Can I ask why you want Odysseus to be Black? Considering he's kinda infamous for being a selfish asshole and a huge hypocrite? Like, he tried to kill Diomedes for no reason (and got away with it?? Diomedes didn't even seem to CARE???), did most of what he did for glory and fame, actually DID cheat on his wife (Calypso is not cheating but Circe is arguable) and yet his biggest concern is if PENELOPE cheated? (And in versions where Penelope wasn't "faithful", typically becoming the mother of Pan after being assaulted, sometimes by ALL of the Suitors, he abandoned her immediately)
Like he's one of my favourites, but I definitely don't think he's a guy people should look up to or see themselves in.
And yet, none of those things have ever stopped anyone white from wanting him to be white ππ why is that? It didn't stop anyone from writing an entire musical about him π it hasn't stopped centuries of his story being centered and retold in tales of mythology π why are we even talking about him at all, if he's such a terrible guy?
Why are white viewers still capable of seeing the worth and the value in Odysseus' story, despite the terrible (and I do mean TERRIBLE) things he did? π Is he someone that white people are supposed to look up to? Why is that not possible with a Black version of him? Why does him being Black mean he has to be positive representation for Black people to follow, rather than another type of character that every human is capable of being?
Being Black in media doesn't mean we always have to be Perfect Angels in media! It just means that the viewers are responsible for how they treat us when they see us doing whatever their white favorites do! And if you suddenly have a change of heart about the guy because he happens to be Black... That's not on the Blackness!
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