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CW: Harry Potter. What's your stance on JK Rowling and Hogwarts Legacy (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by kristina@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Hey there, I'm a mod of c/traa and was recently called out for saying JK Rowling is transphobic and buying the Hogwarts game is a bad idea. I was told that the 'actual trans people with sense' are here and agree that playing the Hogwarts game is fine, and so is giving money to a transphobe billionaire. This ally of trans rights (and instance admin of a large server that isnt blahaj or hexbear) of course seems to vehemently disagree.

So, as a question, do you agree with giving money in any way to JK Rowling? Do you agree with supporting Harry Potter as a franchise? ๐Ÿค“ I have a feeling I already know the answer to this, but I figure yall might find this whole thing amusing

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[โ€“] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apologies for chipping in here, because I'm cis, but I don't feel at all comfortable with playing Hogwarts legacy โ€” Rowling has literally said that she views any success the game may have as an endorsement of her views. My feelings here aren't even necessarily due to a choice to condemn Rowling's stance and behaviour, but also partly a visceral sense of disgust towards that world and the series. I used to love Harry Potter, but I can't anymore. I'm sad about it because I was one of those lonely kids growing up who would fantasise about getting my Hogwarts letter.

My opposition to the game also isn't limited to beef with Rowling's transphobia - over the years I've come to realise how icky the world on the books is, like how Harry becoming a cop after years of suffering under systemic abuse,that's peak neoliberalism. Plus there's all the antisemitic tropes around the goblins. It's just oof and another reason why I'd feel uncomfortable playing the games.

In my almost entirely queer friend group, that's a common viewpoint and when it came out, it was definitely something that would be considered worthy of judgement. For the record, this friend group is approximately 30-40% trans

[โ€“] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

I agree completely - the IP feels poisoned to me. I didn't know she specifically said that she considers success an endorsement of her views, do you have a source on that? I think it would help me to explain why Harry Potter, I series I used to enjoy, now makes me feel uncomfortable.