1 hour ago, Thrasymachus said:

I disagree that it's "color-blind" casting.  Rather, it's a matter of prioritization and adaptation not just for a new medium, but also for our changed and changing culture.  I think having a black guy as Eamon Valda is great.  A black guy leading a bunch of white-robed zealots on a tear for "purity," condemning people for something they're born with and can't control (a sparker will channel eventually, and keep channelling for the rest of their lives even if it's subconsciously through a block) is a fantastic contrast.  And I say that when my own mental image of Valda was someone who looked a lot more like Tom Selleck (when he was a bit younger).  And considering the Whitecloaks eventually go through a redemption arc of their own, that'll feel a lot more earned and be more accepted if they weren't quite so visually obviously an analog for the KKK.

If this was hos own show i wouldent care at all, but the characters already exist and as such you kinda have to follow it, specially on the main characters/characters who are in the story the most

1 hour ago, Thrasymachus said:

 

Fain as a black guy matters not at all, the man goes through so many transformations in appearance and mannerisms, and while he's a catalyst for a lot of important plot points, especially early on, his skin color is never something that matters.  I don't even recall that we get a clear description of his appearance; it's his chameleonic demeanor that matters.

And sure Fains skin colour dont really matter in the end just a point

1 hour ago, Thrasymachus said:

 

The fact of the matter is that most of the time Jordan describes the racial characteristics of a people, the shape of their noses or eyes, eye color, height, hair color, etc., he does so in combinations that are extremely rare, if they exist at all, in our current races.  Extremely tall redheads who tan well are simply not that common.  Tilted eyes that are also blue, combined with large Roman noses, are likewise not common.  When casting for these roles, it doesn't matter whether they get every little detail right, or even the major ones, on these impossible combinations.

Some characters have things that kinda characterize them, and to remove those characterizations it kinda destroys those characters