JKR's use of folklore is so haphazard and sloppy It's not just that it's "inaccurate", it's that the new shit she made up isn't particularly interesting or good, it's all seat-of-the-pants
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cluelesscreatu2 and
Like how the various species of fairies just have nothing to do with each other in JKR's world House-elves and boggarts have nothing to do with each other, even though the original DEFINITION of a boggart was a "house-elf" (a brownie) that turned to mischief due to mistreatment
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cluelesscreatu2 and
That's an idea with HUGE potential if Rowling wants to turn the idea of brownies into some kind of commentary on slavery -- do humans keep house-elves enslaved out of fear, because their only experience with "free" house-elves is as dangerous and terrifying boggarts?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cluelesscreatu2 and
But she just ignores that Not, like, rejects it, she just ignores it, because it seems like she didn't even know about it Just like the extreme sloppiness with folklore from other cultures -- skinwalkers in America, naga in Asia -- that pissed people off
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cluelesscreatu2 and
Did someone say skinwalkers????
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Replying to @JamieCullum5 @arthur_affect and
They're racist appropriation of Navajo culture that everyone is aware because this was a HUGE fucking deal when it happened, but keep playing dumb because, GAWD, that color suits you like it grew from you.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/09/jk-rowling-under-fire-for-appropriating-navajo-tradition-history-of-magic-in-north-america-pottermore …
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Replying to @HaileySayHello @JamieCullum5 and
Huh. The only time I've seen Skinwalkers in fiction before was in Dresden Files, and they were presented quite different from the actual legends too.
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Replying to @MrTomDawson @HaileySayHello and
It's not just that she reimagines skinwalkers, it's the specific way she does it She imagines that skinwalkers - a myth of a horrifying malevolent demon - are actually just human Animagi, and were being oppressed by mainstream society
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And - this is the worst part - that the legends of evil skinwalkers were created by No-Maj shamans with no real powers in order to oppress real mages in order to keep themselves from being exposed
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MrTomDawson and
You can see why a story premised on the idea that real life Native shamans were mere charlatans and con artists would rub people the wrong way
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