That birth order poll going around is so stupid LOL. Only children are seen as SPOILED BRATS. Youngest children are seen as SPOILED BABIES. Middle children are seen as SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES. Eldest children WORK TOO HARD.
Polls made by an eldest child who got in a fight with their siblings recently
there is something so frustrating about people trying to write fantasy novels that are reponces to or in conversation with harry potter but the only real angle is the lack of trans people or people of colour, like for me one of the fundamental aspects of harry potter is that there is a class of people who have no access to power/magic, who are seen as am inherently (biologically) lesser class of being and are targeted because of this….but it is not refuted in the text.
it is a fact within harry potter that muggles are lesser, and while it argues that it is bad to target them because of that, it is still undeniable that as a group of people they are immutably inferior. within the narrative they have no agency, no power, no voice and no real challenge to this fact. the problem with voldemort is that his policies materially affect muggleborn wizards, whereas any oppression muggles face is abstracted or symbolic.
if you’re not challenging the way magic as a symbol for power is depicted in harry potter, and how that impacts its depiction of gender, race, oppression etc. like what are you doing?
the thing about doing archeological excavations on livejournal is that you will find the most fucked up, horrific, legitimately sadistic, gorey torture fanfiction for your favourite characters, and it is not only in character but also well written, and then you look at the comments and they’re all like ‘ohmigod SQUEE!! *dies crying*“ and you know what? they don’t make fandom like that anymore
Watching sex and the city where carrie does some charity modelling and worries that people are lying to her about looking good I spent the whole fashion show unsure whether this final look was meant to validate her fears or not
