Comment on Had to look this up

Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even the Irish kid gets worse in the books. Apart from making things explode, his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.

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  • paranoia@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.

    In fucking fairness half of your personal goals as an Irish teenager in the 90s and 2000s related to acquiring alcohol and getting drunk.

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    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      True, but the first time we see him try in the books I think he’s like 12.

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      • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes… and? (I’m Finnish.)

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    • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean I think that transcends racial bounds, all teens do that

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  • runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As and American I’m also trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Distilleries also have the danger of exploding.

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• clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh goodness, I never thought of that.

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  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And the bank goblins being Jewish caricatures

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    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And now about the trans character Sirona Ryan.

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      • CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t think she was involved in writing Hogwarts Legacy to be fair, just put her stamp of bigot approval on it. Although whoever was writing certainly stuck to her naming conventions.

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    • frizzo@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Broken clock right?

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      • vaionko@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Broken clock is broken, yes

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• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Jesus fucking Christ what? there was a character named shacklebolt???

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  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Kingsly Shacklebolt, i believe he was the personal assistant to the prime minister. His most famous quote: “dumbledores got style”

    Not the only black character in harry potter btw

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    • turdcollector69@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Not the only black character in harry potter btw”

      Yeah everyone forgets about Hermione

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      • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Black Hermione? What

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Like a lot of the worst stuff in the book, it didn’t make it into the movies I think.

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• MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is it true that the centaur from movie 1 had more lines than all the black characters in all 7 books?

  And then modern fans get mad at black Snape in the TV show (if that gets to finish. My bets is it will patter out like the fantastic beasts movies)

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fans get mad about black Snape because it would instantly make Harry look like an ultra racist without rewriting half the book.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I believe you, but how so? I’ve not read the books.

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      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Because half the plot of the books are Harry being suspicious of Snape based on basically just looks and a gut feeling at first and then hating him progressively as the books go on.

        You can picture it in your mind “Oh Snape is very sketchy, he looks different then all the other professors. I know he is a bad person… I am going to prove it” with the visual background that he is like the only black professor and just one of a few black wizards shown.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    black Snape in the TV show

    lmfao, there’s a TV show??

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    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, so that they can sell merch without paying royalties to the actors from the original movies, who didn’t align with her bigotry.

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  reminds me of “spear chucker” on MASH.

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  • rainwall@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That one was on purpose:

    In the book, just like in the movie, Spearchucker reveals that the nickname “Spearchucker”, ordinarily a racial slur, referred in this case to his javelin-throwing prowess.

    They use the racism behind his nickname to address racism in the show:

    The film also depicts Spearchucker as a particularly skilled neurosurgeon and this, together with the experience of playing football together, helps Duke Forrest overcome his racial prejudices and the two become friends at the end, shaking hands when it is time for Duke to go back stateside.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There was a book!?

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• tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah… come on… please, let that not have been a conscious thing

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mate, there’s so many weird or disturbing things in the books that didn’t make it into the movies.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can’t just leave us hanging like that?

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      • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well, there’s stuff like how the book insists that most house elves are happy being slaves, Dobby was the exception. And how it makes fun of Hermione for trying to free them.

        If you want a full analysis, Sean did a good one.

        youtu.be/-1iaJWSwUZs

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• ProjectPatatoe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Misread this as (Rusty) Shackleford.

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