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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 9785974" data-attributes="member: 6750502">The nature of differing mediums means that changes to the core story are inevitable. The original AD&D adventures for Dragonlance changed a lot of aspects from the novels. And the 15th Anniversary of said adventures practically dynamited the railroad tracks in favor of a more open-world campaign that allowed for alternative solutions to various events in the Chronicles. It's a huge change, but one that I imagine many gamers would welcome, as the railroady aspect of the original campaign detracted from peoples' enjoyment of Dragonlance.So too is a movie or TV series based on the original Chronicles/Legends going to be different. The real question is what changes are worth it, and what original content is worth preserving.Regarding the casting of ethnicities, Goldmoon's original portrayal of having blonde hair and blue eyes is based off of a racist myth about Native Americans. The very religion that propagated that belief <s>has revised and acknowledged its inaccuracy nearly 20 years ago,</s> has attempted to distance itself from in a variety of ways, so even among the faithful it's something that people are shying away from. Edit: My initial reading on the religion's stance over Lamanite curse was mistaken in believing that they were more overtly condemnatory of the belief, where it more likely appears that they just want to downplay its influence.On a similar note, the silver dragon D'argent sometimes disguises herself as a Kagonesti elf in the Chronicles and some versions of the adventures. The Kagonesti are noted in-universe as being darker-skinned than other elves, as well as having a culture closer to nature and being hunter-gatherers. But D'argent's elven disguise notably has light skin and hair.In the real world in the United States (which houses a significant amount of D&D players and Dragonlance fans), there's an increasing mainstream acceptance of white supremacist viewpoints. The richest man in the world, the very same man who threw a hissy fit over a D&D history book, gave two Nazi salutes on national television and made social media posts claiming that Jewish people are fomenting a genocide of white people via mass immigration from non-European countries.I do not believe that Weis, Hickman, or other DL writers have white supremacist sympathies. On an older Facebook post, IIRC Hickman notably left the Republican Party because of their embrace of Trump, a Nazi sympathizer, who ran for President and won.As for how this ties back into Dragonlance...what message does it send to have not one, but two female characters coded as Indigenous, being the most prominent and powerful of said groups in-universe? But who both have light skin and hair not typically associated with Indigenous people? Is this something worth preserving and carrying over, given what kinds of people we know will latch onto it?</blockquote>

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