The StoryTinker

I had the pleasure of chatting with #NetflixWitcher actor and second assistant editor, Nathanial Jacobs.   We talked about how he got to where he is now, including a very embarrassing early acting experience, and how he came to work for #TheWitcher. Nathanial shared fun behind-the-scenes from the set and also explained his fascinating job in the editing room, including his work (there was a s...

Quincy tries to force Poppy into a very sexy maid outfit, and ends up being punished to wear it instead, along with some humiliating signs. He struggles not to slap Poppy's butt as she did to him, and we discuss his attraction to Poppy and what it means.  After dinner, Tora and Quincy discuss the mafia situation, and Poppy is so taken by Tora's competence that she drools.  Damien is guar...

Poppy decides she wants to return Tora's favor by working as a housekeeper, to which Quincy responds with an odd gleam in his eye.   Tora returns with an ominous face and pulls out Gil's files. We see that Gyu texted him that none other than Yadori and his crew have been by Poppy's apartment.    Poppy spends all day cleaning and then runs looking for Tora to tell him something....

Turns out we fans aren't the only ones suspecting Dakan and Tristan (ok, we cleared him) of Phantom Scythe involvement. Lisbeth, Stephan, Mr. Goatee, and Albert Einstein also do. Aaaaand in an ironic twist, Stephan is royal spymaster. We discuss some theories concerning Raphael and Stephan.   There are more than enough spies to go around. Wouldn't you know, Neyra was in a secret passageway, s...

The APD is pulling overtime shifts; Kym is working hard and Will is being oddly supportive, going so far as to make a joke! This gets the overtired Kym apoplectic, and Will drags her to the infirmary, where they share a meaningful conversation.   Kym talks about the Phantom Scythe's goals and methods, and Will worries about his family being the PS's next target, the perfect opportunity for us...

The patrol unit walks through a protest, and Lauren feels faint. Will notices, and wants her to take care of herself because, as he emotionally unburdens himself, he can't handle being the only one left. Lauren gives him a well deserved hug.   Walking through the protest is blue-haired pronouns, whom we discover is called Ms. Green and is an actress/screenwriter. We stan.   Meanwhile, th...

Poppy ruminates over Tora's kindness, and opens the door expecting him but getting a sunny faced Quincy, who asks about the food outside.   When they notice the maybe ghost (Ulaan and Yuwa? Tora? Intruder?) has written "Go," they offer it more palatable food and ingratiate themselves to it.   Tora, thoughtfully installing solar lights in the garden, watches them and thinks wistfully of h...

Kieran is trapped in a nightmare, where Lauren dies and it’s all his fault. It’s happened once, and we speculate how. The rune makes an appearance and Kieran’s guilt is apparent. Another man contemplates his trauma while sitting on his bed. Will remembers pleasant childhood memories with Lauren and Dylan, then thinks back to the day of the train station attack, the day Raphael seems to have left h...

Dallas and Dee share a bonding moment at the cafe as Dee shares the wonders of the coffee bean.   At Lawson Legal, Daddy Lawson manages to put down, manipulate, and extort Eva in a matter of minutes. We discuss whether Daddy Lawson has any human feelings at all and speculate as to what his plan could be. *** 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_...

In this masterful episode, "Dream Poppy" tells Tora to meet her outside, where, after escaping from Quincy's snooping, they proceed to have the most brilliant heart to heart. The communication is unreal. Their honest and open conversation leads to some other honest and open activities with embarrassing consequences for Poppy. *** 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀: https://www.webtoons.com/en/ro...

How well do the Witcher actors Everard (Nathaniel Jacobs) and Gwain (Jota Castellano) know the #NetflixWitcher?   Find out in this episode as they answer trivia questions from all 8 episodes of Season 2 of #TheWitcher and share behind-the-scenes stories of life on set as actors and in Nathaniel's case, second assistant editor.   🐺𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙥𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 #𝙒𝙞...

We flashback to a young Mr. Young watching a young Mrs. Young (lot of youngs) lunging her way around a roller derby, cleverly and aggressively making her way to the win, a move which has Mr. Young falling in love. Mom and daughter reunite, and Mrs. Young says hello AGAIN to Charles, which has Sam wondering where they met - which is apparently at the ill-fated holiday party. Charles blushes. Why???...

An unknown person is speaking to Messenger VII, telling them that they are taking over the operations. We wonder whether this person is working for the leader or for Apostle VII’s supporters. They leave the messenger with new directives. At the APD interrogation room, two officers try to wake Elvira Lloyd, only to discover that she has been killed by golden viper venom. Bella has just used this ve...

We discover that the cuddle puddle was caused by a ghost scare. Also, that Quincy uses a million skin care products.    Poppy’s resolution not to talk to Tora is shot, given that they literally slept together in their underwear.    More footage has been released, and we learn that Scharch and Gil are behind it, and that Gil (unsurprisingly) has nefarious plans up his sleeve. 𝗟𝗶...

Welcome to our episode by episode analysis of The Witcher, where we focus on character psychology and relationships.    𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘝 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. Fransesca snaps and goes on a murderous baby-killing rampage; Ciri goes into a Ci...

Kieran, with his ever impeccable fashion sense, meets with the Messenger to try to defend his lack of Lune killing. He faces down threats with jokes of his own, which may refer to his protectee as well as the beating he received. The Messenger leaves, warning a sad looking Kieran that he will receive a new mission from Apostle IV soon. We cut to the leader in the same position, at the head of a ta...

We came up with totally reasonable explanations for the Cuddle Puddle that Poppy, Tora, and Quincy are in at the end of the episode.  Ok, maybe "totally reasonable" is an exaggeration. Maybe we went for "totally speculative and loony." This was so fun we had to make it free!

Quincy watches Poppy walk off on the compound, and decides to have a heart to heart with Tora from the other side of the door.  We flashback to Tora buying the house, with a very strange name on his ID and a sympathetic Quincy supporting him, all because Poppy said “maybe.” The “maybe” prompted Tora to dash to Quincy’s house in his underwear, buy a house, and stuff it full of cheap household...

Intro.

Welcome to our episode by episode analysis of The Witcher, where we focus on character psychology and relationships.    𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘝 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦.   Rience watches idly as Lydia's face gets burnt off;  there is trouble...

In the glow of the evening light, Lauren talks with Uncle Tristan and Dakan about the night at the factory and her role as Lune. We learn that he faced a difficult choice, and Dakan is potentially sus with his prying questions.    Lauren refuses to disclose Kieran's identity, but shares the information they found out. Tristan retrieves the painting Lauren made for him, and sweet words ar...

Charles is driving Sam to work, watching her giggle as she texts. He frowns, and we see chains. His jealousy is evident.    He asks how Sam is feeling, and Sam is brutally blunt... and very explicit, so much so that Charles is blushing.    He asks her out to dinner that night, but she tells him it's raid night, no longer embarrassed. Charles, however, is busy all weekend. Is he...

The gang arrives at Felicia Bay. Tora and Poppy are sitting in silent gloom while Quincy tries to lighten the mood with his sexcapades.    As they stop for gas, Poppy mulls over the information Quincy shared: that Felicia Bay and Moonbright are clan-neutral territory. Theory time! She worries for Tora's safety and his breaking Balthuman law by covering his tattoo.    Poppy text...

Welcome to our episode by episode analysis of The Witcher, where we focus on character psychology and relationships.    𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘞𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘝 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦.   In this episode with Patty, we discuss Rience's appearance at Kaer Mohren...

We open with Lila faithfully visiting Lucas, still unconscious in the hospital, and then move to Lauren, being taken care of by Lucy. She looks in the mirror, contemplating what she has done to her friends and family, and now, just like her best bud Kieran, sees her reflection in blood and flames, with vicious monsters surrounding her.    She is about to get "eaten" by one of them when a...