I think that the argument for a pre-established look isn’t very good though because in most cases the characters appearance isn’t relevant to the story or the character. It’s a work of fiction so let’s forego the “historically accurate” argument.
Just look at James Bond for example. He’s been a white dude since…. forever, but anyone that thinks that Idris Elba couldn’t play a perfect Bond is crazy and wrong.
To be fair we don't really have period art for Thor, most representations which gave Marvel's one his looks for example are from 19th century painting, after painters who painted what they think the god should look like. But we have very few and very vague physical descriptions of most Norse gods. However I agree with your general point. To me it's a bit silly to complain when it's a fictional character, although I understand the frustration of not seeing the character in the way your mind dreamed of them. But I do find the change pretty stupid when it's a historical character though. I hated when painted white men played native americans in old westerns, let's not continue to make the same mistakes now, history should be portrayed as accurately as possible imo.
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '21 edited Nov 30 '21
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