Netflix would only have cancelled the whole thing after 2 seasons anyway.

“I’m a black person and I don’t think (explicitly racist thing) is racist because (vague nonsense deflection that in no way calls upon the fake autobiography)” as the first and only post from a commenter is a hilariously common and transparent thing.

Yeah, “Rashawn” is full of shit. Just another non-clever white guy troll. Too dumb to realize his shit fools no one.

As an actual Black man, I know we are not a monolith. But something about your post doesn’t ring true. Here are some things I noticed...

I too would like to see Nandor the Relentless on this show.

I find it a little dull, and I would consider myself, if not a diehard, certainly a fan. But it’s the sort of dullness that is inherent to Lord of the Rings. Good vs. evil is simplistic, and although there are attempts to show some shades a of grey, it’s a little difficult when one side is bent on the complete…

As much as I’d like to believe the convenient biography you’re sharing in your single post with this new account, I’m calling bullshit. Especially given that you advanced absolutely zero novel arguments besides your bogus claim to authority. Like everyone else who tries to pretend their objection to this show has…

the racist “backlash” was actually made up by amazon

General feedback loop that comes with the territory of being internet trash-babies.

Also, European or other real history simply doesn’t apply. Middle Earth is a created world. Life didn’t evolve over millions of years. Elves and humans “awoke” fully formed in the First Age. Even after thousands of years that’s not enough time for our world’s ethnic differentiation.

It’s telling that in world with actual fucking dragons it is a bridge to far for POC to be there.  

So they can adapt the stories, the characters, the languages, the music, the locations, etc... but melanin means the original material isn’t being respected.

There aren’t any Americans, or Englishmen there either. How come that doesn’t bother you, fan who really respects the source material?

Perhaps because that didn’t happen.

It’s literally pointed out that they’re talking about the racist backlash. Not any and all backlash and negativity. But I’m sure you knew that.

It seems unlikely that the massive review bombing campaign that occurred before any episodes aired are the result of legitimate criticisms of the show.

People sure have a way of reading something that says “racists are bad” and thinking it said “all people in X group are bad racists.”

Yeah, none of that is remotely true.  I’m curious why this commenter was so very sure about this specious biography.  It’s reductive and sad to imagine that his creations were the results of drug use rather than his career as a linguist, interest in (and extensive translation work on) mythology and ancient literature,…

Europe always had POC and evidence of them was intentionally and systematically removed from the historical record in the 19th century by racist historians in Europe and the U.S.