#so im like working on conflict mitigation via realizing that there’s already too much meanness in the world for it to be worth getting upset

[ace-pierre-bezukhov]

sorry for sounding aggressive, i was actively in love with comet when the show closed because of him so i thought it was common knowledge. and there’s the fact that oak was responding very condescendingly and aggressively to criticism of any type (including from me!) around that time. seeing him praised as pierre given all of that + personal experience with him just pisses me off. maybe he’s changed, but i will never be able to see the show with the original cast because of his behavior lmao (and i was a huge fan of him before this happened which sucks)

Hey that is a totally valid and rightfully upsetting experience! I’m really sorry that he ruined it for you, and im also really miffed about the show closing way too soon.

I think i got defensive because when i heard about the show’s early closing, the controversy i had heard surrounded the end was the backlash over Mandy Patinkin replacing oak as pierre. I had heard a whole lot about people saying it was racist of the casting directors to pre-maturely replace a black actor with a super famous white guy because they were afraid he would underperform. And i heard that as a result, well-meaning people ended boycotting the show and, well, you know how that story ended. So my feelings about oak’s pierre have pretty much always been a result of the idea that he’s a talented and underrated actor of color who never really got a chance to show it in this role.

At least, that was how i understood it. It’s absolutely hearsay and therefore probably not the whole truth, but it was important for me that you knew where i was coming from with my defense, just as it was important for me to know where you were coming from!