HumanOrAlien t1_iu9dt6r wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:05 PM

I didn't see any issues with the diverse casting on either of the shows. None of them felt on the nose to me personally. I don't like this continuous comparison between these two shows as I believe they are different types of shows even though they are telling fantasy stories. One show is focused on the drama and the other is more focused on the fantasy elements. It's an unfair comparison as the source materials for both differ very much and these articles at this point are getting ridiculous and most probably being created as clickbait and nothing else.

Solid_Rice OP t1_iu9fdvo wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:16 PM

How about actually read the article?

HumanOrAlien t1_iu9hric wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:33 PM

I read the article and it uses the logic of HOTD to define how races should work in LOTR. In HOTD they are telling the story of a family or dynasty and the race of the characters is important to be kept in a line which signifies blood relations.

There are some flaws with the storytelling of ROP for sure but diverse casting isn't one of them. This continued discussion on the diversity in ROP is becoming stale now and people (including the author) should move on from it.