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Did you also notice he's constantly getting exploded by the author or director? Feels like there's something there to look into
Nothing could ever beat Kingsley Shacklebolt
Hogwarts was constructed in scotland after roman invaders cleared out native druids, more like Kolonizerwarts 👁
may the black mold eat her brain faster
Black mould futures right there
"there's nothing wrong with naming him Seamus O'Carbombs, snowflake"
There is another unnamed, off screen Irish character mentioned in the movie, whose only known features are: hangs around in pubs and sold a dangerous and probably illegal three headed dog. Funnily enough, that guy was Greek in the book — makes sense with the dog stemming from Greek mythology. But someone from the movie must have thought:"Greek? No, that can't be right. That pub guy must have been Irish. I'll correct that." As if the book wasn't racist enough.
makes sense with the dog stemming from Greek mythology
i genuinely think she was going for the "shady greek black marketeer" thing, like Nick the Greek in lock stock
But these be English writing and portraying one poor son of the green so methinks it's less based Irish supersoldier giving some English git what for and more neo blood quantum skull measuring stereotypes "slapstick humor" at the expense of the good folks of the emerald isle
Lmao
Also, mandatory "fuck JK Rowling."
there is a not insignificant amount of english people who essentially still fully believe in old timey anti irish racism. i generally find irish stereotyping funny in media but when it comes from someone like her you know it's genuinely sicko shit
Unimaginatively, she named the French girl Fleur Delacour (which means “flower of the court”) and her storyline is basically just being a pretty girl. The guy from eastern Europe is Viktor Krum. I guess the hard “k” sounds let us know where he’s from. The only two characters of Indian descent are twin sisters named Padma and Parvati Patil, generic names from the region they are supposed to be from. Seamus Finnegan is one of the few Irish characters, so of course, that is his name. He is known for his penchant for blowing things up and trying to turn water into alcohol as a child. I guess that is all Irish people are known for?
Rowling has been accused of antisemitism, so to combat that, she pointed out there was a Jewish wizard. One Jewish wizard around Harry’s age. In the whole of the UK. One (1). Named Anthony Goldstein. In her tweet to describe him, Rowling only said: “Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaw, Jewish wizard.” Not you know, what he does or how he connects to the story or anything relevant other than that she put a Jewish wizard somewhere because he isn’t even in the movies and makes only minor appearances in the fifth and sixth books. She could have said something like: “Of course there are Jewish wizards! Everyone is welcome in the Wizarding World!” But that only occurred in the fanfiction version of the conversation.
The vast majority of Harry Potter characters are white. Any characters of color are regulated to side roles of no real consequence. At Hogwarts, the Black students are Lee Jordan, Angela Johnson, Dean Thomas, and Blaise Zabini. They kind of exist like seat fillers in Harry’s peripheral rather than being central characters. I guess that isn’t the worst. But then Rowling had to outdo herself and named the only Black adult character Kingsley Shacklebolt. Yes, his last name, the name of his pure-blood wizard family that came to England, is Shackle-Bolt.
Then there is Cho Chang. As the only East Asian character, she is probably the most racist and stereotypical character in the entire series. Her name is a combination of two common surnames from two entirely different Asian cultures. If you have any doubts about how much this character was wronged, check out the video of Rachel Rostad’s poem, “To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang.” The actress who played Cho, Katie Leung, spoke about racist attacks she faced from Harry Potter fans just for playing the character.
Sadly, there is a long history of Western culture co-opting Asian cultures and dehumanizing Asian women. Rowling continued that fetishization with Cho. She is introduced in the books as a love interest for Harry. She giggles a lot and is known for being cute. And she is in Ravenclaw, the house of all the smart kids. Only Harry can’t have her because she’s interested in a different basic white boy, Cedric Diggory. After Cedric dies, her character vacillates from crying all the time (understandable, as her boyfriend just died and Hogwarts doesn’t seem big on providing trauma counseling) or just being a placeholder for Harry to lust after (before eventually marrying a white girl who he notes “doesn’t cry”).
Wasn’t his name Seamus o’finnegan or some shit like that?
Ok just Seamus Finnegan
Ah yes Paddy O'Shamus
Huh 
Ah yes, my favourite Harry Potter character, Potato O'Carbomb, the silly little scamp who always tries to make alcohol and blow things up.
