Geralt's "Fuck"

About

Geralt's "Fuck" refers to an interjection often repeated by character Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher Netflix TV series along with "Hmm." Following the release of the series, the catchphrase became a popular subject of memes online, with a still image of Geralt captioned "Fuck." also gaining popularity as an image macro.

Origin

On December 20th, 2019, The Witcher series premiered on Netflix.^[1] In a number of scenes in the series, the main protagonist Geralt of Rivia, portrayed by Henry Cavill, interjects "Fuck" when he finds himself in unfavorable situations. Additionally, on many occasions, Geralt grunts "hmm" when thinking or responding to others (compilations shown below).

Spread

Starting on December 20th, multiple users on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit posted and joked about Geralt often using the interjections. For example, on December 20th, 2019, Twitter^[2] user @numenorstark posted a video of Geralt saying "fuck" in the episode one of the series, with the tweet accumulating over 160 retweets and 580 likes in two weeks. On December 22nd, 2019, Twitter^[3] account @witchernetflxtv used a still image of Geralt from episode one of the series captioned "Fuck" as a reaction image, gaining over 1,900 retweets and 7,500 likes (shown below).

On the same day, Imgur^[4] user PhoenixTheKid posted a collection of eight GIFs of Geralt saying "fuck," with the post gaining over 2,900 points and 93,100 views in two weeks. A December 25th post by Redditor^[5] dotcivjs in /r/freefolk subreddit received over 1,300 upvotes in eight days. A December 26th Toss a Coin to Your Witcher meme by Redditor^[6] Duck_Avenger in /r/witcher gained over 7,100 upvotes in one week (shown below).

On December 29th, 2019, Redditor^[7] Saul_g0od posted a meme based on the PhoenixTheKid's GIF which received over 55,000 upvotes in /r/dankmemes in five days. Following the post, the reaction image macro gained significant popularity on Reddit and Facebook.

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