{"id":383197,"date":"2021-12-18T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ciri-and-yennefer-take-big-risks-to-fix-their-past-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-12-18T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T18:00:16","slug":"ciri-and-yennefer-take-big-risks-to-fix-their-past-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ciri-and-yennefer-take-big-risks-to-fix-their-past-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ciri and Yennefer Take Big Risks to Fix Their Past (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27810fcc92c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27810fcc92c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ciri-and-yennefer-take-big-risks-to-fix-their-past-recap\/#Other_Notes\" >Other Notes:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ciri and Yennefer Take Big Risks to Fix Their Past (RECAP)<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <strong>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>The Witcher<\/em> Season 2 Episode 5, \u201cTurn Your Back.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As this season\u2019s storylines begin to intersect, the characters at the center of the drama try desperately to escape their past. This is certainly the case for Ciri (Freya Allan) and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), who consider dangerous methods to change themselves in this episode. But as both women find out, you cannot numb yourself to the pain of the past; instead, they must learn and grow.<\/p>\n<p>Ciri\u2019s determination to become a monster-slaying witcher is initially seen as an admirable goal. She not only wants to learn to protect herself, but she wants to be like her pseudo-father, Geralt (Henry Cavill). However, as this episode progresses, we see that there is a darker and more upsetting reason behind Ciri\u2019s desire. Ciri doesn\u2019t just want the fighting skills of a witcher; she wants what she believes is a witcher\u2019s lack of feeling, lack of emotion\u2026 she wants to switch off the pain.<\/p>\n<p>This comes to a head when Vesemir (Kim Bodnia) tells Ciri about her Elder blood and how it can be used to create more witchers. For Vesemir, this is hope, the kind of which he hasn\u2019t had in years. For Ciri, this is a chance to be reborn, forget the past, and find new purpose. Despite Triss\u2019s (Anna Shaffer) warnings, Ciri agrees to be experimented on, on one condition \u2014 she wants to be the first to try the potion. Vesemir is reluctant, knowing of the potentially deadly consequences, but Ciri is not the type to take no for an answer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1026052\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1026052\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1026052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Freya Allan and Kim Bodnia in The Witcher Season 2\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/freya-allan-kim-bodnia-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1026052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susie Allnut\/Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Triss, meanwhile, does her best to convince Ciri not to go through with it. Instead, the maternal mage offers Ciri an alternative way to find purpose, taking her into a deep dream state to explore her past. What follows is a seasonally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate A Christmas Carol-style journey through the past, present, and future, as Triss guides Ciri through her memories, all in the hope of finding answers.<\/p>\n<p>In this dream world, Ciri meets her mother, Pavetta (Gaia Mondadori), who somehow is able to see and communicate with her daughter. \u201cSomething is wrong,\u201d Triss worries, recognizing that this might have been a mistake. Ciri is determined to keep going, though, eventually coming up on an elf mother clutching a crying baby. The elf suddenly turns, choking Triss while warning that Ciri is \u201cthe child of wrath\u201d who will destroy humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the real world, a deeply frightened Triss cowers in the corner of the room, keeping Ciri at arm\u2019s length. \u201cIt\u2019s you,\u201d she says, \u201cYou\u2019re going to bring about the end, and nothing can stop it, not even him.\u201d With no answers and even more questions, Ciri returns to the laboratory and tells Vesemir to pump her with the Elder blood potion. And she\u2019s about to go through it until Geralt returns and puts a stop to it.<\/p>\n<p>Ciri argues with Geralt that it\u2019s her choice to become a witcher. She wants to be like him, cut off her feelings. Everything that\u2019s come before she has destroyed. She\u2019s lost her home, her friends, and her family. And for what? She doesn\u2019t even know why because she doesn\u2019t know who she truly is. Ciri doesn\u2019t want to go on feeling like that, so she\u2019d rather forget the past and become an emotionless witcher. It\u2019s a rather bleak moment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1026053\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1026053\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1026053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Eamon Farren in The Witcher Season 2\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/eamon-farren-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1026053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susie Allnut\/Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Geralt tells Ciri that becoming a witcher doesn\u2019t make one numb to the past. The talk of the heartless witcher is just a myth. Witchers feel just like everyone else. They remember the past just like everyone else. It\u2019s not about shutting the pain out. It\u2019s about learning from the past and moving on of one\u2019s own free will. Becoming a witcher will not fulfill what Ciri is currently missing.<\/p>\n<p>We know Geralt is telling the truth because, despite his stony expression and gruff demeanor, we know he has feelings. Just look at his reaction when he finds out from Istredd (Royce Pierreson) that Yennefer is still alive. This is a man capable of love and heartache. Although love is probably not his top priority right now, given what he and Istredd discovered at the sight of the toppled monolith. The monoliths have been communicating with each other, powered by magical energy, and it\u2019s allowed new monsters into this dimension.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s going to take a special kind of power to fight off this threat, the kind of power Ciri possesses, or, perhaps, Yennefer, if she can ever reclaim what she\u2019s lost. You see, Yennefer, much like Ciri, is a woman dead-set on escaping her past. Having grown up a poor hunchback outcast, Yennefer has no love lost for the person she once was. Gaining her mage powers gave her at least a semblance of purpose; as she told Tissaia (MyAnna Buring) in the previous episode, her powers were all she had left.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1026055\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1026055\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1026055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-855x570.jpg\" alt=\"Wilson Mbombio in The Witcher Season 2\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/wilson-mbombio-the-witcher-season-2-episode-5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1026055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susie Allnut\/Netflix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>So, now Yennefer is in a tough spot. Does she settle for the woman she once was, powerless and outcast? Or does she succumb to the temptations of the old crone and ask for her powers back, knowing that it comes with sacrifice? Her powers would certainly come in handy right now, what with having to save Jaskier from a mage assassin and being captured by guards after a village prostitute sets her up.<\/p>\n<p>Unwilling to ask outright for her powers back, Yennefer beckons the old crone and offers a trade. The old woman promises that Yennefer can get her powers back if she finds a girl. \u201cMe,\u201d she says as she transforms into Ciri (or at least a projection of Ciri). \u201cI\u2019m the key,\u201d she explains. As Ciri, the old crone tells Yennefer to find her and bring her to the shattered gate just outside the city.<\/p>\n<p>What this means, I\u2019m not quite sure. But it stands to reason that this is the arc that will bring Yennefer and Geralt back together. It seems that Yennefer will need to sacrifice Ciri to regain her powers, which will put her at odds with Geralt and the witcher contingent. But perhaps Ciri and Yennefer can learn from one another and find that their shared experience is more powerful than any magic spell or potion.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Notes\"><\/span><strong>Other Notes:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Cahir (Eamon Farren) makes it back to Cintra, where Fringilla and Francesca continue to plot and strategize their next moves. Ciri\u2019s old elf friend Dara (Wilson Mbomio) also arrives in Cintra operating as an undercover spy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Witcher<\/em>, Season 2, Streaming, Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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