It comes from her lawsuit against Steve Vander Ark for publishing the Harry Potter Lexicon, which is an entirely different topic (but also makes her out to be a pretty big asshole) But anyway It's completely wrong, and it's actually staggeringly offensive how wrong it is
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It's just... really fucking lazy and disrespectful It would not be a big deal -- it would be depressingly par for the course -- if it were just some random fantasy book But of course it's a big deal now because the books became a big deal And she never raised her standards
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This is the same shitty level of research she put into bloviating about skinwalkers in Navajo culture or naga in Hindu culture Hell, it's the same shitty level of research she put into talking about boggarts and brownies and other elements of *English* culture
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This is what I mean when I say she's not just a bad writer and a bigoted person but profoundly lazy Her worldview is shaped by this amazingly self-confident willingness to just glance at something once or twice and be sure she understands as much of it as she needs to
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Was there ever any need to go back and look up what "Alohomora" meant? Nah Was there ever any worry that someone from the culture she was shamelessly lifting from might be offended or take issue with her? Nah Just plow on ahead, Jo, let your imagination be your compass
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Go ahead and name that girl "Cho Chang" Who the fuck cares It sounds like a name to you and that's all that matters
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Lol I went back to get the full context of the original quote where she scolds Steve Vander Ark for getting the etymology of Alohomora "wrong" (he guessed it came from "aloha") and Jesus Christ the sheer audacitypic.twitter.com/Gmyp2RPtne
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"Maybe he should do some actual research" Jfc listen to yourself woman
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Madagascar: Literally the easiest part of Africa to locate.
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Like, I'll admit, I don't know where, for example, Sierra Leone is in relation to anything, and I'd have to look at a map. Pretty sure I could find fucking Madagascar. I can find Madagascar easier than I can find _Iowa_.
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On an unrelated note, this reminded me that there's a James Bond movie where a sideshow announcer in the background says Nairobi is in South Africa. I'm not sure if the mistake is intentional or not, and that irritates me.
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