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• Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, calling the only black dude Shacklebolt as well. The more you look the worst it gets.

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  • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨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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    • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh goodness, I never thought of that.

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    • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And the bank goblins being Jewish caricatures

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • Armand1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨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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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    reminds me of “spear chucker” on MASH.

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    • rainwall@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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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• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The Troubles was so long ago for me that the character quirk went over my head.

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  • The_v@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Allow me to hit me with my cane. The Manchester blast was fucking loud.

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cho Chang

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’re California pretty
    You’re really really skinny
    (Cho-Chang!)
    You’re cuter than a guinea piiiig
    'l’ll take you down to Winnipeg
    That’s in Canada!

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• pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What’s racist about it? I’m not racist enough to understand

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  • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    To say the UK and Ireland have had explosive interactions in the past would be a bit of an understatement. There were spates of car bombings, shootings, and other forms of violence all along the border of Northern Ireland (Due to both sides believing Northern Island should be part of their nation).

    Rowling probably takes a more pro-UK stance, and therefore is comparing the Irish people to the IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombers.

    The conflict(s) were part of a period known as The Troubles (Wiki page linked)

    Disclaimer - I’m an American outsider with an interest in learning about history, so I may not have the most accurate summary of events from either side of the story. The Wikipedia article should summarize incidents much better.

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    • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is the shit they should teach us in school. The American education system sucks. Almost everything i’ve learned about world history I learned myself.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      To add to that you also have the people living there rather split on which country they would like to be part of

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    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I feel this characterises it as more of a border dispute between nation states. I’m not going to get into the rights and wrongs of any side in this (because it’ll take far too long and frankly I doubt I could be completely objective). I’m commenting only to say it wasn’t that.

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    • pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Interesting stuff, thanks for the info!

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  • frizzo@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So your not American? Never drank a certain Irish named drop shot drink?

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    • BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨52⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I’m familiar with the shot and the years of conflict. But I didn’t realize that’s what it was referring to initially. Sometimes it takes some help for people to piece it together.

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  • kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think what you want to ask is what’s the trouble, mate.

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not so sure, I think the Irish would be proud of their history of making things explode.

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  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Only some of them, it’s very divisive I think. Can an Irish lad confirm?

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    • John_CalebBradberton@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Its divisive in Ireland.

      Opinions on everything from that time vary widely.

      Im born and reared in Cork btw.

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    • yeather@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The more South you go the less divisive it gets.

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  • W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Guessing it’s due to the IRA bombings?

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    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Correct.

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• MimicJar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I know this is just a meme but isn’t this scene of Seamus Finnigan a movie only scene?

  There are plenty of reasons to shit on JK Rowling, but shouldn’t this one be on the director? (Assuming it was done on purpose.)

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• krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It may also be interesting for you to learn that Puerto Ricans can hang from steel beams for hours.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m surprised he wasn’t also black.

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    She’d call him Kwame Kongo

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• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  JK Rowling Irish stereotypes
  

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  • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve noticed VPNs and Lemmy tend to not play ball.

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