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#bets on jkr liking Maggie thatcher
chirpovs · 3 years
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because we all like to shit on JKR, I’d like to add something else to the bucket
probably clocked this late, but last night I was listening to the 4th HP book and was on the bit about the quidditch World Cup where they have the Bulgarian minister of magic there representing Bulgaria and the British minister of magic there representing.... Ireland?
Like not Northern Ireland, but the republic of Ireland that’s been independent from Britain for almost 100 years (I guess 80 at the time of writing)?
I’m obviously not Irish and do not have a huge amount of knowledge about Irish history, but considering that it’s a country that gained their independence from Britain in a not so peaceful manner (lol as if the British empire just let countries go) and considering JKR’s anti Scottish independence beliefs, this comes off as a very odd political statement to accidentally make
not to mention her characterisation of seamus finnegan as being a bit of an idiot who enjoys blowing things up in a book that was written around the time of the IRA bombings? yeah, no implications there at all
though I guess knowing JKR, this should come as no surprise to anyone
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