• 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    TBF, the red flags are there.

    Hermione gets moked for protesting. slavery is normalised but it’s ok, because one elf becomes free, no one cares about the rest…

    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
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      23 hours ago

      And the rest of the house elves think he’s weird for wanting freedom…

      I was an adult when I started reading them because my younger sister liked them, back when the movies first came out. I definitely had a few moments of ‘oh thats kinda wrong’ but I thought it was just crappy writing in a kids book and moved on.

      And now I know better (well, for years now but you know what I mean).