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Honestly, just using this as an excuse to reiterate that J.K. is using her Harry Potter wealth to actively hurt trans people.
Her net worth is insane. She wrote one of the most popular and successful books series on the planet. This is what she's doing instead of retirement. She's like all the multi billionaires that work until death as opposed to fucking off to Italy or the south of france. Just worse.
My wife was a hard core Harry Potter fan. Like waited in the lines for the new book and completely derailed a family trip to get the final book fan. Her and her friends would do Harry Potter events all the time. We’d do Harry Potter bar crawls and all sorts of stuff. She was gonna have a sorting hat party for our child when she was old enough to start reading the Harry Potter books.
Then Rowling started doing all this garbage and all that died. She took down her old Harry Potter shelf and her and I stopped buying any merch whatsoever.
As a metalhead I’ve always had to separate art from the artist, but it’s one thing when the shithead creating stuff is a no name loser out in mountains that’s broke and has little influence. It’s another when they’re the third richest person in the UK and constantly using that wealth to spread hate.
It’s just so sad to watch a large part of my wife’s childhood just up and explode like that.
Count your blessings, my wife is still a Harry Potter fan and got our kids into it. It's a huge ideological divide between us.
What a sad miserable cunt.
Oh God. I was a hardcore Harry Potter fan as a kid. Read all the books. I'm embarrassed to say that I spent far too much time in the "separate the artist from the art" camp, but I was just woefully uninformed as to what she was and is still doing with her money. In today's political climate, it feels like she's doing more than just picking on trans kids; she's declaring who her ideological friends are. She's broadcasting to the world what side she's on. Fuck J.K. Rowling.
I'll follow their advice, they lose money by piracy
how many times do I have to pirate the new show for the to go bankrupt?
It's said that everytime you pirate something, the creator sheds a single tear.
"Hey google how many teardrops can a person shed before dying of dehydration?"
I wouldn't pirate it for shits and giggles since that still communicates interest in the property. If you have to have to engage with it for whatever reason, piracy is the most ethical way to do so of course.
same,
however, if it comes out that it is an amazing show (doubt it) i might give it a shot, but only through piracy.
Harry Potter is not even that good! There, I said it.
Picking out plotholes can be fun, kinda like untangling fairy lights can be fun.
The last three books were just bad.
I think the movies are just better, but I only read 1, 3, 4 and half of 5 probably about 20 years ago.
I prefer Percy Jackson.
Hell yeah
This is why I get upset seeing people who openly participate in the fandom.
I've seen many people at conventions associate with ghe Marauders fanfic than the actual harry potter books. Treating that as the 'canon' books, as to not give money to JK.
Imo you can still be a fan. Yes, the books have aged poorly and it's good to be aware of the odd implications of some of the lore but the most important thing should be not to give her any money over it.
Yup. If you're a fan, just pirate all Harry Potter stuff.
The problem is that even when you pirate the stuff you are maintaining its popularity. You'd have to pirate everything, never buy merch, talk about it, participate in anything related to it, never show the pirated media to any friends, etc. What is the likelihood of that?
Almost all Harry Potter stans are already aware. They just don't care enough to do anything other than wring their hands about it.
What is the organisation she is donating to?
After initial screening, applications go through a rigorous assessment by the JKRWF board,” the website continues. “Awards are at the discretion of the board, and limited to closely defined legal actions with a clear goal and timespan.”
Thanks. Hmmm. Do we know who's on the board (besides herself presumably)? I can't actually find the JKRWF site.