Magic: The Gathering is a brand that gets controversy from time to time. This time the wave was stirred up by a new card with black Aragorn, which angered most of the fans. For example, one user, Thomas Crown, commented on the move on Twitter: “It’s just a racial slur. A publicity stunt in the worst taste.Commentators are primarily concerned about the attempt to change the format of Tolkien’s work, because, in their opinion, this does not have a positive effect, but rather the opposite. In their opinion, the benefits of such moves should be practically zero.
However, not everyone agrees with this idea. Journalist and developer Matt Thrower presented his opinion, for example, as follows: “This is beautiful work. And although I never imagined Aragorn as black, Tolkien quite possibly thought so.Some users do not directly criticize the idea of changing the character race, but in their opinion, it needs to be done well, which definitely did not happen in the case of Magic: The Gathering, because Aragorn has a clearly defined appearance. in books.
The reason for the introduction of this card may be to bring variety to the world of Magic: The Gathering, or at least that’s how the statement from 2022 can be understood: “The Lord of the Rings is about how the different peoples of Middle-earth come together to fight Sauron and find strength in their diversity. We want to keep this compelling story fresh and relevant to an even wider audience.However, this move wasn’t received too well, but it’s clear that while the transformation would have gone smoothly for the other characters, Aragorn wasn’t the best choice, at least judging by the community reaction.
There is nothing wrong with a black guy in fantasy but there is something wrong with changing the race of established and well defined characters, seriously the book says Aragorn looks like Vigo Mortenson and not a black guy, it’s just a bad adaptation, like a transformation Snoopy in the fish https://t.co/xBeVzAdd4N pic.twitter.com/xm9Cs6ELwg
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