• VaultBoyNewVegas
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    315 months ago

    In the books yen uses magic to hide her hunchback and ugliness. Geralt being a Witcher and therefore trained/experienced to analyse magic in front of him quickly sees through the illusion. If the show had the character look uglier to begin with then that’s probably a result of adapting the books. I haven’t watched the show as I don’t really like adaptations. Btw it’s not just Yen that uses magic to hide ugliness either, almost all other sorceresses do as well in the books including Triss.

    • Redex
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      5 months ago

      Interesting, in the show it isn’t really an illusion, they physically change her.

      • @GeoGio7
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        205 months ago

        It’s also like that in the books. In the book Geralt can somehow see it in her eyes. He says they’re the eyes of a hunchback or something along those lines.

          • @kameecoding
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            195 months ago

            Geralt read some meninim playbook and tried to neg the fuck out of her.

            “You are beautiful but I see hunchback in your eyes.”

          • @GeoGio7
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            125 months ago

            He said it in his head hahaha not in to her

          • Dr. Bob
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            75 months ago

            She is very strong character in the books. He means despite the front he still sees the pain of rejection inher eyes.

            • @[email protected]
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              55 months ago

              You’re a knockout but you have the eyes of someone who grew up poor and fat so I know you have a great personality