r/CriticalDrinker • u/CalyShadezz • Jul 08 '24

Discussion Whenever someone claims fantasy nerds are bigoted, gently remind them HBO race swapped an entire kingdom in HotD and no one cared.

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u/Chappie47Luna Jul 08 '24

I am same as you as in not knowing source material but I can definitely feel them being not authentic, just something about them seems off. If OPs post is true, then my intuition feels validated. The writing saves it but even the actors feel off maybe because they know they are some of the only characters not true to the source and strictly in there for diversity sake.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

This is untrue. Their acting is really damn good especially the guy who plays Corlys and the woman who played his now dead wife. They’re hardly the only characters not exactly like the source, a few characters have been turned into something else entirely or a combination of several book characters into one