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moonymode · 4 months

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actually do you ever EVEN think about the connotations of remus's japery during the boggart lesson. snape in mrs. longbottom's clothes. man with magic hiv teaching kids how to defeat the evil fear creature that lives in the literallllll closet. and he says neville would you please put this man who is trying to out my socially loaded condition with all of its various implications, in DRAG. yes thank you, for the class :)

#when ppl are like ''jkr kind of accidentally wrote remus to be gay''#bro she wrote the word f***** on a brick and threw it through his windshield #hp #remus lupin #txt #it's fascinating to read into this more deeply if you think about how purposeful this was on remus's part like diegetically #like on a surface level remus is encouraging the class to laugh at the idea of a man in a dress #he suggested it knowing the concept is precedent for ridicule. knowing the class would laugh and exactly why they're laughing #you could read into this as remus weaponizing snape's prejudices (which are aimed at remus) against him #which i think is mostly accurate #most unflatteringly you can read it as remus throwing his own community on the sword just to punk on snape #but for me the fact that this lesson is about combating fear specifically is rlly crucial #it makes me inclined to view this choice in a kinder light (DIEGETICALLY. we know what the author thinks of ''''men'''' in dresses :/)#even the decision to uplift the underdog of the class (the subject of most mocking laughter) seems deliberate #so you're encouraged to laugh at snape-in-drag but only insofar as you stop FEARING snape-in-drag #which in the end serves to unite the room (including those on the outskirts like neville and remus)#and to subconsciously link snape-in-drag to a minimized threat. perhaps even as an active IMPROVEMENT of real snape #remus to snape in the teacher's lounge after snape unsubtly threatens to pour out his wolfsbane potion:#''you were briefly more loved as a shallow mockery of the very thing you hate me for. than you have been or ever will be as yourself''#ANYWAY. joke in the post thesis in the tags amiright #i could write more on jkr's possible intentions vs what is written and how that impacts my view of remus's character #but uh that feels silly to do. in the tags of my post about snape in drag

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