• _lilith@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I could never get past Loial not having expressive ears. Like 90% of Ogier emotion is described by the positioning or movement of their long ass ears

    • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zone
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      2 days ago

      Or the fact people from Two Rivers are often identified by their physical look and way they speak, but the TV series starts out with every person from their tiny isolated village being ethnically diverse.

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        1 day ago

        Red Rivers peeps are darker skinned than your typical “white.” Rand is specifically noted for being much fairer than normal, even with a farmer tan.

        It’s why they stand out from the pseudo-English that surround them.

        Why would you assume otherwise and then get mad about it?

        If there’s an ethnicity they would resemble, it’s certainly not “Anglo.” Even an ambiguous “Mediterranean” doesn’t explain why Rand’s tan wouldn’t let him blend in.

        So you are right, in a way, but in a way we all know you didn’t intend by “ethnically diverse”

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          13 hours ago

          I’m not OP, but I don’t think they meant “weren’t Anglo” but instead that the villagers were literally diverse, i.e. a lot of different ethnicities.

          It does put a confused spin on both “huh, you’re from the two rivers? You look like one of those Aiel” and the post-siege development of two rivers where the increased diversity from folk moving from different places to there causes tension in the villagers.

          I may be wrong, though.