#I'm also sick of being gaslit and told HP is ONLY evilracistbad and has always only been a shallow shitty story

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This is a piping cold MisMag s1 take

some ppl's reaction to MisMag is steadfastly *insisting* that it's a biting takedown of JKR and the Harry Potter world and like... I don't think that's accurate or healthy media analysis.

S1 was a satire of HP, sure, but you cant deny that it's also a love letter to the Harry Potter world. It's a fan work created by adults who have grown up and see flaws in the work itself as well as the author, so they made their own space to play in a similar world. If there was no love for HP, they wouldn't have created a world so obviously parodying it. If there was no love for the source material, it would have been a sad, mean-spirited show because it would've lacked caring.

idk. I have just seen a lot of the "anti-problematic-media" circles are still on this kick of retconning your own memories to free yourself of the burden of being associated with Bad Media. and that's just... really dumb and unhelpful, and I think actively bad for the psyche.

It's ok if you like(d) HP and Potter-inspired media. Thought crimes are not real. Donate to the Trevor Project or a local queer charity if the money aspect makes you feel guilty, but you can't magically (lol) scrub your history clean from association. You can't retcon reality.