the more things change the more they stay the same

  • SaniFlush [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    “You know Umbridge is a parody of useless moderates who let fascists enter power via inaction and silencing dissent, right? She’s a parody of you?”

    “I’m stressed out, I’m going to bed.”

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Umbridge is a parody of useless moderates

      I thought Cornelius Fudge and the Wizengamot were the useless moderates, while Umbridge was supposed to represent the fire-breathing reactionary Thatcherites who crusaded against symptoms while denying the problem.

      She’s a parody of you?

      She's a saccharine-sweet bureaucrat with a sadistic streak. Definitely allusionary, but a little too on-the-nose to be a parody.