• GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    The guy who looks like Emperor Palpatine with no nose? I kinda just assumed he was evil for the sake of evil. Look at the dude, black cloaks, all pale and stuff. He’s trying to seem evil.

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      10 months ago

      The nose was a congenital deformity he was born with or something. Like not even “he did the evil magic so his nose fell off” just “people with deformities are inherently evil”.

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          10 months ago

          I don’t remember that at all. He was born as a normal dude, and was a normal looking dude up until he died. It isn’t until after he was reborn from some kind of evil ritual that he gets the no-nose form which I’m not even 100% certain is described in the books, it might just be a movie thing.

          But no, Tom Riddle, the guy who went on to become Mr. Evil No-nose, had a normal nose as far as I know(s).

          • I’m embarrassed to know this, but it’s only his first reborn form from the first book that has no nose. He exists as a face stretched across the back of professed quirrels bald head hence the flat nose. There’s no mention of his later forms having this feature in the books, it’s just a movie thing

  • TupamarosShakur [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    Isn’t there actually like no circumstances to Voldemort being evil though? Like isn’t it just oh this guy is the descendant of Salazar slytherin so obviously he wants to genocide half bloods?

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      10 months ago

      In our terms Voldemort is more like an ethno-nationalist taking advantage of a paralyzed, dying neoliberal structure and how it’s already inherently racist. The wizards themselves live in a highly alienated liberal gerontocracy where nothing happens.

      The closest thing to leftism is one book where Hermione tries to quite literally organize against actual slavery of elves and the other wizards treat her like a loudmouthed annoyance. Then they tell her elves actually enjoy being enslaved.

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        10 months ago

        House elves enjoy being enslaved, which is why Hermione is annoying and wrong and should shut up.

        Harry you’ve only met two house elves and they were both highly resentful of being enslaved-

        Yeah whatever nerd watch me catch the golden snitch with my trustfund broomstick lol does crosschops in midair

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        10 months ago

        I think the Shaun video summed it up best when he said something like “the series frequently threatens to become interesting.”

        It’s just always implying that it could have interesting ideas and complex themes and then it just doesn’t.