Comics have melted my few remaining brain cells

when im playing a game alone and theres danger i am quiet and stoic, by necessity. when im playing with friends and theres danger i start screaming and sqwuaking like a chimp to communicate over long distance that there is danger and i am distressed. This is because humans are social animals who evolved to live in groups and signal to eachother when herobrine is there

What I think the show, and a lot of people who haven't read the books, miss about Dandelion and Geralt's relationship is that they aren't parallels, they're foils. They have diametrically opposed goals in life and philosophies and while yes, Dandelion will default to Geralt's belief system insofar as monsters, and Geralt will concede to let Dandelion lead in courtly situations, neither of them ever fully agree with each other and that's what their friendship is about. Philosophy. They debate constantly. They call each other out on perceived bullshit constantly. Dandelion is never afraid to call Geralt stupid and tell him exactly why he thinks so, and Geralt lets Dandelion's opinions effect him, much more than the average person. They would die for each other, have killed for each other, have stolen for each other, but there are a lot of things they fundamentally disagree on. Dandelion is the narrative vehicle we see Geralt's faults through, the lens of a common man with common, hedonistic goals, who wants to share in joy with Geralt, despite Geralt's stubborn insistence that he never know what joy is.

Geralt is such a good protag to me because he is an impossibly good monster hunter and swordsman, has 1/3 of the continent's population (male and female) in love with him, is very articulate and intelligent- and yet he is still a bit of a loser. Girldad to deeply concerning teenager. Is in a 30-year-long situationship. Falls out with his best friend like they're on the playground. Spends all the money he barely scrapes up on a new jacket. Immediately ruins said jacket. So it goes.