Harry Potter and the Forbidden Substance

MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 462 points –
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It certainly adds new context to the story of the "Philosophers Stone"... 😰

Still portrays minorities in a better light than the author and parts of the original books 🤷

Huh?

J.K Rowling is nobility in TERF circles and also, there's some racist and antisemitic portions of the original Harry Potter books.

Of all the things he could possess, he possessed crack. Like he could've possessed a police officer and robbed a jewelry store or something, but nope: you don't just smoke the crack, you become the crack.

I think he had a very different potions class experience than most.

"Lavate los manoes!"

My baby is learning to eat, his hands get filthy and I'm teaching him Spanish, so after meals it's time to chant the magic spell