Y'know funnily enough the whole 'trans rights are human rights' thing made me think the assumption that human rights were the higher priority was still in place, and yet...
50536: Strannik - Friday, March 27 2026 - 2:03 AM
inclusive style indeed : an old school building in the middle of a futuristic ship !
50537: TaranAlvein - Friday, March 27 2026 - 2:10 AM
Wow, the shade is incredible! I guess that's to be expected, from such a bright building!
50538: Sloss - Friday, March 27 2026 - 2:26 AM
yer a wizard, Noah
50539: Chevy - Friday, March 27 2026 - 2:47 AM
The bar might be on the ground, lads.
50540: Tor - Friday, March 27 2026 - 3:17 AM
The burn!
50541: noname - Friday, March 27 2026 - 4:38 AM
The other day I saw a YouTube video about the problems about the Harry Potter books. For example the casual condoning of bigotry ("muggle" is a slur), the pro-colonialist messages (slavery is a-okay), the antisemitism (the goblin bank), the casual violations of non-magic people's autonomy (memory alteration and erasure), etc. And there was someone in the comments of that video arguing that "If Rowling hadn't said a single thing and just released all of the books, everyone here would be praising how they approach various problematic issues and how the main character defies them and seeks a better solution. But because she said things you social dominance-seeking mental asylum patients don't like, you only see the problematic issues and ignore how the books explore them."
And putting aside the fact that Rowling has done a lot more than merely "say" bad things, and putting aside the fact that Harry ends up being an Auror, an enforcer of the systemic issues in the books, I couldn't help but feel that the whole argument felt very "if Hitler hadn't done all of the bad things, then no-one would be criticising the horrid world-views and values espoused in Mein Kampf."
50544: TaranAlvein - Friday, March 27 2026 - 5:54 AM
Shade against Hogwarts, I mean. I just realized how ambiguous that statement was.
50545: BisectedBrioche - Friday, March 27 2026 - 5:57 AM
Presumably 100% less shitting in corridors.
50546: AnonymousPerson - Friday, March 27 2026 - 6:01 AM
Is it okay for trans people to exist? Yes? Congrats, you are more trans inclusive than Hogwarts!
50547: Mars - Thursday, March 26 2026 - 11:15 PM
What a pretty castle
50548: Mallory - Friday, March 27 2026 - 6:22 AM
<3
50549: Tom - Friday, March 27 2026 - 8:47 AM
Looks beautiful! Blue is my favorite color.
@Neorice - Super low bar.
50550: anamiac - Friday, March 27 2026 - 9:11 AM
@noname
I remember when the hunger games came out and everyone was all 'eww, child soldiers'. Well, it's not like the author was endorsing the actions of the capital. We need to give space for villains to be bad.
As for the harry potter books, the whole attitude towards 'muggles' is how we determine who's a bad guy and who isn't. It's necessary.
Furthermore, if you're writing historical fiction about something that happened 400 years ago and people in your setting are all running around thinking and acting by today's standards instead of acting like people actually acted 400 years ago then you're not writing an accurate book. It's not going to feel real. We can't assume that the author is for or against something just because they wanted their work to be realistic.
Y'know funnily enough the whole 'trans rights are human rights' thing made me think the assumption that human rights were the higher priority was still in place, and yet...
inclusive style indeed : an old school building in the middle of a futuristic ship !
Wow, the shade is incredible! I guess that's to be expected, from such a bright building!
yer a wizard, Noah
The bar might be on the ground, lads.
The burn!
The other day I saw a YouTube video about the problems about the Harry Potter books. For example the casual condoning of bigotry ("muggle" is a slur), the pro-colonialist messages (slavery is a-okay), the antisemitism (the goblin bank), the casual violations of non-magic people's autonomy (memory alteration and erasure), etc. And there was someone in the comments of that video arguing that "If Rowling hadn't said a single thing and just released all of the books, everyone here would be praising how they approach various problematic issues and how the main character defies them and seeks a better solution. But because she said things you social dominance-seeking mental asylum patients don't like, you only see the problematic issues and ignore how the books explore them."
And putting aside the fact that Rowling has done a lot more than merely "say" bad things, and putting aside the fact that Harry ends up being an Auror, an enforcer of the systemic issues in the books, I couldn't help but feel that the whole argument felt very "if Hitler hadn't done all of the bad things, then no-one would be criticising the horrid world-views and values espoused in Mein Kampf."
Shade against Hogwarts, I mean. I just realized how ambiguous that statement was.
Presumably 100% less shitting in corridors.
Is it okay for trans people to exist? Yes? Congrats, you are more trans inclusive than Hogwarts!
What a pretty castle
<3
Looks beautiful! Blue is my favorite color.
@Neorice - Super low bar.
@noname
I remember when the hunger games came out and everyone was all 'eww, child soldiers'. Well, it's not like the author was endorsing the actions of the capital. We need to give space for villains to be bad.
As for the harry potter books, the whole attitude towards 'muggles' is how we determine who's a bad guy and who isn't. It's necessary.
Furthermore, if you're writing historical fiction about something that happened 400 years ago and people in your setting are all running around thinking and acting by today's standards instead of acting like people actually acted 400 years ago then you're not writing an accurate book. It's not going to feel real. We can't assume that the author is for or against something just because they wanted their work to be realistic.