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malfoid (wizarding world and 2 more) drawn by maroonr

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    i like to think this is the moment where draco finally arrived on the battlefield. it serves as the last nail of her redemption act. plus we get to see the long awaited final big reveal from her, the patronus.
    (i choose that animal cuz it looks fire, duh)
    #malfoid

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    ignisha
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    Hillside_Moose said in comment #2636234:

    Peacocks symbolize pride, vanity, beauty, royalty. All of which she has in spades.

    But peacocks also symbolize renewal, protection, love. The girl who loved the boy who lived.

    And peacocks are natural predators to snakes. Snakes like Voldemort.

    Intentional or not, the symbolism is crazy

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    Fhtagn
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    Hillside_Moose said in comment #2636234:

    Peacocks symbolize pride, vanity, beauty, royalty. All of which she has in spades.

    But peacocks also symbolize renewal, protection, love. The girl who loved the boy who lived.

    And peacocks are natural predators to snakes. Snakes like Voldemort.

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    akumaten
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    Hillside_Moose said in comment #2636234:

    Peacocks symbolize pride, vanity, beauty, royalty. All of which she has in spades.

    But peacocks also symbolize renewal, protection, love. The girl who loved the boy who lived.

    And peacocks are natural predators to snakes. Snakes like Voldemort.

    It's a beautiful full circle moment. She's no longer the "snake charmer".

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    FRien
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    mimeki said in comment #2636384:

    Asking someone as anti-trans as Rowling for genderbend literature is kinda funny.

    When someone I like make something: "it's important to separate art from the artist."
    When someone I don't like make something: "HEY SO GUYS THAT PERSON IS ANTI-TRANS, SO DO NOT BUY HER ART OR READ HER BOOKS EVER, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THAT PERSON IS EVIL AND DON'T FORGET TO REMIND EVERYONE IN CASE ONE OF US FORGET"
    Double standards, man...

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    FRien said in comment #2639445:

    When someone I like make something: "it's important to separate art from the artist."
    When someone I don't like make something: "HEY SO GUYS THAT PERSON IS ANTI-TRANS, SO DO NOT BUY HER ART OR READ HER BOOKS EVER, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THAT PERSON IS EVIL AND DON'T FORGET TO REMIND EVERYONE IN CASE ONE OF US FORGET"
    Double standards, man...

    In this particular case, she's still profiting from Harry Potter, and funneling her book/movie/show profits into anti-trans charities and foundations, which has had noticeable effects on the UK's political climate. I don't think it's an ethical lapse to enjoy the work of someone with politics I disagree with, but I do have hesitations about contributing money to someone who has made it her explicit political goal to make me unable to hold office/deprive me of medication.

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    FRien
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    verifiably said in comment #2641449:

    funneling her book/movie/show profits into anti-trans charities and foundations

    I'm gonna need a source on that, because all I heard was that she wanted a shelter for abused women to stay for women instead of also allowing men in, and absolutely nothing else. And even so, it seems to have been deformed into your usual "trans women are not women" thing by people who hate her for reasons that are still unclear.

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    FRien said in comment #2641454:

    I'm gonna need a source on that, because all I heard was that she wanted a shelter for abused women to stay for women instead of also allowing men in, and absolutely nothing else. And even so, it seems to have been deformed into your usual "trans women are not women" thing by people who hate her for reasons that are still unclear.

    Well, in this case, she donated 70k to a group which attempted to legally define womanhood in a way that excluded trans women,, specifically to enshrine a definition of womanhood in Scottish law that excludes trans women, and the shelter you describe is one that neither provides services to nor hires transgender women, defining womanhood as cis womanhood.

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    eumesmo
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    All this aside, I don't get how genderswap characters should have anything to do with transsexuality. This is (should be?) an AU where Malfoy would be a cis woman regardless...

    What is next, will Endmin and almost every gacha protag be tagged as transgender too, since you actually get to change gender at will there? (please don't actually do it, I'm trying to illuminate the issue here, not give ppl any ideas).

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