She really named her boat after the repeated cycle of reincarnation that comes from the inability to detach from worldly desires and care for all living beings, huh?
I’m torn between “They’re dabbing on us, they’re the hungry ghosts irl and they will not rest until the world is swallowed whole” and “the author whose only notable Asian character was named Cho Chang probably has no idea what the word means and someone pulled a funny prank”
In isolation, nothing much at all. But all her non-WASP characters have lazy, stereotypical names, so it’s a little more suspicious. Combine that with knowing she’s an enormous bigot in real life, and yeah, there might be a problem with that.
Yes. Ordinarily I would not find it suspicious by itself, but she’s allies with nazis through terf shit soooooo you know. Deeply suspicious for a white self-declared christian lady to name her boat that while cozy with nazis. Feels dogwhistle-ey.
I’m skeptical that a white woman who named her only Asian character ‘Cho Chang’, has enough of a depth of knowledge about South Asian religion and culture to dogwhistle at such a level.
She really named her boat after the repeated cycle of reincarnation that comes from the inability to detach from worldly desires and care for all living beings, huh?
She heard “cycle of ignorance and hunger, trapped by desire for fleeting sensory pleasures” and thought
I’m torn between “They’re dabbing on us, they’re the hungry ghosts irl and they will not rest until the world is swallowed whole” and “the author whose only notable Asian character was named Cho Chang probably has no idea what the word means and someone pulled a funny prank”
Wait… What’s wrong with “Cho Chang”???
Cho is a Korean surname and Chang is a Chinese one. It’s kinda like calling your Irish character McGregor O’Connor
thats funny im stealing that name
Make sure you also take his buddy, Fernandez Cousteau.
Eh, this seems overblown to me. Plenty of better battles to pick on with that author
Just sayin’ that it’s reasonable evidence to suggest that she picked “Samsara” without really noodling through the cultural implications.
In isolation, nothing much at all. But all her non-WASP characters have lazy, stereotypical names, so it’s a little more suspicious. Combine that with knowing she’s an enormous bigot in real life, and yeah, there might be a problem with that.
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Seamus O’Carbomb or whatever the Irish kid’s name was
The swastika represents samsara. Coincidence?
Wait for real?
Yes. Ordinarily I would not find it suspicious by itself, but she’s allies with nazis through terf shit soooooo you know. Deeply suspicious for a white self-declared christian lady to name her boat that while cozy with nazis. Feels dogwhistle-ey.
Louder than a dog whistle. Dog fog horn.
I’m skeptical that a white woman who named her only Asian character ‘Cho Chang’, has enough of a depth of knowledge about South Asian religion and culture to dogwhistle at such a level.
it’s a type of device for text communication, trip logging, gps, etc. just a brand. truckers use them too
According to the Wikipedia page, which for some sad reason exists, Rowling named it herself.
oh my mistake. I just thought they ripped out the GPS system. so turns out they disappeared the whole ship?
Yeah, apparently she managed to get all the logs of where it went removed.