Harry Potter TV series in the works at HBO Max

[Kaypain]

Its not about his acting chops. I could tell within 3 minutes of looking through his IMDB that he’s a top rate talent. Its about the CHARACTER and the fact that unfortunately when you race swap a character you have to take into account what that CHARACTER entails.

Snape is, for all intents and purposes, a Nazi. A repentant Nazi, but a Nazi nonetheless. A Nazi who only reformed because the unrequited love of his life, a WHITE WOMAN, dies violently at the hands of the wizarding equivalent of Hitler. This same character is abused by three white boys, hung from a tree, with his pants stripped down to his ankles. And THEN in a fit of anger, shame, and self loathing he calls the unrequited love of his life the wizarding equivalent of the N word.

As a white character, there is proper context to all of this. As a BLACK character it comez across stereotypical, c00nish, and ill-advised.

Your problem is you're trying too damn hard to equate JK Rowling's world with the real world

He wasn't hung from a tree with rope. He was levitated upside down, a typical prank wizard kids did to each other

James and Snape's rivalry wasn't based on skin color

Snape was Slytherin, James was Gryffindor
Snape was into the dark arts, James hated the dark arts
James was popular and talented in Sports, Snape was talented academically but a outcast until he befriends future death eaters
Snape becomes a death eater, James joins the Order

This doesn't change with a black Snape

But whatever, people just believe that these are just white only roles

 

[Ill-Yaz]

The brother can act and watching this clip, I can see how they choose him. Hes gonna body this role and people need to get over believing that the role of Snape is only a white man's role

Your problem is you're trying too damn hard to equate JK Rowling's world with the real world

He wasn't hung from a tree with rope. He was levitated upside down, a typical prank wizard kids did to each other

James and Snape's rivalry wasn't based on skin color

Snape was Slytherin, James was Gryffindor
Snape was into the dark arts, James hated the dark arts
James was popular and talented in Sports, Snape was talented academically but a outcast until he befriends future death eaters
Snape becomes a death eater, James joins the Order

This doesn't change with a black Snape

But whatever, people just believe that these are just white only roles

What the fukk are you blabbering on about?

Snape is described as the following in the books-
a thin man with greasy, shoulder-length black hair, a large, hooked nose, and sallow (pale, sickly) skin.

Now tell me how the fukk does this person fit the above description

It's a mockery. Plain and simple.

And rest assured I will REFUSE to watch this series

 

[Kaypain]

What the fukk are you blabbering on about?

Snape is described as the following in the books-
a thin man with greasy, shoulder-length black hair, a large, hooked nose, and sallow (pale, sickly) skin.

Now tell me how the fukk does this person fit the above description

It's a mockery. Plain and simple.

And rest assured I will REFUSE to watch this series

I don't give a fukk what you refuse or don't refuse to watch white boy

I'm done arguing with you crackers over this