Yall who complain when white skinned characters get blackwashed should also hate this.
Characters are what they are. Changing their race is highly disrespectful without proper cause.
That said, its even more sad (but not as frustrating) that this is probably just the artist not knowing Vecna's lore. Like, come on, it is the Lich everyone knows. You should put in the effort to learn his story.
BIG NAH. People who complain about white characters being blackwashed are weird. Anyone who complains about Aragorn from Lord of the Rings being made black in MTG cards is hella weird. His race isn't even improtant to the character, it's a harmless change. And you sir, are just as weird for complaining that this new version of Vecna is different from the outdated Vecna lore. If Vecna being so bright bothers you, put on some sunglasses
No. Just because the skin color of characters like Aragorn & Vecna doesn't matter =/= there can't be a reason to change it. What a silly assumption lol
The reason Aragorn's skin color might have been reimagined in the MTG cards was so a bigger audience could see themselves as Aragorn, introducing new audiences to LoTR lore.
The reason Vecna's skin & hair color might have been changed is because visually, the new version is more striking. And therefore Vecna's change from normal good guy to evil lich is more visually distinct
Nope, Aragorn's skin color doesn't matter to Aragorn's character.
Saying a character's skin color isn't important to the character itself doesn't contradict how a character's skin color might make them more appealing to different audiences.
His race, as in a Númenórean, matters to his story and just randomly changing how Númenóreans look change a lot of things about the story
If it matters to the audience than it matter to the character
"The reason Vecna's skin & hair color might have been changed is because visually, the new version is more striking. And therefore Vecna's change from normal good guy to evil lich is more visually distinct"
Sounds like you are saying a nonwhite person can't be a normal guy, like unironically this sounds racist my guy
Name a single thing in the LoTR lore that doesn't work if Aragorn is a Numerorean that has black skin, I'll wait. And I got a feeling I'll be waiting a very long time
Sounds like you are saying a non white person can't be a normal guy
Saying there is a normal white guy =/= other guys can't be normal
Plz, keep the virtue signaling between your legs, it's boring & unsightly
I don't virtue signal, you literally said something that sounded racist.
Also first and foremost logic consistency is important for world build, Aragorn being black breaks some of this. Either he is unique for some reason or all of Numernor is black despite everyone else being European.
Also the whole fact that LOTR is supposed to be a European mythology so it takes place in Europe long before most migrations so the population is mostly white as a result.
This mf'er calling other people racist while arguing in favor of "race logic" and complaining that artists would dare touch the skin tones of characters lol
You know LoTR isn't actually European history, and is in fact completely fantasy right? How tf does a black Aragorn break your "European race logic" but Aragorn's race living to be 200yo make perfect sense?
Thank you for proving I was right, you're never gonna have a real reason for why a mythical fantasy race can't be black
Because they weren't written to be black, you are the one ignoring the story just because you feel like it doesn't matter but also matters to audiences apparently.
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u/Lord_Longface Nov 09 '24
Yall who complain when white skinned characters get blackwashed should also hate this.
Characters are what they are. Changing their race is highly disrespectful without proper cause.
That said, its even more sad (but not as frustrating) that this is probably just the artist not knowing Vecna's lore. Like, come on, it is the Lich everyone knows. You should put in the effort to learn his story.