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There’s a pattern I’ve been noticing in movies and shows in the past few years. Where the people in charge of making the movie want to have a shallow interpretation of ‘inclusion and diversity’ by adding a woman in hijab as a background character to say that , hey look! We have muslim representation! But this leaves such a bad taste in my mouth. Not just because of my traumatic experience with hijab as an afab nonbinary living in an Islamic dictatorship where hijab is mandatory, but also because it’s such a cheap and meaningless thing to do.

They’re basically using a woman in hijab as a tool to make their job easier. The woman in question doesn’t have any lines or any significance to the story. She’s just there in the frame for a few seconds (examples: s1ep2 of Lucky Hank and some episodes of Bojack Horseman i can remember) to show muslim representation. They rarely use a male Muslim for representation because men mostly don’t have a telling sign that they’re muslim. But a woman in hijab? Instant recognition with zero effort. It’s just horrible. It also emphasizes how islam is particularly more interested in making women appear muslim by forcing a special attire on them. Whereas muslim men don’t have to appear muslim, which is very convenient for them i assume; in situations where they don’t want you to know they’re muslim. Hijab also makes women to always be recognized as women. Even from miles away you see someone in hijab and you’re instantly going to think a woman is approaching, even if that person doesn’t identify as female or doesn’t want you to have your first thought of her to be about her gender. But that’s just what hijab does. Makes you achingly and all the time aware of being a woman.

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Quick PSA,

You can fight for a woman's right to wear a hijab and also fight for another woman's right to NOT wear one if she doesn't want to - and you'd still be fighting for the same thing, a woman's right to choose.

You're still fighting for her freedom.

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i think the world doesn’t know what it really means to live in a theocratic dictatorship. Let me tell you about our experiences living in the islamic regime of iran.

1. Your parents were born to muslim parents so they’re automatically muslim. You’re automatically a muslim too. You didn’t choose your religion and you can’t opt out of it or you will be executed.

2. The compulsory hijab law makes you a criminal if you choose not to wear hijab even tho you didn’t choose to be a muslim and you don’t consider yourself a muslim but the regime has forced you into that role whether you like it or not. And when you ‘break that law’, they can do with you as they please.

3. little girls as young as 7 yrs old are forced to wear hijab at school even tho the islam itself says the age is 9. and all the schools are gender segregated so imagine how they force you to get used to hijab even when you’re just surrounded by other girls. And all day long at school they tell you horrible stories about what will happen to you in hell if someone sees even a strand of your hair.

4. the regime modifies all the textbooks, story books, cartoons and movies to represent the ideal woman with full on hijab. The iranian media is ordered to photoshop every photo of a woman that may be showing a little skin. And if they’re iranian, no hair is supposed to be seen or that will be photoshopped away. Women are mostly excluded from billboards and tv commercials.

5. imagine going to work or meeting up with a friend when suddenly the morality police kidnap you in broad daylight and force you into a van to take you to a station where they will treat you like a criminal and if you don’t agree to get humiliated and do as they say, they will put you in prison. And in case of Mahsa Amini and so many more before her, they will beat you to death. My sister was barely 18 when she got kidnapped and they didn’t let her call home and she’d been so fucking scared and we had no idea where she was. Imagine all the psychological trauma.

6. If you’re in a car and not wearing hijab they will fine you and seize your car. So when u get into a taxi the driver will ask you to keep your hijab on otherwise they’ll get fined. And if you refuse they’ll ask you to get off the car.

7. And its not just about hijab. In Ramadan, they get even more vicious. If they catch you eating or even drinking water on the street they will give you lashes as punishment and even imprison you for breaking the law. If you work in a state-owned company it’s even worse. They will close the cafeteria and take away the water dispensers. All restaurants are banned from delivering food before iftar. It’s a fucking mess. Everyone has to pretend they’re fasting or they’ll be severely punished.

8. And how could I forget about this! iranian women are banned from singing! the islamic regime prohibits women’s singing voices to be heard by men so imagine the horror of having 50% of the population banned from ever becoming a singer. If they identify a female singer in iran, they will take her to jail and force her to repent her sins in the most humiliating way so that she will never dare sing again.

9. And every time the regime gets wind of a private gathering of men and women trying to have fun and live their fucking private lives, the police crash the party and take everyone to jail bc the Islamic regime bans iranian men and women from having fun.

10. Did you know that the islamic regime doesn’t allow women’s faces to be printed on their obituaries or headstones? They put a flower for our faces instead and if they see a headstone with a woman’s face printed on it they’ll smash it to pieces. That’s how religious dictatorship continues to oppress and erase women even after their deaths.

So if you see Islam has become for many iranians a symbol of oppression and torture and discrimination, that’s why. The regime uses islam as a weapon to silence and punish anyone who opposes them. You can love islam all you want from the safety of your home in a free country and talk about how kind and benevolent the religion is, but in iran, it’s a whole different story.

Our economy is fucked. All govt officials are corrupt as fuck. Most websites are banned in iran. Even tumblr is banned. The world has cut the iranian ppl from many services. We don’t have intl credit cards like visa card. Amazon doesn’t do delivery to iran. We cant get netflix, spotify or even a gamepass subscription. we don’t get any Apple services here. iran isn’t listed as a country you could choose when signing up for a lot of services. and when we decide to leave iran and escape this hellhole, every country out there will make it sooo much harder for us to get a visa just bc we had the misfortune to be born in iran at the wrong time.

This is the story of iran for the past 44 years. Held hostage by a corrupt regime that uses religion to suppress and torture the people and being abandoned by the rest of the world bc our lives don’t matter.

Please be our voice. Once they shut down the internet completely and silence our voice, they will start slaughtering us to stifle the protests just like they did in 2019. Please help us. We want this fucking regime gone.

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Wolfstar (Remus x Sirius) is not canon. It will never be canon. It COULD NEVER be canon. Wolfstar destroys Sirius and Remus as characters. An in-character Wolfstar fic is an oxymoron. It is out of character 100% of the time for Remus and Sirius to be together romantically.

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I think fanfiction is dangerously reshaping our own ideas and perceptions about canon events. Like it's happening in subtle and indistinct ways as we read more and more. (Don't worry I did not forget about crazy tiktokers or tumblr bloggers or fb groups spreading nonsense.) Oh well, I'm not complaining really, because great fanfiction is difficult to find in the first place, but just a thought, that's all, since the HP universe isn't exactly a one time thing for most of us fans and HP isn't just a single chapter of our lives that we can simply close and move on from (God, I really hope not). So yeah, maybe it wouldn't hurt to revisit hogwarts again from the real books.

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More like a comedy than drama:

Surgeon Dad supervising resident Daughter, then same-said Daughter supervising Dad when he returns to work after spending 6 months in a coma. they're both sexually involved with other residents under their supervision. This is HR nightmare.

The main character, Sam, is a pretty and perfect girl, playing piano and eating her meals in the lab. (doctors don't work in the laboratory...) She's smart, she's kind, she has it all. Apparently, there's no need to see her character progress and develop, because there's no flaw in her.

Rob Griffith is clearly written under Dr House's impression, and while I liked Jason Isaacs's acting, I can see the similarity like the light of the day; He's such a super doctor he diagnosed a patient's situation on the spot, most of the episode is about trying to diagnose the problem and solve the mistery. The most tension comes from this and a lot of emphasis is put on this situation. Also, Lupus!!!

Griffith disregards a man's appeal to attend his wife, and the man shoots at him. Too simple and bland. Griffith goes under a coma after being shot in the chest (is that even possible?) And after six months, he woke up a coma and demands immediately to get to work. I don't care how workaholic you are, people don't get up after a coma and speak, walk and talk as if it was an afternoon nap. No PTSD. No physical affect. Give coma some credit!

Sam took his place at the hospital. The show insisted that Sam is a good doctor and person, so she EARNED to be the chief, and there was no nepotism. Here's the thing: Even if she's a MIRACLE, the hospital won't give the position to someone who was under Griffith's surveillance, unless some strings are pulled, or there wouldn't be any other qualified doctors who have finished residency around. And mother-father-daughter all in higher up roles in a hospital? It only works when nepotism is on the table. Even after getting up from the coma, Dr Griffith is still around and does his job. Why not? His coma was a joke, and apparently hospital's rules don't apply to him and his daughter.

Most scenes seemed to be rushed. The shooting, the revealing of Griffith to be Sam's father, the revealing of Sam's best friend sleeping with him. I mean, she didn't even show any grief (when Griffith was in coma) or guilt (talking to her best friend, hiding this fact from her) no hints, no development of the characters, nothing.The secondary characters don't matter; they are just there to create dialogue lines.

Suphia Bush's voice was too annoying, her character wasn't like a strong, ambitious woman, more like a young girl who tries to find her place.

The father daughter dynamic? Trash. They were successful to surprise me at the scene Sam's calling him dad for the first time. One could say, well, the hospital is the place everyone had to put all of their personal issues aside to solve patients' problems, but did they, honestly? The whole show's based on this fact that they couldn't. The constant arguments is juvenile and tiring. And I don't believe none of them: They are obviously more concerned about their authority than the patient's situation.

Also, a show about smart daughter putting dad in his place: first of all, stabbing your own blood family's back for a position. This is far from 'good'.

Second; I don't think Sam could get so much better than his experienced father at being a doctor in six months. Only two possiblity: 1- the coma shows its effects, his dad should go to psychiatrist and avoid working for a while. 2- He had undermined his daughter, and sabotaging her works in the past. Either way, along with so many reasons, Sam shouldn't have the right to be his supervisor.

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The “Ismelda Murk in the Hogsmeade Festival TLSQ” appreciation post.

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Watching half of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, I have these thoughts:

SO MANY NEW CHARACTERS!!!!

Why? We loved the old ones, stick to them already!!

Dumbledore sitting in Hogwarts and sending innocent, competent people to do his works is so in character.

Also, I have this complain from HP's third movie till now: Why a dark theme? I literally can't see anything. Is it because the witches and wizards live in the shadows? Or is it because the main story is about fighting with the dark forces? Any poetic reason it has, I don't need it. I want to watch the movie!!

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Before this quest, I didn't have a specific feeling toward Penny, I was simply annoyed that Jam City brings her in every side quest. But now...

Now I really loathe Penny. It doesn't matter what Scarlett had been through and she was the one who nearly died? It's Queen Penny's feelings we should be wary of!!

And before that, she had said :

I know that watching her friend being attacked was a traumatic experience, but I didn't feel like she cares about Scarlett even a bit. It's more about Penny herself : How she felt after the incident, how she feels about the werewolves, how she didn't expect to see Scarlett's alive, and how she felt about Scarlett being a werewolf, and keeping her in dark.

Only after that MC talked to her, Penny agreed to see Scarlett, and 'permitting' her to explain. All I'm saying is ... bitch, she is the victim!

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Reader's favorite quote from 'Mister Monday':

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

Monday’s Dayroom and his Times.

A Roman villa. "Monday’s Dayroom,“ said the Will.

… a beautiful woman dressed all in pink and rose who looked like Noon’s sister and so must be Monday’s Dawn. Two paces farther back was another impossibly handsome man, his face the twin of Noon’s. He wore a coat of black dusted with silver, and so must be Monday’s Dusk. 

…a very handsome, tall man of about thirty. He was dressed in a white shirt with chin-scraping collar points, a red necktie, a gold waistcoat under a bottle-green coat, and tan pantaloons over glossy brown boots. Monday’s Noon.

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"betrayal" is for friends and allies who stab your back. Merula even isn't count as enemy. She's more like 'a nuisance Jam City likes very much'.

"He doesn't have any other friends! He wants to manipulate all of your time!!!"

Look who is talking now

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You know, one thing that really pissed me off is that this Mahoutokoro plot line could get really interesting and exciting, you know? Just think about it; a member of R connected to this school, and also an ancient scroll. But they wrote such a cursory chapter about it. I mean, even in this quick connection you mentioned: “Jacob's burns – Protego Diabolica – Mahoutokoro – Dai Ryusaki and the Dark Scroll” Shiratori had no place. When MC was found the reference about Mahoutokoro she mentioned his name, that it. Done.

What is Mahoutokoro's headmaster story? What did Shiratori do that caused his expulsion? Why did he kept wearing his school uniform? Is Mahoutokoro's headmaster a good guy or a bad guy?

I have so many questions!!!

I know Moody had said we should avoid giving Shiratori information, but we had such a good opportunity to ask about it!!! Even if he would lie, lies can indicate where we should focus.

(PS; I had stopped playing HPHM for a while, so I don't know whether any of these questions have been answered)

Idk why, but I get the feeling that Mahoutokoro and Hogwarts have beef

You know, it actually makes some sense. Admittedly, I don’t really see solid evidence for this claim, but at the same time, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case.

One thing that comes to my mind is this part from our conversation with Dumbledore:

Now, while Dumbledore is a manipulative bastard, he’s not really a fan of Dark Arts, so it might imply that the Headmaster of Hogwarts and the Headmaster of Mahoutokoro have a bit different worldview. However, to be completely honest, I’m pretty sure that JC didn’t think this whole story about the Headmaster through. I mean, it’d be a bit odd, in my opinion, that students get expelled from Mahoutokoro for “betraying the Japanese wizard's code or practising Dark Arts”, yet the current Headmaster is apparently known for liking a very powerful DARK charm. And even if that’s the case, I suppose the beef would be rather between the Headmasters, not the schools per se.

No, but seriously, I think the writers just wanted to create a quick connection: “Jacob's burns – Protego Diabolica – Mahoutokoro – Dai Ryusaki and the Dark Scroll”, so I wouldn’t look too deep into that. Still, there might be something going on when it comes to Ryusaki himself.

Alright, so Ryusaki was allegedly a professor at Mahoutokoro, right? I think it’s safe to assume then that he was a student there as well. Either way, he was connected with the place. Yet, for some reason, it seems like he might’ve hidden his precious Dark Scroll at Hogwarts. Why?

Also, disclaimer: I still believe that the Dark Scroll was originally supposed to be in the final Cursed Vault. I’m sorry, but it’s just stupid that we’ve spent six years on them, and then we simply said: “Oh, stupid R, they thought that the Dark Scroll was in the Cursed Vaults, but it was somewhere else all that time”. No, I don’t buy it. JC had to change it recently. To be fair, we technically still can return to the Sunken Vault, and so it can still be a plot twist (that the second half of the Scroll is there, for example), but… I don’t have hope anymore.

Anyway, I do think that the Dark Scroll and the Cursed Vaults were connected, which could’ve been the potential reason for the beef you’re talking about. Maybe Mahoutokoro felt betrayed by Ryusaki? Maybe they thought that Hogwarts forced Ryusaki to hide the Scroll here? But… was he really? Or did he choose this place, as I suggested above? And again, if so… why?

Like, I just don’t understand why Mahoutokoro was ever included in this story, y’know. If Dai Ryusaki was a British wizard, if Shiratori was expelled from Hogwarts… would it really change anything? I don’t think so. At the same time though, I can’t help but feel that it was supposed to be much more relevant. I just don’t know how. Maybe it was simply about including more elements of the wizarding world. But then again, I think there were easier ways to do it.

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Recently I was reviewing my screenshots and I saw this. Year 2, Merula trying to convince me to promise her about cursed Vault.

Well, isn't that really interesting? She told us she became R's mole just recently.

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I feel like Hagrid's side quests are getting better. For example, in the ashwinder's side quest (COLD AS ICE SIDE QUEST), professor Kettleborn reveals his relation to a Christmas disaster that we had heard about it in An Enchanted Kiss TLSQ.

And in the giant dung beetle side quest, we can see Tulip and help her.

The stories are cute, and let's say it's really good we can meet some other character beside Merula and Penny.

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A fun detail you might've not noticed :

James Bond's creator was part of operation mincemeat. Ian Fleming is said to have based James Bond's boss, "M", on Godfrey, the fictional head of MI6; Godfrey complained that Fleming "turned me into that unsavoury character, M".

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Netflix presents :

Two Mr Darcys, working together to deceive Hitler.

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Hogwarts isn’t wheelchair accessible