Also, the whole house elf thing was… Really, really rough to read as a kid. I could never understand why no one was on Hermione’s side, and how no one could see that elves didn’t want to be free because their condition would be that of an outcast, and in a world where only wizard’s were allowed wands, nonhuman humanoids were veru clearly subjugated to the point of delusionality.
The motivation behind the idea was a good one, the execution of the idea was absolute cringe.
Let me explain. The intention was to highlight that the wizarding world has its own logic, and trying to apply the morality and philosophy of the mundane will end in failure, but Hermonie can’t see that being too smart for her own good in this area…
Unfortunately JK picked FUCKING SLAVERY as the way to make this point, because she is a dumbass. No, that’s underselling it: She’s a fascist who only had Voldemort be evil because the book needed a villain. JK Rowling legitimately believes that some groups of people are perpetually below “The normals”
Like take the concept of Royalty (Some people are better than others because they are of Noble Blood) and turn it onto its head, that there are people who are lesser than others because they are of dirty blood. (To JK these include the Irish, transgender people, and anyone who isn’t white)
“Mudblood” being a slur in the HP Universe is just JK’s way of projecting her worldview onto perceived enemies.
Oh and one last thing. JK did the “Wizard morality is different because it’s wacky and whimsical” a second time, in the Fantastic Beasts movies, where the worst crime in Wizard History was… drumroll Trying to stop the Nazis from coming into power… (You see why Harry Potter just doesn’t work with serious stories?: JK herself is impossible to take seriously, and infact is outright dangerous because there are those who attempt to do just that.)
JK hates the Irish? I don’t keep up with her or Harry Potter much, but I know about her twitter meltdowns about trans people – didn’t know she had a whole thing about Irish people tho lol. She’s such a nutjob 😂
Harry Potter has a character called Seamus Finnigan, his whole thing is to act like he’s drunk and blow things up. (It’s a stereotype in England that Irish people make cars into bombs and are literally domestic terrorists)
And if you look into the extended lore, well ya know how Hogwarts bizarrely has a house intended for Dark Wizards (Why is that a thing? I don’t remember “Serial Killing” being a major in Community College) named for the most second evil wizard in history (The first was Grindelwald who… wanted to stop the Nazis), Salazaar Slytherin.
If you look into the backstory of Salazaar Slytherin, he doesn’t really have any evil deeds to his name, he’s just Irish lol.
Also JK Rowling’s house elves are based on “Brownies”, stories Slave Owners would tell their children about how black people were “Really magic faeries who like working” and will “Disappear forever if you give them nice things”
Basically lying to children so they don’t realize their parents are “the baddies”
She’s a disgusting person.
I wanna give a shout out to Kingsley Shacklebolt (First name is King, as in Dr. Martin Luther KING Jr., last name is literally a tool from the 1800’s used to keep slaves from jumping off of slave ships), who’s contribution to the series is being black, trying to arrest Dumbledore on false charges, and here’s my favorite being afraid of Voldemort’s quest to kill off the Mudbloods because he… Doesn’t know who his father is and thus cannot verify that he isn’t muggleborn…
Jesus fucking Christ JK, this is almost as bad as when you assumed Alohamora meant “Friendly to thieves” because it’s from an African Language (It actually just refers to the color red)
The motivation behind the idea was a good one, the execution of the idea was absolute cringe.
Let me explain. The intention was to highlight that the wizarding world has its own logic, and trying to apply the morality and philosophy of the mundane will end in failure, but Hermonie can’t see that being too smart for her own good in this area…
Unfortunately JK picked FUCKING SLAVERY as the way to make this point, because she is a dumbass. No, that’s underselling it: She’s a fascist who only had Voldemort be evil because the book needed a villain. JK Rowling legitimately believes that some groups of people are perpetually below “The normals”
Like take the concept of Royalty (Some people are better than others because they are of Noble Blood) and turn it onto its head, that there are people who are lesser than others because they are of dirty blood. (To JK these include the Irish, transgender people, and anyone who isn’t white)
“Mudblood” being a slur in the HP Universe is just JK’s way of projecting her worldview onto perceived enemies.
Oh and one last thing. JK did the “Wizard morality is different because it’s wacky and whimsical” a second time, in the Fantastic Beasts movies, where the worst crime in Wizard History was… drumroll Trying to stop the Nazis from coming into power… (You see why Harry Potter just doesn’t work with serious stories?: JK herself is impossible to take seriously, and infact is outright dangerous because there are those who attempt to do just that.)
JK hates the Irish? I don’t keep up with her or Harry Potter much, but I know about her twitter meltdowns about trans people – didn’t know she had a whole thing about Irish people tho lol. She’s such a nutjob 😂
Harry Potter has a character called Seamus Finnigan, his whole thing is to act like he’s drunk and blow things up. (It’s a stereotype in England that Irish people make cars into bombs and are literally domestic terrorists)
And if you look into the extended lore, well ya know how Hogwarts bizarrely has a house intended for Dark Wizards (Why is that a thing? I don’t remember “Serial Killing” being a major in Community College) named for the most second evil wizard in history (The first was Grindelwald who… wanted to stop the Nazis), Salazaar Slytherin.
If you look into the backstory of Salazaar Slytherin, he doesn’t really have any evil deeds to his name, he’s just Irish lol.
Also JK Rowling’s house elves are based on “Brownies”, stories Slave Owners would tell their children about how black people were “Really magic faeries who like working” and will “Disappear forever if you give them nice things”
Basically lying to children so they don’t realize their parents are “the baddies”
She’s a disgusting person.
I wanna give a shout out to Kingsley Shacklebolt (First name is King, as in Dr. Martin Luther KING Jr., last name is literally a tool from the 1800’s used to keep slaves from jumping off of slave ships), who’s contribution to the series is being black, trying to arrest Dumbledore on false charges, and here’s my favorite being afraid of Voldemort’s quest to kill off the Mudbloods because he… Doesn’t know who his father is and thus cannot verify that he isn’t muggleborn…
Jesus fucking Christ JK, this is almost as bad as when you assumed Alohamora meant “Friendly to thieves” because it’s from an African Language (It actually just refers to the color red)