#the guy who reuploaded the songs is antisemitic

[torchickentacos]

Okay, it's really bothering me, so here's my unrequested two cents on the harry potter game and the concept of art versus artist.

Art versus artist, in my opinion, is when the art is separable from whatever fuckshit the artist says on twitter.

Hogwarts legacy is NOT separable. That aforementioned fuckshit is deeply implemented into the very lore and world of harry potter. I mean, come ON. The evil big nosed goblin bankers who control the money. It's RIGHT THERE.

Art versus artist is me youtube streaming reuploads of my favorite shitty nu metal band even though the front guy says shit on twitter, because his songs are about literally nothing and are just nonsense bops that do not contain the shit he says on twitter. the songs are generic angry rock with generally no meaning and not 'hell yeah cops'.

Hogwarts Legacy, however, is so deeply intertwined with JKR's beliefs, from the blatant antisemitism and transphobia and sexism and just... all of it, that I don't think you CAN separate her from her franchise. Her beliefs are in it. That franchise is a vessel for her beliefs. She does not exist separately from her products, in my opinion.

#antisemitism #someone's gonna yell at me for this but idc i stand by it