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
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @nileane @verge
Marion Zimmer Bradley was a nasty shock for me.
@violetmadder @GhostOnTheHalfShell @nileane @verge
Neil Gaiman broke my heart. Thank god at least he wasn't one of my seminal authors....
@cavyherd @GhostOnTheHalfShell @nileane @verge
I missed most of Gaiman's stuff until relatively recently, so I wasn't heavily invested but it still blew me away what an incredible asshole he is.
MZB's Darkover series was really formative to me growing up, though. I was beyond stunned to find out that the author had NONE of the empathy described in her characters... the cognitive dissonance there is just breathtaking. I can't even.
People smart enough to know better. People who understand emotions and morals well enough to describe them in great detail, and yet... somehow, they're still monsters anyway and they don't even feel bad. How does that WORK??
@violetmadder @GhostOnTheHalfShell @nileane @verge
Right? Yeah, there has to be some sort of weird dissociative thing going on.
Or maybe it's just—they can do compassion hypothetically in principle, but IRL is just a bridge too far? 🤷
I'm lucky that so far none of the authors I've had deep emotional investment in have turned out to be predators.
That I know of....
Niléane
GhostOnTheHalfShell
Violet Madder
Cavyherd