One thing I fucking despise about Harry Potter is the smarmy way it tries to have a mea culpa about its exaltation of blood family by depicting a virtual chosen family in the Weasleys As if Molly or anybody would have given a rat's ass if Harry wasn't a wealthy beloved celebrityhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1337255049722916864 …
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Actually I'll bring back this thread because
@celestineofall's wonderful fic actually does address these issues a little The idea that, ultimately, your security as an adoptee into a family is only as good as your ability to avoid undermining any of the blood-related membershttps://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1312645090280648704 …Vapor Weyve added,
Vapor Weyve @NymphomachyI want to talk about this for a second because a connection popped into my mind and I want to articulate it before I forget about it There's this SNL short with Emma Stone called "The Actress" that I often I think about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HVH_I04ZrM … https://twitter.com/Nymphomachy/status/1311763310321250309 …Show this thread3 replies 0 retweets 54 likesShow this thread -
People related by blood are permitted to work at cross purposes in ways that people in chosen families simply are not The moment Huxley starts bringing less to the table than the trouble he's worth, he can be rehomed
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If family's not egalitarian than it's no kind of family at all Hell, look at how in polyam communities "unicorn hunter" came to be a four-letter word Because it connotes a committed couple looking for a hot cisbi chick they can consign to a permanent role of subordination
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Just, this pet This objectified instrument of sexual gratification relegated to a deputized role in a fucked up interplay between two other people who are having all the big conversations somewhere she can't hear them Getting handed down news and ultimatums from on high
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Well, that's some people's kink The thing is that it's rarely a *long-term* enough kink to not blow up in your face later on
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