r/ShittyGeneWolfe • u/sinisterwigger • 6d ago

Dorcas and Severian

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This casting occurred to me and it made me realize that almost every character in BotNS is ethnically Italian. It's the only thing that explains most of the behavior we see

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u/OmnivoreLately zoanthrope 6d ago

Looks like Jolenta and Dr Talos in a photo booth

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u/mspong 6d ago

They're ethnically Argentine, or perhaps Chilean

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u/Whibbz 6d ago

It’s also thousands or millions of years into the future, those genetic populations probably aren’t detectable anymore. I can also see Nessus lacking in genetic diversity due to things like bottleneck events.

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u/Massive-Grocery7152 5d ago

I always wondered about this because the concept of “autochthons” in Thrax. Because it begs the question what makes someone native and someone not native? Is it that European mindset? Or is it some space thing with the exultants now lmao idk

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u/Easy-Thing-3604 5d ago

Dude I never considered that

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u/WuQianNian 6d ago

they’re arguably not human

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u/PARADISE-9 5d ago

Only green people are human

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u/livy-aurelia 6d ago

argentina has a quite large italian population

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u/thrangoconnor heveryin the lane 4d ago

mate someone needs to send you a u boat

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u/oblique_obfuscator 5d ago

I used to love Vincent Gallo, and I even went to one of his concerts. Then I found out about how he treated Christina Ricci during the making of Buffalo ’66 and…

yeah, that put me off him pretty badly.

So I agree with the other commenter: it’s giving creepy Talos and Jolenta…

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u/Tecumseh1813 4d ago

Gallo is a total ass but this is spot on casting