Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24138799-20131111105215/@comment-6195464-20131112002617

Applegirl wrote: SenatorSilver wrote: Fractuared Fairytales wrote: SenatorSilver wrote: Wow. Haha. Trying NOT to take offense to this, considering it's my family history. Wouldn't you like for your family history to be portrayed in national television in a respectful way? I would love it. Thus far, they've never put out a good, realistic historical portrayal of Pocahontas. I'm not holding my breath for one, any time soon. Especially since OuaT has a habit of turning everything into a love story. Have you ever seen the movie "The New World"? It's about Pocahnotas and it's pretty good! It came out in 2005. I have seen "The New World" before, starring prominent Native American actress Q'orianaka Kilcher. I thought the film was beautiful, but at the same time, I felt uncomfortable because historically, it's still dubious whether John Rolfe married Pocohontas out of genuine love or some act of religious duty. I am also unsure whether it's historically accurate to paint John Smith as having romantic feelings for Pocohontas. I suppose I feel this way is because Pocohantas was a real person and portrayals of her on screen are exclusively creative adaptions and I just don't really see it as a true depiction of how her life was like.

Incidentally, the same actress also portrayed Tiger Lily in the Syfy miniseries "Neverland". Pocahontas was between 10-15 when she met John Smith. There was nothing remotely romantic about their relationship. She was fascinated by him, because of his red hair. She did save him life, but not because she was in love with him - and in reality, she didn't have to work that hard, because Powhatan was not a typcially violent man (it was the Pamunkey tribe, who captured Smith, that were after his head).

That, primarily is what ticks me off about the adaptations they put out. Particularly when they portray her as being a young adult... considering she died at 22 years old (from unknown causes).