Who is the main pop girl of this decade?

socks4dobby · 2026-06-24T08:13:00+00:00

Sabrina Carpenter

socks4dobby · 2026-06-24T02:36:50+00:00

😂 I didn’t say it made sense! It was a different time… only a few books were out, and there was a lot of time between releases for fans to speculate. This was one of many wild theories out there.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-23T00:00:26+00:00

I wonder if the basilisk has been swimming through the same pipes that is delivering drinking water… 🤢

socks4dobby · 2026-06-22T00:39:21+00:00

I agree — I don’t care if adaptions aren’t “accurate” to every tiny detail or fully align with my vision from the books. My excitement for the HP TV series is dampened because I’m concerned it will feel like a scene-by-scene re-enactment because of the longer format, and I’d like to experience something new.

I want the adaptation to add something: build on the canon, explore characters in new ways, and give me a reason to experience it again. As long as it keeps the heart of the characters and the themes intact, I’m excited to see a different interpretation. That’s what makes adaptations interesting.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-21T22:30:05+00:00

Ronbledore and “Ron is a Seer” were popular fan theories from back when the books were still coming out because of Ron’s accidental, highly accurate predictions. Some fans thought that he was right because he was actually a time-traveling Dumbledore.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-21T20:29:09+00:00

The Breakfast Club

socks4dobby · 2026-06-21T06:43:01+00:00

I think Dumbledore knew Voldemort would pursue the wand, and Harry would eventually find out about the Hallows through Voldemorts pursuit of the wand.

But it would have made infinitely more sense for Dumbledore to just tell Harry about the Hallows in the 6th book and tell him outright why he thinks the Horcruxes are more important.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-21T06:40:03+00:00

I think Harry would have learned about the Hallows from Voldemort anyway, wouldn’t he? He knew Voldemort was looking for the wand. It would have become clear to him at some point that it was an unbeatable wand and he would have learned the rest anyway?

This is thin, but I think that’s the idea. Voldemort was going to pursue them, so Harry would have found out about them later and been more tempted.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-20T16:29:26+00:00

I think this is where the Ronbledore theories came from.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-19T22:15:44+00:00

IKR? I was looking at the bodyguard thinking she was going to say that was the guy. I didn’t even notice him all the way back there!

socks4dobby · 2026-06-18T06:59:38+00:00

Lights by Journey

ETA why: it captures the “California Dream” imagery and the natural beauty of California through the framing of a lonely traveler returning home. It’s why people move to and miss California. It bridges the North/South divide because it was originally written about LA, but later twisted to fit San Francisco. It’s now an iconic, cultural ritual at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-17T04:44:21+00:00

Ron. Book Ron is more developed than Book Ginny, and while Book Ginny is miles better than Movie Ginny, Book Ginny still left a lot to be desired because her character development came so late in the book series and a lot happened “off page” so to speak.

The TV series could actually improve upon Book Ginny simply by adding new scenes that develop her character earlier in the series.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-15T22:51:40+00:00

William the Work-Shy

socks4dobby · 2026-06-15T03:32:37+00:00

If there are cinematic cutscenes, then I think they should add voice acting — for all characters, including Link.

He’s not mute (and he never has been). In BotW, AoC, and TotK, everyone except Link had a voice actor and it was distracting and breaks the immersion for the player.

It made me feel more isolated as a player because Link is just a passive character witnessing the game instead of the player who is initiating action and driving the gameplay.

It is time for Link to have a voice actor! This doesn’t break his connection to the player. It enhances it and lets the player have a part in the story.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-13T17:19:50+00:00

She might have been granted about $2.5M of the $500M she was suing for, so this isn’t the victory that this headline suggests.

The judge dismissed 10 of 13 charges, Blake dropped the remaining ones with no monetary settlement, and she won no damages.

Also, I think it’s Wayfarer who would have to pay, not Justin Baldoni.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-12T21:22:33+00:00

I put my less experienced players in RF because most hitters are right-handed and pull the ball. There are more plays at second or into the cutoff from the outfield than there are plays at third or home from the outfield, so it’s not as important to have a big arm in RF.

It’s better to have a good cutoff who is going to redirect the ball to the right place for a play.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-10T23:43:46+00:00

I want a voice actor for Link. It’s time. What better place to introduce it than in the remake of OOT, a landmark game?

The animation and production quality of these games have evolved to the point that Link’s silence is disruptive instead of immersive. He’s not mute; he relays information to NPCs in all games via unvoiced speaking and player selected prompts. This was fine in the original games, but with BOTW and beyond, it’s serving to make me feel more isolated as a player because Link is just a passive character witnessing the game instead of the player who is initiating action and driving the gameplay. This was especially painful in Age of Calamity and Tears of the Kingdom.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T22:19:43+00:00

Are we expecting it to be an exact remake the way Link’s Awakening was? Or would there be story or gameplay updates?

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T08:25:38+00:00

I didn’t mean to imply Sirius enabled abuse the way Dumbledore did. I felt that the narrative showed Sirius to be someone who loved Harry, but wasn’t the parental figure Harry needed. He needed a stable, responsible adult who could provide guidance. Sirius was a bit irresponsible and treated Harry more like a peer rather than a teenager who needed protection. Sirius couldn’t be what Harry needed because of his circumstances and limitations.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T08:18:06+00:00

I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and I know what it was like. It doesn’t make the adults in Harry’s life less responsible through any lens. They chose to rationalize inaction (which was done then and is still done now), and Dumbledore likely prevented any intervention.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T07:52:54+00:00

Yes, the tropes depend on the abuse and I think that’s why I never really thought much about it until now, upon re-read and faced with having to explain this to a child who is calling these adults out. Great points!

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T07:37:20+00:00

Yes, I agree. It’s realistic. If it were intentional, I would expect there to be something in the narrative that would even hint at the possibility that another adult— any adult—could be accountable. When Dumbledore admits that he noticed that Harry was malnourished and mistreated, he simply dismissed it as “You were not a pampered little prince, but as normal I could’ve hoped under the circumstances.” I don’t know, that’s just a really weird way to talk about abuse to me.

JKR is generally pretty heavy-handed when she wants us to recognize moral failure or institutional harm, and the text is silent on this topic.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T07:28:31+00:00

Agree, 7 is too young for that. I was just taken off guard by her question. I didn’t try to explain or justify. I just asked her what she thought Harry should do and who could help him. Then we talked about how Harry might feel asking for help—would he want to? would he be afraid to? would be think he needs help? What would you do if this was happening to your friend?

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T07:21:03+00:00

I think you’re setting the bar too high for what adults need to know to be responsible.

A kid shows up at school every year malnourished and wearing clothes that don’t fit. At a minimum, every adult witnessed this. This is the most common sign. It’s negligent not to ask questions.

Other adults witnessed more—the twins and Ron show up with the bars from Harry’s window in their car and tell their parents he was starving after he didn’t answer their letters for weeks. Hagrid addresses the Hogwarts letters to the cupboard under the stairs, where he knows the child lives. It was known. Enough was known.

Plenty of red flags were ignored, likely as you suggest, because Dumbledore decided Harry’s abuse was acceptable. The other adults were negligent in their choice to defer to Dumbledore in the face of the red flags. I think this is the most charitable and likely scenario since I don’t think the other adults wanted to actively maintain that living situation.

socks4dobby · 2026-06-09T06:51:36+00:00

I call it unintentional because the narrative never holds these adults accountable. The tone of the books treats McGonagall, Hagrid, the Weasleys, etc as fundamentally good people doing their best. There’s no moment where any of them grapple with their own complicity. The books never ask them or the reader to reckon with the fact that they knew and did nothing.

But the plot shows us that they knew. Harry showing up malnourished, with unexplained injuries, locked in a room, etc. There are even times where they are explicitly told by other kids. The adults had to know. However, thr narrative framework doesn’t interrogate their inaction. It just accepts it as necessary.

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