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Regarding the potions, I haven't read the books, but the wiki alludes to "Children of Destiny" not needing the trials, of which Ciri is part of. Even if that's not it, I don't think a grown woman choosing to undergo the trials is comparable to forcing it on a child. Pretty badass, tbh.
Not sure if it was optional (I THINK I missed it my first playthrough at launch?) but as part of TW3 you put someone through the trials as an adult. And it basically liquifies their body and causes immense suffering so that magic can be used to turn a pile of Clarence Boddicker back into the person's real form.
It wouldn't be the first retcon or outright ignoring of lore in the CDPR series (or the author's books for that matter...) but it just feels particularly egregious because Ciri very specifically is NOT a Witcher and her choosing to live that life was her rejecting destiny and taking control of herself. But also? She can never truly escape that destiny.
As I remember, the liquification was more so part of the curse than the trials. The immense pain and risk of death is true either way, though.
And I don't see any conflict with Ciri here. That would be her continuing to fight to make her own life, no? The destiny she's running from isn't about her being a witcher. More so the opposite, as I understand it.