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the "unlike that raven-haired sunken-eyed serpent-tounged she-demon" to "this is my wife she has nothing to do with this" pipeline will be studied for generations to come I fear
Debunking misinformation about Netflix's The Witcher (Part 1)
"Henry Cavill is a massive fan of the books and the games and he quit the show because the writers wouldn't stick to the books and he just cares about the source material so much."
Henry Cavill not only did not know that the books existed when he started pursuing the role of Geralt, but he actually thought that the books were based off of the video games (and he still didn't bother to read them) and he didn't learn that the games were actually based off the books until Lauren told him (even though the first thing in the game credits is that they're based off the books); as of 2021, he as only read the full series once — right before he was cast in 2018; while he has played TW3, he has only played a little of TW2 (and I've never found any evidence that he's played the first game); and he also has not played the DLC for TW3.
Henry Cavill also started heavily pushing the narrative that he's just such a massive fan of the books and how important adhering to the source material is to him during the press for S2 to deflect from how it was due to his acting choices of cutting Geralt's lines and either saying nothing or just grunting instead that Geralt's characterization — who is much more verbose in the books — was book inaccurate in S1:
He also lied about the situation and tried to act like Geralt was never originally written as being verbose and blamed the lack of dialogue on Yennefer and Ciri's prominence, which cannot be true as confirmed by Lauren:
And tried to act like the lines he was cutting weren't that important anyway so it wasn't really a big deal, which also cannot be true as confirmed by Joey:
He also started pushing the narrative that adhering to the source material is so important to him and it's 'tricky' to do that with Lauren's vision, but his definition of "Lauren's vision" is the show being an ensemble piece with Yennefer and Ciri at the forefront (like the books) and the show in general heavily centering around women (like the books):
So the idea of him caring so much about "book accuracy" is, in fact, not accurate to the books at all as his problems were the prominence of women in the show when Ciri is the main character of the main book series, which the show started adapting from S2 onwards (which is when Henry Cavill started to complain about wanting "book accuracy" in the first place), and when women are very prominent, central, key figures in the books and they often drive the plot forwards.
Lastly, S3 was the closest adaption of the books out of all the seasons so far, so the idea that he quit after S3 because the writers just weren't respecting the source material and the show wasn't following the books doesn't make any sense anyway.
"Henry Cavill is the only reason why the show was even close to the source material at all."
I've not only never seen any evidence of this, but if anything, I've seen the exact opposite: Henry Cavill was either directly responsible for or at least contributed in some way to a lot of things that went against the books or didn't happen in them.
As I already pointed out, he cut Geralt's lines in S1 and either said nothing or just grunted instead which is inaccurate to Geralt's characterization in the books. Here's another quote from Joey affirming that:
(Just to note: During the press for S1, he frequently talked about how the games inspired his performance as Geralt — sometimes talking about them even more than the books despite how the show is based off of the books, not the games — and it wasn't until S2 press that he suddenly changed his tune and started talking about how important adhering to the source material ie the books is to him. He also only started advocating for a more book accurate Geralt because he got dunked on by reddit for his book inaccurate performance in S1.)
He didn't want to play Geralt and Jaskier's friendship as directly as in the books and buddy-buddy with each other:
He didn't want to have any kind of conflict in Geralt and Ciri's relationship in S2 — at least on Geralt's side of things:
Nor play Geralt struggling with fatherhood at all — all of which led to the domino effect of Yennefer's betrayal:
Eskel's death (which in itself also led to things like Vesemir trying to create new witchers and Lambert's attitude toward Ciri):
And Voleth Meir being the big bad of the season:
He didn't want Geralt and Triss to even just platonically find comfort in each other in S2 — which is what happens in the books:
He nixed a sex scene between Geralt and Yennefer in S2 because he didn't think it'd be in character of them to have sex after reuniting which, uh, is absolutely in character of them:
While this is an incredibly inconsequential change, given the prevalence of this idea that Henry Cavill is such an ardent defender of the source material ie the books and how much he wanted the show to adhere to them, I do think it's important to note that he pushed for — and got — more signs into the show even though by his own admission that is more of a game thing than a book thing and he got it into the show for the explicit purpose of catering to game stans:
This is also another incredibly inconsequential change, but again, given how prevalent the idea of Henry Cavill pushing for perfect source accuracy is, I do just want to point out that he would wear his armor 24/7 to make it look worn down:
Even though it is canon in the books that Geralt will buy himself brand new clothes, so the idea that Geralt's clothing has to look worn down and can't be brand new is not actually book accurate.
"Lauren wanted to make Roach's death a joke."
Just to address this point specifically, Lauren wanted to make a meta reference about how all of Geralt's horses are named Roach. That in no way, shape, or form means that she wanted to make Roach's death into a joke or even that the scene had to be played comedically. This is what Lauren had to say about the subject and the 'joke' in question (which, js, actually fits the tone of the books more):
And as far as the "Henry Cavill is the only one who cared about the source material and he's the only reason why the show even stuck to the books at all" front goes... Henry Cavill did change the dialogue in this scene to a book quote/reference; however, the quote in question ("Enjoy your last walk across the meadow and through the mist. Be not afraid of her for she is your friend.") is not something that Geralt himself says and the line/scene from the books foreshadows Geralt's ending in them.
So, at least imo — especially taking into account the incredibly high standard the fandom has set for Henry Cavill as the #1 defender of the books — I don't think this change was actually book accurate especially given the narrative significance of that exchange in the books.
I'm not all that surprised to be honest. He's always given me bad vibes, I had thought it was because of the whole rich white man thing but that level of gaslighting, straight up lying, and manipulation is fucking WILD. I totally believed it too, clearly I need to be less trusting in the internet. (I should have no trust in in the internet at all what am i saying lmao)
I have such a clear memory of seeing an interview during S2 press when he said he asked for Geralt to have more lines in S2, and my jaw literally dropping because I knew it was a lie, since I'd seen/read interviews of Joey and of Henry himself saying he was the one who chose to cut so many of Geralt's lines in S1. I have to give credit to his PR team, I guess, for managing to make Henry's decision, that he openly talked about as something he did, into the writers' fault.
I didn't have strong feelings about HCAV up to that point, but that was when any respect I had for him vanished in a flash.
Another source for anyone who's keeping count:
Henry Cavill is ready to take the blame if you weren't a fan of Geralt's fondness for grunting.
Honestly seems WILDLY unprofessional to me to just... not say lines, stare at your scene partner, and except them to retool your lines to suit their own character so that the plot still happens. Give Joey a fucking medal for dealing with this shit.
(Also I can't believe we could've had "you were my favourite Roach"; fuck you, Henry.)
INTERVIEWER: However, not all scenes with Geralt are serious, brutal fights. There are also comedic scenes, such as those with Jaskier. Did you have a different approach to them?
HENRY CAVILL: Yes, in my opinion Geralt has a very sarcastic sense of humor, often incorrect, which coincides with my sense of humor. Because of that, these scenes were very pleasant and quite easy for me. In addition, it was very good to play with Joey, who played the role of Jaskier brilliantly and is the perfect counterbalance to Geralt. Joey did all the work, I just had to throw the right look and… we had a ready "comedy".
While he doesn't outright say anything about cutting his lines in that interview, I think the implication is definitely there with him saying that Joey "did all the work" and that he just had to "throw the right look" at him.
"I wanted to make [Geralt's voice] something which carried a lot of weight when you say very little. And I found my natural accent didn't quite portray what I wanted Geralt to portray in those brief moments. Whether it be a grunt or a single word or a couple of words directed at a bard."
He's also said that, for what it's worth.
Honestly seems WILDLY unprofessional to me to just… not say lines, stare at your scene partner, and except them to retool your lines to suit their own character so that the plot still happens.
ngl, I do find it very inch resting that Joey went on to say this in a S2 interview after that S1 interview he gave about Henry cutting his lines:
"[I do] a fair amount [of ad-libbing], not all of it will make it to the cut, I tell you this! I do like to keep it free and easy in scenes, depending on the people with whom I'm working. Some people need the script, and they want that script, and don't deviate, and I, obviously, would respect that."
Especially since Henry very much made it seem like the actors were absolutely not aware that he was not going to say his lines in their scenes.
Also, as this is kind of related, but may I just point out that for all of HC's insistence that, no, Geralt was never written as being as verbose as he was in the books because there just simply wasn't enough time what with Yennefer and Ciri being main characters, too…
LAUREN: I think one of the things that of course happens when you are adapting material is that you have these eight episodes, they're an hour long each, [and] we had much more of Ciri's story in Season 1 that we ended up having to trim down. And it's one of the things that when I look at the season, I see she's not as present, Ciri's not as present as I would have liked her to be.
Yeah, Ciri's scenes were actually the ones being cut. So kind of fucking gross imo that not only would he try and deflect how he was at fault for Geralt's lack of dialogue in S1, but try to pass the blame off onto the main character of the main book series whose scenes were the ones actually being cut in the show.
That absolutely tracks with how he comes off, that he'd be more mad about Geralt scenes getting cut off when she was actually the one who was cut the most. Like. Yeah. That tracks so hard.
I see so many people complaining about Ciri pulling focus from Geralt, and like sorry she's literally the main character, but that seems like a you problem. Seeing it coming from Henry, supposedly a champion of the books... I swear, every time I learn something new about HCAV I'm just that little bit more disappointed that Liam wasn't cast initially 😬
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It's funny how many people are ranting about how they won't watch the Witcher without Henry Cavill. And then there's me who only watches the Show for Jaskier, Ciri and Yennefer anyway
Okay so why is no one talking about the fact that Joey Batey has mentioned in several interviews that he is writing a novel ? I mean … THE Joey batey who wrote The good man’s grace and the old witches sleep ? THE Joey batey who wrote Inkpot gods and all those other amazing lyrical masterpieces is writing a novel ? And I haven’t seen a single comment about this.
Okay. So, I was finally able to sit down and properly watch The Witcher Vol. 2.
Then…
Things we learned/confirmed about our bard in Vol. 2:
He thinks there's nothing under Radovid's mask.
Chose his family over his love.
He knows all the smuggling routes in Oxenfurt thanks to his work as the Sandpiper.
Even though Radovid broke his heart, he wanted to help him to run away
His singing is so beautiful that it makes the dryads cry
Milva, welcome to Jaskier's harem (The Hansa is becoming more and more real).
Geralt's best friend
Sings love songs in elder (for Geralt obviously)
Ciri considers him 100% her family
He doesn't know that Radovid was more than willing to leave his position as prince to go after him (my heart can't take this)
He doesn't know that he is no longer the crush of the prince of Redania but now he is the crush of the King of Redania
Frivolity as a coping mechanism (because of course he'd write at least 3 songs and an epic poem about Geralt's death).
He sits and stands next to a wounded Geralt (just as in the fanfics *cry*).
He holds Geralt's hand when he's hurt and Geralt leans on him (as in the fanfics).
Knows the ingredients of Witcher potions (Maybe Vesemir himself taught him *father-in-law-son-in-law moment* or maybe Geralt himself taught him *husbands moment*)
He's the emotional support bard for EVERYONE (Geralt, Yennefer, Ciri and even Dara) but who the hell is my baby's emotional support?
He writes his songs seeing Geralt being Witcher (as in the fanfics :3).
He doesn't know that Rience is dead
Geralt is his personal bodyguard who will brutally kill whoever touches his bard (once again, just as in the fanfics \^^/)
Jaskier knows that the brooch is important to Geralt and possibly knows about Renfri.
Geralt even trusts him with his sword
He finally has a fucking horse, and it better be named Pegasus.
And once again, Joey Batey is the love of my life.
"Extraordinary Things is about Geralt" this "Extraordinary Things is *not* about Geralt" that.
My dudes, what's important is that *Radovid* sure as hell thought it was about Geralt.
That encounter is bracketed by Radovid telling Jaskier to "Pick your favorite, they'd love a song about your white-haired witcher" and then asking Jaskier eagerly, hurriedly, right as he's leaving--like he can't let Jaskier go without *knowing*--"Does the witcher know how lucky he is to have you?"
That is a weird-ass question to ask if Radovid *doesn't* think Extraordinary Things is about Geralt. "Oh, by the way, about your relationship with your best friend, apropos of nothing--"
"Does the witcher know how lucky he is to have you?" is such an *envious* line of dialogue. It's not "how lucky he is to know you," not "how lucky he is to be friends with you."
"How lucky he is to *have* you."
Radovid heard a gorgeous song about kissing and broken hearts and being enough and went, "Shit, this man's heart already belongs to someone... God, I wish that were me."
So Vespula really is bae (do people still say that) for several reasons:
parrot ✅
sexy smoking ✅
crossbow ❓
throwing one lovers trousers at another lover whilst throwing him out for cheating (this lover is also the continent’s version of Taylor Swift )✅
isn’t afraid to threaten her man’s lute either he ain’t all that ✅
Takes him and all his hammer & spoon nonsense back thank Melitele he’s pretty and good in bed ✅
The Lothario of Lyria, The Romancer of Redania, The Stud of Cidaris - to her he’s just some guy to mercilessly tease about his crushes who cares if he’s famous or that his crush is a prince ✅
Doesn’t murder Geralt whom her boyf totally hasn’t been in love with for the last 20 years wdym 🙄 /s for interrupting morning sex
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