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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Yeah I don't think that the Hermione one is that big of a deal tbh.



I do think that Snape is an odd race swap though imo.

Again it doesn't actually make a difference to the story however I think people will have a hard time with any new Snape, Alan Rickman was just so iconic as him.

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Again it doesn't actually make a difference to the story however I think people will have a hard time with any new Snape, Alan Rickman was just so iconic as him.

Snape to me needs to be an older white man with dark hair, that's how he just is to me.

Probably like you've said, it's probably showing how iconic Alan Rickman was as Snape.

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Again it doesn't actually make a difference to the story however I think people will have a hard time with any new Snape, Alan Rickman was just so iconic as him.

Well some people have said James Potter will look "racist" for bullying Snape in the flashbacks ... as if all four of the Marauders will be white.

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Again it doesn't actually make a difference to the story however I think people will have a hard time with any new Snape, Alan Rickman was just so iconic as him.

Snape os the only character who's skin colour is actually mentioned. All the others could be green for all is mentioned in the book.

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Originally Posted by AnnieK

Snape os the only character who's skin colour is actually mentioned. All the others could be green for all is mentioned in the book.

I haven't read the books, still don't imagine it's a huge deal though, was it very relevant to the storyline?

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I haven't read the books, still don't imagine it's a huge deal though, was it very relevant to the storyline?

Not really relevant, he is the only one who is described as having pale white pasty skin and dark hair. As you said Alan Rickman was so iconic as Snape because he looked exactly the way he was described in the books.

It doesn't really make any difference to the story though and I actually think it's good if they look nothing like the original cast as they can make the roles their own

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I haven't read the books, still don't imagine it's a huge deal though, was it very relevant to the storyline?

Snape being black is problemnatic for the storyline IMO - Snape's storyline revolved heavily around his unrequited love for Harry's mum and being marginalised/oppressed by the James Potter group. The optics of that are EXTREMELY skewed if it's four young white lads attacking a black classmate because he fancies a white girl. It is honestly a bit of a mess. There's no way to avoid the racist overtones when, obviously, "The Half Blood Prince" was not written as a story about race. I think it's going to be extremely tricky for them to get this right. Pretty much any other character could have been race-swapped without issues, Snape is the ONLY one where it becomes an issue.

At one point they chase him down and magically hang him upside down in the air to humiliate him. I mean obviously they don't have to include that specifically as a scenebut yeah... TERRIBLE optics if the James Potter gang are all white and Snape is black .

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Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

Snape being black is problemnatic for the storyline IMO - Snape's storyline revolved heavily around his unrequited love for Harry's mum and being marginalised/oppressed by the James Potter group. The optics of that are EXTREMELY skewed if it's four young white lads attacking a black classmate because he fancies a white girl. It is honestly a bit of a mess. There's no way to avoid the racist overtones when, obviously, "The Half Blood Prince" was not written as a story about race. I think it's going to be extremely tricky for them to get this right. Pretty much any other character could have been race-swapped without issues, Snape is the ONLY one where it becomes an issue.

At one point they chase him down and magically hang him upside down in the air to humiliate him. I mean obviously they don't have to include that specifically as a scenebut yeah... TERRIBLE optics if the James Potter gang are all white and Snape is black .

I 100% agree with your points.