Zyvik;n9505551 said:
Yennefer may not like Philippa, but it doesn't mean she wants her dead. If she did she'd sell the Lodge out in the books when they actually intended to make Ciri a member by force.
Not a convincing argument. Just because someone does not do something once, it does not mean they cannot do it later under different circumstances. Not to mention it is not said anywhere that she would have intentionally sold the Lodge out knowing that all of them would die (in fact, even in the few deleted lines it is said that the others would only "possibly" die), let alone why.
Yennefer made the deal with Emhyr regarding the Lodge long before she knew about any of their plans. Also Yennefer herself says that Rita won't harm Ciri and Fringilla wasn't even present at their little "chat."
We do not know if the Lodge's "betrayal" was already a part of the deal between Emhyr and Yennefer or if it is something that was decided later, what (if anything) Yennefer's role was in it other than collecting all the Lodge members, and what changed between the time when the deal was made and the deleted scene. Particularly around The Sunstone, where Philippa sounds more threatening, her plans apparently change after Ciri rejects the offer to join the Lodge, but they are never fully explained. There is just not enough information, and from past experience this seems to be one of those topics about which it is difficult to have a sensible discussion, so I leave it at that.
Wich means the only problem is Philippa. And even she is not much of a problem. What can she possibly do to Ciri?
Something similar to what she did to Saskia. After all, she talks in The Sunstone about Yennefer being imprisoned if she tries to interfere, how could empress Ciri allow that to happen while still being herself? With mind control, it would also be easy to become Ciri's advisor. Of course, that is only a theory, but Philippa can always be a problem.