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#but i assume he was written with a defter hand than whatever my internal biases would broadstrokes paint over him as
roughentumble · 3 years
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#my feelings about Vesemir are very conflicted bc on one hand i wanna like him bc Geralt sees him as a father figure #but on the other hand he would've realistically dealt out some of this horrible abuse to them #like i try to envision him as the 'good cop' kinda Witcher like he was the one who was gentler with the boys but still firm #the kind of teacher who gave the boys reassuring words and a warm hand on their shoulder #and i mean it when i say i TRY bc a part of me immediately jumps to 'no bad wrong older Witcher bad' bc i know realistically he did some #fucked up shit to these poor kids!!! (via @hale-of-stiles-heart)
oh yeah no same. like, on the minor end of things, i've seen quotes from the book where geralt mentions vesemir "tanning their hides"(which would probably be a fairly standard way of raising kids in the fantasy 1200s, but I Dont Like It, so i will look back upon the fictional past and judge all i want to and no one can stop me), and also in tw3 he kept things like. you know. the table they used to strap boys down in for the trial of the grasses. he was involved in that part of the witcher-making process, and i've heard from folks who have read the books that it's....... a pretty uh. uncomfortable situation there, when you start thinking about any of the particulars. he was sortve a "harsh but fair" teacher, i think he was described as, but that by witcher standards isnt a Great sign, and he wasnt especially lenient or anything.
it's easier, in fics, to honestly just ignore that, and paint the world with a nicer, shinier paintbrush(which i often do, because quite frankly i think about the witcher to have fun and that's how i have fun) but in my heart of hearts i dont actually trust that old man.
i also just have no love or patience for fictional father figures, though, so like.
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