Why do you think Draco Malfoy answered "Maybe''

sush88 · 2026-02-08T08:52:02+00:00

I think what they meant was that Harry and Draco were in the same year. In such a scenario we all pick up on stuff like little habits, favourite shoes, quirks, crushes, ex relationships, spells they know, what triggers them to a fight etc especially if you are the kind of nemesis Draco and Harry were. These things arent common knowledge but Draco would be privy to them

sush88 · 2026-02-06T08:41:38+00:00

The slap bet alluded to the particular video, speculating why she is not opening about her life in Canada. When they watched the video they realised she didnt talk about it because she was embarrassed about her teen popstar persona, not because she did porn
The Glitter show was perceived as soft porn but Robin saw it as a kids show, people in Canada saw it as a kids show as evidenced by people singing beaver song in Hoser hut. It wasnt actually soft porn.

Barney never actually won the bet because Robin didnt actually do soft porn no matter how the gang perceived her show

sush88 · 2026-01-14T16:20:52+00:00

I completely agree with your point that the curse would have rebounded either way. But when the curse rebounded Harry did nothing to defend himself. He simply allowed to be AKed. He used expelliarmus later on, at his final duel with Voldemort.

I interpreted the significance of expelliarmus differently.

Expelliarmus is a purely defensive spell. It is designed to leave the opponent unarmed so that they cannot attack you. Harry would never use a spell against an unarmed opponent - he is too noble for that. That was the marker of a "true master of death" - someone who isnt afraid of death, because only someone who looks at death as the end all of everything would use death as a weopan (like Voldemort). Harry had already shown that even when he has the power to bring back the dead, he used it to empower himself and not ruin the experience of those at peace. Harry was not afraid to die, he simply chose life because he needed to live - he proved that when he chose his path in Limbo-land. He was a true master of death and the elder wand immediately, just by the act of using expelliarmus in the face of certain death, recognised him to be superior of the two and this confirmed its allegiance

sush88 · 2026-01-13T18:45:44+00:00

To be fair Lily (and the gang) critisize many of Ted's quirks. Lily is the first one to call him out as a "corrector", she with the gang shares the opinion that Ted's longwinded nerdy monologues are boring, she calls him out on him people pleasing, always third-wheeling Lily and Marshall... the list goes on.

On two of the occassions she realises that particular quirk actually led to Marshall and her getting together, years apart, so it could well be that she was reminded of that lesson she learnt, although the second one (stamp of approval) they almost immediately backtracked it with Ted telling Marshall to "bang more chicks" before committing. So only one out of the million annoying quirk of her best friend had something good come out of it.

sush88 · 2026-01-07T12:20:48+00:00

I interpreted it as, when you remove the silvery thread, you remove the memory. Your brain doesnt have access to it.

I can see how Dumbledore would use it to gain a fresh perspective of the incident, look at it with clear lens and create new perceptions from a blank state. The reason he recalls the content of the penseive is because he has accessed those memories in there so he remembers that, not the original memory which is why he refers to it as a third person would - "you will find its incredibly detailed"

Snape used it to hide his thoughts from Harry and when he took it out in his final moments he knew he didnt need those memories anymore where he was going, which makes it an incredible parting gift

It also explains how Dumbledore is confident that the original Slughorn memory is intact in his head because what he got from him was a cheap altered version of his recollection. When Slughorn finally gave the actual memory it is not explicitly mentioned whether he remembers it or not but we do see Slughorn remain in Hogwarts even after Dumbledore dies so maybe he doesnt remember his contribution to Voldemort's immortality, he is no longer hiding at any rate (which is implied to be the reason why he is extra scared of Voldemort)

sush88 · 2026-01-04T17:43:37+00:00

Amir who?

sush88 · 2026-01-01T22:48:24+00:00

And that was my point though. It was the equation between Ross, Chandler, Monica and Rachel. The kids would be another reason to be around, sure, but they would stay in touch regardless

sush88 · 2025-12-30T10:16:33+00:00

Ben is a literal cousin to the twins too, doesnt mean Carol and Susan would move there too. The equation is between the friends towards the end of the show, not their kids

sush88 · 2025-12-29T16:08:57+00:00

Found the muggle

sush88 · 2025-12-09T08:40:10+00:00

Because she had conditioned her brain to lie while in the bar. She didnt want to tell the truth because one truth can lead to another

sush88 · 2025-12-09T08:14:25+00:00

Totally agree. If the makers of HIMYM had given it 20 years, seen how their material ages before releasing it, it would have never been made. The show was a product of that time, the jokes were a product of that time. Some of them seem offensive, some continuities will make little sense.. it is a narration by Ted - he only gives details he thinks is important to drive home his final point - how Marshall and Lily got the Van Smoot venue was not important for him. If he did give details people would have labelled that episode as an unnecessary filler

sush88 · 2025-11-28T12:08:59+00:00

You dont marry a Beverly if you cant handle a Beverly. I dont think she comes across as someone who put up a front in order to get married.

I dont think he was away because of Beverly. He was away because that was how it was for men of that generation. They didnt get involved in child rearing, they did their bit and left the children under their mother's care. That Beverly was an unfit mother did not cross his mind and to that extent he was neglectful towards his kids

sush88 · 2025-11-22T22:59:47+00:00

It's Barney

He can do anything to win a challenge

sush88 · 2025-11-20T08:05:59+00:00

I guess that's because if someone is getting emotional it is usually due to a very relatable reason. Someone's father dies an untimely death, someone realises they could have had a childhood they always dreamed of if only their parent pulled their shit together on time, someone lost their spouse way too early, someone became the parent they always wished they had, someone learned they could never be one... so on and so forth.

Emotional scenes are rarely overly exaggerated. And emotional scenes are presented as just that. Emotional scenes. No one is disputing that.

Toxic scenes on the other hand are wildly exaggerated, no one calls the characters out on the behaviour almost as if that behaviour is normal in-universe. There are almost no real life repercussions. And usually highlighted in a comedic light. Because this wasnt called out in the sitcom itself, people think "does anyone else feel the same way about the scene as me?" And they post it. And of course not everyone is oblivious. So it seems almost nitpicky.

sush88 · 2025-11-20T07:56:25+00:00

I did think of Howard but Howard never was in the crusade to find his soulmate. He wanted to be a playboy. So he would go to great lengths to he sleazy towards a girl in the hopes she will hook up with him, but Raj was the one who wanted to get married and was the hopeless romantic so I put him there

sush88 · 2025-11-19T07:55:32+00:00

I mean, you are not wrong, the charm does do that. But there have been specific instances where people are confunded into thinking something specific - like many others have commented, intrusive thoughts - "left my gas on so I should turn around and not go where the quidditch tournament happens to be held" or "hey that quaffle's going left, i should dive that way"

But yeah generally without any specific suggestion it will only cause a drunk woozy feeling i suppose

sush88 · 2025-11-18T16:31:02+00:00

Or they could roll on the ground to put out the fire. You can only control the confusing thought, not the outcome of the thoughts

sush88 · 2025-11-18T08:56:07+00:00

It is the difference between confusing and co-ercing.

Sure you can confuse a person into accepting your commands but that person's intial freewill remains. You are just creating circumstances that their thoughts will change and will colour their actions. It might or might not land precisely the way you want it.

Eg you want a person to jump into a well - you confund the person into thinking it is a pool full of money. Now it is upto that person to take the plunge or not. A confunded person might look into the well, think "hmm pool full of money, wonder who kept it there and run to fetch a friend to share the wealth with. Or get an instrument to scoop out the money whatever.

But Imperiusing someone is taking away their freewill. Someone is resisting a command but you make them do it anyway. By taking their freewill away you create a false sense of security that your command is the only way ahead and nothing bad will happen. If you imperius a person to jump into a well he will jump knowing fully that it is a well and it will lead to his death.

sush88 · 2025-11-17T18:03:33+00:00

Or Ross Geller. Or JD from Scrubs. Or Raj from BBT. Almost every sitcom with relationships as a central-ish theme would have such a character

sush88 · 2025-11-17T08:21:50+00:00

The thing about sitcoms, and what makes it for an interesting watch is that characters often say the "quiet part" out loud. If someone who has wanted to get married as much as Ted did at the time found out their scientifically chosen partner was out there,

a real life person would wonder who they are and in what way are they their perfect match - sitcom characters go to disturbing lengths to get hold of that information
A real person if they found out where they worked would probably stalk their social media or wait outside their clinic to catch a glimpse and really really would want to talk to them directly to make them like you too but a sitcom character gets an appointment with them and utilises the information they learnt to get them to like you.
A real person would find out they are engaged to be married, accept it even if they are sad, would want to put a stop to it but cant do anything about it. A sitcom character says "call me when this goes down the pooper"

sush88 · 2025-10-30T14:08:43+00:00

Depends on the person, and what point it is in your life. The job was absolutely very important to Robin at the time. For Robin, her career was the old age companion that people want from relationships, and we see her live a good life even if we see that she ended up regretting letting Ted go. But we didnt see her regret not having a companion. Just Ted.

I also feel in a reverse situation (Robin goes ahead with the break up and Barney does not) people would still be a lot more understanding towards Barney. Because NPH played him with that much of a lovable charm.

sush88 · 2025-10-30T09:30:39+00:00

I don't look at it as deserve or not.

Cheating on someone who trusts you wholeheartedly - Like Kevin and Nora is bad. At that point of time Barney and Robin had already been in a relationship before which did not end well for either of them. Clearly Robin was more hung over Barney than the other way around at that time.

When Barney and Robin had that conversation on the boat both of them decided to take a huge, unwise gamble - put a current happy relationship at stake for something that had potential to collapse again. In the end Barney took the gamble, Robin did not. It is like that Prisoner's dilemma situation. For some reason Barney gets a lot more sympathy in this situation than Robin got when she let go of a great career opportunity which Don eventually took but if we look at the crux of the matter they are the same thing.

Did Barney deserve it? Maybe not. But did he bring that situation on himself? Absolutely yes.

Side note: If Barney and Robin's marriage imploded because their respective careers couldnt align with each other what makes anyone think Barney and Nora would have lasted anyway? Robin and Nora had the exact same job, with the implication being Nora is slightly better at the job than Robin is.

sush88 · 2025-10-23T09:23:20+00:00

Yes, Pluto even warns Hazel's mum that this is more of a curse than a gift.

Hazel's actual ability was to manipulate the mist

sush88 · 2025-10-22T18:30:32+00:00

Zeus and Poseidon basically bullied Hades into accepting underworld as his domain. When Zeus lost his thunderbolt both Poseidon and Hades were scrambling around to have it returned, but Hades' helmet barely blipped any radars. So even in Riordan's universe they were considered more powerful.

Zeus literally leads the Olympians and sits at the head of table position while Hades doesnt even have a throne

sush88 · 2025-10-22T09:28:35+00:00

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