Who were some of your childhood heroes that turned out to be horrible people? (lemmy.today)

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[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

JK Rowling

[-] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 months ago

I literally learned to read so I could read Harry Potter books so I didn't have to wait for bedtime for my dad to read them to me; even though I was a "boy" I badly wanted to be Hermione Granger when I grew up

it's really heart-breaking that she became so deranged and hateful, a lot of us loved her books growing up

[-] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah me too. I literally started to read because I couldn’t wait for mum to start reading and wanted to read past when she stopped.

I was literally sneaking away to read. My parents knew and turned a blind eye, not believing their luck that their son was rebelling by reading haha. I’ll always thank JK for my love of reading. But fuck her politics.

[-] JTode@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I started reading for the same reason, except it was he Narnia books and my gramma 🫡

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I hope for you you bexame what you truely are, stranger

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Your hero as a child was the author and not the character?

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I mean, it's not like Harry Potter can turn out to be a terrible person as he is fictional.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

Well he did peek in high school and then became a cop so...

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