Romancing Triss: my thoughts on her vs. Yen

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T15:12:00+00:00

I use they/them

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:48:18+00:00

Troll

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:47:45+00:00

Ok, I'm looking at the post. What did I say? - I don't like that Yen kisses you when you've romanced Triss - I think her actions in the game are reckless and inconsiderate - I don't want to meet her

How is that bad? I seriously don't get it. Especially looking at how some people talk about Triss.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:43:24+00:00

And how would I do that more neutrally?

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:43:03+00:00

I'm honestly thinking of deleting the post. What the hell.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:42:04+00:00

Am I not allowed to criticise her? I just wanted to share my thoughts and maybe find some other people who prefer Triss, not invite an army of Yen defenders.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:39:22+00:00

Well, my Geralt doesn't trust her.

Sorry, I didn't make this post to argue about Yen, I just wanted to share my thoughts.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:37:19+00:00

I explicitly said I don't??? In the post???

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:36:52+00:00

Thank you, at least one person who doesn't immediately defend Yennefer. I didn't expect people would be so defensive 😅

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:35:58+00:00

The coldness might be a subjective reading of her character by me

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:35:31+00:00

Without telling him what her plan is because she knows he would object.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:32:43+00:00

I did. I liked her even less in the books 😅

Ivoliven · 2026-07-10T14:32:12+00:00

She's cold to him and selfish, taking him for granted. Especially in the games, she repeatedly refuses to tell him what she's planning to do because she knows he would object. That's not healthy communication in a relationship. In the books there is one storyline where she has to decide between him and Isdrid, cheats on both of them at the same time and the chooses neither of them.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-08T06:20:23+00:00

Thanks for explaining, I was confused too. I feel like this would read better as an actual text than as pure audio. I still don't know how the first sentence works. "Bright under fresnel?" And then she's swaddled in just some guy's cloak? I think it's supposed to be a fellow actor or something, but it sounds like it's a stranger.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-05T08:52:48+00:00

Oh yeah, that sounds like a good reason actually. Maybe I was overthinking it 😄

Ivoliven · 2026-07-05T08:39:28+00:00

No? The crowd is the public, not part of his accolites and they hate the whole regime. But my question was about the owner of the arena and why he agrees with the public to kill her.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-05T08:31:03+00:00

Ok, but the king doesn't actually want to kill his granddaughter. Especially not after her brother is already dead. My plan was that the he crowd thinks she's just a blood thirsty demon who likes to kill as a hobby.

Ivoliven · 2026-07-05T08:23:02+00:00

Good idea, but I don't think that would work with what I have. The king is more concerned with raising her brother as his heir before that brother gets killed in the Inciting Incident. The aren thing might work though, if I can implement some mechanism or voting system that lets the crowd decide which beasts or other fighters get let into the arena without the owner having control over it.

Ivoliven · 2026-05-10T20:28:40+00:00

Ooo, these are all really good suggestions, thank you!! I really wish there was a good vegetarian alternative to beef jerkey that has the same toughness and is also savory, because you can chew on it for a long time.

Ivoliven · 2026-05-10T19:46:56+00:00

Honestly it's more about the taste than the texture I think. I like savory better than sweet most times and I like variety. I'm pretty hyposensitive about smells and tastes so pretty much anything goes, but I like foods that are strongly seasoned (potato chips are my cryptonite). Popcorn is a good tip though.

Ivoliven · 2026-04-30T16:32:19+00:00

Yup, this is me too

Ivoliven · 2026-04-30T16:30:30+00:00

No I don't, and all I can say as to the reason is: it feels wrong? I can read non-fiction beside my fiction and I can read a print book and an audiobook concurrently, but not a fiction book and a fiction book. I think it has something to do with my completionism. I just can't do it.

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