#harry is a racist

[trexalicious]

Let's remember who the real Royal racist is...

[linkemaus]

Not to be that person, but if Kamala Harris were a white man with the exact same ideals, positions, and beliefs, it wouldn’t have even been a competition. Realising that the worst thing you can apparently be is a woman, is truly devastating.

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

Crying at the fact that you can, if you almost accidentally sell Klaasje out to the Sunday Friday, implicate Evrart, Garte, Cuno, the speedfreaks, or the racist lorry driver (which leads to a great little interaction with the lieutenant).

Sunday Friend roasts Evrart.

You continue your tirade against Garte.

You judge the speedfreaks and their music. (Not cool. You have no idea how many times their music got stuck in my head.)

You roast Cuno.

And oh. If you blame the lorry driver...

AND THEN?

[iamnmbr3]

Kamala Harris: *is biracial*

GOP:

Vote Blue all the way down the ballot to keep these fascist bigots out of office.

[halbarryislife]

THE TOYMAKER played by Michael Gough & Neil Patrick Harris

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

Not to mention a serial adulterer.

[crowleysfall]

america is a fucking joke man

[troythecatfish]

The fact that she sums up being Black as cornrows and Motown offers great insight into why in Harry Potter she gave her only Irish character the name Seamus Finnegan, the most notable Black character Kingsley Shacklebolt and the only East Asian character Cho Chang. Part of me wants to engage with this line of thinking and explain why race and gender are structurally very different despite both being social constructs and then I remember that none of these people actually care about that shit.

[afriblaq]

The "Right leaning" rebrand

[neproxrezi]

someone else could write it better than me but i love how the fucked up nasty shit you can make harry do/say/be in disco elysium isn't just like, random stuff caused simply by the player having free will and control over him but they're parts of who he is and who he has been

you're not a tabula rasa. you're a sudden shock of blank pages in a big, aged, damaged book and sometimes the paper you're trying to write a better man on is torn and you see something through the gaps nobody needed to see ever again. and it's just there now again, back to the surface

[sevilynne]

Controversial Opinion:

Draco was not abused and became an asshole of his own accord.

[elbiotipo]

I refuse to interact with Harry Potter more than necessary* but let's consider Castelobruxo for a moment. It's a magic school with a (terrible) Portuguese name that apparently has some kind of Native American architecture in the middle of the Amazon (the Amazon! known by its abundance of stone architecture!) and *serves* the students of all Latin America. Now, let's consider this. Does this mean that the Iberian/European style of magic has imposed itself on Latin America? What kind of students did Castelobruxo had during colonial times? What was the nature of magic in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans? Did it participate in the struggle of independence? What was Castelobruxo like during the Cold War?

And no, you can't escape these questions! ALL of Latin America, like the rest of the world, is defined by its relationship to colonialism, imperialism, and the struggle for national (and pan-national) identity and liberation. This is not being too deep, this is the defining thing all of Latin America carries.

Now, consider Hogwarts. Hogwarts is the "national" magic school of Great Britain. There are some international students from what I know, but most seem to come from places the UK colonized (mostly everywhere). How did Hogwarts work and look in the 1900s, when it was the peak of the British Empire?

This is all interesting because in a world where magic is real, you are talking about a fundamental truth about reality. So, if you're saying "such and such magic is fake, this is the true magic, as taught by school" you're both taking the supernaturality out of it and converting it into science, which just sucks from an storytelling perspective, and also, you're presenting it as a truth, and the others as fake. Which has implications. Big implications.

In any case, I've heard that Harry Potter is already ridiculously racist to Native Americans in the little we know about the US in Harry Potter, so...

*yes because of Rowling's politics, but also because if I ever get my own "teens learning about magic" stuff written, I want it to be distant from it

[qqueenofhades]

Today has been... dare I say it... kind of fun?

[onlysevvs]

A poor, abused 11year old Severus Snape: Simply existing

Marauders stans: yep, this is definitely a racist, bigoted, homophobic, racist, obsessive stalker who definitely deserves to be bullied to the point of getting PTSD! Another win for the marauders fandom!!!

[nappingpaperclip]

sorry but I don’t think it’s very anarchist to say we have to vote to save our country from fascism/save democracy or whatever

I know this is the fearmongering site but if y’all were real anarchists you’d be able to spot fascists when you see them

but apparently now wanting to build a wall & support apartheid states doesn’t necessarily make u a fascist unless the guy you’re up against is an even bigger racist then you are

I must have missed the memo letting us all know we now measure fascism with a bell curve

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

The "lucky racist" exchange in Disco Elysium lives in my head rent-free.

"'Will you grant us three wishes, Gary?'"