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Black girl? Who's black, Mary? The girl with zero lines, no canon race, and one of the whitest sounding names in the UK?

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Black girl? Who's black, Mary? The girl with zero lines, no canon race, and one of the whitest sounding names in the UK?

Harry: What is your type then?

The realism of Robby being a little bit of an unintentional misogynist is so, so important to me. Like he is a good boss and a great teacher, he is friends with women and works with women and teaches women and respects women greatly. And yet—it’s Langdon, and then Whitaker, who Robby adopts as his mentees. It’s David, not the girls on the kill list, who Robby prioritizes care for. It’s the dad accused of grooming his daughter who Robby refuses to report, while informing the authorities about the mother drugging him without a second thought. He reams Langdon out for berating Santos, but doesn’t check in on Santos until Langdon refuses to let it go and Robby becomes suspicious of there being an actual problem.

this scene was sooo good its like hey twin what are you doing here

on rewatch it’s even clearer that robby is a great mentor to everyone, but he is a much better mentor to his male trainees. he argues with them less; he is more accepting of their diagnoses around difficult cases; he is more comfortable taking them under his wing. they rarely challenge him. it takes just that much more effort from the women of the pitt — mckay, collins, and mohan especially — to argue their point of view on patient care, especially around women’s issues. and that effort weighs on them! it’s exhausting for mohan to constantly defend herself on her care choices. it’s unfair to put blame on mckay for making an extremely understandable decision about david out of concern for his female classmates. his relationship with collins is inappropriate — at minimum it likely gets in the way of her professional development (note that langdon was the one recommended for that fellowship, without even asking robby for it).

I have never been more offended and yet amused at the same time in my entire life omg

This is… interesting if true.

That’s actually a theory I don’t mind believing. Both Bellatrix and Rodolphus being rewarded, since Roddy gets a leveled-up magical heir and Bellatrix conceives with the help of Voldemort’s magic. Perfect.

I did as well. The whole point of the marriage was to produce babies, they were probably married close to a decade by the time they were arrested and yet… no babies? Hmm.

Yeah, I mean it’s not like Death Eaters didn’t produce babies. Lucius, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle, and probably more have children during the time they were actively being Death Eaters. (Though it’s true their wives probably took care of the kids and Bellatrix is the only female Death Eater, so perhaps that’s also why they didn’t try for kids? But I can’t imagine them not feeling pressured to have one or at least try for one, so I believe they did struggle with fertility.)

I think they used House Elves or servants for the child rearing. They’re supposed to mirror the IRL Muggle aristocracy and they were never hands-on parents. I think Narcissa was an anamoly because she had more maternal instinct (she would’ve had a child even if she didn’t *have* to, she clearly adores Draco).

I also can’t imagine Voldemort allowing one of his best soldiers to physically restrict themselves during times he needed physical force the most. Even if he did have sex with her and (nonsensical) cared for Bellatrix, he would still kill the baby himself from inside and out. He would not permit her to keep it, not only because he doesn’t want an heir but also because children are a burden and he needed Bellatrix to be in her top form. There is simply no way he would allow his top fighter to be pregnant. Doesn’t make sense at all. I genuinely can’t see a plausible way of Delphini existing within that timeline (nor do I like the thought lol, it fr ruins the characters).

I do agree, there’s no explanation that isn’t ridiculous to me but I think it’s far more likely that she was planned. The fact she had such an important role in his army reinforces that.

Voldemort planning a kid? Idkkkk it's confusing to me. I don’t buy it.

I have never been more offended and yet amused at the same time in my entire life omg

This is… interesting if true.

That’s actually a theory I don’t mind believing. Both Bellatrix and Rodolphus being rewarded, since Roddy gets a leveled-up magical heir and Bellatrix conceives with the help of Voldemort’s magic. Perfect.

I did as well. The whole point of the marriage was to produce babies, they were probably married close to a decade by the time they were arrested and yet… no babies? Hmm.

Yeah, I mean it’s not like Death Eaters didn’t produce babies. Lucius, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle, and probably more have children during the time they were actively being Death Eaters. (Though it’s true their wives probably took care of the kids and Bellatrix is the only female Death Eater, so perhaps that’s also why they didn’t try for kids? But I can’t imagine them not feeling pressured to have one or at least try for one, so I believe they did struggle with fertility.)

I think they used House Elves or servants for the child rearing. They’re supposed to mirror the IRL Muggle aristocracy and they were never hands-on parents. I think Narcissa was an anamoly because she had more maternal instinct (she would’ve had a child even if she didn’t *have* to, she clearly adores Draco).

I also can't imagine Voldemort allowing one of his best soldiers to physically restrict themselves during times he needed physical force the most. Even if he did have sex with her and (nonsensical) cared for Bellatrix, he would still kill the baby himself from inside and out. He would not permit her to keep it, not only because he doesn’t want an heir but also because children are a burden and he needed Bellatrix to be in her top form. There is simply no way he would allow his top fighter to be pregnant. Doesn’t make sense at all. I genuinely can't see a plausible way of Delphini existing within that timeline (nor do I like the thought lol, it fr ruins the characters).

I have never been more offended and yet amused at the same time in my entire life omg

This is… interesting if true.

That’s actually a theory I don’t mind believing. Both Bellatrix and Rodolphus being rewarded, since Roddy gets a leveled-up magical heir and Bellatrix conceives with the help of Voldemort’s magic. Perfect.

I did as well. The whole point of the marriage was to produce babies, they were probably married close to a decade by the time they were arrested and yet… no babies? Hmm.

Yeah, I mean it's not like Death Eaters didn’t produce babies. Lucius, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle, and probably more have children during the time they were actively being Death Eaters. (Though it's true their wives probably took care of the kids and Bellatrix is the only female Death Eater, so perhaps that's also why they didn’t try for kids? But I can’t imagine them not feeling pressured to have one or at least try for one, so I believe they did struggle with fertility.)