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words & turds: karnythia: nickgonzo answered your question: So, I keep seeing these...

karnythia:

nickgonzo answered your question: So, I keep seeing these random posts in various fandoms about how “unrealistic” it is that there black people present in the fantasy equivalent of the Middle Ages or the Renaissance or whatever. Um, I know history isn’t the…

So, a character for whom there is scant historical evidence - Arthur - cannot be married to a character for whom there is no historical evidence - Guinevere - if she’s black, because that would be unrealistic?  It’s interesting to note the point at which some people start to take issue with the historical accuracy of a TV show.

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    Nobody invented slavery. Or rather, slavery existed before there was even...distinction...
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    It’s a myth. There is no way to accurately place it in time, let alone prove that these people existed in any way....
  3. thenameismaynard reblogged this from theopensea and added:
    two words : talking dragons. Nope actually three words : muthafucking talking dragons. any history accuracy bullshit...
  4. maritsa-met reblogged this from nom-chompsky and added:
    Excellent points made above, I’m just LOLing at “accuracy in mythology.” OK.
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    Would this be a good time for me to pull out my folklore and mythology degree (with special fields in african-american...
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  11. nom-chompsky reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    Even if everyone in Arthurian legend times were white, which is clearly debatable as seen above, why does it matter what...
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  13. karnythia reblogged this from keppps and added:
    Next you’ll say that black families watch Merlin too & all hell will break loose.
  14. keppps reblogged this from dontmiscalculate and added:
    Missing in all this discussion over “historical accuracy” is the fact that Merlin is a family television show. Let’s...
  15. neverwillstop reblogged this from glamaphonic and added:
    As for the bold: Race will always be a defining aspect of a person’s character; is it the only part? No. But it is an...
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  17. alexandraerin reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    This is a great conversation for me to read, because even though history’s one of my favorite subjects I somehow managed...
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    What kills me is that folks that get all up an in arms about Gwen’s race are always SO CONFIDENT (READ: ARROGANT) in...
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  21. spastasmagoria reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    OMIGODDD. I hate most fantasy because it’s just white European history rehashed with dragons and magic and crap by a...
  22. the-bitch-goddess-success reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    Bro, if you really knew all that much about the subject, you’d know it was “Arthurian” legend. Not “Authurian”. And...
  23. deluxvivens reblogged this from karnythia and added:
    …how did you learn all this from me? srsly? me? srsly? no. no i say. and again, no.
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    deep brown complexion. How...hell did we get a lighter complected, timid

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