Speaking for myself, this quickly robbed me of my ability to care about what befell the surviving characters at the end. This can be seen in her shock-jock style of writing and purposeful misrepresentation of people's character in order to garner readership that prove to be consistently untrue and slanderous, with her interview with Harry about Voldemort's return being the only verified and totally accurate publication of hers to date. In this series of short articles, I talk about the various ways Tolkiens books differ from the film adaptations. Every Slytherin in the text of the books has sided with Voldemort, with Horace Slughorn as the only possible exception. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real? I think explaining the popularity of the Harry Potter series is relatively simple. Harry Potter owns a slave. He then allows Professor Snape to bully Harry in a similar manner. Molly has no connection to Bellatrix, and saying in an interview that theyre foils of one another doesnt change that. Harry and his friends grow more mature as the series progresses. Theres no buildup and no payoff. Sasuke just sort of gives up on his evil plans, hinting that he might turn evil again, but whatever. As it was Rita who laid the foundation for the Prophet's defamation of Harry, with her initial stories about him, Hermione wanted her to also be the one to set the record straight. However, she could also be very vindictive and spiteful towards those she disliked. Just as they teleport out of Malfoy Manor, Bellatrix throws a knife that mortally wounds Dobby. Rita Skeeter first met Harry Potter in 1994 when Hogwarts was housing the Triwizard Tournament, which Harry's name shot surprising from the Goblet of Fire. However, if we were to accept that Hermione is undeniably black, then glorifying slavery would become more repugnant, not less. Remember that for later. But unlike Harry, Samwise has a number of character flaws that make him an interesting protagonist. Despite her inaccuracies and biased articles, Rita seemed to be a fast writer and researcher, as she managed to finish a nine-hundred-page book in four weeks. In Goblet of Fire, Hermione sees a house elf named Winky being abused. Notable stories Rita covered include the trials of various Death Eaters after the First Wizarding War, the Triwizard Tournament, and (albeit reluctantly) Harry Potter's account of Lord Voldemort's return to power in 1995 for The Quibbler. Indeed, a surprising number of them die protecting the great Harry Potter. Live your best life in peace and security. Magical characteristics until Viktor makes a big decision. There are numerous examples of Rowlings transphobia, including but not limited to citing several articles by TERFs, incorrectly conflating menstruation with being a woman, and implying trans women arent discriminated against. In the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, when the Witch-King killed Thoden, theres a reason it was owyn and Merrynot Pippin and Beregondwho battled the Lord of the Nine, avenging the king. And when Hermione quite rightly campaigns against one of humanitys utmost crimes, the author frames her as annoying and out-of-touch. [9], Rita with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger in the tent during the first task. [23] Editor Xenophilius Lovegood sold the article to the Prophet after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, when Voldemort's return became public, and he and his daughter Luna used the money to travel to Sweden in search of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack. One of her earliest works was an exaggerated autobiography written to gain fame and notoriety, in which she succeeded greatly as the book was a top seller. Ones gender is not a privilege to be revoked. Thus, when Denethor arguably kills Thoden indirectly, his death is more impactful than any of Rowlings character deaths. Rowling never does this, instead choosing to reveal all-important plot details on her website, leaving the text of her books without much meaning or detail of its own. The books make a big deal of every minor characters death, and yet most of them only exist in relation to Harry. [7], Skeeter was born into a half-blood or pure-blood family[2] in 1951. After the defeat of Voldemort, Hermione goes on to work for the Ministry of Magic, having abandoned her past abolitionism. Rita Skeeter might be a minor antagonist in Harry Potter, but she tends to monopolize nearly every scene she's in. After doing almost nothing of note, Bellatrix is killed by Molly Weasley, whose son Fred was killed shortly before. But really, what more do you need? In fact, shes probably a better example than Luna! What does that mean? He doesnt redeem himself, but Rowling seems to think he has. Her disappointing behavior shouldn't surprise anyone who has been paying . Back then, we didnt realize that Harry Potters wizard school exploits also normalized imperialism and slavery. Troubled Blood is a story about how abortion is murder, trans women are feigning femininity, and fourth-wave feminism exists to allow these men in dresses to sexually assault real women. Unknown length, wood and core[9] Harry, on the other hand, succeeds because Dumbledore had the better plan: one so convenient that I wonder if the headmaster read the books first. And some of those Harry Potter fans will be radicalized to the alt-right as a result. as a review. But that connection is incredibly vague at best. Hermione calls her in to conduct an interview with Harry, to be published in . After defeating Voldemort, Harrys first thought concerning Kreacher doesnt pertain to whether or not the elf survived the battle (he doesnt appear again in the books). In Book Four, Harrys nemesis Voldemort succeeds in gaining a new body, heralding a new Wizarding War. [1], Rita standing with her camera man preparing for an interview. Hes a rich, famous superhuman in a world where only he matters, and this struck a chord with peopleespecially children. Viewed through the lense of a black woman wanting to end the practice of chattel slavery, the case against Harry Potter seems all the more damning. There was just something off about it. Single[3] In her bizarre non-sequitur of a tweet, Rowling misgendered a trans woman called Tara Wolf who was fined for a crime. These consequences disproportionately affect black people, to put it mildly. Biographical information It is likely she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy, and she spent time training to become an Animagus. At some point after the first task, Albus Dumbledore had banned Rita from entering Hogwarts Castle, though. Following Voldemort's death, Skeeter wrote a biography of Harry Potter that was known for being only about one-quarter true, as well as one about Severus Snape titled Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?. In addition, she had pencilled-on eyebrows and three gold teeth, as well as large, masculine hands. Sam even briefly forgets about Frodos peril, desperate as our hero is to kill Gollum. Far from giving her fans a gay hero, Rowling gave them a coded-gay villain in Grindelwald. The wizards use the goblins concept of ownership to exploit them. No. Snape, on the other hand, goes from Death Eater to triple agent, and through all of it, hes a child abuser. I dont buy it, given the consistency with which she dehumanizes the trans community. [9], The article's falseness painted Harry as a tragic hero who cried himself to sleep over his late parents and who had a romantic relationship with Hermione Granger. After researching for half a year about how Rita could possibly be getting her information despite being nowhere near, and an unintentionally helpful hint from Harry, Hermione deduced that she was an unregistered Anigmagus and blackmailed her into keeping quiet for a whole year under threat of being exposed, which would otherwise land her in severe trouble. She illegally transforms herself so she can spy on children. Rita Skeeter Character Analysis. Before I discuss the subpar storytelling in her work, I want to make one thing absolutely clear: J.K. Rowling is a transphobic bigot who routinely spreads dehumanizing messages to her numerous fans. The idea that women like me, whove been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because theyre vulnerable in the same way as women ie, to male violence hate trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences is a nonsense. Posts about my hobby of painting The Lord of the Rings miniatures from Games Workshop. Dobby, for example, later appears to serve Harry and other slaveowners like a Confederates ideal former slave. Dumbledore convinced her to return to human form and they all came to an agreement to not expose Rita's abilities in exchange for her not publishing her book critical of Hogwarts. She wasn't . Sadly, as we might come to expect from this author, she forgot to give Severus a redemption arc. The woman who created Harry Potter treats trans people with nothing but cruelty and contempt, always insisting that the trans women have stolen something that is rightfully hers. Hermione told her that the interview would be printed in The Quibbler, which Luna's father edited, and although Rita responded with disdain, she "eyed Hermione shrewdly" for a few moments and then agreed. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledores brother sends Dobby to rescue Harry and his friends from Bellatrix and the Malfoys. [Source]. By contrast, if we look at the example of Samwise Gamgee, the chief protagonist in The Lord of the Rings, we see a character who saves the world by overcoming his character flaws. In reality, Forstater was let go for consistently bullying her trans co-workers. Rita also appeared to be highly prejudiced against half-giants and wizards who spoke Parseltongue. I lost count of how many magical concepts Rowling brings up in one book or other, only to introduce a contradictory idea in a later book. Animagus She's described as having a square jaw, wide shoulders, and large hands. In 1997 Rita Skeeter travelled to Godric's Hollow to meet Bagshot and used Veritaserum to get vital information for her book on Albus Dumbledore, after her little interview she left a small note and her own copy of the Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. When I first read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I loved it. Does it matter what Wolf did? Severus Snape, the one remaining character whos even remotely interesting (at least till you examine his motivations and realize they make no sense), is killed in an entirely forgettable scene. No one is saying that biological sex doesnt exist; what scientists are saying is that a trans person really isnt the gender they were assigned at birth. Physical information Boggart May 30, 2022 Posted by: Category: Uncategorized; Cite. Her bright scarlet painted fingernails and toenails were usually likened to claws or talons. When youre writing a story, try to ensure you actually bother to communicate whatevers in your head. Pure-blood or half-blood (possibly)[2] If you thought that was bad, Im sorry; it gets worse. Not much, it turns out. The impact would have been greatly diminished otherwise. Language: English Words: 6,951 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 12 Kudos: 199 Bookmarks: 31 Hits: 1542 Footer About the Archive Site Map Indeed, Rowling treats her black heroine as an unworldly child. As nice as that quote sounds, it is swiftly contradicted by almost everything from the following book onwards. * She turned the whole school against Harry with her lies, turning him into a troubled youth who seeks glory. There, she helps to pass laws that encourage wizards to treat their slaves better, at least until she shifts her attention towards helping muggle-born wizards. Consider the fact that Hogwarts is a den of corruption where numerous schoolchildren died only nineteen years ago, a school that drowns its students for entertainment and pits children against each other with the House Cup. owyn was Thodens niece, and Merry had formed a bond with the old man. Harry, Ron, and Hermione overheard her discussing the possibility of writing an embarrassing story about Ludo Bagman, head of Magical Games and Sports. At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery& Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells& Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.As such, spoilers will be present within the article. Skeeter was described as having blonde hair set in elaborate curls that contrasted oddly with her heavy-jawed face. She didnt do thisat least not in any way that would cause any of this to work on any level. Gender Unlike her white classmates, Hermione comes from a background where shes had to live with the consequences of white people having enslaved her ancestors. Imagine if Bellatrix had duelled Neville, Hermione, or even Harry! As an article by Constance Grady for Vox pointed out, Rowling routinely and increasingly writes about womanhood as if it were a disability. J.K. Rowling writes like an alt-right blogger, pretending to be rational while distorting the facts, wielding emotional arguments and misleading buzzwords, and demonizing societys most vulnerable. HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE, published in Witch Weekly by Rita, When Rita encountered Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Hogsmeade, Hermione insulted her for her libel. Also, Molly rips off one of the Alien films. Characters like Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom arent built up at all until its far too late to build anything up. J.K. Rowling is a bigot, and her fame gives her a huge audience for her bigotry. Perhaps the most obvious example of this is the way the author kills off characters. Im not saying Skeeter was necessarily meant to be a trans woman, but its a distinct possibility. Skeeter preferred writing for the sake of publicity and wrote what she thought people would "like to read" and what was lies rather than what they "ought to read" and which was the truth. [9], Apparently, unemployment did not serve Rita well, as when she showed up during the year she was blackmailed by Hermione not to write, Rita's nails were chipped, she was missing fake stones in her glasses, and her hair was lank and unkempt. By the time Harry faces Voldemort for the last time, the boy wizard has become further purified as a christ figure. J.K. Rowling, whether she realizes it or not, has caused some portion of her fanbase to drift into the alt-right. Most of the time, shell introduce a concept only to abandon it in the following book. Bellatrix is introduced when she kills Sirius, signalling that she will be important, but shes not. More recently, in May 2020, Rowling responded to a childs fan art with some random transphobia. #IStandWithMaya #ThisIsNotADrill. Re-read the descriptions of Rita Skeeter, for instance. Well, the epilogue sees Harry and his friends as theyre sending their own children off to Hogwarts. While she had a huge disregard for her interviewee's reputations and journalistic integrity, Rita deeply feared her own status as an unregistered animagus being revealed to the world. Trans women existing is not misogyny, despite the lies that TERFs want you to believe. Rita's writing tended to be sensationalist and sometimes outright dishonest, paralleling her beliefs about writing what people "like to read". If all this wont convince you of how ethically, morally, and structurally broken the Harry Potter series is, I dont know what will. Her biography of Harry Potter, for instance, was described as being only one-quarter factual with the remaining three-quarters being pure fabrication and general dislike for Harry Potter being made into fake stories. In other words, the hero doesnt have to get his hands dirty, because Voldemort does himself in. Like Harry Potter (well, not Harry as he really is, but the things Rowling tells us about Harry), Samwise Gamgee is brave, loyal, and selfless. I am done playing nice with the Harry Potter series because people love it. I could talk about how the werewolves and giants are established as the targets of bigotry only for them to join Voldemort in the end, but I dont think theres much more I can say. Supposedly this is because she wanted to contrast Mollys love for her husband and children with Bellatrixs sick love for Voldemort. On many other occasions, Hermione is described as white, very white, and looking like a panda, after being hit in the eye. She then gave a speech about the general wizarding world being curious about the happenings within Hogwarts; Cursed Vaults aside, there apparently were talks about Hogwarts having the most promising assemblage of students in years, and that, in order to find out who the brightest student was, Professor Dumbledore had given the Prophet permission to observe and conduct a friendly competition, with the winner featuring on a front page article in the Prophet to start. Tolkien constantly drew parallels between them, and he did so in the text. Marital status She was particularly interested in uncovering Hogwarts's dark and dangerous secrets in the hopes her book would force the headmaster, who she had a dislike for, to step down. If you want to contrast two characters without having them interact, I recommend you read The Lord of the Ringsand pay attention this time. [17], Skeeter travelled to Hogwarts again in the 19881989 school year to interview Celestina Warbeck about why she had returned to Hogwarts. Harry certainly never shows any desire for systemic change, let alone the abolition of slavery. First of all, why has he not told anyone before? It was banned at Hogwarts by High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge, which seemed to only increase its popularity. She had no qualms in writing a hurtful and slanderous article about Rubeus Hagrid just because he was a half-giant,[20] and another similarly slanderous article about Harry just because of his ability to speak Parseltongue, even though he was not a dark wizard. Hermione Granger wanted to get the truth to the public, and thus instructed Rita to meet her and Luna Lovegood in Hogsmeade on 14 February 1996, in the Three Broomsticks Inn. I have a lot of issues with this prophecy. Throughout the Harry Potter series, characters and concepts are routinely introduced just before they become important. [29] The latter added to her series of hatchet jobs on former Headmasters of Hogwarts, along with The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore and Armando Dippet: Master or Moron? Rita Skeeter (b. Welcome to TransLogic! Although on its own it wouldnt be a problem, the manner in which Rowling kills off her characters forms a pattern when you factor in the generally poor planning in Harry Potter. Notice how she keeps using the misleading and irrelevant phrase Sex is real: If sex isnt real, theres no same-sex attraction. Far worse is her inability to provide proper buildup or payoff across multiple books, which likely stems from an inability (or unwillingness) to adequately plan her series overall. Well, it was back then, at least. Which was later taken by Hermione Granger and Harry Potter,[27] and it is unknown to whether Harry or Hermione kept the book, and it is unlikely that they did. Believing that Frodo is dead, Sams first impulse is to hunt down Gollum and take revengebefore even considering taking up the Ringbearers quest. When Frodo decides to spare Gollums life, Sam interprets this as blindness, as we see in this passage: It had always been a notion of his that the kindness of dear Mr. Frodo was of such a high degree that it must imply a fair measure of blindness. [12] Although Hermione was more disdainful than upset about the article, she unfortunately started receiving angry mail from people who believed Rita's lies. [31], In April 2014, just before the opening matches of the 427th Quidditch World Cup, Brazilian manager Jos Barboza called the Welsh Chasers "talentless hags" over drinks with Rita Skeeter. Game of Thrones vs. Hermiones skin is actually described as brown at one point in the books: They were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescues Ice Cream Parlour Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him. One book has little to connect it to previous volumes in the series; even the genre just changes without warning between the fourth and fifth book! The story got darker, too, as author J.K. Rowling tried to keep up with the changing tastes of her original audience. Theres a lot more to most of the characters and plot elements in the book, and even a twelve-hour masterpiece of a movie just cant compare. T here must have been something good about her. Her hair is set in elaborate and curiously rigid curls, and she wears jewelled spectacles. Instead, good slaveowner that he is, Harry Potter wonders whether Kreacher might bring him a sandwich. 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