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The Witcher Has All the Best Memes

Henry Cavill and Jason Momoa meme for The Witcher

Netflix’s The Witcher is growing by leaps and bounds in popularity online. While its debut during the holiday season appeared to stall the creation of an instant, explosive fandom for the show (the books and video games have long enjoyed a huge fan base), The Witcher continues to gather force.

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Word of mouth, memes, and countless covers of “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” have helped with the spread. Last week, the show reached #1 on Tumblr’s fandometrics—a position no doubt fueled by the humorous posts that are emerging in abundance.

https://tremendoussandwichchaos.tumblr.com/post/189961803418/me-and-the-boys-breaking-it-down-on-the-dance

The Witcher lends itself to memeing. I recently wrote about how Geralt’s smiling sword has a darker side, but most of what’s being generated from the fan community is good winking fun. The tongue-in-cheek humor undergirding the show is the perfect meme base, providing the characters with over-the-top situations and furnishing the actors with exaggerated expressions just waiting to be screengrabbed and gif’d. And the show’s dramatic relationships are particularly easy to represent via, say, SpongeBob SquarePants or Parks and Rec.

https://onone-san.tumblr.com/post/190138008700

Sometimes an existing meme format gains meta-textuality by already featuring Henry Cavill:

https://lordasriell.tumblr.com/post/190146210025

The One With Ross Geller Dressed Uncannilly Like Geralt of Rivia:

https://pirateangeel.tumblr.com/post/190005358133/the-witcher-2019

Geralt’s choice of dress inspires on its own:

https://panoramicambitions.tumblr.com/post/190208305441/toss-a-coin-to-your-witcher-or-a-draw-25

Tag yourself:

https://itmeyagirl.tumblr.com/post/190017042379/toss-a-coin-to-your-w-i-t-c-h-e-r

Panic! At the Cintran Feast

https://poortasteart.tumblr.com/post/189957552877/im-gonna-tell-my-kids-this-is-brendon-urie

Effective advertising:

https://lordasriell.tumblr.com/post/190240842805

Many popular posts use the comedic odd-couple relationship between Geralt and the bard Jaskier as a jumping-off point:

https://borntobewitchy.tumblr.com/post/190079375876/the-witcher-and-his-bard-a-summary

https://catchymemes.com/post/190105460879

https://elilyal.tumblr.com/post/190138457715

https://bllellow.tumblr.com/post/190107172522/jaskier-tell-me-hows-my-singing-geralt

https://secretlymsmarvel.tumblr.com/post/190079142413/has-this-been-done

https://slack-water.tumblr.com/post/190024990194/so-i-just-watched-the-show-and-other-than-that-i

https://lmaowitcher.tumblr.com/post/190112109224/jaskier-panic-write-a-song-sing-the-song

https://memeforaliving.tumblr.com/post/190219934313/protect-the-bard-by-all-cost

Jaskier on his own appears to be a meme favorite:

https://witcher-ing.tumblr.com/post/190130910364/i-have-way-too-much-time-on-my-hands

And some memes riff on the idea that Jaskier was jealous of Yennefer for securing Geralt’s affections:

https://lmaowitcher.tumblr.com/post/190059476084/jas-is-either-really-enjoying-watching-or-really

https://lmaowitcher.tumblr.com/post/190113025084/just-heterosexual-best-friends-things-ya-know

https://lmaowitcher.tumblr.com/post/190081381059/im-right-there-with-them-i-promise

Since we can’t stop playing “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” and have given up trying:

https://tremendoussandwichchaos.tumblr.com/post/190201156288

And then, of course, there’s the one Witcher truth universally acknowledged:

https://tremendoussandwichchaos.tumblr.com/post/189963195273

Seen any good Witcher memes as of late? Toss the links our way in the comments.

(via Tumblr, image: lordasriell on Tumblr)

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Kaila Hale-Stern (she/her) is a content director, editor, and writer who has been working in digital media for more than fifteen years. She started at TMS in 2016. She loves to write about TV—especially science fiction, fantasy, and mystery shows—and movies, with an emphasis on Marvel. Talk to her about fandom, queer representation, and Captain Kirk. Kaila has written for io9, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, The Awl, Wired, Cosmopolitan, and once published a Harlequin novel you'll never find.

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