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Originally Posted by Marsh.
What's laughably absurd about the Nagini twist? Whether she did think of it 20 years ago or not it's hardly like saying Harry was a young version of Dumbledore all along and radically changes the entire plot. In fact, it changes very little of the plot. Or is it laughably absurd because it's a woman becoming a snake? In which case.... erm, it's Harry Potter. Professor McGonagall turns into a cat. Fantasy fiction tends to be outlandish.  |
It's absurd because it sounds like a parody of a Rowling retcon more than anything, and once again it just reeks of her casting a person of color into a largely meaningless role just so she can say there's representation. Like, I think the idea that "An Asian woman is a submissive servant to a supervillain, THAT'S RACIST," whether you think it's right or wrong, it's a gross oversimplification of what the real issue is with Rowling's new age antics. It's more that she's acting like the entire culture of the world can bend itself to her storytelling needs. And, like, I'm saying this as someone who is still a fan of the Potterverse when all is said and done, but it's getting to the point now where I have to treat it with the same sort of mockery and irony that's usually reserved for bull**** like Twilight.