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fantastic beasts and where to find them
You know what story I’d like to see from the Harry Potter universe? A story where the Wizarding World and the non-magic world actually finally collide and work together and it’s… fine. Like, not perfect, obviously, but better than before because christ look at how much each world is keeping from each other! Well-trained magic-users could well be able to end diseases of the non-magic world; non-magic scientists could work out a way to banish Dementors, to restore souls even – science can already quite literally bring people back from the dead –
Natural disasters? Powerful magic users could potentially divert hurricanes and earthquakes, or at least minimize their damage. Your fantastic beasts have escaped? Well, we can use these satellites to pinpoint and track their locations. You wanna explore space, visit Mars maybe? The combination of cutting-edge science and cutting-edge magic can help with that. There’s so much potential there!
(There would be horrible things as well of course. A magic user gone rogue would probably be able to do a lot more damage than a non-magic user, for example. Things would probably be really tricky and terrible in the early days of this alliance. But ultimately, I really do think the positive would outweigh the negative.)
I don’t think this is a story JKR is ever going to write. I’d like to write it.
Get to know me meme → Favorite fantastic beasts: Pickett the Bowtruckle
“See, I wouldn’t have let him keep you, Pickett. Pick, I would rather chop off my hand than get rid of you… After everything you have done for me, now come on. Pick, we’ve talked about sulking before, haven’t we. Pickett come on, give me a smile.”
Why ‘Fantastic Beasts’ makes no sense as a political allegory
Why ‘Fantastic Beasts’ makes no sense as a political allegory
In terms of race and gender prejudice, the American wizarding world is more progressive than no-maj society. The MACUSA president is a black woman, there’s a woman of color on the Auror team, and Tina used to be an Auror.
Yet this all takes place within living memory of slavery, during a time of massive social inequality in the no-maj world. It makes you wonder: What about magical children born to no-maj families? The culture shock must be tremendous.
In no-maj society, women and people of color were second-class citizens in 1926. Meanwhile in the magical world, sexism and racism appear to be minor issues, but you’re forbidden from befriending any no-majs—a difficult feat for any muggleborns. It’s almost impossible to imagine how this works from a historical perspective.
What about magical kids who were born into slavery? Were they whisked off to Ilvermorny, the American Hogwarts, while their friends and family remained enslaved? Once they grew up in the magical world, were they expected to ignore the plight of people like themselves, and follow the MACUSA’s policy of non-interference in the no-maj world? In the context of a character like MACUSA president Seraphina Picquery, this raises a lot of troubling questions, none of which are even hinted at in the movie.
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Saw Fantastic Beasts for freesies
interesting. hopefully the only movie any of us will see in which Eddie Redmayne seduces a magical rhino to the sound of sweet romantic music
I wish the franchise would acknowledge more what a hellish dystopia the Wizarding World is
pleased to see an actress of colour in what’s going to be a pivotal role
Not in the least bit pleased to see Johnny Depp
IMPORTANT EDIT: also FRIGGING DELIGHTED to see Gemma Chan, even with one line
They better expand her part and make it worthy of her talent
Saw Fantastic Beasts for freesies
interesting. hopefully the only movie any of us will see in which Eddie Redmayne seduces a magical rhino to the sound of sweet romantic music
I wish the franchise would acknowledge more what a hellish dystopia the Wizarding World is
pleased to see an actress of colour in what’s going to be a pivotal role
Not in the least bit pleased to see Johnny Depp
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