it is so late at night but i have a hot take that needs to be said

On the contrary, as someone who isn't a Snape stan, I'd be way more into her because well-written female antagonists are rare af. Stop! Romanticizing! Snape!

I would want to give her a hug (if she was like, still just a bullied, lovesick teen and not a child abuser)
Hotter take: female Snape is just C*rsed Ch-ld Hermione in that one timeline.

I'd argue that Snape is a well-written character, because he shows that someone can technically be on the 'good' side and still be a bad person. I never saw the Prince's Tale as an excuse for him, but a take-it-or-leave-it explanation.

Yeah, but if she had had a strong figure in her life to turn her away from joining Voldemort, as opposed to being bullied and ostracized, she could have been pulled away from the Death Eaters. Redemption is always possible, especially if you stop indoctrination right away.

Idk, I sort of disagree on the "fantasy nazis are equal to real nazis" because so often that's used as a gotcha (mainly by people on, like, tumblr and twitter). "You can't like this villain because they're evil, and since they're evil, they're basically a nazi!" but like…that's not necessary accurate. You can have a villain regime that isn't based off of any sort of racism or discrimination, but is evil nonetheless, and the people who call others, like, nazi sympathizers and shit for liking a villain is dumb as fuck, especially in a world where nazis are an actual threat.

but there's a whole thing to be said about how if snape was a girl, shed be considered under the crazy ex archetype, and everyone would talk about how obsessive and creepy she was

Considering there are people who genuinely find Heathcliff romantic, you're depressingly right.

Idk, I sort of disagree on the "fantasy nazis are equal to real nazis" because so often that's used as a gotcha (mainly by people on, like, tumblr and twitter). "You can't like this villain because they're evil, and since they're evil, they're basically a nazi!" but like…that's not necessary accurate. You can have a villain regime that isn't based off of any sort of racism or discrimination, but is evil nonetheless, and the people who call others, like, nazi sympathizers and shit for liking a villain is dumb as fuck, especially in a world where nazis are an actual threat.

consider though, the similarities when it comes to the death eaters and nazis irl are terrifyingly similar. it's more the romanticization i'm referring to, and the idea that, if they can romanticize voldemort and his cronies(not like them as characters. liking a villain and romanticizing their obviously morally wrong actions and ideas are very different things, i'll state again), what would they consider in that same lens irl?

I'd say the death eaters are more similar to the KKK (that scene in Goblet of Fire with the muggles at the Cup comes to mind, plus the movie straight-up gives them hoods) but yeah. The people who romanticize them are obviously wrong, I was talking more about the people who lose it if someone enjoys a villainous character.
Also check out Wolf By Wolf for some quality nazi-punching, because nazis deserve to be punched. In Minecraft, for the FBI agent reading this.

Also also check out Lindsay Ellis' video on the ethics of mocking nazis in movies, it has a segment on how nazis have appropriated things like "Tomorrow Belongs To Us" from Cabaret (a song sung by a member of the Hitler youth) but not "Springtime For Hitler" from The Producers.

I feel like I'm just sick of generic evil regimes. I want to see unique villains that aren't just fantasy/space/dystopian nazis.

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor has one of the best villains I've seen, I've never read a villain like her.

Yzma

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