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Why is the timeline so disjointed?

It makes the show really confusing.

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Don't know how to answer why. it's where they all start, it's how the characters are explored, and both Yen and Geralt's timelines move forward until they match Ciri's. tbh I don't know what's confusing about it

Leanaunfurled posted...

Don't know how to answer why. it's where they all start, it's how the characters are explored, and both Yen and Geralt's timelines move forward until they match Ciri's. tbh I don't know what's confusing about it

I had thought the whole season was after Nilfguard invaded but that was not true until I watched the last episode.

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It's just to give the audience an "ah ha!" moment when it reveals it's actually a flashback. Nothing really confusing about it.

It's a little confusing because it's not explicit until a few episodes in. Once Geralt goes to the banquet at Cintra it becomes pretty obvious, but they never make any notes about events before then so it's not as obvious as someone coming in blind to the Witcher universe. Plus, they never outright state that both witcher's and sorcerers live really long lives from what I remember.

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megamanfreakXD posted...

I had thought the whole season was after Nilfguard invaded but that was not true until I watched the last episode.

Really? It's more subtle with the timeline in the first two episodes but after that they practically slap you in the face with it.

Leanaunfurled posted...

Really? It's more subtle with the timeline in the first two episodes but after that they practically slap you in the face with it.

I thought all of it was after the invasion because they mixed scenes with ciri running away.

And I had played witcher 2 and 3 a while back.

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They make it clear as day in the first episode.

Ciri mentions queen calanthe winning her first battle when she was Citi's age

The very next scene, geralt and renfri bring up that queen Calanthe of Cintra just won that same battle

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IGN has a good timeline to it.

(Major Spoilers)

95 Years Before Cintra Falls: Geralt's Mother Abandoned Him (Episode 8)
70 Before the Fall of Cintra: Yennefer Goes to School (Episode 2)
Possibly 30 Years Before Cintra Falls: The Striga Curse (Episode 3)
25 Years Before Cintra Falls: The Butcher of Blaviken (Episode 1)
13 Years Before Cintra Falls: Geralt's Child of Surprise (Episode 4)
10, Or So, Years Before Cintra Falls: The Last Wish (Episode 5)
Between 5 and 10 Years Before Cintra Falls: The Golden Dragon (Episode 6)
Year 1263: Cintra Falls (Episode 7)
Two Weeks After Cintra's Fall: Ciri's Survival (Entire Season)
Same Time: The Battle of Sodden Hill


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Leanaunfurled posted...

Really? It's more subtle with the timeline in the first two episodes but after that they practically slap you in the face with it.

No they don't. I'm on episode 4 and the only reason I know it's a giant flashback is because of spoilers.

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dave_is_slick posted...

No they don't. I'm on episode 4 and the only reason I know it's a giant flashback is because of spoilers.

Well then that's on you because they really club you over the head with it

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