Yeah, to be clear, these kids are the ONE exception to "fuck everyone involved with this show, they've sold out trans lives" They're children. Now their PARENTS who saw the paycheck and went "yeah sure who cares"? Absolute scum. - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

zoewithasword.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Yeah, to be clear, these kids are the ONE exception to "fuck everyone involved with this show, they've sold out trans lives"

They're children.

Now their PARENTS who saw the paycheck and went "yeah sure who cares"? Absolute scum.

Reposted from James Whitbrook

good luck to those kids for the twin terrors of immediate and horrifying global stardom while also getting to answer why their parents sold their souls to a bigot for the rest of their lives

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mithras.bsky.social•7 days ago

I hope those kids grow up to support trans rights.

thestarhart.bsky.social•7 days ago

Honestly, given what I've heard about the working conditions many child actors face on set, any parent that willingly puts their kid through that is messed up to at least some degree.

okamikaze.bsky.social•7 days ago

Im sorry that their names are going to be inexorably connected to the show

smooti.bsky.social•7 days ago

Hoping lightning strikes twice and these three end up as chill as the og trio when they’re adults.

dtheslop.bsky.social•7 days ago

My daughter (9 at the time) was desperate to audition for it and I managed to fob her off.

Even if I didn't personally disagree with the show, I knew enough that she'd be dragging it around like an albatross forever.

liamliore.bsky.social•7 days ago

literally tried to hang on to being a HP fan because it's been my thing since I was a kid until JKR decided to triple down on using all her proceeds to attack people. God, what a total anus she turned out to be.

transcinderella.com•6 days ago

Glad you finally saw the light

leemorgan.bsky.social•6 days ago

Has to be a decades long contract which is so shady. To chain your child to a production for their entire childhood.
Else, maybe they can get out in a few seasons

keiya.tinyfairy.xyz•6 days ago

what happened to "protecting kids from making permanent decisions"? being associated with harry potter is a lot more irrevocable than a haircut and a common name.

devilsarrow.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yeah I feel real bad for these kids because on one hand people will unfortunately blame them and on the other hand, you know Joanne is going to use them as a prop

towerofdoubt.bsky.social•7 days ago

they're absolutely going to be used as human shields.

vince.vinceunderwood.com•7 days ago

I feel bad for the kids because everyone who still supports JK is the type of person who would also be cruel to a child.

isidoresdragon.bsky.social•7 days ago

Watson, Radcliffe, and Grint all turned out good; hoping these kids are able to have a similar path.

mvbrat10.bsky.social•6 days ago

That's exactly what I'm hoping happens. They grow, they learn and support trans rights in the end.

jasonvoorhees2011.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hopefully that'll be the case in spite of SOME people (namely one I just had to deal with) just wanting an excuse to bully kids and make trans people look bad.

paneraiwearer.bsky.social•6 days ago

While they help endorse more harm to us in the meantime?

Sorry, no.

No ill will towards them, but they should know better.
And if not them, their parents should.

There's at least one parent in this thread who managed it [to keep his kid away from auditioning].

mvbrat10.bsky.social•6 days ago

The only thing to hope for is the kids grow up learning and turn out well like Radcliffe, Grint and Watson in that they support trans rights in the end.

mvbrat10.bsky.social•6 days ago

That's the thing, the parents should know better. Give the parents shit especially if they knew and had them audition anyway. Unless I see the kids being brainwashed into sprouting bigoted remarks, safe to say it's fair to blame the adults. Going after kids helps no one.

napamda.bsky.social•7 days ago

Wouldn't be surprised if there's something in the contract they can never criticize JKR without getting sued into oblivion

mxlabradorite.bsky.social•7 days ago

I long for the days when “Arabella Stanton already sounds like an HP character name” would have been the dominant conversation.

Alas, transphobia.

metalgearsa1ad.bsky.social•6 days ago

subjecting your child to this kind of vitriol that comes with instant celebrity is abuse, this isn’t like a child star becoming famous later, they knew this was going to happen, if they actually cared about the kids they would have kept the casting secret and let them be credited with pseudonyms

metalgearsa1ad.bsky.social•6 days ago

That’s what Bluey does for its child actors, a show that actually cares about kids

exvolo.bsky.social•4 days ago

I worry for those kids. JKR has proven to have an unhealthy toxic entitlement and obsessiveness towards the child actors working for her projects.

quillgriffins.bsky.social•7 days ago

These three are gonna end up more radicalized than Watson, Radcliffe, and Grint.

I would be SO pissed if I grew up on a show and later found out the monstrosity of its birthing

rangerredx.bsky.social•6 days ago

these kids deserve better than what they're getting.

darthcupcake42.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thank you for saying this. The child actors in the series really are the only ones who I will not accept any hate towards. Even as they get older since they're likely under contract and won't be able to leave until the show is done, or at least until said contracts run out.

danielaphoto.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yeah who would watch this now 😳🤷🏻‍♀️

lookarose.bsky.social•7 days ago

It sucks that if these kids do turn out well like their predecessors then their boss will whip up a hate campaign against them

lilylawookie.bgay.social•7 days ago

Kinda ready to bet that we trans people will be the ones wanting to protect these 3 against the waves of vitriol they'll face

geekingthething.bsky.social•7 days ago

So much this.

And we will, because we get how the hate works and how much it sucks. But fucking hell.

transcinderella.com•7 days ago

I’ve already seen a bunch of “if Temu cast the series” type comments and it’s just further proof that these fans don’t actually love the material, but the identity they’ve built around these stories.

They’re not really “fans” anymore, and that’s why they can’t quit it.

phyphor.one-dash.org•7 days ago

Yep.

kaiju-z.bsky.social•7 days ago

These poor kids are gonna need so much therapy because of Rowling.