NOOOOO FICTIONAL HALF-FISH WOMEN CAN'T BE POLITICALLY COLORED IT WOULDNT BE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE LIKE THE FICTION IN THE WITCHERINO IS! :wojak-nooo:

  • Bay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I'm not bothered, obviously. But I do wonder why characters that were previously red headed are being cast as black? Maybe I'm incorrect, but it's a trend I've noticed.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I don't know the answer to that either, except that perhaps to :lmayo: being red haired was previously seen as sufficiently exotic for the audience to :awooga: over without being too immoral. :us-foreign-policy:

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, but space people with green blood and magic telepathy fingers were also politically skinned before and that was also unacceptable on Star Trek all the way back in the 90s. :frothingfash:

    • Rem [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Idk, I've seen chuds say that but it feels like confirmation bias

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The previously blonde fairy godmother in the Pinocchio remake is also black :shrug-outta-hecks:

      A lot of fictional characters just have red hair because it looks visually striking

    • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      cynically its because making a blond into a black character would be too much for the execs.

    • TankBombadil [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Not trying to call you out, but what other characters has this happened for? Starfire in the Titans?

      • Bay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Mary Jane in Spider-Man? I guess it isn't a lot, it just stands out to me because there are generally few redheaded characters and I watched The Little Mermaid, Teen Titans and the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films a lot as kid.