every non-white/non-english character in harry potter was an exaggerated stereotype with no substance or purpose other than to be 'funny' or gross stereotypes: a thread

seamus finnigan, the only irish character, who happens to turn everything into an explosive.

kingsley shacklebolt. SHACKLE. BOLT.

jkr: remus lupin is called remus lupin because remus was a twin raised by wolves and lupin derives from the latin word lupus, which means wolf

cho: chang

(the only east asian character is coincidentally a really really clever and focused ravenclaw?)

the goblins of harry potter are described with racial and anti-semitic stereotypes that were literally n*zi propaganda greedy, controlling banks, 'hooked noses'. not to mention gringotts bank literally has a star of david, a jewish symbol, on the fucking floor

she compared lycanthropy to AIDS all whilst doing everything in her power to stop remus from being seen as gay - even lumping him with the only other notably queer character (tonks).

dean thomas' father walked out on him when he was a young boy

padma and parvati were given cheap and borderline disrespectful versions of traditional indian dresses for comedic value and are lazily named after the same indian-american author and actress and

rita skeeter is often perceived as a trans woman because of this:
https://twitter.com/ineslime/status/1280193821297438720?s=21 https://twitter.com/ineslime/status/1280193821297438720

https://twitter.com/_docstrange/status/1280251287498452992?s=21 https://twitter.com/_docstrange/status/1280251287498452992

feel free to add all your own criticisms and remember that jkr is a piece of shit! goodnight i'm not arguing with u

another reason to hate this woman: she shares a pen name convenient with a psychiatrist who's infamous for quote unquote "frying gay people's brains"

MAJOR TW // HOMOPHOBIA, CONVERSION THERAPY, ASSAULT

since people don't understand why seamus bl*wing shite up is bad

most of y'all saying "x y and z didn't happen in the books!" are acting like as soon as it became movies jkr had no say or no idea what was happening. she supervised most of that shit because it was her work. are you stupid?