The Witcher 3 - Philippa's comment on Yennefer - Part 24

[@borealknight1996]

3:44 Geralt has seen too many plot twists BS in his life

[@AnkitSaiyan]

Ikr lol he is a troll!

[@AM-dl7rr]

Honestly it's incerdible how much Philippa seems to misunderstand the situation. Yennefer doesn't care about putting Ciri on the throne and ruling through her, she only looks out for Ciri's safety and happiness and Ciri would never listen to Philippa if Philippa were to somehow be responsible for Yennefer getting imprisoned/killed.

[@romansybsmansy]

She assumes too much, just when she thought radovid would spare her once she talks to him, the rest is known..

[@LittleMissRequiem]

This is actually a surprisingly consistent trend with Philippa's character. She prides herself on being a political chess master, which she certainly is to an extent, but her tendency to overestimate her ability to manipulate others keeps biting her in the butt-cheeks time and time again. She issued her own decrees in the name of King Vizimir II behind his back, later had him murdered in cold blood, and then tormented and humiliated his young son Radovid V while trying to turn the latter into her own personal puppet-king. But all of the mental scars this left on Radovid came back to haunt Philippa BIG TIME in Witcher 2, when Radovid officially broke out of her control, arrested and blinded her, and devoted the rest of his screen time to hunting down her and everyone like her. Here she wants Yennefer's cushy position at the Nilfgaardian court with Ciri as a prospective future pawn, so she asks Geralt to pretty please leave Ciri with her in Nilfgaard and take Yennefer somewhere far away so that Philippa doesn't have to go to the trouble of locking up the latter (and thus risking her own reputation). But she makes THREE miscalculations in this moment alone. First of all, Yennefer never stood in the way of Philippa gaining a position in Nilfgaard, because Yen couldn't care less about politics and was only there at all because she was trying to find Ciri. Second, Yen loves Ciri like a daughter and would NEVER allow Philippa to use Ciri like that. Third, and most importantly of all, Ciri herself would personally prefer to get out of politics completely and follow in Geralt's footsteps as a Witcher; assuming Geralt respects Ciri's wishes (which he most likely would if we go by his characterization in the books), this fact alone means that the lynchpin of Philippa's whole scheme is already dead on arrival. And on a broader scale, since Philippa is the de facto leader of the Lodge of Sorceresses, every single blunder the Lodge makes can be ultimately traced back to her as well. This includes all of the witch hunts going on in Witcher 3, which were a direct result of Philippa's mistakes with Radovid as well as (if Triss is NOT saved in Witcher 2) the public exposure of the Lodge's role in the murder of King Demavend. Speaking of which, the Lodge's conspiracy to murder Demavend gave Nilfgaard the PERFECT opportunity to frame them for the murder of King Foltest as well; even in the best-case scenario (if Triss IS saved), this forces the Lodge to sell out Sile de Tansarville to save the rest of their necks. And in a smaller-scale example, Philippa personally approved of and assisted with Sabrina Glevissig's use of Melgar's Fire in a battle between Kaedwen and Aedirn to discreetly prevent King Henselt from conquering the latter; this atrocity was so appalling that Henselt, who up to that point was COMPLETELY wrapped around Sabrina's little finger, sentenced Sabrina to death on the spot. ALL of these examples, coupled with the Lodge's general prerogative to manipulate kings and politics as they saw fit, directly contributed to the fear and mistrust that sparked the witch hunts in the first place, ironically making the Lodge itself largely responsible for the destruction of virtually everything they sought to protect.

[@MrElleoluis]

"Sure you are, and yes, I can. If the need arises." Nice line right there

[@MrWhitey998]

I agree. I've recently re-read certain parts of the books (Specifically lodge heavy parts) and only now do i understand just how deeply Yennefer cares for Ciri that she is capable of dropping her hatred for the Lodge and work with them in order to save her. In the books they turned Triss against her, Planned to marry her off and force to have children, Yennefer was constantly refused from voicing her opinion while the lodge (specifically Phillipa and Sile) discussed what to do with her and Ciri. She clearly harbors some deep bad blood with them, and yet Ciri is in danger and is thus willing to part with past grievances and summon them for help. She clearly doesn't want to involve the lodge with Ciri but she has to, im glad she says towards the end of the game, in other words but this is basically what she said "Fuck Emhyr, fuck the lodge and their high society and lets retire from the world, just us together" to which Geralt obviously agree's. The fact that the lodge literally wanted to take her daughter away from her in the past but she is willing to set this aside to defend her with the lodge's help in the future is pretty huge. Although she does settle down away from it all after the Hunt is defeated and lives with geralt in touissant for fuck knows how long? Until they decide one day to invite Triss round i suppose :p just like the books when Yen says we can invite Triss round and she can stay some nights.

[@mygod5500]

@@MrWhitey998 Ciri isn't Yen daughter. Ciri belongs to Emhyr who is her parent.

[@whitewolf7454]

MYGOD Lol Ciri is Geralt and Yen’s daughter in all but blood. They haven’t massacred her grandmother and fellow Cintrans like Emhyr did. and they’ve raised her and taught her many things, and she treats them like her parents. And Ciri doesn’t belong to anyone lol. She’s an adult, nobody has claim on her. Emhyr means nothing to her.

[@mygod5500]

@@whitewolf7454 you are foolish, kid. yeah....Yen and Geralt raised Ciri….but that is only because she was taken from Emhyr from Geralt via law of surprise. Geralt is nothing more than a kidnapper when you think about it. Emhyr does care for his daughter otherwise he wouldn't have helped you and been soo upset if you let her die in the end he said and I quote " Witcher! I don't want to ever see you again" Emhyr could have Ciri Kill Geralt if he really wants to since it is his daughter and blood and she will never be Geralt, also it stated that ciri is basically Geralt lover when you think about it they are destined to be together.

[@mygod5500]

@@whitewolf7454 yes Emhyr does mean something to Ciri. Like I said if you play the games Ciri was hesitant towards Emhyr because she didn't really know him I mean the last time he saw her she was a small child...it shown that when she is an adult and spends time with him that they have more in common then Ciri originally though and that they get along great together. you know nothing about the series of the Witcher or Ciri.

[@Simond577]

"Philippa roasting Geralt for 5 minutes straight" should be a nice title.

[@jmdr7522]

@Yeetimus Prime he couldn’t tough.

[@jmdr7522]

@Yeetimus Prime true haha, game geralt could probably beat dettlaff with his bare hands if he dodges enough.

[@ashersakasha]

I think that pause at 3:53 and Phil's following line is her most hilarious line.

[@mauricioos2294]

oh god i laugh so hard

[@r0n1n-]

And at the end she changes into an owl and whoosh

[@thelewis-ch3zc]

Love the dialogue so well written

[@RickeGnool]

If you romance Triss Geralt will say ”Triss might object” after Phillipa asks him to take Yen and go. These are the kind of small attentions to details that I just love from CDPR.

[@KaedweniWitcher420]

They didnt change anything on my single Geralt gameplay

[@AnkitSaiyan]

True that even there are lots of such details for example if u go to auction (HoS) before the Battle of Kaer Morhen, you can tell Vesemir's ex-lover that he is alive and even later u can talk to Vesemir too about her. You can retrieve Triss' earing from the broken bed and hive it to her she will wear it for rest of her life. Going to the Crac an Craite's feast with Yen, she will have different comments on different outfits that you wear. And lots more...

[@wcsdiaries]

0:28 I died at that line.

[@jon-umber]

God I love Philippa. Such a great character.

[@jcksparrowfan]

3:52 "Change into an owl and whoosh....right into the wall."

[@Mictlantecuhtli]

Phillipa knows what's up!

[@kostyabenson4308]

Threatened Yennefer and openly conspired to manipulate Ciri within 5 minutes. Geralt has killed for much, much less.

[@archi4226]

I love Philippa, one of my favorite characters

[@CP-jk3tc]

Philippa is like one of my mathematics professor. Cold, harsh and extremely smart.

[@CP-jk3tc]

0:54 Geralt was like "Opps, sorry for getting in your way, Philly".

[@AnkitSaiyan]

"So if you're angling to make it a fivesome, there's clearly no room" lol Geralt is troll!

[@haydukieder]

Geralt don't refuses a woman. Even If she is blind.

[@vesonysx6309]

She is right about Triss tho😂

[@cubancucumber]

Unpopular opinion, Philippa is my fave sorceress and one of my fave Witcher characters.

[@archi4226]

same

[@Randude14]

I always despised Phillipa so much, even in the books. She's clearly very jealous of Yennefer.

[@dindi6986]

Well, first of all, Yen can See XD

[@SarynPrime]

@@dindi6986 whoa whoa whoa now hey there why so SAVAGE

[@zerefwill2433]

I think that Philippa's problem with yennefer is that yen was never interested on helping phil with her plans to gain power, unlike the others sorceress.

[@mazanakaUA]

My take on it is that she's not jealous of Yen. But Philippa doesn't have anything on her. She can't buy, coerce, seduce Yennifer. Can't control her. Well, not reliably at least. And maybe Philippa just doesn't get the way Yennifer thinks -- making her both very annoying and even more dangerous to Philippa

[@thegrimknight9766]

@@SarynPrime Thots have to be slain.

[@MrWhitey998]

How does one cut their hand open and not even flinch?

[@MrWhitey998]

***** To right. She doesn't flinch when her eyes are popped out, so meh what a cut hand? I love how she regrows her eyes just like she is regrowing the lodge. Nothing fucking stops her.

[@jSONrEEE]

i heard of a mage who withstood multiple torturing without batting an eye. including crushed balls and torn fingernails. witcher 3 logic

[@longvo8800]

@@jSONrEEE It's a fantasy world with monster and mages and you still care about logic ???

[@maeror1022]

Did it once by accident while cutting roof tiles. Hurt like hell!

[@SolusDarkcoat]

She had her eyes gouged out, so a cut in the palm of her hand is nothing. Plus, you have to remember that Phillipa is old, like over a hundred years old old, she's probably lived through some painful shit.

[@StormWolf01]

Was she trolling Geralt when she changed into an owl at the end, or is this what she usually transforms into?

[@cyberwitcher4672]

StormWolf01 it’s actually her standard polymorph form in the books and games so not really but she’s still the worst troll

[@onetwo757]

2:35 reference to Vilgefortz fight with Geralt, when he said him he was pissing into the storm.

[@yar3333]

Dijkstra said a similar thing to him, iirc.

[@Theri4444]

Geralt should have invited Philippa to join in to become the 5th girl also I actually like Philippa as well

[@dindi6986]

I Don't, she is a bitch - but not 'sassy' bitch (in positive sense) like Yen. Shes actually just rude and selfish

[@dontayedaniels5710]

Feberix yen is rude and selfish as well. Only difference is that yen has a soft spot for ciri and Geralt and Phillipa has a soft spot for nobody.

[@--6560]

Dontaye Daniels How is she selfish if everything she does is for the sake of Geralt and/or Ciri?

[@dontayedaniels5710]

Paul Gabat it’s the ways she goes about it. She doesn’t care about no one but those she loves. It’s very selfish of her she has no empathy for others. Like when she uses the mask when mouse sack specifically tells her not too because it will bring storms and pain upon everyone. But she doesn’t give af about nobody she knows she and Geralt will manage so she does it anyways and gives no thought to how the druids or ermion feels. It’s selfish but it’s practical. That’s how yennefer thinks. She doesn’t care about how she gets to her goals as long as she gets to them and justifies it by thinking her goals are worth it.

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

@@--6560 she doesn't even care about Ciri initially, in the books She's like that

[@KeytarArgonian]

Wow I just reread the books and I love how Philippa’s comment about pissing into the wind reminds me of Vilgefortz. “… You demonstrate astounding and foolish perseverance: you invariably desire to row upstream and piss into the wind. It had to end badly. Know that today, here, in Stygga Castle, you have pissed into a hurricane.”

[@CultofThings]

I recognize that voice from White Orchard, the Innkeeper.

[@EliasWolf77]

0:23 was Geralt implying a family orgy wtf

[@Ryan-tf1uw]

No, Philipa was, Geralt ran with the idea to point out how absurd it is.

[@lostinYourReality]

Gerald: "Yea, so if you're angling to make it a fivesome, there's clearly no room. Gross why would he mention that if Ciri is like a daughter to Geralt.

[@burgerlord2635]

lostinYourReality it's a jock you idiot

[@lostinYourReality]

burger lord "jock" how ironic.

[@arawn1061]

Jona you Clearly dont know the extent of their bond

[@wugabriel3465]

A joke

[@letsbehonest7380]

The game makers clearly wanted Geralt to engage in some Levity let's not get hung up on samantics

[@Corristo89]

Desire to put her eyes out again intensifies. Philipa is the reason why you shouldn't trust sorceresses. At all. Scheming, completely self-absorbed, arrogant to the brim, quite happy to use and abuse her power, will literally walk over a field of bodies to get what she wants, hoards power instead of using it for the common good, completely disregards the opinions of others and their interests, etc. Yennefer shares some of these traits, but she has retained her human, even caring and motherly side. Triss is probably the polar opposite of Philipa. Triss was helping save mages, sorceresses and others being persecuted and burned alive for being different. She put her life on the line. Philipa spent her time scheming, plotting and getting her eyes back.

[@Dan-uf2vh]

so she has the eyes of an owl when she flies.. better stay that way

[@KaedweniWitcher420]

Those comments didnt made any kind of sense on my single Geralt must save Ciri gameplay...

[@alinazhidil9817]

Oh, to be in a steamy bdsm heavy romance with her - not necessary as Geralt

[@darthzelius1906]

That Witcher 2 walk inns on her and Cynthia were hilarious, plus Lesbomancy

[@cotyfigue9810]

1:06 Motherfucking Crazy Diamond!?

[@mcslender2965]

What if Sorceress and Witchers are just powerful Hamon users?

[@Halopen94]

What?

[@Halopen94]

You mean 0:00

[@babyjaneaguilera8817]

I just saw that lantern under her chest.

[@0malware118]

Idk why cdpr assumed Yennefer would be even remotely interested in a political position, ESPECIALLY forcing Ciri to become sth she doesn't want to be. This is so out of character tbh.

[@khalduras784]

Cdpr in general seems to be big fans of triss and made yennefer way more of a hardass than she actually is.

[@dominiccenteno1233]

@@khalduras784 I also felt that way. I have no idea behind the lore of this game before playing this. The story and quest path made sure that you can romance Triss first which I do not know well and I do not know what the consequences are. When I finally got to Skellige and met Yen I'm more interested in his conversations with Geralt so I decided to romance her. My disappointment was immeasurable when I got the threesome ending 😂 At least give Yen a fairer fight :3

[@TheSonOfDumb]

Maybe if you didn't smell your own farts, you'd realize that it's Philippa voicing her opinions as a character in-universe, not CD Projekt Red.

[@0malware118]

@@TheSonOfDumb good point, I forgot fictional characters have independent thoughts completely not related to any writers!

[@TheSonOfDumb]

@@0malware118 Way to miss my point. Guess you just like to feel smart without actually being intelligent lmao.

[@kuyt20]

I thought Yennefer annoyed me to no end. That is, until I remembered how much I hate Philippa. The game should've had the option to kill her. It would've been much more satisfactory than the one for Eredin.

[@seffard]

At least if you hate Keira...

[@anar24]

you can tall Radovid where she is, right? Or am I tripping?

[@kuyt20]

I thought the same thing. But it never came up in my conversation with him. I was devastated. XD

[@djhart25]

I don't think you can tell him where she is.. but depending on how things go on Pyke Isle Kiera might choose to use what she just found to convince Radovid to let her join him-- it doesn't go too well for her

[@Veridiano02]

Pff, between Philippa and Radovid, I choose Philippa with my eyes closed (no pun was intended). Philippa is a natural conspirator, dangerous and Machiavellian, that's true, but Radovid? He's a bloodthirsty lunatic capable of burning, raping and killing entire villages or even cities because that day was not raining or something. At least Philippa believes in an order. An order were she is the ruler, but an order, nontheless. Also, this is Emhyr var Emreis we are talking about. Without Ciri out of the equation (if in the end she dies or she "dies") I seriously doubt that the The White Flame Dancing on the Barrows of his Enemies will allow Philippa to do anything but his own will.

[@seferino]

She is helping them and he is rude towards her.

[@xampsonnospmax]

"Geralt: Yeah, so if you're angling to make it a fivesome, there's clearly no room." hahahahahaha I would like to see some room for this though ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@ciaranbrk]

As if she could ever take on Yennifer lol that woman would leave Philips and her arrogance for dead.

[@jSONrEEE]

Don't be like that Phillipa I never said shit about you and dijkstra

[@lelxrv]

lol at subs "at laaaaaast"

[@Antonin1738]

Why does Philippa sound like an old lady

[@Kallelinski]

Philippa is approx. 200-300 years old, so yea.

[@WestLegend03]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

[@WestLegend03]

​@@Kallelinskiwell if she can look younger thanks to magic can't she *sound* younger too ?

[@xXSalvi503Xx]

Fresh out of change

[@farhanmirza1950]

How she read the wall isnt she blind?

[@wugabriel3465]

Farhan Farhan Mirza the head band thing around her eyes. It glows, probably magic and let her see.

[@theminisimmer]

Her sight is simulated by magic

[@brutalpony1331]

What's the name of this quest?

[@nyeseKes]

The Sunstone

[@nomorads4772]

1:42 Are Philipa eyes some kind of flashlight too?

[@NickHibbs]

She has a light on her belt...

[@tonmoysam2533]

Yeah, yeah, like the Geth

[@phdinh2834]

"fivesome", are you including Ciri, Geralt?

[@yuzuki2385]

0:25 ooh i kinda want in

[@PumpkinHoard]

Fivesome..... For the numbers to add up, he must have included Ciri there.....

[@Halopen94]

@@PumpkinHoard no shit Sherlock... He wasnt talking about fucking though

[@Nor1998_]

Philippa is such a boor.

[@SCDJMU]

when is this game coming out?

[@CalaveraAcasia]

It already is out lol for 5 years now lol

[@snail5213]

2021..u can start pre odering now

[@alexcrock7942]

@@snail5213 and I hear rumors about expansións but idk

[@okayzeyd]

2022 i think

[@navi0822]

what armor is that? Looks pretty sweet.

[@Jotunn96]

Ivan Morales bear school

[@okayzeyd]

ursine armor with black dye

[@palacsintacsatornaja6103]

I wanna eat so bad

[@storms9023]

Philippa 4 eva...

[@Zaiross7]

How do u make it so ur 1080 videos are so sharp and clean ?

[@starsas2889]

remember when the visuals in this game were on top. not so much anymore.

[@artoriusvonsiegburg1770]

Well, its 4 and a half years old and had no special focus on graphics like the current games. There are whole games, that are trying to safe themselves with luring with graphics..

[@moel1832]

what quest is this?

[@Renew3D-Art]

I don't remember the name, but it's towards the ending. You must find a cave in Skellige only accessible with a boat, and Philippa's already there.

[@Alex-Sand]

"The Sunstone" if I remember correctly, just before the final battle.

[@monikaknolton3440]

😭😭 this was a funny scene

[@Faodi97]

No room for 5😂

[@yettiluch1]

Wish we could romance philippa.

[@thevillageyid]

Philippa is pretty smexy.

[@b7228-w7c]

Philippa is the most annoying character i've ever seen.

[@TsarOfRuss]

Hahahaha