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"They took my choice away from me", the hell is Yennefer talking about?

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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She says this on the 6 episode I think while arguing with Geralt when they are hunting for the dragon. What is she even talking about? Right before she was going to undergo her transformation the guy told her that if she did this she would not be able to conceive a child and she agreed to it. She made that choice willingly and nobody took it from her.

It is like the show is ignoring it's own story to push some victim hood narrative.

[–] TandyMan (11096) 5 years ago

I thought that was a pretty typical example of female logic.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yennefer has really come across as being very selfish so far.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Well then it's realistic writing.

[–] Theeboon (97) 4 years ago

This is a pretty typical example of male logic.

[–] MMaya (65) 2 years ago

not female logic, idiot writers logic. Yennefer is not such idiot in the books. She doesn't blame others for her choices and never plays the victim. they ruined her character in the show, like most others

[–] Threadkiller (3075) 5 years ago

I was a little confused on this point myself. Seems like a case of buyer's remorse.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 5 years ago

Yeah, that about sums it up. With the passage of time she's come to regret that part of the bargain and is looking for a way around it.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7146) 5 years ago

I would say it has a lot to do with her age being a factor. You're not gonna know whether you want kids when you're young and also when you don't even see the potential of raising a family - you gotta remember that this was a girl with a crooked spine and a stepdad who sold her into slavery. Making big life choices when you're not old enough to do is where I'm gonna assume she was coming from.

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

Then, in case you choose to study some career and years later you discover it was not your calling, what you have to do is blame the evil teachers, because 'they took your choice away from you'.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7146) 5 years ago

That's not an equal comparison. Plus, in the scenario you described, it was literally her choice.

[–] Ldlamb (636) 5 years ago

And it was literally...her choice.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7146) 5 years ago

Sorry, corrected it.

[–] L1 (1316) 5 years ago

They are not writng their own stuff. Shes got people behind her writing thsi

[–] papamihel (1616) 5 years ago

In the books this is kind of a side-effect of heavy magic usage which affects most sorcerers. There are exceptions - Geralt's mother, for example.
It's also an important factor for Yennifer but she is not a snowflake in the books and she is not blaming someone else for her own choices. She is, however, looking for a solution and the golden dragon was supposed to provide funds for a very expensive treatment.

In the end she finds a substitute...

[–] Coleburg83 (684) 5 years ago

100%. This was straight absurd.

He told her that she wouldn't be able to have kids and she sat and watched while he cut out her uterus or whatever.

They just had had add in some abortion bs. Like with that song.

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

You know modern feminism mantra: my body, my choice, your fault.

[–] mamouth007 (39) 5 years ago

And what happened to the other girls ?

Did they have to undergo the same procedure as Yennefer ?

Yennefer did it to become a hottie. The other girls were not "that ugly" in first place so what would be the point ?

And Yennefer seems to be the only one to have the idea of asking "the artist" to make her a hottie.

The witch bosses are just saying "you don't look good enough, so no good job for you".

wtf ?

[–] Esterhowse (468) 4 years ago

Also her choices were become a wizard or live her life swimming in a puddle of pigshit..