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Do JK Rowling's transphobic statements impact your interest on WB's upcoming Harry Potter game?
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I agree with you, but she already won the HP lottery. She's one of the richest people in the world.
And her book sales are evergreen at this point.
This isn't some influencer on the come up. She came up lol.
Pretty much where I'm at.
This is a rather good plan. Buying it used will at least alleviate some of my concerns.
Clearly they do, Hitler was a great painter and apparently can still separate the art from the artist /s
She doubled down recently on using the label "People who menstruate" to refer to women in order to exclude trans women and can get fucking lost for that. Secondly, she's making profit off this so no, I won't.
Take boycotting Amazon. Their workers don't believe they should be exploited. Still, boycotting Amazon because it exploits its workers is a very valid reason.
She's filthy rich. Even if the HP game flops, it wouldn't make any difference to her.
This is a game I've been waiting for for a decade. The fact that me buying it would make some bad rich person a little richer doesn't matter. When you're that rich, it doesn't make a difference. The developers working on the game deserve money for their work. I don't care about Rowling.
It's a hard sell for me, as the whole franchise is tainted now. I need to mull on it though, since at the same time theres a lot of people working on this, would be great if some of those are trans themselves.
I don't like her transphobic attitudes but I hope that the other creators involved with the universe can make it more inclusive of all identities.
EDIT: After reading her latest essay, I have changed my mind. She is a bigot that is actively promoting hate and I want nothing to do with her work.
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Results are certainly disheartening here. Her recent essay is just a terf manifesto, it is not incorrect to say she is one of the leading figures of a hate movement. I can't imagine squaring buying any Harry Potter media with knowing that. Not just because of who profitss just knowing that the work is built on the back of something so vile.
No. She's been (openly) awful for a little while, so I'm not surprised by it. Also my attachment (I use that term loosely) is based on the imagery of the films, not the books.
But I would totally understand if people refrained from all things HP because of her remarks.
But I would totally understand if people refrained from all things HP because of her remarks.
I'm 100% certain that there are people working on video games that have viewpoints that might not align with mine, and that fact has a next to 0% impact on my desire to play games.
I've mentioned Amazon above.
Do you believe we should just keep making Bezos rich because he's already rich anyway?
I get where you're coming from, but it's a cynical viewpoint to just say well, it's beyond redemption anyway.
Would never have been interested in the first place since HP does nothing for me, but was this game ever even confirmed? I know my SO would feel super conflicted about this if it's real as she's a big HP and RPG fan, but has been disenchanted with Rowling's transphobia.
Yeah, TERF Queen's repeated poisoning of the well has made it difficult to be excited for anything Harry Potter-related, personally.
Yeah but Lovecraft is dead, so his racist ass can't profit if you decide to pick up Call of Cthulhu.
Absolutely.
But yeah, I expect the usual "separate the art from the artist", "but what about the 4 year olds who made the device you're posting from", etc.
But yeah, I expect the usual "separate the art from the artist", "but what about the 4 year olds who made the device you're posting from", etc.
The best thing that came out of Harry Potter was Yudkowsky's HPMOR.
That "book" alone is what's making me hyped for this game, it's my new headcanon.
That "book" alone is what's making me hyped for this game, it's my new headcanon.
I usually separate the artist from the art. JK is her own thing while HP is another.
I know, not a popular way of thinking.
I know, not a popular way of thinking.
Significantly diminished my interest. Yes supporting devs is good, but you and I have limited resources and there are plenty of devs who need your support, so why don't we spend our limited resources on games that won't financially benefit someone who is so publicly transphobic.
Her recent statements? No. This is like the 15th time she's done this in the last 5 years. Been done with her properties for a while now.
Not interested in the game anyways. But if I was, her comments would not sway me from buying the game at all.
See this is where the problem lies. I doubt she gets a royalty per game sold, she more than likely got paid when they licensed the property FOR the game. So she has probably already profited from it as much as she is going to. Who knows maybe she has some sort of weird royalty per game sale, but I doubt it.
Part of me wants to refuse to buy anything with Harry Potter on it ever again because JK is a piece of shit.
Part of me hates to punish an entire game studio full of real people that have nothing to do with the stupid shit JK says.
It's a morale conundrum. How many people is it ok to punish for one person's actions.
'Separating the art from the artist' sounds more like a position of privilege and apathy than a skill, to me.
I'd like to imagine all the people who "must" support the developers despite the creator would say if JK Rowling held the view that, say, black people shouldn't exist, rather than hold the actual view of "trans women aren't women" that you all seem to be cool about supporting financially.
Everyone pretending that JK Rowling is "suddenly" transphobic and that WB wasn't making a decision to support a transphobic person based on public knowledge years ago are doing a great job of supporting pride month.
Everyone pretending that JK Rowling is "suddenly" transphobic and that WB wasn't making a decision to support a transphobic person based on public knowledge years ago are doing a great job of supporting pride month.
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First time I hear about said game and my interest in the Harry Potter universe is almost non-existent. It's an RPG so I'm probably have an eye on it, but I can't say that I'll spend any money on it.
No, but my interest in the game wasn't high to begin with. I mean if the game ends up being good, I will probably get it regardless of what fuckface Rowling has said and done, but I would wait for a used copy if anything.
I'd still want to support a game that's good despite her being so shitty. But also think if we were to cut out every
I feel like this as well. I think if we were to cut out everything that someone who was a shitty person with shitty views had a part in we would be left with very little enjoyment in life.
No, you make a good point. No problems with anyone skipping the Harry Potter IP for what she's said. But I find the hurt her in the wallet angle poor. She's not getting hurt in that fashion at all lol. HP is mega huge. Not just gaming, but movies, theme park rides, merch, books obviously.
Boycotts for awareness and censure of her stances make more sense.
One day. One day!
Yeah. I have a manga adaptation of a Lovecraft work on my shelf and it's both well done and, if Lovecraft were alive, he'd be absolutely pissed a non-white man touched his writing. Win-win.
Seeing how popular Atlus games are here despite them being transphobic and homophobic just makes me lose respect for those posters.
As a recently out transwoman myself, I hereby state my public denouncement of JK Rowling, and the entire Harry Potter Universe. This woman's works shaped my entire childhood but I will burn every bridge on my way through this journey. This game was my dream project years ago, but I simply cannot financially support someone who would have me classified as a man acting as a woman to infiltrate washrooms for nefarious purposes. Fuck TERFS.
If she was on the dev team it would be different, but she will have next to nothing to do with the actual development of this game so it wouldn't really affect my feelings on it.
I also doubt she will make a significant amount of money off this game especially relative to her already immeasurable wealth.
I also doubt she will make a significant amount of money off this game especially relative to her already immeasurable wealth.
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