>>149060805 (OP)I'm against race swapping characters for no reason, but what they did with Annette was unironically good. Annette brief role in the games is literally just "Richter's girlfriend who has been kidnapped by vampires", full stop. That works for the bare bones story of the games, but would make for a shitty show because there's nothing you can really do with that as a character, because she is defined by being a damsel in distress and with no other character traits. That would get very old in a show very fast.
Netflix Annette is a completely different character who happens to share the same name, which makes for a bad adaptation. But the new character they came up with for that name is a major supporting pillar of the show's story and themes, tying together the themes of exploitation and revolution by making a character be the bridge between the french revolution and the haitain revolution that occurred at the same time is just solid writing. She's still Richter's girlfriend, she just isn't defined by being a damsel in distress this time and she has her own shit she is doing in the story besides just be a Princess Peach to go fight Bowser for.
tldr: unfaithful adaptation, better character