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minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoRowling said on multiple occasions that Hermione is her “idealized self-insert”. So I don’t think she’d use her own self-insert to say “Look how stupid people like me are”. Doesn’t really make sense.
minus-squareSaraTonin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·19 hours agoShe also said that she was Black, so I’m not sure how trustworthy she is on the subject
minus-squareKombatWombat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIIRC she said she never specified Hermione’s race, which is technically true. But at one point she did physically describe her to be fair skinned.
Rowling said on multiple occasions that Hermione is her “idealized self-insert”.
So I don’t think she’d use her own self-insert to say “Look how stupid people like me are”. Doesn’t really make sense.
She also said that she was Black, so I’m not sure how trustworthy she is on the subject
IIRC she said she never specified Hermione’s race, which is technically true. But at one point she did physically describe her to be fair skinned.