12th September, 2019.
Right …
I’ve HAD the haircut I was talking about, yesterday.
And, it has to be said, I feel a lot less shaggy!
It’s only minor …
But it’s nice to have done … !
~≈Œ≈~
Something that’s not nice … ?
And that’s been causing a riot on at least one Terry Pratchett group I’m in … ?
Is The Watch, the upcoming BBC America adaptions of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch series of novels.
I’m …
I’m not happy.
I noticed this article, yesterday, announcing the cast.
I’m … …
I can cope with Richard Dormer bagging the key role of Commander Vimes.
Although I’d’ve preferred Idris Elba.
But I’m more concerned about other elements.
For a start … ?
Lara Rossi’s been cast as Sybil Ramkin: wife to Sam Vimes.
Her ethnicity isn’t an issue for me: although I’m aware others may not believe that.
The simple fact is the usual authorised pictures of Sybil — those by Paul Kidby, who did much of the art for the later Discworld covers — present Sybil as a larger lady. She’s supposed to be able to handle half a dozen dragons on a leash.
Ms Rossi’s too slim, in other word: slim enough that the phrase ‘fat shaming’ can be thrown into the conversation.
This version of Sybil is also described as a ‘vigilante.’
When the original character — in the novels — runs a dragon sanctuary*.
There’s other things.
Carcer? Gets described in the article as ‘wronged and wounded.’
As a HELL of a lot more sympathetic as he actually is.
Carrot?
Isn’t being played by a redhead: nor does he seem to be carrot shaped.
The article tells us Carrot gets trained by Constable Angua: who doesn’t join the Watch until a couple of books after Carrot.
And as for Cheery … ?
The character’s described as a ‘non-binary forensics expert’: making her sound like like an LGBTQ activist, looking to carve out a third gender space.
She’s not.
She’s a dwarf woman, struggling to get her femininity recognised in the extremely sexist dwarf society.
Just a BIT different.
Frankly?
Given what I’ve seen … ?
I’m going nowhere near this series.
I don’t think it’s going to be anything like the Terry Pratchett novels I know.
~≈Œ≈~
