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zevlor · 2 months

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@bethesdas you win this is the funniest thing ive ever seen

#ori.#and so right

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itlivesproject · 1 year

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moral of the story: always trust lincoln

This is it. My favorite ask of all time.

#you’re so real for this anon #and so right #ask #anon #mod win #Lincoln mcquoid #ilw spoilers

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fangirleaconmigo · 2 years

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Just a thought regarding your previous ask (different person here) : At first, I was pissed at both Yennefer and Geralt for that, Yennefer in ASOI and Geralt in TLOTL but my interpretation in the end is that sex is just sex. They dont care about it, they don't see having sex with another person as cheating, Yen didn't feel guilty when she slept with Istredd and Geralt doesn't feel guilty when he sleeps with Fringilla. The special thing when they have sex with each other is how intimate it is. They are tender and they never knew what tenderness was before their first time, she reads his thoughts and he knows it and gives her beautiful images and all that. Personally, I don't think about it too much and I don't judge them by "ours" standards. They love each other and they don't want anyone else and that is obvious.

Hello! Thank you for your patience. I spend a lot of time mulling these things and rereading passages.

This ask (for those just joining us) is about Yenralt, and is in response to this post about Geralt cheating on Yen with Fringilla, which is in response to this post, about how Geralt only ever loves Yen.

So, I think yes, they do view sex as just a physical thing and not as meaningful without the context of love. Love and tenderness is something they have only ever experienced with each other.

BUT it does seem like it hurts both of them a lot when the other cheats.

I thought about it for awhile and my working theory is, while they do not begrudge the other the physical act, they have deep anxieties about what the physical act MEANS. And they have to be reassured to go on and heal from it.

This is what I mean:

Yen's greatest fear is that she is not worthy of love.

Geralt's biggest fear is that his love is not worthy.

When Geralt saves Yen with his wish in the books, she hears it and is deeply deeply moved. The first thing she says to him is that she doesn't know if she is worth all of that.

What made you do it, Geralt? Why? Why me?

and

"...you've condemned yourself. Condemned yourself to me."

The way she words that, makes her sound like a sentence. Then she just out and out says it.

"I don't know whether it was worth condemning yourself to me..."

(The Last Wish)

For all of her bluster and supposed arrogance, she is utterly shocked that he showed her kindness and that he cares about her. And she says that her life was not worth it for him.

And when she is with Istredd, that whole chapter is framed by Istredd telling Geralt that his feelings aren't real, because of his mutations. That his love isn't good enough for her because it is just a pale imitation of feelings. Here is what Istredd tells him.

"...what you feel is a projection of her emotions, the interest she shows in you...I don't say it to insult you or show you contempt. I merely state a fact. You're a mutant and one of the basic traits of your mutation is utter insensitivity to emotions. You were created like that, in order to do your job. Do you understand? You cannot feel anything. What you take for emotion is cellular, somatic memory, if you know what those words mean."

(Sword of Destiny, A Shard of Ice short story)

And it seems to me that this is what fucks Geralt up so badly. He is struggling with this.

So, for Yen, when the sharks at the Thanned ball say that she isn't good enough for Geralt,

"Are you serious, Sabrina?

Absolutely," answered Sabrina Glevissig. "you won't believe it, but it's been going on for several years. And I'm surprised he can stand that vile toad."

"Why be surprised, she's put a spell on him..."

(Time of Contempt)

that shit wounds her. When you kind of believe someone's insult yourself on some level, that is when it really hurts.

That is why, even though Yen says she isn't worried about the sex Geralt had with Triss, because it was just sex, She still dresses down Triss in front of everyone at the ball and in the last book she still has a screaming match with Triss. For eight damn books, Triss will not stop pursuing Geralt right in front of her face. It comes to a head in one of the last scenes when Triss wants to accompany her and Ciri to see Geralt. Yen finally loses her temper.

"....That's enough of this discussion!" she snapped. "A little more humility you arrogant slut! He's my man, mine and only mine! Do you understand?"

Sooooo it isn't that they don't feel jealous or angry. You can fuck Geralt or Yen and the other won't freak out. But if you won't go away and you actively try to tempt the other one away, then we have a duel (Geralt and Istredd) or a screaming match (Yen and Triss) where Yen threatens to grab Triss by the hair if she doesn't fucking stop trying to tempt Geralt away and to stop "delighting in his noble character" (lmaoooo)

And, for the record, Triss responds with---

"Just try, you bitch, and I'll scratch your eyes out."

(The Lady of the Lake)

Because at that point, Yen thinks you're saying she isn't good enough for him (and she worries that she isn't) and Geralt thinks you're saying he has nothing of worth to offer her. (because that's what Istredd is saying) (Of course with Yen she also feels the betrayal of a friend. But that is a different things.)

That is why it matters that Yen tells Geralt that his feelings are valid and that they matter.

"You aren't bereft of feelings. Now I see it. Now I know you."

(A Shard of Ice)

And that is why it means literally everything to Yen when Geralt kisses her publicly and thinks LOUDLY that he loves her and only her in front of all of the sorceresses and sorcerers.

Yes, he answered in his thoughts, you're not mistaken. There is only she, Yennefer, at my side, here and now, and only she matters. Here and now. And what she was long ago, where she was long ago, and who she was long ago doesn't have any, doesn't have the slightest importance. Now she's with me, here among you all. With me, and no one else. That's what I'm thinking about right now, thinking only about her, smelling the scent of her perfume and the warmth of her body. And you can all choke on your envy.

The enchantress squeezed his forearm firmly and moved closer to his side.

"Thank you," she murmured...

(Time of Contempt)

I absolutely fucking love that "you can all choke on your envy" line. YES Geralt fucking YES. Bring the petty, bring it.

But yeah, they both need direct validation and reassurance. After that, when they get it, they seem perfectly fine to go on.

Characters who live as long as they do may grow a bit more blase about sex than some of us mere mortals, but Geralt and Yen are still soft and mushy at heart and have deep deep issues of self worth and must be reassured every time when one of them has strayed.

#asks #the witcher #the witcher books #geralt of rivia #thinking about the witcher books yet again #yennefer of vengerberg #yenralt #yennefer x geralt #geralt x yennefer #god i love Geralt you can all choke on your envy of Rivia #he’s so dramatic #and so right

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parkitaco · 1 year

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shout out to my brother, who, when my father mentioned that he was thinking about ending his netflix subscription, immediately protested “but that’s where the stranger things is!! you can’t take parker’s gay children away from her, she’ll be so angry”

#he’s so real for that #and so right #stranger things #byler

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purpleandstarlight · 4 months

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I am seething in anger at unimportant nameless characters in a book talking shit about a character I hate (personality-wise, not writing-wise. He's a good villain) even though they're mostly correct and i will sound like a madwoman for saying this without context.

#its just that these characters are only ever good at talking shit - wether for people who deserve it or not #they put together a whole bunch of bullshit and assumptions about people and then pat themselves on the back #thinking they're SO smart #and SO right #they do this with actually innocent people too is the thing #they are fucking useless rich people who ignore their shortcomings and believe whatever bullshit they prefer to believe in the moment #and it makes me mad bc irl people are like that too and that was the author's goal all along

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deathbatcountry · 2 years

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forever haunted by the fact that duran duran is one of synyster gates’s favorite bands

#synyster gates #he is so valid #and so right

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bookwyrminspiration · 3 months

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god I would be UNSTOPPABLE if I was capable of consistently initiating tasks. just you wait. you'll be waiting a while but just you wait

#executive dysfunction #shitpost #every day I get stuck in waiting mode for SO LONG and SO MANY TIMES #that one time I tried adhd meds it fixed it but then I. was like no I am going to be scared and not continue taking it <3 #and also. I simply did not like the psychologist and did not want to have to go back #so. rawdogging the world <3 #man if I could start a task right now...then you'd see...then you'd all see....

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redstonedust · 4 months

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yknow AI art has ruined an entire genre of painting to me, i saw one of those smooth anime-realism pieces and immidiately thought ''ugh, AI art'' until i noticed it was posted by an established deviantart user 6 years ago. like ive never been a huge fan of that genre but it looks like a pretty difficult style to master and i feel bad for the artists who specialized in anime-realism only to have their entire market jacked by people typing keywords into midjourney.

#like. yall know the exact kind of smooth shaded anime realism i mean right.#its SO prevelant in ai art to the point that i end up always end up assuming that style is ai more often than not

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just-spacetrash · 3 months

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the 'what if you played it a little risky' post literally Changed my life but i cant fujkign find it in my blog because its. a tiktok screenshot

#like literally every time ive hesitated sending a text or complimenting someone or stuff ive thought of it #like youre right. what if i played it a little risky what do i have to lose in doing a nice thing!!!!!! ur so right!!!!!!!!#but its forever lost cos i cant search it with any words cause its an image #misery and pain. you know how it is #my post

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qrowpilled · 8 months

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hate when you find a character whose so infuriatingly Your Type that its embarrassing like yeahg no one is gonna be surprised when i announce this is my new Guy Of The Month

#shush jesse #this post abt astarion #hes just so painfully on brand for me #i know so little about him though is the thing but i still feel insane #but i cant play the game and i dont want to watch anyone play it and i dont want spoilers #so like.....secondhand blorbo right now

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ilona-mushroom · 4 months

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Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

#socialist #socialism #communism #anti capitalism #the belief that we won’t work under capitalism genuinely makes me so mad #like #you realize the goal of social reform is to abolish imperialism right?#there won’t be good just showing up out of nowhere without slavery and/or imperialism

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riacte · 5 months

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not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]