we gotta be honest with ourselves, dandelion (of the books canon) would not understand what a lesbian is. geralt would explain it to him and he would be like "but surely, there must be… exceptions…” he would react the same way he reacted when regis told the group about his sobriety: “Not at all? Not at all? Never? But…” “Dandelion, get a grip and think. In silence.” “Sorry,” the poet grunted…

he wouldn’t be able to wrap his mind around the concept. he’d treat it like an oddity like the false myths about zerrikanian archers cutting off their right breasts in order to shoot better. like, “i heard, that in the foreign land of… that they…” and they would not be distinguished from other women in his mind but rather just fall into the category of “unlikable” or “very unlikable”: Dandelion divided women – including magicians – into very likeable, likeable, unlikeable and very unlikeable. The very likeable reacted to the proposition of being bedded with joyful acquiescence, the likeable with a happy smile. The unlikeable reacted unpredictably. The very unlikeable were counted by the troubadour to be those to whom the very thought of presenting such a proposition made his back go strangely cold and his knees shake.

probably until he leaves for brokilon and it is proven to him that there are really No men here and at the same time the dryads want Nothing to do with him but everything to do with each other that he finally kind of, half-understands the concept. he only understands fully probably right around the same time milva is coming to terms with lesbianism because he is besides her and her emotions. there may not be any cognitive function here but what’s left is empathy, as we all know: “I write ‘it seems to me’ for I am aware that being a man I cannot imagine what such a loss means for a woman. Though I am a poet and a man of the quill, even my educated and trained imagination betrays me here and I can do nothing.” he may not be able to fathom it but that’s fine, leave the subject unfathomable for him, that’s preferable, actually.