>>8539234>>8539246In all honesty, I don’t mind him being half Asian, full Asian, black, white, Native American, whatever else. It’s not like we ever get to see his face many times, and he doesn’t really talk any. The only time we might see his face now is if it’s a flash back, same for his voice. The only time they show his skin or hair now is if he received some kind of injury where his suit gets sort of messed up. His story has already been changed so many times now, phasing out that he used to be a Vietnam veteran, because that would make him too old now (it still works for characters like Deathstroke, because he physically ages at a slower rate than most humans, so he could be in his 60s, 70s, or 80s, and still be in his prime, minus the silver fox face and hair).
Before I really got into the GI Joe story (those mostly outdated comics with tons of retcons, because Larry Hama said he’d only write one page at a time, and not have any sort of “this character is actually dead-dead” chart. Not bashing, some of his stories were pretty cool, but retcons, in general, unless for the sake of making a story even better, usually suck) I actually thought Snake-Eyes was already Asian. That also could be because in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, GI Joe didn’t really focus on older character backstories, unless it was to retcon something, or suddenly bring up a “never before seen detail of their past” to try and make that some kind of selling point, or a story point to carry the story along.
I mean, Snake-Eyes, from what we see of him, is mostly just the suit, anyways. He had an interesting backstory, but since he never really had a real name to differentiate him from his suit (like Batman and Bruce Wayne), his costumed appearance IS him, in a matter of speaking, if you know what I mean? So, unless whatever media he’ll be in will be like 75 percent flashbacks and backstory, where he’s not suited Snake-Eyes yet, does it really matter?
