J.K. Rowling needs to stop messing with Harry Potter - A general STFU J.K. Rowling MegaThread <3

[Dr. Geronimo]

There's like a tiny fragment of changeup shown hilariously with Snape and potioneering; he found different approaches that actually improved a potions' effects and qualities as a teenager just by experimenting with it.

But yeah, the books don't show a load of creativity when it comes to what you do, just how to get said results.

Also IIRC Luna's mom died experimenting with spells.

 

[CWCissey]

I think Lily was head girl, and she was pretty hot.

That's why I said 'hardly'

 

[Xerxes IX]

We know that if a boy tries to climb the stairs to the Gryffindor girls’ dorm, the stairs will turn into a slide and he won’t be able to climb up. I’m sure this works whether you’re visible or not.

Now THIS is the real reason Rowling is transphobic

I kid, but the "JK Rowling hates trannies" thing inspired people to go back and find evidence the books were problematic all along. It wouldn't be surprising to see the "boys physically can't enter the girls' dorm" detail unironically included.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Now THIS is the real reason Rowling is transphobic

I kid, but the "JK Rowling hates trannies" thing inspired people to go back and find evidence the books were problematic all along. It wouldn't be surprising to see the "boys physically can't enter the girls' dorm" detail unironically included.

Funny enough, that part in the books is pointed out as sexist (I think the word used is "unfair"). Ron says it's not fair that Hermione is always in their dorm, but as soon as he tried the same he got hurt. Hermione just shrugged it off saying the Founders were old fashioned.

 

[CWCissey]

Funny enough, that part in the books is pointed out as sexist (I think the word used is "unfair"). Ron says it's not fair that Hermione is always in their dorm, but as soon as he tried the same he got hurt. Hermione just shrugged it off saying the Founders were old fashioned.

Either way, stop complaining and have sex in the boys dorm.

 

[💗Freddie Freaker💗]

We know that if a boy tries to climb the stairs to the Gryffindor girls’ dorm, the stairs will turn into a slide and he won’t be able to climb up. I’m sure this works whether you’re visible or not.

What if he polyjuiced himself into a girl, though?

Really, they could've seen all the girls naked easily by getting good at potions, making polyjuice and just stripping naked in front of a mirror. Hell, it's probably why Snape became a potion master.

 

[XYZpdq]

What if he polyjuiced himself into a girl, though?

Really, they could've seen all the girls naked easily by getting good at potions, making polyjuice and just stripping naked in front of a mirror.

Moaning Myrtle will probably show you her ghost tits if you jerk it in front of her anyways.

 

[TungstenCarbide]

Now THIS is the real reason Rowling is transphobic

I kid, but the "JK Rowling hates trannies" thing inspired people to go back and find evidence the books were problematic all along. It wouldn't be surprising to see the "boys physically can't enter the girls' dorm" detail unironically included.

They had already appropriated that. I've seen posts on tumblr where the OPs fantasize about closeted transgirls in Hogwarts being able to go up the stairs of the girls dorm and being like "I knew I was a real girl!"

 

[Zaryiu]

The perfect blend of Stalinism and Autism.

I thought Stalinism was Autism taken to it's horryfying conclusion?

 

[QuokkaCaptain]

The irony here is that these muggle-borns abandon their whole life and leave it behind once they join Hogwarts. Immigrants in UK don't do that.

If you really, really wanted to fuck with the Social Justice types that obsess over this book, you could always draw the very interesting parallel between Muggle-Borns, Hogwarts, and the real-life phenomenon of the Indian Residential Schools in the U.S. and Canada.

These kids are being removed from their homes by a people and culture that their parents are unfamiliar with. They're sent to a residential school for seven years (coming home only for holidays), being assimilated into a new culture, and leaving their original culture behind. That sort of thing inevitably creates a very large gap between the culture they hail from and the culture they've assimilated into- and by association, their parents, who have little to no knowledge or participation in the new culture their child is being groomed to operate and function in.

A lot of the kids who were put into the Indian schools reported a lot of issues when it came to going home and interacting with their families, because there was such a big difference in the clothing, the food, the housing- even the language was a difficulty, because the schools wouldn't allow them to speak it and often the kids were young enough that they would lose it. There were a lot of cultural consequences for Native American tribes that had significant numbers of kids shipped off to these places, because they were effectively losing a huge chunk of the next generation that they would pass on their language and customs to.

I think it's an interesting parallel to draw to a place like Hogwarts. It's subtler, and it's played as such a wondrous thing, but when you think about all the kids who aren't Harry, who actually have loving muggle parents and relatives back home that are inevitably going to become distanced from them just by virtue of being involved in two entirely separate cultures that are not encouraged to mix... It's honestly pretty deperessing.

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

Think for a sec all the hidden doors and secret passageways I'm sure he could have spied on girls

Only thing is remember theres Peeves and the house ghosts wandering around

 

[Tasty Tatty]

If you really, really wanted to fuck with the Social Justice types that obsess over this book, you could always draw the very interesting parallel between Muggle-Borns, Hogwarts, and the real-life phenomenon of the Indian Residential Schools in the U.S. and Canada.

These kids are being removed from their homes by a people and culture that their parents are unfamiliar with. They're sent to a residential school for seven years (coming home only for holidays), being assimilated into a new culture, and leaving their original culture behind. That sort of thing inevitably creates a very large gap between the culture they hail from and the culture they've assimilated into- and by association, their parents, who have little to no knowledge or participation in the new culture their child is being groomed to operate and function in.

A lot of the kids who were put into the Indian schools reported a lot of issues when it came to going home and interacting with their families, because there was such a big difference in the clothing, the food, the housing- even the language was a difficulty, because the schools wouldn't allow them to speak it and often the kids were young enough that they would lose it. There were a lot of cultural consequences for Native American tribes that had significant numbers of kids shipped off to these places, because they were effectively losing a huge chunk of the next generation that they would pass on their language and customs to.

I think it's an interesting parallel to draw to a place like Hogwarts. It's subtler, and it's played as such a wondrous thing, but when you think about all the kids who aren't Harry, who actually have loving muggle parents and relatives back home that are inevitably going to become distanced from them just by virtue of being involved in two entirely separate cultures that are not encouraged to mix... It's honestly pretty deperessing.

True, you only need to watch how less and less time Hermione spends with her parents.

Book 1 - Holidays with them.
Book 2 - Summer with them, Christmas at Hogwarts.
Book 3 - Summer with them, Christmas at Hogwarts.
Book 4 - Not the full summer with them - Christmas at Howwarts
Book 5 - Not the full summer with them - Christmas at Hogwarts
Book 6 - Not the full summer with them - Christmas at Hogwarts
Book 7 - Swiped her parents' memories - full year (and maybe more) away from home.

 

[QuokkaCaptain]

True, you only need to watch how less and less time Hermione spends with her parents.

Book 1 - Holidays with them.
Book 2 - Summer with them, Christmas at Hogwarts.
Book 3 - Summer with them, Christmas at Hogwarts.
Book 4 - Not the full summer with them - Christmas at Howwarts
Book 5 - Not the full summer with them - Christmas at Hogwarts
Book 6 - Not the full summer with them - Christmas at Hogwarts
Book 7 - Swiped her parents' memories - full year (and maybe more) away from home.

And those are her parents: Imagine her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors, all people that she may not be allowed to tell about Hogwarts and doesn't have to go home to every summer. She's effectively becoming estranged from the extended community she has in the Muggle world in favor of the wizarding one. And once you make that transition (especially during the formative years of childhood), it's very hard to un-make it.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

And those are her parents: Imagine her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors, all people that she may not be allowed to tell about Hogwarts and doesn't have to go home to every summer. She's effectively becoming estranged from the extended community she has in the Muggle world in favor of the wizarding one. And once you make that transition (especially during the formative years of childhood), it's very hard to un-make it.

That and how she doesn't feel excited around these people anymore. Their parents wanted to take her skiing on holidays and she chose to stay with her friends because she thought Howgwarts would be more interesting. Similar to how JKR said Harry wouldn't consider the Internet interesting because magic is more appealing to him. Both Harry and Hermione have become a bit like other wizards, thinking muggles are not their equals and their new lives are much better and less mundane than non-magical people. The only difference with people like Malfoy is that they don't think they deserve to die for this.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

When I saw The Half Blood Prince back in the day, I was impressed Harry didnt do a cliche "Noooo!" when Dumbledore was killed.

 

[Doctor Placebo]

Either way, stop complaining and have sex in the boys dorm.

What if he polyjuiced himself into a girl, though?

Really, they could've seen all the girls naked easily by getting good at potions, making polyjuice and just stripping naked in front of a mirror. Hell, it's probably why Snape became a potion master.

Moaning Myrtle will probably show you her ghost tits if you jerk it in front of her anyways.

It's a guarantee that every single one of these has multiple erotic fanfictions about them already.

Anyway, Rowling just announced that Hitler rescued Palpatine from the Death Star exploding because they're gay lovers and that's actually how he survived. Also, they're both black. She ended her announcement with, "BTW, fuck trannies. A penis isn't a vagina. Go join the 41%."

I haven't kept up with Harry Potter lore for a long time, but I thought that was interesting.

 

[Marissa Moira]

>School full of Wizards
>Somehow the Ghost Girl who lives there is still single

I'm finding this universe's logic quite suspect.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

If you really, really wanted to fuck with the Social Justice types that obsess over this book, you could always draw the very interesting parallel between Muggle-Borns, Hogwarts, and the real-life phenomenon of the Indian Residential Schools in the U.S. and Canada.

These kids are being removed from their homes by a people and culture that their parents are unfamiliar with. They're sent to a residential school for seven years (coming home only for holidays), being assimilated into a new culture, and leaving their original culture behind. That sort of thing inevitably creates a very large gap between the culture they hail from and the culture they've assimilated into- and by association, their parents, who have little to no knowledge or participation in the new culture their child is being groomed to operate and function in.

A lot of the kids who were put into the Indian schools reported a lot of issues when it came to going home and interacting with their families, because there was such a big difference in the clothing, the food, the housing- even the language was a difficulty, because the schools wouldn't allow them to speak it and often the kids were young enough that they would lose it. There were a lot of cultural consequences for Native American tribes that had significant numbers of kids shipped off to these places, because they were effectively losing a huge chunk of the next generation that they would pass on their language and customs to.

I think it's an interesting parallel to draw to a place like Hogwarts. It's subtler, and it's played as such a wondrous thing, but when you think about all the kids who aren't Harry, who actually have loving muggle parents and relatives back home that are inevitably going to become distanced from them just by virtue of being involved in two entirely separate cultures that are not encouraged to mix... It's honestly pretty deperessing.

I've pointed out else where, according to Intersectionality Voldemort is the hero. He is an oppressed minority (Wizarding is passed through DNA) fighting against a straight white cis white kid who is appropriating his culture and trying to colonize his people.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

I've pointed out else where, according to Intersectionality Voldemort is the hero. He is an oppressed minority (Wizarding is passed through DNA) fighting against a straight white cis white kid who is appropriating his culture and trying to colonize his people.

As far as we know Voldemort is a cishet white too (until JK Rowling says otherwise of course). Most all of his crew are white cishet pureblood wizards. Harry himself is the same as Voldemort (cishet white of mixed Muggle/Wizard descent) and Dumbledore (gay) and Hermione (woman, Muggleborn, possibly black) are higher than Voldemort on the progressive stack.

I guess it's like when a 56%er Proud Boys guy fights a 56%er Antifa.

 

[AverageAnimeWatcher]

Eh, it's really not that complex. Evil Hitler wizard bad; Chosen one good. Racism bad; friendship good.

Everything else is people just projecting their politics an ideals to a children's book. It's not as deep as Rowling pretends it to be. Really it's only popular because people like cool magic powers for escapism. That's all.

Don't get me wrong, these are very competently written books, and I do think Rowling can make some very compelling side characters, but I think people are trying to find something complex in a very straightforward good vs evil story.