[ SECRET POST #3451 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #3451 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06. [repeat]


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.
[Sherlock Holmes]











Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 20 secrets from Secret Submission Post #493.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[blitzwing]

Parts of his appearance might be important, but his skin color isn't one of them. Him being older and weathered looking is important. His eye color is mentioned a lot, but it's not plot-important.

"His relationship with a major character" - Detta? She's not a major character. Susannah is. The only thing it affects is Detta won't be calling Roland a honky. They might erase the race-specific aspects of the interactions entirely--which still changes only minor details, not the thematic/plot elements.

I've seen far more analysis like mine than I've seen people going "LOL white tears".

[(Anonymous)]

but i mean dont...detta and Susannah fuse together?

[blitzwing]

Detta and Odetta fuse together to make Susannah. But Susannah is still Susannah, her own distinct person. She might have aspects she drew from Detta, but Detta would not act the same as Susannah, nor would Odetta.

[bio_obscura]

Wait, this is the "major character" and the "important plot point" everyone keeps bawling about? She calls him a honky sometimes? JFC.

[blitzwing]

[Kinda mild spoilers]

It is a little deeper than just calling him honky sometimes. Detta is part of a person with multiple personalities, and her Detta personality hates/fears white people. So she struggles against the two white characters and tries to murder them.

Her other personality is cooperative/friendly to the white characters.

I can see where it could pose some problems, but I think there are enough ways to deal with it that it shouldn't. Detta really wouldn't need a race-specific mistrust/hatred to motivate her to fight the two white characters. She's ornery as hell in general, and they dragged her to another dimension.

It's been a while since I read the book, but I really don't think the other characters being changed to black would make her cooperate with them.

[kittydesade]

People also seem to forget that Roland isn't the only white character, and Eddie is far far more of a stereotypical... I don't know how else to say this, "white guy asshole" than Roland, who hasn't necessarily been exposed to that kind of cultural crap.

I mean, when they revealed the casting I wondered about that too, but if they really wanted to they could shift Roland's share of the racial aspects of the conflict onto Eddie and I doubt it would change a damn thing.

[(Anonymous)]

There you go. Pretty easy fix.

I'm really looking forward to this.

[(Anonymous)]

It's a completely different dynamic, though. Eddie's never an authority figure like Roland is. He's another fish out of water Roland kidnapped and is barely along for the ride when Odetta/ Detta join the group. Not saying a work around isn't possible, but the white guys aren't really interchangeable in this case.