Ha ha ha yeah I guess we should've seen this cominghttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1309283306542858241 …
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... oh shit
Oh I've never actually heard this theory before, you willing to expand on it or know a good resource?
Go onnnnn
YES, THIS EXACTLY
I'm not... super comfortable elaborating, since it's not my idea originally and it's a very spicy take, possibly going too far But I mean... think about the fact that when JKR wrote the first book she was a recently divorced single mom who felt like her whole life was a failure
There is so much self-loathing in the way she writes women, and the way she punishes Umbridge is so pointed. Lilly doesn't try to fight or plead for her own life, she just does the noble thing and dies.
Yes, look, I'm not saying a mother making the Ultimate Sacrifice for her kids is a bad thing or an uncommon trope, but... There is SO MUCH pressure in the Harry Potter universe to be a Good Mom, almost *every* female character ends up going through that arc
Tbf, Hermione definitely got Rowling’s self-righteousness, doubling down when she shouldnt, and refusal to actually listen to marginalized groups or people with relevant life experience.
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