Brat Farrar (bratfarrar) wrote,
Brat Farrar
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not-really-a-review: The Witcher, eps. 1-2

Just watched the first two episodes of The Witcher; fewer gratuitous boobies than I anticipated, somehow. Unexpectedly, my main frustration is that the stupid "Toss a coin to your witcher" song DOESN'T SCAN. Jaskier, you need to go revisit your lessons on meter (and rhyme, unless we're being generous with the slant rhyming), because the pairing of plen-ty/hu-man-i-ty is just painful. Also, my dude, you need to be careful about relying too much on the chorus to carry the rest of the song.

Anyhow, some masters show how it's done:
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