Subject: Actually, re. Derik...
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Posted on: 2023-11-01 00:32:16 UTC

I poked around a bit and found a couple Reddit threads talking about books with covers that don't accurately depict the characters in them, and a few of them mentioned the very unfortunate whitewashing of protagonists with darker skin. Since Derik is more brown than white, he could go as one of those characters as described in the books rather than how they look on the cover.

For example, Sparrowhawk/Ged from the Earthsea novels. In a particularly egregious example, the art itself on an Aladdin Fantasy edition of the book is a blatantly whitewashed version of a pretty good portrait by artist Rebecca Guay:


(Read the article here for more context.)

I haven't read the Earthsea novels myself (I know, I know, points off my nerd cred), but I like this idea for Derik!

~Neshomeh

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