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Harry should have ended up as a Defence against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.
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Angry Salami posted:Kimmy Schmit also had an episode about how ADHD medication turns kids into zombies, and at one point parodied the OJ Simpson trial. It really felt at times like the writers had been locked in a bunker for fifteen years. Weirdly the latter was almost ahead of its time, since a year later we got both a dramatization of the OJ trial and a docuseries on the entire case, both of which won awards.
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Apr 27, 2019 16:27
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I do like the disconnect that most wizards have no idea how normal people live, but at the same time most wizards end up with a normal person and have a kid. How do you even begin a relationship when one side doesn’t know about basic clothes and electricity?
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Apr 27, 2019 16:27
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bobjr posted:I do like the disconnect that most men have no idea how normal people live, but at the same time most men end up with a normal woman and have a kid. How do you even begin a relationship when one side doesn’t know about basic hygiene and ettiquette? Fixed that for you.
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Apr 27, 2019 16:33
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Arivia posted:Fixed that for you. harsh but fair
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Apr 27, 2019 16:35
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but what were Voldermort's actual policies apart from the anti-muggle agenda, really seems a bit flimsy to me, Rowling should consider writing the wizard version of Mein Kampf to fill in the lore imo
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Apr 27, 2019 17:23
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ulex minor posted:but what were Voldermort's actual policies apart from the anti-muggle agenda, really seems a bit flimsy to me, Rowling should consider writing the wizard version of Mein Kampf to fill in the lore imo I think she should write a memoir and then retire.
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Apr 27, 2019 17:38
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rodbeard posted:Even without Rowling's tweets Harry Potter has aged poorly because her idea of a morally grey character was a wizard Nazi who only leaves the movement because the magical holocaust was going to get the girl he spent most of his life obsessing over because she was nice to him that one time. What's the Potter equivalent of an incel? You know XxHalfBlüdPrncexX was burning up the Hogwarts BBS with "ITT EVERYONE IS DUMB" and "E/N No One Understands My Genious" and "How To Get Her 2 Notice Me?" ulex minor posted:Rowling should consider writing the wizard version of Mein Kampf to fill in the lore imo
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Apr 27, 2019 17:42
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FilthyImp posted:Voldemort was like Rich Spencer to Grindelwald's Magic Hitler. So mostly Rule by Blood (forget that I'm muggleish) and Subjugation of Others (give me all the power). in that last film they made didn't Grindelwald basically say everyone should support him to *stop* the holocaust?
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Apr 27, 2019 17:55
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ulex minor posted:in that last film they made didn't Grindelwald basically say everyone should support him to *stop* the holocaust? I'm not sure if they actually pulled in the Holocaust, but you're not too far off on what I do know happened. For people who don't care (because let's be honest, there's nobody that doesn't know but DOES care): His big speech is showing images of what the muggles will do in the future if wizards don't step up and take control, twisting the truth just a little to say it's definitely gonna be aimed at magical society, and he shows them the atom bomb.
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Apr 27, 2019 18:13
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Cleretic posted:I'm not sure if they actually pulled in the Holocaust, but you're not too far off on what I do know happened. i only watched that jenny nicholson video and though they had used holocaust imagery or heavily implied it, either way bringing up the reality of ww2 into your wizard movie is pretty hilarious. why didn't the jewish wizards stop the nazis? or at least teleport everyone out of the concentration camps. i guess wizards are just generally assholes though so it makes sense edit: maybe there are no jewish wizards which might be a better/worse conclusion on wizard ethics
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Apr 27, 2019 18:21
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Wizards have to be explained what a gun is how would an atom bomb make sense to them
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Apr 27, 2019 18:22
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bobjr posted:Wizards have to be explained what a gun is how would an atom bomb make sense to them that makes no sense because there are tons of wizards who grew up in muggle society!!
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Apr 27, 2019 18:23
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O poo poo the children's books don't withstand serious scrutiny someone get the goddamned
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Apr 27, 2019 18:30
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ulex minor posted:i only watched that jenny nicholson video and though they had used holocaust imagery or heavily implied it, either way bringing up the reality of ww2 into your wizard movie is pretty hilarious. why didn't the jewish wizards stop the nazis? or at least teleport everyone out of the concentration camps. i guess wizards are just generally assholes though so it makes sense JK Rowling confirmed there was exactly one jewish kid at Hogwarts. She had him in mind back in 1995 but didn’t mention him until asked, of course.
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Apr 27, 2019 18:37
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ulex minor posted:in that last film they made didn't Grindelwald basically say everyone should support him to *stop* the holocaust? You ever heard of the White Genocide thats definitely happening?
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Apr 27, 2019 18:45
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tactlessbastard posted:O poo poo the children's books don't withstand serious scrutiny someone get the goddamned oh no people are bullshitting about *popular media franchise* on an internet forum, the horror! yeah actually i insist you get the prime minister on the horn so we can work in some harry potter based inclusions to brexit Edgar Allen Ho posted:JK Rowling confirmed there was exactly one jewish kid at Hogwarts. She had him in mind back in 1995 but didn’t mention him until asked, of course. exactly one, seriously?
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Apr 27, 2019 18:55
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Cleretic posted:That's a little better, but he was definitely riding outright celebrity to get there (although, granted, 'killing Wizard Hitler' is a pretty solid resume even if he did manage it mostly through luck). Hermione's there by actual merit. I actually agree, given that the only reason he got the job was because it was Hermione's before she was elected to office and she gave it too him. Also on the Jewish thing she didn't say there was only one Jewish student, she merely said one student who had been mentioned in the books was Jewish. sweet geek swag has a new favorite as of 19:24 on Apr 27, 2019 |
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Apr 27, 2019 19:22
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ulex minor posted:oh no people are bullshitting about *popular media franchise* on an internet forum, the horror! yeah actually i insist you get the prime minister on the horn so we can work in some harry potter based inclusions to brexit It's Britain's most valuable export so there better be a Brexit exclusion in there somewhere.
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Apr 27, 2019 19:26
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ulex minor posted:i only watched that jenny nicholson video and though they had used holocaust imagery or heavily implied it, either way bringing up the reality of ww2 into your wizard movie is pretty hilarious. why didn't the jewish wizards stop the nazis? or at least teleport everyone out of the concentration camps. i guess wizards are just generally assholes though so it makes sense 
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Apr 27, 2019 19:27
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ulex minor posted:
I think he’s making a joke at Ms Rowling’s expense.
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Apr 27, 2019 19:50
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I wasn’t though, she clarified that there was totally A Jewish Kid at Hogwqrts
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Apr 27, 2019 19:54
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:I wasn’t though, she clarified that there was totally A Jewish Kid at Hogwqrts His name is Anthony Goldstein
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Apr 27, 2019 20:17
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Hey, that's in fair, Rowling had more than one jewish person in her books - She also coded the bank goblins with nazi era jewish stereotypes.
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Apr 27, 2019 20:24
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Rowling is super rich and popular. Despite what everyone on the Internet says, the real world seems to love Jewish stereotypes and nazi stand in characters. Just goes to show th Internet is not real life
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Apr 27, 2019 20:55
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oldpainless posted:Rowling is super rich and popular. Despite what everyone on the Internet says, the real world seems to love Jewish stereotypes and nazi stand in characters. Just goes to show th Internet is not real life
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Apr 27, 2019 22:13
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FactsAreUseless posted:This is why Something Awful is better than real life and the rest of the internet. The only place on the internet willing to give up their kids’ Christmas so a racist southern troglodyte could overcharge people for sloppy pig buttholes. Still waiting on that Nobel prize nod
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Apr 27, 2019 22:25
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It's almost like immoral inbred british wizards are a stand in for immoral inbred british high society...
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Apr 27, 2019 23:51
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I mean not in any real way
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Apr 28, 2019 00:37
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The wizards don’t gatekeep. You get to be a Lord Sillyname of Wackynobbles as long as you cast spells well enough and have enough galleons.
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Apr 28, 2019 00:59
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FilthyImp posted:What's the Potter equivalent of an incel? You know XxHalfBlüdPrncexX was burning up the Hogwarts BBS with "ITT EVERYONE IS DUMB" and "E/N No One Understands My Genious" and "How To Get Her 2 Notice Me?" I don't remember if it was this thread or not that brought up a separate peace recently, but I can't stop thinking about how much the main character's imagined feud with his best friend reminds me of Elliot Rodger's manifesto.
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Apr 28, 2019 03:50
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The Chad James vs The
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Apr 28, 2019 08:36
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CharlestheHammer posted:I mean not in any real way The class commentary is pretty on the nose at times. There's a minor character in book 2 called "Justin Finch-Fletchley" which is a super upper class name who mentions he was originally going to Eton (the poshest private school that boasts 26 prime minister alums). He's attacked by a snake for being low born among wizards. There's also a scene with Voldemort's dad (the son of a Squire) and grandad (an old blood hobo), and each are sure they are the high born one and the other the gutter trash. Plus y'know "Lord" "Voldemort" was really some poor kid called Tom who spoke old London slang before putting on airs. He's evil Hyacinth Bucket.
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Apr 28, 2019 10:20
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bitterandtwisted posted:The class commentary is pretty on the nose at times. Umbridge is a much better evil Hyacinth Bucket.
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Apr 28, 2019 15:08
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sweet geek swag posted:Umbridge is a much better evil Hyacinth Bucket. imagine how much better those scenes would be in the films if they had Patricia Routledge :3
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Apr 28, 2019 15:25
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Who is evil Onslow in this scenario?
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Apr 28, 2019 17:31
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bitterandtwisted posted:The class commentary is pretty on the nose at times. I will say I really did like the revelation that there was more than one person who fit the criteria for being the “chosen one” and that it was only Harry because Voldemort had hangups about his own blood purity.
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Apr 28, 2019 18:03
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Captain Monkey posted:What ever happened to the guy who got stuck in a bird morph? Magic space-god gives Tobias the ability to morph again, but his "default" form remains as a hawk. And he's tortured by the fact that he can only be human for two hours at a time, and that if he ever wanted to be permanently a human he'd lose his morphing abilities forever. I remember him complaining about how everyone thinks of him as a man in a hawks body, and considers himself properly a hawk. "Do you know what I had for breakfast this morning? Roadkill. Literal roadkill" Animorphs loving owned.
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Captain Monkey posted:What ever happened to the guy who got stuck in a bird morph? ***Edit*** Wait poo poo no that was Taxxon man, he went with most of them out in space Arbite has a new favorite as of 17:49 on Apr 29, 2019 |
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I mean, visser three wasn't wrong. Those kids did a bunch of war crimes. It's just he did way more.
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