An HBO executive has promised fans of the Harry Potter franchise that the upcoming reboot television series will not be “infused” with J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans beliefs.
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That doesn't fucking matter. That TV show generates blood money... it puts money into the hands of a hateful person who will use that money to hurt people.
This sounds like damage control spin for the media to help get viewers to tune in that are turned off to HP due to JKR being a vile, hateful, deranged genital obsessed Transphobe
The content of the show is irrelevant. Money for JKR is money for dangerous anti-trans political lobbyists. I care more about trans people being able to access basic life necessities than whether a fictional wizard thinks I'm valid.
Full offense, if you @ me and you're ableist concern trolling about MY COMMUNITY? Insta-block.
JKR's claims undermine autistic autonomy, dignity, and intelligence—including the autistic girls she claims to support so dearly. She's an enemy of autistic self-determination. A mockery of an ally.
Even if autistic people WERE getting tricked into believing they're trans (we're not) *that is still not a justification to ban trans people from all public restrooms.*
Like. Is the show somehow going to reverse the UKSC ruling that allows trans people to be barred from any and all single-sex bathrooms at a whim? If not, I'm not fucking interested.
so, are you taking out the racism, the fatphobia, the happiness in slavery, the child abuse being handwaved, the poor-phobia, the werewolf being an AIDS allegory...
My wife and kids and I used to absolutely adore the HP movies. We have not watched a single one since she showed her true colors, and my kids are the ones most vocal about it. I can't separate the art from the artist. I won't do ANYTHING that will put another penny in that hag's pocket.
She looks like a 90s era Cloris Leachman that you might see at Madame Tussauds. And no, I wouldn't mention the two of them in the same sentence if Cloris wasn't dead.
HBO is willingly and knowingly in business with a world-famous fascist transphobe.
There will be no trans characters, but there will be animagi, who can transform into any animal; there will be werewolves. Spells that can turn you into a piece of furniture.
This world attracted folks who felt different and accepted there; a new series will attract a younger audience much the same.
Imagine a world where you can be your truest self: but its creator is perversely hateful of your existence and only wishes to profit off of your ignorance.
They tried to put a character who is a trans girl into that Harry Potter game, as if the character’s presence would make any difference in the fact that the money from said game went to to JK Rowling’s terf funds.
Not gonna give a single cent to a heinous loser. She can slither back into her dark moldy smelly sewer for the rest of eternity and leave humanity alone.
The article says she is “very very involved” in the show, so that executive is a liar and this article’s premise is a total lie with that single statement.
Yeah and has been going around pretending that he doesn't really get why people are bothered by JKR (whether or not people watch HP), which has not helped.
I'd prefer kicks and spit in my face than 'polite' eliminationists.
Yup, and he even had a (presumably ex) friend, who is the mother of a trans child, ask him to read an open letter about why it was a bad idea. But he just went "lol, money tho"
In their arrogance they invested all that money on a franchise, that frankly is too recent for a reboot anyway, only to realize too late the creator’s toxicity’s is far more powerful then their PR team could handle.
These slimy executives need to learn that just because a franchise was valuable once, doesn’t mean it will remain valuable. Established IP might appear to be a safer investment, and it might feel good spending a high dollar amount, but it’s just as risky as developing original content.
They're about to learn a real hard lesson alongside the JKR toxicity: the vast majority of people still love the movies and don't want another version.
She POURS money into successfully lobbying to disenfranchise trans people & she’s already pivoting towards the rest of the QUILTBAG - starting with mocking & degrading asexuals, but you know it will be bisexuals up next.
You’re willfully misunderstanding the issue to confuse good people.
Trans people don’t think this series will be loaded with JKR’s bigotry. We KNOW the money from this series will be funneled by JKR directly into attacking the trans community in the media and courts.
I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if she targets the rest of the Queer community too considering the horribly things she said about the Asexual community. It rarely ever stops at just the "T" with bigots
Noone ever just has one bigotry. And tbh, the way she wrote her 'hiv metaphor' already shows her views on the rest of the lgbt community are straight out of the thatcher era.
Oh 100%. Biphobia is a very real thing even within queer spaces sometimes so it would probably be the next logical step on Moldemort's attacks on the queer community
Super relieved to learn the mediocre fantasy series will merely help fund the efforts of the holocaust-denying genocidal nazi but not also be an arm of her propaganda. Truly we are blessed as consumers. Thanks soulless executive! 😌
Nobody’s problem is that the book is anti-trans, but that the profits and cultural caché go to the author who is anti-trans. You could make every Wizard openly and proudly trans on the show and the problem would be the same.
Stop giving her money. We loved it. She killed it. Let it go.
We’re not rewarding bigot billionaires for making the world unsafe for ALL queer people and ALL women because of an obsession with trans women specifically.
That hateful hag and anything she has ever worked on in even the tiniest manner is nothing I care to see or remember in any capacity.
Any reboot, derivative IP etc. all of it, out of my sight.
Exactly. Hey @hbomax.bsky.social — we don’t care about the content, it’s fiction ffs. We care about who is making money off of it. Obvs you’ve already paid for it, but that was a dumb move and whatever brainchild told you it was a good investment was dead effing wrong.
Don't believe them and I don't care even if they aren't lying. Rowling is making money off this? Then it can fuck off and so can everyone else working on this trash. (except the kids, they don't know any better yet)
I used to love Harry Potter books back in the day, but just knowing she profits from the series is enough for me to download it illegally so she doesn't get a penny 🤣
haha I wish I could pretend I am `boycotting` it instead of `preferring to have my own eyes gouged out with razors rather than watch that complete and utter drivel`. HBO will get to blame their $billion loss on 'toxic fanbase' or whatever instead of it being heap of the rotting, hot garbage it is.
shout out to 'Unnamed executive' running interference with 'she's a bigot on her own time' though I doubt this is going to be much prophyaxis when the audience numbers come in. 🤣
It was infused with her beliefs at inception. Just shows that they know she's problematic but are gonna steamroll ahead anyways. I don't even see why Harry Potter even needs to exist as a franchise anymore. It's extremely generic besides all of the racism and slavery.
It’s a shame that everyone at the Pratchett estate just KNOWS they would fuck up a Discworld series because done correctly that shit would be beloved the world round
poor advertising, yes, but in all honesty, none of the adaptations have been of the level the series needs and deserves. Good Omens, at least season 1, is the closest to what a proper discworld adaptation should be. bump up the budget slightly and get people that understands it BTS and you're golden
Sunk-cost fallacy and also the pervasive belief that they need a tent-pole franchise. They aren’t going to take a risk on a new thing. The closest they got was an attempt to expand it to “the wizarding world” with Fantastic Beasts. That flopped, but they clearly didn’t get why
What about the antisemitic imagery, pro-slavery narratives, anti-Irish racism etc that make up most of the world building? And what about the profits continuing to infuse her mouldy bank account?
No care. It still feeds her with money.
She could have the rights of « Antifa protest : the game » and put no veto on the video game adaptation we still would boycott her because it still would feed her money.
She’s the problem, no matter the artistic creation she makes or sponsors
Its not the worries of the show being infused with her hatred, its the fact every dime this show will generate will go to her and that is how she got the funds to push a bill against the trans community.
Only a full stop on the production is left as an option.
She's literally helping to produce this show and "the idea of "separating the art from the artist" is generally bullshit internet nonsense, so I'm not going to take this man at his word
usually its fine, but not when said artist literally says that if you support her work you agree with her politics, and that she will use any money she gets to support bigoted laws and organizations, and has.
She took "death of the creator" out back and had it shot like a disobedient house elf
I already canceled my subscription over them running this show, fuck them for putting money in that bitches pockets, and yeah I already know that’s an insult to female dogs everywhere.
Well thank goodness it’s not “infused” into a fake tv show and it’s just only funneling money directly to her so she can fund harmful political campaigns and orgs against real people.
It’s painfully mediocre fantasy that was perfect for the time and place it came out: children you are trying to get to read in early to mid 2000’s. Anytime I hear someone say they love fantasy followed by HP, I die inside.
Yeah as it turns out I’m still pissed at HBO deleting the Batgirl movie for a tax break anyway and am never giving them money again but remember when they fired a bunch of BIPOC folks and axed non- white, straight TV and film?
Yeah, that doesn't matter. Everyone I know is vehemently against anything that puts money into that disgusting, soulless, hateful little demon's pockets.
Anything related to JK Rowling should be cancelled. No one will support it. Make original content instead.
Will it give her money that she can use to pay for the persecution of trans people, as she has with the recent high court decision in favour of a hate group that she funded?
Ask the actual questions. Don't repeat damage limitation PR.
Don’t think *that* was the concern! It’s that she’s getting more money from a high profile media project that strengths her personal brand, her bank account and her anti-trans political donations.
Don't worry folks, the wizards won't look at the camera and say "also we hate trans people. " Instead the profits on the show will go to helping Rowling do that in real life instead
Lol this show is going to flop because it's already embattled and stupid and then we will be subjected to ten thousand trend pieces about how TV is suffering because we’re all “too woke” instead of HBO not reading the room at any point.
Not just that, she funded the anti-trans movement that ended up getting trans rights rolled back in the UK. Any money people give to her could end up literally finding transphobic movements again.
Bullshit. "In a review of 27 studies involving almost 8,000 teens and adults who had transgender surgeries, mostly in Europe, the U.S and Canada, 1% on average expressed regret."
Where on earth do you get that idea? Surgical regret is universal - there will always be a percentage of patients with regret after any procedure. Regret rates for heart surgery are 3x greater than gender-affirming surgery. Try caring about something you know about!
Why is this so complicated? JKR's life's work is now active and harmful bigotry against a group of people. If you support those people at all, or even are generally against the idea of hurtful public bigotry, any content that she makes is going to be INFUSED with ugly and creepy and gross. Ew. 🤮
Might not be"Infused"with her anti-trans beliefs but it is still loaded with all her other bigotry.Lets not forget that ALL the money she'll make off of the series to give to those AntiTrans Beliefs.
If you're going to watch this series, please block me and remove me from anything we share thanks.
OR... maybe they could just *not* reboot and already overexposed IP created by a very vocal transphobe. I mean, has anyone asked for this reboot? Are their not other interesting stories out there created by non-bigots?
tbh even the people I know who like harry potter aren't interested in this show because it's just a retread of the same shit, and it's transparently just a way for jk rowling to "punish" the actors from the movies who "betrayed" her
WB execs/shareholders did, probably. With all the mismanagement as of late, they’re desperately banking on it being their Star Wars that will generate a steady stream of licensing royalties as long as they keep it in the public eye. But it sure as heck isn’t getting a dime from me,
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So her and her IP can go fuck off a bridge for all I care.
as if this is an accepted thing we all know and agree with, rather than the opposite of reality
And an admission she did poison the show
JKR's claims undermine autistic autonomy, dignity, and intelligence—including the autistic girls she claims to support so dearly. She's an enemy of autistic self-determination. A mockery of an ally.
There is no justification for that.
It's inhumane.
Celebrating it, especially so.
there's also mental illness vilification, mocking PTSD, a caste system, it's a mess
They knew.
And the Interchangeable Asian Heritage character being super-studious and otherwise completely flat as a character
And the fat people who are evil and fat and evil
And the corrective gangrape centaurs
And
And
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Eu só espero q realmente flop
There will be no trans characters, but there will be animagi, who can transform into any animal; there will be werewolves. Spells that can turn you into a piece of furniture.
Imagine a world where you can be your truest self: but its creator is perversely hateful of your existence and only wishes to profit off of your ignorance.
HBO (anyone associated with JKR) has made a very bad choice and it should hit them hard in their wallets and reputations.
Good.
They're already anticipating financial problems.
Double good.
As long as she keeps getting royalties from it, anything Harry Potter supports her and her garbage ass views about trans people and women in general.
Lithgow is worse tho - JKR clearly has severe personality issues, but Lithgow is ignoring her vileness for the cash and gaslighting in the meantime. 🤮
I'd prefer kicks and spit in my face than 'polite' eliminationists.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-lithgow-harry-potter-jk-rowling-anti-trans-comments-1236201956/
oh wait
HBO is giving her £££.
Fuck that.
Also:
Trans people don’t think this series will be loaded with JKR’s bigotry. We KNOW the money from this series will be funneled by JKR directly into attacking the trans community in the media and courts.
(I am still waiting for a Pern movie.)
Please give us content from creators who actually care about humanity and it's many overlapping and interlocking minorities a better world to live in.
Pern is huge and beautiful. Discworld is rich, and full of detail that begs to be put on a big screen.
and both Earthsea and Eragon deserve proper attempts.
And she's already using the safety of that position to make some heinous statements.
K.
Still wouldn't watch it obvs.
We’re not rewarding bigot billionaires for making the world unsafe for ALL queer people and ALL women because of an obsession with trans women specifically.
Any reboot, derivative IP etc. all of it, out of my sight.
https://www.wearelumos.org/what-we-do/
There's no salvaging this garbage, only making it less enjoyable for the bigoted freaks who make up their primary target audience at this point.
more than enough reason to not support the show
If you want to watch it, maybe there's a free way that won't give her money
It would've been so good
A pity though, as the cartoon versions of Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music absolutely slap
She could have the rights of « Antifa protest : the game » and put no veto on the video game adaptation we still would boycott her because it still would feed her money.
She’s the problem, no matter the artistic creation she makes or sponsors
Only a full stop on the production is left as an option.
Stop trying to convince people to fund an actual attempted genocide by stating “but we aren’t putting it in our revenue source”…
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She took "death of the creator" out back and had it shot like a disobedient house elf
Which is damning it with faint praise.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/laid-off-hbo-max-execs-reveal-warner-bros-discovery-is-killing-off-diversity-and-courting-middle-america/
Such fuckin dicks.
Anything related to JK Rowling should be cancelled. No one will support it. Make original content instead.
Ask the actual questions. Don't repeat damage limitation PR.
Never a penny to HBO.
Yes, I'm sure, so fuck her and fuck that series.
i hope she dies.
Nobody with any moral ground to stand on would willingly participate in adapting her material, or imbibe it.
HBO is going to need to get used to the idea of losing a LOT of money very quickly on this project.
https://www.wearelumos.org/what-we-do/
She's shown that she cares. Those are her true colors.
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-treatment-regret-detransition-371e927ec6e7a24cd9c77b5371c6ba2b?hl=en-US
Quit carrying water for a hateful woman. It's gross.
If you're going to watch this series, please block me and remove me from anything we share thanks.
Dying!
That and WB likely wanted it because the Fantastic Beasts movies were a flop and heading into a very bad direction before they were cancelled.