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minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoI didn’t really interpret it that way. I took it as “look how annoying people who complain about social justice are”. I don’t think she literally supports slavery but it was clearly an allegory for what she views as annoying activist types.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoRowling said on multiple occasions that Hermione is her “idealized self-insert”. So I don’t think she’d use her own self-insert to say “Look how stupid people like me are”. Doesn’t really make sense.
minus-squareSaraTonin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoShe also said that she was Black, so I’m not sure how trustworthy she is on the subject
minus-squareKombatWombat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIIRC she said she never specified Hermione’s race, which is technically true. But at one point she did physically describe her to be fair skinned.
I didn’t really interpret it that way. I took it as “look how annoying people who complain about social justice are”.
I don’t think she literally supports slavery but it was clearly an allegory for what she views as annoying activist types.
Rowling said on multiple occasions that Hermione is her “idealized self-insert”.
So I don’t think she’d use her own self-insert to say “Look how stupid people like me are”. Doesn’t really make sense.
She also said that she was Black, so I’m not sure how trustworthy she is on the subject
IIRC she said she never specified Hermione’s race, which is technically true. But at one point she did physically describe her to be fair skinned.
And as having pink cheeks