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Post by Freddie on Oct 9, 2019 13:14:59 GMT 1
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Post by Freddie on Oct 9, 2019 13:15:11 GMT 1
The Global Network
The Reason why We Hate Umbridge so much
It's fair to say that anyone who has ever seen Harry Potter absolutely despises Professor Umbridge.
But what if i told you that the reason you hate her so much because she is real-life horror.
The point isn't that Umbridge is worse than Lord Voldemort; it's that everyone hates her more. And i think it's nothing to do with her bening a woman amd everything with being a sort of cruel most of us have actually experienced.
I mean, look at Voldemort. He's basically Wizard Hitler, which is obviously, an incredible teribble thing to be. But most people- especially the younger people in Harry Potter's target audience- have not had their parents murderer by a xenophobic cult leader. Nor have they fought for their lives againts giant snakes, being kidnapped for dark rituals, or watches numerous friends die in front of them. Voldemort's crimes is numerous, but they're distant and fantastical, like hearing about serial killer in the news.
But they have had one teacher who inflicts extra punishments just because they don't like you.
They've complained to the parents and authorities only to be ignored. They've sat through pointless classes and been silenced when they criticize. Umbridge is that teacher we all hated because she made our lives miserable and we were powerless to stop her.
And as we grow out of school, there are still people in positions of power who act like her. The manager who denies your schedule request and penalizes you for invented infractions. That customer who complains to corporate because their scam didn't work, and the corporate decision to listen to their story. Corps performing illegal searches because they know you don't have any proof.
Yes, torturing and killing numerous people is worse than terrorizing a handfull schoolchildren, but Voldemort is the bad guy in Fairy Tail.
Umbridge is personal.
Agree?
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