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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-08-20 03:24 pm

[ SECRET POST #3517 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3517 ⌋

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Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-20 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I assumed that Harry Potter was non-white. I don't know exactly why, given that he was described as pale with green eyes.

I definitely thought that Katniss Everdeen was not white, but I'm not sure what race I thought of her as. I thought that was the intent, but many people seem to think of her as white, given Jennifer Lawrence's casting.

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-20 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I thought Katniss was intended to mixed race, and thats why it was noteworthy that she looked nothing like her very pale and blonde sister, because that happens in mixed race families (like my own).

I also de facto pictured Cinna as black, which was validated by the casting but based on the wank that popped up when the first movie came out, was not the most popular interpretation?

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-20 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard some other people say they pictured Harry as non-white too, I think because jet-black hair is pretty rare for white people.

In any case, I don't think it's far-out to headcanon Harry as, say, indian or middle-eastern -- a lot of people of these ethnicities can be pale and have green eyes, especially if one of their parents is red-headed and green-eyed, or if they are mixed-race.

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-20 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always had this headcanon of Harry being mixed race of east asian descent.

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-20 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like Katniss is actually described as having features that don't sound particularly white - dark hair, olive skin, etc. (Although olive skin could mean she's of Greek or Italian descent.)
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Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

[personal profile] morieris 2016-08-20 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
She is.

Honestly that casting still pisses me off.

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-21 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
Considering olive skin is generally counted as a version of "white" skin tones in most of Europe, it's very much a question of where a reader comes from, I guess.

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-21 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I assumed that Hermione was black.

Re: Probably-white characters you pictured as non-white

(Anonymous) 2016-08-22 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
If I'm not mistaken the author has confirmed that Katniss is mixed-race in the books (which makes the casting call looking specifically for caucasians all the more disappointing, imo).