They do this WoT wednesday thing every month so we kind of expected something. They announced Rosamund Pike the same way.
Good, I'm tired of adding threadmarks and editing the title
(JK lol)
They all look great. I am liking that we are having POC among the Emond's field characters - Nynaeve and Perrin!
Hopefully they can all act well.
You know normally when these swaps happen, generally in a modern setting, I dont even blink. Or even if they were characters from more metropolitan areas of the world, no issues. But the Two Rivers is supposed to be largely isolated for like... generations. I'd expect a rural community in a medieval setting with little to no cultural exchange outside of the region to not be terribly diverse.
This should really have been animated.
There is no way they will be able to do this justice. Even the battle in just the first book is probably crazier than the biggest battle in Thrones and that was ridiculously expensive. And that is just the first book and things explode from there.
I do wonder how it will look. Gonna have to trust in primeThis should really have been animated.
There is no way they will be able to do this justice. Even the battle in just the first book is probably crazier than the biggest battle in Thrones and that was ridiculously expensive. And that is just the first book and things explode from there.
This should really have been animated.
There is no way they will be able to do this justice. Even the battle in just the first book is probably crazier than the biggest battle in Thrones and that was ridiculously expensive. And that is just the first book and things explode from there.
I get that. But I don't think Nynaeve, Perrin and Egwene's ethnicity matters as much in terms of story as say Rand's. We could just assume that their parents migrated to the Two Rivers a long, long time ago and leave it at that. It's not going to change the story in any way...
If this was not done, then all the main characters would once again be all white like GOT. I think a little diversity is needed in the fantasy genre and these are the characters where the changes could be made without it affecting the story all that much.
I don't disagree with diversity being needed in the fantasy genre and would never argue against it. I'm hopeful if Stormlight Archive gets on the ground they don't white wash it. But given that Rand's heritage is openly supposed to be partially foreign and the difference in his appearance from the rest of the Two Rivers folk says to me they should have gone harder on skin tone with Rand, not everyone else.
The degree to which the Two Rivers has been isolated does play heavily into the story.