I’ve watched this like 10 times

Rowling WISHES she wrote “cheeked up like an old Turkish sheep”

😂😂😂😂

That's only a slight exaggeration from what's actually in the books. But the original video left out that part of Petunia being evil is her mannish features.

Glad I was series of unfortunate events kid because wtf was jk rowling making yall read lmao

I always summarize her characterisation ls as “he fattily fatted around with his fat fat fat fingers” or “she was FAT and also very evil but FAT so FAT”

Waiter more Harry Potter slander please

Rowling's "if ugly, then evil" style of characterization became even more noticable in her Cormoran Strike books where the murderers were the ugly and neglected sibling of the victim and the ugly literary agent the victim refused to have sex with.

just wait until you get to the introduction of their only black character Kingsley Shacklebolt

There’s actually a two hour break down of this on YouTube and it’s one of my favorite video essays of all time

Fucking lost it at "cheeked up like an old Turkish sheep”, followed by "and I'm in the Epstein files".

dont forget that when a woman is evil she focuses on "mannish traits"

the Dudley descriptors/jokes were always weird to me but once you're grown you realize Dudley is being neglected and isn't just a bully for the sake of being mean like it's implied. ffs Draco got better treatment and he tried murdering ppl. he's not fat tho so it doesn't count 🙄

"—andwizardsbecomeadultsat17andimintheepsteinfiles—" underrated line

This is both scarily accurate and hysterically funny.

Found myself reading these as a teenage boy and getting increasingly frustrated with how much of an unrelatable shithead the protagonist is

@skipppppy_art "He named his son after the man who called his mom a slur"

Cheeked up like an old Turkish sheep 😭😭😭😭😭

What i find interesting about HP is that the target audience, the type to cling to it anyway, became queer and progressive anyway. When the text itself is racist, JQing, slavery apologia, and sexist... like idk how tf this came to be

And then you see this shit in Safeway on Halloween:

I WANT TO READ THIS VERSION OF THE BOOKS.

i dont remember the detail, i remember that the snake at the zoo say something like "gracias amigo, im coming to brazil", does Rowling think brazilian are spanish ? it triggered me

We’re going to overlook Harry not owning elves? Or that hogwarts was the first magic institution that both paid and had holiday benefits to freed elves? Also characterising the Dursley’s as fat, overindulgent, and Harry as skinny, fed through a catflap?

I always take the extremes to be like the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But this is hilarious

Is this what retards hear when normal people talk? Suddenly I understand a lot of their thinking...

See this is why I make fun of people who are still hp fans. Its nothing to do with Joannes current outspoken politics, they just always been booty butt cheeks dog shit and meanspirited

Evil man: Fat so so fat Evil woman: She looks like a man.

You realize that fat dudley vs skinny harry means loved, spoiled and cared dudley vs ignored and stepped on harry

Dudley struggles with the sins of greed and gluttony. Discussing his issues with overconsumption, whether it's food or birthday presents, highlgihts a character flaw and serves a purpose It also serves the valid function of juxtaposition against Harry, who was starved for many things, like food, love, attention, and material things

‘they’re an inferior race, harry’

Is this what the audiobook sounds like in your head, Vincent?

they seem to have taken dudley’s greed as a personal attack

definitely went to the Roald Dahl of ugly = bad when it came to the dudleys

The funniest part about this is that these adults would still be enjoying this media made for toddlers if their favorite internet people didn’t tell them not to

Why are you reading children's books as an adult? Shouldn't you move on to stuff meant for adults?

In the 90’s you did have to be evil to be fat.