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the6thsiren:

Okay wait a second. Werewolves are talked about in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child like they’re all bad and supporters of the dark arts. They go into hiding even more that they previously did in this story. They “have gone entirely underground.” So you’re telling me that literally nothing has evolved in terms of werewolf rights? Hermione Granger is the Minister for Magic and they’re still living as they were 20 years before.

Dolores Umbridge was a piece of shit for drafting anti-werewolf legislation and her discrimination against them was presented in a negative light. Not to mention that this shunning by the wizarding community made it nearly impossible for them to work and as a result, they lived in poverty. Like, the stereotype was that they couldn’t even be trusted in human form. Which we obviously knew wasn’t true and they were just as capable of being good or bad. But Hermione puts them entirely in the category of creatures who fought with Voldemort. Literally calling them “beasts,” and “allies of the darkness.”

Remus Lupin was a victim of this prejudice. He only got by financially thanks to James Potter. He could hardly find work and lost his job at Hogwarts because he knew parents would be outraged a werewolf was around their children. His fear of being a husband and father stem from the bigoted views in the wizarding community. And you’re telling me that it’s just about the same?

I cannot accept this.