The knights cover Andrzej Sapkowski's The Last Wish, the first book in the Witcher series!
We discuss the ironies of monster hunter hate, parallels into popular fairytale lore, and lament how bleak and horrible the world of the Witcher is. All this, as we give you a chapter by chapter breakdown of Andrzej Sapkowski's series of short stories that launched the Witcher canon into the forefront of the Fantasy Genre, inspiriing video games, tv shows, and Casey's unhealthy obsession with "big dude, big sword, scary monster."
CW: profanity, discussions of violence, mention of rape, mention of incest
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:04:15) Trope of the Week
(00:06:45) First thoughts
(00:13:06) Content warning
(00:13:35) About the author
(00:14:45) Let’s get into it
(00:20:00) Story One: the Witcher
(00:30:58) Interlude: The Voice of Reason
(00:32:27) Story Two: A Grain of Truth
(00:43:50) Interlude: back to Voice of Reason
(00:45:45) Story Three: The Lesser Evil
(00:56:06) Interlude: back to Voice of Reason… again…
(00:58:37) Story Four: A Question of Price
(01:12:00) Interlude: back to Voice of Reason, again, again.
(01:17:29) Story Five: The Edge of the World
(01:26:01) Interlude: Forever stuck in the Voice of Reason
(01:27:14) Story Six: The Last Wish
(01:43:00) For the last time…interlude
(01:47:12) Greats and Ghouls
(01:53:33) Final thoughts