#anti potterheads

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

living in the uk is wild bc so many ppl have just. Stopped liking that franchise completely. Performances of the play ars still being churned out, but no one is going to see it. That exhibition is up but no one is going to it and tbh it's just like...idk that franchise needs to Go it's so irritating lmaoooo. Like these fans telling ppl that we have to let them like a franchise that constantly prioritises cis boys and cis men so much so that it is viscerally uncomfortable to engage with......yeah no

I live in Australia and while bookstores still proudly display Harry Potter and there are a few fans here and there, there really isn't much HP discourse at all. It's mostly on fandom spaces (but there's plenty of it here).

"Just let people like the things they like!" isn't the argument they think it is to reply to their blatant racism. Enjoying the things you like stops when it becomes harmful (to others not just to you).

I found a statistic on Morning Consult (no idea how reputable that site is, so take with a grain of salt) that 76% of HP fans are white. That is an absolutely astronomical amount, especially considering how popular HP is. So the whole 'sidelining POC voices to uplift white twinks' checks out a lot more. A lot of HP fans ignore racism simply because they can afford to. The only time they question racism within the fandom is when they are explicitly told about racism within the fandom, and only still when it doesn't make them uncomfortable. I've been through the #anti marauders tag and it's all only POC telling the fandom why their favourite characters are racist.

And I've noticed the Marauders fandom in particular seems to headcanon the characters as queer to reclaim it from Rowling and my honest reaction is just to sigh. Rowling does not CARE that you make fanart and fanfiction of queer Marauders and post them on Tumblr and Ao3. She cares about the current popularity of her books, and unless you let the fandom die, you aren't doing jackshit to Rowling, in fact, you're uplifting her.

My example for this is Regulus Black. The Black family are pure blood supremists and Reg also holds these views. He then joins the Death Eaters, who are extremists who hold Reg's views, but then Reg leaves the Death Eaters because he finds Voldemort too extreme (Though, anon, I'm sure you'll already know this). There is no evidence that his views changed. Redemption is through consistency, where many small actions have more values than one big one, and Regulus simply cannot be redeemed because he doesn't show any actual change (Besides, the Marauders, in canon do not have much page time AT ALL. So having a full fledged arc would be... impossible, unless she made the series even longer, god forbid).

Anon, you'll notice I'm specifically talking about the Marauders fandom here, that's just because that's where my research led me. My thoughts specifically about HP fandom is more or less the same, though I don't have any particular examples from the HP (not Marauders) side of things. I do think that the HP fandom is super fucking irritating, they are also a little less delusional than the Marauders fandom. Simply because while when the HP fandom (when I say HP fandom, I mean the main one) tries to separate itself from JKR, they pretty aware of the fact that JKR is a transphobe and they (mostly, and only here on fandom spaces) acknowledge that JKR is a shitty person and their views don't align with hers. Whereas the Marauders fandom act as their they're a completely separate entity, and while they do try to separate from JKR, they think they're absolved from any flack because "we're a separate fandom" and "we headcanon our characters as queer". Newsflash, Marauders fans, you aren't the first one to come up with headcanoning your characters as queer, and you sure as hell are not any different because your author is a transphobe.

You cannot separate the artist from the art, but especially in Rowling's case. She has glued herself to the art and is refusing to let go. And when people engage in the fandom, they just cement her legacy, as if it isn't an extensive one already. I've said this before and I'll say it a million times more: just. read. other. books. I know nostalgia is a bitch, but you sure as hell cannot move on if you never even acknowledge the behaviour as a problem. HP fans are just a step away from Booktok girlies, I fear. Constantly taking out the very political nature of the books just to focus on the things they like (for Booktok, it's morally grey book boyfriends. For HP, it's the cis white men they love so much. For Marauders, it's the racist asshole they've twinkified).

Thanks for the ask, anon. It's absolutely wonderful to have someone share my views on HP, Marauders and the fandoms. I hardly see any criticism that criticises the nature of being in the Harry Potter fandom, and the delusion in the Marauders fandom. I hope I addressed some stuff that you wanted to discuss, but no doubt there's a shit ton more. I know I'll likely not change any HP fans' mind with this, but if it causes them even a little discomfort, my job is done.

[demiaroacejadeharley]

I have no respect for those who continue to consume Harry Potter and JoKe Rowling's other works.

[crazycatsiren]

Please don't follow me if you're a Harry Potter fan. I'll just block you.

My trans friends mean the world to me. I simply won't stomach anything to do with that transphobic bitch.

[4cherrycaandy4]

Dealing with the “anti JK Rowling/Harry Potter” and “Anti Snape” crowd as a Black Potterhead/Snape fan can be so unnecessarily exhausting at times.

I had an incident on Reddit that really bothered me (I’ll make a post about it later, I need to vent about that), but I’ll just say that people are so hellbent on wanting to call out J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter for being “problematic”, that they are completely unaware how offensive they come off in the process. Yet, every time I try to point this out, it’s always the same attitude of, “No, you’re wrong, Rowling-”. No, I am not referring to J. K. and her transphobia, but rather the concept of “racism”/house-elves in the story that many people seem to have an issue with.

On the topic about Snape. I am a Black Snape fan, and over the years I have dealt with COUNTLESS Snape antis. You already know where I’m getting at if you’ve encountered them too: their usage of comparing Mudblood to the N-word. Every time you try to explain to them how they shouldn’t do that, they NEVER listen. They hate Snape so badly, that they rather not try to understand how insensitive they’re being.

First off, Mudblood and the N-word are in no way comparable. Saying, “Snape practically called Lily the N-word” comes off way worse than saying, “Snape called Lily a Mudblood” and they know that. People will think worse of Snape if the incident of him calling Lily a Mudblood was made to seem as if he was calling Lily a racial slur. They are using the N-word as a gotcha moment and weaponizing it in their arguments. When they do that, they are downgrading the horrible history and intensity of the N-word, trying to make it seem equivalent to a slur from a fantasy series. It’s insensitive, yet they either don’t care or realize how insensitive it is for that matter. The funny thing is, Snape-antis are always the first ones to call somebody else racist. That’s another thing too, the Snape fandom has people from multiple backgrounds, BLACK Snape fans EXIST!

“Snape called Lily a Mudblood, which is equivalent to the N-word” is always their go-to, I stg. Like.Shut.Up. There’s this common pattern (no matter what the topic is) of how Black people and Black issues are ALWAYS used as a comparison to make something seem worse than it is.😵‍💫

(I also would like to get into the topic about how the blood purity ideology in the story is not racism. Racism is a very specific concept, and it’s not the only form of bigotry and prejudice. That’s a post for another time though.)

It’s so frustrating, because why is it always the people who think they’re informed and enlightened end up getting so defensive and dismissive when they get called out?

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

“Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen”

— Taylor Swift

Hello and welcome <3

I am yourlocalbadgerscales, but you can call me Jaimiee, Aspen, Alfie… literally anything you want to as long as it isn’t creepy. But I prefer Jaimiee or variations/nicknames of it!

This is my main blog, and here I will post pretty much whatever comes to mind, and I’ll reblog anything funny or important I come across.

About me:

I’m a minor, so be aware of that when you interact!

My pronouns are she/her

Die, cry, despise

Time stamp: 01:35

Main fandoms I’m in:

Harry Potter (fuck J.K R0wI!ng)

The Marauders

Taylor Swift

Conan Gray

Gaylor Swift

Not a fandom, but I’m a proud member of LGBTQIA+!

Favourite ships:

Drarry

Jegulus

Wolfstar

Deamus

Carulia (Carmen Sandiego x Julia)

Kaylor (Taylor Swift x Karlie Kloss)

Autumnflower/Summerfall (Florean Fortescue x oc!August Ollivander)

Rayamaari (Raya and the Last Dragon, Raya x Namaari)

I’m a multishipper!

Favourite artists:

Conan Gray • Taylor Swift • Eminem

Chappell Roan • Nessa Barrett

SOFIA ISELLA, to name a few!

DNI:

Queerphobes (and if you exclude certain gender identities, sexualities etc., GET OU-)

MAPs (MAP stands for Minor Attracted Person, aka pedophile. This isn’t a real sexuality in LGBTQIA+!)

Zoophiles (This isn’t a valid sexuality, either!)

Zionists

TERFs (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, aka transphobe)… or as I like to call them, FARTs (Feminist Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe)

People who cheat on their partners (What is wrong with you?)

Porn bots (As if you’d care about my DNI)

People who hate on certain religions for no reason (feel free to interact if you hate one or many religions because of religious trauma, that is understandable and valid)

People looking for sex and stuff like that

Feel free to interact:

If you’re 18+ and you’re just here to enjoy my content without the intention of being creepy.

If you’re queer and/or an ally

If you have any questions about fandoms in I’m, I’m happy to help!

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[muchtoocoolforseventhgrade]

Amazing clip of Kathleen Wilhoite (voice of Pepper Ann) calling JK Rowling out on her bullshit.

(original video)

[stabby-apologist]

I once worked with a fella whose last name was Riddle and before I even was like “Hey, that’s—” He just looked defeated like “I know, I know, Tom Riddle, Lord Voldemort, Heir of Slytherin, I have a nose, I know.”

This boy was only 17 and must have heard every single line.

I patted him on the shoulder in my anti-social way and said, “Could be worse, Riddle.”

He said, “How?”

I was like, “Your name could be Edward.”

He was like:

[nerdby]

Just wanted to share this video that breaks down all of the white supremacist symbolism in the Harry Potter franchise.

[cyan-magenta-your-mom]

No minority was harmed with a game bro

I assume you're talking about Hogwarts Legacy, and in extension about the Harry Potter universe.

There are multiple topics to dig into on this one, but I'm gonna keep it short:

The game has Jewish-coded characters (goblins), including many dogwhistles and using shofar as "just a trinket that goblins used to annoy wizards", when shofar holds huge significance to Jewish people. You're basically suppressing a slave uprising as the main story of the game.

The main creator behind the game, the one who wrote the story itself, was a far right neon@zi. Even tho they kicked him off team, they didn't change the story.

The goblins are believed to steal children = blood libel.

You can own slaves (house elves) in the game.

The only trans character is named Sirona (like sir, y'know).

To expand more on why Harry Potter universe is harmful:

Werewolves are coded as gay people with AIDS. Lupin being the only responsible one.

Using Dumbledore being gay as a distraction from when the book sales started dropping because he wasn't this pure nice person.

Again, so much racism, including the names of the characters and stereotypization. And antisemitism.

So much sexism as well. Someone tell me why Tonks didn't stay this bright vibrant character and settled down to more conservative look.

Rowling recently said that she wrote Death Eaters as a symbol for LGBT community "pushing their agenda". The only agenda LGBT people push is wanting basic human rights.

Rowling actively promoting transphobia AND getting money off the game as well, using the money to then harm trans people. She stated that any purchase of anything from her she considers as an agreement with her bigotry.

And yes, I realize this wasn't in good faith, but maybe someone reads it and changes their opinion anyways.

[crypticallyqueer-yay]

Things Harry got from Lily (some things don't make sense but idc):

• her eyes

• her freckles (particularly around his collarbone)

• the way he writes the E, G, f, and j

• love for lemon flavored stuff

• the way he can move gracefully and then trip over nothing

• green thumb

• apple allergy

• his nose

• his eyebrows

• how he can only sing if it's lullabies (otherwise he's off-key af)

• a talent for tongue-twisters

• his hands

• being a bi mess (you can take sapphic Lily from my cold dead hands- yes she adores her husband he's the love of her life but SHE'S A GIRLKISSER)

[tinyspoonsworld]

There’s a difference between a Snape-sympathizer and a Snape-apologist.

Snape-Sympathizer: Someone who acknowledges that he’s a morally gray character, does not approve of his actions, but is glad that he gets his redemption in the end.

Snape-Apologist: Someone who makes excuses for his behavior and even goes so far as to say that he was a hero for putting up with children who hate him.

I don’t even fall under either of these. I think he’s an interesting character, but I hate how he treats children. No one should bully a child, even if that child is the offspring of your bully.

Anyways, if this ever gets brought up with my Snape-Apologist sister-in-laws, I may just snap and it won’t be pretty.

P.S. This is Book Snape. Alan Rickman did almost too good of a job in that Movie Snape actually does care about the kids. He’s harsh, but not really cruel.

[notyouraryang0dd3ss]

her fans saying shit like ‘taylor is challenging the listener you have to sit with it and process it’ miss girl the biggest challenge is getting thru more that 15 second of the snoozefest that all of these songs are and/or not dying of cringe in the process

swift fans 🤝 harry potter fans

trying to squeeze Deeper Meaning out of twinkle twinkle little star ass writing (with a hefty dose of racism, white woman victim complex and other bullshit)

“twinkle twinkle little star ass writing” LMFAO?!?

YESSSSSSS see this is obviously a personal taste thing but I could never get into her music because it’s SO BORING. ITS SO SLOW. And the lyrics are ASS! Or at least the lyrics do not justify how often she deviates from traditional song chorus. and it doesn’t even flow naturally!

Also someone argued with me that “nostalgia is a mind’s trick” was a good line and simply put: no it isn’t. It’s literally what nostalgia means like she wrote the equivalent of water in those lyrics.

potterhead swifties do not surprise me in the least fucking TERFs…

[writerswritewriting]

Doing an (unofficial) Harry Potter wordsearch puzzle book and on of them is about 'muggle games and puzzles' and has Hungry Hungry hippos on there and now I can't stop thinking about some pure blood students hearing the aggressive CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK and walking in on a group of muggle-born students playing it and just not knowing that the fuck is happening

[jake26786]

[stellarhoxy]

Sorry about this... I think Harry Potter franchise really really needs a boycott until it's shut down completely, no apologies taken. I don't know how this type of boycott is called, maybe it's that cancel you talk about... Even if JK Rowling tries to apologize by "but i kinda like trans people" she's caused enough harm and needs her influence taken away. Too late for that. This is not a punishment I would wish on any artist, but JK Rowling has, and is actively harming the trans community. I remember UK being quite trans friendly in the past, and that it has gotten so much worse the more influential this person has become...

She's causing harm worldwide and especially Europe-wide. Transphobia is getting worse and worse, trans people are increasingly more restricted, many countries pass laws that ban changing gender altogether, or propose... Hungary, Georgia, Russia, to name a few. As an European I can assure you this is happening throughout Europe.

This woman is too fucking dangerous... I stand with my trans sisters, trans brothers, trans siblings. Please take her power away. It needs to go away. Trans people all around Europe, the world, deserve it more than one single artist.

You guys are arguing on whether HP fandom should stay or not. I think, at least temporarily, make it shut down. Make it be remembered as a memento of history with the author turned evil, take the books off the shelves, if you talk about it, do so in private. I know it sucks. I know. But all this little dilly dallying can influence someone to buy merch.

Just freeze. I'm not judging potterheads for liking it, at all. But boycott it. Remove it from all showcases. Take the fandom to private groups. Stand with trans people as they deserve it. Too few people stand up for them these days anyway, it's always some nitpick about athletics, etc... which all contributes to them unable to exist day to day. Please freeze, look at the bigger picture. Trans people need our help, our solidarity. A fandom isn't worth it.

Please, please, boycott Harry Potter. Boycott JK Rowling. I don't want to see my trans friends unhappy. I really don't.

I don't think HP is as problematic as the author, even, nor do i think it's bad or not worth the read, but if lives are actually actively at stake, I don't think the pros outweigh the cons here. Posting fandom publicly can influence clueless people into buying merch and JK Rowling profitting. And in this case there are a lot of people on the fence...seriously. I know a zillion liberally minded people who are quite on the fence on trans issues, jump on some nitpicks, listen to dogwhistles, and all these people could easily turn anti-trans with this woman's influence. Stop her.

And trans lives matter more than fandom.

I haven't purchased a HP item in close to a decade - I use the books I already had as doorstops or to prop a laptop up for meetings nowadays.

There is NO "death of the author" with JK Rowling - she controls and continues to profit from her IP, and uses that money to fund hate groups.

[clockwork-stars]

The fact that in the last 24 hours, I had to unfollow on bookstagram not one but two accounts because they randomly posted about SJM or JKR is astonishing. Like what the fuck guys?? We are in 2024, just stop recommending them already