The new art for "Lord of the Rings" expansion.
- I've noticed for some reason, someone over at -Wizards of the Coast felt like imparting their political ideology into our pastime and outright changing one of my favorite fictional character's while they were at it. I can't understand their reason for making Aragorn's Avatar, (in MTG Arena), a black man. Other than for some political statement. Lets have a quick thought experiment. If someone asked you personally to create an avatar for.. Lets say, "John Wick" I'm sure a few things would cross your mind. What is he going to wear? Should I make him look like he just got through with the fight, bloody and dishevelled. Or should he be in a clean all black suit. Should he be holding a weapon or not. All good ideas in regards to creating an avatar for a known character. What wouldn't cross your mind, would be. Should John Wick be a black man. Or to put it better? Should I make John wick look completely different than how everyone knows him. Tolkien wrote Aragorn as the King of "The Men of the West". Let's be honest here. If we're not gonna stay true to the history of Tolkien's Middle Earth. Then why are we even bothering. There's only 1 middle earth. If there not gonna take the description of the characters seriously. Then they shouldn't bother calling it Middle Earth or Lord of the Rings. If there not happy with Tolkins Middle earth and they believe certain things need to be changed. Then all they did was introduce another standard medieval fantasy world into Magic The Gathering. If we're gonna make Aragorn a black man. Why not make Galadriel a male hobbit. Or for the sake of inclusivity and diversity. How about we make Frodo a female elf, Samwise a black lesbian, Pippin a trans dwarf, and Merry a schizophrenic paraplegic bigender bisexual that struggles with multiple personality disorder. And, whos pronouns are (they-them). Because Meriadoc would never assume the gender of his other personalities that they didn't identify with. Ughhh try making sense of that. Oh and while we're at it, we might as well make Sauron a 3 inch pixie with body desmorphia. Apparently it has something to do with his eyes. And how about flying cars. If we're gonna start changing s*** while continuing to call it middle earth then where's the line ever going to be drawn.
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