4117: New Girl On The Block - Stacei

[pottersues]

Title: New Girl On The Block
Perpetrator: hpmcgonagallheart001
Sue-O-Meter: Awful
Cover/Banner Art: None
Summary: “Stacei, a new girl from America joins during the fourth year. She falls in love, has a mean step parent, and gets a pretty cool replacement for parents.”
Full Name: Stacei ... eventually McGonagall is her last name.
Species: One of the

Comments

[anonymous]

I'm confused. So assuming that she's living with a biological parent and a step parent, and the abuse is what put her up for adoption, does the step parent get higher priority for adoption than say, an aunt? Actually, if she's being abused, how did her mom not win custody of her in the first place

[pottersues]

My understanding was that one parent died, the other parent re-married, that parent died, and her step-parent remarried. What the writer doesn't understand is that while this is a classic trope over in Japan, it's not used so much in Western culture.

I think an animagus can be anything. What the author misses is the fact becoming an animagus is highly illegal when not done under the proper restrictions, not something one is born with, so the character shouldn't logically be an animagus, but if she is, she's running into the risk of getting arrested.

[anonymous]

Weird, I've never encountered the double-step parent trope in anime and manga before. Then again, it could just be that the genres I read don't deal with it. How do they usually turn out?

For the other question, I meant if animagi of certain animals actually discriminated. I took a look at the full chapter and it's like half of it is dialogue and most of the dialogue either relates to animagi, her step parents, and her mother. I'm shaking my head at how none of these topics are actually elaborated on and is instead repeated.

P.S. I'm annoyed at how this Sue's life somehow turns into sparkles and sunshine in the span of weeks. Like Harry's lived 11 years of his life not knowing his parents and having to sit through an abusive childhood. How am I supposed to sympathize with the Sue when her problems are discussed superficially and resolved then resolved three paragraphs in?

[pottersues]

The only ones which don't turn out well for the step-parents and child in the end - which in Japan includes adoptive parents - is in mystery series where it is fundamental to the case being solved, but even then, not always. The focus tends to be on the stigma and social impact over trying to paint step-parents in a negative light.

I don't believe so. The issue with animagi is the fact there are legal restrictions, and you've got to legally register. McGonagall never faced prejudices at all.

Can't blame you on the last one either.

[yemi_hikari]

Yes, because Draco Malfoy so wants to be paired with a girl that screams at him all the time. Oh, wait, that's Ron.

[darth_gojira]

1. Emo
2. Animagus
3. Paired with Harry
4. Has an "attitude"
5. Related to canon character

I think I just won Pottersue Bingo