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The one awkward thing about black Hermione as a kid would have been all those racists mudblood comments by Malfoy.
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What naming conventions though?
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These reactions omg
fuck can I stay strong and wait for the screenplay?
fuck can I stay strong and wait for the screenplay?
NOLA_Gaffer
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Remember when idiots on the internet were upset over the character in Hunger Games being black when in reality she was black even in the book?
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OricWindstar
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Holy shit, they went all in on the craziness for this.
HUGE SPOILERS
HUGE SPOILERS
Shame is they ever try to make this into a film that Alan Rickman can't reprise Snape.
Skellig Gra
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I know what you are saying but his hair is red. Look closer.
GentlemanCrow
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Only just realised but that's a legitimate reason to not have her be black. The only one that I'd say is valid. Awkward. Obviously it only matters if the mudblood racism is present in the play and if Hermione and her kids are the target of it.
Writing huge connotations and blatant character traits in the name.
Naming him "evil" wouldn't be much different from having characters named things like "Remus Lupin" the guy who has a name that references a wolf, a last name that means wolf and also happens to be a werewolf, or how about "Fleur delacoeur", the lovely love interest whose name translates to "Flower of the heart", Ron Weasley lives in a place called "the burrow".
So Draco Malfoy, decendant of Brutus Malfoy, son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, naming his son Scorpius is totally in synch with everything else.
I'm not entirely sure I buy this.
There are a lot of really harsh cuts between timelines--and the different timelines even existing seems like it'd be incredibly difficult to pull off in a stageplay. A lot of this is really elaborate and sounds more like a movie as opposed to something put on stage. Hell, it reads like fanfiction--especially the ending where they want to drive home the point that Draco was a good person all along!!!
There's multiple people who have seen the play talking about it online. All this stuff seems to be true, albeit with some commentary by the summary writer who is a Draco fan.
Eh, not sure I would call that the series naming convention when it doesn't apply to the vast majority of characters, but I will agree that there is precedent
Buh. Buhhhh. I hope it looks better than it sounds because jesus christ I have no idea how they'll pull this off.
I thought the impressions have been quite good.
The book is just the script though. It's not suposed to be based on something.
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LegendofDragoonLives
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Wait.. lol I thought it was a picture mistake or trolling. Why is Hermoine black? And maybe I'm blind but Ron is not a ginger? Where is his red hair ffs? What am I seeing? :S
A different rendition of the same characters.
This kinda confirms my suspicions about Rowling - her plots really went downhill in the final couple of HP stories.
Oh totally. It's why I feel like it has to look and sound better than it reads. Granted it's a synopsis done by a 21 year old, so. Expectations were already a little muted.
LegendofDragoonLives
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But why are they different renditions? Is this supposed to be canon or a musical or something? Or a straight up sequel? Because that's pretty nonsensical if it's a canon sequel.
I haven't caught up with this since the only thing I heard was the Mythical Creatures (or whatever it's called) outside of Harry's world.
It's a stage play, and I'm assuming it is canonical since the story came from J.K. Rowling.
This is amazing
LegendofDragoonLives
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Hmmmm.. if it's a stage play I don't know if I will see it. But this turning into a movie and changing how a character looks for no reason would have pissed me off, esp since it's one of my favorite series.
Ron still has faded red hair. As for Hermione being black.. I've no clue. *shrug* It's theatre, so I don't think it matters really.
Dumbledore wears whatever the fuck he wants.
They just cast whoever they thought were the best actors. That's about it.
The screenplay is canon, the play is just a performance. I'm sure if they ever make a movie they'll try to get as many people from the movie cast as possible.
Do you really think she went through every physical description of Hermione in 7 books before making that tweet?
How long until the actors are the right age for this?
peanutbutterlatte
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Again; why isn't this a fucking piece of prose. So frustrating.
And the plot sounds like a bad episode of Doctor Who in any case.
Meus Renaissance
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Rowling should have just said she supports a reinterpretation of Hermione as a black woman because "Why not?" rather than the silly statement she gave to defend it. It just draws in more controversy than it merits.
Locke Lamora
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The while story reads like some sort of fanfiction - like some poorly written fanfiction.
peanutbutterlatte
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Really, the two are essentially the same :\ The script is "hearsay" of the play, as is a synopsis. The whole thing is so dumb.
Fuck. Well I'm never going to see the play, and I'm not going to dodge spoilers for years until something else is made of it. I'm going back in.
Is it that impossible to see a play? Letting another medium have a go at this universe is pretty awesome.
peanutbutterlatte
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Y'know J.R.R. Tolkien once planned a sequel to LOTR called the "New Shadow". He realised he was essentially retreading old ground and the material was off. He scrapped it.
Maaaaaaaybe if J.K. Rowling's going to steal giant spiders and black cloaked hooded faceless soul-sucking enforcers, she could steal that too...
Yeah sorry I don't live in London and the ticket prices are ridiculous. It's an obnoxious, needless alteration.
Maaaaaaaybe if J.K. Rowling's going to steal giant spiders and black cloaked hooded faceless soul-sucking enforcers, she could steal that too...
Yeah sorry I don't live in London and the ticket prices are ridiculous. It's an obnoxious, needless alteration.
Another decade-ish. Harry is....37 I think? during the epilogue and this takes place 4 years after that. Radcliffe is 26 in real life.
LOLwut
LegendofDragoonLives
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Since it's theater, it won't matter much to me but it's pretty stupid. My contact is having some issues, so I need to see Ron's hair again. Not a fan of the fading ginger red hair tbh, I love that family's iconic red hair (dye your hair smh -_-)
Look I don't give a shit if she`s black white or blue. But whatever color she is, make sure she is that since the first movie and keep up the consistency. Her agreeing with the move doesn't magically make it make sense. But this is a play so no reason for me to keep it going, I should STFU unless I at least get to see it first.
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