Have you watched the latest seasons?
Nope. I don't fully watch anything these days unless something really catches my attention. There have been a couple of episodes that had interesting stuff going on that I would go snuggle up with JJ to watch if I saw something interesting going on but I wouldn't be able to tell you the title or even what happened in them now XD
This:
With the world being more global and all, you would think they could get people that fit the exact ethnicity of the character they want to portray. When you think about it, any non-American actor would be a much cheaper hire too!
is explained by this :)
Personally, I'm sticking with studios not wanting to risk with unproven characters. They want a surefire hit, that's why they're relying on established characters and brands
except replace "characters and brands" with "actors/names". But yes, you're right, that is most definitely a thing XD
Even though you won't describe your characters in the story, your readers would still be able to see them when you depict them in art :D
It's not that I won't, I just don't need to for the things I drop here XD I don't really write novels anymore, but major characters tended to eventually have fairly comprehensive descriptions (once you picked them out from throughout the story, could never stand doing a massive paragraph devoted to their looks XD).
I used to be like that (watching just anything that catches my attention, not the part where I would go snuggle up with JJ) but my OCD forces me to digest every information I can. Sadly, my productivity has taken quite a hit.
As much as possible, I try to not give physical descriptions even to the main characters. I guess you could see that from what you've read. Although, I do see your point which really helps in telling characters apart. One of these days I'm going to have to rely on that as well haha!
By the way this was an intended reply to your comment by @dreemit :D
BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA XD I read this to JJ and he responded "Nice cover" XD
Oh my goodness. You poor soul. I am sorry that you, too, experience this.
And this is why I usually don't watch stuff and get snarky when things are being watched in the room where I'm working XD
Though for whatever reason I can ignore games, but not when the players are doing a running commentary (which happens often enough they're usually banned too XD)
Yeah, well ... I try :/
Games I can ignore without any problem. I'm stuck when it comes to movies or TV series, wherein there is aplenty >.<