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There’s a reason Russia is the largest country in the world. That reason is called imperialism.

ukraine may be fighting the biggest modern empire in the world that wants to take its colony back to oppress and subjugate its people and culture as it has been for CENTURIES but that still not anti-imperialistic enough for some people

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Do u think Draco and Neville ever make amends?

Yes! Draco writes him an heartfelt apology letter and sends him a gold and crystal remembrall as a slightly humorous symbolic apology gift. Neville is more bemused than anything else and also suspicious but eventually he does forgive Draco.

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also when you refuse to cover the massive protests against him

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Very loud night here in Kyiv. I keep hearing drones flying around me, air defence shooting at them and big loud explosions non stop...

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Being Ukrainian, the past three years have been such a slide from "Oh, this influencer/public figure/influencer said something kind or supportive of our survival, it feels nice" to "Oh, I guess we are no longer a fashionable cause to virtue-signal about".

And with the destruction, death and atrocities only rising, the silence looks not just hypocritical, but increasingly hostile and deliberate.

They WANT us to die in silence because they got bored with our "trend" and have moved on to the next one. With just as much sincerity in their support for that other cause (none).

It's an either/or binary to them, as if these topics are rivaling fandoms.

The world is actively destroying its own humanity. Performativity is a powerful tool for it.

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I do think it's really interesting that Dracula genuinely seems to enjoy talking to Jonathan Harker. Yes, partly he's trying to learn valuable information from him about English society, customs and laws etc. And yes he wants to practice his English with a native speaker - though clearly Jonathan was not his only source of English lessons. But it goes beyond that. Like when he's talking about the history of his family (well, actually events he mostly lived through but obviously he can't admit that) he gets really animated and just seems excited to have someone to monologue to. After all, he doesn't have that many people to talk to. I don't think in general his meals get much of a chance for a chat. Who knows how long it's been since he's really interacted with anyone (aside from the other vampires in the castle).

It's not a wholesome interaction of course. Part of the enjoyment he gets from their interactions is derived from the way he toys with Jonathan. But it does definitely go beyond simple necessity. He really goes out of his way to spend time with Jonathan, often speaking with him all night - i.e. the whole time that he gets to be awake. And he also goes out of his way to protect him from the vampire women in the castle, even after he's outlived his usefulness. And he becomes increasingly possessive of him - "this man belongs to me" and "tonight is mine" are certainly telling. It seems that initially Jonathan was just going to be fed to the vampire women right away, but then Dracula changed his mind and decided he got first dibs, something that wasn't initially in the cards.

I think this possessive fascination with Jonathan and the way he comes to find their interactions genuinely enjoyable are why Jonathan gets to stay alive so long. Even going poking around in Dracula's crypt the first time isn't enough to get him immediately killed that night. I wonder if in his own way he also was drawn to the "quiet dignity" that Mina mentions is one of her favorite features about Jonathan. Even in the face of fear and despair he stubbornly clings on. Dracula probably finds this makes Jonathan more entertaining and exciting to toy with than most victims, and may also feel a grudging sense of respect for him (although he still views him as an inferior).

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#the permeability of the soul

ok note to self i gotta leave the house regularly so that i dont feel like im slowly transforming into an evil fucking shadow clone of myself

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would any of Draco’s - or Harry’s - friends make Draco the godfather of one of their children? Who?

Regarding Harry’s friends certainly not for quite a few years after the war. Every when ppl ask Harry to do it They just leave Draco out tho eventually that changes. Draco become friends with the Astoria though, and by the time she has a child, she asks him to be godfather and he is surprised but inordinately gratified. After quite a few years andromeda , also asks him to be co-Godfather along with Harry of Teddy. It’s more of a symbolic gesture than anything, but it means so much to Draco.

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also, a lot of times they miss Tumblr humor and context so they’ll take a post seriously in the way it wasn’t intended. I’ve had Redditors very seriously analyze joke posts I made while over on tumblr everyone picked up on the intended tone.

Sorry for being cranky, Reddit found one of my stream-of-consciousness posts that blew up and, because they're Redditors, missed the part where posting on Tumblr isn't the formal, high-effort act that Creating An Entire Reddit Post is viewed as.

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Gotta love how the gay rights, women’s rights, anti racism, anti classism, labour rights, islamophobia of this entire website go to hell when countries like China are concerned.

Is communism really all that important to you that you can ignore all the horrors these people are doing?

Is it that your propaganda of “communism good capitalism bad” really needs to be the only one heard, so the condition of workers in Shein and other companies is hindering you as you protest why communism gives labours rights?

Is your idea of every communist nation being utter utopia so fragile that the reality of horrors in that country really need to be muted?

I don’t know man, it feels to me that you guys are “putting your worldviews over people’s lives”.

That sound familiar?

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This idea that all indigenous people are noble protectors of nature who never ever do anything to hurt their ancestral lands is so fucked lmao. Like it or not but there are absolutely indigenous people who raze forests to the ground and approve mining projects that poison water and encourage hunting and fishing practices that are known to be harmful and let oil companies tear apart their lands. Many of those people even hold authority positions in their tribes.

Indigenous people are not magical forest guardians who commune with the spirits of nature to always make the best choices. Many of us are selfish and cruel and ignorant and self-righteous, willing to risk our lands and communities for money and personal gain. That doesn't make us evil and it doesn't magically strip away our indigeneity, it just makes us human.

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if your reason for punching nazis hasn't always been defending & protecting jews then idk what the fuck you were doing. protesting bad fashion?? their haircuts?? it was "cool"?? like what was the intention

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Imagine you’re rewriting book 7 and you’re letting Draco destroy one of the Horcruxes, knowing what it is and what that signifies - which one would it be?

He destroys the diadem. In the Room of Requirement. The place he spent so many miserable hours laboring for a cause he was already starting to doubt. And now he finally can change sides for good in that same place. And destroy the bit of his tormentor that was within his reach the whole time, if he'd only known.

(And then he and Harry kiss because I say so).

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THIS IS HORRIFYING!! He’s literally helping the Russians murder these people. This is a violation of all morality and human decency, and also of international law. Call your representatives and demand that this end and demand that they condemn this.

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Thoughts on Sirius? Love him? Hate him? In between?

I think he’s a deeply DEEPLY flawed person but a fascinating character. So yeah, I love him as a character but not so much as a person. (also his characterization kind of changes through the series depending on JKRs needs and there’s in universe explanations for this, but I think it’s a function of her writing being shoddy).

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