every time HP Lovecraft's name comes up in conversation we're obliged to do a collective struggle session about his racism but J.K. Rowling is out here donating the proceeds of her IP to the Foundation For Putting Trannies In The Thresher and people are like 'well her work means a lot to me'
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I agree though, it's worth criticizing the racist themes in his work but Rowling is still causing active harm.
Emily Yousis is a neo nazi but I think a lot of her old art is really interesting,
Gary Glitter is a predator, made a few songs I like,
Yukio Mishima was a fascist but a good writer.
https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/td.aspx
https://deepcuts.blog/2022/12/21/deeper-cut-spirits-of-bigotry-past-present-h-p-lovecraft-j-k-rowling/
There is no struggle with Rowling she needs a French revolution necklace.
The same Dube by the guy who disowned his gay son? That Dune?
1. lovecraft, an author of Icky Stories For Boys, isn't given the same level of cultural cachet, or
2. certain kinds of bigotry are more acceptable than others
1. Lovecraft is dead. It's hard to cancel a dead person who never had as much influence as Rowling.
2. People tend to remember his work more for his ideas rather than his racism.
3. He mellowed out slightly before he died
A. He is dead.
B. While alive he never influenced society beyond "oh, that hateful and sickly weirdo that does those odd books?"
C. Despite being a shit person, he inspired generations of (arguably better) writers to expand on his settings.
A. Insufficiently deceased
B. Actively and enthusiastically using her wealth to influence lawmaking to better express her hate.
C. Spewing forth a torrent of shovelware IP derivatives to grab more of her hate-money from the clueless and disinterested.
Meanwhile Rowling has everything and actively made herself a worse person
If only because he seems like he wasn’t a super confrontational guy and would just give in to pushback. And because he wasn’t super successful and wouldn’t have become a billionaire.
Rupert Grint.
Sorry Rupert, but I'll try to remember your name in the future along with your costars.
Also, driving from Texas to Massachusetts in the 30s was a literally heroic undertaking. Part of the inspiration for the interstate highway system was trying to send an army convoy from the East Coast to Texas over roads and it took *months*
Rowling's hatred continues to be spewed forth from that awful hellish maw of hers.
The same could NOT be said for Rowling
it is so obnoxious. if you work in genre you HAVE to deal with him. we exist in a world where he influenced everything. sorry!
meanwhile rowling's been on an unprompted spiral
start ranting about The Jews and his wife would drag him back down to earth by reminding him that he's married to The Jews and she wasn't doing any of that so knock it off. Really weird dude.
Also Rowing can fuck off.
Jk Rowling made yet another school drama but this time it's wizards. It is safe. It is recycled. It offers nothing new.
So of course, it is beloved
and that's generous because it depends on liking Potter in the first place...and even then you have to be okay with her fucking so much of it up
what, are there fans of Cursed Child lmao
everything that kept the fandom going was fanmade, drop her, she produces nothing
that might be in there too though