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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2023, 9:38 pm
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Replies: 70
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| I've been asking myself, why does it bother me what these strangers think about these stories? For one thing, I think my brain just needs something to "gnaw on," so to speak, during my long hours at my retail job and these internet arguments are something it can use for that, without takin... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How Oblivious Are You? |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2023, 9:24 pm
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| I read Unmasking Autism a few weeks ago and yet I'm already oblivious to what I'd just read, including the following quote (see what I did there? I tied this into the title of the thread. boom. :P ) “Interestingly, adults are only shamed for having an obsessive interest if that interest is a bit to... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2023, 5:06 am
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| Over a decade ago, I briefly had a YouTube review show covering animated movies, where my catch-phrase was, "What do you mean it's just an animated movie?" This was in response to the, at the time, widespread idea that entertainment was a disposable distraction and that the audience devot... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2023, 8:07 pm
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| There are some people who are baffled that "A New Hope" isn't about Luke being "realistically" depressed over the deaths of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru and Leia being depressed over the destruction of Alderaan. Personally, I interpreted that as Luke going through an extremely traum... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 10:40 pm
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| It's funny that people seemed to hate Ahsoka Tano when the movie came out, when she was a perky, optimistic character (I didn't really care for her either, comparing her to a Disney Channel sitcom star) and now that she's brooding and disillusioned, people seem to love her. Do you mean the Ashoka s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 9:40 pm
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| The Star wars fandom was so disappointed with Disney's sequel trilogy (The Rey/Kylo series) that they naturally became nostalgic for Jar Jar and the prequels. A lot of kids who grew up with the prequels were actually fond of Jar Jar's character and since they now represent the 20-40 yr old base of ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 4:41 pm
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| . . . since the revelation of what happened to Jar Jar's voice actor Ahmed Best after the negative reception to the character, in some circles, it's now considered offensive to NOT like Jar Jar! Ahmed Best is alive and well, and sometimes works as an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He ha... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2023, 4:54 am
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Replies: 70
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| To take this a bit off topic briefly, sometimes I wonder about the morality and ethical systems in the world of Harry Potter. It's somewhat amusing to me that man-eating cabbages, alongside other deadly plants and transfiguring enemies into explosives are acceptable in Hogwarts Legacy... yet you ca... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: "Luxury beliefs" |
| vividgroovy |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2023, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 25
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| So basically, the poor would be better off if they were pressured into conforming to traditional, conservative social norms? No, thank you. It does sound like a conservative version of the term "privilege," (mentioned here as a "luxury belief") which I'm wary of as well, though p... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Toxic Positivity- "One Book Destroyed Western Civilization" |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2023, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 62
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| How about a passage like this: ...When you start talking about climate change and your friend changes the subject, they're doing the same thing. They're indulging the superstition that thinking negative thoughts can make bad things happen. It's better to ignore them. The author demands their friend... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Toxic Positivity- "One Book Destroyed Western Civilization" |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2023, 10:12 am
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| However, I've also had my run-ins with "toxic positivity." During my struggle to find employment in my 20s, I was told that it was all my fault nobody would hire me because prospective employers could "sense that you don't really want the job." One person literally said this to ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Toxic Positivity- "One Book Destroyed Western Civilization" |
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Posted: 08 Oct 2023, 1:17 am
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| Personally, I can't imagine picking up a book that un-ironically calls itself "The Secret." That's a huge "SCAM" red flag to me. I do try to remind myself to think of positive things in my life when my anxiety gets me down. However, I've also had my run-ins with "toxic posit... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 03 Oct 2023, 3:18 pm
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Replies: 70
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| The other thing I find interesting is that Rowling's very first piece of "grown up" fiction after writing "Harry Potter" was "The Casual Vacancy," which is openly about politics. I was rather unfair to this book when I tried to read it. I got one chapter in and my brain... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2023, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 70
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| It's all a ripoff, anyway: It's just the Hero's Journey, all stories are Star Wars, some stories just do a better job of hiding it (JKR is not exactly known for her subtlety). The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is a great example of a Hero's Journey that doesn't feel like a Star Wars knockoff, partially... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2023, 12:57 am
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Replies: 70
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| The main villain is an inbred, white "pureblood" supremacist fascist. To the point that with my cultural and historical background, I interpreted it as a poor and unrealistic fantasy based on Hitler and his followers. In a mainstream work of fiction, basing your villain on Hitler is a pre... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Harry Potter and the Biased Misinterpretation of Fiction |
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Posted: 01 Oct 2023, 5:08 pm
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Replies: 70
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| Here, okay? https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=416533 And let's leave this thread for discussing literature. So I had naïvely thought that was part of the original premise of the thread, after all, isn't that the usual motivation for throwing shade at Rowling? Please accept my apology! ... |
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