Not saying that reversing where is cold and where is hot is changing everything - but it would change significant amount of lore.

Take Kaedwen (White Forest in Elder Speech), for example - where Kaer Morhen lies, witcher fortress - it is described as having cold and unforgiving climate. Can it be reversed - sure, it can be hot and dry. Nothing particularly problematic, you just need to change everything else as well as you go south. But when you start this Ciri chain reaction, I think you end up changing so much things that it's not really Sapkowksi's world of Witcher anymore in the end.

Honestly (though that would get a lot of flak as well) it would be much easier to make Geralt half Zerrikanian for example - let's say his (presumed) father Korin was Zerrikanian (not in lore) and  had Geralt while fighting along his mother sorceress Visenna - that actually wouldn't change much. But change Ciri and you get chain reaction of changes to the lore. And for no good reason at that.

You can have mountain with a lot of ice and cold even in the desert or hot climate, so no problem there. Just like kilimanjaro. Or even have magic power making the climate very cold and hostile to prevent trespasser.

But yes I still find it dumb to make Ciri non-white and then have to change a lot of stuff just to make room for that instead of making Gerard or any person that doesn't have his lineage as relevant as her.

You are so wrong. A character should be played by whoever is best for the role. If their race is not relevant to the plot or they're not portraying a real person, then there's no reason James Bond can't be black, Ciri can't be an ethnic minority, or Heimdall can't be played by Idriss Elba.  Changing Ciri's ethnicity doesn't change the story AT ALL, nor does it compromise the plot or bastardize the character. Literally all it does is give a spotlight to a minority that might not have gotten it otherwise. 

That, and offend racists who hate the idea of being a slightly smaller majority than they already are. 

True but in this case they excluded white skincolor from the start without even giving those actors a chance, thats not looking for whoever is best fit for the role oh no this is discriminating in order to put in diversity. (and that is whatever the whole social justice scene should be against)

Also Ciri her lineage and skincolor are important in the books,and most people just want bookadaptations or at least the characters to resemble their bookcounterparts. Everything does not have to be about racism.

Oh, would you look at that, you were wrong. A white actress was hired and thus the hyperbole is made apparent. The plan wasn't to 'exclude white people' from the role, it was to encourage non-white people to apply because they weren't planning on exclusively hiring a white actress for the role. 

It's almost as if certain folks who hate the concept of diversity and progression treat every scrap given to a minority as theft or perceive ANY concessions as losses in some fight that only they are participating. It's almost as if some people only want the world to be more inclusive and others only want to maintain the status quo and will aggressively do anything to do so. 

Yes I know this post is old. I got banned ages ago and said 'fuck it' and left because this place is pretty toxic. I got bored, thought I'd check in and saw this foolish post - which looks even dumber in retrospect. 

So yes, I was right, you were wrong, certain groups who irrationally hate 'SJWs' were blowing something out of proportion as an excuse to be enraged about conceding a sliver of representation to a minority, and the world continues to turn. That is all for now. No I am not reading the 190 responses in between yours and this one. 

User moderated - Bristow9091

Sorry for the late reply here did just see it.

Hey i find it great i was wrong on this but can you inform yourself on what an" SJW "means as it was never meant to be something positive and you should not be proud to bear that tag. I am also sure you are not so open for conversation yourself when those in disagreement with you are so easily named Toxic and put into the group of big baddies and all that while you yourself complain about others doing it so yeah that might be a bit contradictory.

Its also funny in a way that you have such a bad mental image of me while i belong to the diverse group you claim to protect and diverse people can also fend for themselves without "hyperbole" from you.

If you can ever overcome your rage about me and overcome that sad bad mental image of me in your head i am always open to talk with so i will send you a friend request and leave you up to the choice.