Not just that, he was also obsessed with turning drinks into alcohol. As a 15 year old kid. I’m pretty sure he also tried to blow up multiple things as well, I don’t think it was a one time thing.
Maybe not, but it’s definitely a symptom of a larger problem. Taken on its own, having the stereotypical Irish IRA member/drunk kid is a gag, but when you look at that plus the black kid named after slavery, the Asian girl named two single syllable last names (practically named Ching Chong), and a number of other semi-racist stereotypes in the books, it points towards somebody who is uncreative enough to avoid basing her characters on generic stereotypes or doesn’t do any research before writing a character at best, and somebody who actually views those people that way at worst - a racist.
Wasn’t there one Irish guy, and he had an experiment blow up in his face?
Never gave a shit about the series but remember hearing about token characters having a dose of racism to them.
Not just that, he was also obsessed with turning drinks into alcohol. As a 15 year old kid. I’m pretty sure he also tried to blow up multiple things as well, I don’t think it was a one time thing.
We Irish weren’t really bothered tbh.
Maybe not, but it’s definitely a symptom of a larger problem. Taken on its own, having the stereotypical Irish IRA member/drunk kid is a gag, but when you look at that plus the black kid named after slavery, the Asian girl named two single syllable last names (practically named Ching Chong), and a number of other semi-racist stereotypes in the books, it points towards somebody who is uncreative enough to avoid basing her characters on generic stereotypes or doesn’t do any research before writing a character at best, and somebody who actually views those people that way at worst - a racist.
Could you be overthinking it?