• @DarkCloud
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    271 month ago

    Wait is Dobbi the real hero of Harry Potter?

    • @MsPenguinette
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      The house elves yearning for subjugation means that Dobbi is likely seen as a villain

      • @TheDoozer
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        31 month ago

        Yeah, I always have a tough time telling if Kreacher was an Uncle Ruckus or if Dobby was a traitor and deviant to his people.

        Like, we think of it as Dobby (or any House Elf) being released from slavery, but I wonder if it is more like being a Ronin.

        • @[email protected]
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          230 days ago

          It’s supposed to be a commentary on internalized racism and cultural inertia but, because Rowling is a bit of a goof, she made it sound like racial essentialism instead.

          Hermione and Dobby are not the weirdos, society is.

  • Miles O'Brien
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    It was forged by a being that was super old and didn’t have any death on the horizon like mortals have, and had cruelty, malice, and a will to dominate all life poured into it by another nearly-immortal being. It sat for two and a half thousand years doing diddly squat, passing out of all knowledge.

    My point is, it’s patient.

    What’s 500 years when compared with eternity?

    • WillBalls
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      151 month ago

      Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but it sounds like you’re saying Celebrimbor forged the one ring, and Sauron poured his malice into it. That’s incorrect: the one was Sauron’s creation, which he made using the knowledge he gained from assisting in the forging of the seven and the nine.

      • Miles O'Brien
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        131 month ago

        Brain fart! You are correct, I was thinking Celebrimbor forged the One Ring with Sauron.

        Guess that just mean it’s time to reread. Oh noooooooooo

    • pruwyben
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      Came here to ask about this, I should have figured someone would have already given an explanation in the comments.

      Not sure if it’s accurate but I assume the hobbits’ resistance to the ring’s power might have slowed this down too.

  • @Itdidnttrickledown
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    I blocked twatter at my router along with some other muskie shit.

    This must have been the wrong thread.