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Ziggy, Anthrocon Aurochs@ziggybull.bsky.social |
Despite the books' vague lip service to 90's era progressivism and inclusivity, the bones of the series are conservative and authoritarian. It ends with a reaffirmation that the status quo is best and shouldn't be questioned.
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Emerence
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The only career choices they have are Hogwarts professor, Ministry of Magic employee, augur, or independently wealthy. That’s it. So BORING.
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Ziggy, Anthrocon Aurochs
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And then there's JKR's revelation that there's a genetic component to being magical. And Europe needing 3 magic schools while all of mainland Asia only needing 1 certainly implies some things about the world.
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🦬 AudeS, Wrath Month is upon thee
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Pretty much. Like numerous elements pertain to the existing injustices for non-human magical beings, but it's either played for laughs or the particular group is portrayed rather negatively (and with elements or statements linking them to real human beings).
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