However, when Prince Radovid ascended to throne, he became a ruthless tyrant. That can't blame him because the witches plotted to kill all the kings in the north to open the path for Nilfgaard's conquest.
Their romance has the most potential in the show right now especially with the looming war against Nilfgaard in season 3 vol. 2 and Radovid poised to become the new King of Redania. I wish nothing more than a soft epilogue for both of them. 😢
Will this have a pretty significant effect on the plot in terms of book deviations over the next few seasons, yes. But is it a really beautifully well written relationship, also yes. I really hope they do it justice going forward because it has so much potential
I always love a good passionate romance, doesn't matter who the parties involved are, and this one promises to be outstanding. Radovid reminds me of a rock star. I haven't had a chance to catch up on Part II of the season, I'll do that tonight I hope!
"Canonically queer"? What? Dandelion was described as a womanizer that had lovers (female lovers) allover continent. This netflix atrocity has nothing to do with canon.
Damn and Radovid was an absolute disaster in the game. Punished literally everyone and had balls of steel. This bullshit in the series is just too much.
The series are based on the books, not the videogames though. And that version of Radovid you speak of does not exist outside of the games. Prince Radovid is a 13-year-old boy when the books end, and all we know about his future is that he will become King, and known as "The Stern" one day (it's mentioned in passing, as a form of epilogue, but we never get to see it happen). We don't know what that means, or what his reign will look like. "The Witcher 3" expanded on the book material in a way that the author does not recognize as being related to the story that was told in his books. And the books themselves end before the 3rd videogame begins. So, there was no reason for the TV show version of Radovid to be like the Radovid in the videogames. Both (the TV show and the videogames) created a new version of the character that's different from the books to suit their respective storytelling needs. And both took creative licenses with the few lines that were offered by the author regarding the Prince's future as a King, that's all.
@@kayser1722 This is the only information we are given about King Radovid in the books: "No one could predict or guess then that this boy of thirteen years, which at that time was a person without any relevance in a country ruled by the Regency Council and by Dijkstra, would become king. A king who, after he paid all the insults that had been given to his mother and him, would go down in history with the name Radovid the Stern." That's all we know about him, the books end, and he's never seen or heard from again in the source material after those few lines. We have no idea what his reign actually will look like. The game took it as meaning that he becomes a paranoid madman that hates non humans, but that's their own personal interpretation and expansion on that description. You could interpret it as "he took power back from the Regency Council when he came of age, stripped a few noble families - that didn't support him and his mother when they should have - of their lands and their names, and was a good, but sad, strict and unhappy leader".
@@TheLostGirl21 BITCH PLEAAASE. Anything Witcher show adding is just against the nature of the Witcher universe, in the name of pleasing radical leftists moronettas like you.
This is straight up creepy when one you know radovid is younger than fucking ciri in the books and two dandelion/jaskier is not even gay and radovid is supposed to be intelligent bro was raised by phillipa for gods sake 😂 wat is going on
I'm so sorry it didn't work out between Radovid and Jaskier. The romance, and the chemistry between them, is incredible. 💖💖 Mr Batey as Jask is truly the heart of this show.
Why do you say it didn't work out? We were pretty much left on a cliffhanger, with Radovid having been crowned King, thus preventing him to run off from his life at court to go join our favorite bard. But, like Jaskier said, we "don't know what happens next". I can personally see so many ways (including some pretty unconventional ones) for them to make that relationship work! They face an uncertain future together, sure, but not necessarily a doomed nor impossible one.
@@a.cdiamonds8370 actually the majority of audience have played the games, so when they hear Radovid, they’ll be thinking of the lunatic who put half the elven population to the sword and scooped out *Spoiler*’s eyes with a spoon
Ehm sorry but no. I've played the games and read the books and Radovid is not fantasy Hitler (if anything, Nilfgaard could be compared to Nazi Germany but that analogy doesn't really work either). Radovid is a *very* minor character in the books, we barely know anything about him. However, it is said that he grows up to be a (strict, judging from his name) king. In TW3, CDPR interpreted his personal hatred for sorceresses to imagine his future and wrote him as a brutal paranoid mf who, like Nilfgaard, persecutes mages in order to preserve his own power. So if anything, it's weird that Netflix depicts him as a young man, not a child. But what you remember about Radovid from the games has nothing to do with Radovid from the books.
"Dark Radovid" is a pure videogame creation. He's not a book character. Radovid, in the source material, is 13-year-old and still a Prince by the conclusion of the series, and there's like 2 sentences explaining that, in the future, he grows up to become a King known as "Radovid the Stern" (but we don't know any specifics regarding why exactly he was nicknamed that way). Every mention of him in "Lady of the Lake" would fit in like, a grand total of 2 pages. I don't think he ever meets Geralt, Yennefer, or even Ciri. Everything about Radovid in "The Witcher 3" is a videogame creation, because they chose to continue the story beyond The Witcher's actual ending, and needed to create new material to continue the story including a new villain. And Prince Radovid is such a blank slate that they used him as a template to create a villain. On the show, he seems to be meant to replace the book version of Queen Hedwig, because she would have been a very hard character to write and to portray otherwise. You can dedicate a line or two of dialogue mentioning that the Regency Council is taking over, because the Queen is to distraught by the death of her husband to make any decisions and basically do anything. You can write "Queen Hedwig is still indisposed" without needing to show it or have her interact with other characters. But, how do you show it on a TV show? Have her just... walking past Philippa and Dijkstra while looking depressed all the time at court? Staying locked up her room? While a 12-year-old powerless Prince Radovid keeps moping and running around? The TV show Prince Radovid was never interested in being involved in politics, wanted to escape his world of lies and deceits, and was totally caught off guard by the death of his brother and suddenly being crowned King. Plus, if the people that confessed to having committed regicide to me then put a freaking crown on my head without being slightly worried I could have them arrested and/or executed the second I was made King, I'd be utterly terrified!!! If I give the execution order, would a guard just turn around and chop my head instead? If I were him, I'd just play nice and do as they say until I can get some outside help and/or find a way to properly figure out just how much control they really have over everyone involved at court. So, you can have Philippa and Dijkstra essentially taking over the power while holding the King "covertly hostage" at court, instead of having a depressed Queen moping around. It's more complex and intriguing to watch, and offers more potential (ex: for Radovid eventually attempting to take his Kingdom back from them, perhaps with a certain Sandpiper's help). But yeah, Dark Radovid only exists in the videogames and the show's creators have been very adamant they weren't adapting the videogames, so I doubt this is where they are going with him. I could be wrong! But they made him way too empathetic, and disinterested about power to suddenly become a cruel, entitled tyrant. He was found weeping huddled in a dark corner after discovering his guards had been slaughtered (after he'd ditched them to keep Jaskier and Ciri safe from them), for frak's sake! Trauma can only make one so dark if their adult personality has already been formed. Stockholm Syndrome could cause him to adopt Philippa and Dijkstra's views and be manipulated into doing things he wouldn't normally be willing to do, but otherwise, there's nothing inherently dark about him.
they're so cute, i haven't played the games nor read the books but i did hear that radovid apparently becomes a genocidal maniac so that's disappointing lmao. i really like his character, especially him with jaskier is so pure
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It's wonderful! Yes, I've read books, and I like this series. I'll watch season 3. And I hope I can watch seasons 4 and 5. Netflix, if you're reading this, please do season 4 and 5. And let it be no worse than season 3. This series has not only haters. But also the fans.
I’m glad Jaskier was shown to be bi. He was very clearly coded that way and have been hoping it would be confirmed for a while now. But does anyone else feel their relationship here was just off? These seem like some of the few scenes Jaskier doesn’t have chemistry with the other characters, romantic or otherwise.
Joey Batey described Jaskier as sapioromantic, panromantic and pansexual in interviews... So, technically, he's on the aromantic spectrum, i.e. only able to experienced romantic attraction based on intellectual attraction (instead of gender). And Jaskier preferred intellect seems to be people with high levels of emotional/relational intelligence and empathy (like himself...). I'm not sure if you meant that Jaskier's chemistry with Radovid was off, or if Jaskier's chemistry with other people (ex: Vespula, Geralt...) he may or may not be physically (aesthetically, sensually and/or sexually) attracted to doesn't usually read as romantic. Because technically, Vespula explicitly told Jaskier she'd never *ever* seen him have a "crush". In the aromantic community, "crushes" are used to describe romantic attraction. Whereas platonic attraction is called a "squish" (and yeah, Jaskier squishes really hard on Geralt, and has this whole queerplatonic thing going on with him). So the way Jaskier typically "falls in love" with people should normally portray platonic / alterous attractions (often combined with sexual attraction in his case). As for Radovid, he was very specifically swooning over how intelligent and insightful he is (as this is what specifically triggers his romantic desire in him)... And its really adorable watching him trying to figure out the difference between his feelings for Radovid and Geralt, by comparing them to a spoon and a hammer, and putting a lot of emphasis on how Radovid is "different". Not better or more important... Just different. Different tools for different purposes. Different partnerships for different emotional needs. So there's a certain element of confusion and skittishness when it comes to Jaskier's romantic interest in Radovid, and the whole chemistry he has with him. He's intrigued, but also looks like he's scared, because of the unfamiliarity of it all... The desire for companionship, and establishing a very close and emotionally / physically intimate relationship with your closest friends, he understands. The desire to be part of a found family system, too. But being romantically attracted to someone? And potentially wanting to form a romantic partnership (have what Geralt and Yennefer have)? It's not that he's not not into it... It's just very new, and human beings are naturally programmed to be wary of anything they haven't been familiarized with when they were younger. So there's a strong element of discomfort that I sensed from Jaskier, at times, where he seems to be trying to repress his feelings, and scared to give into them and trust them. Whereas Radovid is a lot more comfortable expressing his own romantic desires. And very perceptive / romantically adaptable. He's figured out Jaskier's love language (he expresses his feelings more easily through his songs), and chose to speak it back to him. He's also extremely good at listening and respecting Jaskier's emotional boundaries and showing support and respect for the other important relationships in Jaskier's life. He's heard his songs, he knows how much Geralt means to him, he calls Geralt JASKIER'S white haired Witcher. And he tells Jaskier that Geralt is lucky to have him in a way that sounds sincere rather than jealous or envious. He offers to help him on his quest to find and reunite with his family. When he senses Jaskier hesitate and pull away (when he asked if he could borrow his lute), he stops and allows him to maintain a comfortable distance. So yeah, it's a delightfully complex queer romance that's filled with plenty of nuances and reads a bit differently than most classic ones. As a panromantic that is able to experience both very strong aromantic (platonic and alterous) attraction and romantic attraction towards people, and have had plenty of crushes, squishes and meshes in my life... Well, let's say that Joey's acting has been particularly impressive and accurate when it comes to portraying platonic/alterous attraction vs romantic attraction. So, maybe that's what you were reading and why the chemistry felt "off" at times?
Non, Hugh Skinner a un charisme très particulier et unique qui me plait énormément aussi. Il a une beauté que je trouve non-conventionnelle, mais esthétiquement très attirante et intriguante.
Still watching netflix??? Not this show anymore. Disgusting what they've done with the show and characters. I bet the author isn't happy about this. Now i know why Henry pulled out of the next season. What a joke!
To be fair the author never cared about the videogames much, and doesn't feel like they are connected to his work, nor expanding on the stories he wrote. They are other people's stories and writing that use the universe he built and the characters he created and made them their own, that's all. So, I doubt he feels any more emotionally connected to the TV series than he does the games, nor would he be likely to remotely get upset about it. I think the interview explained he was happy if these other medium made people interested in reading his books. But, otherwise, he doesn't feel like he's the co-author of those derivative works.
@@2288sharingan Absolutely! It's one of life's unsung pleasures, why? I love to sing, dance, discuss philosophy, type stuff, play videogames... Do whatever and whoever you love, and enjoy each moment, I say!
This is the biggest disaster in terms of burning the source material. This show is rightfully dead. Utter woke nonsense killed the potential of this show
I lost respect for Jaskier, his character is ruined. Not becuase he is gay but because he had a job to watch over the most important person on earth. And he chose a hook up instead. We always see him hooking up with people. But I'd expect him to he able to see that he has something far more important to do.
I was so upset that there were no queer characters in the show, I had doubt on Jaskier from the beginning though finally they made it canon lol Thank you Netflix for giving this awesome show
@@havidikevidiNot just queer characters! But extremely well-written, complex, highly realistic ones that are easy to relate to and identify with! Bold of you to assume we didn't absolutely love the show already (for the stories, the fight sequences, the music, the fantastic actor performances, the themes, etc.), back when Jaskier hadn't been confirmed as pansexual (and greyromantic), though.
I'll be honest, season 2 was pretty meh, but this season? GOD this season was PURE - GOLD. Netflix pls keep giving us more Jaskier, he has been the spirit of the series since the first season❤🩹
However, when Prince Radovid ascended to throne, he became a ruthless tyrant. That can't blame him because the witches plotted to kill all the kings in the north to open the path for Nilfgaard's conquest.
Their romance has the most potential in the show right now especially with the looming war against Nilfgaard in season 3 vol. 2 and Radovid poised to become the new King of Redania. I wish nothing more than a soft epilogue for both of them. 😢
WTF is he going to do? Write songs against war?
Will this have a pretty significant effect on the plot in terms of book deviations over the next few seasons, yes.
But is it a really beautifully well written relationship, also yes.
I really hope they do it justice going forward because it has so much potential
NO instead of changing people orientation créate new character with well writen story for jaskier it wasnt even difficult...
Joey batey was incredibly involved with the scripts for the relationship with radovid. We have him to thank for making sure it was done so well.
Netflix give jaskier his old hair back...
Yes 😭
I always love a good passionate romance, doesn't matter who the parties involved are, and this one promises to be outstanding. Radovid reminds me of a rock star. I haven't had a chance to catch up on Part II of the season, I'll do that tonight I hope!
I LOVE THEM YOUR HONOR I LOVE THEM SO MUCH
Jaskier and Radovid were everything lol, loved every bit of it
I LOVED the scene ware thay first meet and jeaskir is all flustered it was so cute also jeaskir being cannonicly queer means the wold to me 💖💖💖💖💖
"Canonically queer"? What? Dandelion was described as a womanizer that had lovers (female lovers) allover continent. This netflix atrocity has nothing to do with canon.
Damn and Radovid was an absolute disaster in the game. Punished literally everyone and had balls of steel. This bullshit in the series is just too much.
The series are based on the books, not the videogames though. And that version of Radovid you speak of does not exist outside of the games.
Prince Radovid is a 13-year-old boy when the books end, and all we know about his future is that he will become King, and known as "The Stern" one day (it's mentioned in passing, as a form of epilogue, but we never get to see it happen).
We don't know what that means, or what his reign will look like.
"The Witcher 3" expanded on the book material in a way that the author does not recognize as being related to the story that was told in his books.
And the books themselves end before the 3rd videogame begins.
So, there was no reason for the TV show version of Radovid to be like the Radovid in the videogames.
Both (the TV show and the videogames) created a new version of the character that's different from the books to suit their respective storytelling needs.
And both took creative licenses with the few lines that were offered by the author regarding the Prince's future as a King, that's all.
@@TheLostGirl21 No Radovid is kinda shown as a brilliant strategist and madman in the books. The game took it that way.
@@kayser1722 This is the only information we are given about King Radovid in the books:
"No one could predict or guess then that this boy of thirteen years, which at that time was a person without any relevance in a country ruled by the Regency Council and by Dijkstra, would become king. A king who, after he paid all the insults that had been given to his mother and him, would go down in history with the name Radovid the Stern."
That's all we know about him, the books end, and he's never seen or heard from again in the source material after those few lines.
We have no idea what his reign actually will look like.
The game took it as meaning that he becomes a paranoid madman that hates non humans, but that's their own personal interpretation and expansion on that description.
You could interpret it as "he took power back from the Regency Council when he came of age, stripped a few noble families - that didn't support him and his mother when they should have - of their lands and their names, and was a good, but sad, strict and unhappy leader".
@@TheLostGirl21 BITCH PLEAAASE. Anything Witcher show adding is just against the nature of the Witcher universe, in the name of pleasing radical leftists moronettas like you.
I love their relationship so much. Means the world to me.❤❤❤
God i shipped Jaskier and Geralt so hard. Glad to see Jaskier be a bi icon canonically
I'm totally living for them right now 24/7
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Great casting for Radovid
I watched the whole series just for the sake of their relationship
Thiss
same here 😂
This is straight up creepy when one you know radovid is younger than fucking ciri in the books and two dandelion/jaskier is not even gay and radovid is supposed to be intelligent bro was raised by phillipa for gods sake 😂 wat is going on
FORCEING THOSE OF US WHO ARE STRAIGHT TO WATCH THIS CRAP BETWEEN MEN THATS WHAT IT IS !!
These two are everything!! So well written and well acted 👏👏👏
I adore this relationship it's so well written and I'm so excited to see how it pans out :))
I'm so sorry it didn't work out between Radovid and Jaskier. The romance, and the chemistry between them, is incredible. 💖💖 Mr Batey as Jask is truly the heart of this show.
Why do you say it didn't work out?
We were pretty much left on a cliffhanger, with Radovid having been crowned King, thus preventing him to run off from his life at court to go join our favorite bard.
But, like Jaskier said, we "don't know what happens next".
I can personally see so many ways (including some pretty unconventional ones) for them to make that relationship work!
They face an uncertain future together, sure, but not necessarily a doomed nor impossible one.
I adore them so much 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you Joey and Hugh!!
On veut plus de scènes d’eux deux dans la saison 4 😍😭 Jaskier + Radovid = ❤️❤️ mon coup de cœur pour cette saison 3 ✨
This was so lovely to watch. Excited and scared for part 2 in equal measure
So we're just gonna have Jaskier hook up with the guy who become fantasy Hitler?
What?
@@a.cdiamonds8370 if you’ve played the games you’ll know 💀
@@justlivin2499 well majority of the audience has not played the games so that part has no relevance to them
@@a.cdiamonds8370 actually the majority of audience have played the games, so when they hear Radovid, they’ll be thinking of the lunatic who put half the elven population to the sword and scooped out *Spoiler*’s eyes with a spoon
Ehm sorry but no. I've played the games and read the books and Radovid is not fantasy Hitler (if anything, Nilfgaard could be compared to Nazi Germany but that analogy doesn't really work either). Radovid is a *very* minor character in the books, we barely know anything about him. However, it is said that he grows up to be a (strict, judging from his name) king. In TW3, CDPR interpreted his personal hatred for sorceresses to imagine his future and wrote him as a brutal paranoid mf who, like Nilfgaard, persecutes mages in order to preserve his own power.
So if anything, it's weird that Netflix depicts him as a young man, not a child. But what you remember about Radovid from the games has nothing to do with Radovid from the books.
Radovid is a .. Spoon 😂😂😂
….why is radovid not a child?
I’m sorry all I can think of is that he’s jaskiers re bound
I’m rooting for them to get together in season 4
Same for me 🤞🏻😭
He 12 years old and never meet in both the book and video games.
@@thelast4646 and? Thousands of things in the series are not in the books or in the games😂
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This was pointless when they should’ve included more monsters instead of a stale romance between two side characters.
I really hope they drop this couple in season 4. Bring forth Dark Radovid.
"Dark Radovid" is a pure videogame creation. He's not a book character.
Radovid, in the source material, is 13-year-old and still a Prince by the conclusion of the series, and there's like 2 sentences explaining that, in the future, he grows up to become a King known as "Radovid the Stern" (but we don't know any specifics regarding why exactly he was nicknamed that way).
Every mention of him in "Lady of the Lake" would fit in like, a grand total of 2 pages.
I don't think he ever meets Geralt, Yennefer, or even Ciri.
Everything about Radovid in "The Witcher 3" is a videogame creation, because they chose to continue the story beyond The Witcher's actual ending, and needed to create new material to continue the story including a new villain.
And Prince Radovid is such a blank slate that they used him as a template to create a villain.
On the show, he seems to be meant to replace the book version of Queen Hedwig, because she would have been a very hard character to write and to portray otherwise.
You can dedicate a line or two of dialogue mentioning that the Regency Council is taking over, because the Queen is to distraught by the death of her husband to make any decisions and basically do anything.
You can write "Queen Hedwig is still indisposed" without needing to show it or have her interact with other characters.
But, how do you show it on a TV show? Have her just... walking past Philippa and Dijkstra while looking depressed all the time at court?
Staying locked up her room?
While a 12-year-old powerless Prince Radovid keeps moping and running around?
The TV show Prince Radovid was never interested in being involved in politics, wanted to escape his world of lies and deceits, and was totally caught off guard by the death of his brother and suddenly being crowned King.
Plus, if the people that confessed to having committed regicide to me then put a freaking crown on my head without being slightly worried I could have them arrested and/or executed the second I was made King, I'd be utterly terrified!!!
If I give the execution order, would a guard just turn around and chop my head instead?
If I were him, I'd just play nice and do as they say until I can get some outside help and/or find a way to properly figure out just how much control they really have over everyone involved at court.
So, you can have Philippa and Dijkstra essentially taking over the power while holding the King "covertly hostage" at court, instead of having a depressed Queen moping around.
It's more complex and intriguing to watch, and offers more potential (ex: for Radovid eventually attempting to take his Kingdom back from them, perhaps with a certain Sandpiper's help).
But yeah, Dark Radovid only exists in the videogames and the show's creators have been very adamant they weren't adapting the videogames, so I doubt this is where they are going with him.
I could be wrong! But they made him way too empathetic, and disinterested about power to suddenly become a cruel, entitled tyrant.
He was found weeping huddled in a dark corner after discovering his guards had been slaughtered (after he'd ditched them to keep Jaskier and Ciri safe from them), for frak's sake!
Trauma can only make one so dark if their adult personality has already been formed.
Stockholm Syndrome could cause him to adopt Philippa and Dijkstra's views and be manipulated into doing things he wouldn't normally be willing to do, but otherwise, there's nothing inherently dark about him.
I could not unsee the Mamma Mia! Here we go again in Radovid I'm sorry but this universe crossover killed it for me 😅
they're so cute, i haven't played the games nor read the books but i did hear that radovid apparently becomes a genocidal maniac so that's disappointing lmao. i really like his character, especially him with jaskier is so pure
Thankfully we've got the fandom of amazing creators to fix the canon's "mistakes". :>
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But isn't Radovid like 10 years old
It's wonderful! Yes, I've read books, and I like this series. I'll watch season 3. And I hope I can watch seasons 4 and 5. Netflix, if you're reading this, please do season 4 and 5. And let it be no worse than season 3. This series has not only haters. But also the fans.
there's no way for s4 and s5 to not be worse if Geralt won't be there to play the Witcher lol
That romance was so predictable it almost annoyed me
I’m glad Jaskier was shown to be bi. He was very clearly coded that way and have been hoping it would be confirmed for a while now. But does anyone else feel their relationship here was just off? These seem like some of the few scenes Jaskier doesn’t have chemistry with the other characters, romantic or otherwise.
Joey Batey described Jaskier as sapioromantic, panromantic and pansexual in interviews...
So, technically, he's on the aromantic spectrum, i.e. only able to experienced romantic attraction based on intellectual attraction (instead of gender).
And Jaskier preferred intellect seems to be people with high levels of emotional/relational intelligence and empathy (like himself...).
I'm not sure if you meant that Jaskier's chemistry with Radovid was off, or if Jaskier's chemistry with other people (ex: Vespula, Geralt...) he may or may not be physically (aesthetically, sensually and/or sexually) attracted to doesn't usually read as romantic.
Because technically, Vespula explicitly told Jaskier she'd never *ever* seen him have a "crush".
In the aromantic community, "crushes" are used to describe romantic attraction.
Whereas platonic attraction is called a "squish" (and yeah, Jaskier squishes really hard on Geralt, and has this whole queerplatonic thing going on with him).
So the way Jaskier typically "falls in love" with people should normally portray platonic / alterous attractions (often combined with sexual attraction in his case).
As for Radovid, he was very specifically swooning over how intelligent and insightful he is (as this is what specifically triggers his romantic desire in him)...
And its really adorable watching him trying to figure out the difference between his feelings for Radovid and Geralt, by comparing them to a spoon and a hammer, and putting a lot of emphasis on how Radovid is "different".
Not better or more important... Just different.
Different tools for different purposes.
Different partnerships for different emotional needs.
So there's a certain element of confusion and skittishness when it comes to Jaskier's romantic interest in Radovid, and the whole chemistry he has with him.
He's intrigued, but also looks like he's scared, because of the unfamiliarity of it all...
The desire for companionship, and establishing a very close and emotionally / physically intimate relationship with your closest friends, he understands.
The desire to be part of a found family system, too.
But being romantically attracted to someone? And potentially wanting to form a romantic partnership (have what Geralt and Yennefer have)?
It's not that he's not not into it... It's just very new, and human beings are naturally programmed to be wary of anything they haven't been familiarized with when they were younger.
So there's a strong element of discomfort that I sensed from Jaskier, at times, where he seems to be trying to repress his feelings, and scared to give into them and trust them.
Whereas Radovid is a lot more comfortable expressing his own romantic desires.
And very perceptive / romantically adaptable.
He's figured out Jaskier's love language (he expresses his feelings more easily through his songs), and chose to speak it back to him.
He's also extremely good at listening and respecting Jaskier's emotional boundaries and showing support and respect for the other important relationships in Jaskier's life.
He's heard his songs, he knows how much Geralt means to him, he calls Geralt JASKIER'S white haired Witcher.
And he tells Jaskier that Geralt is lucky to have him in a way that sounds sincere rather than jealous or envious.
He offers to help him on his quest to find and reunite with his family.
When he senses Jaskier hesitate and pull away (when he asked if he could borrow his lute), he stops and allows him to maintain a comfortable distance.
So yeah, it's a delightfully complex queer romance that's filled with plenty of nuances and reads a bit differently than most classic ones.
As a panromantic that is able to experience both very strong aromantic (platonic and alterous) attraction and romantic attraction towards people, and have had plenty of crushes, squishes and meshes in my life...
Well, let's say that Joey's acting has been particularly impressive and accurate when it comes to portraying platonic/alterous attraction vs romantic attraction.
So, maybe that's what you were reading and why the chemistry felt "off" at times?
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Suis-je la seule à trouver que Radovid il est hyper beau ? 😍😭🥰
Non, Hugh Skinner a un charisme très particulier et unique qui me plait énormément aussi. Il a une beauté que je trouve non-conventionnelle, mais esthétiquement très attirante et intriguante.
Still watching netflix??? Not this show anymore. Disgusting what they've done with the show and characters. I bet the author isn't happy about this. Now i know why Henry pulled out of the next season. What a joke!
To be fair the author never cared about the videogames much, and doesn't feel like they are connected to his work, nor expanding on the stories he wrote.
They are other people's stories and writing that use the universe he built and the characters he created and made them their own, that's all.
So, I doubt he feels any more emotionally connected to the TV series than he does the games, nor would he be likely to remotely get upset about it.
I think the interview explained he was happy if these other medium made people interested in reading his books. But, otherwise, he doesn't feel like he's the co-author of those derivative works.
@@TheLostGirl21 jesus. you do love to type don't ya.
@@2288sharingan Absolutely! It's one of life's unsung pleasures, why?
I love to sing, dance, discuss philosophy, type stuff, play videogames... Do whatever and whoever you love, and enjoy each moment, I say!
@@TheLostGirl21 uh huh 😐
wtf is this
Yo wth is he radovid the king the same radovid from the witcher 3 game?
No he has hair
I don't understand why you ruin characters by making them gay
they finally let him out of that witcher closet.........should've been with geralt
This is the biggest disaster in terms of burning the source material. This show is rightfully dead. Utter woke nonsense killed the potential of this show
Gross and not lore accurate.
I lost respect for Jaskier, his character is ruined.
Not becuase he is gay but because he had a job to watch over the most important person on earth.
And he chose a hook up instead. We always see him hooking up with people. But I'd expect him to he able to see that he has something far more important to do.
Further proof that Netflix is incapable of creating anything good with The Witcher.
Or maybe you're just a homophobe.
You have fucking right
Ultimate shit.
I was so upset that there were no queer characters in the show, I had doubt on Jaskier from the beginning though finally they made it canon lol
Thank you Netflix for giving this awesome show
really sad people will nowadays call any show good just because it has queer characters
@@havidikevidiNot just queer characters! But extremely well-written, complex, highly realistic ones that are easy to relate to and identify with!
Bold of you to assume we didn't absolutely love the show already (for the stories, the fight sequences, the music, the fantastic actor performances, the themes, etc.), back when Jaskier hadn't been confirmed as pansexual (and greyromantic), though.
nice troll.
I'll be honest, season 2 was pretty meh, but this season? GOD this season was PURE - GOLD. Netflix pls keep giving us more Jaskier, he has been the spirit of the series since the first season❤🩹
this season is garbage bro
@@enrag3eu i'm aware that for most it was, but I quite enjoyed it:)