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fandomsecrets2013-12-10 08:51 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-12-10 08:51 pm
[ SECRET POST #2534 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2534 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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[Doctor Who]
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[Guild Wars 2]
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[Perry Mason]
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[Sleepy Hollow]
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[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; gorefic]
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[Marco Mengoni/Max Pezzali (883)]
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[Hetalia]
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[Once Upon a Time and Uncanny X-Men]
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[Borderlands 2]
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[Elementary]
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[Rise of the Guardians. Art by Rufftoon.]
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[Mabinogi]
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[minecraft/C418]
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[The Big Bang Theory]
Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 038 secrets from Secret Submission Post #362.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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(Anonymous) 2013-12-11 04:58 am (UTC)(link)If Tolkien specifically set it in a European inspired world - which he did - there's no reason to criticize the actors being white. European fantasy, like it or not, is a thing. If they want to randomly stick POC in unexplained, hey, that's cool, but it's not an obligation. Having a white cast is not automatically a bad and racist thing, and in medieval inspired worlds where society wasn't racially diverse isn't being picky, it's being realistic. Is realism often cherrypicked in fantasy? Absolutely. But Tolkien was very detailed in his world building, society and culture both. And having magic/dragons/elves doesn't mean your world doesn't have to follow any rules at all.
If you're saying in general, POC are underrepresented in media, particularly in fantasy, I agree. But if you're saying that LOTR is bad/racist/whatever because it's all white, that's pretty ridiculous.