Almost every fantasy show is trying to be D&D or Game of Thrones

[Celebrim]

Mermaids aren't real and Disney's Little Mermaid wasn't true to the source material anyway. So why get upset over Ariel's skin color?

I'm not, but if I had to guess it's because people are very sensitive to the hint of hypocrisy. People hate double standards. And people feel rightly or wrongly that if a historically person of color character (Uhuru, for example) was rewritten as a white character that there would be a huge uproar and that people's complaints about that would be treated as much more serious and much more worthy of consideration, than their own. And, well, if they are right then that is a huge problem, because essentially you are creating a grievance and even racist grievance for very little reason. Maybe people should be mature enough to not hold grievances and maybe the greater burden is on them, but maybe also we shouldn't have double standards or the appearance of them either.

 

[AnotherGuy]

There sure is no more troubling trend than when Marvel Comics movies stick to the storylines and characterizations from Marvel Comics. ACTIVISM!

John Byrne created the tone of the She-Hulk character and future show in 1985.

I'm not familiar with his writing other than his stint on Wonder Woman. Did he write a she-hulk that attacks the fandom?
Here is a different perspective on the show by a woman.

 

[Umbran]

Mod Note:
Folks,

I'm seeing a bunch of stuff in the past couple of pages that reads like rampant sexism.

If it continues, some folks are apt to find themselves on the wrong side of the inclusivity policy.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not familiar with his writing other than his stint on Wonder Woman. Did he write a she-hulk that attacks the fandom?

Sensational She-Hulk centered her being a lawyer, introduced the fourth wall breaks and the irreverent tone that included poking fun at readres.

It troubles me that you'd suggest that stalkers who dox, drug and attempt to kill Jennifer Walters are a stand-in for comic fans. You should probably find some other comics communities to be a part of.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not, but if I had to guess it's because people are very sensitive to the hint of hypocrisy. People hate double standards. And people feel rightly or wrongly that if a historically person of color character (Uhuru, for example) was rewritten as a white character that there would be a huge uproar and that people's complaints about that would be treated as much more serious and much more worthy of consideration, than their own. And, well, if they are right then that is a huge problem, because essentially you are creating a grievance and even racist grievance for very little reason. Maybe people should be mature enough to not hold grievances and maybe the greater burden is on them, but maybe also we shouldn't have double standards or the appearance of them either.

Ariel being black is bad because someone might, in theory, make Uhura white?

 

[Scribe]

The last decade suggests otherwise.

Painting with broad strokes doesnt always capture the fine details.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Sensational She-Hulk centered her being a lawyer, introduced the fourth wall breaks and the irreverent tone that included poking fun at readres.

Would you classify what the series She-Hulk did as poking fun - in the same spirit as John Byrne's comics?
Why do you think the fandom was ok with the comic but not the series?

 

[Celebrim]

Ariel being black is bad because someone might, in theory, make Uhura white?

I didn't say Ariel being black is bad.

I essentially asked if it would be bad to make Uhuru white?

 

[Ryujin]

I didn't say Ariel being black is bad.

I essentially asked if it would be bad to make Uhuru white?

The answer to that would be, "Yes", because whitewashing a seminal representative character, from a limited number of such, does damage. Doing a different take on a character that people rightly or wrongly just assume is representative of the majority does no such damage.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Would you classify what the series She-Hulk did as poking fun - in the same spirit as John Byrne's comics?
Why do you think the fandom was ok with the comic but not the series?

"Fandom" was fine with it. You are listening to a very small group of people saying otherwise.