"What are alternatives? If another narrative were to say, ‘Just the dynamism of being alive is itself the goal,’ then we might have totally different aspirations for technology, but we don’t have that narrative! Our dominant narrative is to create, invent, make, and to have that change us."

'For us postmoderns, the universe does not come inscribed with directions. Should we evolve ourselves toward greater intelligence, or longevity, or creativity, or kindness, or power? Should we be maximally humble or maximally ambitious? 'The cosmos is silent as to what to do.'

really fucking hate how "accessibility" has been hijacked to mean "let's treat everyone as if they're children at all times"

(No shade on transhumanism as punk 'fuck biology' tho (changing genders, robotic prosthesis). I think there are alternative senses like there are different senses of 'humanism'.)

It's now merging with capitalism, understood as a kind of 'natural force', where A.I. is that forces manifestation. Again, eugenics is brought in to help justify the greed of the super wealthy. All old things are new again.

I started to read The Witcher some time ago and I'm enjoying it a lot so I wanted to paint this sweet moment in the book where Triss meets Ciri near Kaer Morhen

Having a IRL social life is, I think, the biggest protection against the worst of online harms - and particularly the brain boiling misinformation. Just... engaging with the wider world Which is why loneliness and a atomisation are two utterly key political issues that are entirely ignored.

Heard this Bsky has image carousel now 👀Here's a bunch of random shots of mine of The Witcher 3, because obviously, what else? #VirtualPhotography #TheWitcher3

When Ciri goes missing after entering the Tower on Undvik, here is Ciri's letter to Geralt in the ending of this version of the script of The Witcher 3 It's interesting as to what Ciri-missing ending might imply about what happens after Tor Gval'cha - we don't really know.

I really hope we get an extra energy supply kit for Ciri in The Witcher 4, consisting of pączki. The world needs Ciri and the third doughnut gif. 🍩🍩🍩

An incredible show, formative

The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt | Next Gen Ciri #VirtualPhotography #Reshade #TheWitcher3

It would quite frankly be a relief if an evil wizard was puppeteering the world into chaos for the benefit of a dark outer god. That would have a sense of coherence and purpose.

I just really want to create something that makes people love reading books.

Zerrikania DLC the rumour mills say? How about the North Pole? Or an archipelago of Times and Places?

Ever since moving to this island I am amazed at the speed at which the Brits' society comes to a halt at the first signs of snow. It's at once hoped for and feared. Never would I wish for rain to wash it away, and yet some do.

For obvious reasons I really like the thought that the map of the Witcher amounts to the Baltic coast rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, with Kovir and Poviss ending up as the Baltic and Finnic kingdoms with the promise of mysterious Lapland and Finnic witches up in the far North.

Boorman and Sapkowski seem to be creative soulmates. unherd.com/2026/01/exca...

brandspotting in helsinki #holidayposts

i have been wanting to write about ciri's and avallac'h's relationship based on sapkowski's works alone forever. so I did a thing this year.

www.blathancaerme.com/history-and-... Lady of the Lake confuses The Witcher readers bc Nimue is us – Ciri's lighthouse. Ciri, a girl become legend, forever adrift in mythosphere, searches for one more moment with Geralt and Yennefer & needs to find 'a Nimue' - to show her the way out of eternity.

This time on Time in The Witcher: archetypal existence, what do the Aen Elle mean by 'eternity,' and why everyone should read at least Maladie to untangle Lady of the Lake. Causation in Mythic Time is symbolic and thematic. The characters in it are made of story-stuff not materia.

On The Witcher's paper trail... Looking for the archetypes.

One of the best games ever made

The Conjunction of Spheres trapped elves and other fantastic beings in The Witcher's historical time. Before it, legendary, pre-rational elves moved freely between story-worlds. Ciri's Elder Blood preserves this power. And Ithlinne's prophecy is the elves' map back into eternity.

Ciri doesn't time travel – she exists in Mythic Time where past, present, and future are simultaneous. The Witcher is a meta fantasy. It has no creation myth. Sapkowski traps archetypal beings in History to show how legends are born in Leśmian's mirror tunnel where a fairy tale unfolds endlessly.

Witcher fans, an evening with Andrzej Sapkowski held in The British Library on 01.11.2025 is now available for watching until 8th of November. www.blplayer.co.uk/eventlink/10...

Sapkowski memes:

Andrzej Sapkowski's opinion on Artificial Intelligence in writing: 'Since there are no children present - the difference between natural writerly talent and intelligence and artificial writing and intelligence is like a comparison between artifical and natural male organ.' Absolute King.

Host asking Sapkowski how the fandom's love has influenced him as a writer. 'A Thai prophet said, “Only very stupid writer doesn’t listen to his fans, but extremely stupid writer does what the fans want.” I try to find the golden way: I listen to the fans, and then absolutely do not pay attention.’

Happy Halloween from Avallac’h (the Fox) #witcher3 #silenthillf

Writing on the cosmogony and ontology of The Witcher these days... cannot get any more excited than that! 😇 (actually, possibly would, if I got to write more of that for CD Projekt)

Autumn evenings are for re-reading The Hussite Trilogy ☕️ And enjoying Reynevan, the pathetic, naive, self-admiring Dandelion of the dark arts getting his just desserts over and over and over...

Andrzej Sapkowski wrote Ciri as the Holy Grail. Tracking his pagan streak across The Witcher and the Trilogy, we'll see what we find about the Grail, the Triple Goddess, Wiccan theology, female sovereignty, and love as the Grail's power. The Grail is a Woman.

I have a lot of sympathy for the argument that modern fantasy tends to almost orientalise the Celtic nations through making their languages and cultures fey and elven but I find it deeply funny that people think Sarah J Maas invented this or even presented a particularly bad version of it.

The Winged Wheel and the Crown of Iron #Ciri | #Witcher | #Witcher3

The White Princess, Ciri (Hen Ichaer) #Witcher | #Witcher4 | #Cirilla

The White Fox (Hen Ichaer) #Avallach | #Witcher | #Witcher3

In the Witcher 3's cut content, Eredin calls Avallac’h ‘Father.’ In CD Projekt Red’s hands, their rivalry was to unfold as a conflict between a creation & creator, paralleling Ciri’s & Geralt’s dynamic in a twist. The family dynamics among the Wild Hunt generals, meanwhile, run something like this:

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Black, White, Green #KingdomComeDeliverance2 #kcd2 #VirtualPhotography

Why is there an elven Tower, Tor Gval'cha, on Skellige? What is Ragh nar Roog, really? Why are the Aen Elle taller than the Aen Seidhe? The Witcher 3's cut content tells of Freyja the elf, Alderwalk, Leib-Olmai, the white ships, and even the cult of the Eternal Fire - created as a joke.

In the Witcher games, Eredin is a template death knight. In game-fanon, he is frequently a BDSM, ultra-dom, plotting maniac. In the Witcher books though... Eredin is a bit different. Like a unicorn, I rarely see him in fandom spaces, and did he kill Auberon? Well... 😅 :

Apply this to Geralt. A Witcher whose end is shaped in Arthurian fashion. Tears at my soul to think that by entering legendary matter at the end of Lady of the Lake, he faces the mythical time of never-ending repetition of archetypal tales that will always end the same way for him,

ciri. ⚔️ #tw3

Khm, in a book where we meet a fortune (future) teller Avallac’h, khm.

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

Glad to see those green eyes on Ciri despite the mutations! (Flawless. Gem. Queen.) 💎 #TheWitcher4

Not SuperNowa continuing with the FULLY voice acted Witcher audiobook series with Ciri's journey in The Tower of the Swallow!?🤩Finally, after all this time! (also could we pls have the little tune Avallac'h plays on the pipes at the end as a separate file, pretty please!)

God, I hope we see Ciri's vision-warging in The Witcher 4.