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thread of my favorite yennefer and geralt moments from the books
(spoilers)
(spoilers)
~ the last wish ~
— the tension during the entire djinn hunt; geralt being cocky and yennefer being sarcastic
— geralt recognizing yennefer’s beauty
— geralt using his last wish to save yennefer’s life. them realizing they were made for each other
“And then the world started to exist again; but it existed very differently.”
“And then the world started to exist again; but it existed very differently.”
— geralt calling yennefer “yen” for the first time
“Yen - she repeated giving into him completely - nobody’s ever called me that. Say it again.”
“Yen - she repeated giving into him completely - nobody’s ever called me that. Say it again.”
~ the sword of destiny ~
— geralt shuddering at the mention of yennefer
— geralt joining the dragon hunt for yennefer
— moment when they were hanging off the bridge so the last thing that mattered to geralt was to know that yennefer forgave him for leaving her
— yennefer eventually forgiving him
— geralt recognizing yennefer’s beauty (part 2)
— yennefer taking care of geralt after a zeugl contract
— the art of their lovemaking scenes
— yennefer putting geralt to sleep by telling him about elven legends
— geralt being obsessed with noticing details in yennefer’s appearance. to him, it’s beautiful and menacing
— it bothers yennefer when geralt calls himself a mutant devoid of emotions. she gets protective over him because she knows it’s not true. because she has seen and felt who he really is.
— yennefer opens up to geralt about giving “everything” up in order to become a sorceress; she lost something she didn’t realize was the most important to her until it slipped through her fingers and left her empty
— yennefer’s truth is stated by a kestrel because it’s a “shard of ice”, she can’t say it herself. istredd loves her but she can’t love him back because she loves geralt. geralt thinks he is incapable of showing love so he holds back, which is why she decides to leave them both.
— it’s all the same to geralt because no one can be yennefer
— yennefer and geralt meeting on the night of belleteyn after being broken up
— no description just this quote
~ blood of elves ~
— everyone knows yennefer is the love of geralt’s life
— the moment between dandelion and yennefer in which she opens up about regretting not seeing geralt for a long time after the war
— the dear friend letter
— yennefer explaining her relationship with geralt to ciri
— no description just ciri noticing this
