It just occurred to me, as I’m going through the Harry Potter books again, that whenever Harry has visions through Voldemorts eyes that he always, every single time, distinguishes between himself and Voldemort with the mention of “a white hand held a wand which was not his own”, or something to the effect of describing Voldemorts whiteness. While I’ve always taken this as a comment on how Voldemort is inhumanly, disgustingly pale, It occurred to me that a dark-skinned Harry Potter WOULD notice the stark, shocking difference in hands every single time without fail.
first person to discover seeds
person: this fruit is good but it has weird tiny hard stuff in it. im gonna throw it on the ground
seeds: jokes on you thats actually what i want!!!!!
person: Oh shit!!!!
i mean the invaders being from an asian country is accurate to the books, isn’t it? obviously the “white vs asian” thing isn’t ideal but i’m not sure how you could get around it?
i haven’t read them for years but from what i remember john marsden went out of his way to never actually say what race they were?? they were from a semi nearby poor country that wasn’t new zealand is as close as it got. and logically the only countries that fit that description are asian ones, but im still kinda :/ on it
i guess the invaders are asian again then :/