Anonymous3: @AlexSkullUterna Her race was never mentioned in the books at all.
For that matter, not everyone watched the movies.
Many people who did watch the movies had already read the books and so, in cases where the characters' appearances weren't described, formed their own idea of what the characters should look like before ever watching a single frame. So, when they draw fan art, they might choose to go with their already-formed image of a character, rather than the arbitrary whims of a casting agent who may or may not have even read the books, and chose an 'acceptable' actor to portray a background character with few to no speaking lines.
Take any given character from the HP movies. If they were played by more than one actor, then odds are that one of three things happened. 1: The first actor friggin' died, 2: The role just wasn't that important, so literally anyone could play them, or 3: The casting agent assumed they could cast anyone because the role wouldn't be important... and then it BECAME important later, so they recast it as someone more appropriate/talented.
The movies in some places are practically fan fiction, they aren't canon, and no one should worship at the altar of the people who made the decisions for them.
Away with that 'you're whitewashing' shit. 99 times out of a 100 (this time being one of the 99), the accuser doesn't have a leg to stand on. Besides, getting on your high horse while you're looking at porn is a bit ridiculous. Go pester everyone who gives Ginny blue or green eyes, at least there's a canon description of her "chocolate brown" eyes to prove they are diverging from canon. Oh, but she's just a ginger, she doesn't count... Kindly. Fuck. Off.
AlexSkullUterna: @Anonymous: In Harry Potter fandom it is commonly accepted that when the books leave a detail blank, the films are used to compensate when possible. For situations where information conflicts, the information from the books is considered a higher tier canon.
Tier One: J. K. Rowling (Pottermore, books)
Tier Two: Based on J. K. Rowling's work (films)
Tier Three: Licenced (video games)
Personally, I have no problem with her being white in pic at all, I was just simply asking why the artist made her look different. Hope this helped!
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For that matter, not everyone watched the movies.
Many people who did watch the movies had already read the books and so, in cases where the characters' appearances weren't described, formed their own idea of what the characters should look like before ever watching a single frame. So, when they draw fan art, they might choose to go with their already-formed image of a character, rather than the arbitrary whims of a casting agent who may or may not have even read the books, and chose an 'acceptable' actor to portray a background character with few to no speaking lines.
Take any given character from the HP movies. If they were played by more than one actor, then odds are that one of three things happened. 1: The first actor friggin' died, 2: The role just wasn't that important, so literally anyone could play them, or 3: The casting agent assumed they could cast anyone because the role wouldn't be important... and then it BECAME important later, so they recast it as someone more appropriate/talented.
The movies in some places are practically fan fiction, they aren't canon, and no one should worship at the altar of the people who made the decisions for them.
Away with that 'you're whitewashing' shit. 99 times out of a 100 (this time being one of the 99), the accuser doesn't have a leg to stand on. Besides, getting on your high horse while you're looking at porn is a bit ridiculous. Go pester everyone who gives Ginny blue or green eyes, at least there's a canon description of her "chocolate brown" eyes to prove they are diverging from canon. Oh, but she's just a ginger, she doesn't count... Kindly. Fuck. Off.
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Tier One: J. K. Rowling (Pottermore, books)
Tier Two: Based on J. K. Rowling's work (films)
Tier Three: Licenced (video games)
Personally, I have no problem with her being white in pic at all, I was just simply asking why the artist made her look different. Hope this helped!