Too many crackers imo.
Totally. The Ketyai ain't white. Proyas should be played by a 20-something handsome dude from Bollywood, not some white cracka boi.
Pedro Pascal is a POC. And I was under the impression that the Ketyai were like Southern Europeans.
But, yea, yellowfacing is still a bit of a problem. :/
I mean, it's up to interpretation, but I'll die on the hill that the Ketyai are all POC in my head: Nansur are east Indian, Conriyans/Ainoni are Iranian/Persian, Kianene are Seljuk Turks/Saracens.
Saubon refers to Gotian as a "shit-skinned pick" in his fit of pique at Mengedda. I wouldn't think of a mildly tanned Italian dude as "shit-skinned" lol Idk, I think it makes the racial politics of the world way more robust and divorces the Three Seas even further from Standard European Fantasy World v.598.
Priyanka Chopra is everyone's premiere fancast choice for Esmenet by the way.