫师不愿正面描述权力的博弈，geralt犀利干脆、洞悉万物，但也是个粗人、享受在沼泽地里与野兽厮杀，远没那个耐心染指政治，他是个传奇、但同样是个小人物。

其实巫师拍得好，远比权游吸引人(其实第一季后半段，第二季前半段，路子已经走对了，并且非常精彩：个体的故事、命运的交汇、历史的推动，也是原著的玩法。但其他部分，不知道是没钱了，还是编剧脑子抽了，或是单纯没耐心拍了，非常糟糕得添油加醋、直白得叙述各种政治事件，还把这么多的概念和人物全盘托出，哪怕对我这种看过小说、玩了好几遍游戏的观众来说，也非常不友好)。 波兰人可是把巫师当国宝，能不能不要暴殄天物呀。

改编的垃圾，这剧情真他妈恶心

真他妈无语炸了，不知道为什么小说写的那么好为什么还要改编？是觉得自己功底比原著好吗？就特么改编如果能看就算了，把杰洛特设计的这么傻逼，杰洛特那么多兄弟，从小到大，让杰洛特看着死去的兄弟还特么想着救希里， 从原著到游戏，希里这条线一直都是重点中的重点，但是剧中的希里线，属实垃圾的看到就想吐，镜头一转切到希里就特么恶心。老子的女儿被塑造的这么恶心，说着尊重原创，结果还特么改编。

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