It’s also worth noting that Earl never actually tagged Rowling in their thread. Rowling then goes on to say that “the truly righteous wouldn’t just burn their books and movies but the local library, anything with an owl on it and their own pet dogs,” which is a very weird and hyperbolic thing to say, considering Earl’s gentle advocacy for the exact opposite. Though the terms of Rowling’s earnings are not publicly available, it will quite obviously make her a bundle of cash if it ends up a hit (and it probably will).

As Forbes’ Paul Tassi points out in his piece, Rowling’s assertion that the game falls under the heading of “ANYTHING connected with me” doesn’t really hold water. Rowling’s argument, complete with an accusation of “purethink”, doesn’t make a lot of sense when placed against Earl’s thread.

The truly righteous wouldn’t just burn their books and movies but the local library, anything with an owl on it and their own pet dogs. This is the quandary facing fans at present, their desire to play a game they’ve waited for their whole lives butting up against a desire to do right by the trans people they love and care about.Īnyway, Rowling didn’t take kindly to the thread.ĭeeply disappointed doesn’t realise purethink is incompatible with owning ANYTHING connected with me, in ANY form.

However, we can’t really say the same about new Harry Potter media, which will likely support Rowling directly. They were likely important to you long before Rowling decided to make her disappointing heel turn, and that can’t ever be taken away from you. The thrust of this thread was that there is no requirement to do anything so dramatic as burn or throw away the books and films you already own.

Among the discussion, Twitter user Jessie Earl wrote a short thread dissecting what interacting with new and legacy Harry Potter media means for queer people in light of Rowling’s anti-trans stance. As spotted by Forbes, the discussion about whether to play, or even purchase the game kicked off again on social media over the weekend.

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