its really weird how thorough it is and there are a ton of examples. new spiderman movies, mary jane is black. little mermaid black. starfire black (though still a redhead, which is interesting). triss in the witcher is black (though brunette in the books not the game). orphan annie is black now. wally west is now black (flash movie). they turned cyclone (a redhead with storm powers) into a black lady, which is kinda a trope at this point... hawk girl is black now, cw rendition of arrow. bat woman is black now. april o'neil from TMNT. heimdall in the marvel comics was a redhead but black now. beau from she-ra was redheaded but black now. the thing's wife is now black. alice monahan from hellboy is now black. artemis in wonder woman used to be a redhead. judge renslayer in loki (from the most recent thing). bat girl is black now. the character design of domino in deadpool is very cool though.

i think itd be lit if we got some historical african religious stories with a fantastical twist, i really would like to see some authentic stuff rather than just copy pasting black people over redheads. wakanda is an example but the fusion there does africa dirty, i think. theres so many cultures and so many dead myths and religions to explore that simply havent even been considered. they could make some fantastic watching material that no one has considered or seen before.

or just come up with new characters and weave them into plot importance

  • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Everyone here pretty much nailed it. But I want to add that I've been watching Downton Abby and it's fucking hilarious the amount of red heads they go through on that show.

    Multiple red heads per season either written off or killed, to be immediately replaced by another red head, and no one else really lmao.

    The British have such a deep seeded issue with the Irish it blows my mind watching them try to navigate it in stuff like this.