THE WITCHER: Netflix Breaks Down The Creative Process For The Hit Song "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher"

Loved season 1, can't wait for 2!!
This song was awesome aswell. Happy New Year CBM!

Happy New Year, to each every one of you.

Dandeli... I mean "Jaskier" was definitely the best adapted character from the books for me. The actor brought a lively and modern feel to the role that could easily be just a caricature.

I do wish that the show as a whole had been a bit more novel in their approach to the material, though. Doing that three-track asynchronous character arcs did work (and presented the story in a way that made destiny feel more active in the show). But it does come across as disjointed. I did ask for a series that faithfully translated the short stories, and I pretty much got that. I won't complain too much... but it felt very much structured for TV.

It struck me around halfway through that the overall tone and feel of the show reminded me most of those 90's Renaissance syndication shows. (And not always in the worst ways, but not always in the best.) The standalone Geralt stories did play like someone had picked their favorite Xena: Warrior Princess episodes from four seasons and just played them without context.

In my mind, Jaskier offered the perfect method to deliver exposition and humor throughout the series as a narrator. Every one of the Witcher tales could have been told through his lens (and we also get to see the reality in the action, which sometimes differed). Jaskier could have provided us with little details like how long it's been between the stories, what place elves and dwarves have in human society.

The Witcher world is weird and fun and kooky, but damn near nobody spends any time actually explaining the context of it. A wizard starts talking about a prophesy and Geralt doesn't really care much, so the audience doesn't get much detail. An old-school narrator could have helped frame the series a lot, and set it apart from Game of Thrones. The Witcher is a modern romantic (dark) fairy tale, and fairy tales are told, not just witnessed like any other period drama.

I do feel like this was a big missed opportunity. People think "show, don't tell" is some ironclad rule, but it's not always better. A clever script with a lively narrator can rescue a dull scene of a man wandering through a wilderness. It can take awkward-but-necessary exposition out of the mouths of characters who really shouldn't be saying it. It can save you making characters talk to themselves to fill the silence of a padded scene.

When there's something worth saying, by all means: Tell.

The song has been stuck in my head since the 20th. Looking forward to hearing Trivium's cover of it.

Jaskier: "When a humble bard..."
Geralt: "That's not how it happened"

Very catchy I liked it.

Just started watching this. Pleasantly surprised. On episode 2.

You’ll find “Toss a Coin to a Witcher” on Spotify as well. Great Catchy song.