Unpossible!

any of the Harry Potter series. Not 1 cent of my money has gone to that "person"!

I personally always preferred Lord of the Rings and never felt the need to get involved in what I felt was a Worst Witch rip-off. But, my nephew got temporarily removed from my step-sister's home and her kids had to stay with me for about 3 months and I wanted to get her older son something that might have gotten him into reading.

Fortunately that strategy failed and he never touched them.

Why TF would an otherwise relatively normal, sane person keep looking (a la Elon Musk) for opportunities to put herself at the top of the loudmouthed celebrity bigot list? Is she just going for shock value now?

It floors me how JK Rowling can behave this way, and the "why" completely eludes me.

My friend pointed out that very famous people like JK Rowling live in an echo chamber, full of hangers on and, for lack of a better term, yes-men. It seems impossible that Rowling can believe these things, but she is likely receiving a lot of reinforcement (this actually explains a lot about Trump, too, who seems to always be doubling down on things he can't possibly really mean).

I seem to recall both were sane once. Brains worms may be the answer to both.

She would be a much happier person if she'd just learn to mind her own business and leave people alone. I'm cis and even with how much I loathe her, I can't even begin to imagine how the trans community must feel.

Where all their dreams can come true…dreams that hurt nobody else but make you happy!

Represented in that series by someone who comes from a background almost exactly like your own:

Living with abusive non-supportive guardians who keep on reinforcing what he can’t do and will never be. Then for him to rise above it all and achieve his dreams. Who showed the world that hedid have value and became who they always were meant to be. Who fought against bigotry and hate.



Only to be told by the author of that series and creator of that series that it isn’t for you. That you are exactly as those parents told you and will NEVER BE ANYTHING ELSE. That by attempting to achieve those dreams you are a bad person and should feel bad and are a bad person. A pervert and predator. That you hurt the very people you want to be like and should be ashamed.


I never cared for HP but for all the trans children whose dreams she shaped only to destroy….

I will never forgive her.

There were probably tons of trans children and teenagers who fell in love with the Harry Potter series. The amount of hurt and disappointment they probably felt when she revealed herself to be a hateful, fear-mongering bigot is something that truly breaks my heart to think about.

Trans people are being victimized and abused like no other right now. We've come a long way from even ten years ago, but we still have so much progress to make. As long as people like J.K. Rowling, Riley Gaines, and other celebrities/influencers are able to spew lies and create unnecessary fear without repercussions, I fear it'll be a long while before we get over this period of anti-trans bigotry.