I can’t imagine being a celebrity and then accusing rando peasants of abuse.

The Guardian:

Steve Toussaint has revealed he received racist abuse online after he was cast as Corlys Velaryon in the upcoming Game Of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.

The 57-year-old British actor has previously starred in Doctor Who, Line of Duty and Death in Paradise.

Speaking to the Radio Times about his lead role in the highly anticipated HBO series, Toussaint said: “When they announced [my casting], one of the first things I saw on social media was a drawing of the character [from the books] next to a picture of me.

“And then there was the racist abuse that came with that.”

In the books by George RR Martin on which the series is based, the Velaryons are described as having white skin, ghostly pale hair and purple eyes. However, in the new series the clan are reimagined as black nobles with long silver dreadlocks.

Reflecting on the backlash from fans of the series of books, Toussaint continued: “I kind of thought: ‘Oh, I get it’. When we were criminals and pirates and slaves in the other show, you were OK with that.

“But as this guy is the richest [character] in the show and he’s a nobleman, now you have a problem with it.

“In House Of The Dragon [our colour] is just a given – I quite like that.”

Despite the risk that acknowledging the backlash could give it greater prominence, Toussaint said he thought it was important to address it.

I don’t even think most of these people complaining about this stuff are even “racists.” They just want their shows to not be so shitty.

The main issue with the casting is the fact that the characters race actually plays a part lmao, House Velaryon is a Valyrian House, Purple Eyes and Pale White Skin is their characteristic. It makes no sense for a Valyrian to be black or dark skinned. This is not a racist thing.

— Ahmad (@Zenorastic) August 9, 2022

House Valyrian just changed. This man is black. Anyone who gives a fuck has some serious issues.

— Sanguine (@sanguine61981) August 11, 2022

They hate that it went against the books and what George created because Velaryons were pail white. Yet George probably gave his approval to retcon this. Either way diversity and inclusion are very important in this franchise. They should reflect the audiences who pay to see them

— chaotic (@1egaltk) August 9, 2022

The fat man is in the hot seat again.

After having been pressed hard at Brown University a few weeks ago, Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin was ambushed and called-out again this week during an SJW+ foru- oh wait, no sorry, it was the WSJ+ forum.

Funny how similar the questions and atmosphere of the “conservative” Wall Street Journal forum are to any leftist college lecture.

The black host cornered him and asked him why there are not more people of color in the fantasy genre and in the Game of Thrones series. Specifically, he asked: “why in your opinion is fantasy so monocultural, and what could be done to change that?”

Martin made this face:

And then he took a deep breath and said that the answer was very simple: “because it’s written by white men.”

He then explained to the nigger what supply and demand is, saying that there are many up and coming nonwhite authors, but in order for them to become popular and sell books, people have to buy the books. And then, he told the nigger, if many people buy the books, they will get made into movies and TV shows.

I would take issue with Martin’s agreement with the black that there were no “people of color” in JRR Tolkien books though.

Basically, the entire Lord of the Rings series was about the various Islamic invasions of Europe. The dark races are the hordes of Mordor.

But I don’t expect poor George Martin to press that issue in an already very uncomfortable situation.

I don’t know why this poor old squirming fat man is constantly being trotted out to answer SJW questions, but I suppose anyone who is anyone – that is anyone with a public face – has to pledge his allegiance to the SJW religion. And he did write his books in the 90s, meaning that they contain a lot of stuff that is problematic these days. Even the first few seasons of the show, released in the late 00s, are problematic by today’s standards.

And naturally, all of this “fat man squirms in chair after being called a racist on stage” is generating hype for the new season of Game of Thrones that’s coming out soon.

I wonder if the dragons fuck any of the chicks.

Because that would be the ultimate twist.

And I wouldn’t put it past the writers. Pushing this whole female/beast dynamic really is cutting edge stuff.

Since there are no more gay characters in GOT that I am aware of, they really need to step their stuff up a notch to end the show with a subversive bang.

I humbly suggest the dragons-on-blondes idea. 

It’s less degenerate than what we usually see on HBO anyway. And women can’t exactly go out and fuck dragons… yet.