Why are child-eating swamp hags, cat-eyed monster hunters, elements of Arthurian legends or non-Polish fairytales acceptable breaks from Medieval Polish reality
Because that's the world that the game creators made.
Ok, so why can't the filmmakers make their version of that world? Isn't that the definition of an adaptation?
I didn't say they couldn't.
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The character of Ciri is a major one, not just a generic "extra."
She is a generic white magical "chosen one" protagonist with royal blood, in line with the tired traditions of mainstream fantasy. She is better written and more nuanced than most, but that does not change the big picture.
Is that meant as a criticism of the character?
It's a fantasy game that deliberately draws on European fairy tales, within that context the "magical chosen royal protagonist" is a stock fairy tale trope. Hence it's entirely appropriate to the subject matter.
black or AsianSo if they cast her differently, she'll be a generic
white^magical "chosen one" protagonist with royal blood. It wouldn't substantially improve the clichéd nature of the trope, but it might depart from the original game's vision enough to stick out like a sore thumb.
I know how toxic online fantasy/sci-fi fandoms are. Especially communities on Reddit, where this nonsense racist crybaby whining originates from.
So you just double down on your hasty generalization with even more hasty generalizations. Great reasoning there.
your gamergate-esque comments about my person
You set yourself up for that kind of criticism for assuming this self-righteous posture whenever political issues come up in discussion. It's clear that you feel obligated to assert a take-no-prisoners crusader image, going straight into attack mode without recognizing any nuance in the things that other people say. That's not a reasonable or civil way to have a discussion.
Another problem you have is this penchant for slandering people by associating them with Nazis, Gamergaters and other assorted bigots just because they don't meet your irrational level of political zeal.
Do you think there would have been a scandal over maybe casting a blue-eyed person as Ciri?
Not necessarily, because blue-eyes were not uncommon among royalty in Medieval Poland. Anyway, actors sometimes use contacts to change the color of their eyes for a role.
The arguments that I was defending don't have anything to do with race
per se. All I said was that the decision to oppose a POC actress was not necessarily racist, but could be justified on purely artistic principles such as faithfulness to the vision of the original game.
Also, since when is Poland white in the Middle-Ages? They had one of the great trade centres of the time, Gdansk, bringing in people from all over the known [... blah blah blah]
You keep reciting this same canard about realism. I never argued that the game was intended as an accurate portrayal of Medieval Poland. I said that it was the game designers' vision to portray a fantasy impression of Medieval Poland that drew on traditional Polish myths, fairy tales, and specifically Polish cultural artifacts.
Again, I never advocated for an all-white cast or said it was a bad idea to cast a non-Caucasian actor for the role. All I said was that a reasonable, not necessarily racist argument
could be made to cast a white actor for the role.
Like I said before, you should
read what I actually fucking said, before you go putting words into my mouth and calling me names.
