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*** This. Among older people (meaning people in their seventies or eighties) it might not seem so bad, but younger Brits find it just as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as Americans.
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*** This. Among older people (meaning people in their seventies or eighties) it might not seem so bad, but younger Brits find it just as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as Americans. Cousin marriage is a RealLife DeadHorseTrope.
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** Um...I don't know where the above troper gets their information, but cousins in a romantic or sexual context reall does upset people in the UK.
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** Um...I don't know where the above troper gets their information, but cousins in a romantic or sexual context reall really does upset people in the UK.UK.
*** This. Among older people (meaning people in their seventies or eighties) it might not seem so bad, but younger Brits find it just as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as Americans.
*** This. Among older people (meaning people in their seventies or eighties) it might not seem so bad, but younger Brits find it just as [[{{Squick}} squicky]] as Americans.
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**Um...I don't know where the above troper gets their information, but cousins in a romantic or sexual context reall does upset people in the UK.
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The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_divergence point of divergence]] is Dumbledore and Fudge's parting of the ways at the end of ''GobletOfFire''. In the Draco Verse, Fudge accepted Voldemort's return right away, causing the following changes:
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The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_divergence point of divergence]] is Dumbledore and Fudge's parting of the ways at the end of ''GobletOfFire''.''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]''. In the Draco Verse, Fudge accepted Voldemort's return right away, causing the following changes:
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** Unlikely, simply because the notion of cousins in a romantic or sexual relationship doesn't upset people in the U.K. ''Americans'' are the ones who tend to be horrified by the concept. This may be because wealthy and powerful European gentry, nobles and royals have married cousins for centuries, whereas Americans typically associate cousin marriage with the inbred and ignorant rural poor.
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** Unlikely, The lying is unlikely, simply because the notion of cousins in a romantic or sexual relationship doesn't upset people in the U.K. ''Americans'' are the ones who tend to be horrified by the concept. This may be because wealthy and powerful European gentry, nobles and royals have married cousins for centuries, whereas Americans typically associate cousin marriage with the inbred and ignorant rural poor.
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*As for Sirius and Narcissa... well, they really are cousins. They just lie about it to stop people from getting {{Squick}}ed by their incestious relationship. They can get away with this because Harry never saw the Black family tree.
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*As for Sirius and Narcissa... well, they really are cousins. They just lie about it to stop people from getting {{Squick}}ed by their incestious incestuous relationship. They can get away with this because Harry never saw the Black family tree.tree.
** Unlikely, simply because the notion of cousins in a romantic or sexual relationship doesn't upset people in the U.K. ''Americans'' are the ones who tend to be horrified by the concept. This may be because wealthy and powerful European gentry, nobles and royals have married cousins for centuries, whereas Americans typically associate cousin marriage with the inbred and ignorant rural poor.
** Unlikely, simply because the notion of cousins in a romantic or sexual relationship doesn't upset people in the U.K. ''Americans'' are the ones who tend to be horrified by the concept. This may be because wealthy and powerful European gentry, nobles and royals have married cousins for centuries, whereas Americans typically associate cousin marriage with the inbred and ignorant rural poor.
