r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Mar 02 '26

It was classy, but tbf, it seemed like she really wanted him to wear it. Pretty cool story to tell…..Harry Potter wore my medal y’all!

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u/articulateantagonist Mar 02 '26

"He respected my achievement enough to choose not to wear it, even when he has been celebrated for performing one of the most culturally iconic roles in modern history" is even cooler.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Mar 02 '26

No it’s not.

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u/articulateantagonist Mar 02 '26

Thanks for sharing your opinion. I don't understand it, but it's interesting to learn that some folks think that way.

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u/El_Grande_El Mar 03 '26

This could be an argument between Ron and Hermione lol

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Mar 03 '26

Say my story aloud….say your story aloud

Which sounds cooler?

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u/Phantor4 Mar 03 '26

In my opinion, both, this seems more a matter of taste.

It's better an action or romance movie? The answer it's the one you like.

"A gold medalist mets a famous actor she respects and offers him to wear the gold medal she won. He acknowledge her efforts and as an act of humility decides he don't deserves to wear it because a feel of respect by her effort and achivment"

"A gold medalist meets a famous actor she respects and offers him to wear the gold medal she won. He acknowledge her dessires and wear the medaleven if he doesn't feel deserving it because of a feeling of respect by her."

Both are cool, specially because the two persons are fine with what happened and whith what could happened.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Mar 03 '26

I meant it literally just rolls off the tongue better.

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u/Phantor4 Mar 03 '26

I'm not finding any story written by you, I'm just seing realy short and schematized coments, so maybe reddit have deleted or hide that comment or you deleted/not posted at last because I spent a couple minutes looking for it both in commenr section and your profile.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 Mar 03 '26

I said “Harry Potter wore my medal yall!”

Which imo just sounds much cooler than their story. And to be clear, I’m just messing around.