Witcher Season 2 Episode 2: Kaer Mohren

Welcome to our episode by episode analysis of The Witcher, where we focus on character psychology and relationships.   

𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘝 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤.

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:

00:50 Yen’s dream of a family with Geralt
1:50 Yen and Fringilla’s capture by elves
2:39 Fringilla’s history and character
4:58 Yen’s need for power
5:46 Fransesca and Filivandrel
6:14 Fringilla and Yen plead their case
7:18 Yen’s complicated character
8:43 Elven/human bigotry
11:32 Fransesca’s search for Dol Blathanna and the three shared dreams
12:42 Elves find a hidden tunnel
14:30 Fransesca, Yen and Fringilla discuss their shared dream and the hut in the forest
15:03 The three visions
18:23 Fringilla goes with the elves; Yen realizes she lost her magic
20:44 Geralt and Ciri arrive at Kaer Mohren
21:29 The Witchers’ characterization as immature, traumatized tight-knit family
24:18 Eskel arrives; characterization
27:15 Ciri wants to get trained; Geralt resists
30:00 Party with prostitutes
32:08 Geralt interacts with the Madame
34:45 Ciri explores the castle and gets a history lesson from Vesemir
35:34 Witchers have emotions; why they say they don’t
39:24 Eskel turns into a Leshy
43:04 The motherly Madam
45:00 Geralt kills Eskel
46:55 Geralt is willing to kill those he loves

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘀!
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/celestis/list?title_no=641232&page=1   

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝟬𝟯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁 @𝘃𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀_𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀_:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/Vweston/pseuds/Vweston

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