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The Witcher, s2 e6 ✨

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Okay so since watching the Witcher the first time my thoughts on the storyline of Yennefer wanting a baby have deeply changed. I know theres a lot of people annoyed at this subplot because it's a box women are often pushed into and yeah that sucks. But with Yennefer I think they chose to do this almost to highlight the fact that she doesnt fit into this stereotype. Let me explain.

Yennefer would be an awful mother. She wants and she wants and she wants - if a tiny baby shows up in her life do you really think she isnt going to resent it for taking away her agency, for requiring constant attention, for needing her? Theres little glory to be had in being just some mother (the type of glory Yen wants anyway).

So why does she want one?

She makes the decision to try and have a baby after one conversation with a new mother. She hears in that mothers explanation what shes been after: love (or adoration - I think Yen often mingles up the two in her mind which is ALSO cool for her character because it subverts the woman searching for love trope but ANYWAY). And so she fixates on it. But let's be honest, if she raised a child theres no actual guarantee that child would grow to love her. All her hopes are on this one thing - just like all her Hope's were pinned on getting to be at court Aiden which didn't satisfy her either. When Geralt asks her about children, shes not saying 'oh they're cute and I'd like to raise one to be strong and powerful like me' she says 'I dreamed of being important to someone'. Its not about the child at all - it's about HER. it's a selfish want.

And I think that's in part because she CANT have it and she knows that. She wants EVERYTHING as she says, and this things been taken and what if this is the missing piece? The bit that would have made her satisfied? It seems to do it for other women- so why not her? And she wants and wants and wants Yen does, and shes also angry I think deeply and unsure where to direct that - isnt this a good outlet? Something she never really felt the loss of before is suddenly all she sees because she wants everything and she can see this as something taken.

Further (god this is getting long) I think her switch to wanting a child is also about her dissatisfaction with her beauty and with being in court Aiden. In the beginning the trade probably seemed worth it: she had wanted to be beautiful, to be adored and loved. But it got her nowhere, didn't satisfy her, didn't make her life better. We're not shown it in the show but I imagine it actually made it harder - men adored her but for the WRONG reasons and I bet Yens the type to get pissy about that. So when the beauty she thought would make her happy doesnt, she turns to the thing it took from her as part of her anger that it didn't work.

"A master detective, a psychic lady and an author on their way to catch an insane serial killer. What could possibly go wrong?

The gritty gothic horror whodunnit Witcher AU nobody asked for. In the dark streets of London, Geralt of Rivia; an infamous Private Eye, has yet to face his most challenging case to date. A series of brutal murders has kept both all of London and Scottland Yard on their toes. The victims, all torn to shredds like old ragdolls. At the request of Scotland Yard, Geralt takes on the case to find the serial killer and put on end to these murders no matter what means he deems necessary.

What Geralt did not expect however was for a young selfpublished author named Jaskier to start following him around as his assistant wanting to publish the stories about his cases to change society‘s negative opinion of him. He even less suspected a young Psychic named Yennefer, who claims to talk to the ghosts of the victims; to help him out.

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The song ends, and Jaskier realizes how tense he had gotten through out. He inhales deeply and let's his shoulders fall.

"That's about me, isn't it." Yennefer asks, suddenly in front of him when he could have sworn she was asleep in her tent. There are tears in her eyes. Its a hollow vindication.

"Yes." He says. Why hide it?

She sits down heavily next to him. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry."

"For loving him?"

"For him not loving you."

There's an uncomfortable silence. "Oh. Right." Jaskier nods, then forces a smile. "No sense in that. Not your fault you're irresistible to him." He stares out over the mountain. "Or anyone, really."

"Anyone?" Yennefer questions. She's looking at him now, he can feel it.

"You don't want me, witch." There's no bite in his words.

She turns his head to face her with a finger under his chin. They lock eyes. "Nor do you, me." She agrees.

When they kiss, it's slow and bitter. Mutual heartbreak pours off their tongues as they pull each other closer, both wishing another was in their place.

When they part, Yen uses a hand on the back of Jaskier's head to keep them pressed together. "Share my bed tonight, bard." She requests. Its strange to ask and not command. "Let's forget about him, together."

Jaskier nods for fear his voice would break. Hand in hand, they move from under the moonlight into the tent.

Hours later, on the edge of the clearing, a figure steps from the shadows. White hair frames the shadow of a man, hesitating. Golden eyes peak through the flap then widen in surprise. As quick as he appeared, he's gone.

Yennefer of Venderburg. Our girl. Our wonder. She is absolutely one of my favourite female characters on TV atm and theres definitely a reason for this. She embodies everything I've been looking for in a female character on screen in those such as Black Widow and this isnt just because shes a badass. It's because, unlike characters such as black widow, she is a fully realised character who can be deeply unlikable. Let me unpack that for a moment.

Yennefer is not a nice character. She has many, many flaws and shes complex to the core. I realised this when I started writing her in fics - you cant just build her up of stereotypes of female qualities and hope for the best - and theres too much in canon to do a sort of make-her-how-you-want-her like you have to do with some women in fiction wheres theres little canon content. You dont have to create complexity, it's already there. Shes complex. This girls relationship to love for example, to others around her, to what she wants out of life. She is nitty gritty. She is - at times - unlikable. She holds a baby on a beach and it's dead and shes not weeping, she wants to be a mother except that she doesnt, she wants to be loved except what shes really after appears to be adoration. Her relationship to her body is not as simple as that she feels pathetic and sorry for herself before she changes. Theres no crying if Geralt finds out she used to be ugly. She is powerful, she wants, she uses people. She wilfully doesnt listen, mind controls Geralt, and wants everything on her own terms.

And all of this is to say that she is flawed - like a human being. Shes also not constantly in the Male gaze. Oh we get her boobs out, but she runs, shes vicious (think of her face during the djin scene), she doesn't just use her sexiness to get what she wants.

She is pretty morally good but mean spirited. Shes basically an anti-hero of the type we expect Geralt to be (when Geralt actually turns out to be caring).

And okay I'm rambling, but all of this? This is a fully released character. This is a human person to her very core. This is a woman who cannot be softened, but equally shes not just a jumble of manly traits into a sexy body like some female superheroes have been over the past decade, in the hope that we'll go OH!! POWERFUL WOMAN!! cos she IS a powerful woman, she doesnt need to be marketed to us as such. Shes wholly human.