• Armand1@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Yeah, calling the only black dude Shacklebolt as well. The more you look the worse it gets.

    • EldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 days ago

      Even the Irish kid gets worse in the books. Apart from making things explode, his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.

      • paranoia@feddit.dk
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        20 days ago

        his other notable character trait is repeatedly trying to turn various drinks into whiskey.

        In fucking fairness half of your personal goals as an Irish teenager in the 90s and 2000s related to acquiring alcohol and getting drunk.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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        21 days ago

        Kingsly Shacklebolt, i believe he was the personal assistant to the prime minister. His most famous quote: “dumbledores got style”

        Not the only black character in harry potter btw

    • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      Is it true that the centaur from movie 1 had more lines than all the black characters in all 7 books?

      And then modern fans get mad at black Snape in the TV show (if that gets to finish. My bets is it will patter out like the fantastic beasts movies)

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        20 days ago

        Fans get mad about black Snape because it would instantly make Harry look like an ultra racist without rewriting half the book.

          • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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            20 days ago

            Because half the plot of the books are Harry being suspicious of Snape based on basically just looks and a gut feeling at first and then hating him progressively as the books go on.

            You can picture it in your mind “Oh Snape is very sketchy, he looks different then all the other professors. I know he is a bad person… I am going to prove it” with the visual background that he is like the only black professor and just one of a few black wizards shown.