A small correction, and I hope I don't come off as brash saying this, but trans people. Not every trans person is a woman. Some of us are men, some of us are women, and some of us are just "people", because a rigid gender binary is bullshit.
Good post. Shuts down the "I want to support the devs" folks, too. Thank you.
You're the editor of Nintendo Wire. Why are you spreading this misinformation?
You're not destroying their careers by not buying the game, lol.
That's a drastic side of the coin you're taking when some folks may have only had HP as a companion as a child in book or movie form and feel both attached to the material and sickened by the author's bullshit. It's that connection that is driving these poor kids to suicide and something that absolutely should be taken care. Strip the author of her "power" behind the scenes by having the game makers step up with a more powerful and positive voice and one that fans can get attached to.
You're right and I apologize, reading that sentence back I realize I made it sound like the harm she's causing trans folks is an unintended side effect when she's clearly demonstrated that's exactly what she wants.
It's not. It's just the one that looks past that emotional tie, as someone with it.
Yeah, at least to some extent. A lot of the larger ones do a lot of focus testing/et cetera.
I do not to be clear. But I'm just thinking of those who were and are and how they could be so hurt by her words and driven to depression and self harm. Is total erasure of the franchise the answer? Or deletion of the author? Hard for me to think of the answer when, again, for many others, that world is their own happy place.
No one is suggesting to go out and book burn Harry Potter.
I'd say that post is worthy of a threadmark/of being put in the OP
Great illustration. I hate that I gave JK Rowling money all those years ago. never again, though!
Fuck J.K. Rowling
As I've said to so many of my friends, "if our collective actions don't have an immense impact, that doesn't mean it's not working, it just means it's not getting immediate results." Just gotta tell two friends and hope they voice their dissatisfaction as loudly as you, if not louder. Ultimately, I don't think this game's sales will be impacted much, if at all by Rowling's bigotry. But it could send off warning sirens in the future, openly propping up transphobes.
That's an amazing illustration. I'm saving that one.
Fuck J.K. Rowling
It's a good thing then that the conversation is more about influence than whether she's likely to go broke anytime soon.
Will she be punished if she chooses to not work on the game anymore?
I appreciate your replies and other posts in this thread to help me realize the bigger picture.
I fully agree with the sentiment, but the response this evening (and even that it was featured during the PS5 event) suggests they don't need to. And they won't. Like with Strike (the BBC/HBO show), the audience can detach the entertainment from its creator.
