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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/raise-and-fall-of-the-witcher.md b/content/blog/2024/raise-and-fall-of-the-witcher.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..68bc4ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/raise-and-fall-of-the-witcher.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ ++++ +title = "The Rise and Fall of The Witcher" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-07-05T11:23:00+02:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +image_dir = "blog/images" +image_max_width = 600 +abstract = "A short, 3-hour long video essay" ++++ + +I have only recently [finished reading the _Witcher_ series](https://michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/fantasy/witcher/), which removed on the biggest stains on my honour. +It was political, it was intelligent - sure. +But I am used to it, as basically every important Polish work of fiction is full of them. +Most of this is the sub-context, as the goal was to raise our spirits, not the oppressors. + +Note, that recent Polish history is quite short. +First we start with 100 years of Partitions, then we've got 20 years of Poland exiting. +After that, The Second World War started, and Poland ended under Soviet option for the next 50 years. + +There is the saying, that when western countries were developing their culture in the open, we were locked in dark rooms thinking of how to harm yet other oppressors. + +Most of our education is this: we read old books (mostly: boring books), which are full of allusions and subtexts. + +One of those that are like that, but not taught in school, is the Witcher series. + +Inis Vitre released a short, 3-hour video essay about that and the anti-intellectualism of Netflix's adaptation. +It's sure worth watching! + +{{< yt "Z7-xXPxNZZY" >}} +The Rise and Fall of The Witcher (Essay & Deep Dive) +{{< /yt >}} |