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When she was 16, Katniss volunteered to take her sister, Primrose Everdeen's place in the 74th Hunger Games after Prim's name was. What do the Hunger Games Characters think of you? Trailer Explanation and Review (MTV): Katniss Gives Prim The Mockingjay Pin For the book lovers out there, yes, this scene is different from how Suzanne. There are a lot of awesome things about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but one of them is not LGBTQ representation. Warning: Contains mild plot spoilers. But as I grew with Harry, I started to find something in the series I could connect with: I was a major Harry/Draco shipper when the books were still coming out. Granted, I’d never actually thought they would get together, but they were my favorite ship to look up fan art and fanfiction of because, for me, that would’ve been the closest form of representation I could get. Then J. K. Rowling went on stage in Carnegie Hall in 2. Albus Dumbledore was gay, and fell in love with Voldemort’s predecessor, Gellert Grindelwald. Obviously feelings about this announcement sent shockwaves throughout the fandom, and I was particularly excited that J. K. Rowling had decided to represent the LGBTQ community in her world. Rowling had an opportunity in the series to take a beloved, strong character and show that his sexual orientation had nothing to do with how smart, powerful or important he was. Obviously we know she feels this way, and I feel this way as well, but it would’ve been better if it was done in the books and not pointed out after the fact. It felt tacked on to canon. This summer, author Patrick Ness said it best when he revealed that one of the lead characters in the upcoming Doctor Who spinoff, Class, is gay: And then Star Trek Beyond went even further by revealing that Sulu is gay. Actor John Cho, who plays Sulu in the film series, also reiterated the same points that Patrick Ness made, stating, “I liked the approach, which was not to make a big thing out of it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicize one. Having a gay character in your story is not a big deal. It’s about as big of a deal as having a blonde character in your story — it’s just part of who they are. That’s not a big deal. The big deal here is the fact that there apparently wasn’t a natural way to input that into the novels, to make it truly canon. I know that generally speaking anything J. K. Rowling says is canon, but it would have had so much more meaning if Dumbledore being gay was just a natural part of the story, like Peeves being annoying or Hermione being smart. She missed an opportunity to change the way stories for LGBTQ characters are told, and unfortunately, she missed an even bigger opportunity with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Currently, most stories with LGBTQ characters focus specifically on that character’s queerness, about how hard it is to be different or dealing with their gender and sexual identity, and their struggles with relationships. We’ve seen the hard- knock life of being queer in a non- queer world countless times, so it’s time to start showing the LGBTQ community just be themselves with no questions about their lifestyle. When watching Cursed Child I felt a distinct and obvious connection between Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter, and no, that wasn’t just my inner Harry/Draco fanboy making me feel this way. Everyone on Hypable’s staff who attended the performance, as well as several reviewers (including one quoted below) had felt it as well, and we went on to talk about it at length after seeing the play. Throughout the play, Albus and Scorpius bond and grow to love each other as friends, and that friendship starts to get more physical, which doesn’t feel forced or odd or gay. In the first part of the play Albus hugs Scorpius, who isn’t really a hugger but accepts it anyway because it is his best friend doing the hugging. As the play continues the two characters hug more often — with Scorpius’ hesitance getting in the way every time — until the final act where Scorpius ends up being the one to hug his best friend (for plot reasons I won’t expose for the sake of being #wormtaily). The intimacy between the two of them is enough to warrant a natural romance without making sexual attraction a big deal. And then there’s the staircase scene. In Part One of the show, Albus and Scorpius play with time and end up in an alternate universe where Albus is in Gryffindor. He is told by Harry to stay away from Scorpius because Harry doesn’t trust him, a demand that is ignored by Albus until he and Scorpius get into a fight. Albus finally listens to his dad and tells Scorpius they shouldn’t be friends. This leads to a very strange sequence where Scorpius and Albus are each atop a different set of moving staircases. The two characters and their respective stairs move around the stage as they’re forced to avoid each other walking through Hogwarts. There’s a lot of tension in this sequence because they know they’re good friends, but it ends with them realizing that they cannot be apart because they care about each other too much. The staircases eventually join and the two embrace each other once again with far less hesitance on Scorpius’ part. That staircase scene proved that Scorpius and Albus’ relationship was more important than their relationship with their parents, and it shows us how strongly they feel about one another. The chemistry is brilliant, and the romance is so clearly there it is almost tangible, yet not in your face and unexpected. It would’ve been a fantastic way to launch the ship to end all ships. This was the moment I thought J. K. Rowling realized her missed opportunity with Dumbledore and was about to rectify it with Albus and Scorpius. I was wrong. At the end of the show, after all the drama is said and done, Scorpius talks about how he wants to ask Rose out to a dance, despite Rose not being a very big part of the plot in any way shape or form, and having only appeared prominently in the first 2. Part One. I know that people are always claiming that “you can’t force a character to be gay,” but apparently you sure as hell can force one to be straight, because that romance came out of nowhere. Alright, maybe not out of nowhere, because there is a cute scene between Scorpius and Rose at the start of Part One, but one cute scene in a five hour play doth not a romance make. On the other hand, Albus and Scorpius went on an incredible journey, going out of their way to protect each other and save each other. They make it clear on numerous occasions they care for one another deeply. Does that not sound like a more valid introduction to a romance? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child could have ended with Scorpius asking Albus to the dance and Albus accepting, and it would have been the most perfect way to show the audience that they had just witnessed one of the world’s greatest love stories, that just happened to be between two men. That’s what it had the potential to be, and J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorn and John Tiffany would have been praised for being innovative storytellers breaking down barriers in LGBTQ storytelling. Instead, we’re left with another Harry Potter story that doesn’t directly show us a single member of the LGBTQ community. Sure, if she wanted to, J. K. Rowling could announce in a few years that Albus Potter is gay, but that . Telling your readers and/or audience a few years later that a character has been gay this entire time doesn’t equal representation, because you weren’t representing that community when you wrote it. It’s important that we represent the LGBTQ community with central characters that already exist in the main story arc, so that people reading or watching these stories understand just how normal the community is. If you announce that a character is gay after the story is over, you’re pointing out their differences and making it about their sexuality again, which singles them out as something different or odd. The point should be to make them equal to the heterosexual characters during the story. When I was talking about the possibilities of Scorpius and Albus being together with my friends one of them had said, “I just don’t see it,” and the other said, “Why can’t two men just be friends?” In terms of not seeing it, I’m frankly surprised how anyone can’t see the connection between Albus and Scorpius because it’s about as obvious as Hagrid’s height, and while they may not think it’s inherently romantic, that’s the problem: It could be, and it should be. And save for Scorpius’ “crush” on Rose it totally is. When it comes to the argument of “why can’t two guys ever just be friends,” which is a frequent one when possibilities of a male/male friendship becoming romantic in canon come up (i. Merlin/Arthur), I have to remind you that the two male protagonists in movies and shows are always just friends. Literally, and I do mean literally, always. It’s so rare to see a close male/male friendship move past that, to see a natural romance occur between two characters that have already established a fantastic connection. Two male best friends is a common theme among almost every single major franchise, and never do they actually get into a relationship. With all the shows and movies I watch I haven’t really seen a male friendship ever become more than just a friendship despite the possibilities of it happening, and that’s why I feel so strongly about Albus/Scorpius. With how strong their connection is there’s literally no reason to not make it go where it’s naturally already going and I’m honestly surprised that it didn’t go there when I watched Part Two. Ce film a eu trois suites, Hunger Games : L'Embrasement, Hunger Games : La R. Un puissant gouvernement r. Les Hunger Games sont une fa. Katniss se porte alors volontaire pour prendre sa place, afin de la sauver d'une mort certaine. L'autre adolescent tir. Durant leur voyage en train, Katniss et Peeta rencontrent leur mentor, Haymitch Abernathy. Les tributs habitent . Enfin, les tributs sont interview. Lors d'une attaque d'autres participants, elle est tu. Le respect qu'elle lui montre lors d'une c. Elle tente ensuite de sauver son ami Peeta lorsque les adolescents apprennent qu'il y aura deux gagnants (mais du m. Mais le commentateur Claudius Templesmith les en emp. Le haut juge Seneca Crane est conduit dans une salle o. Belgique, France : 2. Canada, . Votre aide est la bienvenue ! Le r. 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