Niléane16h ago

I've been critical of the way the @verge has been covering the development of HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot. But it looks like it wasn't in vain.

If you're going to cover it, *this* is how the series should be described every time it's mentioned.

https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/900819/hbo-harry-potter-trailer-release-date

Show threadNiléane16h ago
Media coverage aside, looks like this Christmas is gonna suck for trans people who will have to deal — on top of everything — with their entire social circles of cis people gasping and gushing over the new Harry Potter series that's actively funding the policies that are torturing and killing them.
Show threadNiléane

Cis people reading this, if you intend to watch the new HP series when it comes out, here’s two pieces of advice that you're not allowed to ignore:

• Have the decency to keep it and your reactions to yourself. This trans people-killing piece of media doesn't need any of your free publicity.

• Pirate the shit out of it.

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Show threadBenjaminK15h ago
@nileane it's possible this is a massive flop, people are still so attached to the previous actors. I thought it was a strange they decided to make this, for so many reasons.
Show threadSar11h ago

@BenjaminKlein @nileane

Not really. She wants to erase the performances of the 3 film leads because they're not supporting her TERF politics, and actively speaking up against her because of them.

To me though they'll always be the best.

Show threadgeolaw9h ago
@sar @BenjaminKlein @nileane Does this mean that the new leads are under pressure to publicly support JK Rowling?
Show thread🔥 Mireille Sillander 🔥9h ago
@geolaw @sar @BenjaminKlein @nileane Well, they're kids. And like with the previous lot, JKR has been hovering over the set sometimes personally.
Show threadSar5h ago

@geolaw @BenjaminKlein @nileane

I would LAUGH my ass off if they took exactly the same stances as the OGs in a few years when they're a bit older. That would be hilarious 😂

Show threadDavidM_yeg9h ago

@nileane @BenjaminKlein @sar

I’ve been really impressed by the way they’ve charted their courses since HP, the choices they’ve made and things they’ve said must stick so in her craw

Show threadzbrown14h ago
@nileane you missed point three:
• The rest of us can and will judge you for it, and I for one fully reserve the right to assume you are a danger until proven otherwise.
Show threadMyView13h ago

@zbrown @nileane

From my view one of the dangers is HBO ...

Show threadKalamity Anne  2h ago
@zbrown @nileane Exactly, even if you pirate the tv series, you still give time to a deeply problemactic content. The all have better things to do.
Show threadElon Muksis 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇪🇺14h ago
@nileane I noticed that there's a lot of pirated movies and shows in https://www.hyphanet.org/ It's safer than torrent.
Hyphanet

Show threadBård H. (lvl 49 🇳🇴)13h ago

@nileane

I'll make sure to disable the seeding limit on this one 😇

Show threadEmber is so tired of people. ​8h ago
@baardhaveland @nileane No. if you must pirate nazi media, don't reshare it
Show threadBård H. (lvl 49 🇳🇴)2h ago

@Ember @nileane

The idea of seeding it, was to help sabotage the profits by keeping it available for longer (not that I think my protest matters that much anyway, considering how popular HP already is).

If more people are pirating it, then less people are paying for it.

I don't even plan to view the stuff...

Show threadBård H. (lvl 49 🇳🇴)2h ago

@Ember @nileane

Technically, more people will not be tempted to pirate/view it based on my action. That's not how this works.

But those who already wish to pirate it, have a better chance of succeeding.

If they succeed, they won't have to pay a subscription to view it.

Show threadEmber is so tired of people. ​1h ago

@baardhaveland @nileane most people pirating something will have never planned to buy it in the first place

Better if it's radioactive to both pirate AND buy, if few people seed it makes it slower and higher effort to download or distribute, and the fewer who view that shit the better

Also, piracy acts as free marketing (free because most people pirating would never have bought it) and unintuitively can boost sales (the free marketing + people who pirated and liked it enough to buy)

Show threadCavyherd12h ago

@nileane

Just saw an announcement earlier today.

Enjoyed HP back in the day.

Before JKR revealed herself to be a TERF.

Hard pass....

Show threadDean R. T.10h ago
Man I’m cis and I don’t even think I’m gonna *watch* it
Show threadundead enby of the apocalypse59m ago
@dean_r_t that’s good. I think ideally people should not watch it.
Show threadgeolaw9h ago
@nileane We could also promote an alternative creative work? For example "The Worst Witch" available as both a book series & tv series. Maybe time for a revival?
Show threadRed5h ago
@geolaw You mean another revival? Well, I guess it's been ten years since the last one
Show threadRobot Diver 🌊🌬️🍃🌿🌸🌱🌱🌱9h ago

@nileane

I actually really wanna know so I know who to cut social ties with forever. So chat away about it. Please.

Show threadFranceska Mann6h ago

@nileane

I'll boycott it. It's a big world & there are other things to watch/read.

Show threadHiisikoloart6h ago

@nileane
I wish I had like a friend who could burn shows and such for me on dvd and send them to me because I am not good with tech. :P

(Also not likely gonna watch that. I used to be HP fan, and loved the books as a kid who literally lived in a cupboard under the stairs for a while...but I am also a trans person so, yeah. Queen Terf really abandoned a big portion of her own fandom with this hate campaign.)

Show threadGnoufou3h ago
@nileane I second the pirating thing.
Show threadmespique2h ago

@nileane

About point number 2:

https://fmhy.net

Welcome

The largest collection of free stuff on the internet!

Show threadundead enby of the apocalypse50m ago
@nileane or… don’t. There’s so much more stuff you could watch that isn’t this problematic. I’m usually not the kind of person who berates people for enjoying art made by bad people (any more), but in this case i have zero patience. I get it, i also read those books as a kid and really liked them, but that was when i didn’t have the knowledge, critical thinking and english skills necessary to notice all the problematic shit, all the racism in the books themselves. And as a trans person, it hurts to see cis people still excitedly talking about this franchise as if nothing happened, after such a long time of her hate campaign which has a direct impact on me and people like me.