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i have many issues with the Harry Potter books/movies but one of them is Peter Pettigrew’ character. Like JKR made the only Gryffindor antagonist be ugly and fat (even pre animagus) and implied that the sorting hat made a mistake putting him in Gryffindor by making him a hatstall and a coward.

Like Peter should have been such an interesting character since he was the main antagonist that’s not Slytherin and he betrayed all his friends but instead he is boring and makes no sense.

So what if instead of fear it were some of his Gryffindor traits that pushed him to the dark, like he actually believed in Voldemort’s cause and so by joining him he actually saw himself as being brave or being a hero and he was too stubborn, reckless, and prideful to consider other ways. And yes, you’d need a backstory on why Peter came to the conclusion Voldemort is right, but it would be way more interesting and scarier and more tragic.

Instead of poor foolish Peter being too scared to say no to Voldemort you get cunning Peter choosing Voldemort over his friends.

TLDR: Peter Pettigrew should never have been portrayed as weak and foolish and cowardly because it diminishes the tragedy of his betrayal and undermines the fact that he was a Gryffindor.

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I loved Brimsley and Reynolds romance in Queen Charlotte. I was devastated by the end and I refuse to let their story be over.

That being said, their relationship mirrors Charlotte and George’s in many ways, so the two main romances of the show (one straight, one gay) both felt tragic, which is very beautiful. So if I’m feeling generous I could try and justify Brimsley and Reynolds sad ending because of this.

BUT if their romance is the only queer romance in the Bridgeton universe I will stop being generous. If the only queer romance we get is their tragic one I will riot. You can only tell tragic queer love stories if you also tell happy queer love stories, ESPECIALLY when you are telling many, many happy straight love stories.

What I’m saying is we are now owed a happy queer love story in the Bridgeton universe and I will not accept otherwise.

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So the tv show Queen Charlotte showed why England in Bridgeton is not really a racist society and it is due to Queen Charlotte. And it wasn’t a super realistic explanation but that’s totally fine!

But now what I need is for Queen Charlotte to realize Brimsley is gay in the next season of Bridgeton and to decriminalize homosexuality specifically so he can be with Reynolds (who is not dead!) because you know out of everyone she would think love is love.

And she would legalize gay marriage and hold a lavish wedding for them. The King would make a short appearance, showing his support, and no one could question the king, and bam! It is great experiment #2 and we’re progressing into a non homophobic society in England.

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The Star Wars franchise is so unique in that it follows generations of characters. We get to see characters grow old and have kids. We get to see the aftermath of wars and the wars that follow. We get to see the major events that happen in their universe and then look at all the small events that led to them.

It’s beautiful because it echoes the real world in that no one ever reaches a happily after because the world happens, politics happens, society happens.

The good guys think they win just for it to fall apart years later. The bad guys think they win just for it to fall apart later. Nothing is permanent.

And underneath the heroes are the mountains of tragedies that were necessary to make that hero win. Luke Skywalker would have changed little if it weren’t for the rebels who came and died before him.

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Within context Yoda’s “do or do not, there is no try” quote makes sense but it’s always rubbed me the wrong way since it can easily be interpreted as there is no point in trying.

So it was so healing that within the star wars universe we got to hear Nemik say:

“Remember this: try.”

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Lucas is 100% going to be playing running up that hill for Max constantly while she’s in her coma, because it is her favorite song but also because Lucas is afraid she is stuck in some vecna induced coma. And he 100% sings along when he’s alone with her, because he knows all the words (of course he does! It’s Max’s favorite song) and it’s tragic and he always chokes up when he sings “And if I only could, I’d make a deal with God, And I’d get him to swap our places” because it’s true. He totally would.

But it isn’t like with Max who wanted to die (in the beginning) and who had such a complicated relationship with Billy, where there was abuse and little love. But Max just had so much guilt and depression that it didn’t matter and she just wanted to die.

No. With Lucas it is simple. He doesn’t want to die. But he loves Max. So if he could take her place he would. No hesitation.

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because on one hand the scene with Max being vecna’d and ‘dying’ was so horrifying and Sadie and Caleb’s acting was literally phenomenal that I wouldn’t change anything… but on the other hand can you imagine Lucas being so desperate to save her after her music breaks that he starts trying to sing running up that hill himself but he’s so scared so he’s stuttering and crying but still desperately trying to sing…

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it’s a rough life when your Tumblr is full of stranger things content and our flag means death content because you’ll see a cute shipping post but then you have to scroll back to clarify if it was Steve or Stede with Eddie or Ed