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⌈ Secret Post #7019 ⌋

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[Heated Rivalry (episode 6)]



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Fanfic research question, again

[(Anonymous)]

For anyone who knows about the London, England legal system.
I get that the English legal system is in two parts, one type of lawyer represents you to the cops and another type in court. Solicitors and Barristers.

My question is could a pair of brothers set themselves up as a legal firm, with the younger being a criminal solicitor and the elder being a criminal barrister, and just pass cases between themselves? Or is that a conflict of interest?

Anybody here know anything about it?

Re: Fanfic research question, again

[(Anonymous)]

From what I'm reading, it is technically legal but would be a huge conflict of interest that would likely cause censure by the court and the possible dismissal of cases. Also, most legal firms would not be a prosecuting and defending branch unless they were huge.

Re: Fanfic research question, again

[(Anonymous)]

They technically could, but I don't really get why they would. Technically, all barristers are solo practitioners (even if they share chambers with other barristers) and solicitors can be solo, in partnerships, own or work for a firm.

Negatives to Positives

[(Anonymous)]

Clunky title so I shall try to explain:
I am an intensely curious person. I am just always asking how and why and striving to understand things that confuse me or that is new information to me. I always thought this was a sign of my low education or low intelligence (I have low self esteem when it comes to those aspects), but I saw a discussion online where people were saying it was a really attractive quality and was a sure sign of an intelligent mind. It's just blown my mind and started to flip how I think about that aspect of myself.

Have you ever encountered such a thing of your own? Where something about yourself you always viewed as negative or a bother turned out to be seen by others as attractive or a positive?

Re: Negatives to Positives

[(Anonymous)]

Reminds me of this scene from Ted Lasso. :D https://youtu.be/oZ4YSXv6Xkg?si=knv5iiLr4kcx8yEH

Re: Negatives to Positives

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, no...I always highly estimate the intelligence of curious people.

In addition, studies have shown that if you want to raise kids who do better academically, you should explain the "why" of things (like don't tell them "don't do xyz" but explain the consequences, and encourage curiosity and questions in general.

Hmm. I guess a thing about me is that I walk away from sketchy people, and I kind of thought that was kind of distant or intolerant of me, but the honest assessment is that I don't put up with poor behavior or drama.

Re: Negatives to Positives

[iff_and_xor]

Oh, man, I relate to a lot of that.

My first instinct is that other people must know better and be more knowledgeable because they’re so confident and don’t have the same endless stream of questions. I’m still trying to learn that much of the time, they don’t know any more, they’re just less aware of or less concerned about how much they don’t know.

Re: Negatives to Positives

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a highly anxious person so I tend to overthink and try to plan for unforeseen problems. For example, when traveling I've got extra clothing (and a change of clothes in my carry-on in case my checked in luggage gets lost), all the OTC meds, extra pads/tampons, my documents are quadruple-checked, hours of research on hotels done weeks beforehand and reservations made and confirmed, back-up plans for my back-up plans, emergency contact info written on paper in case I lose my phone, photocopies of my passport stored somewhere different than my passport, etc. etc.

It's the product of an over-anxious, control freak brain but to my travel partners I look like a super competent boy scout.

Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

The trailer for the HBO Harry Potter series is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIu4sFKGi6E

Snape is played by a Black man in this one. People are pointing out that it's kinda problematic considering the way James etc bullied him, which I understand and agree with, but I'm also seeing comments like

"This. If there was any character that had to be white (e.g. being white was crucial to his character), it’s Snape. They chose the worst possible character to make Black "

idgi? Why does Snape HAVE TO be white? I am not understanding because it seemed like the wizard gene (or whatever) occurred in people of all races so I'm not seeing a connection w/ Snape having to be white

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

Snape as is comes with enough baggage to put Samsonite out of business, he did not need to be Black.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

This might be a really ignorant question, but does being black have the same bullying stereotype and history and racism in the UK as it does in the US?

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

Way to stab a transwoman in the heart, thanks nonny.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

they should have made sirius or lupin black. or even dumbledore lol. why snape?? so weird and a really poor choice imo

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

Unless they specifically said being white was crucial to his character, I think you’re missing the point even though you recognized it. It isn’t crucial to his character. But it’s a bad look for the producers to choose to make Snape black.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

Watching that was so weird. Familiar and yet different in some ways. Wow. I feel like the Discourse around this is going to be pretty insufferable. I honestly have no interest in watching this. Also I'm sorry and no offense but the Hagrid from the original movies was PERFECT and this new guy ain't it at all.

Making Snape Black DEFINITELY seems like a very strange choice. The character really already has enough going on that I don't see why they needed to add another layer by making him Black. Maybe it will be handled well but tbf I doubt it.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

The background that was set up for him (very poor boy from a working-class in a failing northern industrial town in the 1960s, consistently bullied on that basis) is exceedingly unlikely to be Black. If he had been, he'd have a brand new set of issues to go with all his other issues. But they might have just updated the whole thing to the present day for all I know.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

This is gonna be a TRAIN WRECK. Seriously. And Black Snape will definitely be a big reason why. Endless comparisons with the previous movies/actors, complaints of JKR, Black Snape, alllll the choices are going to be scrutinized to death.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

It's a fraught, narratively confusing choice to make the character who became embittered and joined a bloodline-based hategroup a black character, amidst a cast largely full of white characters.

From what I recall of canon, Voldemort's blood-purity agenda is never show to have any regard for race in the traditional human sense of the word, so from a Watsonist perspective, Snape being black and also a one-time Death Eater is not necessarily narratively problematic or even meaningful. But from a Doylist perspective, it's a really weird and confusing choice, IMO, because of the real-world things that Voldemort and the Death Eaters are analogous with, and the relationship that those things have with race and blackness.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think he has to be white but making him of all characters black was a bad choice, particularly when the show gets to the flashbacks (a bunch of white kids bully a black kid and then the black kid is the one who says a racial slur, really great optics there guys).

Anyway my issue with the casting is less that he's black and more that he's way too hot, even in the full costume shot that's been released. Surely they could have found some striking character actor who would grease up better.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

It sounds like you're taking a strictly in-universe (Watsonian) approach to arguments that are largely meta (Doylist). In real life, there is no reason a person like Snape couldn't be any race. Real people are human beings, not characters who need to be good or bad representation. Other people are just saying as a writing choice it looks bad to make Snape of all characters Black. People will have complaints no matter what, but it could possibly have lessened the complaints if more racial diversity was added to the main cast overall.

But then people would say that's not realistic for the UK because the US is the only place in the world where there's more than one POC in the room at any given time and making a show set in the UK like that is forcing US imperialism on the poor oppressed British.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean it is a WILD choice to make given... everything. But then, I am free from caring about anything hp-related and was never going to watch it. The only things I've heard have been about how either problematic or disappointing the creative choices have been.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think that being white is crucial to his character either, I dunno man.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

Setting all the baggage with the author aside...

...this doesn't even look, I don't know, I just don't see anything that would draw me in to even watch it or care about it. It doesn't look bad, it just looks like the same thing redone. Why would I want to watch this when I could rewatch the original movies?

I guess it might be worth it if you're really into the stories and want more of the books but meh. To me, it's just meh. This is an easy pass, not even tempting to watch. I think the original movies stand on their own, I don't have any want for more.

Re: Snape HAS TO be white?

[(Anonymous)]

Well his only canon character has straight, greasy, black hair, and a large hooked nose, right? Which aren't exactly common traits in most black people I think, so idk.