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dasus t1_itclm5h wrote

Reply to comment by Jones___ in Special edition of the Daily Prophet, Me, Digital, 2022 by EstorskihArt

I don't think it's "beautiful" to essentially go against the wishes and hopes of Robbie Coltrane by even implying that Hagrid is dead.

https://youtu.be/KEblaGq5egs

"Sadly, I'll not be here... but Hagrid will!"

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MouseTheOwlSlayer t1_itcztze wrote

...what? Are we looking at the same art? It literally says "Forever With Us". Aka, Hagrid will live on forever. So like...literally the opposite message that you're claiming makes it "not beautiful".

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dasus t1_itdavb0 wrote

I don't know what you're looking at, but I'm looking at a fictionalized "in memoriam" (aka "forever with us" means "he passed but in a way he will be always with us") special edition of the Daily Prophet.

Meaning the purpose is to be a "Rest In Peace, Hagrid" in-universe.

Hagrid isn't dead. Robbie Coltrane is. Canonically, Hagrid is alive.

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[deleted] t1_itx8u1q wrote

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dasus t1_ity9ah5 wrote

Yeah, random people online can't affect the mythos at large.

I'd think it'd be in very poor taste and most likely against Coltrane's wishes to portray Hagrid as dead just because he is.

Why not make a RIP Robbie post? Why make a RIP Hagrid post, when Hagrid hasn't been affected in any way, as, as you say, he's a fictional character.

But since people associate him with Hagrid and nothing else, it's what you do to get some internet points and rationalize the behaviour because you can see that my comments have been downvoted by the Reddit bandwagon, without anyone arguing the actual position.

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