Triss is easily the worst ( As in villainous ) character in the entire franchise.

[alicerinz]

Before he hit his head against a rock and lost his memory, Geralt most certainly didn't love Triss. He rejected all her advances quite openly and even went as far as to call their past relationship a mistake.

Yet mere moments after the start of the first game, she took advantage of him and invited the oblivious and admittedly willing witcher to bed. And then several times after that.

If the opening of witcher 2, where they both wake up next to each other naked is any indication, Triss must've enjoyed herself quite throughly at Geralt's expense until he finally remembered his past on his own. When asked why she didnt tell him about Yennefer, Triss just went "Sorry".

Amazing. If we assume that she got her witcher fetish a while after Geralt met Yennefer but before he found Ciri, its probably safe to say that she's been going at it for 10 years or more.

[Living Broscillograph]

Rose of Remembrance can't change the point because it is used to bind a victim to a sorcerer's will. It can't change the point - it strengthens it further.

Triss is a lying manipulating witch that never cared for Geralt other than for a sex-object or a hired sword. Thus she never spoke to him about anyone HE loved before amnesia. Unless someone made him to remember - and then he asked Triss directly. What she answered him though - that we can only guess through Dandelion's interpretation (as he is the story teller) and our own fantasy. Dandelion and many others wanted Geralt to be with Triss (and, damn them, they never told about Ciri! It's probably only a random tavernkeeper in TW1 who does it), so that info is biased at best.

[MaximumEffort]

they are both manipulative and abusing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Geralt is better off never getting near any of them.

[Mr_Ahmad.X]

Alert! Contain spoilers! Well, she loves him dearly, sure she wasn't supposed to use him when he lost his memory but at least she treat him kindly and she wasn't using him to plot something bad, unlike Yen who treat him like a dog and thinks that she is the only woman on earth, I was so happy to dumb her in "the last wish" quest, and after that I treated her the way she deserves, and btw since I heard about yen in the witcher 1 I was so excited to find and meet her, but in the witcher 3 I was very disappointed," excuse my english"

[alicerinz]

Originally posted by Living Broscillograph:

Rose of Remembrance can't change the point because it is used to bind a victim to a sorcerer's will

I couldn't find the description of the rose for some reason. Thanks for the info.

Originally posted by Ahmad Aqrbawi:

I heard about yen in the witcher 1 I was so excited to find and meet her, but in the witcher 3 I was very disappointed," excuse my english"

You cant undestand her relationship with Geralt based purely on what you saw in games.

There are whole 6 or so novels describing their adventures.

Originally posted by sjrekis:

they are both manipulative and abusing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Geralt is better off never getting near any of them.

Thats true. Some chick in the books said as much, at least concerning Yennefer.

[Kurosu]

She doesnt have a witcher fetish, she has a Geralt fetish.
Many people dont know her true story because they havent read the books. Trish was Yen's best friend and got jealous of their relationship. So she used mind control to have sex with Geralt ( i dont remember if it was a potion or a spell tbh, been a while since my read).There is also a scene where she is trying to get Geralt to bed and he rejects her . Whats more she BETRAYS CIRI to the lodge.

Then she takes advantage in the first 2 games again like you mentioned. In witcher 3 they made the whole " mage leader" thing in an attempt to give her a redemption story .
How people are capable of choosing Trish when they know all this is beyond me. Yenefer has her own flows but she was always loyal to both Geralt and Ciri ( who she considers her daughter and Ciri considers her her mother as well) They were also both willing to suicide for her in the final book and it almost hapened too.

[alicerinz]

Originally posted by Kurosu:

She doesnt have a witcher fetish, she has a Geralt fetish.

I went through Blood of Elves not too long ago. Triss definitely gets kicks out of having witchers touch her, apparently she feels some kind of strong tingling when exposed to their touch.

[𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛]

Fully agree with the OP. I've seen many threads with people complaining about the difficulty in choosing between two "inordinately pretty ladies", while I was wondering if there could've been choices any worse, excluding a decision to bring forth their appearances appearances strikingly resembling their personalities (to many, that's pretty but to me, that's hideous beyond measure).

Originally posted by Living Broscillograph:

Rose of Remembrance can't change the point because it is used to bind a victim to a sorcerer's will. It can't change the point - it strengthens it further.

That was exactly his point.

[Dragon]

Originally posted by cantdecideonadamnnickname:

Before he hit his head against a rock and lost his memory, Geralt most certainly didn't love Triss. He rejected all her advances quite openly and even went as far as to call their past relationship a mistake.

Where are you getting that crap from? That's not in the games right?

So then, you can't legitimately conflate crap from outside of the games with what is actually in the games. Crap from outside of the games has no relevance to the games.

And Yenn in Witcher 3 is easily one of the most obnoxious harpies ever put into any game. No way is Triss worse than her.

And the end of Witcher 2 makes abundantly clear that Geralt loves Triss. He wouldn't have mass-murdered dozens of Nilfs for her if he didn't.

[Living Broscillograph]

Originally posted by Dragon:

And the end of Witcher 2 makes abundantly clear that Geralt loves Triss. He wouldn't have mass-murdered dozens of Nilfs for her if he didn't.

And he didn't. He went to release Saskia from Rose of Remembrance influence. Geralt is against slavery and rаpe. He knew that Triss will be ok, because she worked for Nilfgaard in TW1, so she's a valuable agent for them, and they'll keep her alive and well long enough.
Also, in the end of TW2 Geralt remembers his past - that past which is not shown in games but is constantly referred to. He knows what in that past Triss did to him, to Yen and to Ciri.

[MaximumEffort]

Originally posted by Kurosu:

Yenefer has her own flows but she was always loyal to both Geralt and Ciri ( who she considers her daughter and Ciri considers her her mother as well) They were also both willing to suicide for her in the final book and it almost hapened too.

♥♥♥♥ no! Yenefer is only loyal to herself. She doesnt care for Geralt or his friends. Its her own selfish needs that drive her. Screw the genie, send her to the end of world and be done with her.

[𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛]

Originally posted by Dragon:

Originally posted by cantdecideonadamnnickname:

Before he hit his head against a rock and lost his memory, Geralt most certainly didn't love Triss. He rejected all her advances quite openly and even went as far as to call their past relationship a mistake.

Where are you getting that crap from? That's not in the games right?

So then, you can't legitimately conflate crap from outside of the games with what is actually in the games. Crap from outside of the games has no relevance to the games.

And Yenn in Witcher 3 is easily one of the most obnoxious harpies ever put into any game. No way is Triss worse than her.

And the end of Witcher 2 makes abundantly clear that Geralt loves Triss. He wouldn't have mass-murdered dozens of Nilfs for her if he didn't.

Old man, he would've massacred the camp for any dear friend of his. I personally hate Yennefer (enough to deliberately refrain from calling her "Yen", because of what backs Geralt calling her that, "lOvE") as well, but Triss is somehow better? She took advantage of his amnesia and banged him. He wouldn't have consented had he remembered their past. And it gets worse when she tried to use the Rose of Remembrance to bind him to her will, when she realised that he was starting to regain his memories. Don't be fooled by her soft spoken nature, she's a lying snake within.

[alicerinz]

I gotta say, this Rose has a really misleading name.

[𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛]

Originally posted by cantdecideonadamnnickname:

I gotta say, this Rose has a really misleading name.

I bet it was intended, so as to break the victim's suspicions.

[Frostbite]

In my opinion, Triss falls short compared to Yennefer, just because she tried to take advantage of Geralt when he lost his memory. Other than this, its quite clear that Triss is a better match for Geralt than Yennefer. People say Yennefer is better for Ciri, i disagree. Because in orphaned kids, second mom figure is always confusing af(i should know). A friend in the other hand, is much more better in terms of opening up the kid and helping her to get ♥♥♥♥ together. I guess in the books Geralt loves Yennefer, i have no idea why though. But i guess thats the point, love is unreasonable(?).

[𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛]

Originally posted by Frostbite:

In my opinion, Triss falls short compared to Yennefer, just because she tried to take advantage of Geralt when he lost his memory. Other than this, its quite clear that Triss is a better match for Geralt than Yennefer. People say Yennefer is better for Ciri, i disagree. Because in orphaned kids, second mom figure is always confusing af(i should know). A friend in the other hand, is much more better in terms of opening up the kid and helping her to get ♥♥♥♥ together. I guess in the books Geralt loves Yennefer, i have no idea why though. But i guess thats the point, love is unreasonable(?).

I think its because they were both "abnormal" in the sense that they never fit in with society because of their magical affinity, so he saw someone who he could feel at home with. As for Yennefer, she almost got herself killed when she tried to control a djinn for power. But the djinn owed Geralt one last wish, which he used to bind their fates. The exact wording of this wish was left to reader's imagination, but it definitely required the djinn to let her live. And so, she reciprocated his feelings. But still, I couldn't wrap my head around this completely.

And sorry for the loss btw.