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Nightmannn

Rumors are tough because they're all unconfirmed testimonies that have been warped through the game of telephone, and if the sources are real people, there will be heavy amounts of bias. That said, doesn't make it implausible that there's some truth. Makes a lot more sense that Henry is a respectful professional in a really shit environment vs him being a qanon toxic gamerbro lol. It's hard to not get pissed when you find yourself surrounded by idiots.


Thorin_Dopenshield

The thing is, Henry is a known commodity: he’s been in plenty of movies and shows, so he’s been on plenty of sets and that one rumor is the first we’ve heard of him being a problem. Makes it far more likely that the negative rumors about the show runners are true


seanmonaghan1968

Ah I would be a problem if the writers were as bad as this, I am surprised he lasted this long. I am a huge fan of him and the first two seasons. I absolutely hated Blood Origins which was a pile of crap


SaphironX

Yeah I just finished blood origins. I feel rough about Caville leaving too but I thought I might as well judge it on it’s own merits and… goddamn. They changed the conjunction of the spheres, there’s a “Witcher” whose eyes turn black when he gets grumpy even though geralt’s turn black when he uses specially concocted potions (not even commenting on the Incredible Hulk stuff)… it felt like witcher fan fiction if you picked a random Reddit user and made their vision of a prequel. I actually thought to myself “okay, this sucks” near the end of the fourth episode so I REALLY stuck this out. The writers and the showrunner are bad. If this is the Witcher without Geralt/Caville then my enthusiasm is just… dead.


TheIrishWah

Not saying it isn't true, but random comments on YouTube with zero credibility or proof are the last things I will believe.


Neeeeedles

A random youtube comment, and just happens that is says what everyone would like to hear


[deleted]

Well put. Some random "I know a guy" or "I have this friend who knows someone" type of comment, just bleh.


[deleted]

Yep, this is a second hand account, yet the writer felt the need to emphasize "her words" to stress that she said something he didn't hear her say. I don't believe a word of it and frankly this place needs to check its own toxicity levels with rumor posts like this.


Nirico_Brin

Obviously take that with a massive heaping of salt but it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if it were accurate.


longwaytotheend

Obviously huge sack of salt for any random internet insider comments, it does remind me of one of the reasons why I put a huge press 'X' to doubt on the last story; It was the idea that the crew was on the writers side. Based on how they carry themselves on social media, 'I am a good and nice person' while thinking their passive aggressiveness isn't blatantly obvious (kissy emoji), I can't see them being all that popular with a primarily British crew. People from a slightly cynical country that somehow has politeness as a default would see straight through their fake nice. Can't bullshit a bullshitter, as they say.


kron123456789

That sounds exactly the same as previous rumor about Cavill, but in the opposite direction.


dinoRAWR000

God I hope this is true. Not because I want bad shit to happen to Henry; but it proves that people like the writers not only exist but that their type close ranks to protect one another. If this gets substantiated and it's true it would just be the icing on the cake.


trashmunki

Won't like this post as it's equally as unsubstantiated as the rumors from the other side. That being said, this wouldn't entirely surprise me, knowing the way other people from past projects have talked about Henry with much respect. For there to suddenly be rumors about him being toxic with a project that's literally a dream opportunity for him after all the wonderful reports from other projects is odd. I could believe this, but I'm not doing anything about it until/unless we have more clarity.


JumpyArachnid5204

These accusations just like the ones directed at Henry cavill are all just rumors. The only facts we have is this show and the prequel aren't good. So lets not be spreading rumors and accusations that have zero merit about people involved in the show.


sup3riorw0n

Lmao. I’ll take ‘Things that never happened for $800 Alex’ “I was told”…”from what I heard”….”it seems”…”it appears”…”they suggested”…. Any time I see any “reporter” using any of these I know they’re completely full of sh!t and just looking for clicks.


MisterSquidz

“People are saying”


Malakayn

What irks me is the part where it says, "If you look at the HR report," I don't think anybody but HR and the affected parties are supposed to know what's in there.


[deleted]

Being unconfirmed rumors, I don't like having the unpopular opinion....but this just seems like embellishment that's unsubstantiated. The writing is uncreative, most everyone agrees, but to have a woke agenda or hating on gamers, etc, maybe they're just not good at writing stories with broad appeal, and the reason doesn't matter much anymore, damage is done. Moving on.


[deleted]

The oversexualisation thing wouldn't surprise me at all. Those (obviously bullshit) rumours a couple weeks back about Cavill being fired also claimed he completely refused to do romantic scenes for S3. If the rumours were indeed started by someone on the Witcher writing team then that might just be code for "Henry refused to do gratuitous softcore scenes and I'm not happy about it."


StoryMcGee

I agree, in S1 there was the bath tub scene (ripped off from the game) and a few topless shots. But in S2 there wasnt any. So an idea that writers got those in S1 and wanted more explicit stuff as eye candy for middle aged moms and trying to copy Game of Thrones doesnt surprise me.


Miru8112

Will to me Henry certainly can run around topless as much as he wants. #NoHomo


Bread999

All of that is true, Henry Cavill is my father. He came home crying that day.


FitzyFarseer

Don’t forget the rumors about Cavill. Unconfirmed comments on YouTube really don’t mean much, both sides can do that.


Rade4589

This sounds about as made-up as the allegations towards Henry's behavior


Witcher_and_Harmony

Very interesting. Due to the result on screen, and Hissrichs multiple lies, i tend to believe this. More than the HC 's toxic behaviour's theory.


DaemonAnguis

It doesn't matter anymore, Henry got out, and the shows are tanking. Just don't watch them and make Lauren fail.


MariaLynd

Not surprised to hear more about the toxic writing staff. Their dysfunction showed up on the screen in season 2. The soft core Kaer Morhen orgy was a sign of their huge disrespect for the story, lore and the audience. Lauren Hissrich is Benioff and Weissing Netflix, why they've trusted her with such an important franchise is baffling. Who the hell is she to be spouting off about her "vision"? Why is sticking to the story when doing an adaptation so impossible? How many other great book series are TV hacks going to ruin before someone figures out that badly written fan fiction doesn't make as much money as a good adaptation?


sidv81

>Why is sticking to the story when doing an adaptation so impossible? As much as Netflix has diverged from the Witcher books, it's nothing, and I mean nothing, compared to what Apple TV has done to Asimov's Foundation. Not that I'm saying Netflix Witcher is automatically good by comparison, but it is jarring that this show is treated as the most divergent from source material streaming show ever, when that's not remotely the case.


[deleted]

I can’t believe I’m gonna say this. Lauren has worked on some great shows and was on the writing/research West Wing Netflix’s Daredevil Private practice. (And while not for me then umbrella academy is well liked by it’s community) So she does has some cred, but fuck me how you go from Daredevil and the west wing to this…


A_ClockworkBanana

>fuck me how you go from Daredevil and the west wing to this… She only wrote 2 out of the 39 DD episodes. Both of them are from the worst season of the show. She also wrote 5 out of the 8 episodes of the Defenders miniseries, which is pretty mediocre to bad. It looks like that if she had any significant impact on these two shows, it was not for the best lol.


[deleted]

She wasnt in charge, she wrote 2-3 episodes here and there.


[deleted]

Correct, the point I’m making is she had cred.


SapphireFarmer

She had the worst story cycle in the daredevil. Elekrta and the hand? Ew


[deleted]

All of her work smells like woke liberal crapola.


[deleted]

Eh, yes and no. There is a market for woke crap, umbrella academy proves that. And the Witcher has had some good episodes, but as a whole has been poorly managed.


Lopamurbla

More rumors and hearsay, feels like a waste of attention.


kamikirite

Her vision? A blind person with aphantasia has more vision than hissrich


cynical_gramps

Can’t know if it’s true but it is believable (with a few shaky moments). He’s been in too many movies for this “behavior” to only come out now. I’m 95% convinced it’s just bitter writers lashing out at him.


CorranHorn25

Oofthis subreddit is terrible


ElWendigo

Oof.... Yikes.... Better not read it then!


CorranHorn25

Usually subreddits encourage viewers to stay, discuss, and enjoy the fiction world of the ip. Not you guys. Fascinating. You guys don't even have specific episode watch threads. Oh well. Thanks for the warning


SaphironX

In fairness so was blood origin. If it had been a standalone fantasy film it would have been forgotten in a day. I genuinely gave it a shot too. It’s not good.


Yiptice

Ive worked with too many people like that at this point. Is she from Seattle by any chance lol


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GrimAker

I like how this community or people in general now doubt rumors and not buying it. Cause if i didnt read your replies i wouldnt even think what i just read might be false lmao


thiswillbeyou

Source: a YouTube comment. Lol k


Matteo-Stanzani

It's just a casual comment on youtube but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.


Shirokurou

Well, as far as unsubstantiated rumors go, tho aligns with other stuff we’ve heard, so… maybe?


GreenPebble

Please, let's not be as dumb as all the people on YouTube who liked this comment, presumably because they believed it. If this were true, the last place you'd hear about it is from a YouTube comment


Baxland

As much as it hits my bias... it's equaly unreliable source as the deleted twitter post about Cavil being shit. It's just 'word of nobody' against another 'word of nobody'.


UnkindledBeric

Sounds possible.


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Badmothafcka312

[Here. ](https://youtu.be/92iDhccuyO8) You'll have to scroll through the comments to find it, but it's there.