Runa216 said:
Honestly, it wouldn't have bothered me if the discussion started as a way to initiate a conversation about the importance of race of a fantasy/fictional character or how it affects real world casting when contrasted with affirmative action. Problem is, the conversation STARTED with vehement hatred, calls for boycotting, claims of it being disgusting and how anyone who supports it is racist against white people. Honestly, I'd be happy to have a discussion, but this is an argument. A fight. Yet still nobody can give me a good reason why Ciri CAN'T be portrayed by an asian or hispanic or black person. Just that they find it disgusting and using some VERY weak arguments about how 'she's always been portrayed as white and therefore can only be portrayed as white' or 'the books are based off an all-white culture'. Not near as strong an argument as the alternative, and certainly not extreme enough to justify the vitriol that this discussion has caused. |
I agree with you for the most part. I'm just a little flabbergasted that this would bother ppl so much then again some of these same ppl that are upset about someone kneeling to protest police brutality
