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Without spoiling too much, their relationship does get more stable........but up until that point they are both absolutely terrible to each other. Revenge-fucking other people, and picking specific people to twist the dagger a little more. At one point Yen's insecurities go to 11/10 and she gets jealous of Ciri thinking Geralt...idk it doesn't say so but the only conclusion you can draw from her jealousy is that she thinks he's grooming her.
There are points later that she starts saving his life entirely out of love, but man getting to that point is like watching a messy co-dependent trashy and petty relationship with alcohol, abuse, gaslighting, just all kinds of fucked up shit on both sides. I came to the conclusion that they deserve each other, in a bad way.
Oh no, after the first book i have Garalt on his own little pedestal. Well, i am ready to be hurt.
Lol, I still love Geralt, it's more like "put yourself in his shoes" sort of thing, and the ugly truth is that we would all do stupid shit given the stress or situations to react to like that. It's real easy to sit back and say someone made a poor choice, but if you're the one someone says made a bad choice it's a bit tougher. I honestly can't say I'd just do the right things. Given what he's been up against, he can still be on that pedestal for me. Why he even wants to stick with Yennefer may have just been that stupid wish he made, that he doesn't even know he would ever want un-done later on. It explains a lot of behavior men have with terrible women (and gives some parallels for women in terrible relationships).
People do dumb shit, look at Will Smith.