[ SECRET POST #6958 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6958 ⌋

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01. [SPOILERS for Black Souls]
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02. [WARNING for discussion of abuse]




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03. [WARNING for discussion of JKR/HP]




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04. [WARNING for discussion of non-con]




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05. [WARNING for discussion of incest]




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06. [WARNING for discussion of racism]




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07. [WARNING for discussion of child abuse]




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08. [WARNING for discussion of sexual assault]

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[fscom]

03. [WARNING for discussion of JKR/HP]
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[fscom]

I was thinking about it on my bus to work and realized all over again that Voldemort is really dumb and doesn't actually make sense. Like he's supposed to be an evil Dark Lord, okay, and he had a Dark Army except that during GoF it actually turned out that his "dark army" was actually just a bunch of skinheads that he recruited out of his graduating class. How the hell did he manage to dominate the UK when he only had like 20 people at best? I know that he was supposed to have dark creatures like Dementors and Inferi and shit but we only glimpse them a few times during DH don't we?

It really just feels like Voldemort was the washed up leader of a defunct street gang whose members had since moved on and gone respectable. Yeah yeah magic tattoos that go ouchie when he touches them but I just can't bring myself to believe that one guy and a bunch of middle aged wizard managers oppressed an entire country for 8 months.

[(Anonymous)]

*gestures at the US*

[(Anonymous)]

lmao that was where my brain went too. one man and his handful of asslickers have terrorized a country much larger than England for 10 years, easily. fascists like Voldemort could've done a lot worse with a lot less in the 70s.

[(Anonymous)]

Sure, but that particular band of idiots were elected into power and currently control the largest and best-funded military in the world. The HP sitch is more like if the same thing was happening, but led by your actual high school bully and some reddit chuds.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I assume the bully and chuds in HP also controlled the economy, bureaucracy, press, and justice system. In addition to the military. So really not that different.

[(Anonymous)]

Damnit you stole my comment!

[(Anonymous)]

I think you can just add this onto the pile of stuff that just doesn't make sense or work together in HP because once you start picking at the narrative it all falls apart pretty swiftly. A strong foundation it does not have.

[(Anonymous)]

Never underestimate the number of folks who are either fine with other people suffering, THRILLED with other people suffering, or would rather bury their heads in the sand pretending other people aren't suffering. It's quite easy to take over a place if enough folks are checked out/in denial (and yes, I understand some folks have their reasons and they're often tied to survival). There's a reason there are so many quote variations of the idea that being neutral in situations where there is a clear oppressor only helps the oppressor.

[(Anonymous)]

i remember being shocked when gof came out because his circle of death eaters was less than 40 people total. but i think those were just the closest/"most loyal" people to him, and i assumed there were others who joined who were less official, or participated out of fear.

[(Anonymous)]

Also we find out in the next book that some couldn't make it due to imprisonment. Although the overall remaining number of inner-circle folks was low, yeah.

I agree that his initial campaign was likely one of fear, with people stepping in line to preserve themselves. We see some of that in the final book. Which is kinda the point. Toxic regimes have a handful of powerful or manipulated loyalists and then masses trying to survive within that system.

Unpopular opinion but I was bummed that FB flopped because I find Grindelwald's character and campaign more nuanced and historically relevant. I always wondered if Grindelwald was an orphan, too. Anyway we'll never know because of bad screenwriting, transphobia, and Johnny Depp.

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da

I reeeeeaaaally wanted to like FB because it had potential. Maybe if Rowling had put more energy into making that a good story instead of being an asshole to trans people, I wouldn't have lost interest long ago.

[feotakahari]

TBF a lot of his followers were rich dudes who could presumably bribe the cops. Plus he could use mind control.

[(Anonymous)]

You don't even need 20 people if you can pit a society against each other.

[(Anonymous)]

The UK magical population seems to be really small (~4000 according to someone who estimated it using Hogwarts attendance), so how many do you think you need? For scale, in actual governments, there are about 1500 members of parliament for the ~70 million people of the UK and 535 congressional members for the ~340 million people of the US.