Shannon bitches about race and TP fancasts some more

yellowis4happy:

Oh, Lord, here we go.

I’m going to focus on the Trickster’s duology here, because I frequently see things that really irritate me in the fancasts people do for them, but a lot of this applies to the other Tortall books.

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veralidained:

fact: when someone makes a fancast its how they see it

you don’t have to agree with it okay

now leave the wHOA NO I HATE THAT FANCAST DO IT RIGHT thing and lets all be friends

However, If a character is a cannon POC that has been whitewashed in a fancast*, and you have the energy, feel free to point it out.

Hopefully they’ll be all “oh, wow, I didn’t realise” and we can all be friends

*It’s been pointed out to me before. They were wrong in that case, but I appreciated the intent.

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Emelen Fancast Post: The Circle

I’ve finally done it!

four child actors that match my mental picture of the Circle

(knowing my luck, all of them are prolly too old now, but whaevs)

Rachel Mwanza as Daja

Adam Irigoyen as Briar

Melissa Nassauer as Tris

and Freya Parks as Sandry

I’ve done my part.

Go forth and make the movie, someone

acutepencil:

thecranewife:

acutepencil:

Tortall Fancast: Keith Allen as Kyprioth

Okay I know that Kyprioth is supposedly modeled after Bruce Coville, but Keith Allen as the Sheriff of Nottingham in BBC’s Robin Hood just had such a Kyprioth vibe to me. And tbh I kinda have a problem with Kyprioth being white anyway, I mean I think that the patron god of the Copper Isles should maybe be Raka, or at least resemble the indigenous people of the nation a little, you know? But in the book his race is never really mentioned; he’s described as “a lean and wiry man with a beard. He has large brown eyes. His salt-and-pepper hair—with more salt than pepper—is short and his nose is short and broad. He has eyebrows shaped in pointed arches.” (taken from the TP wiki)

But yeah, let me know what you think.

I… I always assumed Kyprioth was raka.

I actually went back and re-read the books because I wanted to double check, and it’s more like he’s raka sometimes, and luarin sometimes, kind of depending on his mood. I think that’s quite fitting.

 “a lean and wiry man with a beard. He has large brown eyes. His salt-and-pepper hair—with more salt than pepper—is short and his nose is short and broad. He has eyebrows shaped in pointed arches.”

Though Kyprioth is a shape-shifter, his primary form is that of a wiry, ‘middle aged’ Raka man. So, if this is meant to be a fan-cast for his primary form, then it is whitewashing. Also, and maybe I need a re-read, but I don’t recall any of his forms in particular being Lurian (Possession aside, and please correct me if I’m wrong)

I (recently) was told that the Copper Isles were inspired by Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia.

Given this information, which I don’t know if the OP was aware of (if not, yay for learning! if they knew and don’t care, well…), let’s break this down:

So, if ten minutes of Google brought me all these desi/polynesian/pinoy etc dudes

(Don’t tell me you can look at this guy and not see Kyprioth)

including Sharukh Khan, who I honestly think was born to play the role

And given that if you look, there are literally lists of (disclaimer:mostly) brown actors of various ethnicities again, via the almighty Google (shout-out to IMDB)

The end result is this fan-cast comes off a bit…narrow.

thus endeth the lesson: I just think peeps should be a bit more careful before fan-casting white actors in cannon non-white roles.

we all know how that goes irl

(never forget)

ETA: Personally, this guy reminds me of Sir Myles of Olau

craftastrophies:

fullofwoah:

craftastrophies:

fullofwoah:

the seven bells of necromancy [x]

Today, in books so good, you kind of never want them to be movies unless you do it…

ETA:

Helen Mirren for the Disreputable Dog 

And Benedict Cumberbatch for Mogget

I see your Benebatch and raise you a Gary Oldman for Mogget.

…You’re sorely testing my unfilmable stance on this series.

dammit, I’m gonna end up fan-casting this, I know it.

Actually I can really see Benedict as Sabriel’s father. Although admittedly it’s been a while since I read them and I am not great at remembering character descriptions, so it’s possible I’m way off.

Or maybe Hugo Weaving.

Young Jennifer Connelly would have been a pretty good Lirael, though now she’s more suited to Adult Sabriel

Or Liv Tyler, even?

(maybe she’s a bit young.)

I think that Abhorsen is described as having Lucius Malfoy-esque coloring  though my memory of his character tells me the batch would be a good fit.

He has such a good speaking voice, though so I thought ‘why not mogget?”

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silverforkedsky:

Fancast - Matthew Goode as Roger of Conté (Tamora Pierce)

The trailer for Stoker make me like this

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effyeahtrolltallfancasts:

Tyler Perry at Ochobu

I…

Uh…

…to each their…own? I guess. 

This is a very unique vision.

eta: effyeahtrolltallfancasts

 I see what you did thar

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prevalenceofinsanity:

fullofwoah:

The Circle Reforged - The Will of the Empress

There’s always us

Daja Kisubo - Raven Goodwin

Sandrilene fa Toren - Saoirse Ronan

Briar Moss - Rami Malek

Trisana Chandler - Lydia Bewley

Honestly, the actors seem too polished and pretty for the characters they have been cast for. Maybe it’s just me but I imagined a lot more awkwardness and a lot more raw power.

Then again, I read these when I was in high school so maybe I don’t remember it properly. Also, actors are, by definition, pretty and polished, so there’s that.

well, these *are* headshots & such, and not exactly character pics (I tried looking and couldn’t really find any. Saoirse is the only one of the bunch that is super famous and has lots of pictures on the net).

I do agree that Lydia Bewley in particular is probably too beautiful to play Tris who, to my memory, isn’t described as particularly attractive in the books.

fuckyeahtortall:

Tortall Fan Cast: Myles of Olau

From the Tamora Pierce Wiki: Myles was a short man, described as being “plump”. When Alanna became a page his long hair was still brown, although already streaked with gray. His beard was also long and “shaggy”. His clothes weren’t as immaculate as those of many nobles, showing wrinkles and trousers that were bagged at the knees. His nose was “tiny” and “delicate” and he liked to smile. Myles’ large eyes were of a green-brown color. 

Holly picks Bob Hoskins

Amanda picks Brian Blessed

BRIAN BLESSED

OH MY GOD

HE’S PERFECT

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Lady Knights of Tortall

The Lioness

Sir Alanna of Pirate’s Swoop and Olau - Ruth Wilson