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Melanie McFarland

BIZARRE: Why the witcher recasting could work - What They Never Told You

One of the first things that "The Witcher" teaches us about Geralt of Rivia is that his kind is distrusted by commoners and disdained by nobles and mages . . . until their services are required. Witchers are this world's exterminators except the vermin they hunt are deadly creatures from another sphere of existence. A successful hunt gets them hailed as heroes, especially if the Witcher in question has a PR agent (aka a bard) tagging along with him. In the main, however, townsfolk do not roll out the welcome wagon for these slayers for hire. 

Keep that in mind as we approach Henry Cavill's final five episodes as Geralt. His fans already miss him. I've experienced this firsthand, courtesy of a guest who watched the first half of Season 3 with me and reflexively muttered, "So hot!" each time Geralt entered a room before wailing, "Whyyyy?"

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