Please don’t support the terrible Rowling

[stux@mstdn.social]

@Linux They are in swizz i believe

[linux@masto.ai]

@stux

Check their TOS (terms of services). You will see they cite only two countries: Switzerland and the United States.

They fall under U.S. Justification, but their TOS tries to claim they're primarily Switzerland.

[faithinbones@mastodon.social]

@stux I'm not watching at all. I gave up on Harry Potter several years ago when I heard the author was a bigot

[orb2069@mastodon.online]

@stux

Feels like the remake is for people who don't want to cope with the original cast rejecting Rowling.

I'm curious if they're going to downplay the "look, I'm a racist/classist/fatphobic piece of shit" notes in this one even further than the original ones, or if they're going to lean in even farther?

[kitkat_blue@mastodon.social]

@stux

"follows the books"

Harry's dad hanging the new Black Snape from a tree.

Ya. Rowlings *definitely* had a hand in casting this.

She's not *just* a transphobe. She a white supremacist bigot too.

[alice_watson@mastodon.social]

@anthrazit that series already had so many problematic themes, but also, Rowling is such a cruel, anti-feminist, transphobic, bigot, that I don't understand how anyone can still support her work in any way that puts money in her pocket or spreads her toxic influence.

It's like saying, "Voldemort's policies left something to be desired, but he really brought people together". Except you didn't even acknowledge the first part.

@stux

[raphaelmorgan@disabled.social]

@anthrazit @stux I have some follow-up questions.
- do you think I deserve healthcare?
- do you support my right to call my wife a woman?
- do you think people should be allowed to choose what we do with our bodies?
- do you think racism or anti-Semitism are bad?
- do you think women are harmed by a system that enforces strict gender roles and places their value on how well they meet an arbitrary aesthetic standard?

If you answered "yes" to any of these, you might want to rethink your support.

[jakebrake@ohai.social]

@Noortjevee @stux

The only things JKR brought to the table were cruel interconnects between the much better sources she stole from, plus lawyers.

When I read the first HP book, I thought it was a fanfic homage to the Worst Witch series or maybe Chrestomanci series. Or Books of Magic for the protagonist. Or Agatha Christie for plot. Nope. Complete rip-off.

OK, time to watch some Worst Witch! Or Owl House!

A pretty good summary of the wherefroms and examples:

Just a moment...

(elftor.medium.com)

[pierrette@mastodon.uno]

@stux I boycott anything Rowling

[jarinks@mstdn.social]

@stux proton

[jarinks@mstdn.social]

@stux tor

[noortjevee@mstdn.social]

@jakebrake @stux reading the first book i was wondering if it was a homage to "the little broomstick"

I really fucking hate that her stans keep claiming she "invented" magical schools....

[trebach@functional.cafe]

@Linux @stux Where do you think it says they fall under US jurisdiction? The places I see the US mentioned is where they have registered trademarks in the US and says consumer users in the US agree to binding arbitration and a class action waiver unless they opt out within the first 30 days of agreeing to the terms of service

[taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org]

@stux This shit is exactly why people hate wokism. And why the right wing is gaining popularity.

[jakebrake@ohai.social]

@Noortjevee @stux

To be explicit, I did very much enjoy the movies and the theme park, but didn't learn about JKR's mental and emotional challenges until later.

Nowadays, I can only see that HP was abused by cruel guardians, taken advantage of by a manipulative schoolmaster, and ended up becoming a cop--one with anger issues and violent tendencies.

BTW, Arthur Weasley? Also a cop. Those stories reek of copaganda.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@stux And John Lithgow as Dumbledore? I've lost respect for him for having taken the role, but though I used to like him as an actor, he is not Dumbledore.

A lot was left out of the movies, so this is an opportunity to tell more of the story, but considering the author, its time should be done. I guess they think they can milk it further.

[destranis@dragonscave.space]

@stux And if I want to support Rowling and common sense?

[verenarupp@social.vivaldi.net]

@stux The books weren't even good.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@jakebrake @Noortjevee @stux Have you seen the Conrad Edison series? I was surprised he wasn't sued. It was just a darker version of HP.

[destranis@dragonscave.space]

@stux Please don't spread nonsense. You are right about the fact that noone asked for this, but at least Rowling still knows what common sense is.