Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-98.247.168.42-20181122042639/@comment-39279721-20190526193501

You literally just said that “ they look Asian in general. “ but SM could have said that Sophie thought they looked Vietnamese, or chinese, or something. Asians of different countries look different. Labeling them as one big race is okay, but since Sophie grew up with humans she could have said that. And can anyone explain how you can look Asian but not a specific Asian, just... Asian? Because if that’s what elves look like, since they aren’t tied to a specific culture,, how does that make sense? I still also believe there needs to be more racial diversity in KOTLC. A pair of Asian twins does not mean the series is diverse. And actually elves DO live in Asia. Well, some of them. Shrangri La (one of the lost cities) is in China. Yet it’s completely westernized when Sophie visits. So basically all elves are white save for a few ‘anomalies’. You may argue Asia is a human territory/name/culture but still- if your ancestors were born there, even being elves, you would look Chinese. Therefore shrangri la being full of white people doesn’t make much sense. Neither does he concept of no human culture or race in the lost cities, due to little explanation. How do elves end up looking black or Asian or anything else if they aren’t somehow connected to the humans? The concept of race is just not explained enough, and it really confuses me!