(Spoilers) Netflix Witcher season 2 is really pissing me off

[Angelus]

I'm still enjoying it, personally. I've never read the books, but I assume CDPR took certain liberties with various characters and events, and from what I know of the games, the show is going in different directions with some things as well. But the important thing for me is that the tone of the world, and the main characters feels consistent with what I loved about the games, and I do feel that is the case so far. Except for Yen hugging Jaskier/Dandelion lol. I'm not certain that's something Yen would do under any circumstances in the games.

But yea, by and large, I think that Geralt, Yen, and Ciri are all portrayed exactly as they should be. The world, and it's politics are as they should be. The production values seem to have taken a step up this season, which is nice. Killing Eskel...I thought it was weird, since his presence in Witcher 3 had me assuming he survived the books as well, so if that's the case, I'm not sure why the writers would go out of their way to kill him specifically instead of some random Witcher nobody knows...but at the end of the day, I can't claim to have any particular attachment to Eskel, since his role in the games is a fairly small one, and is easily replaceable imo. If I had to guess, I'd assume they'll have his role be filled by Coen, so they can have a bit more diversity in the Witchers. I could imagine them weighing the backlash of racebending another character, vs killing off said character in favor of another, and chose the later. Idk. Just speculation. As I said, I don't particularly care about Eskel, and the actor that played him (albeit it briefly), didn't really move me either.

Vesemir I think is portrayed well. He's not exactly the Vesemir from the games, but he makes a lot of sense as an older version of the Vesemir they set up with the animated movie they did about his younger self. I quite enjoyed that story - even though the action was a bit over the top, but I guess that goes with the animated territory to some extent - and it would have been a little weird in their version of the character if he had transitioned completely into the mellow, super calm, super grand-dad like figure we see in Witcher 3. Still, the core of his character remains the same I think. He cares deeply about his family, which is the remaining Witchers. He would clearly do anything to help them. You could argue that some of the actions he's willing to take with Ciri are out of pocket, but he's only just met her. Yes, Geralt obviously cares about her, and that does mean something to him, but she's not the family he's been protecting and fighting for all his life. The Vesemir we see in Witcher 3 had already spent way more time with Ciri, and would already see her as part of his clan by then.

I am a bit curious where they're going with the Wild Hunt in the show. The Witchers clearly believe that Voleth Meir is a demon, and this does line up logically with a lot of what she does....but then at the end, when transported back her realm, she turns into a rider of the Hunt. So...are the Hunt not Aen Elle in the show? Or were the Witchers simply wrong about the nature of Voleth Meir? Or do the Hunt take other beings into their ranks? That was confusing to me, so I need to see where they go with that. Also, if that's Voleth Meir's home realm, and by extension, potentially the Hunt's home realm...why is it a desert instead of a frozen wasteland? Again, gotta wait and see how they expand upon all that.

Overall though, still very much pleased with the show.