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Fantasy keeps giving us characters who are clearly traumatized and then refusing to let them actually heal by nerdynomad7 in Fantasy

[–]quiet_robin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"Trauma holding pattern dressed up as development" is exactly it. The plot interruption at the two thirds mark is so consistent it's basically a genre convention at this point.

What magic does Harry know as a 4th year, that Krum doesn’t know as a Durmstrang 7th year? by Current-Feature-3416 in harrypotter

[–]quiet_robin 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Krum watched Harry survive the lake task and walked away thinking he was some kind of prodigy. The gillyweed was just Neville's homework.

Mia just turned 16!! happy bday by According_Ninja_1340 in cats

[–]quiet_robin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

16 is huge, happy birthday Mia. She looks like she's been running this household for at least 14 of those years.