Proof of Burden: The whole genre where people make up things Rowling did not do and get mad at them is, I think, a window into what a lot of the criticism is doing

The whole genre where people make up things Rowling did not do and get mad at them is, I think, a window into what a lot of the criticism is doing

this one is just “I thought of something problematic that I find funny so I need to put the words in someone else’s mouth”

Her choices also look downright inclusive set next to this, which is only a defense of her choices insofar as you lower the bar here

There’s already enough problematic students like the Irish one whose skill is blowing things up, we don’t need to make up more

I think that was also really only a thing in the movies? I really don’t remember him doing anything like that in the books, but it’s been awhile

God help me, I just read his whole Harry Potter Wiki page to double check, and yeah, totally an invention of the movie. He *melts* his cauldron in the first book, it got changed to an explosion and made into a recurring gag in the movie

Okay, good to know I’m not just making shit up! I remember being confused when it came up in the last few movies, because it felt so based on nothing to me.

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