I'm bisexual, and I'm not the only type of LGBTQ+ person who's attracted to people who identify with a different gender than them. But this confusion might be why some people are downvoting me too, thanks for the tip.
Probably because a) clearly people just don't agree with you. B) J. K. is an awful woman who almost definitely would not have written snape as lgbt, so you're likely just projecting your own feelings onto a character, and trying to make the claim that any of her characters are lgbt is giving a bigot credit that they don't deserve.
In a world where poly juice potion exists and can apparently be brewed by middle school children (in an environment with remarkably little adult supervision, it really should be noted), there is an astounding lack of sexual exploration. I’ll let the rest of you extrapolate the rest without being explicit (and ending up on several government watch lists). Seriously. 8th graders and high schoolers? Oh my god
"Can apparently be brewed by middle school children"
Hermione was a prodigy. Neither Harry nor Ron would have had a prayer of brewing it.
They also stole ingredients from Snape. And keep in mind, Barty Crouch Jr also had to steal the Boomslang Skin from Snape, which means it's either restricted or rare enough that you can't just pop down to Hogsmeade and get some.
Let's be honest, the main use would be porn of other people or using it to have sex with people under the appearance of someone you're obsessed with. Like you get your hair stolen and suddenly there's a hardcore porno of you.
(ron to hermoine) you know..ever since we fought the basilisk (hermoine) don't you fuckin say it (ron) i bet hagrid would (hermoine) you god damn furries
I keep coming to the picture in my head where Ron would motorboat himself a few times, raise his head and say, "Bloody hell, Harry! This is fantastic!" And then resume motorboating.
no harry had protagonist energy, therefore got suddenly good before his OWL exams. https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Ordinary_Wizarding_Level#O.W.L.s_a">achieved">https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Ordinary_Wizarding_Level#O.W.L.s_achieved https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Potter#Helping_recruit_Horace_Slughorn he got 6 OWL in the book
Private tutoring from Dumbledore, and Lupin. Not to mention hands on experience every year with some horrible threat to his continued existence. Harry strikes me as someone who has natural talent but doesn't usually apply himself. Ron isn't naturally gifted at magic and also doesn't apply himself.
That feels like reading a bit too much into it. You take a girl like Fleur, a beautiful adult French woman, who’s basically part Siren, who is obsessed with her looks, suddenly turning into a skinny, somewhat lanky teenage English boy? I don’t blame her for feeling that way.
I mean, if you wanna go fully down the rabbit hole, what she'd likely be experiencing in that moment is dysphoria. Turns out, if a cis person was shoved into a body of a different gender, they would experience the same dysphoria us trans folks do, and it has even happened to actors. Rowling isn't a good enough writer to know that, and wouldn't have conveyed it well even if she was, but that is where that knee jerk reaction comes from.
That is a great way to put it. Im a cis het dude and, sure, if I woke up tomorrow as a woman, it would be interesting, maybe fun for a bit, but I think it after the initial excitement wore off id want to be back in my own skin. Is that a result of biology or psychology? No idea. Doesn’t matter. It’s not my user settings, I’m not comfortable with it, put it back. Being trans is no different than being left handed, and we stopped beating lefties centuries ago.
That was my overarching thought. The whole time I understand the gravity of the situation, but also you have Hermione going to sit on a broom and have to make a decision about junk placement. And then all I could think about was, "do I give them a heads up?" I mean, for me it'd be "it prefers to go left, you may even notice a slight, perfectly normal 'yaw' to the left, but don't worry, once we're in the thick of it, it'll pull a scared turtle and go into hiding.
In the books, Hermione gets her front teeth grown by a curse, then shrunk very slowly by the nurse.
Hermione also later makes Harry's face swell up so the Death Eaters don't recognize him.
It seems like it's difficult to do with any accuracy. If Rowling weren't such a TERF, it'd probably be something that St Mungos could do reasonably well, but not something your average student could pull off with "genderus reverso".
There was literally an entire class of wizards that could casually transform themselves into animals and back. Everything from Rita whom could become a beetle or Peter becoming a rat to larger animals like Serrius becoming a large dog or Harry's father beginning a stag. It seems hard to say that turning into some random animal is easier than slightly modifying your human appearance, and that's not considering the whole metamorph thing Tonks could just naturally do without even a wand.
Tt's a bit of a main character thing happening, but being able to transform into animals was a rare thing compared to how represented it is in the serie.
You say that but it's canon that Sirius, James, and Peter all made the decision to just learn to change into animals, in secret, without registering, and all succeeded so it doesn't seem like that hard a thing to figure out if you try. If you were actually trans and determined to gender swap yourself, especially if it were publicly with help why would that be so much harder short of the author's own biases?
As I said in reply to another comment, Sirius, James, and Peter all made the choice to just teach themselves to do it, in secret, unregistered, without help and all succeeded. It's pretty repeatedly presented that anyone that's seriously tried to learn has learned to do so successfully with or without help and instruction.
Yes but they were presented as talented wizards, even at that age, and they have a main-character-plot-armor that make them unabled to fail what they attempted.
Also spoiler: It's briefly alluded that their times are different earlier in the movie. While exactly three years apart, the day of the week doesn't match on their phones.
Thank you! imdb link and everything, a true internet hero. I get frustrated when everyone's like "I love that movie", "Great Movie!" "One of my favorite films!" well what movie is it?
If you haven't seen it before, you may wish to check out 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas' (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7236034/ I can almost guarantee you'll ugly cry at this one, too.
KerryCoder
"Hufflepuff."
"THAT IS A GAY SLUR IF I EVER HEARD ONE!" -- Dian Cathal
werrywerry
Getting squid game vibes from his tshirt.
alltheLalz
LeYuno
stahp it Rohn staaahhp
DandyLion23
NSFW (it is really, it's straight from Youtube but you know.. implies..)
TrumpIsACartoon
Accio bum
Wmcmwa
Ah hurrrrrrr
ElectricSlideOrchestra
You are the chosen one, Harry
Yamdip
It’s Levio-sahhhhhhhhh….
Sheldonian
Severus Snape always gave strong LGBTQ+ energy
HandsomePenguin
Severus Snape? The man whose ENTIRE motivation was his infatuation with a woman? Literally she is the only reason he did anything.
Sheldonian
I'm bisexual, and I'm not the only type of LGBTQ+ person who's attracted to people who identify with a different gender than them. But this confusion might be why some people are downvoting me too, thanks for the tip.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
He would have taken turns motor-boating Weasley.
TychoTychoAlba
Which one. A person can't be all of them. And honestly, that's your read of it, fine, but I don't think it's a common one.
Gruesslibaer
Save it for your DeviantArt.
Sheldonian
Ok am I being downvoted for homophobes or did I say something that in context is offensive to HP fans?
thelategirl
Probably because a) clearly people just don't agree with you. B) J. K. is an awful woman who almost definitely would not have written snape as lgbt, so you're likely just projecting your own feelings onto a character, and trying to make the claim that any of her characters are lgbt is giving a bigot credit that they don't deserve.
At least, that's why i downvoted.
thekadeshi
In a world where poly juice potion exists and can apparently be brewed by middle school children (in an environment with remarkably little adult supervision, it really should be noted), there is an astounding lack of sexual exploration. I’ll let the rest of you extrapolate the rest without being explicit (and ending up on several government watch lists). Seriously. 8th graders and high schoolers? Oh my god
Grendus
"Can apparently be brewed by middle school children"
Hermione was a prodigy. Neither Harry nor Ron would have had a prayer of brewing it.
They also stole ingredients from Snape. And keep in mind, Barty Crouch Jr also had to steal the Boomslang Skin from Snape, which means it's either restricted or rare enough that you can't just pop down to Hogsmeade and get some.
Someshithead241
Let's be honest, the main use would be porn of other people or using it to have sex with people under the appearance of someone you're obsessed with.
Like you get your hair stolen and suddenly there's a hardcore porno of you.
SealandIsARealCountry
Iirc the main ingredients were restricted and had to be stolen. Also that was the brightest middle schooler they had and it only worked 2/3 times
GadenKerensky
It also took a *Month*. People keep acting like they just whipped it up in the afternoon. It took time and effort, and was said to be hard.
casbott
TheGriffin
PhailRaptor
...what's the dog for? WHAT'S THE DOG FOR???
DoomSquirter
bitemark
If you were dating someone you could polyjuice as each other to see how sex feels for your partner
sadurdaynight
(ron to hermoine) you know..ever since we fought the basilisk (hermoine) don't you fuckin say it (ron) i bet hagrid would (hermoine) you god damn furries
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DefinitelyaHumanNotanAlien
It was the 70's so a lot of guys looked a bit Mansony. But it is in fact George Carlin.
MayMyEnemiesLiveLong
.....that's George Carlins Mugshot from 7 Dirty Words You Can't Say On TV.
pullingsixty
I thought it was Michael Sheen.
Freak0zoid
He does a passable Snape/Rickman voice. Another reason to like him
NightOwlRally
Just gotta sound like Squidward but instead of Bikini Bottom he's from Bath :v
ijdod
(Source: Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki, a webcomic from the early 00s.
FLLingerieLuvr
I keep coming to the picture in my head where Ron would motorboat himself a few times, raise his head and say, "Bloody hell, Harry! This is fantastic!" And then resume motorboating.
CavendishBandana
Anime: Tower of Druaga, gender swap trap in the dungeon has "afflicted" the party.
CatShadowleaf
To be fair, Ron was not a great student and probably would never have managed it.
SciencePetsComputers
But he had protagonist energy and ended up being one of the best wizards by osmosis from harry.
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
From Harry? I think you mean Hermione. Harry is third rate, at best.
SciencePetsComputers
no harry had protagonist energy, therefore got suddenly good before his OWL exams. https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Ordinary_Wizarding_Level#O.W.L.s_a">achieved">https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Ordinary_Wizarding_Level#O.W.L.s_achieved https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Potter#Helping_recruit_Horace_Slughorn he got 6 OWL in the book
SciencePetsComputers
ok private tutoring from dumbledore may have played a part, but still lots of protagonist energy trope in the series
RedHedZed
Private tutoring from Dumbledore, and Lupin. Not to mention hands on experience every year with some horrible threat to his continued existence. Harry strikes me as someone who has natural talent but doesn't usually apply himself. Ron isn't naturally gifted at magic and also doesn't apply himself.
ChippinStrata
And ends up with three saggy granny boobs :(
NightOwlRally
Oh god, it's like the broken wand all over again D:
Morg729
OtterlyMagnificent
...as a ginger trans woman...I didn't even have to use magic...
IHateApostrophes
But hrt IS magic
NightOwlRally
Mr. Weasley would no doubt be ecstatic to interview you on how Muggles performed polyjuice transformations without any potions at all. :)
OtterlyMagnificent
...it's not without potions, but our potions use a bit less wand work
MidoryMoon
Remember when Fleur polyjuiced into Harry and the first thing she says is "Bill, look away. I'm hideous."...
FeralAV
Phlegm
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
That feels like reading a bit too much into it. You take a girl like Fleur, a beautiful adult French woman, who’s basically part Siren, who is obsessed with her looks, suddenly turning into a skinny, somewhat lanky teenage English boy? I don’t blame her for feeling that way.
Hackwitch
I mean, if you wanna go fully down the rabbit hole, what she'd likely be experiencing in that moment is dysphoria. Turns out, if a cis person was shoved into a body of a different gender, they would experience the same dysphoria us trans folks do, and it has even happened to actors. Rowling isn't a good enough writer to know that, and wouldn't have conveyed it well even if she was, but that is where that knee jerk reaction comes from.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
That is a great way to put it. Im a cis het dude and, sure, if I woke up tomorrow as a woman, it would be interesting, maybe fun for a bit, but I think it after the initial excitement wore off id want to be back in my own skin. Is that a result of biology or psychology? No idea. Doesn’t matter. It’s not my user settings, I’m not comfortable with it, put it back. Being trans is no different than being left handed, and we stopped beating lefties centuries ago.
itsallaboutthecones
Fucking savage.
extraDimensionalAnxiety
We're still talking about Fleur, right?
itsallaboutthecones
Yes?
YouHaveNoodsAndIHaveAnInbox
I remember reading that chapter for the first time and thinking “damn, now everyone knows whats up with harrys junk”
NarratesTheDarkerStory
That was my overarching thought. The whole time I understand the gravity of the situation, but also you have Hermione going to sit on a broom and have to make a decision about junk placement. And then all I could think about was, "do I give them a heads up?" I mean, for me it'd be "it prefers to go left, you may even notice a slight, perfectly normal 'yaw' to the left, but don't worry, once we're in the thick of it, it'll pull a scared turtle and go into hiding.
Badprenup
I mean yeah, her being self absorbed and thinking everything around her was inferior was her primary personality trait.
hatsuseno
During the Triwizard Tournament, yes. But not so much in books 7, bit of growth there.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
Also helps that her husband was semi-werewolf at that time.
IHateApostrophes
We talking about Rowling?
Goldensands
Now that's just offensive. To self absorbed twats who think everyone else inferior. Those are bad but this is still just uncalled for.
Nooctae
Lore wise, the body transformation stuff was probably just kinda hard to do.
Grendus
In the books, Hermione gets her front teeth grown by a curse, then shrunk very slowly by the nurse.
Hermione also later makes Harry's face swell up so the Death Eaters don't recognize him.
It seems like it's difficult to do with any accuracy. If Rowling weren't such a TERF, it'd probably be something that St Mungos could do reasonably well, but not something your average student could pull off with "genderus reverso".
Vebrandsson
There was literally an entire class of wizards that could casually transform themselves into animals and back. Everything from Rita whom could become a beetle or Peter becoming a rat to larger animals like Serrius becoming a large dog or Harry's father beginning a stag. It seems hard to say that turning into some random animal is easier than slightly modifying your human appearance, and that's not considering the whole metamorph thing Tonks could just naturally do without even a wand.
Grendus
Animagi were incredibly rare and had to register with the Ministry. Only four are named in the books.
Metamorphmagi, what Tonks could do, is an innate gift. It's not something you learn, and it was also exceptionally rare.
Nooctae
Tt's a bit of a main character thing happening, but being able to transform into animals was a rare thing compared to how represented it is in the serie.
Vebrandsson
You say that but it's canon that Sirius, James, and Peter all made the decision to just learn to change into animals, in secret, without registering, and all succeeded so it doesn't seem like that hard a thing to figure out if you try. If you were actually trans and determined to gender swap yourself, especially if it were publicly with help why would that be so much harder short of the author's own biases?
LuuzSanLyra
Not casually. If I remember correctly, it was difficult and quite rare, even for wizards.
Vebrandsson
As I said in reply to another comment, Sirius, James, and Peter all made the choice to just teach themselves to do it, in secret, unregistered, without help and all succeeded. It's pretty repeatedly presented that anyone that's seriously tried to learn has learned to do so successfully with or without help and instruction.
LuuzSanLyra
Yes but they were presented as talented wizards, even at that age, and they have a main-character-plot-armor that make them unabled to fail what they attempted.
LuuzSanLyra
Also I agree with your comment on the other person's reply, about the author's own bias.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
I love that movie
MrKNRJ
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
it's worth watching in good quality - I haven't tried 5.1 sound though
Enoan
On estrogen. Yeah pretty much this every once in a while.
Vergenbuurg
That movie has such a shocking swerve...
**SPOILERS**
"Haha, they're swapping bodies and dealing with the awkward ramifications..."
*He goes to her town and steps beyond the caution tape*
"...holy crap."
maliciousGman
Also spoiler: It's briefly alluded that their times are different earlier in the movie. While exactly three years apart, the day of the week doesn't match on their phones.
SirBarnabusMontesforteWinsomTheThird
How did they not notice they were in the wrong year though?
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Interesting, but that's the biggest possible spoiler.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
yep, it starts as a cuter Freaky Friday and devolves into public utilities sabotage
TheBigBadBonerBiter
No kidding. Given the entire movie up until that point I wasn't expecting to get hit by the feels bus like that.
EmailFail
Her Name is the movie and it's one of my favorite animes. Great stuff
amp99
Your Name.* Well worth a watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5311514
SilentShift
Been meaning to watch, guess this is my poke to do so!
EmailFail
Doh I got the name wrong and everything
mcstreetz
Thank you! imdb link and everything, a true internet hero. I get frustrated when everyone's like "I love that movie", "Great Movie!" "One of my favorite films!" well what movie is it?
amp99
MilesOfWhyles
It was engaging, it was beautiful..... Damn it made me cry ugly.
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
The piano music gets my emotions stuck in my throat
4vie
I do agree with one critic/reviewer for their use of the "fated to be together" trope; they were, in a "strangled by the red string"
amp99
If you haven't seen it before, you may wish to check out 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas' (2018): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7236034/ I can almost guarantee you'll ugly cry at this one, too.
MilesOfWhyles
But I don't WANT to ugly cry!
amp99
Oh, also 'Erased' (aka The Town Where Only I Am Missing) from 2016: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5249462/
Ssemo
Great movie
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
"My sister... went completely crazy. Crazy, crazy, crazy..."
un1matr1x
What movie?
StarscreamAndHutch
Air Bud II
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
"Your Name" / "Kimi no na wa". Gorgeous art, cute engaging story. https://imgur.com/t/kiminonawa
RatDandy
Your Name (I think)
Mithos56
Yeah Your Name is correct.
TinyLiehon
I googled un1matr1x but it's not on imdb. You sure that's the title?
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE