Paul CantrellKeeping money from going to the Harry Potter franchise isn’t just a symbolic gesture. It’s about preventing real harm to real people.
https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization
Theriac@inthehands
I know this point has been made before but Harry is her.
Aside from that one time he bought Ron a chocolate frog, despite having unlimited wealth and despite practically adopted and living with Ron's family, despite being written as feeling awkward when confronted by the comparative poverty, Harry does absolutely nothing to help Ron or his family. Their lot is to be poor, his is to be wealthy.
I know this point has been made before but Harry is her.
Aside from that one time he bought Ron a chocolate frog, despite having unlimited wealth and despite practically adopted and living with Ron's family, despite being written as feeling awkward when confronted by the comparative poverty, Harry does absolutely nothing to help Ron or his family. Their lot is to be poor, his is to be wealthy.
enchantedsleeper 🌈⭐@Theriac @inthehands "Harry does absolutely nothing to help Ron or his family." He gave the twins a massive sack of cash?
Idk, I think the parallels are a bit stretched here, it's more ironic that Rowling wrote a main character who would probably disown her in two seconds if he were real.
@enchantedsleeper @inthehands
My post was that Rowling's attitudes towards people worse off than her, are clearly visible through her main character. I'm not the originator of this idea but I think it is a valid point. I'll concede by the later books my interest in the HP universe had waned considerably so I may have missed the twins being given the cash.
That she may or may not be a closet non-binary, is an interesting idea that came up in the thread. Only she knows the answer to that. But were I to write a story about a self-hating character, having a conflicted and confused view of their own sexuality would not be out of place as a motivation.
My post was that Rowling's attitudes towards people worse off than her, are clearly visible through her main character. I'm not the originator of this idea but I think it is a valid point. I'll concede by the later books my interest in the HP universe had waned considerably so I may have missed the twins being given the cash.
That she may or may not be a closet non-binary, is an interesting idea that came up in the thread. Only she knows the answer to that. But were I to write a story about a self-hating character, having a conflicted and confused view of their own sexuality would not be out of place as a motivation.