#try not to mention yennefer in a post challenge (impossible)

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This is related to a previous post of mine so-

I REMEMBERED WHY I STARTED PICTURING YENNEFER THE WAY I DO!!!!!!

It’s because when I first started reading the books I was obsessed with this like, graphic novel dating sim game called “the arcana” and my chosen love interest from that was Nadia. And they have pretty similar aesthetics/ personalities and at the time I didn’t have a visual representation of what Yennefer looked like (hello book supremacy) and the only descriptors really given for yen (other than clothes/accessories) is 1. Purple eyes. 2. Black hair. 3. VERY PRETTY. UNGODLY PRETTY SO PRETTY

so idk I guess my mind was just like “yeah okay that’s what she looks like I guess”

Wait oh my god what the fuck I have polls????? LMFAO I CLICKED THE BUTTON ON ACCIDENT WHAT. I WANTED A PICTURE HOW DO I GET THIS OUT OF HERE

SHOO. GET OUTTA HERE YOU VANILLA EXTRACT LOOKING ASS

Okay ignore the poll I can’t make it go away and I don’t feel like typing all that again LSLSJSKSJWHSKAK

Anyways! This is what Nadia looks like

So yeah basically this but with the black hair, purple eyes and of course Yennefers more gothic ensemble (and I usually give her a little lip scar also, just because I think it looks neat but that really is just me)

I can’t believe it took me this long to realize the connection

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GUESS WHAT I JUST FOUND OUT!

This probably isn’t intentional but still

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Contemplating writing some yennefer centric fanfics idk tho

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One of the OG Alexandria’s genesis girlies

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(This briefly mentions SA)

Okay so. the people complaining about???? The witcher being a gloomy show????

Like fucking duh no shit that’s the P O I N T

Excuse me for getting all rant-y but seriously guys-

from day ONE we’re told “oh well shit, there’s war everywhere, people get killed by monsters constantly, the witchers are sold off as kids to go die in a castle or be hated monster hunters for like 400 years, sorcerers hate eachother and are assholes and are also generally treated like shit, oh yeah also it’s THE END OF THE WORLD. THE WILD HUNT IS HERE.”

But no, how dare these characters not be filled with determination and the magic of friendship

Ciri? An orphaned princess who’s torn from her home and family and threatened with rape and murder at every corner she turns? At what? The age of like 12-14? No. Stop it. Stop being sad, you’re ruining the vibe.

Geralt? The monster hunter who was sold to a bunch of hated mutants as a boy no older than 6 years old to train and go trough literal torture where he could’ve EASILY died but even worse survived to live a prolonged life of killing monsters and men till one eventually bests him? Stop 👏👏👏 being 👏👏👏 sad👏👏👏 this is a FANTASY franchise for crying out loud.

YENNEFER???? Who was SOLD by her parents for .f o u r. Fucking. Marks. 14 years old. Half the price of a PIG sold to a witch. a stranger after spending her whole life hated for her disabilities. Yennefer who suffered at aretuza to, once again, survive a destiny she never wanted and gods know what bullshit sexism she had to put up with after that. But no no no, why are you crying all over my hardwood floors? That’s not polite.

The witcher isn’t a fantasy franchise you get into to run away from the doom and gloom of whatever hell real life might be to you. Because it’s a commentary on those exact real world problems, that’s the POINT. The world is shit, and this is these characters struggle to reclaim what little autonomy they have left of their lives.

Yes, the show is bad, and it takes away the best characteristics of the characters and boils them down to singular character traits, but let’s be honest that was all there before, all the show did was take away the loving friendships, fireside chats and possibly, most missed of all, Geralt’s snarky sarcastic attitude.

Stop making him say “hmmm fuck” he’s not a profane Minecraft villager good gods. Let him have his sass back I digress though.

TL;DR, the characters are sad because that’s the point, stop pretending the witcher is escapism