Unnecessary Filler
Considering that the first season of The Witcher was essentially just adapting Sapkowski’s first collection of short stories, The Last Wish, it isn’t surprising that content was created to add to the runtime.
And while I enjoyed more of the aspects of the added side plots than I hated, there were still a lot of unnecessary things added that should be avoided in the next season.
The first scene that comes to mind involves Yennefer and the Aretuza students in episode seven.
The conversations, the drama, and even the editing for the scene felt straight out of The CW. It was all out of character and unnecessary – which is why it wasn’t in the book.
Other small instances of this occurred with interactions between Yennefer and Geralt, including their odd kiss mid-battle in episode six. Even if you use the logic that Geralt used her energy from the kiss to create the blast, it felt more like a superhero cliche than anything else.
