If you have Scandinavian friends or Family, show them this
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I saw this earlier this week. It’s to the point that I expect this each and every time now. And what really annoys me is that she takes the role knowing that she is the 10000th race swap and she will bash fans. I hope this bombs.
Want to know something kind of sad? Some of the designs in the animated movies were Polynesian not Scandinavian. The creators mixed the two up. So as far as the creators care, all heritage is unimportant.
My wife's dad is Icelandic. He demanded I name our biological son Thor. I love this man. My wife has decided not to share the news about the movie to him.
I mean, I agree with respecting his culture and all, but isn't that a bit too much? It'd be like me demanding that my grandchild was named "God". There would have still been other perfectly acceptable Scandinavian names, like Björn or Ivan, off the top of my head, and surely some other less stereotypical names, too.
There are lots of Hispanics who name their kids 'Jesus'. And let's not forget that 'Muhammad' in it's various spellings is the most common name on Earth.
And I don't particularly agree with calling a kid "Jesus", either. But Thor wasn't just a prophet, like Jesus and Mohammed. He is an actual god. (I don't want to get into a discussion about how some people interpret Jesus as being God himself.) I wouldn't call a kid "Athena", "Odin" or "Zeus", either. Those are the names of gods, and it just seems strange to me to call a human being that.