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One book has little to connect it to previous volumes in the series; even the genre just changes without warning between the fourth and fifth book! Our hero Harry Potter, for example, regards Hermiones abolitionism as pushy and annoying, and its clear were meant to share his views and laugh at her pathetic idealism. Harry has few character flaws outside of Book Five, where his teenage angst only makes him more unlikeable than ever before. As a result, his death feels manipulative. Thats what proper buildup and payoff can do for a story. [26], The book depicted the former headmaster in an extremely negative light but was mostly based on truth, much to Harry's horror. The school already thinks Harry cheated to get in. Harry is always framed as a good person who is all the better for having suffered. As far as I could tell, Bellatrix was just another Death Eater from Mollys perspective. These consequences disproportionately affect black people, to put it mildly. By this point, J.K. Rowlings writing style has become almost indistinguishable from that of Russian-American author and cult leader Ayn Rand. In the end, however, Sam resolves to destroy the Ring himself. [9], Rita with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger in the tent during the first task. Killing off this many supposedly-important characters off-page is simply not a recipe for a strong narrative. Prior to the reveal, the identity of the speaker generated quite a buzz throughout the school, with Rowan Khanna's guess being an Auror, the Minister for Magic, or a random Arithmancer, while Jacob's sibling thought to perhaps be the person Albus Dumbledore had been searching for throughout the school year. Professor Minerva McGonagall introduced her to the school in the Great Hall, with Rita adding a bit more detail, stating herself to be "a widely popular writer for the Daily Prophet". When Harry begins showing him even the smallest degree of compassion, Kreacher begins to serve him as a loyal slave and even fights for him in the Battle of Hogwarts. But instead, everything proceeds almost exactly as the reader expects it to proceed, with Harry duelling Voldemort only for the villain to kill himself instead. Rita Skeeter used a long, acid green Quick-Quotes Quill when interviewing people for the Daily Prophet. It doesnt. Language: English Words: 6,951 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 12 Kudos: 199 Bookmarks: 31 Hits: 1542 Footer About the Archive Site Map This flies in the face of everything the books have established up to this point. Harry, on the other hand, succeeds because Dumbledore had the better plan: one so convenient that I wonder if the headmaster read the books first. #TheIckabog. Her blonde curls were curiously rigid, suggesting it was styled with the magical equivalent of hairspray. Harry Potter owns a slave. In other words, the One Ring was destroyed as a direct result of Sam overcoming his own greatest flaw. * She turned the whole school against Harry with her lies, turning him into a troubled youth who seeks glory. Also, why is it relevant that hes never told anyone? [1], Skeeter spent time training to become an Animagus and, at some point prior to 1986, she was finally able to transform into a beetle at will. And when Hermione quite rightly campaigns against one of humanitys utmost crimes, the author frames her as annoying and out-of-touch. When we see muggles, whom we can assume oppose slavery, theyre nearly always portrayed negatively. Community content is available under. For added measure, she flogged this after the poor man's death. #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill. Overall, Tolkiens books are deeper and more complex than any film adaptation could be. Rita was forced to comply, and suffered financial strain as a result. Whether it was his own bitterness that made him treat his crushs kid like vermin or whether Dumbledore secretly ordered him to abuse Harry is immaterial. Rita also appeared to be highly prejudiced against half-giants and wizards who spoke Parseltongue. Also, most of the stuff that should be interesting happens off-page, and character relationships are woefully underdeveloped. A central theme in The Silkworm is that a family that includes a trans person is not a real familyonly a pathetic imitation of one. Hermione told her that the interview would be printed in The Quibbler, which Luna's father edited, and although Rita responded with disdain, she "eyed Hermione shrewdly" for a few moments and then agreed. Some of the hate mail even came with jinxes and curses;[21] even Molly Weasley was upset with Hermione until Harry set her straight. Rowlings excuses for consistently supporting transphobes ranged from I was holding my phone incorrectly to I accidentally pasted someone elses tweet into my own, despite the transphobia being sandwiched perfectly between the main part of her tweet and her Ickabog hashtag. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledores brother sends Dobby to rescue Harry and his friends from Bellatrix and the Malfoys. If you want to contrast two characters without having them interact, I recommend you read The Lord of the Ringsand pay attention this time. After the defeat of Voldemort, Hermione goes on to work for the Ministry of Magic, having abandoned her past abolitionism. Why is all well? Firstly, Rowling has a long history of liking transphobic tweets and following known TERFs. Also known as Snape, on the other hand, goes from Death Eater to triple agent, and through all of it, hes a child abuser. The woman who created Harry Potter treats trans people with nothing but cruelty and contempt, always insisting that the trans women have stolen something that is rightfully hers. Im not saying Skeeter was necessarily meant to be a trans woman, but its a distinct possibility. Blonde[6] Also, the novel shows a clear disdain for Rowlings own fans and anyone who aspires to be like her. Live your best life in peace and security. As a character, Harry Potter isnt very interesting. Like many other children at the time, I was swept up in a wondrous world where magical children attend a boarding school filled with secrets and adventure. [13] As in her unregistered Animagus beetle form, her antennas were curled to resemble her curls in her hair and she had marking around her antennas resembling her jewelled glasses. He doesnt redeem himself, but Rowling seems to think he has. Hermiones skin is actually described as brown at one point in the books: They were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescues Ice Cream Parlour Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him. Severus Snape, when all is said and done, is an even worse character than Sasuke from Naruto. 1951) was a British witch and journalist who specialised in writing poison-pen stories. She's exactly the sort of person that JK thinks of when she thinks of trans folk, manipulative, lying about who they are, and a danger to children. Let us not forget the time Harry threatened to strangle Dobby, who was a slave at the time. Theres no buildup and no payoff. Beetle (unregistered)[7] Rita Skeeter first met Harry Potter in 1994 when Hogwarts was housing the Triwizard Tournament, which Harry's name shot surprising from the Goblet of Fire. Female[5] Rita, in retaliation, then wrote a nasty story about the "devious Miss Granger" based on false rumours provided by Pansy Parkinson, making her out to be a plain but skilled witch who used Love Potions to satisfy her "taste for famous wizards". Rita Skeeter is a reporter for the Daily Prophet who is known for her rubbishy exposs of well-known wizards. She also took advantage of elderly Bathilda Bagshot's possibly fragile state of mind (even giving her Veritaserum)[27] in order to dig up dirt on the late Albus Dumbledore for her extremely critical biography. Both are characters whose arc supposedly ends in their redemption, but neither one is redeemed in any way. Its not just because she describes Hermione as prettier when she shrinks her front teeth and later when she straightens her hair, although theres definitely that. Again, saying your story is diverse doesnt make it so. [13], After the death of Albus Dumbledore, Rita made her own biography about him called the Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, which infuriated Hermione further.[27]. If you thought that was bad, Im sorry; it gets worse. Under the guise of interviewing all four champions, she confronted Harry Potter in a broom cupboard where she took his "um"s and "er"s and used them as material to make her own quotes where Harry had said them. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey, LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World, LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story, Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World, Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, International Confederation of Wizard's Conference, As Rita was not imprisoned in Azkaban by the, Newt Scamander refered to Rita as Miss Skeeter in, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, International Confederation of Wizards' Conference, Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob, Man or Monster? Harry Potter Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. To use it, Skeeter sucked on the end and then placed it upright on parchment.. One notable use of the Quick-Quotes Quill was when Skeeter interviewed Harry Potter after he had been chosen to compete in the 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament. In December of 2019, Rowling defended a known TERF called Maya Forstater after a long time quietly liking tweets from other TERFs. He then allows Professor Snape to bully Harry in a similar manner. Well, the epilogue sees Harry and his friends as theyre sending their own children off to Hogwarts. Rita's last defaming article stated that Harry was "disturbed and dangerous", and used comments from Draco and his fellow Slytherin best friends as its basis. But as hes now experienced some tiny fraction of the power that drove Gollum mad, Sam can no longer bring himself to kill Gollum. Thus, when Denethor arguably kills Thoden indirectly, his death is more impactful than any of Rowlings character deaths. Pretentiousness isnt even the biggest flaw in J.K. Rowlings writing. Does it matter what Wolf did? [7], Rita was an unregistered Animagus, wherein she took the form of a beetle and was able to slip around undetected and spy on unsuspecting company so she could obtain gossip for her articles which she later exaggerated and exploited to gain the attention of the masses. Dobby, for example, later appears to serve Harry and other slaveowners like a Confederates ideal former slave. Sirius Black is built up as an important character over three books. Readers shouldnt have to visit Pottermore to find out. In a previous article she once referred to Hermione Granger as being "stunningly pretty," only to then describe her in an article published just a few months later as "a plain, but ambitious girl." First, the whole thing is vague in all the wrong ways. [32], Rita standing with her infamous acid green quill. By the time Harry faces Voldemort for the last time, the boy wizard has become further purified as a christ figure. Rita Skeeter was born in England in 1951. This wouldnt necessarily be a huge problem, but the vast majority of the story revolves around him. If all this wont convince you of how ethically, morally, and structurally broken the Harry Potter series is, I dont know what will. It isnt hate to speak the truth. However, while Hermione thought this one year of abstinence would curb Skeeter's ill-habit of writing hurtful articles, she was wrong, as once the deal has reached its end, she swiftly and shamelessly returned to her old ways of writing sensationalist and dishonest journalism. Following Voldemort's death, Skeeter wrote a biography of Harry Potter that was known for being only about one-quarter true, as well as one about Severus Snape titled Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. Specifically, were going to examine the flaws in Rowlings stories that weve all been ignoring. After carrying Frodo up Mount Doom, Samwise Gamgee once again fights Gollum. Articles about his claims in the Daily Prophet portrayed him as either a delusional boy or an attention-seeking liar. If youre used to TERF rhetoric, it should come as no surprise that Maya Forstater wasnt fired for saying that Sex is real, whatever that means. And hes not alone; apart from Hermione, every character either owns slaves or aspires to own slaves. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, were introduced to the character of Dobby. Every Slytherin in the text of the books has sided with Voldemort, with Horace Slughorn as the only possible exception. Bellatrix Lestrange, despite a few passing mentions in the previous book, is another character whom Rowling throws into the story with almost no buildup. If sex isnt real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. They were joined by Harry after his date with Cho Chang. This resulted in Hermione receiving hate mail, but she eventually got her revenge and blackmailed Rita into refraining from writing for a year. Like Harry Potter (well, not Harry as he really is, but the things Rowling tells us about Harry), Samwise Gamgee is brave, loyal, and selfless. Severus Snape is a fan-favourite, and at first he does seem like the most interesting character in the books. You may be asking, what could possibly be worse than a white author signalling to her readers that her only abolitionist character is silly, nave, and wrong? Hermione blackmailed Rita by threatening to report her to the authorities as an illegal Animagus to the Ministry of Magic, which would have severe legal consequences. Theres nothing like defending someones favourite piece of media for getting them on your side. Hes a rich, famous superhuman in a world where only he matters, and this struck a chord with peopleespecially children. Let me say that again: Harry Potter is a slaveowner. Rita Skeeter as she appears in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Rita Skeeter as she appears in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Rita Skeeter as seen in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, Concept art of Rita Skeeter from Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, The Harry Potter Wiki has 92 images related to, *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Imagine if someone repeatedly called their cis co-worker by the wrong gender; theyd likely be fired for harassment. The idea that women like me, whove been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because theyre vulnerable in the same way as women ie, to male violence hate trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences is a nonsense. J.K. Rowling is a bigot, and her fame gives her a huge audience for her bigotry. I think explaining the popularity of the Harry Potter series is relatively simple. First of all, why has he not told anyone before? So yes, I am going to take Rowling at her word here and ignore the possibility that she might be lying like she usually is. While this is technically realistic, the fact is that realism does not matter or even exist in fiction. Instead, she said Dumbledore is gay in an interview, and then the author wrote a screenplay where Dumbledore is never shown to be gay. as a review. Marital status Throughout the story, Rowling ensures that Harry Potter and his friends neednt get their hands dirty. I realize now that the worst of Rowlings crimes against literature began in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and the books had some truly vile themes from Book One. For my part, Im ashamed to say I knew nothing. Lets examine why, in making Hermione black, J.K. Rowling has actually managed to make her theme of benevolent slavery in Harry Potter even worse. Sleep with any consenting adult wholl have you. Rita is a shape-shifter who uses her powers to violate the privacy of Rowling's cis heroes. On many other occasions, Hermione is described as white, very white, and looking like a panda, after being hit in the eye. That slaveowner goes on to save the world from evil, and the wizards continue to own slaves indefinitely, hidden from the knowledge of the non-slaveowning muggles. The information is out there, and shes still spewing hate. The most important of these is his lack of compassion for the corrupted hobbit Gollum. What follows is among the most vacuous and saccharine pieces of writing Ive ever read. The plot twists are all either completely obvious or feel like they come out of nowhere. Non-corporeal[8][10] Cite. Biographical information Harry looked down quickly at the quill. She's described as having a square jaw, wide shoulders, and large hands. All this suggests quite convincingly that Hermione is, in fact, white. Characters like Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom arent built up at all until its far too late to build anything up. Lord Voldemort[8] [25] It was, perhaps, her being present at the funeral that prompted her to write a biography of Albus Dumbledore, as within four weeks, she wrote a 900-page biography about him, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, which also included authentic old photos of the famed Hogwarts headmaster. This caused Hermione to receive a large amount of hate mail, at least two of which were intended to cause significant harm to her, and be treated coldly by Molly Weasley who otherwise was very nice to her. Troublingly, even when they conspire to cheat and steal from Griphook the goblin, our heroes are absolved when Griphook betrays them first. Skeeter makes her debut in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire during the Tri-Wizard Tournament and slanders Harry and others in some rather infuriating ways. She also wrote about Crane's failure to capture NOTME, which put an end to her investigations and might have even cost her her career at the Ministry. These stories tended to be based on false information and misreported interviews. When youre writing a story, try to ensure you actually bother to communicate whatevers in your head. For example, after Hermione Granger insulted her, Rita printed a completely false story about Hermione using love potions to toy with the hearts of both Harry Potter and Viktor Krum. Troubled Blood Is The Latest Element In Rowling's Long History Of Transphobia The author, who has drawn criticism for her depictions of people of color and Native American religion and culture, has a long history of transphobic Twitter behavior. There, she helps to pass laws that encourage wizards to treat their slaves better, at least until she shifts her attention towards helping muggle-born wizards. In Goblet of Fire, Hermione sees a house elf named Winky being abused. Dobby, we learn, was just a weirdo.. Reporter for the Daily Prophet, unregistered animagus, and Jo's transphobia in human (and illegal beetle) form. This can be seen in her shock-jock style of writing and purposeful misrepresentation of people's character in order to garner readership that prove to be consistently untrue and slanderous, with her interview with Harry about Voldemort's return being the only verified and totally accurate publication of hers to date. After defeating Voldemort, Harrys first thought concerning Kreacher doesnt pertain to whether or not the elf survived the battle (he doesnt appear again in the books). so in this video i'll. At some point after the first task, Albus Dumbledore had banned Rita from entering Hogwarts Castle, though. After doing almost nothing of note, Bellatrix is killed by Molly Weasley, whose son Fred was killed shortly before. owyn was Thodens niece, and Merry had formed a bond with the old man. Rita claimed the Prophet would not buy the story, reluctantly admitting that the Ministry of Magic was influencing it. Troubled Blood is a story about how abortion is murder, trans women are feigning femininity, and fourth-wave feminism exists to allow these men in dresses to sexually assault real women. This is what fuelled Gamergate, a hate campaign against the presence of women on the Internet. [15], Rita Skeeter giving a speech to the students of Hogwarts in the Great Hall. She wasn't . Unlike Rowlings big reveal concerning Dumbledore, Im actually inclined to believe the author on this point (or at least pretend to), if only to prove my own point. Supposedly this is because she wanted to contrast Mollys love for her husband and children with Bellatrixs sick love for Voldemort. The moment Rita Skeeter had spoken, the green quill had started to scribble, skidding across the parchment: Attractive blonde Rita Skeeter, forty-three, whose savage quill has punctured many inflated reputations--. Rita also wrote primarily for the Daily Prophet, though some of her articles have also appeared in other sources, such as Witch Weekly and The Quibbler. From their fealty ceremonies to their treatment of their respective heirs omer and Faramir, Tolkien draws our attention to how different Thoden and Denethor are from each other. Harry, Ron, and Hermione overheard her discussing the possibility of writing an embarrassing story about Ludo Bagman, head of Magical Games and Sports. She exploited a terrified 14-year-old Harry for column inches, she let her bigoted opinions damn the likes of poor Hagrid, and to top it off she wrote a 900-page tell-all hatchet job on Albus Dumbledore after he died. The Lord of the Rings Explained: What Moviegoers Missed. Rita Skeeter Character Analysis. I have included the original tweet, as Rowling later edited it to cover her tracks. Also, Molly rips off one of the Alien films. The wizards use the goblins concept of ownership to exploit them. But in Harry Potter, it is. north carolina marine fishes poster news Uncategorized rita skeeter transphobia. Theres a lot more to most of the characters and plot elements in the book, and even a twelve-hour masterpiece of a movie just cant compare. In the German audio books, Rita speaks with an American accent. Skeeter aspired to be a journalist and an author, and used this ability to spy and eavesdrop as a beetle for her articles. She publicly shamed Hermione for her relationship with Viktor Krum and her supposed relationship with Harry Potter. 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