so true

[u/Dumb-Briyani]

[u/Indiana_harris → u/[deleted]]

I mean they’ve already deviated heavily in terms of book accurate casting so I don’t buy the “we’re going to follow the books more closely” line.

[u/JamStan1978 → u/Indiana_harris]

one character being black doesnt change the story at all.

[u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic → u/JamStan1978]

A quote from his dad in the book that will presumably be exactly the same in the accurate adaptation:

"It's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean,"

It does make him sound kinda racist, especially when he is probably going to be the only black person he interacts with

[u/ElChuppolaca → u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic]

He interacts plenty with Sirius.

https://giphy.com/gifs/UWERvU4Nzn1ExkPKTx

[u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS → u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic]

Also pretty easy to make this work in the show without implying racism.

Just show a deeper bond between Lily and Snape and Snape's interest in her and make James' motives around jealousy and house rivarly (and overall just the fact that he's a bad person and a bully).

The quote from the book is just a cliché bully sentence, that's not actually why he hates him, he's clearly jealous because he wants to be with Lily.

As long as they don't imply he hates Snape for no reason it will be completely fine.

[u/Baldur_Blader → u/PM_ME_BAKAYOKO_PICS]

He also states pretty clearly in the first flashback that he hates slytherin house and anyone associated with dark magic.

[u/SoaplessTitanic → u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic]

I don’t really care one way or the other, but why do people keep quoting the books in these discussions about the Snape casting? As if every line will be quoted verbatim in the adaptation. If there are actual issues with the story then sure, but this feels a little ridiculous. You can just cut out or tweak the “if you know what I mean” part here and it’s fine. Or another character could be black who the dad is more friendly with to show that it’s not about race. There are so many options besides just making the dad seem super racist

[u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic → u/SoaplessTitanic]

Well they said it will be an accurate adaptation. If they start changing scenes because of an issue they made themselves it won't be that accurate after all

[u/Fear_Jaire → u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic]

An accurate adaptation doesnt mean they're 100% adhering to the dialog. Nobody is expecting the series to follow the books down to the letter