Twitter Users Are Having Fun Explaining What ‘The Witcher’ Looks Like

— Netflix US (@netflix) October 31, 2018

Netflix fittingly chose Halloween as the occasion to reveal Henry Cavill’s very Halloween costume-like appearance in upcoming fantasy series The Witcher. Twitter users had plenty to say about this version of Geralt of Rivia, things like, “This is a spot-on Geralt from The Witcher, if a Witcher was what you called a guy who sells sex crystals at a vampire store in Los Angeles.”

To be fair, the Netflix series is based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski, not on the older, bearded, grizzled video game version of Geralt from Witcher 3 people may have had in mind. Some have also complained about his eye color, but Geralt’s eye color in the books changed based on his surroundings and at his will. Furthermore, a TV series based on The Witcher should be utterly batsh*t and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Dramatic key lighting Yes please. Faux leather everything Don’t mind if you do. Ridiculous wigs Oh hell yes. Each wig longer and whiter than the last. And braid it. So many braids. Even give the horses fabulous white wigs with braids. We won’t complain about any of the references to Polish politics we don’t understand as long as we have wizards in wigs being dramatic all over the place.

Anyway, folks on Twitter had plenty of jokes about Cavill’s appearance, with comparisons to cosplay and Halloween costumes being a popular source of humor. Some likened Netflix’s Geralt to “Legolas cosplaying Sephiroth,” while others had different costumes in mind:

— chris person (@Papapishu) October 31, 2018

"Oh, cool, Henry Cavill is doing Geralt for Halloween, didn't know he was a Witcher fan."

"He's in the Netflix version. That's the production costume and wig."

"Ohhhhhh noooooooo"

— Spooky Dan Olsonosaurus (@FoldableHuman) October 31, 2018

Lol pic.twitter.com/6r7FCN6Q9W

— AppNasty (@AppNasty) October 31, 2018

First look at Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. pic.twitter.com/out3Am0Jph

— Andy Kelly (@ultrabrilliant) October 31, 2018

Why does Matt Mercer's Halloween costume look better than the official Netflix Geralt pic.twitter.com/hsAnXHLHsm

— Gay Icon Nora Blake (@NeitherNora) October 31, 2018

Get your first look at Henry Cavill in The Witcher! pic.twitter.com/yaymtxU1sb

— Sarah Emerson (@SarahNEmerson) October 31, 2018

Comparisons to other movie characters were frequent fodder for jokes:

— Toutes les Trouilles de ta vie (@Trouillet_) October 31, 2018

Henry Cavill in The Witcher series (2019) pic.twitter.com/Wj8NX9Uu46

— Bruno Araujo (@brunocracia) October 31, 2018

BREAKING: Budget Cuts Have Forced The Witcher Series To Recast Using Only Outtakes of Christopher Lambert From 1995's Mortal Kombat. pic.twitter.com/dCeiFQvmve

— News Broke (@news_broke) October 31, 2018

The Witcher (2018) pic.twitter.com/CX2aqQOOeO

— Valentin Cebo (@Noddus_) October 31, 2018

pic.twitter.com/n5CoaewItE

— Stafford Lyons (@stafford_lyons) October 31, 2018

Get your first look at Henry Cavill in The Witcher! pic.twitter.com/iM9FbBdShA

— The Discourse Lover (@Trillburne) October 31, 2018

ugh this new Witcher TV series looks like shit pic.twitter.com/I70p18xXKS

— ▀▀▀▀▀▀ (@immolations) October 31, 2018

The comparisons continued, although the more important question here should be: Why does that Power Ranger look like Jennifer Garner

— rockcock64 (@rockcock64) October 31, 2018

Henry cavill in #TheWitcher pic.twitter.com/mIjrKflj9v

— Rafael (@Piovinha) October 31, 2018

Others imagined what it would be like if Netflix’s The Witcher were based on the video games instead of the books:

— PickUpTheVoiceMailMomHat (@Popehat) October 31, 2018

Next on @netflix The Witcher: Geralt (Henry Cavil) wanders around the riverbank slaughtering drowners waiting for a brain to drop so he can make a Swallow potion, then hops through a field of flowers for 20 minutes picking reagents. (Rated mature: violence, nudity)

— PickUpTheVoiceMailMomHat (@Popehat) October 31, 2018

And one resourceful person ran it backwards for a great reaction GIF:

— Black Catrick Ghoul (@Pizza_Suplex) October 31, 2018

(Hat tip to Dorkly)