Like, it's telling that the worst thing about the Death Eater regime in Deathly Hallows is *falsely accusing Muggleborn wizards of just being Muggles* "Who did you steal that wand from? Whose magic have you been leeching off of?" etc
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Teknogrot and
And that obviously shouldn't be presented as the worst thing they do The worst thing is how they treat ACTUAL Muggles - and Squibs - who ACTUALLY can't do magic The fact that a Muggle is helpless to stop anything a wizard wants to do to them should be a horrifying injustice
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Teknogrot and
wtf is a squib? where I come from it's a condom full of fake blood rigged to explode, and I know that's not what you're talking about
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Replying to @HenryWHall @arthur_affect and
In the Potter books, a Squib, "is a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent" - someone who should be able to learn magic, since it's often hereditary, but isn't.
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Replying to @ThomasJohnMurch @arthur_affect and
Why did she name it after an exploding blood pack?
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Replying to @HenryWHall @arthur_affect and
My guess would be that it's a reference to the saying, "that went off like a damp squib" - which means, 'a situation or event which is much less impressive than expected.'
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Replying to @ThomasJohnMurch @HenryWHall and
Although, wow, there are waaaaay more meanings for the word squib than I thought!pic.twitter.com/yTBu8Koood
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Replying to @ThomasJohnMurch @HenryWHall and
They're mostly derived from the original meaning of "firecracker" Like all the definitions of a physical object are things that resemble a firecracker in some way And the rest originate from the metaphor of "firing off a squib" to mean what we'd call writing a "hot take"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ThomasJohnMurch and
I.e. something that's meant to make a brief and relatively small but intense impression rather than something longer and more substantial
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ThomasJohnMurch and
In JK's defense she probably wanted to call them a slur of some kind, so this is a great compromise
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I mean one reason to pick the word is it very much sounds like it could be a slur
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