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There is always piracy though.
Better to not engage with her output at all though. Plenty of other good shows and books in the world to enjoy, without providing further engagement and interest for her hate.
Nah, I’ll probably just pirate it
I’d argue that’s still indirectly helping to a smaller extent by keeping the fandom alive. Although, one could pirate the game and donate the money that would go towards buying it to a trans related charity or something (Trevor Project?)
I recon this is a fringe opinion but i would much prefer embrace and transform the fandom into something explicitly inclusive and progressive, many aspects of the wizarding world have so much whimsical potential to explore human expression and identity. This is also why so many (ex) potterheads are queer.
I reject Rowling as the creator, most of it builds on pre existing ideas (The worst witch, existing folklore). All she really did was stumble on a good mix and then copyrighted it.
The fandom took that mix and have expanded it much further then Rowlings tiny brain can handle and it brought them together, i hate to lose what we had because of some corporate leech that sucks money out of it.
Now about this series, obviously she is going to profit from any profit its gets, so giving them profit is unethical, likewise hyping up the show without a critical perspective is also bad because others may then buy it or merch.
But it’s still that same mix of potential. The people who make the show may not all agree with Rowlings and reflect their own visions into it. Just like the original cast distance itself from her and also managed to project more than Rowling could even comprehend that world could contain. It’s at least worth a pirated watch to celebrate what it could be, while holding a critical perspective of the flaws it will certainly have.
Hatsune Miku wrote Harry Potter
I can see the reasoning, although those expansions would be better off connected to a different work.
You’re delusional for your own benefit to convince yourself it’s ok to continue doing what you’re doing… It’s so common though as to be comical.
I reject Rowling as the creator, most of it builds on pre existing ideas (The worst witch, existing folklore).
So embrace a fandom that is not created by Rowling. If the fandom loves the setting but hates Rowling then start embracing the non-trademarked “Wizard School” genre. The ‘similar to but legally distinct from’ school of “Pigwarts” that had the famous student “Garry Cotter”.
The only thing coming out for Harry Potter that is any good is redoing what has already been done. You already have the books and movies I’m sure, no reason to acquire a remake. Anything knew is going to involve bigoted wizards shitting their pants, Garry Cotter fan fiction is going to be much more interesting.
Id much prefer this series was focused on a non trademarked version and was telling new stories with new rather than recycle Rowlings tale.
But they didn’t make that series, they made the one thats coming. As much as i hate i do recognise they had resources to do new things that i would like to know about.
Besides the worst witch and that one Netflix anime i have not seen much tv that explores this setting.
Its the same with the hogwarts legacy game, sure some indie titles explore similar worlds but there is only one that explores such a big world as a beautiful 3d rpg.
I love HP. Hewlett-Packard? Oh fuck, that’s worse.
I love hitpoints. A nice way to handle health in games.
I remember a guy in college for whom English wasn’t his first language calling them hitting points. Makes sense!
I’m going to start using that. It’s streets ahead.
I always thought they were health points.
Even if it weren’t for JK Rowling I just don’t care about this remake. It’s unnecessary why are they doing it it’s just weird.
No one seems to have a compulsion to remake other early 2000 movies into TV shows I don’t know why they’ve got to start with Harry potter of all things. I would sort of get it if they just want to do tell more stories in the same universe but they’re just going to rehash what’s already being done. Why?
The explanation is that the movies famously cut out a LOT from the books, and fans were kinda sad about it, and the show aims to restore a whole bunch of that. In a vacuum, this would be a nice thing actually, like a Lord of the Rings show that restores the full content of all of Tolkien’s books properly, the people want the Bombadil cut (oh look, what’s Stephen Colbert doing over there?). Fans wanted it, and a lot of people will be very happy about it as long as it doesn’t bomb. It’s just a shame that Rowling will also be very happy about it, couldn’t even wait for her to die so that they don’t have to pay her.
You pretty much summed it up. This new TV series is aimed more towards the people who loved the books but we’re disappointed by the movies. The first 3 seasons though are probably going to be pretty similar to the movies because the first 3 books were pretty short And the movies did a decent job of following them. However, the 4th movie was where they really veered away from the books in a lot of ways. Its basically the equivalent of someone remaking The Hobbit, since there’s a lot of Lord of The Rings fans that hated The Hobbit movies because they added a bunch of random shit to them that weren’t in the book.
100% Agree. More rehashing of old content instead of something similar and original? Who is asking for this?
Yeah I was tired of it before I became aware of her bigotry and it was an open secret in the trans community for a few years before she became open about it
Except that for all of her anti-trans stuff, she never advocated for killing trans people or anything of the sort. Or did I miss something?
EDIT: Holy shit, so many downvotes for an honest and open question? I fully realize that what she advocates for is harmful (which was what I alluded to in my original question), but there’s still quite a difference between that and advocating for the murder of every trans person, jfc.
shes harming through rhetoric and influence, and also funding anti-trans bills, and that leads to death or injury.
There is a solution. 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
The age-old question…Can you separate the art from the artist?
Yeah but only after they’re dead when they’re not getting royalties anymore.
after they’re dead when they’re not getting royalties
Or actively trying to do harm.
Yes, but you can’t separate your money you spend on their products from them. That’s why pirating is the morally correct thing to do in that situation.
I can, but why would I? There’s already more art than I can consume in a lifetime, made by people who weren’t evil
“Can one separate art from artist?”
We need to stop having that conversation because That stopped being the question!
That WAS the question in the beginning when we as a society were really trying out a new form of advocacy where millions of people could have a parasocial relationship with an author in real time and learned that their “friend” was being a jerk but that is far from the question now.
JKR used her fantastic wealth to fund the lawyers that made the landmark decision to change the legal definitions of woman and render UK Gender recognition certificates moot. This decision has legitimately caused a surge in workplaces siding with transphobic employees, attacks on trans and cis people in bath and changing rooms, disqualified trans women (a population who is known to have high rates of domestic abuse, rape and human trafficking), from shelters and medical/mental services they desperately need.
And she lit a cigar and patted herself on the back for a good use of 700,000 pounds stirling.
There are other groups and causes she funds and supports through attention capture through her activism and bank account. This isn’t separating art from artist - it is cutting off revenue streams to a hateful popular activist campaigning to make vulnerable people die because she finds them intellectually inconvenient.
I always get nervous when someone else tells me I am asking the wrong question. That is usually closely followed by “You don’t understand”.
In this case, the situation just changed.
according to this comic, does it make it okay if you pirate everything so that there’s no financial transaction involved?
edit i guess i should state: i dont fuck with harry potter stuff. it was just something i thought of. i’m more of a wizards in space kinda guy (sci fi lol)
At that point you’re someone standing next to the dude in the “I ❤️ HP” shirt. Supporting a fandom that is owned by bigots is still not great. At the end of the day you’re perpetuating it’s existence.
It’s not nearly as bad, but it’s not good.
If you absolutely must read those collections of poor writing and thinly veiled racism, you can get them from a used bookstore as well. The point is to not give fuckface money
It’s kind of muddy and depends on your personal beliefs on how much you think interacting with a terrible person through uncritical devouring of their works is likely to taint your own worldview. Various factors include how many people were involved, did they have the views at the time, are you capable of reading the text in a manner where you seperate yourself a bit from it, etc.
I don’t think it’s worth the risk personally, but I tend to view art as a communication from one person to another, rather than a commodity or a consumable. I don’t particularly go out of my way to communicate with terfs who are immune to critical thinking. Also if we get down to brass tacks, it’s not that good of a series.
The only risk you have is that someone will see you playing a Harry potter game, or reading a book, and they will then go and buy it. If you pirate it just keep it relatively private if you really want to make sure jk Rowling doesnt benefit in any way.
Dune gang rise up!
man, somewhere around here i have hardback copies of the prequel trilogy his son wrote from frank herbert’s notes. i don’t remember if they’re any good but that was my introduction to dune back in high school.
Same thing but with homophobic chicken sandwich.
I’ve never understood the love for their food. It’s not that good. I wouldn’t eat there even if they weren’t owned shitty people.
In 1997 fast food chicken sandwiches were garbage, and Chik Fil A was amazing in comparison. By the late 2000s there was plenty of good fast food chicken and CFA was already mid. Today we live in the chicken sandwich golden era and CFA is hot trash.
Yeah it’s… fine. Nothing to go crazy over. I don’t get it lol
is this about the NEW movie?, everyone said the new “lookalikes” of the og cast look like AI generated, and JKR have been criticized for trying to white wash the og cast because they dont like jkr for her transphobia…
I just scrubbed through the trailer and it truly looks AI generated. Like they just remade the movie with different actors instead of re-imagining it to make something unique.
this is all warner bros. they have an ip that isnt making money. thats all this series is.
They didn’t whitewash Snape. They made him black. Not Sirius Black, though.
Hyperbole
Yes. That appears the be what the comic is going for.
I was looking for books to read for one of my students to read. (He loved the classroom edition for The Martian.) The book store had all of Harry Potter on the bottom shelf.
I don’t know if its just not selling well, or the store owners are trying to promote not buying it. I hope its the latter.
I hope it’s the former. That author is reinvesting that money in lawyers, political campaigning and funneling investment into groups that actively are pursuing Supreme Court cases to errode trans rights. Kinda more important than a bookshop owner being a total bro is that she’s not getting more money to do that.
I don’t like Harry Potter but I’m not much of an ally either.
As someone who lives under the rock. I heard her opinion on trans but made me wonder what was with the trans character in Hogwarts Legacy? Did the company placed the character to troll her or something?
I’m not going to condemn anyone who likes Harry Potter. I just want it to be part of the equation. For me, the new show would be something I might check out. But with her directly profiting, I’m just not wasting my time on it.
I’m recently back on dating apps. There’s just so much of this.
