your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
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The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
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Every time I read someone telling Joanne to go shove rocks in her nose, I feel a little better inside.
Thank you for doing your part to call out bullshit, I promise it does help.
I’m shocked. shocked!!
Apparently, I'm not missing much.
like is all this free outrage marketing marketing really helping
Though I looked into this at one point and the best I could figure is that attendance/purchases don't give her any more $$$, the licensing deal with Universal isn't based on attendance/sales.
JK is semi unique in that she actively funds for that shit, even other creators have tried to semi avert it or have the things be more personal.
It is NOT a free pass to fund transphobes.
Consider being better in the future.
anyway go play Noita for an interesting spell assembly and combination system or Hades 2 for witchcraft in an excellent artstyle
You know it's ok to like Harry Potter and not like Rowling, right?
It's buying a video game you want to play. That's it.
Then it's funding a bigot.
It's capitalism.
Ya wanna know where most of that money goes?
To the talented and diverse team at WB who made Hogwarts Legacy.
By your logic, buying an iPhone would be supporting slavery.
Cheap labor and the poor working conditions in China.
Also all the money the devs get from sales is miniscule. Publisher is scraping up all the change now.
https://archiveofourown.org/users/little0bird/pseuds/little0bird/works?fandom_id=136512
And I say that as someone who enjoyed the books immensely. But in NO WAY is the IP so engaging that I’m willing to support that monster.
She's maybe popular, but she's just a small fish. The greedy companies and their CEOs are more powerful. See the US right now, how they are trying to change opinions for many people.
Simple.
The Queen of fictional Wizardry does not believe in the fictional wizardry of trans magic.
No spell, or affirmation, or waved wand will turn base metal into gold .... or lads into lasses.
The seven seas exist
Don't buy books, don't watch shows, don't play games where your money goes to fucking bigots
All those things are voluntary and easy to avoid buying
Harry Potter sucked after book 5’s release date. (I was a 10 year old and didn’t get how hateful she was then)
And in which case there is definitely a certain method that allows you to play this game for free and not give a single dime to JKR
⚓🦜 arrrrghh
Even if others get some scraps.
Don't fund bigots.
There's plenty of other magical games out there.
There's also the insanely easy and free option of... not letting nostalgia blind you to the current evil this franchise is funding.
Don't buy. Easy.
Devs trying to distance themselves says a lot.
these people are trying to feel like kids again and we should nurture that instead of this one-note message that puts her at the center
She used to be a blinkered but well-meaning '90s British liberal, but with money and fame, her ego swelled and she got used to Being Right.
And the thing is, *this can happen to anyone*.
But *nobody* is inherently immune to this.
There’s way cooler fantasy shit out there.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate/
Let it die... PROPERLY
To those people, she DID take a hit from the boycott. Yes, she got paid upfront but she also takes a cut as a royalty, like with most licenses.
Daniel gets sued, but the lawsuit goes nowhere.
They were not happy at all.
Well played.
Boycotting Target has been a bit more difficult but we have managed so far.
I'm sorry, this still isn't sufficient for the claim of what she supposedly said. I agree it's disgusting, but I need without a shadow of a doubt that she said purchases are endorsements.
That said, 1/
https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1656733914411433990
I was mainly looking for these so I could offer more to friends that are still on the fence. I looked into Twitter, too, but I was running low on time due to other obligations. I truly appreciate the breakdown!
Also...it's my right to seek knowledge and facts. I care about what is true, not just gathering rhetoric that suits me. I don't want to give her even more ammo against my community.
Every time someone criticizes her views she brags about how rich she is
That doesn’t mean that she is right. Why give her creedence on this topic alone?
If one knows nothing about HP except what they read or watched then how does that matter?
and anyone who's not aware should probably be made aware!
That wasn’t my question.
My question was why does anyone believe she is correctly knowing the beliefs of her consumers?
I’m not sure how else to restate this so people stop jumping to every other issue with her.
We should recognize her as an authority on the beliefs of her consumers…
Because her money managed to influence the UK supreme court against trans people?
I couldn't get my brother to do the same, but I did get him to stop buying HP stuff.
Knowing what I know now? It's obvious that it's pro-fascist, pro-slavery, and straight up theft.
Discworld(which I got her into) and One Piece(which she got me into) ate both FAR better fantasy series and are progressive as hell.
Gluten is in so much stuff, and I am limited in the Foods and Toiletries I use because I can't even accidentally consume.
Just anything that can be absorbed into the digestive system through membranes - which is more than expected.
Are all Celiacs like this? No.
Walmart carries the highest amount of Celiac safe foods near me that are also egg free (I can't even have "made in facility foods").
I just wish people would understand it means folks like us and not Rich Terf lady ;_;.
(A lot of the issues w. the books are from becoming more popular than anyone could have expected, and whimsical worldbuilding not standing up to scrutiny.)
I very specifically remember as a child always skipping over the quidditch scenes. I was a weird kid, admittedly.
As someone who has always regarded emphasis on sporting prowess as something stupid ppl do to make themselves feel superior… it doesn't appeal to me.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1518220/Spells__Secrets/
Also the headmaster is a mushroom pope, which I'd say is a step up from a Gandalf clone.
... Elden Ring basically obliterated any chance of me ever completing my backlog.
She is an incredible writer but truly appalling human whom I shall never read again or purchase.
Such a shame, like owning a dog and being shocked because one day it started to savage innocent children.
Behave.
I'll peruse a new game here and there, then inevitably go back to 2-3 titles(currently stardew valley, alpha centauri, and balatro).
It isn't my genre of game, but I do love when they play Timberborn because the soundtrack is very good and relaxing.
And even the cyberpunk dystopia faction would build a better world than the TERF queen.
that's had lots of seasons
but some are really short
because of all the incidents
Timberborn!
Some people love that! And it seems to be a great version of that! But it’s more production and process than culture or character, fyi
A) The game is fantastic.
B) The city can suffer disasters and the beavers can die and you _will_ cry.
or
Lumber Sphere Program
And my Battlenet library?
And my GOG library?
And my emulated games folder?
And my Switch library?
And my PS5 library?
And my folder of PC Games I obtained through… certain means?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate/
I can steal from a billionaire? 🥸
But on the other hand... I want this game to crater so badly Zazlav tears up every contract he has with her, legal mouse-traps be damned.
Yeah, who else !? It's like saying "The new pokemon game might feature pokemon !"
Like you don't even have an excuse to sell a cashgrab anymore ? You just trust the transphobic brand to do it.
Well one, she gets residuals, and two, by buying the game you're reinforcing that it's a brand that's worthwhile to license.
Also the first "Hogwarts Legacy" plot was just straight up blood libel via goblins, complete with a treyfed Shofar as an item.
I don't personally play or support these games btw.
Not that hard to follow my guy.
Don't buy the harry potter lego sets.
Not even the face of harry potter wants to support that bigot.
It's really, REALLY easy; avoid harry potter.
So it's the same thing in the end.
Stop buying HP.
But ideally no one should play it, let the universe become irrelevant until she does, like it happened with Lovecraft.