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[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 44 points 2 years ago

I know a trans woman who once exclusively read Harry Potter. Like, no other books in her life at all. She has changed her ways now that Rowling has gone full TERF. Now she exclusively reads Harry Potter fan-fiction.

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

there are a lot of weird trans positive harry potter fanfic authors out there. i wanna shake them and ask why but i don't think i'd get a satisfying answer

also tell your friend to read something good. like unjust depths, that would be very funny

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

i wanna shake them and ask why but i don't think i'd get a satisfying answer

Reclamation of the Bad Thing

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

sometime the bad thing doesn't need to be reclaimed! sometimes things are bad and are bad at their core (both because they financially support someone who is doing so much to make the world more transphobic than it already is and also all the antisemitism, racism, classism, misogyny, transphobia, and just plain old bad writing decisions at the core of the story) and we just need to let go and stop participating in the fandom because it inevitably leads to people saying shit like "oh i can just buy this harry potter game even though i know jkr sucks, it belongs to the the fans now!" when it doesn't, as long as jkr is alive it's her space and spending time in it will eventually lead to money making its way over to her!!!

god it fucking pisses me off

[-] GeorgeZBush@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I also think its at least partially a symptom of an infantilized culture. Alan Moore is right. We can't grow up for various reasons so we cling to our favorite franchises. Even if the people behind them suck, we have to find a way to justify our continued consumption of their products because we Grew Up With It.

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Totally agree with your assessment about things not needing to be reclaimed. And I also thought you were asking a good question up top; why would a trans person write fanfiction of an IP belonging to a transphobic author? It has the same energy as casting POC as the slave-owning founding fathers in Hamilton. And you're right. the answer I came up with is dissatisfying, but that was my first instinct trying to put myself in the shoes of someone who does that and come up with an answer. A lot of people believe in Reclaiming The Bad Thing for some reason. I agree it's ill-advised.

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

oh sorry i didn't mean to be so aggressive there, i could tell you weren't saying that's what you were doing and wasn't trying to yell at you. these thoughts have just been in my head for a while and i needed to get them out

i'm going to make it smaller

[-] Tachanka@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

bean Nah, you weren't being aggressive

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

The only fanfic I'm familiar with is My Immortal. So I just assume she and her wife read that on repeat.

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

ok that would be cool and good. ebony dark'ness dementia raven way is a hero

but it's probably just like, drarry shit. (i know too much about the harry potter fandom, the shriekcast has poisoned me)

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Incredibly depressing, jesus

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If it's the methods of rationality that's like trading Mussolini for Hitler wtf

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If my experience trying to find something good to read on AO3 is any indication, it's mostly Snarry smut 😞

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

there's more drarry than snarry iirc, but that's still all weird fascist apologia

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Ugh oh god Slytherin politics fics 🤮

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

you're being such a slytherin rn

[-] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago

The real insult is being called a Hufflepuff

Remember them? Hufflepuff?

The Don Draper elevator scene of Hogwarts insults

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

Anti-Potter-Aktion

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Embrace Marxism-Dobbyism, slit the throats of the Wizard Tyrants in their sleep.

[-] SovietWaveGoddess@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Harry Potter is just dogshit if you have an actual grasp on politics

[-] Magician@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago
[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

bisexual queen

[-] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

The only good thing to come out of Harry Potter is Wizard People

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

"Dark robes galore" is a hilarious description I still use today, especially around Halloween

[-] Cromalin@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

there's also the excellent shrieking shack podcast, which really digs into what sucks about the franchise, and also was part of what led to the creation of the excellent visual novel misericorde

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