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FortuneCookie posted...

We're talking about two different things here. Changing a character's ethnicity is different from having a different version of a character. And most companies do not want to have the latter.

Changing a character's ethnicity means that you have the same character, but a different ethnic background. Having a different version of a character is like having the upbeat blue-clad George Clooney Batman in a live action movie while the animated Batman and comic book Batman are dark and gritty. That misstep caused Batman movies to go into an eight-year hiatus. Today, they make sure that even the Lego Batman is gloomy. That's character consolidation. That's branding. When you see the name, you know what to expect.

Yara Shahidi is clearly playing the classic Tinkerbell. She may yet prove to be a little modernized in some of her mannerisms, but they saw fit to make sure that she had the same costume and hairstyle that we all recognize.

Unless the new version for this live action movie is going to be the only version of Tinkerbell from now on, then my point still stands. A different version.