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[–] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Those books were genuinely meaningful to a lot of people. And until relatively recently, JK Rowling was a bit of a liberal darling. I remember an interview with her talking about being on welfare and how we should care for the poor. The books were clearly an allegory for fascism. I don't blame anyone for getting that tattoo. My mom read me the first 3 or 4 books as a child. I waited in line at midnight for the release for the 5th. It was deeply meaningful to my childhood. If JK had not outed herself as a piece of complete trash by the time my mom passed away, I likely would have gotten an HP tattoo. I'm very glad I did not.

Anyone who got one after she outed herself is a POS, though. You just generally can't tell when they got it.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I get what you are saying and I lived through HP mania too, but I didn’t ask why Harry Potter tattoos were a thing, I asked by the deathly hallows tattoo was so popular. I only know like one person who has a Harry Potter tattoo that isn’t the triangle (it’s a snitch).

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago

    Ohhhh! I misunderstood and thought you meant HP stuff in general.

    Yeah, I think just because it's recognizable within the fandom, and not recognizable to those outside of it (at least, in theory. It becoming so popular killed that). It's an in group marker. Sort of a HP dog whistle lol

    Personally, if I had gotten an HP tattoo before the JK stuff, I'd probably have gone for the more classic glasses and scar combo, or possible a wand on my wrist.

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