Within the wake of the season 3 finale, Chalotra spoke to Vulture about Tissaia’s demise scene, revealing that she sees it as essentially the most formative season 3 second for her character. “I knew we have been coming to that,” she informed the outlet. “This was an important a part of season three for me: this relationship and it coming to an finish because it does.” Tissaia’s demise is probably essentially the most poignant a part of the present to this point, bookended by scenes of Yennefer encouraging her to not lose hope after which, tragically, Yen discovering her mentor’s physique after feeling bodily ache for the time being of her demise.
As heartbreaking because the goodbye is, it is a second that feels nearly fated because it pushes Yen to step up in methods she by no means has earlier than. “In that ending, Yennefer is totally in a position to step right into a place of duty,” Chalotra defined. “She’s all the time relied on Tissaia. That is been her beacon, her guiding mild for therefore lengthy, and now she has to journey in these footsteps and personal all of the life classes Tissaia taught her.” By season 3, it has been many years since Yen was a scholar at Aretuza, however going again to the college that taught her a lot (and nearly broke her) clearly places her at the very least considerably again into the mindset of the kid she was when she left.