#hogwarts: legacy

[ms-rampage]

Sebastian: "Kate, I promise you'll be safe under my protection."

Garreth: "Protection? She has a dragon you dumb cunt."

Kate: *quietly leaves as they begin to duel*

[pruning-the-minds-garden]

Hogwarts: Legacy

I saw some friends on the mod team for the server were playing it today in a Discord server I (was) on. That really hurt me. I'm not going to yell and scream at them or anyone who plays that game, nor did I flounce as I left, but if you choose to... then you're choosing to contribute to transphobia, antisemitism, and do it in a charged environment that is targeting trans people specifically right now. I'm not okay with that.

JKR gets residuals from that game, involved or not. Those residuals will be claimed by her as a validation of her views, as she sees every dollar earned as a vote in favor of transphobia. The developers have already been paid, so buying the game doesn't help them. Whatever you think about separating the art from the artist, she disagrees with you and links herself inextricably to her art, so consuming it is supporting her whether you like it or not. She spends that money to harass, oppress, and ultimately support the genocide of trans people. That is not hyperbole. But, enjoy your video game. I mean that sincerely. It would suck to spend your hard-earned money and not enjoy that video game. Still, choosing to buy it was its own issue.

It's not a hard choice, in my opinion. Not only is it transphobic, it is also antisemitic and simply not well-made, by accounts from reviewers and people who've played it. People have enjoyed poorly-made games before, though, so maybe you will enjoy this one. Spend your money how you choose.

If you choose to make that choice, that's... that's certainly one you can make. You have the freedom to make it. Congrats. But, it means that I will not trust you as a person to have authority over me, to police or patrol my safety, or to stand up for me when it comes time to. It means I don't want you in a position of authority in my life. If that hurts you to hear... well, okay. I won't say sorry because my boundaries are my own and I will not apologize for enforcing them, now or ever, and they don't have to make sense to you. So, to the people playing it who know what that choice entails, but choose to do it anyway...

Have a nice life.

[anddreadful]

I haven't played the game and won't, so grain of salt, but everything about the in-game morality of the terf wizard game is fascinating to me. this is why you CAN'T tell a story that makes NO moral judgements/ aligns itself with no particular ethical stances whatsoever-- because that's not possible. every story frames some choices or states of being as superior to others, so all you're doing by professing not to pass any judgements on anything is ceding active control over what those judgements are, which will almost certainly result in a mess that reveals your inherent biases.

The game apparently has a negative outcome (family devastated, the criminal further radicalized) for you turning in a cold-blooded murderer to be arrested and shipped off to Azkaban, and no consequences whatsoever for not turning him in. My guess is less that the game is pro murder (and even less that the game is anti-carceral, lol) and more that they were taking pains to not make a player feel judged for behaving amorally-- I think I saw some promo interviews/ pre-game materials from the devs stating that that was a goal of theirs?-- but man! By avoiding putting any particular values into your game, you put some really weird ones in. And it sounds like this is a problem that goes all the way down, from the ill-conceived and offensive conflict with the goblins to the limited ending options.

I almost said "JKR aside" at the top of this post, but you can't put JKR aside in this conversation. Not just because you can't disentangle that the cultural clout of this game, never mind the monetary profits, are feeding transphobic (and antisemitic!) hate, but because this bothsidesey nonsense is a problem caused by her terfiness. Because of how charged the conversation around the franchise is, the devs seem to have tried to make a game no one could accuse of being "woke" while also appealing those hand-wringing leftist millennial ex-potter-stans with diversity and inclusiveness. So many of the creative decisions seem made in an attempt to not actually make any choices, a grand act of artistic cowardice. And it doesn't work, both because that shit never works and because JKR's worldbuilding, a world of happy slave labor and a magical aristocracy, specifically, cannot support it.

When you make art for everyone, you make art for no one. And certainly not out of the bones of something that was always hateful.

[disasterhimbo]

hey so I'm kinda struggling on what to do and maybe you can help me out?

so i am trans but in the closet, and my parents bought me hogwarts legacy for my birthday. i told them i dont like giving money to jkr and they said it was too late but that they were sorry for buying it

but heres the part where I'm stuck

do i play the game? the money's already spent, but would it be okay to play it? i personally havent played the game yet, but my sisters have.

what is your opinion on it?

Oh god I’m sorry, that’s such an uncomfortable situation.

I wouldn’t play the game if it was me because it’s incredibly antisemitic, it is unaffectionately nicknamed “the blood libel game,” and I would not be able to enjoy that.

Here is a video that goes into more detail about why the game itself is bad, in addition to the creators being bigots.

I hope this is helpful.

[krijgsdos]

I have the biggest crush on Professor Garlick.

[blogthefiresidechats]

Which one did I pick?

So, after going over all the common rooms from the Hogwarts: Legacy game, which one did I pick as my favorite? Can you guess which one I’d pick? Gryffindor would have to be the first one I’d have to cross off. Although I love the gothic feel of it, it’s the smallest one of all the common rooms and it has too many stairs. I’m not going to want to walk up and down the stairs to get to my dormitory…

[animentality]

[nyra-42]

Just me . . . reopening tumblr for the third time in the last 30 minutes checking to see if anyone posted anything new since I checked 5 minutes ago.

[hiiragimare]

[tiarpopdind]

Painted this guy 🙄🙄🙄

[ms-rampage]

I don't like how Sebastian looked at Kate (or maybe he was looking at Professor Garlick) 😅😅🤣

[choccy-milky]

seb about to learn every language there is 📚📚

[traceyc-uk]

I think you can guess which quest this follows

Edit: a consolidatory hug post

[tamayula-hl]

Further beyond the first kiss (A continuation of this)

I want Ominis to live a long and happy life, but on the other hand it is also very interesting to think about how MC will live on for the rest of their lives after he is gone 🥲🥹

[lycowarrior]

Stupid moments in my playthrough with companion MOD! It’s a shame that the function was officially deleted, I had so much fun just listening to my bois commenting on this and that.