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ppl pulling the 'just let people enjoy Wizard Game' are often met with 'JKR funds anti-trans groups!' and that's. entirely true. but doesn't actually go far enough.

like if you're on team Let People Enjoy Wizard Game hey. did you know. that in my city RIGHT NOW JKR is sole funder and key board member of an unregulated private agab-policed rape crisis shelter set up specifically to Own The Transes

and which now sits on several gendered violence prevention boards alongside representatives from the (publicly funded and accountable) existing Rape Crisis Centre, against the staff of which her friends and followers have been involved in a years-long harassment campaign purely and explicitly because they run trans-inclusive support services and bc their CEO is a trans woman of colour.

(my friend works there and the pure volume of transphobic harassment has caused several long standing members of staff to quit. which I'm really fucking angry about bc I would not be here today if the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre hadn't been there to help me)

and that on those boards they're known for supporting increased police harassment and approaches that disproportionately criminalise trans people, unhoused people and sex workers and provably don't positively impact the issue of gendered violence.

what I'm saying is that yes JKR funds anti-trans groups but she is also pretty directly involved in materials worsening conditions for vulnerable people at a local and personal level too!!!! she's running an unregulated crisis shelter out of spite and using that to legitimise her political lobbying!!!!!! fuck you!

#text #real life #controversy #politics #j.k. rowling

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Tonight our group of friends decided to all play EoTrikes on Path of Titans and pasively travel across the map until we laid down, slept and logged out. It was wonderful

#Screenshots #Game #Fandom #Path of Titans #Dinosars

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I had a whole rant lined up for this but I think @pink-rathian-official​ put it better and more delicately than I ever could.

#Discourse #Discord #Twitter #Real Life #Controversy #Politics #Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy

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I've seen your posts and would like to chime in, if you don't mind. Overall I think you could argue JK Rowling is pretty ignorant, as old white women writing in the late 90s tended to be, but not intentionally anti-Semitic.

This is a bit of a low-effort explanation but one of the bigger dunks about Harry Potter in virtually all online spaces is that the series is anti-semetic due to it's portrayal of Goblins in the series. Goblins in the Harry Potter books and movies (including fantastic beasts):

are short

have pointy ears and are fairly non-human

run Gringotts, aka the magical bank

The series has been widely derided (mostly as of a few years ago) as being anti-semetic due to it's portrayal of goblins apparently matching many jewish stereotypes (chiefly that they run banks). And in a vacuum this criticism does make a decent amount of sense.

I guess my main problem with the logic of this critique is that it assumes that JK Rowling was basing goblins off jewish stereotypes. In reality, however, she was basing goblins off...goblins! Particularly european folklore versions of goblin.

Goblins being short, ugly, pointy-eared creatures is one of the oldest and most classic fantasy tropes out there, and it is not at all a Harry Potter invention. Harry Potter is filled with very straightforward depictions of old fantasy tropes, like giants & trolls (big, dumb, physically powerful brutes), werewolves (men by day, but bigger, hairy, mindless monsters by the full moon) and unicorns (horses with horns that are creatures of light). Goblins fit perfectly in this framework because the classic fantasy goblin is a short, grubby, ugly creature. You will be hard-pressed to find a fantasy goblin that isn't very close to HP's interpretation.

This applies even moreso to the fact that they run the wizarding world's banks: goblins being greedy and money-hungry is yet again not a Harry Potter invention, but rather par for the course? Like, I've never heard people describe Clash of Clans as anti-semetic for having it's goblins focus entirely on stealing gold, and it's because goblins have been characterized as thieves for hundreds of years. Harry Potter's take, instead of making goblins greedy thieves, makes them still connected to money but without being a strictly negative context. I think it's actually clever.

You could argue a lot of old fantasy tropes & ideas are rooted in racist stereotypes and I wouldn't necessarily disagree, however I do not think all applications of said tropes are racist, especially since tropes evolve dramatically overtime. Fantasy in general has evolved as its own thing long enough that continually connecting it to old racist stereotypes feels like beating a dead horse. Most people don't look at goblins or orcs or any other stock fantasy race and think of a racial allegory anymore, they see Goblin as outlined in Tolkien or DnD or any other embedded cultural touchstone in the same way our view of elves and dwarves have taken massive leaps forward into their own distinct identity.

I agree with all of this.

Also, I've brought this up before, but remember when, for like a year and a half, my icon was this:

Remember when I cosplayed as this character at Comic Con and took a selfie with her creator which he posted to twitter?

This is a short, ugly goblin who is known for being greedy and stealing everything that isn't nailed down. Her story is about her desperately trying to turn back into a halfling because goblins are ugly and evil and she hates being one. Also, a tribe of goblins was going to eat her (halfling) son at one point in the narrative.

No one on this website ever came into my inbox like "woah, I can't believe you're a horrible antisemite who supports stories about goblins!" back then. I don't remember Critical Role or Sam Riegel himself getting very much criticism for it either. And that's good. I don't think Sam Riegel deserved criticism for Nott, and I think most of the people who tried to fight the grandson of a Holocaust survivor for telling a story about a funny goblin would walk away looking stupid.

It's just interesting how everyone was okay with this, but suddenly goblins are a threat to Jewish existence when they become a bigger part of the Harry Potter IP. The goblin in that picture fulfilled her goal of turning back into a halfling in February of 2020. It's not like we were in a totally different place then culturally. Both Critical Role and Harry Potter are huge fandoms on tumblr and there is a lot of overlap between them. It just seems very obvious that people are picking and choosing when goblins are a problem and when they aren't.

#Text #Fantasy #Fandom #Harry Potter #Hogwarts Legacy #Goblins #Controversy #hypocrisy

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#screenshot #game #fandom #hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #hogwarts #hogwarts legacy #harry potter #arcitecture

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Just…..the beauty of this game🖤

#screenshot #game #fandom #hogwarts legacy

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I am in complete and utter awe in how stunning and amazing this game is. 1000% achievement right here.

#screenshot #fandom #game #hogwarts legacy

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Bambi’s Red Dead Revenge.

#My Post #Video #Fandom #Game #Red Dead Redemption #Red Dead Online #RDO #Naturalist Role #Whitetail Deer #Buck #Animals

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How the Naturalist Role started vs. how it’s going.

I don’t think Horriet Harriet Davenport likes me very much.

#Video #Game #Fandom #Red Dead Online #RDO #Naturalist Role #Meme #Harriet Davenport #My Post

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24 hours into this game and i absolutely love it. Everything is perfect, the scenery, the quests. They really nailed the magic world that HP has.

Cant wait to dive even more into this game and getting lost into this beautiful world.

#Fandom #Game #Screen Shots #Hogwarts Legacy

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friendly reminder that people who play or plan on playing the harry potter game, are welcome here and will never be shamed for it. you aren't evil, transphobic or whatever else kind of -ism just because there's a loud minority trying to scream until people submit to them. it's sad to see that so many don't seem to understand the concept of "hate breeds hate". be kind and respectful, play what makes you happy or boycott what you don't want to play. just stop the "holier than thou" crap, it will only turn people away from your message.

#Text #Real Life #Controversy #Politics #Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy

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20 hours in and still loving it!

#Meme #Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy #Controversy #Politics

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Blocking all the Hogwarts Legacy haters, DNI, I am a trans man and I do not care about your virtue signalling, I want to have an rpg game where I can be myself in the world that shaped my childhood and I will 😊 if you have problems with it, go back to twitter from whence you came or block me or something, I don't care

#Text #Politics #Controversy #Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy

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*clears throat*

I personally find it absolutely hilarious that within 24 hours of making a post against the bullying of JKR and the streamers just trying to play a game, I’ve been attacked by two hate-filled trolls.

After they berated me, swore at me, and told me what an awful person I am for saying that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I asked them to send me some links of what exactly JKR did or said that was so harmful and despicable.

Both deleted their comments and blocked me, but did I get any links?

Nope! 😂

They tucked their tails between their legs and ran like the cowards members of this pitchfork mob are.

*shrugs* Empty boxes always rattle loudest.

Bullying people is not a great way to gain support for your cause and fleeing the scene when asked to present proof of someone’s transgressions makes your derogatory claims dubiously doubtable......

So far at least, the ineffectiveness of this boycott has proven that the army of the constantly offended aren’t enough to extinguish the magic of Hogwarts for everyone.

Thank goodness, because I’ll be Slytherin til I die. 🐍

#Text #Real Life #Politics #Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy #controversy

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They're really tryna make us think Sebastian DOESN'T have a crush on us ?? But he looks at us like THIS when we enter herbology ?? I need romance 💳💥 I need it now 💳💥

Please read disclaimer below the pic 💖

DISCLAIMER:

People in support of Trans rights have begun sending anonymous asks spoiling the end of Hogwarts Legacy. Be careful going on the internet or interacting with posts that have to do with the game until you have completed it.

To the person who sent me an ask spoiling the game: I already finished the game you complete moron. Your insults and petty words do nothing to dissuade my love of this game AND my love for Transgender people along with people who are LGBTQIA+ (including me I'm bisexual). Go spend your time on your own life and fix your own shitty ass personality bc you attacking people on the internet isn't changing anything and it makes you look like an asshole. Go fuck yourself, have a shitty day.

EDIT: I was unaware of the antisemitism in this game and I do not support antisemitism at all and believe there should also be awareness for that as well. I'll still play the game and enjoy it and I can do that while rejecting the antisemitic themes. I'm not going to respond to anymore messages about this game and will delete spoilers and overall hateful comments this post may receive.

#Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy

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After seeing post after post about Hogwarts Legacy, I just can’t tolerate the stupidity anymore.

Everyone has the right to agree or disagree with anyone else over anything.

Why?

Because each living human is a sentient being with individualized thoughts, beliefs, hopes, dreams, and ideas.

Disagreeing with someone, expressing your own opinion, and advocating for causes you support are not punishable crimes.

A person who practices true tolerance tolerates even what offends them/goes against their ideals knowing that everyone has their own belief system.

If you disagree with someone, fine, disagree and move on.

Going out of your way to threaten, cancel, destroy, heckle, and disrespect someone else for their beliefs are not the actions of a “tolerant” person.

Being “Anti-somebody” because that person believes or said something that offends you does not make you a social justice warrior standing for others’ rights.....it’s a small step towards totalitarianism.

“YOU MUST AGREE WITH ME OR ELSE!”

You can’t force others to think like you, just as they can’t force you to think like them.

So then, if you’re one of the folks who’s foaming at the mouth for JK’s demise merely because she holds an opinion that goes against yours and by that logic she deserves to have her legacy erased, then...........You may call her a bigot perhaps, if you’re so inclined, but you yourself happen to be a fascist.

And thus, with your hatred and your inability to accept that other people’s beliefs may not align with yours, you have become the very thing you claim to despise.

Someone who agrees will like or reblog, sure.

Someone who disagrees will scroll past, sure.

.......But the person who unfollows/blocks me because of this post will prove the above words to be truth.

#Text #Politics #Real Life #Fandom #Hogwarts Legacy #controversy

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you can unsubcribe from me, i don`t care anymore.

you really like to talk shit about J.K.Rowling, yeah? and you really like to talk shit about that game “hogwarts legacy”. that how fucked up it is, that J.Rowling is transphobic and etc.

tha neither of them shouldn`t be supported. but when ukrainians talking about atomic heart - the REAL FUCKED UP GAME …you are silent.

or you are saying, that is “out of politics”, “not everything is clear” and my favorite - “russians did nothing wrong”

by silence you are supporting my murder. I despise all of you. Because of that. it is not “out of politics” when trans rights, but REEEEALY “out” when ukraininan people are dying. trans-people in Ukraine dying too. Just in case. Because of russians. not because of some “putin”, “russian dictator”.

RUSSIANS THEMSELF.

as a ukrainian, i hate you. i hate you, because you`d rather be fucking silent and sending death threats to a woman, which have a opinion of her own and you`d rather be stuck in your imaginary innocent western Harry Potters world (that btw J.K.Rowling helped to create for you) than make one or two post about Ukrainian-Russian WAR. not some “conflict”. THE REAL WAR. y`know, Rowling done much more for us, as a ukrainian people, than all trans-community on tumblr. i said what i said. keep writing this stupid posts about that game about Harry Potter. or whatever. we will see, how you gonna react, when russians come to your home and start to destroying and killing everything and everyone you love. goodbye.

#Text #Politics #hypocrisy #Fandom #Game #Hogwarts Legacy #J.K Rowling #Atomic Heart #Russia #Ukraine #Slavi Ukraina