Are you telling me... that people and characters should be portrayed as whichever race makes the most sense for the setting, or according to the template established by existing lore?
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For historical figures, yes.
For fictional characters, Spider-Man can be man, woman, white, black, middle aged, a pig, a literal spider in a Japanese mech suit, a black-and-white 1920s detective
Debatable.
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If you treat them as generic avatars for their powers then, yes, absolutely.
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If you treat the characters as "people" with actual backstories and personalities it gets far more difficult to swap out their characteristics and still keep the same character.
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Just imply that Black Panther could be a white guy and see where the rabbit hole takes you.
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Part of Peter Parker's (at least original) appeal was that he is a young male. Comic readers related to him. Making him female changes that dynamic for a lot. And he doesn't need to be. They created SpiderGwen and she works just fine for the role. Similarly Miles Morales is not Peter Parker. He's not even the "real" Spider-Man. And that's not a bad thing because Miles is unique. He has His own dynamic, his own story, which is far more interesting that just slapping black ink on Peter Parker and calling it a day
Uh-oh
For fictional characters, Spider-Man can be man, woman, white, black, middle aged, a pig, a literal spider in a Japanese mech suit, a black-and-white 1920s detective
.
If you treat them as generic avatars for their powers then, yes, absolutely.
.
If you treat the characters as "people" with actual backstories and personalities it gets far more difficult to swap out their characteristics and still keep the same character.
.
Just imply that Black Panther could be a white guy and see where the rabbit hole takes you.
.
Part of Peter Parker's (at least original) appeal was that he is a young male. Comic readers related to him. Making him female changes that dynamic for a lot. And he doesn't need to be. They created SpiderGwen and she works just fine for the role. Similarly Miles Morales is not Peter Parker. He's not even the "real" Spider-Man. And that's not a bad thing because Miles is unique. He has His own dynamic, his own story, which is far more interesting that just slapping black ink on Peter Parker and calling it a day