[ SECRET POST #7042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7042 ⌋

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01. [WARNING for discussion of JKR/transphobia]




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02. [WARNING for discussion of ableism]




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03. [WARNING for discussion of JKR/transphobia]




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04. [WARNING for discussion of dub/non-con]




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06. [WARNING for discussion of pedophilia/CSA]





















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Comments

same anon

[(Anonymous)]

Another thing - they fit into a trope I've seen fairly often in YA fiction, though I don't know if it has a name: the unhappy/abused/bullied kid who finds out that they belong somewhere else, where they can fit in, have status, and often magical powers. And the things that may have been detrimental in the regular world are normal or advantageous.

Harry is abused by the Dursleys. He has no friends. He's small and thin, which makes him an easy bulling target for bigger kids. The Dursleys aren't poor, but they aren't spending any money on him so he may as well be. And weird stuff keeps happening that gets him in trouble.

Then he finds out he's a wizard and going to wizard school. All the weird things that happened around him were just proof of his magical abilities. He's taken away from his abusive family. He finds out he inherited a fortune in wizard money. He can make friends at Hogwarts (even if there are still bullies). And being small and thin is an advantage in the most important position in the most popular wizarding sport.

This one is also featured in Percy Jackson - regular poor, bullied, dyslexic kid finds out he's a half-God and gets to join other kids like him at camp. The dyslexia is a sign that he was meant to read Greek instead of English. He makes friends and goes on adventures.

The Princess Diaries was a milder version - ordinary, not too popular girl finds out she's actually the princess of a foreign country.