#𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 ⟫ The Seagull & the Swallow (𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀 & 𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐈)

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 & 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞! -- 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐢 & 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐚

transferred over from my old Lara blog @elderbloodcarrier And also because I have too many thought and feelings about Lara and her descendants. Thanks.

THE SEAGULL AND THE SWALLOW ⟫ A PARALLEL

In The Lady of the Lake and the games (specifically Wild Hunt), as pointed out by other characters, there are similarities between Lara and her descendant, Ciri. It’s mostly from

the same green eyes

and the elder blood they share.

Lara and Ciri are princesses from respectable families

They are also named after birds (Seagull & Swallow) which share the symbolism of freedom, resilience, and hope. 

So maybe there is a reason the elder blood is described as being so fiery…

Does Lara have the same ability as Ciri, being able to visit other worlds & times at will?

I like to think she does, although Lara doesn’t know about it at first because she was raised to believe her ‘special child’ would have that trait. The only places she had traveled to before was between her home at Tir na Lia and the continent world of the Aen Seidhe. 

It only makes sense for Lara to have the same abilities. After all, she was the first carrier of the Elder Blood (at least that we know of), and Ciri only got her abilities because of her gene. I’d honestly love to imagine Ciri and Lara traveling different worlds together like two girls shopping at a mall. 

“What do you think of this world?”

“Eh, let’s go back to the ones where they have metal heads.” 

Lara, hugging Ciri protectively: Leave my descendant alone. 

I have no doubt that if Lara was alive in the saga, she would have been protective with Ciri. The moment that girl steps foot in the world of the Aen Elle, she would have pushed Avallac’h and Eredin out of the way, telling them to go away with their plans and taking her under her wing.

This means that Lara would also take over Avallac’h’s role in TW3, having helped to train Ciri. She has no hidden ulterior motives with her descendant. She just wants to help her understand her power and doesn’t plan for her to do something she isn’t comfortable with. Lara just wants Ciri to be herself, not a copy of her.

Lara doesn’t want Ciri to have to follow in the same shoes of destiny as she did. She knows how suffocating and draining it can be. 

Lara has many regrets, and one of them is having her descendants be hunted down or dying over carrying her Elder Blood. 

Lara would get along well with Ciri's adoptive parents

And while I’m still on the note of Lara protecting Ciri, I feel Lara would get along well with Geralt and Yen because they love and care for her. They don’t treat her like a tool or something to posses like everyone else. They ARE her adoptive mother and father and I feel Lara would honestly be grateful to them for it and HIGHLY respect them. 

Lara does also think of Ciri as a daughter so...

#TeamProtectCiri

Okay, but now I started to make myself cry because I started thinking about how Lara and Ciri could find healing with each other, realizing they relate with one another on SO MANY things (being a princess, having elder blood, and all the expectations/trauma with it, etc.) and I just have too many feelings towards Lara and her descendants. 

Alexa play Alone part ii. by Ava Max.

“'Cause you are that someone That gets me like no one else Right when I need it the most And I’ll be the one you rely on A shoulder to cry on A friend through the highs and the lows”

How would Lara react to what Auberon did in the books? Or the Aen Elle's plans for Ciri?

Appalled, and livid. And also disappointed, but this is mostly targeted towards her own father.

Of course Lara isn't too surprised about it either. In fact, she knows she should have expected them to force the same things upon her descendant, just as they did once upon her.

It was one of the reasons she originally ran away….

But for Auberon…her own father, to be so desperate for the pre-destined role that his daughter averted to play out that he would even consider such…intimate relations with her descendant --- Lara wouldn't stand for it. In fact, I'm still highly full of belief that if she had somehow survived and was witness to the events of "Lady of the Lake" that Lara would call Avallac'h, Eredin, and Auberon out on all they are trying to do to Ciri. (I actually want to write a oneshot on this happening now because I'd love to see Lara do that!)

Ciri isn't a test subject. She's not just another dh'oine. She is her descendant -- the last living being that shares a connection to her and Cregennan and the love they had. She is family. The elves refer to Ciri as "Daughter of Lara Dorren", and although biologically it isn't true, for beings who live centuries, it isn't further from the truth. Ciri is like a daughter of sorts to Lara, but not in the same way it is with Yen and Ciri.