Yeah, stumbling on this after the fact, I’m a bit surprised that among the 300+ comments barely anybody is explicitly pointing this out:
I think of myself as playing the role of a wise old mentor who has had lots of experience, telling stories to the young adventurers, trying to toughen them up, somewhat similar to how Prof Quirrell[8] toughens up the students in HPMOR through teaching them Defense Against the Dark Arts, to deal with real monsters in the world.
I mean… that’s a huge, obvious red flag, right? People shouldn’t claim Voldemort as a role model unless they’re a massive edgelord. Quirrell/Voldemort in that story is “toughening up” the students to exploit them; he teaches them to be footsoldiers, not freedom fighters or critical thinkers (Harry is the one who does that) because he’s grooming them to be the army of his future fascist government. This is not subtext, it’s in the text.
Yeah, stumbling on this after the fact, I’m a bit surprised that among the 300+ comments barely anybody is explicitly pointing this out:
I mean… that’s a huge, obvious red flag, right? People shouldn’t claim Voldemort as a role model unless they’re a massive edgelord. Quirrell/Voldemort in that story is “toughening up” the students to exploit them; he teaches them to be footsoldiers, not freedom fighters or critical thinkers (Harry is the one who does that) because he’s grooming them to be the army of his future fascist government. This is not subtext, it’s in the text.
HPMOR’s Quirrell might be the EA’s Rick Sanchez.