I’m so bummed about Rowling. I loved those books so much growing up. Its such a shame the person who put such whimsy and magic in the world has gotta spew that hate. RIP Harry, a wizard no more
Spew hate, fund hate, systemically implement hate and violence, politically platform and fund hate, and do horrific disgusting acts to individuals all the time.
Jkr is evil. Not a trash person, not a politically polarizing person, not just an outspoken person I disagree with. But an actual. Evil. Fucking. Human.
I’m pretty sure that the examples I’m remembering are from a video essay on youtube which I don’t expect anyone to go and watch if they wouldn’t be interested in spending time that way anyway. But I found it interesting.
People who are overweight, except molly weasley because we like her, she’s in our group
Stuff about house elves, goblins, professor trewlany, Rowling tends to decide if a person is good or bad, and then their actions are viewed in that lens, with good and bad often indicated by group membership, like what house you are in, who’s your blood ancestor,…
I can pirate and indulge in my inner child from time to time knowing that cast and crew created lifetime bonds and had that experience with us - the fans.
Rowling? There aren’t enough buses on earth to toss her under.
If it makes you feel any better (and sorry if it does the opposite), she sort of plagiarised from earlier series including The Worst Witch and The Adventures of Willy the Wizard. Kinda all of it, including the premise (magical vs ‘normal’ kids called to a magical school, houses, many of the spells and plots, etc. So much so that the latter sued her over it (that author lost, because it wasn’t a word-for-word lift).
If you like the genre, I’d recommend reading those series instead now.
True. From what i gather, though, it was much more than the general concept. A lot of specifics were the same, which was why that author sued in the first place.
I’m so bummed about Rowling. I loved those books so much growing up. Its such a shame the person who put such whimsy and magic in the world has gotta spew that hate. RIP Harry, a wizard no more
Spew hate, fund hate, systemically implement hate and violence, politically platform and fund hate, and do horrific disgusting acts to individuals all the time.
Jkr is evil. Not a trash person, not a politically polarizing person, not just an outspoken person I disagree with. But an actual. Evil. Fucking. Human.
It’s strange to me how they wrote a book about how muggles are oppressed, then they turn around and become Voldemort IRL
From the very beginning she makes it clear which muggles are “good”, and which are not, and thus are ok to do violence to. Same with other groups.
Yeah, Hagrid performs body modification surgery on an 11 year old boy because he stole a cake. This is presented by the story as just deserts.
I mean, as a kid there were definitely some people in my life I felt would deserve to have a pig tail
Hopefully your ethics are a bit more developed now
As an adult, i would hope one could tell the difference between a child’s imagination and reality.
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The Dursleys? They’re tories, pretty sure a lot of people here wouldn’t mind punching a tory.
This is the exact kind of simplification that I’m talking about.
What do you mean? I don’t remember anything like that. There were jerk muggles yes, but also jerk wizard and witches
I’m pretty sure that the examples I’m remembering are from a video essay on youtube which I don’t expect anyone to go and watch if they wouldn’t be interested in spending time that way anyway. But I found it interesting.
Shaun - Harry Potter. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1iaJWSwUZs
People who are overweight, except molly weasley because we like her, she’s in our group
Stuff about house elves, goblins, professor trewlany, Rowling tends to decide if a person is good or bad, and then their actions are viewed in that lens, with good and bad often indicated by group membership, like what house you are in, who’s your blood ancestor,…
I can pirate and indulge in my inner child from time to time knowing that cast and crew created lifetime bonds and had that experience with us - the fans.
Rowling? There aren’t enough buses on earth to toss her under.
If it makes you feel any better (and sorry if it does the opposite), she sort of plagiarised from earlier series including The Worst Witch and The Adventures of Willy the Wizard. Kinda all of it, including the premise (magical vs ‘normal’ kids called to a magical school, houses, many of the spells and plots, etc. So much so that the latter sued her over it (that author lost, because it wasn’t a word-for-word lift).
If you like the genre, I’d recommend reading those series instead now.
As much as some people (and a lot of giant corps) hate it, you can’t copyright a general concept.
True. From what i gather, though, it was much more than the general concept. A lot of specifics were the same, which was why that author sued in the first place.