‘The Witcher’ Fans Furious on How Henry Cavill’s Final Episodes Played Out
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‘The Witcher’ Fans Furious on How Henry Cavill’s Final Episodes Played Out
The Witcher Season 3 has been out for over a week now and fans are beginning to share their unfiltered thoughts on social media. Of course, the season had a lot to live up to since fans knew it would be the last one where Henry Cavill plays Geralt of Rivia. Unsurprisingly, many commenters feel it fell short. Fair warning: there are spoilers for The Witcher Season 3 ahead!
The Witcher Saga is unique among fantasy franchises for many reasons, all of which play a part in its active fandom and the kinds of critiques it gets online. The story began as an epic fantasy novel series written in Polish and was not translated into English until years later when it became a successful video game franchise as well. The Netflix original series takes some creative liberties, diverting from both the source material and the games. Many fans condemn it for making changes, and Cavill has sometimes criticized it himself.
That has clearly colored the way fans feel about this new season and led to some presumptions about how the show is made. For many, Cavill was the heart and soul of the show and it will never be the same without him. Even for a show taking less criticism than this one, recasting the lead role after three seasons would be a difficult task.
Still, it’s worth keeping in mind that all adaptations make changes from the source material in one way or another, and The Witcher is not the first to disappoint a vocal fanbase. With that in mind, here’s a look at how this particular conversation has played out in the last week or so.
Random
Henry Cavill’s final scene in #TheWitcher is a battle with some random guards. The makers didn’t give a damn, no wonder he left the show.
The Witcher is done for me.
End of an Era for Henry Cavill, he has excelled in both the roles. Best choice for James Bond now.#TheWitcher3 pic.twitter.com/wZDW6hrW3a
— ShowtimeReviews (@ReviewsShowtime) July 30, 2023
Sounds like you aren’t a fan of the plot in the books and that’s ok! Besides Henry quit months after filming wrapped so of course there’s no big send off 🤷🏻♀️
— cat 🏹 witchling 🌿 (@hanzahore) July 29, 2023
Some fans felt that Cavill left the story in an inauspicious place, with a seemingly tertiary scuffle with random soldiers as his final scene on the show. However, many commenters pointed out that this part of the show is very faithful to the books, and if anything was altered to give Geralt’s arc more substance in light Cavill’s departure.
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Unlucky
Henry Cavill is truly one of the most unluckiest actors of all time https://t.co/6RsRFxdON4
— Mari 💖 (@ComicLoverMari) August 5, 2023
First off, many posts referenced both The Witcher and the DC Extended Universe where Cavill played Superman up until recently. Fans felt bad for the actor losing his role as a superhero shortly after giving up his role as a fantasy hero.
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Valid Critiques
the witcher is one of those fun works where it really does suck for a lot of reasons (criminal waste of cavill, marvel-ass lines while clearly not respecting the original text) but it also became a big target of the “anti-woke” b/c they cast black people https://t.co/aut1ocNbgQ
— 🔅president harry truscum🔅 (@GrayAthene) August 6, 2023
Some fans acknowledged that there are many valid critiques of The Witcher Season 3 but said that it does not inspire good criticism online because so many outspoken voices take issue with the fact that a woman is the showrunner and that there are non-white people in the cast.
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Squandered Potential
This is the last picture of Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia.
He was supposed to be the Viggo Mortensen to Aragorn, the Ryan Reynolds to Deadpool, the Christian Bale to Patrick Bateman, but the Witcher Netflix showrunners had different plans.
What a waste. pic.twitter.com/zCyqZ0b4Tm
— Witcher Stuff (@WitcherStuff) July 27, 2023
Many fans thought that the show was missing out on a lot of potential by losing Cavill. Many feel that this should have been the role he was best known for in the long run.
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Unique
I will really miss the passion, tenderness, consistency and the kindness Henry Cavill brought to the Geralt of Rivia.You will always be my Witcher! pic.twitter.com/46ZrUiEHkb
— swethasrinath (@swethasrinath) August 4, 2023
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p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>😭 Idgaf they need to beg Henry Cavill back for season 4 of the Witcher coz like hmmmm this shit tew good #witcher
pic.twitter.com/kF0HBD3w0m
— Tezza | CeeChyna Defence League (@RezzaTezza) July 30, 2023
Fans praised Cavill’s performance for the things that made it unique and seemed doubtful that Liam Hemsworth will be able to bring the same things to the table.
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Other Roles
Superman this, Witcher that… it’s time to give Henry Cavill the role he was REALLY born to play. pic.twitter.com/glNgSoz7y3
— Sean Kelly (@StorySlug) August 2, 2023
This week saw another surge of fan-casting ideas for Cavill in everything from superhero movies to fantasy shows, and even live-action adaptations of cartoons. Right now, it’s not clear what comes next for the actor.
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Cavill
henry cavill is the witcher! the showrunners may have disappointed many of us, but i hope henry cavill knows how much he is appreciated. his geralt of rivia can’t be replicated or matched. pic.twitter.com/e56d979GFV
— 🖕🏾wind’s howling (@witchersigns) July 28, 2023
Finally, some fans targeted their posts as Cavill specifically, hoping he would get a sense of how many viewers would miss him. The Witcher Season 3 is streaming now on Netflix.
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