Runa216 said:
1) What is the problem with injecting diversity into a production? The Witcher would be almost entirely white basically by accident if they were going entirely based off the inspiration. This is exactly the sort of chance we should take advantage of where a story is set in a fantasy world and therefore allows us to buck trends and expand one's diversity. 2) There's no reason not to diversify a movie like this. It's not like white roles are suddenly going to shrivel up or anything. This is one production where the color of the skin of the characters is totally irrelevant, and thus a perfect opportunity to add diversity. 3) People really need to stop making a big deal out of this, it just makes you look insecure and/or racist. Why keep minorities down when you could be using this golden opportunity to spread the love? You chose to stick to white casting, you chose to be angry about the concept of a minority getting a spotlight, this is not something you have to do. you chose to be upset. |
I didn't wanna reply to you even though I disagreed entirely with your first post in this thread because I'm tired of reiterating the same points over and over again. To be fair, at least you seem a bit better than the earlier guy that was calling anyone who disagreed with him a racist. But anyway, you replied to me so I'm forced to reply to you ,here we go:
1) It's a problem because it's "forced". It's manufactured, the writers/producers whatever are twisting an already richly developed fantasy culture with real world BS. The Witcher story doesn't need that, you and others need it as a sort of "apology" for the years/decades of oppression, indifference and ignorance that minorities went through in the US and western Europe. Let me be clear perfectly clear with you: ,fuck your guilty conscience. If you are going to adapt a fantasy work, have some damn respect for it. You didn't write it, you had nothing to do in conceiving the characters, the drama and the plot, yet you wish to use it to push forward your agenda?, fuck that.
2) There isn't any reason to bastardize an original story with a BS, nonsensical, ridiculous political agenda from the real world to a fantasy world. You obviously don't know anything about the Witcher if you think Ciri's skin color is irrelevant. There is a proxy for Africa in the Witcher world and people of darker skin tend to com from there, if you change Ciri you have to change the story drastically for no valuable reason.
3) I've been told the same thing over and over on this thread. I'm a grown ass man and I'll do whatever I want with my free time. This is some hypocritical BS that needs to be called out for what it is. Also:
"it just makes you look insecure and/or racist."
Oh wow...I thought you were better than the other guy but you just exposed yourself to be as prejudicial as him by using his same absolutist, childish and ignorant views. No, I'm not a racist because I disagree with you. There is not reason for me to say this but I'll say it anyway, I'm not white. My gf who introduced me to the Witcher world isn't white either. If the circumstances were reversed and Ciri was black/Asian/whatever in the books I'd be debating you here just as hard. I just care about the story and the character enough to be pissed off at this.
Once again, if you want to see diversity in casting on movies/series, support new media that has new characters with a multitude of racial/ideological backgrounds. Don't bastardize already established worlds to push your political agenda, because I and people like me will continue to call out what we see: Bullshit.
