“A clever plan..because if Harry here and his friend Ron hadn’t discovered this book, why–Ginny Weasley might have taken all the blame. No one would ever have been able to prove she hadn’t acted of her own free will…and imagine…what might have happened then…The Weasleys are one of our most prominent pure-blood families. Imagine the effect on Arthur Weasley and his Muggle Protection Act, if his own daughter was discovered attacking and killing Muggle-borns…”
It brings me SO MUCH joy that the plot of Chamber of Secrets basically happens because Lucius is terrified out of his mind of Arthur and Molly Weasley and their SEVeN kids who were all raised to hold the line in case anyone tried to start a genocidal regime again. They are so powerful and so dangerous to any attempted rise to power from the Death Eaters, and Lucius feels the need to try and marginalize and demonize them in order to decrease the threat they pose.
And boy was he right to be concerned, they are…unstoppable. Each and every one of them. You thought it was impressive that it took five Death Eaters to kill their uncles? Try having a couple Weasleys illegally on the airwaves, one destroying Voldemort’s Horcruxes, one protesting at Hogwarts, one running loose in the government, one housing escaped prisoners, and one getting foreign support!! More children than they can afford? Try more children than you can effectively stop!!
And then when they ALL show up to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts? What a trip for Lucius Malfoy! Hey bigots! Would you like to pick an opponent based on which Quidditch position they excel at, or do you wanna roll the dice and go with one of the brothers who got 12 OWLs? Those are your only two options because Weasleys are EVERYWHERE and the weak link is NO ONE. The fear that must have been in his heart when one or two of them was around every corner of the school taking down his DE pals…is so amazing to think about. Glorious. Iconic. Every Weasley has red hair, freckles, and a drive to destroy the concept of blood purity at all cost!!
The Weasleys are not always nice or right, but they are GOOD and they believe in standing up for what is good, and when evil is around they SHOW UP to fight it. No questions asked. And evil is so scared of them, so worried about what they can do, that it resorts to desperately weaponizing a little girl to try and stop them.
THIS IS AMAZING!!!! GO, WEASLEYS!!!
more children than they can afford? try more children than you can effectively stop!!
Tolkien started rewriting the Hobbit in the style of LotR, but what I really want is the Silmarillion in the style of the Hobbit.
In a hole in the fabric of the universe there lived a god.
Now, this was not one of those minor gods of bedtime stories or petty wars for heaven; this was the One God, all-loving and all-knowing, who created the world – only he hadn’t created the world just yet, which is why he was sitting in a hole in the fabric of the universe.
loudest noises:
-dad sneezes
-mom yells
-trying to get a pot out of the pot cupboard
-dropping the shampoo bottle in the shower
-flushing the toilet at 3am in the morning
-IMAX
As an Orthodox Christian, I’mma just stop you there.
1: Joseph did not “just believe” Mary; he received confirmation via Gabriel.
2: Joseph took Mary and Jesus to Egypt, essentially traveling from one part of the Empire to another. They did this to escape a wrathful king. Furthermore, they returned to Judea after Herod’s death
3: Christ was in no way, shape, or form a “child in need.” Joseph was a skillful enough carpenter to support himself, Mary, Christ, and his own children from a previous marriage. The Magi were paying reverence to a king that they had come to know the birth of. The King of kings.
4: In the Bible God warns against siding with the rich just because they are rich. He also warns against siding with the poor just because they are poor. It’s almost like He’s more concerned with true justice. God’s Justice, not Social Justice.
This is what happens when progressives who actively oppose the Bible at every stage start using cherry-picked verses to “support” their causes. Remind them that God created us as Male and Female, or that God opposes premarital sex, or that marriage is intended for a man and woman, and suddenly the Bible is an evil book that needs to be purged from society.
Turbo from Ralph is good and unexpected villian too and with good subtle hints as well.
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You can’t just make a character start being evil with no explanation or foreshadowing or any character hints whatsoever. It makes the viewer feel cheated.
King Candy was already a good villain to begin with, coming off more as a well-intentioned extremist. He gave Ralph what he wanted up front with no strings attached, and then convinced him that doing something bad was indeed for the greater good, then came the twist that he was lying the whole time.
Revealing the fact that he has a secret identity was the icing on the cake.
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