Talk:Wild at Heart/@comment-79.112.50.34-20160512002351/@comment-180.190.91.165-20160522054434

That is one way of looking at it. But Hanna died for that mistake. And Margaret didn't even seem sorry for it. For one, she attempts to bribe you in the woods, with a flimsy excuse and obviously wants to make a move on Niellen who just recently lost his wife ("he was near to bein' mine 'til you came along"). So who exactly is a monster there? Niellen who tries to stay away from people in order to not kill anyone when he gets too bloodthirsty or Margaret who lured Hanna there because she wanted to destroy Niellen and Hanna's relationship and then doesn't even really seem sorry for losing her sister?

I'd also like to point out that Geralt doesn't always kill "monsters" (human definition of monsters). In fact, he even became friends with some. And there are certain instances in Witcher 1 which Geralt mentions that monster can also mean those who are human/non-human who do evil / harm others, and can exclude "monsters" who do not harm humans/non-humans unless they do so in self-defense. And Geralt even says in witcher 1 if you lift curses (striga and werewolf) that Witchers feel more satisfied when they lift a curse rather than outright killing monsters. So no, as a Witcher, its not exactly a given that you kill werewolves if they're actually able to control their actions. But yeah, its okay to play as Geralt as a witcher who only kills those normally considered monsters but its also equally okay to play as a Geralt who defines those like Margaret as monsters who only seek self-gain at the expense of others and thus destroy those kinds of monsters as well. That's your decision and you can playthrough as that if you wish, but you can also playthrough as a Witcher that's fully regained your memories and remembers that not all monsters are evil. Or whatever else you decide.

Calling people "heartless bastards" for allowing Niellen to kill Margaret though.. well, that's a question on who you feel compassion for. Okay, so for you, Margaret was the suffering party. She made a mistake out of some misplaced thought on love, maybe she doesn't deserve to die. but you could also see the suffering party as Hanna and Niellen, Hanna because she died and Niellen for trying so hard to fight the curse but ended up killing the person he loved because of a mistake Margaret made. Her mistake had grave consequences and thus their compassion went to the two lovers and Margaret was the monster that needed to be punished. And the only punishment that was immediate was that Niellen kill her.