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So thinkin more of Dragon Gotham, and once more, I am not drawing three separate dragon forms for Every gothamite ever. So I used Predict Morphology on Flight Rising to come up with general ideas/visualizations for each dragon form. So I guess have a Part 1 of that lol.
SO, first of all, each of these will be in the order of Alpha, Beta, Omega, though some characters might prefer one gender over the other, or not bother to change into one of these forms often. Anyway, enjoy.
Alfred Pennyworth
Jim Gordon
Bruce Wayne
Kate Kane
Lemme know your ideas and thoughts lol. I am also open to reblogs with goons and civilians. Pretty much original character Gothamites lol. Hood needs his Merry Men and the Goonion needs people in it after all lol.
#batman au#batman#dc#dcu#gotham#flight rising#gotham hoard au#dragon curse au#omegaverse#alpha beta omega#mostly platonic omegaverse#I will say Right Now that Joker does not get any dragon forms#He sees Gotham as a playground and not his home#So the magic doesn't effect him#And it pisses him off#omegaverse au#bruce wayne#jim gordon#kate kane#alfred pennyworth
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jasico server was chatting about the cupid scene and jason getting nico's memories blasted straight into his brain and how jason being shot with one of cupid's arrows while with nico and this was just never brought up in canon again and now i'm thinking like...what if that's just how cupid's arrows work? not by magically manifesting love for someone out of nothing, but by giving someone the perspective that'd make them fall in love naturally? jason gets a front row seat to nico's memories and instantly understands him intimately and can trust him completely without any doubt or suspicion
so what if jason, after slowly realizing he's totally in love with nico, just thought back to the arrow incident and it made him second-guess everything? because maybe he's only feeling this way because cupid hit him with an arrow with only nico was around and it's no different than any other god messing with his love life
#i live for anything that drags out the pining/pre-relationship period as long as possible okay#give me the drama of jason frustrated about constantly being manipulated by gods#in love with nico but convinced it's just cupid fucking with him and not wanting nico to get dragged into it#maybe telling nico eventually because he's having trouble hiding his feelings and he doesn't wanna hurt nico by confusing him#which is of course an emotional rollercoaster for nico#hearing jason say he's in love with him only to then immediately hear that it's just godly fuckery#nico agreeing to help jason find cupid to get it reversed because he knows how much it sucks having feelings for someone unwillingly#and he doesn't want jason stuck mooning over someone like him just because he was unkucky enough to be with nico for the cupid incident#whole quest in which nico develops feelings in return and angsts because he's sure jason only feels that way because of the arrow#maybe a slip-up in the middle somewhere with nico accidentally revealing he likes jason back before backpedaling wildly#so now jason has hope despite himself because he'd never really thought it was possible anyway given nico's feelings for percy#and he doesn't like being manipulated by gods but he doesn't mind the idea of being in love with nico#and what if he just gave up on the hunt for cupid entirely and let it happen#while nico feels guilty since clearly it's just cupid arrow magic fucking with jason and he's enabling it#and then of course when they finally find cupid he explains how his arrows work and that he can't just FORCE someone to be in love#no more than hera could with jason and piper by fucking with their memories to push them together#cupid's methods are just way more effective#my tag babble ended up longer than the actual post oh my god#pjo#jasico#my dumb headcanons
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Shigeo swallows—breathes in deep. He stares down at their interlocked fingers, wonders if they thought this out properly, wonders what would happen if they didn’t. He swallows again and it makes him feel even more ill. He nods, breathes, nods again, and then tenses his hand. Shigeo lets his energy funnel to the forefront and separates it into globs that he splits and splits and splits again, and he sends just a trickle, just a drop, just a test, from his palm. Teruki screams.
scene from my wip fic recondite <3 he's fine. probably
#qkdraws#id in alt#mob psycho 100#mp100#mp100 teruki#teruki hanazawa#tw body horror#body horror tw#body horror#heeyyy another proper background. those r rare#the speech bubble says ''teru?!'' ''i'm so sorry'' and ''oh my god'' btw in case the grain makes it hard to see#intentionally difficult to read but im putting it here in case anyone's curious#this was super fun <- acting like i don't say that on every art post i put up#getting the colors right for the ''liquid magic'' stuff pouring out of him was super cool#there r so many layer effects to this beast#he's fine after this . mostly.#i mean he's fucked up but like. whatever yaknow#i exclusively draw teru with his first haircut apparently#it's just the one that suits him best i think#i don't like his spiky one . doesn't fit him#also yes that is a cat hairpin in his hair :)#giggling . imagining being anybody but me and seeing this art for the first time n going#''wow that's wild and kinda creepy hope he's ok. omg cute hairpin tho''
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avior really fell off huh (audience booing as i am dragged offstage)
#redacted asmr#redacted audio#redactedverse#art#illustration#redacted avior#my avior design hasn't really changed since last year but it needed a fresh coat of paint so TADA#eagle eyed viewers will notice that post-fall avior's nose has been broken and healed incorrectly#bro broke EVERYTHING i don't think it's too hard to imagine his nose got mashed#and the magic soup would have put him back together fairly effectively#i figured since he doesn't breathe and doesn't have access to a mirror (and is completely alone) he probably didn't care about his nose#that's my excuse anyway#idk man something about designing characters who are Worse Off Now really fries my rice#those dark circles aren't leaving any time soon
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i was going through some old asks and now im colluding concepts og!mobei finds out og!sqh is no.1 emergency fuck of the peak. bro is the sect bicycle. mobei is seething and he doesnt know why. sqh also doesnt know why. "WHY ARE YOU MAD YOU USE ME FOR THE EXACT SAME THING?!" the word 'use' makes him more mad. he is sulking and no one here realises its jealousy
Please imagine MBJ somehow arriving to the conclusion that SQH has to have some special magic dick that made them pick him as the best emergency fuck. And ofc MBJ has to try for himself, maybe that will help shed some light on things.
(They are not going to learn anything about why SQH is the sect bicycle, but they do learn that he has sadistic dom tendencies that MBJ enjoys probably more than he ever expected.)
#MBJ enters his pillow princess era much to SQH's annoyance#his life was so much easier when MBJ was content to get info in exchange for his help#now he has to clear three evenings a week to indulge his stupid demon or he gets mopey and won't get anything done#unexpected butterfly effect include MBJ half-assing the IAC attack bc he's sulking at SQH#bc SQH had to go on a long trip and didn't have time for him#so LBH doesn't get Abyssed and things go in weird directions instead#directions with less death and torture and significantly more “MBJ decides he likes that 'magic dick' enough to officially marry SQH for it#please imagine the absolute madness of LBH getting unsealed when the sect already agreed to entertain MBJ's courtship#SQQ is going to fucking spit blood#LBH suddenly internalizes that maybe they all just 'felt' that he was a demon that's why they mistreated him#and doubles down on proving to his shizun that he's good!! he can be so good!!!#good news for him SQQ will be probably too intimidated to try and keep bullying him bc holy shit heavenly demon#you know. the usual flavor of wacky madness with slightly charred Bingge and SJ
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Shazam: Fury of the Gods is obviously about Billy and his journey as a hero and he's the main character or whatever but more importantly the movie is 100% centered around Freddy.
It's about Freddy's self-worth and struggles with being a hero and with how Billy acts about the hero thing(because neither of them understand the underlying reasons that they make the decisions they do) and it's about how unbelievably strong Freddy is and how he doesn't think he is strong even while he is doing things no one else can.
Freddy is constantly doing things that should not be possible for a person to do and he does them anyway but he doesn't think it's enough. It's not fixing everything so it's not enough and all he can focus on is what he can't do.
Even the final act which is very very centered on Billy is about how Freddy can't do anything about this whole situation. Where he is actively pulling off incredible feats but he isn't saving anyone so what good is this.
In conclusion: I am very normal about this movie
#shazam spoilers#shazam: fury of the gods#billy batson#freddy freeman#just freddy is the sole reason that anthea is on their side but he doesn't have his powers so who cares.#freddy can fight kalypso's chaos magic--truly FIGHT it--but he's just kid playing hero to pretend he's not broken to himself.#he powers through the paralyzing fesr effect of atlas' dragon but that hasn't saved the day so it doesn't matter.#time and again the movie shows you. over and over and over. freddy is so fucking powerful. but he can't see it.#he can only see where he fails. it's his fault they're in this mess because he let's himself get captured.#it's his fault ann lost her powers because she was trying to protect him. it's his fault billy dies because he couldn't save him#all he sees are failures. but all he talks about as 'captain everypower' is his success. because as a hero he can focus on the wins#he can feel powerful because he has powers. as soon as he loses them he feels like none of what he can do matters.#he doesn't have powers. so what's the point.#hhhhh i love him so much so so so much#this is such a good movie and everyone should see it
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why are they laughing at him as he gets straight up killed??? he doesn't deserve this! he's a sweet kid at heart! he literally just needs one (1) real friend!!
#jack facts#willow and xander and tara all got that exact type of chance and you could argue the same is true for cordelia and anya!#and why don't we just not even start in on angel#like jonathan went from attempted suicide to so grateful for one moment of attention he created a whole award to give about it#to IN ONE YEAR becoming so powerful a witch he seamlessly altered the perception of the entire population of the world#without any adverse effects to himself and only the one (1) flaw that is inherent to the spell he used#to all but instantly giving up that power when he realized it posed danger (that he understood) to people#to feeling genuine remorse for doing that even tho he needed it explained to him why they were so upset#and making every apparent effort to learn that with humility and offer whatever wisdom he could in return#to... this.#like why tf didn't anybody say hey man are you doing alright after being suicidal?#hey man the spell you did was wrong but that doesn't mean you can't do magic anymore why don't we meet up sometimes and study together#or better yet he could have mcfuckin joined the coven god damn#like they went from witch being a relatively gender neutral combo of innate talent and learned skill in early seasons#to now we're supposed to forget the boy willow and amy did spells with in hs + the fact that giles himself was in an all male coven#and even believe that only Special Girls like willow and tara can do any significant amount of real magic at all#why on earth is willow the biggest witch of ever and started out floating pencils and then having a whole plotline#about learning to use her power ethically and control herself and practice temperance and etc#AND anya gets to be a good guy even though she has to be taught about ethics and consent and compassion and all that too#but jonathan's thing is being soul crushingly lonely and having no self esteem but being incredibly sweet once given the time of day#and is instead relegated to two bit loser villain?#why because he's the Actually Uncool type of unpopular instead of the Too Smart And Nice To Be Popular type of unpopular?#makes me sick he literally just needs a friend. just one genuine friend who cares about him personally. that's all.#and it's not like they're doing a ''this is what happens to vulnerable kids when no one cares about them!'' thing which would be different#no they're just like lol he's unpopular like our protags but he's also short with a nasally voice! which means he's bad!#once again i swearrrrr i'm not doing armchair psych on a creator based on the content of their work#please i swearrrrrrrrrrrr i'm not doing that i prommy i know it doesn't work that wayyy i knowwwww#don't worry about ittt i'm so totally definitely not doing that at allllll#anyway
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Does Ares actually need those glasses or is it a fashion statement?
Not only can he not see without them, he can't hear without them either
#ask alice/ares#rune factory 5#rune factory#rf5 ares#rf5 lucas#aashi doodles#he's nearsighted#also doesn't sleep so his eyes are ridiculously worn out#the constant light sapping effect of his dark magic prob doesnt help either#bcs of that light changes give him headaches#hence the magic transition glasses#also my fellow glasses nerds can agree that its just harder to hear without glasses on amr XD
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Reasons why I motivate myself to work on my Good Omens fanfictions:
So I can take a certain hyper popular ship everyone loves, but I despise, and tear it apart, smash it with a hammer, and set it on fire for my own entertainment. 😊 It's not like someone will do it for me.
I would say because Lady!Crowley deserves more love, but horrific things happen to her, so, I'd be a hypocrite (spoiler alert, she's fine in the end).
Anathema and Newt's family keep a raccoon named Shovels, that they dye black, and pretend is a cat.
I have four ideas put down, so far. One's an actual detective story. Two of them are crossovers with... Legion, of all things (one came to me in a dream). All involve my Antichrist OC, who wasn't supposed to have anything to do with the GO universe, until I had that damn dream.
Another motivatior - so I can work with Maxine (the Antichrist OC) more. After a long consideration, I decided to pair her up with War (in non-crossovers, in those she's with Michael), which is problematic because they're cousins (War's mother is Satan's sister)... You know, whatever. Nobody from Earth knows. It isn't anything uncommon for royalty, either. 🤣 Besides, they're both women (offspring from donors, so no biological threats), and they didn't grow up together. I just... I adore my Antichrists. They're everything to me. Max, forgive me for getting you involved in this madness of an universe, the fanfiction gods compelled me.
Honestly, my other OCs, too. Max's best friend, Cthylla (daughter of Dagon, and... You can guess. He has a habit of oversleeping), her cat Squid, Madonna Maria (a literal jackal with vile temper and a fondness for whiskey, Maxine's biological mother;), Titan the Hellhound, Agnes Device-Pulsifer, Francisco Rossi (the Second Beast, who loathes Aziraphale even more than I do, for absollutely no reason)...
Off with Pollution, Pestilence is being reinstated to his rightful place.
I'm eager to work with canon characters like War, Michael (Legion and GO version), and Hastur - all of who, I adore
I am kind of a hater in this fandom. In the end, I've realized, fanfiction must be written for oneself, not the fandom. I will not apologize for doing what I want, with characters (and their genders) in a fic. Nor for heavily focusing on my OCs (even making them the main focus - it's something that I love doing).
The only thing I do feel some guilt for? I remember Neil Gaiman saying he likes stories where women saves themselves, which I completely agree with, yet Lady Crowley gets saved by others, most of the times... I guess, she's just in situations nobody could save themselves from. Now, her healing is another can of worms maybe that could be counted as her saving herself).
Oh... I hope no one who reads this took it as me attacking them, or mocking them, for liking what I don't. I kind of sounded like someone's evil grandma, threatening to throw their favorite toys in the trash can. 🤣 I'm just writing down my thoughts in an edgy manner. Think of this as a literal angsty, but hopeful diary page.
When I said I'm a "hater", I meant I personally have a very odd, unconventional relationship with Good Omens and it's characters. It's a... "I don't like how you're portraying biblical mythology, but I will always love you". I love Neil Gaiman. I don't know anyone im the fandom anymore, but I all the hearts to them, too. I'm just the designated class contrarian. My stories, like all fanfiction, are seperate universes from canon (and I mean no disrespect to it; the fanfiction wouldn't be here if canon wasn't).
Why do I keep hurting Crowley? I don't know, my relationship with the character is very complicated also. I find him annoying, but I named my stuffed snake after him. 🐍
Why did I write this down and post it? Because I've noticed I'm more likely to get something done after I get on a barrel, and anounce I will. These stories are so fun to write... Fine, that was kind of a lie. I'm picking at Ch. 1 of the dream storyline, and it makes me want to cry.
P.S. - I didn't see season 2, and I have no intention to (though my mom is badgering me to watch it; she's also scolding me for hurting Crowley).
#diary pages#story ideas#good omens#legion#good omens fanfiction#good omens fandom#maxine frost#female!crowley#lady crowley#war#archangel michael#hastur#i don't hate the ahip because it's popular i hate it becauss...I hate it. it being popular just causes the christmas music effect#self motivation#seriously no hate to anyone I'm just making myself entertainment in my own egdy way#it all started from a dream and I took that as a sign#but I'm hesistant to work on it because it's so heavy#it deals with dv implied sa and other topics that affect me very badly#but it's one of the stories where crowley saves herself in the end#aziraphale i don't portray in a good light because I don't like him (i couldn't tell you why)#gabriel though he is fucking DESPICABLE (he's the one who hurts Crowley btw)#archangel michael x the antichrist#crowley ends up with hastur most of the time... he never intends on falling for her but ends up at the wrong place at the wrong time#i'm giving satan a different faceclaim than benedic cu-... I'll refrain from attempting to spell it#in the crossovers adam doesn't exists in the non-crossovers he and maxine are biologically half-siblings#he doesn't partake in divine nonsense anymore because he's disowned by Satan but he and Maxine have a relationship - he makes an appearannce#max doesn't want the apocalypse either but goes about it differently - i guess playing the family mediator made her a perfct diplomat#maxine x michael#maxine x war#max is a rrising star politician and cthylla revoliutionized hell with demomic magic run technology
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Keiichi is such a fun character and it's not even because he's a consistently super eccentric character like Miki or My Melo.
It's the little moments like him repeatedly throwing phones in a fish tank when he doesn't want to continue a phone conversation.
#he avoids being affected by reality warping magic through sheer force of will in one season#he got told he'd need to find a dream to stop the effects of a curse laid on him#and showed back up saying ''my dream is to not be cursed'' and then made dreams up when they said that dream doesn't count#at one point in the discussion he tried convincing the punishers he's too pretty to punish to convince them to remove the curse#he's so funny. he's one of my fav characters in this show#onegai my melody
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like, one of the main jokes about the capitalism cat and dog boy are that they're the most normal people in this setting. They're a cat boy cam boy and his dog boy sugar daddy but like, they're also just a college student and a guy with a really boring 9 to 5 job.
And that's funny because magic is real in this setting. Arlo the asshole unicorn and his werewolf boyfriend who wants to kill him are less than a hundred miles away. The forest outside of town is home to some asshole's husband's reanimated corpse. It's hunting park rangers for sport. The dog boy's best friend is married to an actual demon.
They have a Really normal and almost realistic life while being a cat boy and a dog boy in a setting where Connecticut doesn't exist (it's just a big hole).
#i can not stress this enough#the fact they are a dog boy and a cat boy has absolutely 0 effect on the plot outside of some flavor text#they are this way purely because its funnier#Also it makes it Way Way funnier when magic shit Does happen to them#like#I give Arlo a lot of shit for being the fuckin Worst.#But Haze is absolutely a close second and hes married to Alistair ie Eadwulf's best friend#so hes the magic bitch inflicting his own brand of assholery onto the plot#in this one#idk Adi having to come up with an excuse for why he missed his test because an actual demon decided Adi needed to help set up decorations#for the pta meeting Haze was hosting bc Haze didn't want to do it himself#Not because that happening isnt believable#but because there wouldn't be an easy way to explain why Adi specifically got picked to do this when his only connections to him are#a. Adi is fucking Eadwulf (they are trying to keep this a secret to prevent people thinking he just banged his way to the top)#and met Haze that way#or B. Haze is a fan of Adi's livestreams. Another thing Adi Really doesn't want people to know about
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In which Dan finds out the gem on his forehead conducts magic straight into his head
#~ form ~ (art)#~ rival ~ (spiri)#~ mercenary for hire ~ (preeidolon verse)#this applies to his normal verse as well though#you'll probably have to right click the images into a new window after clicking them to see them properly X'D#I don't feel like fighting with tumblr image sizes at the moment OTL#I think I've only briefly brought up the gem so I wanted to delve into it more tho#the gem was put on Dan in an attempt to allow him to communicate with spirits#an amplifier of sorts#(he did not agree with this decision)#the gem did nothing to connect him with magic or spirits and instead amplifies spells directed at him#so long as he's not hit in the forehead with a spell he's fine but if magic does manage to hit him there it will be more effective on him#I'll probably talk more about this in another post but while he doesn't gloss over how he feels about the gem (that it was/is wrong)#he does find this particular memory funny#Dan: my sister had a very strong static charge!#~ stance ~ (headcanons)
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That’s it, I’m a Warren Rocko stan account now.
#Fairy Tail#How to fix a character's design without making them a totally different looking character#I want to draw Warren but without the donut mouth because that's real ick#The fuckin guy of all time tho I love Warren so much he's so good#He's such a crybaby his magic is invaluable to the team he invented the smartphone#and the show used him to show pleasure magic doesn't effect virgins and I'm never forgiving that#He cannot fight he cries all the time he went from orange to green for no reason and has the worst hair#And I love him I love him so much y'all don't understand he's so cute#He's so smart he's done so much#He and Reedus are my under valued fairy tail faves I love them both so much#Warren and Max kiss Warren and Max KISS
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hey guys did you know that the max number of tags a post can have is 30. totally not related to the tags I have explaining what would happen if a drizzile and rindo kanade fought to the death
I'm curious let's go
#ESSAY INCOMING im so sorry#a drizzile and rindo kanade from ntwewy#assuming there's like nothing wrong then nothing happens they don't even acknowledge each other's existance#but lets say for example they got pissed off at eachother#now we have to take in several things into account#is rindo in the rg and what are the drizzile's stats moves and level#assuming rindo is in the rg the drizzile easily wins. a 15 year old has nothing on a magical water lizard#but let's check up on rindo in the ug#he's now got a ton of pins and abilities that he can use to attack#but still this is only between rindo and the drizzile. none of the other wicked twisters are around which means he only gets to use 1 psych#assuming he picks a good pin and has high stats he could take it out fairly easily#but the drizzile on the other hand#we're gonna go ahead and assume the drizzile is level 100 with maxed out stats and a nature that doesn't affect anything#and finally we're gonna give it the torrent ability which boosts water type moves when its health is low#just for fun its also holding a mystic water which boosts water type moves even more#its moves are (rain dance) (muddy water) (mud shot) and (protect)#first it sets up rain dance to summon rain which also boosts water type moves#it then uses mud shot which does a bit of damage to rindo and lowers his speed making it harder for him to dodge#it spams mud shot until rindo's speed is all the way down#then it takes damage on purpose to activate torrent#after that the rain mystic water torrent and stab boost from being the same type as the move all raise the damage of muddy water#drizzile does a quick protect to narrowly avoid death and since rindo's speed is down the drizzile can pull off muddy water#and it does a shit ton of damage#a few more muddy waters and rindo is down#but then rindo activates time travel with his player pin and reverses time to before the battle started to get an advantage#after learning what each move does he brings a pin that has an electric affinity#assuming types are similar to affinities the pin does super effective damage to drizzile#in the end rindo wins and the drizzile loses#summary: two timelines#timeline one: drizzile wins. timeline two: rindo wins.
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I don't know if this was obvious to everyone else, but I just realised that one of the reasons why the Hobbit is so effective as a children's book is that while Bilbo is an adult, the skills that make him a hero are all those of a child.
By human standards he's child-sized, which makes him unobtrusive and light on his feet. He can slip by unnoticed where bigger people can't.
He's good at playing games, and even cheats (successfully!) in a way that - let's face it - is not so different to how children try to cheat at games. He's polite in a way that's fully comprehensible to children (rather than, say, being able to perform courtly manners). He's quick-witted, but the trick of keeping the trolls talking is also one that would be achievable for a child.
He doesn't have magic powers, he's not a great fighter, and he's not some kind of Chosen One. There's not much that he does that couldn't be done by a ten-year-old, but the story shows just how valuable all those skills and traits are. It's very empowering.
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"I know JK Rowing is a terrible person but her books are so good-"
You sure about that?
I mean, just for a start, have you taken a good look at her fantasy creatures lately? A whole bunch of them are straight-up based on malicious and dehumanizing stereotypes about actual people.
Remember the werewolves? And being a werewolf was made into a kind of metaphor for having AIDS?
And you know how AIDS was first associated with gay men? And how conservatives back in the day were claiming gay men were preying on children in order to convert them to gayness?
Remember how Fenrir Greyback preyed on children in particular? Yeah, she put that subtext in there. She was an adult in the 90's. She knew damn well what she was doing.
Remember the house elves? Remember how most of them loved to serve and needed to have a home and a master or else they just wouldn't know what to do with themselves?
Did you know that's literally what slavers in the American South said about the Black people they kept enslaved? Go look up the happy slave myth.
Do I even need to get into the goblins and the antisemitic tropes they're based on? No, folkloric goblins were not gold-hoarding bankers waiting for their chance to stab humanity in the back.
"But the characters are so good!"
Are you kidding me?
Most of her characters are pretty one-dimensional, including Harry. Her idea of making a morally complicated character is giving a tragic past to a bully. Numerous characters are little more than stereotypes. (Looking at Fleur right now.) Literally anybody, including you, can easily make dozens of characters just as good, if not better. (It doesn't exactly take a lot of character designing skill to go, "hey, actually, having a sad backstory doesn't make it okay to bully children" or "hey, maybe I should not base a character on the first stereotype that pops into my head.")
"But the rest of the worldbuilding!"
Sorry, but her worldbuilding is just as basic as her characters. Magical castles and secret passages are stock tropes. Magical people who keep their true nature secret from humanity is the premise of pretty much every White Wolf TTRPG. Most of her fantasy creatures are just common European fairy tale and folklore creatures with shitty stereotypes projected onto them.
I'm not saying "basic worldbuilding bad." I'm saying, you could do just as good, if not better, with minimal effort.
Also there's her magical bioessentialism, where only Harry's abusive blood relatives could provide him with supernatural protection from Voldemort. Rowling thus effectively declared that non-biological family isn't quite real family, and that abusive biofamily can give you some essential thing that a loving, supportive family that isn't related to you just can't.
The Hogwarts houses are one of the most insidious elements of her worldbuilding. The idea of being sorted gives you a little dopamine hit because wow now you have a li'l niche where you belong!
But the actual function of the houses and sorting system and the House Cup is teaching children to see each other as rivals, and ensure that the most toxic views of the upper class get passed on to every new batch of kids sorted into Slytherin.
Hogwarts effectively prepares children for a dystopia where magic serves to distract its citizens from how nightmarishly awful it is. Economic inequality is so bad that people like Arthur and Molly Weasley can barely afford to put their kids through school, casual sadism is just an accepted norm in everyday society, and non-humans are second class citizens. Rowling sorta acts like she thinks this is a bad thing with certain lines she gave to Dumbledore, but in the end, her special boy protagonist becomes an auror; IE, a defender of the status quo. So.
If you've never seen it, Lily Simpson's video goes into even more detail on how the worldbuilding of Harry Potter is actually incredibly fucked up, and how it betrays small-minded attitudes on Rowling's part. There's no separating the art from this artist, because Rowling's rotten values pour out of nearly every page.
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Yes, there are many things in Harry Potter that evoke feelings and inspire people, but there's absolutely nothing in it that this series has a monopoly on. You can find those same experiences in much, much better media.
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