I’m not sure what you mean by enshrining, but in any case, don’t give that maggot a single cent, whether or not you partake in the content with her name on it.
That’s true - best practice would absolutely be to completely abstain from it. Some people are die-hard about that shit though, so for those who do for some reason need a fix periodically, do so in a way that mitigates the negative impact as much as possibly - namely by finding ways to do things for free that would otherwise send income to JKR to be used for her evil bullshit.
As someone who watches crappy home-counties daytime British TV, my taste is to watch it and overthink it. Harry Potter is crap enough that I will watch it to mock it via piracy. It doesn’t mean that I don’t complain at anyone i know for playing that shitty video game.
But why? Why is it so incredibly difficult for you to stop consuming that particular piece of entertainment? There is so much other entertainment in the world, most of it better even.
I don’t recall implying it was difficult for me to stop: my comment wasn’t directed at myself. I read the books when I was in school back in 2007 - iirc there wasn’t a controversy surrounding the author back then, or if there was it was all over my head. Highschool me wasn’t really paying attention to current events.
I’ve seen some of the movies since then, but again, if any bigotry was publicly known back then, it was over my head.
At some point, her PR disaster made it into my field of view, and I haven’t engaged with the franchise since. That said, there are die-hard fans of HP, so I make the same pitch to them as I did here: If want to consume the material, do so via piracy to protect against supporting the author.
HP to me was only ever some light fantasy - the value was more in the accessibility than the quality. As you mentioned, there are probably hundreds of similar stories out there… nothing about HP was better than the competition except for the marketing. Super easy to ‘quit’ and not look back.
I don’t understand the super-fans, but I could say the same about anything I don’t have a personal interest in. People lose their shit over sports: I don’t get it. But, my personal disinterest doesn’t mean it’d be easy for everyone to just shrug off if the NFL or something became associated with white supremacy or some shit. If that happened, I’d make a similar pitch about pirating game footage / not buying merch, etc.
Completely abstaining would 100% be better, but people won’t.
There’s also piracy, for those who enjoy the material but don’t want to support the evil shitstain of an author.
Agreed 🏴☠️
Idk, maybe you shouldn’t be enshrining material from a jackass. Other IP exists.
I’m not sure what you mean by enshrining, but in any case, don’t give that maggot a single cent, whether or not you partake in the content with her name on it.
Consuming the content still grants it cultural strength and influence.
That’s true - best practice would absolutely be to completely abstain from it. Some people are die-hard about that shit though, so for those who do for some reason need a fix periodically, do so in a way that mitigates the negative impact as much as possibly - namely by finding ways to do things for free that would otherwise send income to JKR to be used for her evil bullshit.
As someone who watches crappy home-counties daytime British TV, my taste is to watch it and overthink it. Harry Potter is crap enough that I will watch it to mock it via piracy. It doesn’t mean that I don’t complain at anyone i know for playing that shitty video game.
But why? Why is it so incredibly difficult for you to stop consuming that particular piece of entertainment? There is so much other entertainment in the world, most of it better even.
I don’t recall implying it was difficult for me to stop: my comment wasn’t directed at myself. I read the books when I was in school back in 2007 - iirc there wasn’t a controversy surrounding the author back then, or if there was it was all over my head. Highschool me wasn’t really paying attention to current events.
I’ve seen some of the movies since then, but again, if any bigotry was publicly known back then, it was over my head.
At some point, her PR disaster made it into my field of view, and I haven’t engaged with the franchise since. That said, there are die-hard fans of HP, so I make the same pitch to them as I did here: If want to consume the material, do so via piracy to protect against supporting the author.
HP to me was only ever some light fantasy - the value was more in the accessibility than the quality. As you mentioned, there are probably hundreds of similar stories out there… nothing about HP was better than the competition except for the marketing. Super easy to ‘quit’ and not look back.
I don’t understand the super-fans, but I could say the same about anything I don’t have a personal interest in. People lose their shit over sports: I don’t get it. But, my personal disinterest doesn’t mean it’d be easy for everyone to just shrug off if the NFL or something became associated with white supremacy or some shit. If that happened, I’d make a similar pitch about pirating game footage / not buying merch, etc.
Completely abstaining would 100% be better, but people won’t.