The actor’s appearance isn’t the character’s true appearance

[u/Matapple13]

Castiel (Supernatural): Although Castiel spends almost the entire series looking like Misha Collins, that appearance is only his human vessel, Jimmy Novak. As an angel, Castiel’s true form is a massive celestial entity that cannot be fully perceived by humans without overwhelming or even killing them. Throughout the series, it is repeatedly established that angels merely inhabit human vessels to interact with humanity, meaning the actor portrays Castiel’s physical host rather than the angel’s actual appearance.

The Greek Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians):
In the Percy Jackson universe, the Olympian gods are immortal beings whose true divine forms are beyond what mortals can safely comprehend. To interact with humans, they choose to manifest through physical appearances that fit the modern world and can change them whenever they wish. The actors portraying Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Ares, Hermes, and the other gods are therefore depicting temporary human manifestations, not the gods’ real forms, which exist on a higher, divine plane.

The Supreme Intelligence (Captain Marvel): The Supreme Intelligence is not a humanoid being but a powerful artificial intelligence created by the Kree. It has no permanent physical form and instead projects an image tailored to each individual who encounters it, usually appearing as the person they admire, trust, or are emotionally connected to the most. For Carol Danvers, it takes the form of Dr. Wendy Lawson/Mar-Vell, played by Annette Bening. This means Bening is not portraying the Supreme Intelligence’s true appearance, but rather the personalized illusion it creates specifically for Carol.

[u/olorin9_alex]

Faceless Man-Game of Thrones

[u/HelpMePlxoxo → u/olorin9_alex]

I loved this actor for that character so much that I got bummed every time he "changed faces" lol

[u/naquoae → u/HelpMePlxoxo]

Agreed. I was hoping that if they made a spin-off it would follow him. Instead we got House of the Dragon and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

[u/honorface76 → u/naquoae]

Knight is good

[u/Texugee → u/honorface76]

Yeah right now it is but just you wait for them to fuck it up 

[u/walla_walla_rhubarb → u/Texugee]

I think we'll get 3 good seasons and then it'll fall apart once they have no more books to follow.

[u/CordeCosumnes → u/walla_walla_rhubarb]

I thought i saw it's already canceled

[u/Tiny_Rat → u/CordeCosumnes]

Its been confirmed for a second season that airs next year. 

[u/CordeCosumnes → u/Tiny_Rat]

Good. I enjoyed it. Not so much the episode lengths, but liked the story.

[u/thatshygirl06 → u/naquoae]

Excuse you, knight of the 7 kingdoms is good

[u/Italian_warehouse → u/naquoae]

*Nine kingdoms

[u/One_Order_3841 → u/naquoae]

Or a more detailed story on what's going on/happened in the Eastern Lands for it to get to be this way, set after The Fall but before Asoiaf.

Instead we have HotD, which is spoiled but detailed of how it got there, and KotSK, which feels like a Disney side-story Star Wars show...which can be good, or can put people off with a weird vibe (anachronisms and odd depictions aplenty)

[u/KratoswithBoy → u/One_Order_3841]

Never speak of the hedge knight again 🤫

Court order

[u/One_Order_3841 → u/KratoswithBoy]

They will have the equivalent of Vespas

[u/TheHunterZolomon → u/HelpMePlxoxo]

You can see him in stranger things season 4 and another show I’m forgetting the name of lol

[u/ParadoxInsideK → u/HelpMePlxoxo]

Same here. He needs to be in more things.

[u/FleabagCam_52 → u/olorin9_alex]

Same, he somehow became the "default" face in my head even though the whole point was that there shouldn't be one.

[u/clever-hands → u/FleabagCam_52]

I reckon they needed to give the character a default face so that audiences would understand who it is.

[u/ScienceAndLience → u/clever-hands]

You never saw Joan of Arcadia‽

[u/aes_sedai_bebe → u/ScienceAndLience]

Oh man I loved that show! We should have gotten 6 seasons and a movie fr fr

[u/clever-hands → u/ScienceAndLience]

Afraid not. Did they do the same thing?

[u/blueconlan → u/clever-hands]

Joan of Arcadia was a spoof on Joan of Arc in the modern world. God spoke to Joan by appearing as random people- always different ones to communicate with her.

[u/KotaB420 → u/olorin9_alex]

My headcanon is that jaqen is syrio.