[ SECRET POST #5219 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5219 ⌋

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


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02.
[Wind in the Willows]


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["A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett]


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04.
[Live-action Powerpuff girls reboot]


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05.
[Shadow and Bone]


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06.
[Vivy - Fluorite Eye's Song]


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07.
(The Queen's Gambit)








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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Idk, the vast majority of books will never get adapted for any kind of IRL visual media so building up your characters around the highly unlikely assumption that there might not be the perfect actor to portray them seems pretty silly. One of the appeals of novels is the readers' freedom to interpret a character's looks the way they prefer.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

yeah, that was not best phrased (wrote it before coffee) - what I really meant is that in my ideal version of literature, authors would tone their descriptions down a bit, because many a times it's just too over the top to be in any way believable, especially when it's not just the main character's point of view, but every damn person in the universe, falling all over themselves in the face of a ~beautiful person~ (and makes me roll my eyes). And, on the other hand, book readers should be more understanding of the fact that real-life humans will often fail short of the over-the top perfection as described in the novels.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, right. Yeah like... if it's fantasy and you have races that are not human, I think there is a bit of leeway I guess. But what sometimes bothers me is that some authors tend to think there is this ONE AND ONLY objective sense of beauty that clearly everyone shares and then write their secondary characters that way like... sure, some features are more commonly regarded as beautiful but why does every character in some novels seem to have the exact same taste to be smitten with this one sooper beautiful MC?

And same goes for casting decisions - like, some people will find a certain actor super attractive and perfect for a role while others won't, and if it's the latter for a character they really like it can suck (I've been there) but some act like them not approving of a casting choice is a universal truth and if they don't like it, it's a personal offense or something.