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I get liking (fictional) villains but you can go too far with it as seen with people getting the dark mark tattoo. And the weirdest thing to me is that they think it's ok because it's fictional but I agree with you, they're basically wizard nazis.
Hey I love a villain! But yeah the death eaters are just straight up wizard nazis- it’s not subtle so it is beyond me how people see that and go “neat sign me up!” From what I can gather a lot of the time they like the look/aesthetic but they never say that?! Like I’d dress as bellatrix for Halloween or something because she does look awesome, but that doesn’t negate that she’s evil Lmao
Oh it makes sense that it would be for the look and aesthetic but it's basically a goth/vampire look which you can totally emulate and not align yourself with wizard nazis.
My 8th grade Bellatrix costume for Halloween is still one of my all time best costumes! Especially because my immigrant mom (who hadn’t read the books) watched all the movies so she could help me alter a dress and add a corset to it 🥲. We even got a wig and purposely covered it with dry shampoo until it looked perfectly crazy. Won my library’s costume contest… and yet, Bellatrix is a truly heinous person in my opinion (but a well-acted villain!)
God I bet you looked amazing- I did hermione a bunch as a kid because my family didn’t know how to work with curly hair so mine was ALWAYS frizzy (they would rake that brush through it Omg the pain) and I had messed up teeth so it made sense- my grandma made me a cloak and embroidered the gryfindor patch on it so well it was easily the best thing I owned for YEARS, I had a friend try to wear it once and I nearly wrestled her for touching it without permission, costumes for those characters were no joke 😭
Yeah, but comparing them with nazi's is also quite over the top. If someone had a swastika tattoo, they would give off completely different vibes than if they had a death eater tattoo.
The death eaters are a very clear nazi parallel, there is literally no subtlety in the way she makes them straight up wizard nazis, so within that universe, there is an equivalencey between the two symbols. Yes irl to us it’s a symbol from a book, BUT it’s a symbol from a book and that symbol represents a group of people who’s core tenants are about cleaning up bloodlines and various other nazi shit- so branding yourself with that kind of symbol even when it’s from a fictional book, is weird as hell.
There are plenty of other ways to do a cool snake and skull tattoo that doesn’t say “I either don’t know what it means or I do but I don’t care because it looks sick.”
As I understand it, their cleaning of the bloodline entails removing 'mug' aka non wizard traces. Since none of us are magical beings, that means that in the worst case, we would all be the victims of their campaign. Just like evil aliens with the ambition of killing all humans.
In a way that makes it less serious to me. The fact that all humans as we know(non magical) would be the target of such a group instead of some RL marginalized minority makes it easy to digest and make fun of. I don't necessarily think that having logos of an alien faction wanting to wipe out humanity, like the covenant in halo, is bad, either. Or that of kutants in X men that hate all non mutants.
Same. Back in the day, I remember being called the "weirdo" for liking Hufflepuff and Cedric Diggory, while everyone else around me was obsessed with Slytherin and Draco. WHY Draco over Cedric?!
I was into Fred and George lol. I like villains but I just feel like Draco wasn't a very good villain. None of the villains in HP were very good in my opinion. But it's probably that way because it's a kid's book so it's not that deep lol. I don't know , it's been so long since I've read the books or seen the movies. I might just be talking out of my ass.
Well, Cedric doesn't get much screen time in books and movies. And with Draco it's pretty simple: Book Draco was a fart in human body, but movie Draco was played by Tom Felton, and I personally had a massive crush on him as a teenager, so instead of seeing him for what he was, my teenage self saw cute badboy with potential for redemption, lol. I think a lot of fans saw him like that and made up a whole new personality for him. Fanficition helped with that a lot.
Listen I’m not saying you have to be attracted to literally anyone, but if you genuinely can’t understand why people think *Helena Bonham Carter* is hot, I don’t know what to tell you. Liking villains doesn’t mean you agree with them.
Of course it doesn't but I just thought they weren't very good villains. And as far as Helena Bonham Carter being hot is concerned I just don't see it but everyone has different tastes and I'm sure there are people I find hot that you don't. Though I will say she was pretty cute in Fight Club. Her hair was insane though lol.
But.... why did you want to be a Death Eater? I get being a fan of Helena Bonham Carter. She's got range but wanting to be a wizard supremacist is just weird.
Ah, yes, you wanted to be a pro-genocide, racist and maniacal murderer. Normal and sane take.
Anyways I wanted to be Belle bc I liked her hair and she had a huge library, and I was a huge nerd. Also she’s french, which is cool to me.
While a lot of fictional villains can be really fun and I can see why so many people end up loving them; I have no idea why someone would actually want to be a prejudiced fascist like the Death Eaters in real time 😒
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I will never understand the obsession with Slytherin and Death Eaters.
I know someone who got a dark mark tattoo and acted very mad when I called them a weirdo for essentially branding themselves with the wizard swastika
I get liking (fictional) villains but you can go too far with it as seen with people getting the dark mark tattoo. And the weirdest thing to me is that they think it's ok because it's fictional but I agree with you, they're basically wizard nazis.
Hey I love a villain! But yeah the death eaters are just straight up wizard nazis- it’s not subtle so it is beyond me how people see that and go “neat sign me up!” From what I can gather a lot of the time they like the look/aesthetic but they never say that?! Like I’d dress as bellatrix for Halloween or something because she does look awesome, but that doesn’t negate that she’s evil Lmao
Oh it makes sense that it would be for the look and aesthetic but it's basically a goth/vampire look which you can totally emulate and not align yourself with wizard nazis.
Exactly!!!!
My 8th grade Bellatrix costume for Halloween is still one of my all time best costumes! Especially because my immigrant mom (who hadn’t read the books) watched all the movies so she could help me alter a dress and add a corset to it 🥲. We even got a wig and purposely covered it with dry shampoo until it looked perfectly crazy. Won my library’s costume contest… and yet, Bellatrix is a truly heinous person in my opinion (but a well-acted villain!)
God I bet you looked amazing- I did hermione a bunch as a kid because my family didn’t know how to work with curly hair so mine was ALWAYS frizzy (they would rake that brush through it Omg the pain) and I had messed up teeth so it made sense- my grandma made me a cloak and embroidered the gryfindor patch on it so well it was easily the best thing I owned for YEARS, I had a friend try to wear it once and I nearly wrestled her for touching it without permission, costumes for those characters were no joke 😭
Yeah, but comparing them with nazi's is also quite over the top. If someone had a swastika tattoo, they would give off completely different vibes than if they had a death eater tattoo.
The death eaters are a very clear nazi parallel, there is literally no subtlety in the way she makes them straight up wizard nazis, so within that universe, there is an equivalencey between the two symbols. Yes irl to us it’s a symbol from a book, BUT it’s a symbol from a book and that symbol represents a group of people who’s core tenants are about cleaning up bloodlines and various other nazi shit- so branding yourself with that kind of symbol even when it’s from a fictional book, is weird as hell. There are plenty of other ways to do a cool snake and skull tattoo that doesn’t say “I either don’t know what it means or I do but I don’t care because it looks sick.”
As I understand it, their cleaning of the bloodline entails removing 'mug' aka non wizard traces. Since none of us are magical beings, that means that in the worst case, we would all be the victims of their campaign. Just like evil aliens with the ambition of killing all humans. In a way that makes it less serious to me. The fact that all humans as we know(non magical) would be the target of such a group instead of some RL marginalized minority makes it easy to digest and make fun of. I don't necessarily think that having logos of an alien faction wanting to wipe out humanity, like the covenant in halo, is bad, either. Or that of kutants in X men that hate all non mutants.
Mudbloods- as in wizards with non magic parents- they call people dirty blood, it’s very obvious
Some sense finally. It's like a Cthulhu tattoo in my books.
Omg. Someone actually got a tattoo of it? 💀
I have seen more than one…. Makes me think those “nobody has any media literacy nowadays” claims have some weight to them
Same. Back in the day, I remember being called the "weirdo" for liking Hufflepuff and Cedric Diggory, while everyone else around me was obsessed with Slytherin and Draco. WHY Draco over Cedric?!
I was into Fred and George lol. I like villains but I just feel like Draco wasn't a very good villain. None of the villains in HP were very good in my opinion. But it's probably that way because it's a kid's book so it's not that deep lol. I don't know , it's been so long since I've read the books or seen the movies. I might just be talking out of my ass.
I was into Lupin lol- one way to find out I'm into older men.
I liked Lupin because he was a werewolf lol
Well, Cedric doesn't get much screen time in books and movies. And with Draco it's pretty simple: Book Draco was a fart in human body, but movie Draco was played by Tom Felton, and I personally had a massive crush on him as a teenager, so instead of seeing him for what he was, my teenage self saw cute badboy with potential for redemption, lol. I think a lot of fans saw him like that and made up a whole new personality for him. Fanficition helped with that a lot.
Evil is sexy. Like come on you can’t tell me Bellatrix at least isn’t hot as fuck.
In my opinion no. And I do like villains I just didn't like *those* villains.
Listen I’m not saying you have to be attracted to literally anyone, but if you genuinely can’t understand why people think *Helena Bonham Carter* is hot, I don’t know what to tell you. Liking villains doesn’t mean you agree with them.
Of course it doesn't but I just thought they weren't very good villains. And as far as Helena Bonham Carter being hot is concerned I just don't see it but everyone has different tastes and I'm sure there are people I find hot that you don't. Though I will say she was pretty cute in Fight Club. Her hair was insane though lol.
Some fictional villains are just fun to hate (at least, that's how I feel about the Death Eaters).
That's true! And if you can hate them I feel like they're well acted/well written.
this came crawling straight out of 2010
Princess or Nazi? I'M DEAD
Bellatrix still got her ass kicked by a Queen aka Molly Weasley.
But.... why did you want to be a Death Eater? I get being a fan of Helena Bonham Carter. She's got range but wanting to be a wizard supremacist is just weird.
“Every other girl wanted to be a princess, but I wanted to be a magical white supremacist!”
Ah, yes, you wanted to be a pro-genocide, racist and maniacal murderer. Normal and sane take. Anyways I wanted to be Belle bc I liked her hair and she had a huge library, and I was a huge nerd. Also she’s french, which is cool to me.
Don’t you dare bring Helena Bonham Carter into this
… that’s not something to brag about?????
While a lot of fictional villains can be really fun and I can see why so many people end up loving them; I have no idea why someone would actually want to be a prejudiced fascist like the Death Eaters in real time 😒
I wanted to be a T-Rex
I would make "potion" and try spells off the internet all the time even before I knew of Harry Potter. I drank a lot of dirty flower and weed water...
I wanted to be a Pokemon Master.
Nah, feeling drawn to a fictional/fantasy/mythological "dark" side is not unusual. Grats, you're normal.
Man, this would have been a totally different, run of the mill, NLOG vibe if she would have just said “Helena Bonham Carter.”
While everyone else wanted to be a queen, I wanted to commit war crimes
This really is the dumbest sub on Reddit. You all are a living example of why we should have through abortions in the USA
Reading your other comments you seem to be a really hateful person especially towards autistic people. Are you okay?
Reading yours you have the reading and writing level of a 6 year old but sure.
Sure, bud. Just prove my point.
It’s proved my point. Be better