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orderinthefort t1_iuafgg6 wrote

Reply to comment by WordsAreSomething in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice

Because we have Tolkien historical lore that follows the logic of our reality. Elves, Dwarves, Halflings, even Humans themselves were separated into homogeneous groups, most of whom despised each other. A group of humans in Harad were dark-skinned.

People were mad when they added a hot elf character in the Hobbit movies so they could make a love story with a dwarf. It directly shits on the historical lore of the books because there wasn't any narrative logic for it, it was purely external.

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WordsAreSomething t1_iuagj7f wrote

My whole point is that there doesn't need to narrative reason for nonwhite people to exist. If the only reason you're critical of the race of the characters in ROP is because "historical lore" then I think you need to reconsider your perspective.

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orderinthefort t1_iuah5d7 wrote

I understand and I'm just saying that I disagree. I think there needs to be a narrative reason for virtually every facet of a story. No story is perfect, and some poor logic is more forgivable than others. It has nothing to do specifically with skin color or race. But a visual inconsistency is more apparent than non-visual because you're constantly reminded by it and it takes you out of the immersion.

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