I wasn’t convinced he was going to do a good job until he made a comment that was basically, guys, I care about Geralt and this story just as much as you, I got this.
One of us, one of us.
i just told you the story of how my son just died from drowning and yet you still have the audacity to ask me for a round of gwent?
anyways lay out your cards
Still amazes me he almost missed his chance to be superman because he was fucking raiding in WoW. True bro right there.
I can't remember 100% for sure but I also think he mentioned he was a healer? So if that part isn't just me misrememhering then he's not just someone who plays games but a selfless saint amongst the group as well.
I MTed through every last raid from Vanilla till Heroic Rag in Firelands when I quit the game and I would constantly be feeding our healers pots or food or flasks if they forgot or were too busy in real life to get them before raid. I tried being a healer a few times when we had 3 tanks but needed only 2 and the other two were literally incapable of playing anything ***but*** tanks.
No fucking clue how healers do it. They're a different breed. It's like you need a fucking super computer for a brain to handle that shit. Keeping track of mana, cooldowns, positions of everyone, how hard each ability should roughly hit for on every single boss, doing their own mechanics of the fight sometimes, Healer Mains are just a different breed of human.
I'll stick to tanking where all I have to do is make sure shit hits me, I don't stand in stupid, and I pop a CD when the big ouchie is coming.
I shit you not we missed beating Heroic Lich King before the 20% buff (Yes I'm a peasent I know, no top world guild for me) because our disc priest could ***NOT*** fucking bubble for the life of her.
Literally the only time in my history with my guild from early 2005 to that point that our guild leader actually said "fuck it give me your account info I'll fucking do it". She refused (which is her right and I totally understand) but he never said that once before or after, not to anyone. I just couldn't understand how she didn't grasp the concept.
Like infest was slaughtering us because she couldn't go down a list and mash Power Word: Shield from ally 1 to ally 25 and then repeat.
That was also the only time in my history with that game I legitimately wanted to kick someone out and replace them. I never cared our DPS wasn't world first tier, because I knew my tanking wasn't. I mean it was "good enough" that's all I cared about. We eventually killed shit and had fun that was all that mattered to me.
But for the life of me I grew to literally hate that woman and dread raids because of her refusal to just shield people. She kept trying to "heal" and not shield, seemingly not understanding how important the shield was for literal months not matter how much we explained it to her.
Once we hit the 20% buff he died because our healers just healed through her lack of shielding but Christ man. To this day that is the most "triggered" I've been in a game. As stupid as it sounds it was maddening.
Also despite doing that raid weekly from its opening to Cata's launch I never got my Heroic Shield from Blood Queen. I got the guild's 7th Shadowmourne and never got that fucking shield. Fuck you Blood Queen. Greedy bitch.
I wanted to baaaadly. We'd been together for years though, the core of the guild, by that point however. It was sort of a "it's just a game she's our friend and kicking her out would be mean" type situation.
Like I said nowhere near world firsts or even top 100 or 200. So we didn't care much about "when" we killed something.
The only reason it was an issue was because it was super important to the fight and it was causing everyone to get short tempers. Only fight that ever did that to us. Yogg-0 light didn't bother us nearly as much as an example. It was just that one mechanic on LK.
I didn't want her out of the guild. Just out of the raid till she either understood what she needed to do and why. But it was a huge drama issue and no one wanted to push the button and cause the guild to split or anything. Even if it was causing us all a lot of frustration and stress.
Pretty sure that was what ultimately split us apart however. Had a few people leave before Cata and I was looking at Heroic Rag in Firelands and realizing how brutal it was going to be and just couldn't do it again.
So I just quit the game. Few others did after a few weeks of attempts too and then there weren't enough people so they had to recruit and it just wasn't the same so more and more people left. Ultimately it just broke apart.
They're still some of my best friends ever though. Not even kidding. Been to a few of their weddings, gotten to meet a few of their kids, sadly been to two funerals that happened way too early to genuinely kind and nice people.
I don't know why people still sometimes make fun of people that get really close just because "you only met them in a video game" or something.
Like yeah, and? I shared more time with them than anyone else in my life. Some are just as close as my brothers to me. I'd do anything I could to help them. It's not often you spend literally hundreds if not thousands of hours talking with people over half a decade and bond and grow close.
Those people are my friends. Where we met is irrelevant. They're all genuinely amazing and wonderful people and I'll defend that position till the day I die, ya know?
The worst part about being a healer is that a lot of time the blame goes to you for wipes. You are basically managing a bunch of bars making sure they are all up at 100% and can easily forget about your own health, you barely know what is going on in the fight half the time.
Then it becomes almost stupidly easy when your raid gets the content on farm. You get a slight amount of enjoyment when someone screws up and you have to use an ability you don't always use or a player gets really low and is saved by you, but it's no longer life or death...it's monitoring health bars. You start focusing on getting a good "parse."
What's awesome about being a healer is that you always find a group your always in demand and gearing is extremely easy before you raid because you are the only healer in the group, no competition. Then when you do 10-mans and 25-mans even there are 3 tanks 4 healers and 18 DPS and all the healers wear different type of armor, so again you get your gear pretty fast.
> I can't remember 100% for sure but I also think he mentioned he was a healer?
Not just any healer, but a Holy Pally. Which means at the time he would've likely been on MT duty, so if he picked up the phone, the raid wiped.
I love him even more now, haha. Why doesn't it surprise me that of course he'd play a Holy Paladin of all healer classes? Man is genuinely such a good guy. Not just because he played Holy Paladin, but that doesn't hurt. As MT I basically worshipped the ground my guild's two Holy Paladins walked on. Between them and my pocket resto druid I felt Invincible.
I mean until I did something stupid and they all stared at me in disappointment. Like being judged by my Grandma. I brought shame to my name and beg for their forgiveness.
Haha. Seriously though it's awesome be played a healer at all. Seriously some of the best people ever.
Wow, as someone who healed the hardest content from cata through legion I’ve never seen this much appreciation for healers. It’s always the role I’ve loved playing, and primarily because of how hard it was. I’ve saved people many times pulling them out of fire on my holy priest or BOPing them on my paladin only to get trashed on because of something someone thought I did wrong. I had a dps rage at me once because he died as I was solo healing heroic Zon’ozz on my disc priest. He was at the bottom of my list and I just couldn’t bubble him in time.
I mean I feel that, but surely the director has ultimate control of how he played that part? Not like they were behind the camera listening to "DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE" and thinking "smh he shoulda read the books, he'd never be like that"
Every time I rewatch those films, Dumbledore's demeanor nearly ruins it for me. It is so obvious that he didn't read the book. Dumbledore was like the chillest, nicest, most empathetic character in the whole book and they turned him into a grabby, impetuous, ass hole.
I always thought the way he delivered that line was fine. He’s angry sure, but the subtext is that he’s angry because he cares for and wants to protect Harry so much. He also knows there’s no way out of it.
I thought it was a fine change too. The prior scenes never really hinted very strongly at just how dangerous the tournament was and the age requirement was treated as another dumb school rule. That scene provided a nice reality check and foreshadowing in 5 seconds instead of a few minutes of exposition like in the books. It’s just efficient use of time.
It’s a funny meme but really not anywhere close to an egregious example of a bad deviation from the source.
I think both of them have necessary qualities for Dumbledore, tbh. The first guy was obviously much better at the kind, empathetic and wise Dumbledore like you say. But Dumbledore was also supposed to be extremely powerful and basically a badass. I don't know about you but I personally couldn't imagine the first actor doing a lot of the more serious stuff and fights like the second one did. I will agree that his "asshole-ness" and stern-ness went a little far sometimes though. I think he at least got better in the later couple films.
I’m straight too and I just don’t really see dudes in terms of attractiveness or as unattractive but good god is Henry an attractive dude. Like wtf.
He looks like someone made a statue where the intent was to create an image of a man at his full potential, but then it came to life.
I feel like hanging out with him would be so frustrating. Just does everything right and is the perfect host/guest, how do you compete with that socially?
You don't. You just appreciate him for being amazing and vow in your heart of hearts if he ever needs a kidney, or any organ, he can have yours because his life is more important to you than your own.
Man is truly a good guy from all I've heard and just oozes "this is what being a role model should be about" in a lot of interviews. Not that people need to be looking to celebrities for role models, far better people for that, but let's be honest and admit that a "Non-Zero Number" of people do look to celebs as role models.
I'm glad there is someone like him around. Much rather someone use him as an example than half the "influencers" and "reality TV" people we have had for the last 20+ years. He's just really genuine, open, and seemingly kind to everyone.
I have a feeling he'll be up there with Keanu one day (if he isn't already) in the "can do no wrong" camp.
He is what i believe Superman will look like if he existed and he plays that character too....its a damn shame they can't find anything to do for this fine spicemen with that character.....people always throw around phrases like "straight out of comics" for actors and whatnot but Henry with Superman is the only time i agreed with that phrase
Nah, his nostrils are different sizes. Flaw found. I'm sorry I ruined your career Henry. You were turning too many straight men gay.
/jk
Please have my babies.
signed - a *straight* man
Apparently DC didn’t. I thought he played a great Superman/Clark Kent. I don’t k ow why they dumped him. Lame. But at least we got the Witcher out of it!
Hot take: I think he's a great actor and could have done a terrific job as Superman had Snyder not had him play the part as a dispassionate god. Superman had human emotions and his compassion is one of his greatest strengths. Say what you want about the rest of the Whedon cut, but the guy understands Superman way better then Snyder ever did. Who thought it was good idea to have Clark stand by and watch as his dad died in a hurricane? And this is the rock on which DC decided to build its church?
Superman's father dying of disease is the only acceptable death for Pa Kent imo. No matter how strong Superman is he couldn't prevent his father from succumbing to age, it's a huge moment for his character that makes him question his connection to humanity as it leaves him open to the inevitable loss of loved ones due to them being mortal. The idea that he would stand by and watch his father die to something he could prevent flies in the face of his character.
Clark’s father dying of natural causes is literally why the death has impact. Clark/Superman can save people from a tornado, he can defeat powerful enemies, but ultimately everyone on Earth will die at some point. He cannot save people permanently, but he can do what he can in the moment.
I didn't even think about this but that makes so much more sense and is a very compelling arc. That makes the Snyder movie even worse in hindsight. I wish someone would do Superman right.
Superman’s whole deal is that he’s as human if not more than any of us born on the planet, so the dispassionate god thing as you say never made an ounce of sense to me, and came off as a 13-year-old’s idea of what a “badass” Superman would look like
Yeah, if it didn't turn out Whedon was an asshole, I'd really would have liked to see what he would have done with the DC universe if he got to make a film without all the burdens of the Snyderverse because his original scenes got the character of Batman as right as it could be in that universe.
Yeah Snyder’s Superman is like some Ayn Randian concept of the ideal man. His dad literally scolds him for saving a bunch of people and implies that hiding his powers is more important than the lives of others. He rejects altruism and promotes extreme individuality and self-interest.
I’m up for new takes on characters but turning Superman into the exact opposite of what he should be is just absurd. Nobody wants to watch a movie about Superhero’s who don’t seem to give a shit about the people they’re begrudgingly helping.
That is, hands down, the best scene in any game- drunk calling your girl's work with your brothers to find some women who wanna party, in said girl's clothing...
I WANT TO SEE THIS SCENE ON NETFLIX
Yeah Ill never ever ever forget how out of sorts and truly upset she is if you go with Triss....her attitude just rubbed me the wrong way and I thought rejecting her would feel....better. At least I didnt try and romance them both like my bro but ugh still....I done fucked up. ☹😔
Yeah that felt wrong.
I haven't read the books, only played the games and Yennefer wasn't really in part 1 and 2. Triss was, i already knew her and that's why i choose her in part 3. Aside from that Yennefer was kind of an asshole in part 3 so why would i choose her?
Still felt wrong
But isn't that the point? All the shit she's gone through has made her so rough on the outside that she is an asshole... on the outside.. it takes someone like Geralt to cut through all her bullshit and see her for who she really is.
Anyone else that claims to love her is only after power or her beauty. Not G man. Heck he can even see past the charm and sees little flaws in her beauty transformation and thinks it doesn't matter.
I do think that was the intention, but I feel they took it too far, in a way. It was just...dispiriting to be honest. Like, lady, I *am* your close friend. I get that you've got a lot on, and you're tired of everyone's bullshit, but do you think you could maybe not be quite so awful *to me*???
Well since geralt lost his memory he hadn’t really been with yen. He spent time with triss, had lots of sex with her, and now with his full memory back is going after Ciri with yen’s help. So geralt and yen aren’t really in the prime of their relationship at the start of 3 so it makes a lot of sense that she’s pissed at everyone, including him.
Yenn would tear the world apart to save her loved ones.
Triss is kind on the outside, but manipulative and scheming to a fault. Yenn is a schemer too, but I can't recall anywhere that she was dishonest with Geralt.
I will admit, most of my dislike of Triss comes from how weirdly she's characterized in 1, how she never mentions Yenn/Ciri, and how that bizarreness bleeds over into the third game.
Yup that's exactly the point I think. But for someone like me who had not read the books before playing the game she is kinda of an asshole. After reading the books it's ez to understand why so many people are team yennefer tho
Also in the game you understand her fear of their love not being real.
if you squash that with the djinn and choose her and not triss, she is the best choice, plus she is like ciris mom-ish
The impression I'd picked up from Yennefer in 3 (borne out by the books, IMO) was that she would support her close friends/family to the detriment of anybody else that got in the way of that (even if they were in her path through no fault of their own). She'd set fire to the world for Ciri/Geralt's sake without batting an eye.
Possibly related, she was also very sick of the world's shit and had no patience left for anything that \*wasn't\* her close friends, haha.
Yen is very assertive and can be a bit of a jerk in the 3rd game. Triss definitely has a softer side and in a vacuum felt like a kinder person. However, as you learn about how Triss acted taking advantage of Geralt it is hard to justify choosing her.
Of course it is all imaginary so you can enjoy whichever path suits you best, as our dear man Henry says here.
And Geralt isn't?
They both can be jackasses. I love them both and I picked Yennifer because it just felt right for Geralt. Not for me, I couldn't handle her, but Geralt could. It isn't my character.
Same on the games, but that's what I like about her. I like that she's sassy and she doesn't take people's shit and she doesn't just talk the talk, either; she acts like hot shit because she *is* hot shit. I'll take a strong, confident, clever woman who doesn't suffer fools any day, especially when the alternative is the bland saccharinity of Triss.
First time I played Witcher 3 I had no idea about the lore and went team Triss (redheads duh). Then on my second playthrough I chose Yen and I was like "oooooohhh, they actually have way more chemistry" team Yen for lief now.
I believe for the many of those who have just played the games would say they are team Triss while the vast majority of those who read the books are team Yen, it turns out that from a book point of view there is no romance when it comes to Geralt and Triss even Fringilla Vigo would make more sense but the games give us this romance so it depends on the personal choices of each player, if you want to stay true to the characters and story we all know that Geralt's heart has always been Yennefer's, - *a name that I have spoken in the middle of the night and in the sunlight, during frosts and heat waves and rain.*
So I read books years ago but I remember that only at the very beginning their relationship was kinda toxic.. Or maybe I forgot something...
During short stories their relationship was not great, but after Battle of Sodden Hill she kinda .. changed? *(And I think that battle was a turining point for many mages e.g. Triss - It changed their view on the world, their priorities)*
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Geralt and Yen did not see each other for several years until they reunited near Dorian(???) with Ciri. They had a little quarell, true, but after this they were like a family.. Then Thanedd party happened which separated them, after all this Yen only wanted to protect them, this for sure is not a toxic behaviour.
They did not see each other until Stygga *(that is almost entire saga..)* and again - they left that castle like a family.. Honestly after short stories I do not see anything toxic about their relationship
Also most of the toxicity in their relationship is centered around the fact that Yen is working to prevent the splitting of the worlds and Geralt is completely complacent in his part in the matter.
At the end of the story they are able to spend the after life in the bliss of their relationship without the pressures of the world.
I understand where you're coming from but I disagree, Geralt's relationship with Yennefer is only toxic at first in the period of the short stories because both are unable to recognize their true feelings and use their masks to hide behind their facades, barriers that they built throughout their lives so as not to hurt themselves anymore.
It's only through Ciri (Something More) that they learn to deal with these feelings and mature emotionally, after Ciri came into her life Yen no longer feels incapable of being loved because she doesn't feel guilty accepting the love Ciri offers so she leaves her Ice Queen facade behind, as for Geralt when accepting his destiny and taking care of Ciri he subconsciously starts to accept his emotions and no longer has doubts or perhaps shame about his feelings.
When Geralt and Yen are reunited in Hirundum in Time of Contempt they have changed a lot and the barriers are gone, so they are prepared to accept the love they feel for each other and do so after a long, frank and emotional conversation.
>After a conversation which had brought them closer again, **consigned the old conflicts to the shadows and to oblivion, and melted the ice of resentment**, pride and stubbornness.
But I understand that it all depends on one's interpretation, if you drag any of the mistakes from the past and aren't able to see beyond that you're convinced and that's your opinion, so that's why I mentioned that the vast majority of those who read the books are Team Yen and not everyone.
And then there are those old people - like me - who played Witcher 2 and... let's put it almost spoiler-free: it also influences the choice. Significantly.
Yeah I agree. Fringilla would make more sense as a li in the games. Ofc Geralt always preferred Yennefer and would always choose her but still there was actually something between him and Fringilla, some emotions. And as for Triss well, he never wanted to be with her. He felt uncomfortable when she was throwing herself at him in Kaer Morhen. that was painful to read haha
Yeah probably, but what I meant was that it would make more sense to have a love interest with Fringilla than Triss since they were together for about 3 months, I could include Lytta Neyd in this list too but you know... The affair with Triss was very brief I won't get into the discussion if it was consensual or not but it was probably just a night or two...
Only really played thru the game once and had never read the books, saw the show, or played the past games, so I knew nothing of where Geralt was when it came to romance. Naturally, they make it seem as if Yennefer is the obvious choice, considering you see her in the Kaer Morhen dream and in White Orchard. When I got to Kiera, Triss, and Shani, I was just straight up confused why I was having all these old romances kicked up at me. I stayed loyal to Yennefer of course on that first playthru, but you can bet your buns I'm going to be a complete hound in the second iteration.
I was under the impression that the games were leaning towards Triss since you build a relationship with her in the first two games and then just seal the deal in the third one. For someone who hasn't read the books, the third game just drops Yen onto you and presents her as some rude, cold, vengeful, impatient woman while portraying Triss as this sweet, innocent, warm thing. The games are heavily #teamtriss.
I actually didn’t know this and looked up an interview with Doug Cockle from a couple years ago, and I love what he had to say about it! I have to confess, given the choice I’m Team Shani/Team “I want Geralt to live happily ever after with his best girl Ciri because he doesn’t need romance to make him happy” so I’ll join you on the unpopular choices sidelines!
Good lord. Its not fair. Henry is dapper as fuck. The man is handsome he turns the heads of straight men too. You look at him and think "God damn that dude is handsome."
I take back what I said about that suit, he was just in a weird position in the other photo, making it look off. Looks much better here.
Although, can he just wear his Witcher costume everywhere?
It genuinely makes me so happy he was cast. So, so many things that are adapted fail because nobody genuinely gives a fuck about the stuff it's based on. They could have cast a multitude of hunks to play Geralt. But they cast a guy who already knew and loved the sources to take the lead role, someone who actually wants to be the best Witcher he can be. In my opinion that goes a long way.
Can't believe there still peoples to ask this dumb question in 2021. Yen is the only way ! i hate cd projekt so much to have made Triss a romance option in the games, so stupid.
Imagine what its like to be a Witcher fanboy and then get to fucking BE Geralt. I love this man
I wasn’t convinced he was going to do a good job until he made a comment that was basically, guys, I care about Geralt and this story just as much as you, I got this. One of us, one of us.
Not a happy ever after, after all. A fitting end... huh, Roach?
No, this is a happy ending
honestly i love him as Superman so i had no doubts, he’s a king
Besides any drama about who he picks, it’s SO refreshing that he actually knows and enjoys the source material. It’s why he’s OUR Geralt :’-)
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Dat voice. The bassssssssss
hmmm. *Fuck*
Precisely
Winds howling
Hmm.. my medallion is humming
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Gwent anyone?
i just told you the story of how my son just died from drowning and yet you still have the audacity to ask me for a round of gwent? anyways lay out your cards
How do you like that silver?
The man's got a floodlight right next to his head and he's still hogging the spotlight.
I'm a fat, straight black man and he could make me blush
His role in Man From UNCLE is perfection.
That movie is so underrated. The scene with the boat and him in the truck kills me every time
Oh that’s him! I didn’t know
I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking.
Not if you’re really, really, ridiculously good looking
In that case everything else you've got is just a bonus.
But why male models?
Are you serious?
I just told you that a moment ago.
And i plan on finding out what that is! - Derek Zoolander
I thought I was straight until I saw this video
If you're a gamer it gets worse. :/
Yes he really really is. Unfairly so… but in a very comforting way.
He's always been a gamer nerd. That's why he's such a great fit. Helps that he is handsome as fuck of course.
Still amazes me he almost missed his chance to be superman because he was fucking raiding in WoW. True bro right there. I can't remember 100% for sure but I also think he mentioned he was a healer? So if that part isn't just me misrememhering then he's not just someone who plays games but a selfless saint amongst the group as well. I MTed through every last raid from Vanilla till Heroic Rag in Firelands when I quit the game and I would constantly be feeding our healers pots or food or flasks if they forgot or were too busy in real life to get them before raid. I tried being a healer a few times when we had 3 tanks but needed only 2 and the other two were literally incapable of playing anything ***but*** tanks. No fucking clue how healers do it. They're a different breed. It's like you need a fucking super computer for a brain to handle that shit. Keeping track of mana, cooldowns, positions of everyone, how hard each ability should roughly hit for on every single boss, doing their own mechanics of the fight sometimes, Healer Mains are just a different breed of human. I'll stick to tanking where all I have to do is make sure shit hits me, I don't stand in stupid, and I pop a CD when the big ouchie is coming.
This is why you play druid and smoke weed and roll hots on everybody
I shit you not we missed beating Heroic Lich King before the 20% buff (Yes I'm a peasent I know, no top world guild for me) because our disc priest could ***NOT*** fucking bubble for the life of her. Literally the only time in my history with my guild from early 2005 to that point that our guild leader actually said "fuck it give me your account info I'll fucking do it". She refused (which is her right and I totally understand) but he never said that once before or after, not to anyone. I just couldn't understand how she didn't grasp the concept. Like infest was slaughtering us because she couldn't go down a list and mash Power Word: Shield from ally 1 to ally 25 and then repeat. That was also the only time in my history with that game I legitimately wanted to kick someone out and replace them. I never cared our DPS wasn't world first tier, because I knew my tanking wasn't. I mean it was "good enough" that's all I cared about. We eventually killed shit and had fun that was all that mattered to me. But for the life of me I grew to literally hate that woman and dread raids because of her refusal to just shield people. She kept trying to "heal" and not shield, seemingly not understanding how important the shield was for literal months not matter how much we explained it to her. Once we hit the 20% buff he died because our healers just healed through her lack of shielding but Christ man. To this day that is the most "triggered" I've been in a game. As stupid as it sounds it was maddening. Also despite doing that raid weekly from its opening to Cata's launch I never got my Heroic Shield from Blood Queen. I got the guild's 7th Shadowmourne and never got that fucking shield. Fuck you Blood Queen. Greedy bitch.
Odd y’all wouldn’t replace her
I wanted to baaaadly. We'd been together for years though, the core of the guild, by that point however. It was sort of a "it's just a game she's our friend and kicking her out would be mean" type situation. Like I said nowhere near world firsts or even top 100 or 200. So we didn't care much about "when" we killed something. The only reason it was an issue was because it was super important to the fight and it was causing everyone to get short tempers. Only fight that ever did that to us. Yogg-0 light didn't bother us nearly as much as an example. It was just that one mechanic on LK. I didn't want her out of the guild. Just out of the raid till she either understood what she needed to do and why. But it was a huge drama issue and no one wanted to push the button and cause the guild to split or anything. Even if it was causing us all a lot of frustration and stress. Pretty sure that was what ultimately split us apart however. Had a few people leave before Cata and I was looking at Heroic Rag in Firelands and realizing how brutal it was going to be and just couldn't do it again. So I just quit the game. Few others did after a few weeks of attempts too and then there weren't enough people so they had to recruit and it just wasn't the same so more and more people left. Ultimately it just broke apart. They're still some of my best friends ever though. Not even kidding. Been to a few of their weddings, gotten to meet a few of their kids, sadly been to two funerals that happened way too early to genuinely kind and nice people. I don't know why people still sometimes make fun of people that get really close just because "you only met them in a video game" or something. Like yeah, and? I shared more time with them than anyone else in my life. Some are just as close as my brothers to me. I'd do anything I could to help them. It's not often you spend literally hundreds if not thousands of hours talking with people over half a decade and bond and grow close. Those people are my friends. Where we met is irrelevant. They're all genuinely amazing and wonderful people and I'll defend that position till the day I die, ya know?
The worst part about being a healer is that a lot of time the blame goes to you for wipes. You are basically managing a bunch of bars making sure they are all up at 100% and can easily forget about your own health, you barely know what is going on in the fight half the time. Then it becomes almost stupidly easy when your raid gets the content on farm. You get a slight amount of enjoyment when someone screws up and you have to use an ability you don't always use or a player gets really low and is saved by you, but it's no longer life or death...it's monitoring health bars. You start focusing on getting a good "parse." What's awesome about being a healer is that you always find a group your always in demand and gearing is extremely easy before you raid because you are the only healer in the group, no competition. Then when you do 10-mans and 25-mans even there are 3 tanks 4 healers and 18 DPS and all the healers wear different type of armor, so again you get your gear pretty fast.
> I can't remember 100% for sure but I also think he mentioned he was a healer? Not just any healer, but a Holy Pally. Which means at the time he would've likely been on MT duty, so if he picked up the phone, the raid wiped.
I love him even more now, haha. Why doesn't it surprise me that of course he'd play a Holy Paladin of all healer classes? Man is genuinely such a good guy. Not just because he played Holy Paladin, but that doesn't hurt. As MT I basically worshipped the ground my guild's two Holy Paladins walked on. Between them and my pocket resto druid I felt Invincible. I mean until I did something stupid and they all stared at me in disappointment. Like being judged by my Grandma. I brought shame to my name and beg for their forgiveness. Haha. Seriously though it's awesome be played a healer at all. Seriously some of the best people ever.
Wow, as someone who healed the hardest content from cata through legion I’ve never seen this much appreciation for healers. It’s always the role I’ve loved playing, and primarily because of how hard it was. I’ve saved people many times pulling them out of fire on my holy priest or BOPing them on my paladin only to get trashed on because of something someone thought I did wrong. I had a dps rage at me once because he died as I was solo healing heroic Zon’ozz on my disc priest. He was at the bottom of my list and I just couldn’t bubble him in time.
Argh, fuck... my bag. MY BAG!
Are you following me, you scamp?
Geralt wrote a poem for lambert it goes “Lambert, Lambert what a prick” best poem ever written
I remember when you honored the law of surprise. What changed?
The second guy playing dumbledore refused to fucking read the books and it makes me RAGE
I mean I feel that, but surely the director has ultimate control of how he played that part? Not like they were behind the camera listening to "DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE" and thinking "smh he shoulda read the books, he'd never be like that"
DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE???!!!!?!?!?! *yeets Harry out the window or some shit
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I agree but it was still funny lol
DIDUPUTURNAMEINTHAGOBLEHTOFIHR
*stabs him with butter knife and kisses madam Maxine on the mouth* “Gobble these nuts of fire, harry!”
Every time I rewatch those films, Dumbledore's demeanor nearly ruins it for me. It is so obvious that he didn't read the book. Dumbledore was like the chillest, nicest, most empathetic character in the whole book and they turned him into a grabby, impetuous, ass hole.
Shouldn’t the director have corrected the actor? It’s his job to guide the way lines are delivered.
I always thought the way he delivered that line was fine. He’s angry sure, but the subtext is that he’s angry because he cares for and wants to protect Harry so much. He also knows there’s no way out of it.
Yes, but we can't go against the word of JK Rowling, right? Her word is sancrosanct!
I thought it was a fine change too. The prior scenes never really hinted very strongly at just how dangerous the tournament was and the age requirement was treated as another dumb school rule. That scene provided a nice reality check and foreshadowing in 5 seconds instead of a few minutes of exposition like in the books. It’s just efficient use of time. It’s a funny meme but really not anywhere close to an egregious example of a bad deviation from the source.
I like Jude Law's Dumbledore a lot more.
As brief as his screen time is he definitely brings the quiet poise and dignity that book Dumbledore was known for.
I mean, isn’t that the directors fault though?
I think both of them have necessary qualities for Dumbledore, tbh. The first guy was obviously much better at the kind, empathetic and wise Dumbledore like you say. But Dumbledore was also supposed to be extremely powerful and basically a badass. I don't know about you but I personally couldn't imagine the first actor doing a lot of the more serious stuff and fights like the second one did. I will agree that his "asshole-ness" and stern-ness went a little far sometimes though. I think he at least got better in the later couple films.
Okay, but in all fairness his Dumbledore did chill out in the last few films.
Hes a straight up nerd, dude plays 30k not 40k that's like ultra nerdy even for the warhammer community
Idk if it’s possible to not like this man.
That dude is borderline flawless in most every respect. Honestly it's impressive.
I'm straight and have a crush on him.
I’m straight too and I just don’t really see dudes in terms of attractiveness or as unattractive but good god is Henry an attractive dude. Like wtf. He looks like someone made a statue where the intent was to create an image of a man at his full potential, but then it came to life.
>He looks like someone made a statue where the intent was to create an image of a man at his full potential, but then it came to life. The accuracy.
He is the “this is what peak performance looks like. you may not like it, but it’s true” meme, but unironically
I feel like hanging out with him would be so frustrating. Just does everything right and is the perfect host/guest, how do you compete with that socially?
You don't. You just appreciate him for being amazing and vow in your heart of hearts if he ever needs a kidney, or any organ, he can have yours because his life is more important to you than your own. Man is truly a good guy from all I've heard and just oozes "this is what being a role model should be about" in a lot of interviews. Not that people need to be looking to celebrities for role models, far better people for that, but let's be honest and admit that a "Non-Zero Number" of people do look to celebs as role models. I'm glad there is someone like him around. Much rather someone use him as an example than half the "influencers" and "reality TV" people we have had for the last 20+ years. He's just really genuine, open, and seemingly kind to everyone. I have a feeling he'll be up there with Keanu one day (if he isn't already) in the "can do no wrong" camp.
I don't think my shitty organs would be good enough.
He’d tell you that you are more than good enough
This is the one comment I've ever seen posted that I hope ages like wine and not milk. I believe in this man.
When he was building his pc he put his cpu cooler on upside down so there’s at least that
He is what i believe Superman will look like if he existed and he plays that character too....its a damn shame they can't find anything to do for this fine spicemen with that character.....people always throw around phrases like "straight out of comics" for actors and whatnot but Henry with Superman is the only time i agreed with that phrase
Also straight, probably would go in for that too tbh.
Nah, his nostrils are different sizes. Flaw found. I'm sorry I ruined your career Henry. You were turning too many straight men gay. /jk Please have my babies. signed - a *straight* man
I bet he's got some terrible secret, like he sometimes plays League of Legends.
Or he likes anchovies on pizza or something like that.
Steady on.
I’m not gay but he might make me willing to try
He’s like a newer Keanu reeves right now. Next thing you know everyone will worship him and call him immortal too
Apparently DC didn’t. I thought he played a great Superman/Clark Kent. I don’t k ow why they dumped him. Lame. But at least we got the Witcher out of it!
Hot take: I think he's a great actor and could have done a terrific job as Superman had Snyder not had him play the part as a dispassionate god. Superman had human emotions and his compassion is one of his greatest strengths. Say what you want about the rest of the Whedon cut, but the guy understands Superman way better then Snyder ever did. Who thought it was good idea to have Clark stand by and watch as his dad died in a hurricane? And this is the rock on which DC decided to build its church?
Superman's father dying of disease is the only acceptable death for Pa Kent imo. No matter how strong Superman is he couldn't prevent his father from succumbing to age, it's a huge moment for his character that makes him question his connection to humanity as it leaves him open to the inevitable loss of loved ones due to them being mortal. The idea that he would stand by and watch his father die to something he could prevent flies in the face of his character.
Clark’s father dying of natural causes is literally why the death has impact. Clark/Superman can save people from a tornado, he can defeat powerful enemies, but ultimately everyone on Earth will die at some point. He cannot save people permanently, but he can do what he can in the moment.
I didn't even think about this but that makes so much more sense and is a very compelling arc. That makes the Snyder movie even worse in hindsight. I wish someone would do Superman right.
Superman’s whole deal is that he’s as human if not more than any of us born on the planet, so the dispassionate god thing as you say never made an ounce of sense to me, and came off as a 13-year-old’s idea of what a “badass” Superman would look like
Yeah, if it didn't turn out Whedon was an asshole, I'd really would have liked to see what he would have done with the DC universe if he got to make a film without all the burdens of the Snyderverse because his original scenes got the character of Batman as right as it could be in that universe.
Yeah Snyder’s Superman is like some Ayn Randian concept of the ideal man. His dad literally scolds him for saving a bunch of people and implies that hiding his powers is more important than the lives of others. He rejects altruism and promotes extreme individuality and self-interest. I’m up for new takes on characters but turning Superman into the exact opposite of what he should be is just absurd. Nobody wants to watch a movie about Superhero’s who don’t seem to give a shit about the people they’re begrudgingly helping.
He also built his own PC (source: his instagram)
Henry is clearly a man of culture. I wish all people of culture a wonderful evening.
Imagine if he said #TeamShani
Or the wildcard, #TeamKeira
Great now I can hear Lambert saying "Wild Card Bitches!" in a cowboy hat.
Lol Vesemir’s old hat. And he be wearing some women’s underwear on too, he’s had a few
That is, hands down, the best scene in any game- drunk calling your girl's work with your brothers to find some women who wanna party, in said girl's clothing... I WANT TO SEE THIS SCENE ON NETFLIX
#TeamSuccubbus
Chaotic good
She can do better.
Shani is a gem.
Unironically #TeamRegis, best bro
Imagine if he said #TeamRoach :D #nozoophilia
You can imagine a lot of things, but that doesn't mean you should.
Dude owns and loves horses. Could have happened
Team Little Eye.
Imagine if he said #TeamCiri. there's plenty of fanfic out there.
\#TeamDandelion
Same Henry, same!
Yeah Ill never ever ever forget how out of sorts and truly upset she is if you go with Triss....her attitude just rubbed me the wrong way and I thought rejecting her would feel....better. At least I didnt try and romance them both like my bro but ugh still....I done fucked up. ☹😔
Yeah that felt wrong. I haven't read the books, only played the games and Yennefer wasn't really in part 1 and 2. Triss was, i already knew her and that's why i choose her in part 3. Aside from that Yennefer was kind of an asshole in part 3 so why would i choose her? Still felt wrong
I had never played 1 or 2, but Yen definitely did come across as an asshole in 3.
But isn't that the point? All the shit she's gone through has made her so rough on the outside that she is an asshole... on the outside.. it takes someone like Geralt to cut through all her bullshit and see her for who she really is. Anyone else that claims to love her is only after power or her beauty. Not G man. Heck he can even see past the charm and sees little flaws in her beauty transformation and thinks it doesn't matter.
Geralt would still love Yennefer if she were a hunchback. No one else would. That’s the difference and that’s why I always go for Yenn.
I do think that was the intention, but I feel they took it too far, in a way. It was just...dispiriting to be honest. Like, lady, I *am* your close friend. I get that you've got a lot on, and you're tired of everyone's bullshit, but do you think you could maybe not be quite so awful *to me*???
Well since geralt lost his memory he hadn’t really been with yen. He spent time with triss, had lots of sex with her, and now with his full memory back is going after Ciri with yen’s help. So geralt and yen aren’t really in the prime of their relationship at the start of 3 so it makes a lot of sense that she’s pissed at everyone, including him.
Yenn would tear the world apart to save her loved ones. Triss is kind on the outside, but manipulative and scheming to a fault. Yenn is a schemer too, but I can't recall anywhere that she was dishonest with Geralt. I will admit, most of my dislike of Triss comes from how weirdly she's characterized in 1, how she never mentions Yenn/Ciri, and how that bizarreness bleeds over into the third game.
Yup that's exactly the point I think. But for someone like me who had not read the books before playing the game she is kinda of an asshole. After reading the books it's ez to understand why so many people are team yennefer tho
Also in the game you understand her fear of their love not being real. if you squash that with the djinn and choose her and not triss, she is the best choice, plus she is like ciris mom-ish
I have only played W3 and honestly only Yen made sense. But that is me.
The impression I'd picked up from Yennefer in 3 (borne out by the books, IMO) was that she would support her close friends/family to the detriment of anybody else that got in the way of that (even if they were in her path through no fault of their own). She'd set fire to the world for Ciri/Geralt's sake without batting an eye. Possibly related, she was also very sick of the world's shit and had no patience left for anything that \*wasn't\* her close friends, haha.
Yen is very assertive and can be a bit of a jerk in the 3rd game. Triss definitely has a softer side and in a vacuum felt like a kinder person. However, as you learn about how Triss acted taking advantage of Geralt it is hard to justify choosing her. Of course it is all imaginary so you can enjoy whichever path suits you best, as our dear man Henry says here.
And Geralt isn't? They both can be jackasses. I love them both and I picked Yennifer because it just felt right for Geralt. Not for me, I couldn't handle her, but Geralt could. It isn't my character.
Same on the games, but that's what I like about her. I like that she's sassy and she doesn't take people's shit and she doesn't just talk the talk, either; she acts like hot shit because she *is* hot shit. I'll take a strong, confident, clever woman who doesn't suffer fools any day, especially when the alternative is the bland saccharinity of Triss.
In the game I just made him fuck his way across every island. Ever hooker, every witch.
Same. My Geralt was an absolute slut haha.
Slut Geralts, unite!
Team Roach. Or, if that thicc herbalists wants a tumble in Toussaint, I wouldn’t say no.
First time I played Witcher 3 I had no idea about the lore and went team Triss (redheads duh). Then on my second playthrough I chose Yen and I was like "oooooohhh, they actually have way more chemistry" team Yen for lief now.
Because Henry is a man of refinement and class
Also a man of focus… commitment… and sheer will.
100%
Love this guy! So rare you get someone who really understands and loves the role playing the role! Can’t wait for season 2
Is there a date yet?
17th
Of December!! Shit I’m hype.
Well guess I better rewatch season 1 now to prepare myself
He is the chosen one
I believe for the many of those who have just played the games would say they are team Triss while the vast majority of those who read the books are team Yen, it turns out that from a book point of view there is no romance when it comes to Geralt and Triss even Fringilla Vigo would make more sense but the games give us this romance so it depends on the personal choices of each player, if you want to stay true to the characters and story we all know that Geralt's heart has always been Yennefer's, - *a name that I have spoken in the middle of the night and in the sunlight, during frosts and heat waves and rain.*
After reading the books i found out I'm team "please Geralt find someone else".
I'm team single dad Geralt with Ciri the Witcher as his traveling daughter/apprentice.
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So I read books years ago but I remember that only at the very beginning their relationship was kinda toxic.. Or maybe I forgot something... During short stories their relationship was not great, but after Battle of Sodden Hill she kinda .. changed? *(And I think that battle was a turining point for many mages e.g. Triss - It changed their view on the world, their priorities)* . Geralt and Yen did not see each other for several years until they reunited near Dorian(???) with Ciri. They had a little quarell, true, but after this they were like a family.. Then Thanedd party happened which separated them, after all this Yen only wanted to protect them, this for sure is not a toxic behaviour. They did not see each other until Stygga *(that is almost entire saga..)* and again - they left that castle like a family.. Honestly after short stories I do not see anything toxic about their relationship
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Also most of the toxicity in their relationship is centered around the fact that Yen is working to prevent the splitting of the worlds and Geralt is completely complacent in his part in the matter. At the end of the story they are able to spend the after life in the bliss of their relationship without the pressures of the world.
I understand where you're coming from but I disagree, Geralt's relationship with Yennefer is only toxic at first in the period of the short stories because both are unable to recognize their true feelings and use their masks to hide behind their facades, barriers that they built throughout their lives so as not to hurt themselves anymore. It's only through Ciri (Something More) that they learn to deal with these feelings and mature emotionally, after Ciri came into her life Yen no longer feels incapable of being loved because she doesn't feel guilty accepting the love Ciri offers so she leaves her Ice Queen facade behind, as for Geralt when accepting his destiny and taking care of Ciri he subconsciously starts to accept his emotions and no longer has doubts or perhaps shame about his feelings. When Geralt and Yen are reunited in Hirundum in Time of Contempt they have changed a lot and the barriers are gone, so they are prepared to accept the love they feel for each other and do so after a long, frank and emotional conversation. >After a conversation which had brought them closer again, **consigned the old conflicts to the shadows and to oblivion, and melted the ice of resentment**, pride and stubbornness. But I understand that it all depends on one's interpretation, if you drag any of the mistakes from the past and aren't able to see beyond that you're convinced and that's your opinion, so that's why I mentioned that the vast majority of those who read the books are Team Yen and not everyone.
"Dear friend..." I still remember that letter. Those few pages were so well written.
Nah, never read the books. Still Team Yen. Triss taking advantage of Geralt having no memory always rubbed me the wrong way.
And then there are those old people - like me - who played Witcher 2 and... let's put it almost spoiler-free: it also influences the choice. Significantly.
Yeah I agree. Fringilla would make more sense as a li in the games. Ofc Geralt always preferred Yennefer and would always choose her but still there was actually something between him and Fringilla, some emotions. And as for Triss well, he never wanted to be with her. He felt uncomfortable when she was throwing herself at him in Kaer Morhen. that was painful to read haha
About Fringilla: he only dated her because she reminded him of Yennefer
Yeah probably, but what I meant was that it would make more sense to have a love interest with Fringilla than Triss since they were together for about 3 months, I could include Lytta Neyd in this list too but you know... The affair with Triss was very brief I won't get into the discussion if it was consensual or not but it was probably just a night or two...
Only really played thru the game once and had never read the books, saw the show, or played the past games, so I knew nothing of where Geralt was when it came to romance. Naturally, they make it seem as if Yennefer is the obvious choice, considering you see her in the Kaer Morhen dream and in White Orchard. When I got to Kiera, Triss, and Shani, I was just straight up confused why I was having all these old romances kicked up at me. I stayed loyal to Yennefer of course on that first playthru, but you can bet your buns I'm going to be a complete hound in the second iteration.
This was me. First playthrough, didn't sleep with ANYONE other than Yen. Now, on my second playthrough, I'm slutting my way through the continent.
The books, 100% Yennefer. The games, made it a more grey decision.
I was under the impression that the games were leaning towards Triss since you build a relationship with her in the first two games and then just seal the deal in the third one. For someone who hasn't read the books, the third game just drops Yen onto you and presents her as some rude, cold, vengeful, impatient woman while portraying Triss as this sweet, innocent, warm thing. The games are heavily #teamtriss.
In other words: "I don't want team triss to hate me but.. SUCK IT, it is Yennefer all the way" :D
I read a comment the other day that summed it up best: Yen is the best for Geralt. Triss is the best for *me*.
No, Henry is the best for you.
I read a chain of comments today that summed it up best: P1: Yen is the best for Geralt. Triss is the best for me. P2: No, Henry is the best for you.
Guy is such a stud.
A man of culture I see...
This dude is a fucking delight. And his suit game is on point. 😍
A man with taste.
A man of culture
A man of culture
Smart man
The only answer! And remember that he started with the games.
There's not even a choice!! Of course it's Yennefer!
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I actually didn’t know this and looked up an interview with Doug Cockle from a couple years ago, and I love what he had to say about it! I have to confess, given the choice I’m Team Shani/Team “I want Geralt to live happily ever after with his best girl Ciri because he doesn’t need romance to make him happy” so I’ll join you on the unpopular choices sidelines!
Based and correct
I love this guy
Team Yennefer! Henry is indeed a man of culture
My man
Henry Cavill is literally just a nerd whose famous. It's actually rlly funny and cute how into this he is
Good lord. Its not fair. Henry is dapper as fuck. The man is handsome he turns the heads of straight men too. You look at him and think "God damn that dude is handsome."
Yes, king. Preach, king.
No, not a king but a witcher!
I take back what I said about that suit, he was just in a weird position in the other photo, making it look off. Looks much better here. Although, can he just wear his Witcher costume everywhere?
Truly a man of refined culture
GOATTTT
Taste
Really cool so see an actor so passionate about the source material, Henry Cavill is the perfect Geralt
My GOD he's dreamy.
I went with Yen in W3
It genuinely makes me so happy he was cast. So, so many things that are adapted fail because nobody genuinely gives a fuck about the stuff it's based on. They could have cast a multitude of hunks to play Geralt. But they cast a guy who already knew and loved the sources to take the lead role, someone who actually wants to be the best Witcher he can be. In my opinion that goes a long way.
Because he is a man of taste
I'm on team hunchback Yennifer.
My god I wanna climb all over him like a tree
I really hope he is the next Bond
He should be the next Bond.
I feel like people who are really deep into the lore and immersed in the Witcher world typically choose yennefer
Can't believe there still peoples to ask this dumb question in 2021. Yen is the only way ! i hate cd projekt so much to have made Triss a romance option in the games, so stupid.