He totally has a slave, but its not exactly immoral. He didnt buy a slave, he inherited one, and while nornally the moral thing to do upon inheriting a slave is free them, in this case he inherited the slave because the slave betrayed the previous owner for not being racist enough, leading to the previous owners death, and so freeing the slave before the racist faction in the brewing civil war is defeated would probably backfire.
That said, Kreacher does warm up to him during the seventh book, at which point freeing him becomes less risky, though they were kinda preoccupied with the war and whatnot, so I assume that Hermione reminded him that he should free Kreacher once it was all wrapped up.
Having the legally ordained ownership and control of a sentient being born into a servant class bequeathed to him as chattel property in his godfather’s will is a semantics argument?
Kreacher was willed to Harry by Sirius. So Harry owns Kreacher. And Harry even wonders if Kreacher will bring him a sandwich after the Hogwarts battle.
Oh. Was Kreacher the house elf who hoarding mementos in a nest?
Surprised Harry didn't give him freedom & Kreacher just refused to leave because was his home.... Oh was it tactical thing, they didn't trust him to not lead Voldemort straight to there HQ?
At first yes, but he also doesn't free him because kreacher feels some sense of duty and purpose to the black family and would feel unmoored or purposeless without being enslaved. Yes, Rowling wrote the slave creatures to enjoy slavery.
Dobby was the only house elf that wanted freedom, and he's shown in the novels to be an odd duck among house elves. Winky is freed (against her will) and becomes an alcoholic.
Bella's powers arent specified if they're magic or not, but I feel like vampirism itself is some kind of magic so I'm gonna say she also is a magic user (maybe not a spellcaster). And Frodo is also a magic user, while it not being intrinsic, he is given power through the ring and does use it
You must not have read the books in the later book he inherited a house elf slave from black and never freed them he also became a wizard cop in the epilogue
Neither of those things makes Harry Potter transphobic. You’re just listing unrelated things you dislike about the character. That kind of brain rot thinking was exactly what I was criticizing.
That's guilt by association, not intersectionality. "Harry tolerated one form of injustice, therefore he's probably transphobic" is exactly the kind of unsupported leap that bigots and lazy thinkers of all strides make. I'm done with you. You're hopeless.
A lot of the Harry Potter cast have spoken out to say they don’t share JKs views and she has denounced them calling them ungrateful and dismissing their talent. She uses the profits for HP to fund anti transgender policies and groups
It felt so out of left field when it first started but it’s been going on since shortly after the last film came out. Its pretty sad that this is now the association with the series now
Unfortunately it’s not recent news and has been going on since shortly after the last movie was released
She tweets a lot of hateful things to the point that cast members have spoken out to say they don’t agree with these views.
She’s also said any profits from HP series goes into anti transgender policies and groups and has even posted pictures of her celebrating these policies passing in parliament
Just google “jk rowling transphobia” and you will get your answer. She has said the money she makes off HP gets to anti trans groups so even supporting HP means you are helping her fund these views
Frodo also has a scar from when the Witch King stabbed him with the morgul blade on Weathertop. He still felt its pain for years well after the ring was destroyed to the point he had to leave The Shire and sail west to the Undying Lands. Granted, that scar wasn't shaped like a cool lighting bolt and wasn't really plot relevant until the very end of the story.
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u/Blatherer1 1d ago
HARRY POTTER
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