No cause I have a genuine question I’m suddenly wondering about. Why do people get so upset that the show changes things from the books but they don’t seem the same level of upset about the games. Like don’t you consume different forms of media for different purposes and if they were all the same it would be kind of boring? Like they’re both adaptations of the same universe 🤔 
@tinymacaroni This is a really good point! I looked it up and it seems like the creators from the beginning have been saying that it’s not a one to one adaptation but it’s more about the spirit of the books but I could definitely see why with them talking about Easter eggs they’ve put in and book quotes they’ve used why some people might assume they are trying to re-create the books 1:1. Sapkowski getting more involved in season 2 I think definitely helps to keep the spirit of the books more alive in the show than it otherwise would be. 
I also think the games taking place long after the Canon and changing the end of the books does have a really big impact on why people don’t say it’s “destroying the spirit of the Witcher” like they do with the show (slight exaggeration 😆). I also think because the games change the inherent relationships of so many characters especially Triss to almost seem unrecognizable to the books it also creates further separation. Like the games and books sometimes feel like they take place in alternate universes while the books and show feel more connected and therefore are subjected to more criticism.
I’m honestly having difficulty thinking of many 1:1 adaptations of a book to a live action format. So I went into the show knowing it would be very different because that is just how the media is and they also are telling the story in a very different time in our society. So some of the analogies or characters are slightly changed or updated to reflect the times we currently live in. The big example I always like to bring up is how they took out Dandelion’s misogyny and really changed Jaskier’s character from the books.
But yeah I think the points you brought up are probably some big reasons people have. In my head I always think of like Howl’s moving castle and how different the book and movie is but how much I love both of them because even though they are different they both bring really awesome things to the table and that’s how I view the show and books for The Witcher.