xxbrothawizxx63 said:
Maybe I've just become desensitized to the issue because I'm a minority and this isn't anything new, but I just can't give this any weight when it's a fictional character without any real cultural significance. |
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".
