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Daniel has been in the news today praising JK Rowling.
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I wonder what Emma Watson will have to say in the BBC documentary.
Daniel Radcliffe: 'Harry Potter author JK Rowling is an immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being'
Daniel Radcliffe has heaped praise on JK Rowling, describing the Harry Potter author as an “immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being”.
www.scotsman.com
So....are we doing positive/marketing threads on HP again here? I thought that was a pretty blanket soft-ban, not just for the video game.
Glad the TERF isn't a part of this though. A reminder that it's Transgender Awareness Week, with a very impressive and informative thread put together by Kyuuji in service to that.
Glad the TERF isn't a part of this though. A reminder that it's Transgender Awareness Week, with a very impressive and informative thread put together by Kyuuji in service to that.
The quote "it would be very difficult for anything to happen in the Harry Potter world without her involvement really, and (have) it feel like the same world" makes me feel like he's justifying going in on another film, unless thats out-of-context and the following words were "...but thankfully there's a good team of writers that can make it work without her"Daniel has been in the news today praising JK Rowling.
I wonder what Emma Watson will have to say in the BBC documentary.Daniel Radcliffe: 'Harry Potter author JK Rowling is an immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being'
Daniel Radcliffe has heaped praise on JK Rowling, describing the Harry Potter author as an “immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being”.
I'd be so hyped if they announce a new movie. Obviously I hope that JKR wouldn't be involved at all
Daniel has been in the news today praising JK Rowling.
I wonder what Emma Watson will have to say in the BBC documentary.Daniel Radcliffe: 'Harry Potter author JK Rowling is an immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being'
Daniel Radcliffe has heaped praise on JK Rowling, describing the Harry Potter author as an “immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being”.
And there it is. His "support" of trans rights doesn't actually mean shit if he's defending JKR like that.
Glad to see how much of Era doesn't give a fuck about the trans community as long as they get their new Harry Potter film. Fantastic really.
This definitely would have made me happy to check out, if only Rowling wasn't a TERF!
Not gonna bother viewing this. Even if she isn't there, Rowling is so going to profit of this special.
And really disappointed that Daniel Radcliffe went about to side with Rowling in the end. Time to add him to the pile of complicit people.
The fact Rowling is transphobic is why we consider the Wizarding World IP to be a dumpster fire, popularity or not.
Not gonna bother viewing this. Even if she isn't there, Rowling is so going to profit of this special.
And really disappointed that Daniel Radcliffe went about to side with Rowling in the end. Time to add him to the pile of complicit people.
The fact Rowling is transphobic is why we consider the Wizarding World IP to be a dumpster fire, popularity or not.
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My mistake, after going through older threads for the staff posts it looks like only Hogwarts Legacy promotion/hyping was banned.
Still, really poor form to have something of a HP hype thread during trans awareness week.
Still, really poor form to have something of a HP hype thread during trans awareness week.
Yeah and it's always the same people making and populating the threads. I have managed to shame kill a couple but this one seems to be going, I feel like I should start making a list of posters I cannot trust because they put HP ahead of people like me, who still do not have equal rights and if JKR has her way we are going to start losing more. But I guess wizard boy means more than some of us being treated equal or even human.
Gross.
Well fuck him.Daniel has been in the news today praising JK Rowling.
I wonder what Emma Watson will have to say in the BBC documentary.Daniel Radcliffe: 'Harry Potter author JK Rowling is an immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being'
Daniel Radcliffe has heaped praise on JK Rowling, describing the Harry Potter author as an “immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being”.
J.K. Rowling says 90% of her fans agree with her transphobia but they’re afraid to say so publicly
She claims that people who oppose trans rights live in a
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J.K. Rowling says 90% of her fans agree with her transphobia but they’re afraid to say so publicly
She claims that people who oppose trans rights live in a
Thank you, google was giving me these frustrating content farms that obscure everything behind links back to their own site for clicks. I think it was one of those blog posts she wrote that I wilfully erased from my brain.
I don't think that confirms the claim made there though.
She's just using that old trope of "[nearly] everyone agrees with me but they're too scared to say it!"
Nothing there about equating support for her projects/products as support for her beliefs.
Well this is gross timing. HP hype threads really shouldn't be allowed here, at the very least there shouldn't be an OT for this when this releases. Rowling actively uses the money and influence she gets from this franchise to hurt the trans community. Considering what is happening with the BBC and the normalization of transphobia in the UK, we can't pretend she's just some harmless kook. As sad as it might be for fans you can't divorce the art from the artist here.
Yep, Same. Guess we shouldn't be too surprised that they don't have any morals though.
Well it really doesn't matter if she said it or not it's true. She is the sole holder of the property and it's the property that gives her mindshare, so supporting it even when she is "not involved wink wink" is still giving her more money and keeping her mindshare relevant and she is using that money and mindshare to explicitly hurt trans people.
Don't ever forget she is a big reason the UK pulled out of implementing legislation that was previously supported that would have set protections for trans people in stone.
And I do not get to look at this from a distance like it's a thought experiment, these things and her influence directly affects my life so at the least those celebrating it could at least do it somewhere else, doing it here on a forum with a decent and active trans community, during transgender awareness week no less is like getting slapped in the face, nice to know my humanity is worth less than some fictional stories.
Yall are dragging Emma Whatson's good name by implying she would willingly attend an event with She Who Must Not Be Named anywhere in sight 😭
She's dragging her own good name, in sight or not Rowling will be getting paid for this.
I imagine it'll probably be like the Friends reunion right, just the cast sitting around fake reminiscing (scripted stuff) for fans.
My kids grew up devouring Harry Potter so it'll probably be pretty fun watching with them on NYE, good timing on HBO's part although surprised they didn't choose Christmas day, especially with how important that day has been in a few of the HP books.
My kids grew up devouring Harry Potter so it'll probably be pretty fun watching with them on NYE, good timing on HBO's part although surprised they didn't choose Christmas day, especially with how important that day has been in a few of the HP books.
Damn, even for this?
She still takes a cut, even if it's just a cast reunion?
Nintendo DMCA stuff that had less to do with nintendo IPs than this has to do with Harry potter.
it even has the "wizarding world" logo (it is the name for HP extended universe)
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Wizarding World - Wikipedia
Unless HBO are doing a bootleg unlicensed special lmao
That SURELY must have already happened in other fandoms though 😅
It's a shame really. JK aint ever letting her grip go from this IP.
I'm not even sure what I feel about HP. I liked the books and the universe, though that was a whiiiile ago at this point. The movies didn't really compel me enough to watch all of them but I did like the cast a lot from the ones I did watch. Fantastic Beasts has been whatever. If they announce an adaptation of that play that's supposed to be really bad that's kind of disappointing but I think my general liking of the universe might pull me into giving it a shot still, kind of like the game. Lots of potential.
Damn never knewNintendo DMCA stuff that had less to do with nintendo IPs than this has to do with Harry potter.
it even has the "wizarding world" logo (it is the name for HP extended universe)
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" (previously known as J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World)"Wizarding World - Wikipedia
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1) Her name was part of the brand name before
2) It was changed to take her name out
Was it changed after she went nuclear on social media?
Grew up with HP, it got me into reading and I was a HUGE Potterhead. I can't even look at the books now without feeling sick to my stomach knowing if JK had her way I'd be dead or at least closeted and miserable my whole life. Really saddens me that people can look past that. And I'm especially unhappy with the actors being involved after speaking out. This just gives her a bigger platform(and more money)
Kind of where I am at, but really disappointed in Daniel for his coming out and praising a known transphobe.
Daniel has been in the news today praising JK Rowling.
I wonder what Emma Watson will have to say in the BBC documentary.Daniel Radcliffe: 'Harry Potter author JK Rowling is an immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being'
Daniel Radcliffe has heaped praise on JK Rowling, describing the Harry Potter author as an “immensely intelligent, funny, kind human being”.
But don't question his integrity, of course.
Those first two Columbus films definitely had a whimsical charm to them that most of Yates' films lacked.
They also took their time with pacing and world-building.
The only exception was Half-blood Prince, which for some reason was a shockingly good entry by Yates.
They also took their time with pacing and world-building.
The only exception was Half-blood Prince, which for some reason was a shockingly good entry by Yates.
I'm only interested if they somehow manage to convince Alfonso Cuaron to make another one of these. Outside of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix (which is a shockingly good entry from the otherwise boring Yates), the HP films are pretty bad.
I was absolutely shocked to find out last year that Chamber of Secrets is almost three hours long. I have no clue how the hell I had the patience as a kid to sit through that movie over and over again.
I was pretty done with harry potter as a franchise, even before the more recentish revelations about JK Rowling's character. It had a place during a certain time for me and I've moved on.
But I have a special love for terrible musicals. Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, The Descendants 2. I would honestly be pretty hyped for a (terrible) adaptation of The Cursed Child.
Like not in a way where I actually give any money to see it, not going to support JK anymore, but I would find a way to see it. Buy a used dvd from a thrift store or whatever.
But I have a special love for terrible musicals. Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, The Descendants 2. I would honestly be pretty hyped for a (terrible) adaptation of The Cursed Child.
Like not in a way where I actually give any money to see it, not going to support JK anymore, but I would find a way to see it. Buy a used dvd from a thrift store or whatever.
My favourite films are the first two and last two HP films.
Goblet of Fire was hard to watch more than once. lol
Goblet of Fire was hard to watch more than once. lol
I'm planning on seeing Half Blood Prince with a live symphony in a few months, really looking forward to it.
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