#and so i was interested in how that would intersect with netflix ciri's current journey with her own powers + her ideas of monstrosity

at the end of season 2 i found myself somewhat surprised that vesemir nearly giving ciri the witcher mutagens did not end up as a larger point of contention between vesemir and geralt + geralt and ciri. vesemir’s desperation to keep the witcher practice alive, the rashness of the whole decision to make more mutagens + test them on ciri, and geralt’s own complicated relationship with vesemir (as a father figure and as a nexus of trauma in his life) and the bond he is trying to build with ciri... and all of it coming to a head when it becomes clear to ciri that this won’t spare her from the pain of living...

the most obvious risk of the procedure is that the mutagens would kill ciri - but my next thought was that since the mutagens were made from her own elder blood, they might have worked, and they might have worked with even stronger potency.

#the witcher #ciri #cirilla fiona elen riannon #geralt of rivia #the witcher season 2 #the witcher s2 spoilers #i waited one more week to post this just in case :0 #anyway. i had other drawings planned before this one but the whole thing took over my brain #the other thing i was thinking about is that if she WERE to be the next witcher-in-training #all the dynamics at kaer morhen would shift...#i mean lambert and the others probably would not find her training so funny anymore #the other OTHER thing i was thinking about was that witcher ciri in the games seems to be the best path for her personal happiness #and so i was interested in how that would intersect with netflix ciri's current journey with her own powers + her ideas of monstrosity #how she'd have to realize that nothing she does will let her run from herself #and how she might end up with a fundamentally different relationship to monstrosity (and witchering) than geralt #lastly the other other other thing is: kitty eyes for ciri #fanart #my last drawing from 2021!