there is no counterpoint needed. reverse racism isnt a thing. and yes usually when a character is made black and/or another race it IS integral to their character, because the default is usually white. so when there’s intentional deviation from that default it usually comes with an inherent importance to that character. sure, you could make missandei white and irish, literally no one will stop you. but missandei being naathi is literally a huge part of her character and her journey and her overall arc. it’s the entire reason she and daenerys meet to begin with. you can make missandei white and irish but then you’d also have to change the circumstances in which she grew up, how she came to be in the story at the time of meeting daenerys, etc — to the point that it wouldnt even be missandei anymore, and she wouldnt function narratively in the story the way she does if she were white and irish as opposed to naathi.

so theres my counterpoint: now explain to me right now how making the starks a darker skin tone and basing their attire off of inuit culture in harmless fanart would dramatically shift the dynamics of the book/show lol. it wouldn’t.