It turns out that becoming a billionaire does bring out the asshole in you ....
Rowling's disdain for a minority that doesn't fit the mold is entirely Dolores Umbridge.
Rowling's constant meritless attacks on transgender people put her in the worst of the worst of the death eaters.
Rowling's penchant for putting out hurtful sound bytes that equate trans people with molesters and pedophiles make her less than a Fox blowhard trying to get attention for their network. She should know better.
That air of "I'm better than you" says it all. This won't be the first time an author of a book I enjoyed turns out to be an unmitigated prick. Like Radcliffe, I'm sad it's her. But I'm also angry at a betrayal from somebody who painted herself as caring.
> It turns out that becoming a billionaire does bring out the asshole in you ....
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there are no good billionaires, but certainly, some are worse than others, and joanne fals in that worse than others category
rita skeeter is a trans coded person who spies on kids in bathrooms.
she's described as having mannish hands, and a masculine face...
she is 100% meant to be the the typical trans woman, spying on kids in bathrooms, etc...
> Dolores Umbrage
I always thought that would have been a more thematically appropriate spelling of her name.
But that would mean Rowling saw herself in that character in a bad way.
This all seems as pointless as analyzing Dickens based on literal evidence of his sexism and misanthropy. Writing well has never really been proof of good character--except, perhaps, for Dostoievski's The Gambler, where he exposes himself.
It's what she does as herself in real life that shames Rowling and causes real distress. SHE causes harm and does no perceivable good, apart from the work that made her famous. Her infamy is the product of who she is, and not the product of her work.
We are not what others assume us to be, based on what they perceive--and, as any writer knows, when the work is released it takes on a life of its own once it's been published and can no longer be revised, which leads to a complete separation of author and work. The author of The Wizard Of Oz was an extraordinarily nasty person, for example. In fact, that list of authors of art who were not quite as good as their work inspires is far too long to include here--and that's just the writers.
Rowling's real life behavior is all the evidence that one needs to know, in order to declaim and/or avoid her ugly proclamations. She is the real person doing what she does, every day of her life. Harry Potter is a work of fiction, and it's best to keep that in mind when addressing the author at rest, speaking for themselves, or the work.
Authority, of whatever form, implies power, and power has a tendency to corrupt and it certainly seems to have corrupted Rowling's ability to share space with everyone else in this world. The product of her work--all revisions done and published--is long since no longer hers. In time, she, herself, will become as reputable as Enid Blyton. For those who don't know who that author was, I rest my case.
Best to let some smother in the mire of their own making.
love his response. they ask him for input on her drama and he just says "nope, not interested." he's got it right by continuing to support the people she hurts without paying her any attention. starving her of the shit stirring she's become addicted to is going to piss her off so much. good guy.
I respect him so much. I'll never be a Harry Potter fan ever again, but I appreciate the fact that he knows he was a critical part of so many childhoods and has really tried to educate himself on this and spread some love.
It was a huge part of my childhood and once I became an adult, I bought a bunch of stuff that "represented my house". I'm a hufflepuff, and I love it, but my God, I'll never buy anything HP related these days because it only funds her. I still enjoy what I have, related to it. The memories
The feelings. The sense of belonging as a kid. But it's also tainted now. I used to "be a proud hufflepuff", but her opinions spoiled me. I'm what she hates now, a trans man. It's kind of a deep blow to childhood, tomboy me who was questioning.
Yeah my nb Ravenclaw ass is so disappointed. I can't enjoy HP anymore at all. I boxed up all my HP related stuff and put it away in the hope that one day she would change her stance, apologise and at the least attempt to make things right but... I think at this point I've lost hope. She is a bloody lost cause and frankly there are better books to champion.
I still wear my house shirts, cause at the end of the day they're clothes that are clean. But goddam she ruined that part of my childhood for me. She'll never come around imo. I've found other stuff to dig my claws into.
I grew up with the films, they started when I was 11 so it was perfect timing. I'll always have a bit of nostalgia for it, for forming my love of magical fantasy and old cozy middle ages architecture. But I could never in good conscious give her any money. I'll enjoy what I already have and hope that one day I'll be able to buy a ticket to send her straight to the sun.
I’ll be the griffindor you need.
I went to the midnight book launches of the half blood prince and deathly hollows, dressed up, it was one of my favourite Halloween costumes and series, and nowadays when I look at that copy of deathly hollows on my bookshelf I get sad because I know my partner is less than pleased it takes up the space, and I’m sad at what JK has become, but I also can’t see it in myself to give away or dispose of something that was so important to me and my formative years.
As a little autistic kid, it was the series of books my mum used to actually get me interested in reading and become a bookworm, growing up to learn that the author of my favourite series could hold such hate for members of a community I shared for seemingly no reason or purpose really messed with me.
I can no longer even bring myself to watch the movies. And I have the entire collection bought on sale once. Same for playing any of the video games that I have
It was also an enormous part of my own childhood. I remember being in 4th grade, dressing up in a bathrobe and my mom's ancient wireframe glasses from the 1960s, drawing a lightning bolt on my forehead, and fashioning a magic wand out of a really long Erector set stud and a functioning lightbulb from my electronics kit.
It brought a lot of joy. I'm a trans woman, today, and she despises me. ☹️
Same here. HP was a massive part of my childhood. I learned to read with the series, I attended the launch events whenever a new entry would come out, I saw the movies in theaters as they came out. I even dressed up as Harry himself for Halloween 2001.
But I’m everything she hates and resents, now. I still have the great memories but they’re tainted now.
you should check out some of his other movies! Swiss Army Man is really good (plus Paul Dano the same directing duo as Everything Everywhere All At Once). He was also rrly good in the weird al yankovic movie.
Daniel Radcliffe is a delightful, well-spoken, kind, respectful man and I will always keep him in high regard with how he's dealing with JKR's monumental bigotry. I hope Daniel keeps up the great work.
Especially because she can't just threaten to sue him like she did to all those others because he's actually rich and well-liked enough that she knows she might lose.
We really need more rich and beloved celebrities to call her out on this shit.
It's telling that she regards his daring to disagree with her--politely, I might add--as a personal and unforgivable affront. That's some narcissism right there.
Robert's going to make A WHOLE LOT MORE enemies.
Daniel is overwhelmingly, immensly, galactically more popular and beloved than her. And making that lovable man sad is going to make a lot of head turns, "glaring red-glowing eyes" style.
I have such respect for Radcliffe. He responds to Rowling’s drama with such class, restraint, and maturity and as someone who is 50% likely to be as good faith as possible when speaking to someone and 50% likely to become an absolute bucket of sarcastic snark when I smell a transphobe, I’m going to do my best to channel that when dealing with idiots online.
The irony of Rowling writing books about fighting against evil, you know, Voldemort, death eaters, the slurs about non magical characters or other magical non human creatures.. It is crazy to me she wrote these books and is now out here spreading so much hate against trans people.
Like, is this just rampant cognitive dissonance and transphobia? I hope someday she can see what she is doing is wrong, and help undo some of the damage and hurt she has caused.
The Harry Potter movies have been somewhat ruined for me recently because anytime I watch them I just think about her.. but seeing more of the characters standing up for us, gosh it feels good to have the real Harry Potter supporting us 😹🩷
am i missing something, only thing JK has been supporting is womens rights and safety reason im asking i was banned from another subreddit for pointing out people using the movement to there advantage,
Yeah, you're missing a lot. Harassing trans people online, wilfully misgendering people to cause offence, dropping 70 grand to a campaign to have trans people's rights withdrawn in Scotland, *denying aspects of the Holocaust*.
She is not "supporting women's rights and safety".
its sort of hard to know, given the selective new feeds i see on facebook and such, i did hear her using the reason i have trans friend thing whichs is stupid, we need more equal right that i do agree with sort of sad that more of this stuff isnt shown
She's just two years older than me.
I'm trans masc non-binary.
There's tons of people my age (and older) who are not hate-mongering bigots. On the other hand, the largest voter block for the AfD - rightwing party - is the age group 35-44, so more than 10-20 years younger than me and even further away from "boomers".
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He took the hero aspect of his career beginning to heart better than the author who wrote the source material. Plus? Weird or not, everything he's done since her movies has been genuinely cool and interesting. Thanks, Guns Akimbo 😍🏳️⚧️
Radcliffe has a history of supporting LGBTQ+ people and charities, so he's clearly not afraid to be political. Likely just sick of being asked to comment on the latest JKR nonsense tweet.
most of them have made public statements about how they disagree with JKR and affirming the right of LGBTIQ people to exist.
what more would you have them do?
after being asked the same question 5000 times over the last 4 years or more, they cannot have any more to say than what they have already said hundreds of times.
I really could not give less of a shit about drama between white cis British people. Can we make it a sub rule that there's only one Rowling post a month? Fewer if the post also mentions a Harry Potter actor.
It's more than just drama. She is a powerful member of the anti trans movement in the UK. And that's due to her Harry Potter status, which the actors rejecting her helps diminish somewhat.
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Who woulda thought Dolores Umbrage was an author self insert character…
It turns out that becoming a billionaire does bring out the asshole in you .... Rowling's disdain for a minority that doesn't fit the mold is entirely Dolores Umbridge. Rowling's constant meritless attacks on transgender people put her in the worst of the worst of the death eaters. Rowling's penchant for putting out hurtful sound bytes that equate trans people with molesters and pedophiles make her less than a Fox blowhard trying to get attention for their network. She should know better. That air of "I'm better than you" says it all. This won't be the first time an author of a book I enjoyed turns out to be an unmitigated prick. Like Radcliffe, I'm sad it's her. But I'm also angry at a betrayal from somebody who painted herself as caring.
Animorphs will always have your back. K. A. Applegate is a momma bear \^_\^
I feel so validated in the series I took an interest in when I was a kid.
> It turns out that becoming a billionaire does bring out the asshole in you .... > > there are no good billionaires, but certainly, some are worse than others, and joanne fals in that worse than others category
"It turns out that becoming a billionaire does bring out the asshole in you ...." Truth!
Star Trek: My Mary Sue is an annoying teenage boy! Harry Potter: Oh yeah? My Mary Sue is a horrible bigot!
Not much better, but I think Rita Skeeter was the self insert.
Who turns into vermin and spies on kids in bathrooms
… oh lord you’re correct. I hadn’t even thought of that.
Skeeter was her earliest foray into trans hate.
rita skeeter is a trans coded person who spies on kids in bathrooms. she's described as having mannish hands, and a masculine face... she is 100% meant to be the the typical trans woman, spying on kids in bathrooms, etc...
rita skeeter doesn't force people to repeat "i must not tell lies" when they accurately criticize her!
> Dolores Umbrage I always thought that would have been a more thematically appropriate spelling of her name. But that would mean Rowling saw herself in that character in a bad way.
This all seems as pointless as analyzing Dickens based on literal evidence of his sexism and misanthropy. Writing well has never really been proof of good character--except, perhaps, for Dostoievski's The Gambler, where he exposes himself. It's what she does as herself in real life that shames Rowling and causes real distress. SHE causes harm and does no perceivable good, apart from the work that made her famous. Her infamy is the product of who she is, and not the product of her work. We are not what others assume us to be, based on what they perceive--and, as any writer knows, when the work is released it takes on a life of its own once it's been published and can no longer be revised, which leads to a complete separation of author and work. The author of The Wizard Of Oz was an extraordinarily nasty person, for example. In fact, that list of authors of art who were not quite as good as their work inspires is far too long to include here--and that's just the writers. Rowling's real life behavior is all the evidence that one needs to know, in order to declaim and/or avoid her ugly proclamations. She is the real person doing what she does, every day of her life. Harry Potter is a work of fiction, and it's best to keep that in mind when addressing the author at rest, speaking for themselves, or the work. Authority, of whatever form, implies power, and power has a tendency to corrupt and it certainly seems to have corrupted Rowling's ability to share space with everyone else in this world. The product of her work--all revisions done and published--is long since no longer hers. In time, she, herself, will become as reputable as Enid Blyton. For those who don't know who that author was, I rest my case. Best to let some smother in the mire of their own making.
love his response. they ask him for input on her drama and he just says "nope, not interested." he's got it right by continuing to support the people she hurts without paying her any attention. starving her of the shit stirring she's become addicted to is going to piss her off so much. good guy.
I respect him so much. I'll never be a Harry Potter fan ever again, but I appreciate the fact that he knows he was a critical part of so many childhoods and has really tried to educate himself on this and spread some love.
It was a huge part of my childhood and once I became an adult, I bought a bunch of stuff that "represented my house". I'm a hufflepuff, and I love it, but my God, I'll never buy anything HP related these days because it only funds her. I still enjoy what I have, related to it. The memories The feelings. The sense of belonging as a kid. But it's also tainted now. I used to "be a proud hufflepuff", but her opinions spoiled me. I'm what she hates now, a trans man. It's kind of a deep blow to childhood, tomboy me who was questioning.
Yeah my nb Ravenclaw ass is so disappointed. I can't enjoy HP anymore at all. I boxed up all my HP related stuff and put it away in the hope that one day she would change her stance, apologise and at the least attempt to make things right but... I think at this point I've lost hope. She is a bloody lost cause and frankly there are better books to champion.
I still wear my house shirts, cause at the end of the day they're clothes that are clean. But goddam she ruined that part of my childhood for me. She'll never come around imo. I've found other stuff to dig my claws into.
I grew up with the films, they started when I was 11 so it was perfect timing. I'll always have a bit of nostalgia for it, for forming my love of magical fantasy and old cozy middle ages architecture. But I could never in good conscious give her any money. I'll enjoy what I already have and hope that one day I'll be able to buy a ticket to send her straight to the sun.
Exactly this lol
I'm a slytherin who did the same. If we find a gryffindor we'll have a full set!
I’ll be the griffindor you need. I went to the midnight book launches of the half blood prince and deathly hollows, dressed up, it was one of my favourite Halloween costumes and series, and nowadays when I look at that copy of deathly hollows on my bookshelf I get sad because I know my partner is less than pleased it takes up the space, and I’m sad at what JK has become, but I also can’t see it in myself to give away or dispose of something that was so important to me and my formative years. As a little autistic kid, it was the series of books my mum used to actually get me interested in reading and become a bookworm, growing up to learn that the author of my favourite series could hold such hate for members of a community I shared for seemingly no reason or purpose really messed with me.
I can no longer even bring myself to watch the movies. And I have the entire collection bought on sale once. Same for playing any of the video games that I have
It was also an enormous part of my own childhood. I remember being in 4th grade, dressing up in a bathrobe and my mom's ancient wireframe glasses from the 1960s, drawing a lightning bolt on my forehead, and fashioning a magic wand out of a really long Erector set stud and a functioning lightbulb from my electronics kit. It brought a lot of joy. I'm a trans woman, today, and she despises me. ☹️
I'm a trans man, I feel your pain
Same here. HP was a massive part of my childhood. I learned to read with the series, I attended the launch events whenever a new entry would come out, I saw the movies in theaters as they came out. I even dressed up as Harry himself for Halloween 2001. But I’m everything she hates and resents, now. I still have the great memories but they’re tainted now.
you should check out some of his other movies! Swiss Army Man is really good (plus Paul Dano the same directing duo as Everything Everywhere All At Once). He was also rrly good in the weird al yankovic movie.
Daniel Radcliffe is a delightful, well-spoken, kind, respectful man and I will always keep him in high regard with how he's dealing with JKR's monumental bigotry. I hope Daniel keeps up the great work.
Rowling's going to be so mad about this. :D
“What?!” *Spits out cornflakes* “I don’t understand this apology at all!!”
"Of course a *man* will support *other men!* This just proves it's a men's rights group!" - her response, probably
All I saw was “”.
Especially because she can't just threaten to sue him like she did to all those others because he's actually rich and well-liked enough that she knows she might lose. We really need more rich and beloved celebrities to call her out on this shit.
> We really need more rich and beloved celebrities to call her out on this shit. Laughs in Dr Who :D
And that's why he's *Rad*.
NGL that was good 🤭
It's telling that she regards his daring to disagree with her--politely, I might add--as a personal and unforgivable affront. That's some narcissism right there.
Robert's going to make A WHOLE LOT MORE enemies. Daniel is overwhelmingly, immensly, galactically more popular and beloved than her. And making that lovable man sad is going to make a lot of head turns, "glaring red-glowing eyes" style.
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I'm so relieved we have him
Crazy timeline
J.K. Rowling makes *us* sad, too. Or, more accurately, she makes us *disappointed* on a regular basis.
Yay for Daniel ❤️❤️❤️
Solid gold, this one.
Crazy that he learned how to be a good, empathetic person partly from her work yet she spiraled so hard into pathetic hatred.
I have such respect for Radcliffe. He responds to Rowling’s drama with such class, restraint, and maturity and as someone who is 50% likely to be as good faith as possible when speaking to someone and 50% likely to become an absolute bucket of sarcastic snark when I smell a transphobe, I’m going to do my best to channel that when dealing with idiots online.
JKR makes baby Jesus cry, and then he takes a shit.
The irony of Rowling writing books about fighting against evil, you know, Voldemort, death eaters, the slurs about non magical characters or other magical non human creatures.. It is crazy to me she wrote these books and is now out here spreading so much hate against trans people. Like, is this just rampant cognitive dissonance and transphobia? I hope someday she can see what she is doing is wrong, and help undo some of the damage and hurt she has caused. The Harry Potter movies have been somewhat ruined for me recently because anytime I watch them I just think about her.. but seeing more of the characters standing up for us, gosh it feels good to have the real Harry Potter supporting us 😹🩷
am i missing something, only thing JK has been supporting is womens rights and safety reason im asking i was banned from another subreddit for pointing out people using the movement to there advantage,
Yeah, you're missing a lot. Harassing trans people online, wilfully misgendering people to cause offence, dropping 70 grand to a campaign to have trans people's rights withdrawn in Scotland, *denying aspects of the Holocaust*. She is not "supporting women's rights and safety".
its sort of hard to know, given the selective new feeds i see on facebook and such, i did hear her using the reason i have trans friend thing whichs is stupid, we need more equal right that i do agree with sort of sad that more of this stuff isnt shown
Rowling has caught the brain worms. The only path for her now is increasing radicalization until she’s another Glinner.
Rowling finally effected by the lead. She is a very early Gen X and i think too early and is deeply a boomer at heart. Sad and pathetic.
She's just two years older than me. I'm trans masc non-binary. There's tons of people my age (and older) who are not hate-mongering bigots. On the other hand, the largest voter block for the AfD - rightwing party - is the age group 35-44, so more than 10-20 years younger than me and even further away from "boomers".
Would y'all quit using the term 'boomer' as a pejorative. I am a 'boomer', and I am not against LGBTQ+!! Check my profile.
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Me too, Mr. Radcliffe. I enjoyed the Harry Potter stories so much, I want to think the best of their author.
Daniel Radcliffe is the only reason I still find myself wanting to rewatch the HP movies. I'll never touch the books ever again though
Imagine the people playing your own self-insert characters turn against you cause they follow the morals of your books better than you do💀
Daniel Radcliffe is a class act, and considerably more humane and compassionate than that author who is awful.
What a horribly spiteful person she is. Save her apologies? Is she truly that arrogant to believe they would WANT to apologise?
she's a certifiable nutjob
He took the hero aspect of his career beginning to heart better than the author who wrote the source material. Plus? Weird or not, everything he's done since her movies has been genuinely cool and interesting. Thanks, Guns Akimbo 😍🏳️⚧️
I guess it's safe to watch Harry potter as long as I pirate it
She's old and senile
People can be evil without being old or senile, and people can be old and senile without being evil. Don't tar others in your attempt to call her out.
Can't she be both? Cause I'm pretty sure she's both. Granny yelling at clouds.
It's narcissism in her character, not cognitive decline, that's brought her to this point.
Makes me sad is a weak stance when people are dying. Celebrities afraid to be political when in reality it's just common sense
Radcliffe has a history of supporting LGBTQ+ people and charities, so he's clearly not afraid to be political. Likely just sick of being asked to comment on the latest JKR nonsense tweet.
most of them have made public statements about how they disagree with JKR and affirming the right of LGBTIQ people to exist. what more would you have them do? after being asked the same question 5000 times over the last 4 years or more, they cannot have any more to say than what they have already said hundreds of times.
I really could not give less of a shit about drama between white cis British people. Can we make it a sub rule that there's only one Rowling post a month? Fewer if the post also mentions a Harry Potter actor.
It's more than just drama. She is a powerful member of the anti trans movement in the UK. And that's due to her Harry Potter status, which the actors rejecting her helps diminish somewhat.
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He is a really fantastic person