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danasider on 13 September 2018
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DonFerrari said:
danasider said:

Uh, where in my posts have I claimed that anyone bothered by this is racist? I am saying because it is a story and one that is adapted to a new medium, it's its own property and we don't need to be so outraged.

When I say outraged, I am talking about people who are cursing up and down on this thread and saying they won't even give the show a shot because the experience has been ruined for them despite them not even watching a single scene.

Yes, I agree that that solution you stated could work. But we haven't seen the show to know why Ciri is black while her family is white and her countrymen are white. Maybe the story has changed to the point that her origin is different (adopted from another land, whatever). That may be a reason for contention, because fans of the series may want a more faithful adaptation. I don't see anything wrong with that. Just the vitriol expressed and the outrage over that one change is a bit much, in my honest opinion. It's even become politicized because "this is just another SJW move" when guess what? This is adaptation is an independent property. The games do a good job of adapting the books (or so I've heard, never read the books) so if you want to see the books brought to life, I guess that is an alternative. It's my opinion that this change is not a deal breaker, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Just some people are very fervent when anything is different (especially something as small as one character's skin color in a story that is rich with lore and characters) and are repelled by change, and it's fairly jarring to witness.

I guess you didn't read they aren't hiring a black person, they are hiring anyone that isn't white, so they don't even have her in tune with the rest of the cast unless you want to think that only after they choose the actress they are going to choose the ethnicity of the rest of the country and start doing auditions.

And you making her adopted instead of descendant is one of the things that break the lore, but you play it as inconsequential and not accepting must be hatred and vitriol. You say it all but don't accept that you are name calling whoever who disagree with you.

Again, I never called anyone names. Nor did I say anyone who doesn't agree with my stance of breaking the lore "must be hatred and vitriol" as you put it. You really should read what you are responding to.

If you didn't understand what I wrote, I will break it down for you.

I conceded that the potential breaking of story lore (again, we don't really know what is the reason, so this is all speculation) would ruffle some feathers. I even said I had no problem with that. EXHIBIT A: the first bolded text from my quote.

I followed the thing I do have a problem with. EXHIBIT B: the very sentence following that first bolded text.

The hatred and vitriol and the outrage I am speaking of is the use of fiery language, politicizing the discussion, and even your habit of hurling false accusations at those who don't agree with you.

I am saying it's hard to see that kind of reaction all over a fictional character's change of race. That statement doesn't equate to me saying everyone who has a problem with the work changing the lore is full of hate. If you are reading that in anything I read, you need to reread my posts.

Geez louise.