Talk:Where the Cat and Wolf Play.../@comment-79.227.46.232-20170207024841/@comment-5.172.236.173-20170901225010

@Captain OrsoYou are trying way too hard to excuse villagers and convict Gaeton. Alderman is too low position to be nominated from above, he was elected by villagers, and could be changed by them if they had to, so villagers have as much agency as alderman. It's allso clear that it was not first time they did something like that, because that would explain wealth he amassed, and it was executed with experience, no hesitation from villagers. It's entirely possible that whole village knew what alderman was doing and accepted that, making them just as guilty. Most of them did not fight back, either because they never got a chance, or because they knew they deserved it.

On the other hand, Gaetan is mostly an active witcher, killing monsters. There aren't many witchers left, but a lot of monsters, and Geralt can't protect everyone on his own. Gaetan by living saves more innocent lives than "criminal villagers" he had killed. Heck, we could even argue that by killing them he had directly saved lives of all their future victims.

And finally, most importantly, witcher is not supposed to be jury, judge, and executioner, nor self-righteous protector of the weak. He kills monsters for money. Does not go after criminal for money, nor is concerned with keeping peace, that's guards job. Does not go exterminate monsters if people are not willing to pay for that (at least not officially, can't have people thinking it's charity or something).

Oh, are you saying that this does not fit moral image you had of your witcher? But well, I was not the one that started forcing their own morality on fictional character in fictional world.