djjarak:Before I say a word, know that I’m not a racist. I simply think that changing the ethn
djjarak:Before I say a word, know that I’m not a racist. I simply think that changing the ethnicity of classic characters just to prove how not racist you are is a cheap thing for production companies to do. I mean, Lancelot was not an African. Not in one story or piece of art was he depicted as anything but an English born white man. Do you have any idea how rare Africans were in England in those days? Only just recently has the first skeletal remains of a black man been found and from the condition of them, he was most likely a slave and not treated very well. I know Lancelot isn’t real. Unlike Mulan, he really is from a fairy tale… but c’mon. I know I may sound like I’m taking this stuff too seriously, but why bother getting into a TV series if you’re not going to let yourself really get into it.I am answering you as an arthurian obsessed and passionate.How do you know Lancelot was not a PoC? Did Chretien de Troyes ever stated the colour of Lancelot’s skin?He could have easily been from Africa, India or Arabia as far as we know. And this is not about historicity. Lancelot is NOT an historical character and for sure he is not used as an historical character in Once Upon a Time where he is a character from the fable along with dragons, fairies etc.And you surely know that there are PoC in the legends (like Palamedes and his family) which are presented as PoC and they were knights not slaves or anything else. Knights and very respected knights.And you can’t you consider the fact that maybe they decided to chose him because:- He became extremely popular with the series Teen Wolf (but not being one of the main characters maybe he had more time).- He is a good actor.- He is handsome (which seems a fundamental trait in tv show Lancelot?)Also… do you mean that a black Lancelot for you is disturbing because he is ‘unrealistic and so you can’t get into the series’ WHILE you have absolutely no problem in: a witch with magical powers, parallel worlds, dragons, people turning into dragons, poisoned apples ad stuff? -- source link
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