Please don’t support the terrible Rowling

[anthrazit@mastodon.social]

@stux
I don't agree.

The Harry Potter books were definitively the best reading experience I've ever had in my life.

I've read all of the books to my kids as well, and I wouldn't miss a minute of that wonderful time.

There is some much magic and wisdom in those books, and the prophecies of the hard times we are in at the moment.

I am here to protect her and willing to cast every spell I know with the exception of one of the forbidden ones.

[icg937@mstdn.social]

@stux I don't support the terrible Rowling, but I'm going to watch the trailer and the series until my eyes burn

[stux@mstdn.social]

@icg937 Just download via torrent or whatever

[stux@mstdn.social]

*if you do want to watch the new series but not support Rowling

Get a (good) VPN like Proton + Tor for example and just download them via torrents or something

It's okay

[bamowen@defcon.social]

@stux Mullvad all the way

[stux@mstdn.social]

@Bamowen Also good!

[stux@mstdn.social]

@Nymnympseudonymm That is correct!

[linux@masto.ai]

@stux

I would avoid Proton since they're in the USA, but overall, I would agree with your message.

[woe2you@beige.party]

@anthrazit @stux She's a deeply unpleasant bigot. If you're defending her I can only assume you are too.

[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:

https://elftor.medium.com/harry-potter-and-the-possible-plagiarism-of-one-j-rowling-c19f1b05595c

[pierrette@mastodon.uno]

@stux I boycott anything Rowling

[jarinks@mstdn.social]

@stux proton

[jarinks@mstdn.social]

@stux tor