Lars, I am so glad you pointed this out. I AM strong. Fucking smart, too. Feisty, independent, always up for a challenge, a multitasker like you wouldn't believe. Like over the last decade? I've pushed two kids out of my body. And they suckled from my breasts as I ran tv shows. https://twitter.com/Larschezburg/status/1280441138604843008

Which, let's be honest, is why you follow me. Not for the breasts. For the tv show. The Witcher, right? So let's talk about that. Because aside from said kids, it's the thing I'm proudest of, and the thing that precisely demonstrates the strengths you so enthusiastically noted.

First things first: I'm a woman in a man's world. This one is obvious. Only 30% of the people in my job -- that is, the person in charge of creating and running the whole damn show -- are women, per the WGA inclusion report. In the world of fantasy, that number is even smaller.

So do I feel like I belong here? Hell. Yes. I fucking LOVE it here. I love this genre, the blood and swords and monsters and guts and swearing (duh), the complex characters, the romances, the politics, the wit, the subversiveness. It's as layered as my pretty little female mind.

That's the creating part. Let's talk about the running part. I work about 16 hours a day, on average. I run the writers room, I oversee prep, I am on set from call to wrap every single day, and I am the final person to sign off on editorial cuts, music, sound, and picture.

Those are my roles. But the most important part of my job? The 400 people The Witcher employs. I know them by name. That's my business, see, because leadership isn't about yelling orders from up above. It's about being down on the floor, side by side. Tired. Sweaty. In love.

Motherhood taught me that, actually. My best mothering happens when I'm on the floor, covered in graham crackers, singing Panic! At the Disco's "High Hopes" for the 1000th time. My best showrunning happens when I am not the boss, but a person with empathy, kindness, and respect.

All of that said: anyone who has worked with me will tell you that the most terrifying form I take is Disappointed Mother. You don't want that. No one wants that.

But yeah, I've cried at work. God, have I cried. Makes me human. Makes me stronger. Makes me write a female character who have vulnerability, even if she's the most powerful sorceress in the world. Makes me write a male character who is just as fallible, and heroic because of it.

This inner strength is what allows me to work 6000 miles from my kids. To write until the sun rises. To hike up Roque Nublo to shoot that kickass scene in Ep 104. To show up here, to talk honestly about my life and my tv show. Thanks for noticing, Lars. I appreciate it. Truly.