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I’m honestly surprised video game Geralt is so much more liked than the other versions of him.
^I only read the last wish and till A Shard of Ice short story. Video game Geralt is diffirent in many ways but I also prefer him over novel Geralt. He's stronger, and more importantly to me he seems to have more choices. He's not as tied to his codes as the novel Geralt. He actually stands up to Yen much better and has a choice to settle down with a more gentle sorceress. I dunno, that's just me.
^ Who does he settle down with?
His canon lover is always Yen. But in the game he has more choices and I feel like he stands up for himself better and doesn't feel tied to Yen.
The novel is some kind of monster slaying philosopher. The video game one basically summaries that Geralt may look threatening but he is actually pretty friendly and a good friend. The Netflix…is basically your standard monster hunter.
Video game Geralt is much more mature then book Geralt, especially in the beginning, where book Geralt is plagued with inaction, 'whining', and philosophizing . Besides, they're the same character, game Geralt follows the anthology of Book Geralt, and there's only a couple minor differences (primarily due to geralt's memory loss). But Witcher 3 Geralt is entirely book Geralt, except evolved. And netflix Geralt...is not like any of them, especially post-Season 1. Cavill is cool, and in better hands could've been a great Geralt, however that's not the reality we got, and Netflix Geralt is (whilst not as bad as Yennefer), the weakest variant of Geralts.
In the books, Geralt is meant to be depicted as a philosopher as a way to subvert the monster hunter trope.
True, but it's also a flaw of his where he thinks more then he should act, wallowing at times in self pity. It's a good subversion, and it's not bad writing, but it's also a in-lore character flaw that he gets called out for in the books:
"‘I repeat, Ciri is not in Nilfgaard. I know not what my Witcher–as you chose to describe him–is planning. But he… Crach, it’s no secret that I… am fond of him. But I know he won’t rescue Ciri. He won’t achieve anything. I know him. He’ll become entangled in something, get lost, start philosophising and feeling sorrow for himself. Then he’ll vent his rage, hacking whatever and whoever he can to pieces with his sword. Afterwards, to atone for it, he’ll carry out some noble, but senseless feat. Then finally he’ll be killed, foolishly, senselessly, probably by a stab in the back—’" (Yennefer In Skellige, Tower of Swallows).
I like book Geralt personally (I still like Game-geralt more), though some readers and fans of the series have even complained about it being somewhat annoying and unlikeable trait of his:
("Go to wiedzminr/wiedzmin•4 yr. agocynicaldummy
Does Geralt seem a bit whiny or am I the only one?
He has this "woe is me" vibe going on with him especially in Baptism of Fire. I kind of dislike him I guess.")
Geralt in witcher 3 is sort of an antithesis to this, In lore (if you remove the game-ifiedness of constantly taking time out of your day for fun, but ultimately useless side-quests), Geralt is driven first and foremost by one thing, and proactively chases it with any means necessary, and that's finding Ciri.
What do you think?