Season three ofNetflix’sThe Witcherdrops this summer. Hype for the new season was ramped up this week bythe reveal of its first poster, closely followed by its debut trailer and confirmation of when it will drop on Netflix. All reminders to many Witcher fans that the new season isn’t far away, some of which will be avoiding the show at all costs and have been urging others to do the same.
ApexicGamingtook to The Witcher’s subreddit, a home for all things Witcher, shortly after the poster started to do the rounds on social media. “No hate watching. No ******* hate watching,” the Peaky Blinders meme used to convey the message reads. That has prompted a number of responses from fellow Witcher fans, many of which appear to agree with the sentiment.
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One user who goes byLordPizzaGameradded that any views, even by those who hate watch, means more money for Netflix, and therefore more seasons of The Witcher. Despite claiming to have cancelled their Netflix subscription, so they certainly won’t be watching, they appear to have ranked the show above the books. Either their ranking hasn’t been adjusted for a while or they just really, really hate the books.
They’re certainly not the only ones who plan on giving season three a miss. The post has almost 10,000 upvotes at the time of typing this, while the trailer hit 9,000 dislikes within minutes of going live. The hate for Netflix’s Witcher adaptation stems from its willingness to deviate from the books and the games on which it is based. Confirmation thatseason three will include content that has never featured in any Witcher media beforehas only angered those fans further.
The spin-off series Blood Origin also didn’t help. The prequel set one thousand years before the events of the main series went down like a lead balloon with fans who were already on the fence when it comes to the show. Those fans were already upset at the newsHenry Cavill will be leaving The Witcher after season threewith Liam Hemsworth taking his place. One of the main points those who plan on boycotting season three attempt to hammer home in the replies to the post above is not to watch the new series just for Cavill.
The success ofThe Last Of Uson HBO andThe Super Mario Bros. Moviealso won’t have helped The Witcher in the eyes of its more hardcore fans. Many were likely watching the aforementioned show and more recent movie and asking why Netflix’s Witcher couldn’t have remained as faithful to its source material.
