Mv.c9: oh, come on, this is the witcher, everything means something, the developers dont waste time to creat a lady bug and detail it that up close so that it would mean just nothing . . . Lady Bug does have the lovers meaning, but every country interpret it in a way. some say takes you to the lover, others say takes the lover to you . . . and etc . . .
right ? lets make this beautiful, and deep. this is a beautiful game, not just kill people and have sex, right ? the story is a master piece and I personally refuse the idea that the lady bug was there just for a shallow meaning. These things are not easy to make. A scene like that was thought up, planed through, conceptualized. this is not a movie that as long as you have a camera you have a scene. everything has to be perfect, specially cutscenes.
even the circle in Siles chest meant something, as it glowed when she called the dragon. so you see . . . nothing is just like that.
right ? please say you agree (^_^)
Adokat: I don't agree. And you didn't read anything I wrote, or at least, you interpreted what I wrote to mean what you wanted, which is kind of my point.
This game isn't supposed to be like the Da Vinci code or Lost-not everything has to be some deep hidden reference. In fact, I think that searching for all that deeper stuff sometimes ignores the simple beauty of the scene, which is more powerful in my opinion. I just appreciate it for what it is, not what-through some deep interpretations- it could be.
Oh, and where did I say it meant nothing? It was one of my favorite moments from the ending.
Really, what you're positing is certainly one possible interpretation, but can you see why I say it's shaky? I mean, I can interpret it to mean anything I want. Maybe it was supposed to reference Geralt's feelings for Triss, or even Ciri. All are just as plausible, but none are any more supported.
Now, if that ladybug had been sitting atop a lilac, then I'd be inclined to agree with you.
Trully agreed. There is no stable explanation for it, so its left to your imagination. The only and most appropiate explanation is one of yours, Adokat:
The witcher, the best monsterhunter in the galaxy, the fear of nonhumanoids (even trolls beg him) a fearsome killer, is more human and sensual than any charachter of the game by observing that ladybug and letting it fly.
It makes the impression that he knows truly how nature works. Which life can be spared and which one should be eliminated. By this act proves somehow his knowledge and right to have Yennefer, the fabled perfect women.Proves that he is not a monster, a mutant. He has more soul than any other.