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o-wyrmlight · 2 years ago

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Anyway did you hear that the new Harry Potter game has a trans woman in it? I know, shocker.

Her name's Sirona Ryan.

In between her name probably being specifically chosen for people to call her 'Sir Ryan', I look at it and think, 'Oh. Sirona. Like sirens. Like the creatures in Greek mythology that lured people to their deaths with falsities. Implying danger. Implying lies. Implying that this character isn't a real woman. Couple that with the last name. 'Ryan'. Which is an actual last name, granted. But seems so weird as a name to give to a trans woman. Since the name is also a first name. And is typically associated with men. And Rowling is a TERF. Implying invalidation towards her as a trans woman. Huh. Interesting.'

By the way, from a cursory Google search, 'Sirona' comes from Celtic mythology as a name that one of the goddesses use, but come on. Are we really going to believe that she did the research on that? That it was intentional? Sheesh.

#just ranting about it here #giving brief thoughts about it like my initial impressions upon hearing about this #hard to say if this is an attempt to get into peoples' good graces #like 'ohh Rowling has changed! she's added a trans person into the script so she can't be transphobic!'#or if it's some means to distract from the BLATANT ANTISEMITISM IN THE GAME #or if it's meant to goad and prod at trans people instead #who knows? i don't #apparently the game is also shit but is still receiving positive reviews by virtue of it Being Harry Potter because Of Course It Is #i look forward to the hours-long video essays going into the game just to dissect how terrible it is #and going into depth about the political and antisemetic aspect of the game as a whole

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