The narrative genuinely manages to make her sympathetic, but then Rowling puts them on a bus and sort of gives Dudley a half-assed redemption moment via "basic politeness".
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The first movie is about Muggles sometimes being lovable loyal sidekicks if they know their place, like Jake Kowalski, but generally being a looming dangerous threat, the true enemies of all wizards It goes really far with arguing that Grindelwald actually has a point
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Coincidentally, after JK Rowling became a billionaire bestselling author who lives in a castle and rubs elbows with other celebrities all the time, she started getting really into this idea that the teeming masses of dumb envious ignorant normies were the real evil in the world
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She painted herself into a corner there via the Weasleys. Sure they can Avada Kedavra someone, within line of sight, but exactly how many cruise missiles can Hogwarts take? Has anyone even learned they exist to begin to question that possibility?
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This reminds me - have you read the intro to the fantastic beasts book? It’s full of thinly veiled eugenics stuff and if I had the energy I’d write about it but I can’t bring myself to re-read it.
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“We casually sorted living creatures according to whether or not they could speak English or walk on two legs and determined their worth and rights based on that. We literally excluded Merfolk from our community because we couldn’t be bothered to learn their language”.
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