The Witcheris a beloved franchise involving both books and video games.
10Yennefer: She has a special relationship with Ciri.
Everyone knows how important Ciri is to Geralt.
Triss doesn’t have much of a relationship with Ciri, but Yennefer is essentially her surrogate mother.
When Ciri was a child, Yen taught her all about magic.
One of the most compelling parts of theWitcheris the found family between Yennefer, Ciri, and Geralt.
9Triss: She’s more fun.
She is more outwardly flirtatious and playful than Yen.
The two of them do have a good time together.
8Yennefer: She doesn’t want any magic to influence their relationship.
She doesn’t want anything about their relationship to be falsified.
The same cannot be said for Triss, who once intentionally manipulated Geralt’s memory.
7Triss: Triss gets more development in the games.
It’s easy to understand why people would be persuaded to choose Triss when she gets so much development.
You don’t know about her sordid past with Geralt and only what’s put in front of you.
6Yennefer: She would do anything to help Ciri.
At one point she is forced to do necromancy.
There’s no reason to change things up if you have already connected with Triss as a romantic option.
4Yennefer: She is willing to die to protect both Geralt and Ciri.
One thing Triss wouldn’t do, die for Ciri or Geralt.
She refused to give up Ciri’s location to those who were after her.
There is nothing Yen wouldn’t do for her makeshift family.
Triss isn’t nearly as loyal, and neither is Geralt, for that matter.
3Triss: There is more freedom with Triss.
Triss is more of a free-spirit than Yennefer is.
As beloved as Yennefer is, she is somewhat controlling in her relationship with Geralt.
Even other characters in the game notice this and comment on it with frequency.
Triss is far less hands-on in terms of making Geralt do things for her.
2Yennefer: Yennefer and Geralt have similar personalities.
Even though Yennefer and Geralt fight often, there is something about their pairing that is intensely realistic.
They fight and bicker often, but it’s because they both have similar personalities.
They love to tease each other, and their back-and-forth banter is incredibly endearing.
Yennefer challenges him more.
It keeps their relationship exciting.
1Triss: The relationship is more balanced with Triss.
Geralt follows Yennefer around like a lost puppy dog at times.
Whereas with Triss, they always seem to be on equal footing.
If anything, Geralt has the upper hand given it’s obvious how strongly Triss feels for him.
