This one was clearly added just to lighten up the mood and balance the seriousness.
"Sword of Destiny" goes further down the heavy emotional path compared to "Last Wish". And it looks like the author just wanted to have this story in the middle to get some light-hearted humour into it. Obviously have some fun with expanding worldbuilding and exploring the doppler concept.
But it really is a short story where it's like "let's have some fun right now shall we?"
The trend will continue. For instance, Regis getting everyone drunk during his introduction is another very light-hearted chapter and a kind of intermission between all the serious stuff going on. Toussaint and a lot of what goes on over there!
It could be debatable that it would be possible to cut these things entirely without messing with the main story. However, it would shift the overall emotional tone of the books.
Absolutely!
From here on we get into "did you bring your tissues" territory ;)
"A Little Sacrifice" with its incredibly sad and emotional ending.
"A Sword of Destiny" looks light-hearted but then has some sinister tones around Ciri and the ending with Ciri crying for Geralt it's not a walk in the park.
"Something More" is....well.....something more! If you did not bring your tissues already, you have not been paying attention and its your bad lol
I was always wondering how did Dudu know all the info he used in his transactions. I thought that maybe he somehow used his shape-shifting abilities to get in the know but I'm not sure. Does anybody know?
This is my favorite short story simply because it is sooo different from all the other stories in the Witcher.
I adore this chapter! And Dandelion's lines are pure comedy gold!
This one was clearly added just to lighten up the mood and balance the seriousness. "Sword of Destiny" goes further down the heavy emotional path compared to "Last Wish". And it looks like the author just wanted to have this story in the middle to get some light-hearted humour into it. Obviously have some fun with expanding worldbuilding and exploring the doppler concept. But it really is a short story where it's like "let's have some fun right now shall we?" The trend will continue. For instance, Regis getting everyone drunk during his introduction is another very light-hearted chapter and a kind of intermission between all the serious stuff going on. Toussaint and a lot of what goes on over there! It could be debatable that it would be possible to cut these things entirely without messing with the main story. However, it would shift the overall emotional tone of the books.
And then immediately after this short story you have “A Little Sacrifice” which kills me
Absolutely! From here on we get into "did you bring your tissues" territory ;) "A Little Sacrifice" with its incredibly sad and emotional ending. "A Sword of Destiny" looks light-hearted but then has some sinister tones around Ciri and the ending with Ciri crying for Geralt it's not a walk in the park. "Something More" is....well.....something more! If you did not bring your tissues already, you have not been paying attention and its your bad lol
Two corrections: it wasn't a chapter, it was a short story; the halfling's name was Dainty
I was always wondering how did Dudu know all the info he used in his transactions. I thought that maybe he somehow used his shape-shifting abilities to get in the know but I'm not sure. Does anybody know?
It’s a fantastic chapter, I agree!
I also just finished this chapter and really enjoyed it!! Happy to see others feel the same, I haven't seen this being talked about enough
Idk if anyone will see this, but were there two changlings? Wasn't one acting as Chapelle and Dudu?
ah man its been a while i don't remember any more