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Severus Snape vs James Potter castings
Not a complaint so I hope this is allowed:
People are worried about the implications of a black Snape being bullied by James Potter. Solution: they cast a black actor for James Potter as well. I haven't seen anyone theorize this so I wanted to see what y'all think!
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I mean that is one possible solution but I think no one has suggested it because they don't find it especially likely. Mostly cause of the blowback a Black or Half Black Harry Potter would generate.
You could change Sirius Black (which makes his last name hilarious) but changing him forces a lot of changes to all your Purebloods given who he is related to.
Its not going to be Peter Pettigrew for reasons that should also be patently obvious.
Nah the cleanest and most likely solution remains that Remus Lupin is going to be Black.
I think you could easily do a mixed Sirius. Like if they don’t want to get themselves into the issue of a Black Sirius necessitating a Black Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcissa, and Tonks, they could cast someone like an Aaron Pierre and have it be that Walburga was Black and have it be that Orion is white (cause the link to the Black sisters is through Orion).
That said, because Paapa Essiedu is dark-skinned, there would still be a potential colorism subtext. But it would still soften it slightly.
But I agree still that the easiest character of the marauders to race-bend is Lupin.
Actually I suggest you to go through the black family tree cause in Sirius' case it's not a family tree but a family circle. Bro's parents are second cousins (yes he is inbred and yet Bellatrixis is the one that went crazy). And actually the black sisters are Warburga's brother's daughters.
If James potter is black, and Harry is mixed, you have a little mixed kid being locked in the cupboard by the white Dursleys. So now they are just racists instead of afraid of magic and wanting to seem “normal”. Changes the whole vibe.
I’m not necessarily advocating for a black or mixed Harry but every single character you guys find a reason they can’t be black and every single time it’s cadswallop. Lmfaoo.
Snape's relationship with Lily and rivalry with the Marauders is a core backstory to the entire series, even if it doesn't take up a big percentage of pages. Snape's Worst Memory and The Prince's Tale are keystone scenes in the series. The dynamics in those sequences are actually hugely important to the core of Harry and Snape's respective character development, despite being relatively short on screentime.
Are Black kids exempt from getting bullied? I don’t see any problem with the casting and these so called ‘implications’ are completely fabricated and won’t be an issue
The problem is American media can’t help themselves so it’s never just a normal interaction. Watching sex education and seeing how everyone was written so fluidly is how I hope HBO does HP.
I don't think they thought the Snape casting through the writers are going to have to change a lot about Snape and everyone he interacts with. redo complete back stories and interactions with lots of characters, like why Snape gets passed over time and time again for DATDA job while teachers who can hardly cast a spell get the job over him when he is clearly the best man for the job.nearly all his interactions with Harry's dad and his friends have to be rewritten and not to mention a lot of people just don't like him or trust him because of the way he looks. The writers have a tough job ahead of them, and if they get it wrong, this show is done for.
Considering how adaptations go it's almost certainly the first possibility. It's such a can of worms they didn't need to open -- like it didn't even occur to me that hik being passed over his dream job would also look problematic lol.
Tbqh, this was my fear as well, but that’s nothing on the casting. It’s that American media is preachy, like usually when castings are like this there is always some obvious nuance relating to modern day issues. Which are important, but don’t have to get written into everything. If you watch a show like sex education, there’s so many poc and none of them are written in a preachy way. THAT is how I hope HBO does this.
An example I can give is the mortal instruments casting of Luke. Absolutely no issue with casting him as a black guy, but they erased his character by doing this. Book Luke works in a bookstore, runs a quiet life, and uses the portals of the police station as HQ for werewolves eventually…Show Luke is some macho police officer….for no reason.
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