Do you like not know how semantics work? Here is a quick lesson.

Beneath the varying complexion of your thought process there is some intelligible parts but more incoherent and defective ramblings..

Now look I didn't change anything, so I have no idea of what you're talking about. What I gave you in my original post is a false quote that I assumed (keyword) people are using, paired with the actual quotes from the books so people can see the difference. I also give you an example on how to use the word complexion in different ways to describe not only appearances, but the character of something..

Just grab a chair.. no more circular logic, just stop.

So, once again, "Ciri has an ashen white character". 

Of course, she has "fair hair, white character, and green eyes", fits great in the middle of the physical description. More and more ridiculous. And the fact that the word's main meaning is "color of this skin" isn't obvious enough for you? You even had to ask to others "where do you see that she's white?" (which you obviously wouldn't ask if you really knew the meanings of complexion). Other people too told you that your post was wrong.

No circular logic here, just read your post again, accept that you were wrong or at least phrased it wrong, stop being so condescending about it, and move on.

Until you do that, don't worry, I'll stop answering to you. It's clearly not worth it. 

Considering that Cavill is pretty much the whitest actor that ever lived I can understand their urge to try to balance it out somehow.

the book never said "fair hair, white character, and green eyes" or even the word "complexion"

You're trying to make a case about something that is not even in the book.. You missed the point about "complexion" despite many examples, but hey if you're fine with making an ass out of yourself then keep on at it. You ain't hurting me, you can say I'm wrong all you want, go ahead have the last words.

1) You doubt whatever you wish. I can only speak for myself but I would be pissed off at this no matter the race. If the circumstances were reversed and Ciri was black in the books I would be just as pissed off at this and debate it just the same with people here. Then again, if the circumstances were reversed, nowadays I don't think they would ever even conceive of doing this, would they?. The casting director/producer (whoever made this decision) would be crucified in the mainstream media and they would walk away from their decision immediately. 

But since the original character is white, it's "cool". Who cares if the original story is being bastardized right?. Double standard BS like this should be called out and pointed for what it is. Forced "Diversity" hypocrisy.  I'm all for a diverse group of people making new media with new characters with a multitude of backgrounds. I'm not against, say, a Predator movie with a black main cast or a Star Wars movie with an all-female main cast. I'm cool with that. But what's important to me is that the characters are new. Poe Dameron and Finn?, cool. A black Han Solo when/if they remake the first movie?, BS. That's the way I think. It's the same thing for any movie remake, book/comic/game adaptation or any other form of adaptation. Respect the source or don't bother.

2) To you maybe, not for me. This pisses me off. I don't agree with your "If it's not a real person being adapted, who cares"-stance. If I care about the original character, I want to see him/her be adapted in a respectful way.

How familiar are you with the lore and setting? It has a huge significance in this case, the character's lineage and parents are kind of a big deal. Her father is the emperor of the empire of Nilfgaard and her mother a descendant of elves (Lara Dorren to be specific), they are both quite pale. With Nilfgaardian views on colonies and annexed nations and Pavetta (Ciri's mother) ancestry, it would be quite a big deal to drastically change the ethnicity of either. And, subsequently, it would have a huge impact on the cultural aspect of the setting and the character. The only solution seems to be changing Ciri's heritage and changing parents, which would effectively nullify the character's significance and point in this universe. This has been repeated several times in this very thread, how are people constantly missing this glaringly obvious issue?

Yes, the setting is fictional and the characters as well, that doesn't mean that you can simply change whatever you want and not have a huge impact on the production and the whole purpose of the story. All that said; I'm not very happy about the casting of Cavill either, I'd much prefer a more rugged figure with more presence and less Backstreet Boys vibes, how about a Slavic actor for once? Not all white is "white", just as not all dark is "dark" or all Asian is "Asian". 

Deleted, the discussion has moved on so my comment was irrelevant.

Yeah, Cavill is terrible choice.

They should've tried to get Mads

As I understand it, Starfire actually has ORANGE skin, not black or white. She's an alien from another world. How's that for representation?

Oh, for fuck's sake. The importance of Ciris's heritage in that universe has been explained here a dozen times already, but you just refuse to understand. Or maybe you just don't understand genetics or something?

JK Rowling is an SJW, so she will flip her own characters any which way to satisfy whatever the flavor (color?) of the month happens to be. By the way, is there really no description of Hermione's appearance in the books? No mention of her ginger hair or something? That would be weird, because usually the author wants to give the reader some notion of what the characters look like. However, we are talking about a modern British girl, so there's no reason why she couldn't be black, so it's not the same situation as with Ciri and her specific bloodline.

Heimdall. Yes. The Norwegians came up with their ancient gods at a time when none of them had ever seen black people. They simply created a pantheon of gods for themselves, with their knowledge of the world, as all humans tend to do. So a black Heimdall makes zero sense whatsoever, it's just pandering that is happening over a thousand years after the fact in another culture that's plagued by these silly politics.