Operation: Puppet 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈
Tepid take: no you don’t have to separate the art from the artist. There are thousands of talented artists in the world. Your life won’t be lesser without Harry fucking Potter. Find something else.
Mar 9 at 11:35pmWeb
Show threadFlash Mob Of OneMar 9

@operationpuppet I suggest Henry Neff.

A guy who wrote a better wizard series and is a decent human being too.

Show threadTamontenMar 10

@FlashMobOfOne @operationpuppet

If we're doing betterer wizzard series, then Pratchett FTMFW.

If my mid-teenage queer daughter is still happy for dusty old dad here to read bedtime stories because Terry, then most people will find humanity in his writing.

Show threadAlison WilderMar 10

@operationpuppet you don't have to separate the art from the artist, but you are allowed to if the art makes it worth doing so.

Harry Potter doesn't pass the test for me!

Show threadFaith, Purple haired feminist 🧋   Mar 10

@operationpuppet And if we're talking Harry Potter, the art is shit, too. One of the first things we learn on Harry's adventures is that the magic people have a special slur for the non-magic people. JKR doesn't care about fighting racism and classism. She wrote a fantasy about moving up the fucking ladder.

You can't separate the art from the artists. Shit artists make shit art.

Show threadAzuaronMar 10

@faithisleaping @operationpuppet Yeah, even has a child I was like, "Hold up, why does the book treat the one person who opposes slavery as some weirdo who's out of touch with reality? And the slaves are begging to remain slaves? What the hell?"

And, let me tell you, I was gernally not a very aware child about this sort of thing. But Harry Potter was just so bad about it.

Show threadTamontenMar 10
@operationpuppet I was thinking "Yeah, such as that fucking JK" well before I read the third sentence. Just a small amount of looking and you'll find a much better written book.
Show threadIain CollinsMar 10

@operationpuppet I have long been vexed about the attention the Harry Potter series got when Mildred Hubble Worst Witch books (1970s) by Jill Murphy, which were clearly ripped off, were better written, funnier, more heartfelt, more relatable and more dramatic and felt more perilous because of how grounded they were.

The same is true of Demon Headmaster (1980s) by Gillian Cross.

The HP series was more suited to cinematic adaptation and got a movie deal but the writing is feeble in comparison.

Show threadIain CollinsMar 10

@operationpuppet I don't mean to be too focused on that specific example, but... yeah, no to problematic creators.

I've avoided a few games recently because of the people behind them. I don't want to give those people money.

Show threadEli the BeardedMar 10

@operationpuppet

"Death of the artist" works best when the artist is dead

Show threadPetra van CronenburgMar 10
@operationpuppet ok, Rowling is a special case, openly being disgusting.
Beside this ... I do love #art (and make some myself). Most often, I discover a piece of art and love it or not. I know nearly nothing about the #artist, I don't follow them in social media. Yes that's a separation of art/artist: art in the centre.
I love your puppets. I don't know anything about your character or how you drink your coffee. A bad artist character would not make the art uglier, only prevent me from buying.