• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    2 days ago

    Her fight was still presented as a joke, bet half the readers just went “haha silly Hermione, who dosen’t wants free servants??”

    Edit: on top of that, Rowling uses the trope of the natural state of the slave is being slaved and is actually good for them, with the other freed house elves that is depressed because she dosen’t have a family to work for.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      Yes that edit is a good point that I’d forgotten.

      Moved on to Terry Pratchett early on, so much better in every way.