Meh, I disagree. Triss grows into her own as a character in Wild Hunt. She manages to evacuate all of the mages from Novigrad, and secures a position for herself as the leader of the mage community and the chief adviser to the King of Kovir. She has a purpose and will of her own that is not entirely dependent upon Geralt.
I don't think you give her props, either, for all of the selfless acts which she performs through the game, e.g. submitting herself to torture in order to locate Dandelion, helping Geralt track down Ciri even if they aren't in a romantic relationship, and then subsequently defending the lot at Kaer Morhen.
Glad to see that, after a few days absence though, we are still squabbling about who has the better fictional girlfriend.
Oh dear, it seems like you've misunderstood me completely or just overly sensitive, in either case please accept my apology.
I'll touch up shortly on your post, even though it's off topic and irrelevant to the message I was trying to convey.
I do give Triss "the props", her good intentions and sacrifice towards Geralt were very touching in the game. I thought her entire quest line was done phenomenally, and even though I'm a hard core book canon fan, kissing Triss at the party, after all we've been through together, felt impossible to resist. So I do like her, and I do think she genuinely loves Geralt.
I just don't think she's quiote on his level of maturity, wisdom and just experience prism through which they see the world in general, in a way an 20 year old girl to a couple at the age of 50.
But, in relation to the interview quote, I think she is selfish and immature by putting her own feelings before her friendship with Yen, and respect for Geralt's family he quite clearly loves the most. She still does not present Geralt with a challenge and an opportunity to grow with her, seeing as she is obsessed and enchanted by him, she simply falls before him. In that respect alone, she fits the quote from the interview.
I'd be happy to discuss this respectfully further with you in a Triss thread if you'd like, or through PM. But hopefully, this is enough to explain I had no malicious intents.
This however is in stark contrast with what your average gamer wants out of their female romanceable characters. Which is why Triss seems to be the more popular option now that the game has achieved mainstream success.
Triss is so in love with Geralt and stumbles so cutely around him due to the fact that she's unsure for most of the game if Geralt will have her or not. On the other hand you have Yen, who is more... romantically stable I would say, which makes her more sure of herself, there's this weird type of trust that is carried over from the books so well that some people might view it as coldness. The two romantic options are so different, depending on the person, one might seem more generic while the other might be viewed as kinda weird.
And at their core neither of these things are bad, in the end it's different strokes for different folks, y'know? If we strip everything of its history and just go with what the game offers us, I personally lean towards the more "unconventional" option, Yen. Just because I view it as a more refreshing take on romance in videogames.
This is a most complete and wonderfully written interpretation of what I was trying to convey and inspire people to think about. Thank you.
It's obvious CDPR is catering to both wide masses and book connoisseurs, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Some people are not quite there yet emotionally to seek the complicity and challenge and that's ok, they don't have to be. And some people enjoy tackling such challenge with the zest of a young bull seeing a red sheet waving.
With both CDPR and us being book connoisseurs and Sapkowski fans, it shouldn't be hard to understand why we'd like it as close to being perfect as possible, seeing as this is the ONLY game Yen gets to be in.
I feel like we're slowly but surely making progress in defining precisely and accurately the rich and complicated allure of Yennefer, and that pleases me.
