marblecut reblogged
#geralt handling ciri with care
I wanted him to recognize her trauma, because it’s very easy to forget - when you see a character like Ciri and you think, ‘She’s been through trauma,’ and it’s really terrible - but we also forget that Geralt’s been through trauma. He was younger than her and being filled with magical chemicals and herbs, and screaming until he almost died, and kids are dying around him… Then he went out into the world, and the world hated him. So he's also experienced trauma. From someone who’s gone through that, he’s going to have that sense of patience with her... She’s been through a lot; she’s going to lash out from time to time. Instead of him lashing out in return, he’s going to sit back and try to understand. —Henry Cavill x
