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  • Tonava@sopuli.xyzto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Deadname ruleEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’d add that considering Vegeta’s point of view; he’s calling him Kakarot as a sign of messed up respect. As he’s really racist and prideful, and views all the other races weaker, him using the name Goku would mean also lowering himself to the level of “lower races” as he’d have to admit sayans can be on the same level as them. Him using Goku more and more would be in effect a sign of him slowly becoming less racist

    edit// fixed words

  • Tonava@sopuli.xyzto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•protect trans kids rule
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    1 month ago

    The first three books are bit like the first Eragon one to me: kinda naive, not trying too hard, have the certain atmosphere that’s just fun to read, you can forget the real world shit for a moment and just enjoy a nice little story time. Not high literature, but pleasant enough - just like you said, good kids stories. Then comes the latter parts, and the whole thing just gets more and more complicated, and the magic dies off and you forget what happens because it’s not interesting. Bah. At least I haven’t heard of Paolini becoming a raging transphobe…

  • Tonava@sopuli.xyzto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•protect trans kids rule
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    1 month ago

    Well that is a good analysis! You honestly got me more convinced of Harry’s personhood than the books ever did. I guess I just really, really hate Harry as a protagonist, which blinds me to the other points. I’ll blame Rowlings writing style for that one though.

    And yes, I fully agree about the later books; after the fifth one, I can barely remember anything that happens in them, outside some biggest plot points. Compared to how I can still fairly well recall what happens in books 1-4, and mostly 5 as well despite there being more time passed after reading them, the contrast is huge.

  • Tonava@sopuli.xyzto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•protect trans kids rule
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    1 month ago

    I’d argue Harry is way worse than both Aragorn and Rand Al’Thor. At least there’s several attributes added to both of those characters, though Aragorn is a lot more fleshed out. Aragorn is noble, loyal, carries a deep sadness, love towards someone special, etc., you can easily describe him with other words than just “adult man who becomes king”. Rand struggles with what he should do, who he is, what will he become, who should he love? all that, he too can be described with not only surface level things.

    What qualities does Harry have? He hates people who are terrible? Feels sad when he loses people he cares about? He has no feelings outside of generic things he does in his life, it’s like he’s on autopilot and just reacts to things like some standard of a person would. How would you describe his traits, other than some generic “a kid that becomes a special wizard and grows up” or his physical appearance? And I don’t think Rand Al’Thor is a very good character mind you, but at least he is one. Harry is just an empty shell