Rowling's books were never that great, and there were some warning signs in terms of unexamined bigotry in those books (goblins, house elves, etc.)
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Replying to @nberlat
the first book has a child casually murdering a sentient being
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Replying to @jtempacct13 @nberlat
the troll. Quirrell was less deliberate and less casual whereas it's clearly viewed as totally okay to murder a troll because it's a "lesser" race
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @jtempacct13
this is unfortunately pretty common in fantasy literature. still shitty though.
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Yeah, to some extent, they can't even figure out exactly what a troll is supposed to be. It appears to be the only one in the world, and it's...semisentient? It could be like a chimp got it, but it can kinda talk, right?
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Replying to @mssilverstein @nberlat and
No, trolls are a species, Quirrell is described as having had an unusual rapport with them in his monster hunting career, which is a hint that he's responsible for releasing the one in the Halloween chapter
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
We see them again in Prisoner of Azkaban, when Dumbledore hires "security trolls" to beef up Hogwarts' defenses when the Dementor guards aren't enough to keep Sirius Black from entering school grounds the first time In general wizards seem to use them as dumb muscle
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
In Goblet of Fire there's a part where they talk about what a legend Mad-Eye Moody is and how he's learned to speak the languages of all the nonhuman races and Ron sneers that to "speak Troll" you just have to "point and grunt" Lovely
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
Looking this up, apparently one of Rowling's Daily Prophet Newsletters said the first Supreme Mugwump of the International Wizarding Confederation was a bleeding heart in favor of giving trolls full human rights but was blocked by the Liechtenstein delegation
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Because people who lived in mountainous countries subjected to constant troll attacks didn't have time for this head in the clouds idealism from people who didn't appreciate the situation on the ground Feels like this became a recurring theme for her in later years
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