Comment on Had to look this up

Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “Not the only black character in harry potter btw”

      Yeah everyone forgets about Hermione

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      • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Black Hermione? What

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh goodness, I never thought of that.

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  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And the bank goblins being Jewish caricatures

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    • frizzo@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Broken clock right?

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    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And now about the trans character Sirona Ryan.

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  reminds me of “spear chucker” on MASH.

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  • rainwall@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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