I was a big fan of the franchise so it hurts but I have stopped supporting her in any way shape or form. My partner put on Fantastic Beasts the other day and I didn’t say anything because I didn’t feel like getting into it. I won’t stop other people because I understand the nostalgia.

I don’t really care if someone likes Harry Potter and plays the games or watches the movies, I care a lot more if they give Rowling money in the process. Thankfully, there are ways of enjoying books, movies, TV shows and games without giving shitty people money.

Yo ho ho me hearties.

I will forgive trans people who play the game despite the harm the author does because the IP has a special place in their hearts. I will disagree with them, but as trans folk, we each have to choose how to navigate the transphobia in the world around us, and that includes this game.

I won’t forgive anyone, cis or trans, who tries to downplay the transphobia of the author and the harm she does and there is zero space in blåhaj zone for folks inclined that way.

Hogwarts Legacy? Wasn’t that the game with, like, the plot that was suspiciously similar to blood libel, especially considering how similar goblins are to certain stereotypes and caricatures to begin with? The game where early access players found a horn that looked suspiciously similar to a shofar being described as some sort of annoying goblin instrument? The game where, even setting Rowling aside, several of the staff behind it had some very gross political views? The one where they named the one transfem character “Sirona Ryan” and had her voiced by a cis woman with her voice pitched-down in post to sound more masculine?

I mean, I never played Hogwarts Legacy, so that could all be wrong, but that is nevertheless what I remember people talking about… People have a right to play games even if they have problematic content, sure, but I also have a right to hear “yeah I just had to play the Blood Libel Game because it’s just so nostalgic” and think “wtf”

Pirate it if you want but I heard it’s pretty boring, minimal gameplay and more of a walking tour of the world that you slowly unlock by more infodump convos. I’m just playing my old stuff and waiting for BG3 to drop a bit more. Oh yeah fuck the Facista.

I do like HPMOR but it’s a fanfic and enjoying that fiction simply does not financially benefit anyone in a monetary relationship with JK Rowling.

Fuck JK Rowling and everything associated with her

Granted, I never cared for Harry Potter to begin with, and by the time I finally tried to watch it, it didn’t interest me in the slightest

Also have a bad taste in my mouth because my ex “friend”’s wife rubbed it in my face that she’d gotten Hogwarts Legacy to try to get a reaction after seeing the conflict over it online

I think the debate is long over. Also, calling trans people sensitive is a very old wailing tactic.

Signed, JK Trolling

Huh. Surprising that the poster thinks this community would defend Joanne and the actions she has taken against our community.

Long and short of it, no. I do not support giving her money under really any circumstances. I used to be a die-hard fan of Harry Potter but I haven’t engaged with it in many years and probably never will again. I dont even want to give her intellectual properties my time and attention. I don’t begrudge anyone doing so, but if they asked me, “What do you think about me buying the HP game?” I’d tell them how they’re supporting someone openly aligned with trans hatred, fascists like Kelly Jay Keen, misogynists, anti-abortion organizations, and homophobic people and anti gay rights organizations. She appropriates the voice of lesbian and queer cis women as a weapon against trans people, despite being a categorically straight woman herself. She’s a fascist, not openly, but you’re not best friends with fascists supporting fascist causes if you yourself aren’t a fascist. She is a threat not just to the rights of trans people but also to gay people and women.

Support of her, her actions, or her statements in any capacity is categorically unacceptable in this community. I won’t ban someone for saying they bought the game, but attempting to suggest that she isn’t an active threat to the rights of trans people everywhere is unacceptable. This is a supportive community for transfeminine people, and debate/denial of the trans hate movement is bannable here.

So, as a question, do you agree with giving money in any way to JK Rowling?

Fuck that FART. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Do you agree with supporting Harry Potter as a franchise? 🤓

Oh, you mean her British Empire fan-fiction? The one where elves LIKE to be slaves? The one with anti-semite, racist, imperialist, transphobic and fatphobic subtext?

No, lol.

[Posted this in the defederation thread but someone advised me to post it here too]

Now that I’m looking and see that you are all from hexbear it makes way more fucking sense. The actual trans people with sense are on blahaj, fucking hexbear morons invading this thread makes everything make sense now. Go touch grass.

Ngl I’m starting to get annoyed with how transphobes on other Lemmy instances treat blahaj as like their trans best friend and use it to launder their shitty opinions just because hexbear users are more aggressive in calling out transphobia and then dogpiling whichever user said it

Truth be told? As a former fan of the books but a reluctant enjoyer of the universe, I would love to try the game.

But as a trans person, I cannot in good faith give additional attention to anything Harry Potter. The fandom may be good people, but the books are problematic, the author is a piece of shit, and anything that gives either of these things more exposure should be shunned.

Not censored, just shunned. I’m not going to be an asshole to someone who likes HP but is a nice person otherwise. If they ask me my opinion, I’ll tell them, but I’ll stay away personally from the official content, if not all content (fan content is on a somewhat case-by-case basis, but mostly that too if only just to make staying easier).

Fuck transphobia, fuck transphobes, and fuck people defending either, that’s just transphobia with extra steps.

Not a hard stance to have or to uphold.

What I did with my childhood HP books a few years back:

Fuck no. Pirate that shit.