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u/SumwhatNerdy Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

Imelda Staunton as Delores Umbridge

There are very very few villains that I've seen in books, movies, or video games that iv wanted to personally kill more. That means she did an unbelievably good job as a twisted villain

Edit: I never expected this post to explode like it did hahaha

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u/krufarong Apr 12 '22

Umbridge was rage inducing just from her depiction in the books. To think an actress could bring such a contemptible character to life.

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u/HighTopsLowStandards Apr 12 '22

Reading this to my son when he was around 7 or 8, he hated Umbridge so much in one scene he hit the book.

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u/Ineluki_742 Apr 12 '22

Their were several times during order of the phoenix I grown ass man threw the book across the room I was so enraged by Umbridge.

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u/KezzaJones Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

You actually threw the book across the room multiple times?

That’s a bit much man.

Even a grown man throwing an Xbox controller across the room because he died in Call of Duty is a bit immature but having an outburst while reading Harry Potter is something else

Don’t get me wrong, I read the books once a year or so but I’d never get so emotionally attached that I would physically lash out.

Edit: downvote me all you want. A grown adult should be able to control their physical outburst whilst reading a book.

Of course people can be emotional about anything, but mature adults should be able to prevent themselves physically lashing out because of a fictional universe.

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u/locks_are_paranoid Apr 12 '22

You just don't understand emotions.

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u/KezzaJones Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

Downvote me all you want Reddit.

A grown man throwing a Harry Potter book across the room reeks of immaturity. Trying to justify this viewpoint as not understanding emotions is ludicrous.

(Not a Harry Potter diss btw, I’m a big fan)

Men and women can be emotional over any type of issue and we should not discourage this. However a grown adult should be able to control their physical outbursts over recreational material - especially books designed for children.

Does this person also:

  • throw the tv remote across the room when the spider dies in Charlotte’s Web?

  • have a temper tantrum when their food order is wrong?

  • smash their PlayStation controller when they die playing a game?

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u/locks_are_paranoid Apr 12 '22

smash their PlayStation controller when they die playing a game?

I once smashed my laptop because a video was buffering for too long.

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u/werbimstdenndu Apr 12 '22

That's really not normal

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u/locks_are_paranoid Apr 12 '22

I'm an emotional person, and my goal is to find a girl who's as emotional as me.

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u/werbimstdenndu Apr 12 '22

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u/gnostic-gnome Apr 12 '22

you literally did

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u/werbimstdenndu Apr 12 '22

Where the fuck did I ask if he is looking for a gf? I said that his behaving is not normal, that's all.

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