Silveredglass, a reader and writer who primarily ships Drarry and Remus Lupin/Sirius Black or 'Wolfstar', found Harry Potter fandom through Tumblr.

They don't seek outright independence, but rather greater autonomy.

political machine

My Pen, streightened by the Rapidity of Time, the Abundance of Things I have to say, and the almost inſenſible Progress of the first Improvements, flies like an Arrow over numberless Ages;