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December 6 2011

fantastiquecollective: watermeloncholy: bookling-stormborn: corseque: the-north-remembers: queeninthenorth: daenerysmotherofderp: CHANGES NOBODY GAVE A SHIT ABOUT IN SEASON ONE OF GAME OF THRONES: Dany and Viserys not having violet eyes The Baratheons not having blue eyes Bran not being ginger Tyrion not having heterochromia Lannisters not having green eyes Theon Greyjoy’s hair not being dark Eddard’s hair not being as dark as Jon or Arya’s hair even though they are the only two Stark children to take after him Dothraki not really having that many bells in their hair Syrio not being skinny and bald Gregor not being 900 feet tall Tyrion not really looking as unpleasant to look at as he was described in the books in general Jorah suddenly being sexy instead of old and balding Sandor’s scar looking like a particularly bad sunburn instead of horribly disfiguring Renly having short hair Loras being more blond than brunet Joffrey’s lack of long, curly hair Tommen not being very chubby Lysa being skinny Sweetrobin looking pretty healthy and normal Petyr having no beard Prettying up Illyrio THINGS PEOPLE GIVE A SHIT ABOUT IN SEASON TWO: Any character being cast as anything but white, even if their ethnicity is not explicitly stated in the book or they have a relative from a region where it makes sense for their not being 100% Caucasian to be a thing that is probably happening This is sadly crazily accurate. THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN GAME OF THRONES/ASOIAF THAT ARE HIGHLY UNREALISTIC: Dragons hatch on a funeral pyre Girl survives said fire unharmed despite sitting in it all night Same girl gives birth to a dead dragon mutant creature Seasons last anywhere between one and ten years Civilization lasts over 8000 years, yet still extremely basic in terms of technology Giant wolves that grow to be the size of ponies Young boy travels back and forth in time through a tree Wights The Others Wildfire Qyburn’s experiments Young girl initiated into secret organisation, can now literally change her face in order to assassinate people Dragonglass candles People brought back to life by a red priest House of the Undying Melisandre’s ruby glamours Motherfucking DRAGONS THINGS LINDA SAYS ARE UNREALISTIC IN GAME OF THRONES/ASOIAF: Black people Soooo… who got cast as a black actor that people are pitching a fit over? I think I missed this news. The black actors who were cast: Nonso Anozie as super rich Qartheen (and dude who keeps trying to get Dany to marry him even though he loves the peen), Xaro Xhoan Daxos: http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/08/nonso-anozie-cast-as-xaro-xhoan-daxos/ In the books, it’s mentioned that the Dothraki refer to people from Qarth as milk men because of their skin. However this isn’t a huge plot point at all and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with making the Qartheen population diverse for the sake of finding the best actor for the role…it just so happens that this time, the best actor was actually a black man. Go figure, people of colour can act and can be the best at something! Lucian Msamati as Lyseni pirate (and Davos’ bff), Salladhor Saan: http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/08/salladhor-saan-cast/ The drama over this casting seems to come from the idea that Lyseni are blonde and fair. However, Doreah is supposed to be Lyseni and she’s clearly brunette and not exactly fair. This character’s skin colour is even less relevant to the plot than Xaro Xhoan Daxos’.  There were comments about how the creators were trying to fill quotas and attempting to deflect criticism due to complaints regarding the portrayal of the Dothraki.  You know, black actors can’t possibly be chosen over white actors for roles simply because they were better actors or were the best choice for the roles; no sir! HBO was obviously trying to fill a quota. Affirmative action is ruining fantasy stories. There was also drama over the Jeyne Westerling casting (even though Jeyne’s not “white”) of Oona Chaplin, who’s Latina. There have been a lot of thinly-veiled racist comments about how she looks too ethnic, not innocent enough etc.  I heart tumblr’s fandom so much. This is old in internet time but I lolled a lot. 

fantastiquecollective:

watermeloncholy:

bookling-stormborn:

corseque:

the-north-remembers:

queeninthenorth:

daenerysmotherofderp:

CHANGES NOBODY GAVE A SHIT ABOUT IN SEASON ONE OF GAME OF THRONES:

  • Dany and Viserys not having violet eyes
  • The Baratheons not having blue eyes
  • Bran not being ginger
  • Tyrion not having heterochromia
  • Lannisters not having green eyes
  • Theon Greyjoy’s hair not being dark
  • Eddard’s hair not being as dark as Jon or Arya’s hair even though they are the only two Stark children to take after him
  • Dothraki not really having that many bells in their hair
  • Syrio not being skinny and bald
  • Gregor not being 900 feet tall
  • Tyrion not really looking as unpleasant to look at as he was described in the books in general
  • Jorah suddenly being sexy instead of old and balding
  • Sandor’s scar looking like a particularly bad sunburn instead of horribly disfiguring
  • Renly having short hair
  • Loras being more blond than brunet
  • Joffrey’s lack of long, curly hair
  • Tommen not being very chubby
  • Lysa being skinny
  • Sweetrobin looking pretty healthy and normal
  • Petyr having no beard
  • Prettying up Illyrio

THINGS PEOPLE GIVE A SHIT ABOUT IN SEASON TWO:

  • Any character being cast as anything but white, even if their ethnicity is not explicitly stated in the book or they have a relative from a region where it makes sense for their not being 100% Caucasian to be a thing that is probably happening

This is sadly crazily accurate.

THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN GAME OF THRONES/ASOIAF THAT ARE HIGHLY UNREALISTIC:

  • Dragons hatch on a funeral pyre
  • Girl survives said fire unharmed despite sitting in it all night
  • Same girl gives birth to a dead dragon mutant creature
  • Seasons last anywhere between one and ten years
  • Civilization lasts over 8000 years, yet still extremely basic in terms of technology
  • Giant wolves that grow to be the size of ponies
  • Young boy travels back and forth in time through a tree
  • Wights
  • The Others
  • Wildfire
  • Qyburn’s experiments
  • Young girl initiated into secret organisation, can now literally change her face in order to assassinate people
  • Dragonglass candles
  • People brought back to life by a red priest
  • House of the Undying
  • Melisandre’s ruby glamours
  • Motherfucking DRAGONS

THINGS LINDA SAYS ARE UNREALISTIC IN GAME OF THRONES/ASOIAF:

  • Black people

Soooo… who got cast as a black actor that people are pitching a fit over? I think I missed this news.

The black actors who were cast:

Nonso Anozie as super rich Qartheen (and dude who keeps trying to get Dany to marry him even though he loves the peen), Xaro Xhoan Daxos: http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/08/nonso-anozie-cast-as-xaro-xhoan-daxos/ In the books, it’s mentioned that the Dothraki refer to people from Qarth as milk men because of their skin. However this isn’t a huge plot point at all and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with making the Qartheen population diverse for the sake of finding the best actor for the role…it just so happens that this time, the best actor was actually a black man. Go figure, people of colour can act and can be the best at something!

Lucian Msamati as Lyseni pirate (and Davos’ bff), Salladhor Saan: http://winter-is-coming.net/2011/08/salladhor-saan-cast/ The drama over this casting seems to come from the idea that Lyseni are blonde and fair. However, Doreah is supposed to be Lyseni and she’s clearly brunette and not exactly fair. This character’s skin colour is even less relevant to the plot than Xaro Xhoan Daxos’. 

There were comments about how the creators were trying to fill quotas and attempting to deflect criticism due to complaints regarding the portrayal of the Dothraki.  You know, black actors can’t possibly be chosen over white actors for roles simply because they were better actors or were the best choice for the roles; no sir! HBO was obviously trying to fill a quota. Affirmative action is ruining fantasy stories.

There was also drama over the Jeyne Westerling casting (even though Jeyne’s not “white”) of Oona Chaplin, who’s Latina. There have been a lot of thinly-veiled racist comments about how she looks too ethnic, not innocent enough etc. 

I heart tumblr’s fandom so much.

This is old in internet time but I lolled a lot. 

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    The only thing possibly worse than the questionable race stuff in the actual series? Probably the fandom. 8|
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    Welp! I have my own thoughts about some of the other criticism I’ve seen, but I’ll save that for another post. This...
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