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Jun. 8th, 2023 08:27 amI am not uncritical of some of the new MTG LOTR art (Faramir :\\\), but a lot of the criticisms of Aragorn that are allegedly not about him being Black still seem pretty weird to me. It's like, oh, he shouldn't be taller than Arwen, he could actually be short (??? he's called Longshanks for a reason and according to Tolkien is at least 6'6"), oh he shouldn't be greying (??????? it's canon that he is), Andúril is too big (..............), the color scheme is wrong, blah blah.
I mean, obviously complaining about these sorts of things seems just obvious nitpicking, but in the context of racist assholes having meltdowns, it also strikes me as pretty suspicious, and at the very least, a poor choice.
I mean, obviously complaining about these sorts of things seems just obvious nitpicking, but in the context of racist assholes having meltdowns, it also strikes me as pretty suspicious, and at the very least, a poor choice.