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Immersiveunreality on 09 September 2018
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Alara317 said:
Spike0503 said:

You are so wrong. A character should be portrayed as closely as possible to the original material or it risks being a bastardization. More importantly, there are thematic reasons in the story of the books that make changing her race a HUGE departure from the original story. This is nothing but a pathetic attempt at "diversity" while disregarding the original story these execs are leeching from to make their bucks.

Also, shame on you for that last sentence. What you said is absolute BS. Accusing those who disagree with you of racism is typical of those with an agenda and no capacity of respecting views other than their own. My gf and I are pissed off about this stupid decision and neither of us is white. Are we white supremacists for wanting an important character to remain the way she was written?.

You are so wrong. A character should be played by whoever is best for the role. If their race is not relevant to the plot or they're not portraying a real person, then there's no reason James Bond can't be black, Ciri can't be an ethnic minority, or Heimdall can't be played by Idriss Elba.  Changing Ciri's ethnicity doesn't change the story AT ALL, nor does it compromise the plot or bastardize the character. Literally all it does is give a spotlight to a minority that might not have gotten it otherwise. 

That, and offend racists who hate the idea of being a slightly smaller majority than they already are. 

True but in this case they excluded white skincolor from the start without even giving those actors a chance, thats not looking for whoever is best fit for the role oh no this is discriminating in order to put in diversity. (and that is whatever the whole social justice scene should be against)

Also Ciri her lineage and skincolor are important in the books,and most people just want bookadaptations or at least the characters to resemble their bookcounterparts. Everything does not have to be about racism.