Talk:Triss Merigold/@comment-19281228-20160629030655/@comment-94.248.229.155-20170918120049

@Rogen800 "Triss always gets blamed for being selfish, but I don't think she gets enough credit. She was the one who was with Geralt when he lost his memory. She stood by him through thick and thin. She saved his life on many occasions, and he returned the favor in kind. She's the one who helped him restore his memory, even though she knew he would likely leave her. Even outside of Geralt's relationship, Triss is always helping people (as Vesemir notes in Witcher 1). For instance, she puts her life in serious jeopardy by helping the mages of Novigrad - effectively operating an underground railroad under the nose of a radical and tyranical government. Pretty damn selfless."

Good points, these seem to be consistent with what the writers of the game said themselves in an interview. It may also be why Geralt doesn't think it himself that he's been taken advantage of, he doesn't regret the time he spent with Triss in the first two games, and considers it his own choice.

@TomasDastan "I won't mention how Triss told Geralt that she was a sorceress and that he said he knew he was in love with one, and that Triss pretended to be that sorceress...how exactly is that "free will" I don't know...."

As far as I remember, only the first two of those three statements can be proven. Regardless, insinuating to be someone shouldn't be enough for Geralt to actually fall in love and stay with them for any extended period of time, there's still free will involved.

This is in reply to a comment on another page, but seems more appropriate here: "and even pretends to be Yen. W2 she still doesn't tell him anything and is delaying his memory recovery as much as possible, and doesn't tell him she is part of the lodge"

For a post that claims to dispel myths, it doesn't look good when it spreads inaccurate information itself. For once, I don't know of any scene in W1 where Triss outright pretends to be Yennefer. Also, in W2 she does talk about Geralt's past as soon as he asks, and that happens already before the first chapter. I've no idea how his memory recovery could be actively delayed, it's happening all the time throughout the game, and he learns that Triss is a member of the Lodge already in W1.

"At the end of the books Geralt lay dying, Triss just stands there"

That's because she understands that she can't do anything to save him, Ciri's also just standing there for the same reason.