theroguefeminist:

queerabed:

an abridged list of things that jkr should actually regret about the hp series, feel free to add ur own

• albus severus potter’s name
• no queer representation / outing dumbledore after the series was over and expecting that to be enough
• attempting to make snape a sympathetic character and erasing the awful things he did in the name of ‘true love’
• ginny and mrs weasley slut shaming fleur
• remus and tonks’ relationship and not acknowledging the questionable/gross way that they got together
• villainizing all slytherins
• letting s.p.e.w. and hermione’s white savior complex go unexamined
• using white people or magical creatures as metaphors for racism and other real world issues in general
• lyncanthropy being an allegory for hiv/aids / erasing the queer history associated w/ hiv/aids
• enforcing the belief that the only way to have a happy ending in life is to be straight, married, and have 2.5 kids
• the entire epilogue

• umbridge being raped by centaurs as “punishment” and making that into a joke and making hermione sign off on that
• whitewashing lavender brown in the movies and doing nothing to protest that or speak out about that
• lack of PoC representation
• making the only gay character (dumbledore) have a tragic same-gender relationship so awful it caused him to be in the closet and celibate the rest of his life
• making love a powerful/good force except when said gay character falls in love with another man
• normalizing and never addressing the rampant bullying in hogwarts and physical and emotional abuse some faculty inflict on students