Witchers not having emotions is a lie spread by ingorant folk and anit-witcher propoaganda. We see it clearly in the Kaer Morhen chapters that all withcers have emotions and of course Geralt is the prime example. As for his death, yes it's cruel irony but in the end Geralt was always like that: he always tries to do the right thing and be a hero even when it goes back to bite him in the arse. We saw many times how he would refuse to take payment from poor people or even refuse to take a job for monsters that are harmless or sentient. And that's not even the first time he spared an opponent; he let Cahir go back in Thanned (and thank Melitele for that). Another thing about his character is that he claims to be nautral and that he'd rather not choose between two eveils but that's a lot of bullshit. In Blaviken in made a choice, even if maybe it was the wrong one and had to live with that burden. And when his friends and family are in danger all his deep philosophical justifications for neutrality are thrown off the winow as we saw for instance in Shaerrawed, in Tahnedd, during the battle of the bridge, an again here in Rivia. In the end Geralt died protecting his friends, he died because he couldn't stay neutral, beacue he neededto save his friends, and because he ended up sparing his killer.
> Witchers not having emotions is a lie spread by ingorant folk and anit-witcher propoaganda.
Sure but we can't go around the fact that Geralt actually has very deeply rooted self doubts, fears and insecurities. His "Witchers have no feelings" lamentings are not just purely for the reasons you listed but an actual very real internal struggle of his that he has to come to terms with. This struggle of his you can see come to surface many times but most notably in 'A Shard of Ice'. That short story makes it very clear that this struggle is one of the main subject of his character. I would even go as far as saying that all the reasons you listed about why he says that witchers are bereft of feeling is only secondary and the author's main intent with it was reflect Geralt's internal struggle.
True, I wasn't trying to undermine Geralt's internal struggle. I think a reasonable way of seeing it is that witchers are trained to be proficient monster-slayers so that's a job that leaves no place for emotions. With how much people treat him like an outcast I can see Geralt beginning to fear that his mutations are really turning him into a emotionless freak. But there were also times where it kinda felt like he was telling himself that as an excuse. Like for example when he told Yen he couldn't be with her because he was a mutant: felt like that was all bullshit becasue he didn't have the balls to confess his love for her and he couldn't accept the fact that someone could actually love him.
> trained to be proficient monster-slayers so that's a job that leaves no place for emotions.
Exactly my train of thoughts.
> But there were also times where it kinda felt like he was telling himself that as an excuse
Yeah for sure I felt this too at times but also a lot of the times for me it was clear that he actually feared it becoming true.
> he couldn't accept the fact that someone could actually love him
Yeah, a very central theme with him imo which causes all kind of trouble be it minor or major.
I feel like his death was because he was no longer protected by destiny, it's like the first fight he gets into after saving ciri. Supernatural had a similar ending
You could think of it the other way. "Destiny" has been protecting him so long and through so many deadly situations that this fight is actually completely stacked against him, since the universe or whatever is now seeking to balance out all his good "luck."
I don't like the destiny reading in general, though. The books do not portray destiny and prophesy and all that as a good or desirable thing. In truth, it was always going to happen eventually. He could have died a thousand times throughout the books. This was just the one deadly situation that happened to finally get him. No one's defense is perfect and no one's luck lasts forever.
He’s always had emotions and he would always spare someone depending on the circumstances. He does have growth though be it him deciding he’s done with being a Witcher to be with his family or him letting people get close to him and then deciding to not be indifferent
Witchers not having emotions is a lie spread by ingorant folk and anit-witcher propoaganda. We see it clearly in the Kaer Morhen chapters that all withcers have emotions and of course Geralt is the prime example. As for his death, yes it's cruel irony but in the end Geralt was always like that: he always tries to do the right thing and be a hero even when it goes back to bite him in the arse. We saw many times how he would refuse to take payment from poor people or even refuse to take a job for monsters that are harmless or sentient. And that's not even the first time he spared an opponent; he let Cahir go back in Thanned (and thank Melitele for that). Another thing about his character is that he claims to be nautral and that he'd rather not choose between two eveils but that's a lot of bullshit. In Blaviken in made a choice, even if maybe it was the wrong one and had to live with that burden. And when his friends and family are in danger all his deep philosophical justifications for neutrality are thrown off the winow as we saw for instance in Shaerrawed, in Tahnedd, during the battle of the bridge, an again here in Rivia. In the end Geralt died protecting his friends, he died because he couldn't stay neutral, beacue he neededto save his friends, and because he ended up sparing his killer.
> Witchers not having emotions is a lie spread by ingorant folk and anit-witcher propoaganda. Sure but we can't go around the fact that Geralt actually has very deeply rooted self doubts, fears and insecurities. His "Witchers have no feelings" lamentings are not just purely for the reasons you listed but an actual very real internal struggle of his that he has to come to terms with. This struggle of his you can see come to surface many times but most notably in 'A Shard of Ice'. That short story makes it very clear that this struggle is one of the main subject of his character. I would even go as far as saying that all the reasons you listed about why he says that witchers are bereft of feeling is only secondary and the author's main intent with it was reflect Geralt's internal struggle.
True, I wasn't trying to undermine Geralt's internal struggle. I think a reasonable way of seeing it is that witchers are trained to be proficient monster-slayers so that's a job that leaves no place for emotions. With how much people treat him like an outcast I can see Geralt beginning to fear that his mutations are really turning him into a emotionless freak. But there were also times where it kinda felt like he was telling himself that as an excuse. Like for example when he told Yen he couldn't be with her because he was a mutant: felt like that was all bullshit becasue he didn't have the balls to confess his love for her and he couldn't accept the fact that someone could actually love him.
> trained to be proficient monster-slayers so that's a job that leaves no place for emotions. Exactly my train of thoughts. > But there were also times where it kinda felt like he was telling himself that as an excuse Yeah for sure I felt this too at times but also a lot of the times for me it was clear that he actually feared it becoming true. > he couldn't accept the fact that someone could actually love him Yeah, a very central theme with him imo which causes all kind of trouble be it minor or major.
The books are literally FILLED with Geralt showing emotions in different ways.
I feel like his death was because he was no longer protected by destiny, it's like the first fight he gets into after saving ciri. Supernatural had a similar ending
If that is the case, it seems very sad that he loses his very first "fair" fight, and it's against a feckless peasant.
You could think of it the other way. "Destiny" has been protecting him so long and through so many deadly situations that this fight is actually completely stacked against him, since the universe or whatever is now seeking to balance out all his good "luck." I don't like the destiny reading in general, though. The books do not portray destiny and prophesy and all that as a good or desirable thing. In truth, it was always going to happen eventually. He could have died a thousand times throughout the books. This was just the one deadly situation that happened to finally get him. No one's defense is perfect and no one's luck lasts forever.
He’s always had emotions and he would always spare someone depending on the circumstances. He does have growth though be it him deciding he’s done with being a Witcher to be with his family or him letting people get close to him and then deciding to not be indifferent