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reminder: Harry Potter tattoos have a higher regret rate than trans surgeries and that’s very funny actually

    • maniii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35·
      5 months ago

      Just because an Author has some bad takes doesn’t have to sour the franchise for you. On principle, you can move on and still carry the enjoyment of your experience. Chalk the author up as “gone cuckoo” or something and don’t spoil your initial reactions and interpretations.

      Life is all about what you feel, experience and reminisce over. And no one can take that from you. While facts cannot change, your feelings do evolve over time and something you can and should look forward to.

        • Nyonnyan@lemmy.world
          32·
          5 months ago

          The difference between Lovecraft and Rowling is, lovecraft doesnt make a profit off of his stuff anymore

          • umbraroze@lemmy.world
            16·
            5 months ago

            Also, Lovecraft had good relationships with other authors and collaborated with them, and effectively made the Cthulhu mythos open source before that was cool. Rowling on the other hand…

          • Iapar@feddit.de
            10·
            5 months ago

            Also, as far as I know, Lovecraft came around and said he was an idiot for being racist.

            On the other hand Lovecraft stories work because he was racist. Fear of the unknown etc.

            That is the true horror. That something good came from racism and xenophobia.

            • Lyre@lemmy.ca
              20·
              5 months ago

              “On the other hand Lovecraft stories work because he was racist. Fear of the unknown etc.”

              Well when you get right down to it, the wizarding world of harry potter only really functions because of the author’s hardcore belief in the importance of the status quo and the existence of groups of people who are inherently evil… Not saying the premise wouldn’t have worked without that but it would have been a really different story

          • AbsentBird@lemm.eeEnglish
            7·
            5 months ago

            And he hardly made profit off it to begin with. I would bet most HP tattoos will outlive Joan.

          • Dasus@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 months ago

            Here’s a spoiler for you; you don’t have to pay JKR, even indirectly.

            Buy used books or pirate movies / games so she doesn’t get the benefits.

          • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
            3·
            5 months ago

            Are there fans of the actual series? Enders game is pretty good, speaker for the dead was annoying but I saw the point, but I physically tossed xenocide across the room at one point. Just absolutely awful.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.world
        22·
        5 months ago

        Nostalgia critic on yt made a good point about death of the author and how it doesn’t necessarily apply when it comes to Rollo. It’s difficult to separate her from her art because she still profits extensively from the product she created and uses that money to fund anti - trans organizations. It’s not so simple as separating the work from the artist in this case.

      • alx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        15·
        5 months ago

        except the blatant racism, transphobia, homophobia, slavery apology, and other things are in the actual books

        • kyle@lemm.ee
          5·
          5 months ago

          I’m not sure transphobia or homophobia were in the actual books, but the others you mentioned were. Rowling herself obv exhibits all of those things, but I try to think of OP as a 9 year old just discovering a love of reading, who doesn’t know about the racist tones. That’s my story at least, and I’ve been happier just letting people enjoy things.

    • Sas [she/her]@beehaw.org
      2·
      5 months ago

      You can hate on Joanne without being trans because she’s a terrible human being that put Jewish stereotypes in her books, made slave owning the normal and the people going against it the ridiculed minority.

      She also made the jock main character that won sports because he always got the newest most expensive broom instead of hard work with rich parents a cop. Also she keeps retconning stupid stuff like how wizards just poop on the floor and magic the shit away.

      On top of that she’s a TERF and just a giant shit stain on society that wizards should just magic away.

      Imagine the only way to regret putting something made by a terrible human being on your body is to be directly affected by it. Imagine having empathy.