#character: philippa eilhart

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the witcher 4 discourse is extremely funny in all its uselessness to me tbh because "They made witcher woke wah wah" bitch have you forgotten about openly bisexual ciri? openly lesbian philippa eilhart? the gay woodsman in white orchard? the drag queen in novigrad? the heavily insinuated pansexual dandelion? geralt standing up for minorities time and again? his seething hatred for the priests of the eternal fire? geralt himself saying again and again that he is different too and that he understands the struggle? the people literally calling him slurs in the streets?? and I could go on

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I'm surprised by the lack of popularity of Imodna. Don't get me wrong, the ship is popular, but it could be more.

These days, I was thinking about wlw/mlm representations, and it's just crazy how a majority of people seem more enthusiastic about mlm ships. I like mlm, but why would people prefer it? I don't understand the "love is love, but mlm > wlw" logic. I'm saying that because I'm pretty sure that if imodna was a mlm ship it would be waaaaaay more popular. When you search on AO3 (Critical Role) there are around 8353 mlm fictions and only 5434 wlw. Why? 

It's like with powerful male characters vs powerful female characters. I mean if Philippa was Philippe, a powerful and morally grey gay sorcerer, I'm pretty sure he could be a top 5 fan favorite characters of the Witcher fandom. Same for sooooo many fictional characters. You only have to switch the gender to change the fandom perception of a character/ship.

Yeah I'm really random tonight but this thought was stuck in my brain and I had to write it down somewhere.

No offence to mlm or male characters btw.

Why am I thinking about that at midnight.

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commission for @windflowerofskellige of their Radovid as a bebe and Philippa. thank you so much for the comm!! <3

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The Witcher Season 3 Character Posters

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Canon Sapphic Characters Tournament Round One (Bracket 7)

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I have been looking for someone that wrote for the witcher books as x reader for awhile, who are your favorite characters ( could be game characters to)

Great question, I really like them all. But I think I have some favourite.

Philippa/Filippa Eilhart

(This is an official visual)

Lord I love her. Badass, lesbian, owl, all the story is literally because of her (I won't spoil for those who haven't read the books). In the games she is perfect, In the books too. I have hopes for the tv show... I wouldn't have choose Cassie Clare (tbf I wanted them to go further in the native theme, because she is so native coded in the games and a bit in the books, and to choose a native american/australian actress), but why not.

Anna Henrietta of Toussaint

From the books a bit, but more from the games. Blood and Wine is an awesome dlc. Queen step on me. I like her sister a bit too. I love how this story is borderline coded. I wrote a fanfiction of her and a maid (being a higher vampire), but turned it into being a part of my original universe. I really love Toussaint in the game, very southern France alike, it's fun.

Cerys An Craite

(Artist : Nikivaszi)

Lord, Cerys... I am a whore for this woman. I want to be her property. Ciri x Cerys is so hot btw. She is the reason why I love the Skellig part so much in the witcher 3.

Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzief Godefroy (Regis)

(Artist : shalizeh)

I don't love him in a romantic way, but he is really cool. I think I prefer him in the books, but I also love him in the game (in which they erased a bit his feminism, pro-lgbt and pro-choice positions and that's why I prefer him in the books). I hope Pedro Pascal will be his actor in the tv show... Same here, I won't spoil, but let's say I relate a lot to his questions about the world.

This man is a greeflag.

Lydia Van Bredevoort

(The artist isn't written on it, if I remember well it's an official visual but not sure...)

I like this sweetie pie (she is only a sweetie pie in the books... wtf Netflix I don't understand why did you do that). We don't see her a lot but... she is cute.

I love Yennefer too (more in the books than in the game btw, in the game I chose Triss), but I think these five really are my favourite. I really like Ciri. And of course, Geralt is really cool. I love his character, his development, his relationship with Yen and Ciri. Jaskier/Dandelion is cool too... But... eh... He cheated on Anna Henrietta so jail now. You can't cheat on her. She is perfect.

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I haven't been in the Witcher fandom for a few years now but I need people to stop shipping Philippa, a canon lesbian, with men. 😐

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Cassie Clare as Philippa Eilhart

Appears in season three of The Witcher (2021).

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who the fuck in the writer’s room was writing that shit about philippa refusing to fight for the north

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Multifandom: female characters with (magical) powers

Fringilla Vigo, Yennefer of Vengerberg, Triss Merigold, Philippa Eilhart, Francesca Findabair (The Witcher), Claudia (The Dragon Prince), Ruta Skadi (His Dark Materials), Katara, Azula (The Last Airbender), Moiraine Damodred, Alanna Mosvani, Siuan Sanche, Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara (The Wheel of Time), Galadriel (The Lord of the Rings), Morgana Pendragon, Morgause (Merlin), Alina Starkov, Zoya Nazyalensky (Shadow and Bone), Melisandre (Game of Thrones).

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Ever since Season 3 of Netflix's "The Witcher" came out, I've been bemoaning the fact that a lot of people writing articles about the differences between "book Radovid" and "TV show Radovid" keep saying that he's this super important villainous character in Sapkowski's books, while thinking that they'd been listening to all the rumors spread by toxic men upset that they made Radovid this highly emotionally intelligent (a type of intelligence stereotypically associated with women and femininity), sensitive, and insightful gay man on the TV show, rather than the paranoid, cold, calculating "alpha male" strategist they've gotten used to seeing in the game adaptation...

But I'd never really taken the time to go take a good look at the way Radovid V's main Wikipedia page had been structured/written.

When you read the beginning, if you're familiar with the content of the books, then it is obvious that the description is about the videogame character in continuity with what was found in the books.

Because yes, "game Radovid" is technically "canon compliant" (i.e. does not openly contradict what little Sapkowski wrote in canon).

But there's a HUGE difference between a character expanding on someone's writing, and a character being established and supported by the original material's writing!

And "game Radovid" remains an original videogame writers' creation rather than a Sapkowski's one. It just doesn't contradict the fact that he was powerless and insignificant at thirteen years of age, and grew up to get even with those that humiliated him and his mother, then became known in history as "the Stern".

But him being a polarizing monarch, considered either a brilliant general and strategist or a paranoid madman, having been mostly raised by Philippa, grown to hates mages and remotely supported witch hunts, etc.

None of that is directly reflected in any of the books.

Not contradicted. But nowhere supported nor implied.

So when I saw this intro, with the videogame character picture beside it, I'd always understood that "Okay, so they decided to integrate both book and game portrayals together in continuity, to describe everything that is known about the character, since King Radovid is an expansion on Prince Radovid that has this single short scene in the books. Seems fair and obvious!"

But here's the problem... Later on, in the character's biography, this warning appears...

Thus implying that everything that came before was considered canon in the books!!! Both in the description above, and in the biography here:

So, no wonder we've kept seeing a bunch of freaking articles stating things like "in the videogames and the books, Radovid is portrayed as a villain whose reign brings prejudice and terror to the Continent", in usually fairly reliable online entertainment websites such as "Screen Rant", "Collider", etc.!!!

If any of them assumed that the presence of

somewhere in the page, meant that everything that had originally been put above that warning in the Wikipedia was also part of the books' canon; then they all genuinely believed that Radovid, as written by Sapkowski, was a polarizing figure, bore a deep aversion towards mages, was dominated and demeaned by Philippa Eilhart throughout his youth, etc.

When the only interaction we have between Philippa and Radovid, in canon, is:

He felt someone's eyes on the nape of his neck. As delicate as something he didn't know - or did, but only from his dreams. Something like the soft, hot caress of a woman's lips. He turned his head. He saw the dark, bottomless eyes of Philippa Eilhart fixed on him. 'Just you wait', thought the prince, looking away. 'Just you wait.'

But, within the context of that scene, that "just you wait" seems directed towards the whole group of people that are treating him as someone without any significance, rather than specifically Philippa herself.

For reference, here's how the entire scene plays out. It is the one and only time Prince Radovid appears in person in any of the books of the entire series, and all the information that was ever given to us by Sapkowski regarding what his reign will look like:

And during those celebrations, there's a passage where we are made aware that Philippa has been reading King Helmelfart's thoughts.

So - regardless of Radovid specifically wanting to prove himself to Philippa or to everyone that's apparently decided to slight his family -Philippa looking in Radovid's direction during the celebrations does not indicate that she has any specific plan for him, nor any intention to ever use him.

She might have simply noticed him sulking there, been intrigued, and what Radovid sensed (that unfamiliar, gentle feminine presence that felt like a dream to him) might simply have been her reading his mind to listen to what he was thinking about.

And, considering what happens to her, I'm not even sure that she got to live long enough to see Radovid come of age and become king!

Technically, if the Northern Wars lasted from 1239 to 1268, and the Witch Hunts began in 1272, then Radovid would still have been a minor in 1272 (and thus Queen Hedwig still considered an in interim "official" regent) when those hunts began.

In 1268, Dijkstra had already warned Philippa that there were rumors circulating that King Vizimir's assassin hadn't acted alone. And we also know that Priest Willemer was heavily gunning for her, and waiting for her to make the slightest mistake in order to take her down!

1272 is also the year a great plague hit the Continent (something that Willemer was hoping would happen, so he'd be able to blame mages for it), and we know Philippa gets captured, tortured, and killed by Willemer under accusations of having betrayed the kingdom, formented tumults and sedition, incited the people, and ploted an insurection (crimes that she never confesses to, even under torture).

So, the mere suspicion of Philippa having been responsible for King Vizimir's murder, combined with the great plague in 1272, might've been all the ammunition that Willemer needed to gain a big enough following and allow him to act! Philippa might very well have been amongst his first victims!

Actually a mage that failed to prevent bad things (like a plague) being part of the "Regency Council" of Redania might have been enough for him to brand her a traitor, and "conduct his own justice" with his fanatical followers against Queen Hedwig's wishes!

Because those texts describe Willemer as "Wilmerius, a heretic and cultist, and self-appointed high priest," mentioning that he was the one that had ordered her to be thrown in prison, and tried to get a confession of her "sins" out of her (not a monarch)!

If he "self-appointed" himself high priest, then it's not Queen Hedwig nor King Radovid that gave him that title.

There's literally no indication that King Radovid ever supported any of the witch hunts that happened between 1272 and 1276 on the Continent, nor had anything to do - directly or indirectly - with them or Philippa Eilhart's death!

All the information I've been able to find, regarding the witch hunts in the source material, is literally this:

So yeah, there's literally no evidence, in the source material, that King Radovid ever hated mages nor wished them any harm.

There is nothing that says that Philippa ever had any influence on him, nor ever mistreated him in his youth.

She looked at him once - perhaps while reading his mind - in the books, but that's the extent of what's shown of their relationship in the source material.

If you read all of this while being familiar with the games, however, I can easily imagine that it is easy to interpret certain passages as proofs that what happens in the games between Radovid and Philippa is part of the canon, accidentally mix elements of the two in your memory, and assume that Radovid is among those that participated in the witch hunts.

I can imagine that the people that wrote those descriptions in the Wikipedia did so without any intention to move away from Sapkowski's work, or replace the book canon with the game canon.

But when you forget that the games exist for a moment, and read those passages without any knowledge of them, all you have is a sulking thirteen year-old-boy that gets upset that his family is being totally slighted by the Regency Council and the other monarchs at the celebrations of the Peace of Cintra, gets a weird feeling when Philippa looks at him, and becomes determined to show them what he's made of!

He then grows up to become a king that pays them back for all the insults that he and his mother suffered, and becomes known in history as Radovid V the Stern.

Objectively, that's it! That's all Sapkowski ever gave us about him.

This is the extent of what is known about King Radovid's reign, his motivations, and the events that shaped him in the books canon.

Everything else in his Wikipedia is based on his portrayal in the games.

And it's driving me nuts that I didn't notice the implication before!

That I'd never really taken the time to go take a good look at what's being said about Radovid on the main Wiki page, and go "Fucking hell! The way they added that warning makes it look like everything up to that point is book accurate!!!"

So I've finally attempted to hopefully fix it.

All that I'm hoping for, is that anyone wishing to totally revert the changes I've made will understand that if they want to treat the idea of King Radovid being a villain in the books, they would normally need to back this claim up with actual references from Andrzej Sapkowski's writings, at the very least!

And although much of the damage has already been done, I'm minimally hoping that any serious writer on remotely reputable entertainment blogs and websites, wanting to discuss the differences between the books and the TV series in the future, while using the Wikipedia as reference (because they don't want to buy the books and fact check everything), will understand that Radovid truly is just an upset thirteen year old kid that lost his father in the books, and whose presence in or absence from it would literally have changed nothing!

And yes, you can enjoy both the version of Prince/King Radovid that was created by the videogame writers, and the version of Prince/King Radovid that was created by the TV show writers, without betraying Sapkowski's work and intent for the character, because they are both called "adaptations", and every single version of Radovid exists in his own world/canon!

TV show Radovid was made relevant and now replaces another irrelevant character (Queen Hedwig) at a time where the Regency Council was in charge, Prince Radovid was a sulking child doing nothing, and Queen Hedwig was despondent over King Vizimir's death and doing freaking nothing!

And videogame Radovid was made relevant to exist in a "post books world", to create a new antagonist once they ran out of books material to adapt.

Perhaps Sapkowski would be proud of what they did with his version of Prince Radovid in the games, perhaps he'd laugh at the whole idea that he became a madman tyran going on witch hunts (Dude! He just had a bunch of monarchs in the North assassinated and replaced, and stripped a few Redanian noble families of their names and titles while raising taxes for the rich. Chill. The mages were never at risk with him and he was good to his people. But "stern" with nobility), and find it ludicrous!

But we'll likely never know, because he's never played the games, and he does not consider the videogame lore as belonging to the lore of his books.

Love the books and its adaptations as much as you want! Just don't freaking substitute Sapkowski's writings with a videogame creation, and then get upset TV show writers did not use said adaption to make their very own and give that barely there character a different role to suit their own needs!

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not to continually rant about this but it is so fucking ridiculous that people keep trying to bring up book!radovid and game!radovid when talking about show!radovid and using it to disparage not only him but his relationship with jaskier (not to mention their fans).

first off, unless i'm mistaken, these are the only references to radovid in the books:

Prince Radovid was a minor, Queen Hedwig had been devastated by the tragic death of her husband - the aristocracy, terrified, had become stupid, and was disunited and divided into factions.

— Baptism of Fire

“I know [Calante] had wedding plans for Ciri, to join her with young Tancred Thyssen of Kovir or perhaps to the Redanian prince, Radovid, I don’t know exactly.”

— The Tower of Swallows

'Long live His Holiness!’ A few voices came from the crowd, obviously bribes. Novigrad’s hierarch Cyrus Englekind Hemmelfart rose and blessed the people and the army with his outstretched hands, while irreverently covering Queen Hedwig and young Radovid with the skirts of his robe.

Nobody shouts, “Long live Radovid”, thought the prince covered by the hierarch’s fat ass. No one even looks at me. No one is screaming in honour of my mother. No one remembers my poor father. Even today, at a day of triumph, which he so richly deserved. After all, that’s why he was murdered.

He felt a gaze on his neck. Delicate like someone he did not know - or knew, but only in his dreams. Something that was soft like a brush of a woman’s warm lips. He turned his head. He discovered the dark unfathomable eyes of Philippa Eilhart fixed on him.

Wait, thought the prince, looking away. Just wait.

No one could predict or guess then that this boy of thirteen years, which at that time was a person without any relevance in a country ruled by the Regency Council and by Dijkstra, would become king. A king who, after he paid all the insults that had been given to his mother and him, would go down in history with the name Radovid the Stern.

— Lady of the Lake

that’s it. that’s all the information about him there is. so coming at show!radovid from the angle of "[spooky voice] ooo people don't know what they're in for with him given how he is in the books~", like, what are you talking about!?

and if we're talking about the games... why? the show is based off the books not the games and even game!radovid is really not based off the books because based off what? there is so little information about book!radovid that the games pretty much did their own thing with him just like the show is doing with their version of radovid. (plus, at the end of the day, the show is still its own thing anyway. it's not the games. it's not the books. it's the show.)

and as far as the whole "but they aged radovid up, ew" thing goes. like, you are not serious people. but ignoring that and pretending like this is some serious argument: radovid in the books hardly exists as a character in the first place so it's not even like the show is taking some well-established child character or anything like that? they've basically just taken his name (which, js, but he’s not even the only radovid in the books; there’s actually multiple kings throughout redania’s history named radovid which the books cover), the location he's from, and the royal title he has and they've made their own character.

[ao3yennaia]

To Be Loved (But to Taste of Wanting)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/1Xb8aKL by Runaway_Writer "Thought transference should flow through you, like learning to dance or swim or kiss."   What of the Rectoress? What kisses has she tasted over the long years of her life? With whom and under what circumstances? ----- Or: 5 times someone kissed Tissaia and 1 time she kissed someone else Words: 1705, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English Fandoms: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F Characters: Tissaia de Vries, Vanielle of Brugge, Philippa Eilhart, Margarita Laux-Antille, Calanthe Fiona Riannon, Triss Merigold, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Sabrina Glevissig Relationships: Vanielle of Brugge/Tissaia de Vries, Philippa Eilhart/Tissaia de Vries, Margarita Laux-Antille/Tissaia de Vries, Calanthe Fiona Riannon/Tissaia de Vries, Triss Merigold & Tissaia de Vries, Tissaia de Vries/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg Additional Tags: Fluff, 5+1 Things, Teeny Tiny Tissaia Bang (The Witcher), Light Angst, just a little bit read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/1Xb8aKL