No, it simply means they're writing it for me, and I am grateful.

He is. Jared is 6'5, Jensen's 6'1. I have a friend who knows them, and that was one of the first things he told me when he met them for the first time—good god, Jensen's taller than I am (6'), and Jared is just crazy big.

If the posters existed, sure. But since they don't, we have no idea.

I'm completely lost here. But I'm gathering you haven't seen people of Jesse's complexion being called tanned?

I don't know anything about the character, but doesn't the picture and the "Iron Patriot" on the front page spoil people?

Once again—I don't think he's a good match for the role. I *do* think your logic for excluding him is faulty. I mean, based on him not having the golden skin she describes...he clearly does. You're citing canon "tan" that I can't find in the text.

Absolutely not. I've never seen a picture of him that looked like anything other than a light-skinned brother, so to speak.

Six foot one is too small? I don't see anything in the text that indicates he's *that* big.

Same passage as the one I quoted, and I'm not seeing mutual exclusivity.

Well, that was exciting. Wherever they got it from, it wasn't book 2. Because I just did a full text search, and I can reveal that "standing" and "instantaneous" are used a number of times, but not "tan".

Given you're quoting me back to me, I have no idea what your point is.

>allow him to pass as Caucasian

Thing is, a well-written review doesn't mean I have to agree with it. It just has to give me enough information that I can weigh the film with what *I* appreciate in a narrative.

I'll believe the books say tan skin when I see them. And, honestly, "tanned" is the description you're looking for, I believe. Because Jesse Williams has the more tan-coloured skin than the three actors mentioned here.

Did you not see the same Capitol citizens I did? Blond hair on a black guy would probably go entirely unnoticed in the more affluent areas—and as a Career, I think that includes Finnick. I was, for reference's sake, still myself with any of my hair colours. I'm not sure where you're getting that from, including the…

This is exactly the shit the eschergirls and comicartcorrections blogs are railing against and trying to show alternatives to.

You go all the way back we've been able to in my family tree, and every surname is Irish or Scottish. It's really not a useful racial indicator. Not when they poured across the ocean in droves to pick up "jobs" left unfilled after the end of the slave trade. Peek at the Jamaican phone book if you don't believe me.

Do you have a citation for that? I just searched my copy for any mention of him, and I can't find it. Is it in the third book?

I've searched the book for every mention, and I can't find where he's called tanned. Do you have a chapter/page cite? I copied out all the physical descriptions I could find in an earlier post, and there's nothing there that makes his character white, even though I'm sure that's what Suzanne intended. She didn't force…

My god, why did I think Rhea Perlman was dead? I hate when that happens. I feel guilty. What if I ruined her chance at immortality?