Talk:Yennefer/@comment-184.57.241.190-20190305013658

It's interesting to read everyone's opinions on the Yen vs. Triss debate. Obviously, here on Yen's page, there are a lot of pro Yen arguments.

I've read all the books and I've played all the games. I am on team Triss, but if I really get down to it, I think the most likely outcome would be Geralt being alone. "No Wticher ever died in his bed."

People seem to want to play the "if you read the books you choose Yen, if you only played the games, you choose Triss" card, which I can kind of see, but I think that is a bit of a cop out.

Everyone wants to say that Triss gets away with being awful, but only Yen gets called out for being awful. The fact is, they're both awful. And they're both awful for Geralt.

Go back and read the Last Wish. At best, you have to believe in love at first sight to believe that Geralt really and truly loved Yen before he made the wish to tie himself to her. They barely knew each other at that point.

Regardless, I do believe that the books certainly lead you to believe that Yen is the one. And CDProjekt Red certainly seems to make it feel like Triss is the one. Probably because they invested so much time into her vs Yennefer.

But the games aren't truly canon, so it really boils down how you believe your version of Geralt would choose. There is no "right" answer as much as each side wants to argue for it.

Game Geralt, especially in the Wticher 3, feels like a very different version of Geralt than the one in the books, at least to me. During a conversation between Ciri and Geralt at the camp, Ciri asks Geralt why he chose Triss. He replies (I'm paraphrasing) "I feel at peace with her. With Yen, we were always fighting and it was exhausting." And so many people try to claim that is what makes Yen great, is that she's not the "perfect girl" like CDPR tries to paint Triss as. But that's just it, if you truly believe that Geralt is going to hang up his swords and leave the path, I think he's only going to do it for "peace". Geralt and Yen's relationship has always been about leaving each other and then feeling the pull to return. At what point do you think they're going to settle down and live happily ever after? That doesn't seem too realistic to me.

TLDR; I don't feel like Geralt would ever truly settle down, but if he was going to, it would be with someone who he could finally rest and relax with. No drama. That is Triss. But I really doubt he'd choose this path at all. No Witcher ever died in his bed. I think he'd follow the path until his death, and probably meet up with Yennefer when he could.