#tw jk rowling

[existennialmemes]

Apparently Rowling hasn't tweeted since her cyber bullying meltdown, and I'm thinking that might be related to Imane Khelif's lawsuit, and now I'm wondering if we can give her an additional gold medal for being the first person to ever get JK to finally shut the fuck up.

[thebibliosphere]

If you're not on Xitter, you might have missed the whole "JK Rowling has black mold seeping through her walls in her profile pic, and that's why she's Like That now" debacle.

And can I just say, as someone who also had black mold in the walls of my house that was making me deathly ill and affecting my mental health, I'm really not enjoying the connotations that breathing in black mold spores make you a racist transphobe.

Like I'm just saying. There's off your rocker because you're becoming Patient Zero and then there are the life choices and decisions she has chosen to make because she's a bigot.

The two are not the same.

Stop making excuses for her.

[itsapmseymour]

She ain't even subtle anymore lmao

[denmark-street]

[hiemalice]

Let me put it in simple explanation for all you brainless peeps out there:

Lovecraft: creator is dead and therefore makes no profit off work and is not given a platform to spread hate, okay to buy and talk about.

FNAF: creator makes profit and has funded conservative campaigns but does not use his voice to support it so its okay to pirate and talk about.

Harry Potter: creator is actively making profit off of and using the popularity to continue hate. will NOT stop spreading hate even if money is stopped through pirating, therefore not okay to buy, pirate, or talk about.

I hope this is fucking simple enough.

[wizardbuckets]

YEAHGHHH GET THEIR ASSES‼️ FUCK YEAH‼️

[theenbyroiderer]

Just had to block a couple people of the radfem terf-loving variety so seems like I need to post this again... I thought I was being clear when I use this as my profile pic! If you think that jkr is doing the good work or you are otherwise the sort of feminist that will exclude trans women then I don't want you on this page. I don't want you following me, I don't want you to share my stuff, I don't even want you to look at what I post. Don't even argue with me, just go away!

[infectiouspiss]

i seriously fucking doubt david "has been doctor who three times won 2 baftas 2 emmys 30 other acting awards has theatres selling out when he performs shakespeare" tennant relies on pennies from a fucking holocaust denier who not only hates him but wants his trans child dead or taken from him.

[lvkeskyvvalker]

waking up to new jk r*wling news

[charliezeltzer]

[existennialmemes]

Almost unbelievable that the bigot brigade tried to frame a picture of Imane Khelif, dressing normally and wearing casual makeup, as a "hyper feminizing campaign" by comparing the picture to how she looked [checks notes] in the middle of a grueling Olympic boxing match.

Because if you don't look hyper feminized in the midst of intense physical labor, clearly that means you're faking it the rest of the time. From the people who claim they're defending women.

[nando161mando]

When you're so obsessed with trans people that even Musk thinks you're being too much.

[amaliazeichnerin]

Some thoughts about the attachment to a fandom

Content Warning: This blog talks about the fandoms about works of Neil Gaiman and J K Rowling.

With regards to the Neil Gaiman allegations, I have read over here on Reddit how some fans are so attached to the show Good Omens they prioritize it over Gaiman’s victims. As in, they desperately want season 3 to happen, at any cost.

And this got me thinking. A fandom object can do a lot for people: Help them through a difficult time in their life, provide them with some comfort in desperate times. I’ve been there myself.

But ultimately, this can get unhealthy. After all, please remember: it’s fiction. All the characters are fictional. The victims of Gaiman are real people. The fandom object is entertainment. It’s escapism.

And it is not there to solve the problems of your everyday life.

In some spiritual communities, there is the phenomenon of „spiritual bypassing“. This means among other things that you try to avoid your everyday problems, trouble, conflicts etc. by escaping into spiritual practices and ideas. And as you can guess, this doesn’t help in the long run.

And the escapism into fantasy worlds and other stories is basically very similar to this phenomenon. Yes, fandoms objects can offer you moments of peace, of excitement, of joy. But if your happiness or even your sanity depends solely on a piece of fiction, better try and find something – or someone – else. Do not only rely on a movie, a franchise, a show, a book series, a game or other forms of entertainment to get you through life.

Because if these products of fiction suddenly get spoiled for instance by allegations like the ones against Neil Gaiman, or the horrible behaviour of J K Rowling or (insert other problematic artists here) … you might become desperate beyond measure.

So here are some suggestions to avoid this.

Find some other sources of comfort. Here are some examples:

A hobby of any kind which doesn’t depend on a fandom.

If you can, try sports or fitness, for instance Yoga, jogging, swimming or maybe a team sport.

Take walks around your neighbourhood.

If it’s possible for you, get yourself some house plants or a pet to take care of daily.

Try to find friends or acquaintances who are not in a fandom (or are just casual fans).

If you like it and it is possible for you, engage with a local community or a community based on a shared interest, for instance for queer folks.

If you like being online, find like-minded people in online spaces which are not related to a fandom.

If you feel like you cannot or won’t let go of the fandom …

Whatever you do, do not get a fandom tattoo. You might deeply regret this.

Instead of buying official merch, buy fanart by fan artists. Instead of buying new books, DVDs etc, buy the material second-hand. Thus, you do not give the creators more money.

If you like fanfiction, read it or write it, or both. If you write fanfiction, you could even write about the topics that have arisen around a problematic artist. For instance Harry Potter fanfiction with positively and authentically represented trans characters or Good Omens fanfiction that discusses SA or consent (No kidding, I have written a headcanon about this, here).

Talk about the allegations against the creators, their behaviour and that you do not support them. Keep that conversation going.

In case of Rowling, many fans of the Wizarding World, Harry Potter etc. openly show their support for trans people for instance with trans pride pins or buttons, shirts or other items. With this, they express that they do not support the anti-trans attitude and ideas of Rowling. If you have any additional ideas, feel free to reblog this and add yours.

[alvodra]

I'm not feeling good.

The amount of people who defend JKR is horrifying. Who say transphobic things. Who say bullshit like "JKR speaking the truth is not transphobic". Who believe in her. Who admire her and copy her views.

I'm feeling sick.

[fandomsandfeminism]

Look, I try not to post too much about Rowling and HP in general, since I still feel an irrational level of betrayal surrounding the whole thing.

But all this drama about Hogwarts Legacy is *absurd* because it's not even like people are attached to this game because of ~☆~ nostalgia ~☆~

This isn't Harry Potter- it has none of the HP characters that may or may not remain a formative cornerstone of your childhood experiences. There's no wonder or whimsy. There's not even fucking quidditch.

It's a fucking Cop role play where you violently suppress a slave rebellion. Even if you were truly ignorant or apathetic about the obvious anti-semitic tropes, even if you had decided that pirating the game absolved you of contributing to the cultural capital of the IP - look at this fucking thing. It's tonally and thematically grimy and it has the aesthetics of a dingy antique store that has just a few too many rebel flag belt buckles and swastika pocket knives in the back room.

I'm never going to argue that you are obligated to only consume morally pure media- people can consume flawed and problematic stories all they want- but in this specific case, why would you fucking want to? It's a sepia toned supernatural Police brutality simulator.

[myimmortalfan666]

don't buy the antisemitic jkr game, let's make a my immortal game instead. it's nothing like harry potter anyway