ooodrin;n8551460 said:
My point was that if they plan on doing the adaptation of the whole Saga - Triss is very unlikely to be presented as the biggest threat to Yennefer.
Yennefer does seem to perceive a threat at the very end, though. Anyway, I am not saying that it will not be ignored by the TV show, it could very well be that Triss will not appear or even be mentioned at all, but I also do not think it is entirely right to constantly dismiss the relationship altogether as a "short lived fling", even if it is mostly one sided, and only temptation on Geralt's part, it is important (and not short lived) in particular for Triss' character. Then again, if she is not considered important enough to the story overall (there is only so much content you can have in a movie or TV show), then it would also be an understandable decision to just not include her in the show to begin with, especially if it is only about the short stories.
zappy3;n8551700 said:
I mean Triss' entire storyline in the books is basically about resolving her dilemnas regarding her relationships with both Yennefer and Geralt. In the end Triss very clearly accepts that Geralt and Yennefer belong together and she makes the choice to move on, to put her friendship with Yen above the lodge and above her "love" for Geralt (whether or not she really loves him or just has a crush on him is another debate). In the end Yennefer sacrifices herself trying to save Geralt while Triss just stands there watching her because 1) her love for Geralt is not worth such a sacrifice and 2) she doesn't belong there. So I think whatever was between Triss and Geralt gets as much closure as it can, way more than the Fringilla thing.
If that is really so, why does she want to follow Geralt to the island of Avalon at the end, instead of moving on? Why would Yennefer be jealous without reason?
In the end Yennefer sacrifices herself trying to save Geralt while Triss just stands there watching her because 1) her love for Geralt is not worth such a sacrifice and 2) she doesn't belong there.
I do not recall that being given as an explanation, it is only your interpretation. It could also be that she is exhausted and just does not have the strength left to do anything (Yennefer is the older and more powerful sorceress to begin with), and she knows that Geralt cannot be saved at that point. The scene does not really prove how she relates to him. By the way, Ciri is also just standing there until after the witcher and Yennefer are already dead. I guess that means she does not care about them?
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zappy3;n8552070 said:
Because nobody ever gets jealous without reason right? Especially with the history Yen and Triss have.
If it was without reason, Triss could have simply told so. Her lines are not exactly convincing for someone who presumably already "let go". Besides, why put this stuff into Yennefer's final (and thus important) conversation before the pogrom and her "death" in the first place, if it was just pointless filler? And why is Fringilla Vigo not in the finale instead if she really was so much more important?
Well that's the whole point actually, Yen doesn't have the strength to save Geralt either and I'm pretty sure at least part of her knows that Geralt cannot be saved too yet she tries and ends up dying in the process. And I did not say that Triss didn't care about Geralt. I said she doesn't love him the way Yen does and so she is willing to let him go.
Not loving him exactly the same way as Yennefer does does not imply not loving him at all, nor willing to let him go. What percentage of real people would sacrifice their own lives in an attempt to save their lovers, knowing already that they will not succeed anyway?