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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
There is no problem. White people already have more representation than they need, people of color have less. A little redistribution is in order, simple as that.
Also, isn't it curious how the same people who rail against racebending are, 90% of the time, the same people who defend whitewashing?
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."Look, here's all you have to be willing to say: I would rather Enchantress and Valkyrie were blonde because that's how I was introduced to the characters and that's how I imagine them. That's valid— so long as you can also be okay with them being something else, and understand why it's not much of a difference percentage-wise if they're blonde Scandinavians, but it's actually a noticeable uptick in representation if they're otherwise.
The Race Lift has always caused a Broken Base, and I am belong to the half that don´t like.
Frankly it does not matter in the case of the Ancient One, because the Ancient One is more a title than a character.
edited 25th Feb '17 5:39:31 PM by dantecito
I don't mind the outfit, I mean, I rather like it even.
But I just want them to stay away from that mohawk/whatever it was they had going on. I hated the way she looked back when they first redesigned her.
It's weird, I like Spider-Miles and Captain Falconamerica.
I can't stand Jane-Thor or Ironheart.
edited 25th Feb '17 5:42:32 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Okay, so you're fine with the Ancient One because for the purposes of the movie, they changed canon to make it a title rather than a specific person.
How about in Thor: Ragnarok, they make it so that "Valkyrie" is a title rather than specific person? There have always been more than one Valkyrie in Norse mythology, after all.
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I mean, that's fair enough, if you don't like the characters. I don't read comics so I don't know how they've been handled.
It doesn't matter what skin color Enchantress is, but if she's racelifted to be black, again, who cares? Comic accuracy is already loose in the MCU.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?All right, then let's just copy what Doctor Strange did and make it so that "Amora the Enchantress" is a title rather than a person. Problem solved.
Tibetan, I think. Aside from that you are correct, it was a flimsy Hand Wave invented specifically for the purposes of staving off criticism.
edited 25th Feb '17 5:52:31 PM by RBluefish
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."If your theorie turned be right, then her true form must be a beautiful blonde
Doesn't sound to me like you don't care. You specifically said that you don't want a Race Lift for the Enchantress, and the Valkyrie was already bad enough.
Also, why is it so important that Valkyrie be a "beautiful blonde" rather than a beautiful black woman?
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."If you're going to keep saying "Goodbye", you need to actually shut the fuck up. Otherwise it just makes you look like the attention hungry contrarian you are.
My various fanfics.

Do you similarly object to the casting of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One, then?
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."