Geralt's Darkest Secret?
Has anyone noticed an unusual aspect, not only about Geralt but of witchers in general?They all seem to be irresistable to women!Not just Geralt. When you enter a community people shout "A witcher, lock up your women", not "It's Geralt, lock up your women", so this apparently applies to aged Vesemir, arrogant Lambert and even scarred Eskel. Why might this be?Witchers obviously have certain appealing qualities...1) Physical quality including strength, speed, agility and...ahem, stamina.2) Immunity to illness, nothing to worry about there.3) Sterile, yet another concern of most affairs rendered moot.4) Exciting and/or dangerous. We all know bad boys appeal to some.5) Seldom staying long, another useful factor. If a woman is already married she has a brief fun fling and never has to see him again.6) Spendthrift. Witchers appear to have no clue as to the actual value of things, witness Geralt's tantrum in Chapter 1 where he starts to learn the true price paid to everyone except...well, witchers. :-[ They also are BAD at saving, witness the time Geralt gave a diamond for one afternoon with a clerk.7) While not obvious in the game there are no doubt those cases where a witcher can pretty much have what he wants simply because the community won't allow a jealous husband or worried father anger the only hope against some hideous predatory monster.All would go far to explain the reputation of the witcher and yet it doesn't seem to be enough to explain why women keep throwing themselves at Geralt, nor the reputation of witchers in general, regardless of appearance or age. Be honest, Geralt isn't really that attractive. :hmmm:Triss and Shani make sense, both have lusted for Geralt for years and, given his reported death, are no doubt overwhelmed with feelings that they must not waste this second chance. Vesna also, as you obviously sensed something early on and you did save her life. Possibly Abigail as well, she's obviously a manipulative mynx and there are surely reasons that villagers kept confusing her with the oldest profession, instead of a witch. What about the other peasant and town women who not only offer themselves on extremely short notice but don't or can't even try to resist the witcher, often offering themselves in public with friends and neighbors, if not family, all around them? What about Morenn, tossing dryad custom at the drop of a hat? Nurses, taking time away from dying patients? The elf woman in the cave who goes from slapping your offered charity to sex in the blink of an eye? The Princess, for God's sake?!? Sometimes you get the impression that they can't resist witchers even if they want to. Perhaps that's why so many women waste no time but ask for a small memento, be it wine, flowers or jewels. Almost as if they know they might as well accept it, perhaps getting a small benefit out of it, and the menfolk seem to give the impression that a woman targeted by a witcher is lost and don't ever get angry at the women about it. ??? That, of course, is blatantly contrary to historical reality where the woman was always at fault for anything involving sex, reproduction, etc which went wrong.The question is whether there is some other, hidden, factor to explain this almost mystical power of the witchers over women.We know that women simply don't seem to resist very hard, if at all, often asking for a token(or more valuable) payment before submitting. Witchers are all supremely confident of their power over women(Geralt generally propositions a target about five seconds after seeing her). That, contrary to the historical record, men do not hold women responsible for this, instead blaming the witchers who, being capable and armed, have little to fear from attack by serf. That custom or law or prior relationships(marriage, engagement) and even a high position in society will not deter the women involved.What could explain this pattern of most peculiar behavior? After consulting the learned scholar and alchemist Kalkenstein I have come to a preliminary hypothesis. The famed mutations which create a witcher leave them at the peak of their physical virility for an extended lifespan. After all Vesemir was effectively Geralt's father and Geralt is easily around 40(or older) yet he remains in exceptional physical condition. This presumably explains why witchers are perpetually in heat. At the same time witchers are rendered sterile and one wonders what other biochemical developments may result from this. One possibility is the scientific term φ
Has anyone noticed an unusual aspect, not only about Geralt but of witchers in general?They all seem to be irresistable to women!Not just Geralt. When you enter a community people shout "A witcher, lock up your women", not "It's Geralt, lock up your women", so this apparently applies to aged Vesemir, arrogant Lambert and even scarred Eskel. Why might this be?Witchers obviously have certain appealing qualities...1) Physical quality including strength, speed, agility and...ahem, stamina.2) Immunity to illness, nothing to worry about there.3) Sterile, yet another concern of most affairs rendered moot.4) Exciting and/or dangerous. We all know bad boys appeal to some.5) Seldom staying long, another useful factor. If a woman is already married she has a brief fun fling and never has to see him again.6) Spendthrift. Witchers appear to have no clue as to the actual value of things, witness Geralt's tantrum in Chapter 1 where he starts to learn the true price paid to everyone except...well, witchers. :-[ They also are BAD at saving, witness the time Geralt gave a diamond for one afternoon with a clerk.7) While not obvious in the game there are no doubt those cases where a witcher can pretty much have what he wants simply because the community won't allow a jealous husband or worried father anger the only hope against some hideous predatory monster.All would go far to explain the reputation of the witcher and yet it doesn't seem to be enough to explain why women keep throwing themselves at Geralt, nor the reputation of witchers in general, regardless of appearance or age. Be honest, Geralt isn't really that attractive. :hmmm:Triss and Shani make sense, both have lusted for Geralt for years and, given his reported death, are no doubt overwhelmed with feelings that they must not waste this second chance. Vesna also, as you obviously sensed something early on and you did save her life. Possibly Abigail as well, she's obviously a manipulative mynx and there are surely reasons that villagers kept confusing her with the oldest profession, instead of a witch. What about the other peasant and town women who not only offer themselves on extremely short notice but don't or can't even try to resist the witcher, often offering themselves in public with friends and neighbors, if not family, all around them? What about Morenn, tossing dryad custom at the drop of a hat? Nurses, taking time away from dying patients? The elf woman in the cave who goes from slapping your offered charity to sex in the blink of an eye? The Princess, for God's sake?!? Sometimes you get the impression that they can't resist witchers even if they want to. Perhaps that's why so many women waste no time but ask for a small memento, be it wine, flowers or jewels. Almost as if they know they might as well accept it, perhaps getting a small benefit out of it, and the menfolk seem to give the impression that a woman targeted by a witcher is lost and don't ever get angry at the women about it. ??? That, of course, is blatantly contrary to historical reality where the woman was always at fault for anything involving sex, reproduction, etc which went wrong.The question is whether there is some other, hidden, factor to explain this almost mystical power of the witchers over women.We know that women simply don't seem to resist very hard, if at all, often asking for a token(or more valuable) payment before submitting. Witchers are all supremely confident of their power over women(Geralt generally propositions a target about five seconds after seeing her). That, contrary to the historical record, men do not hold women responsible for this, instead blaming the witchers who, being capable and armed, have little to fear from attack by serf. That custom or law or prior relationships(marriage, engagement) and even a high position in society will not deter the women involved.What could explain this pattern of most peculiar behavior? After consulting the learned scholar and alchemist Kalkenstein I have come to a preliminary hypothesis. The famed mutations which create a witcher leave them at the peak of their physical virility for an extended lifespan. After all Vesemir was effectively Geralt's father and Geralt is easily around 40(or older) yet he remains in exceptional physical condition. This presumably explains why witchers are perpetually in heat. At the same time witchers are rendered sterile and one wonders what other biochemical developments may result from this. One possibility is the scientific term φ