Hi everyone !
This is my first post on this forum and first of all, I want to tell you congratulations for this amazing thread and sorry for my poor english (I'm french) !
It's very nice to read constructive debates about this issue.
So you have my whole support !
There is just one thing I disagree or, at least, I didn't interpreted the way you did. It's about the famous kiss of Yen at Kaer Morhen.
It didn't shock me. It happens at a very specific time : when Ciri is brought back to Kaer Morhen, brought back to Yen, who is kind of her mother.
So my way to see things is :
- Yen kisses Geralt because she so happy to see that he brought back Ciri (and don't forget she's still in love with him).
- About Triss reaction, I kinda liked it. Triss knows it's not the time for this kind of explanation. Ciri is back. Triss knows as well that Yen was the former lover of Geralt (and in a way, she stole Geralt from her and she knows it). She knows as well that Yen is the mother of Ciri. And Yen was her friend. I think she understands Yen's reaction, even if she's not happy with it. And that's why she decides to keep low profile and not to make a scene.
Anyway, that's the way I understand it.
But apart from that specific point, I agree with you about everything else.