Harry Potter is one of those things where I don’t care how important it was or is to you sentimentally or whatever. I insist you find another fucking thing. There are so many things. Other things. Better things. Literally anything.
I truly don't believe that people liked Harry Potter THAT much, it's just that it was so marketable. Like, it's a "I must love Harry Potter, I have so much merchandise from it!" kind of thing. They just don't want to get new stuff.
Which, it's fine if you don't want to throw out your stuff but put it in a closet or something and stop plastering it all over your social media. Just stop buying more and doubling down. STOP.
I know several people, SEVERAL, who treat Hogwarts houses like zodiac signs. They present their worldviews around the fact that they're a Hufflepuff or whichever, and if someone else does/says something, then "omg that's such a Gryffindor thing to say."
Some people are genuinely REALLY into HP.
I agree with the original sentiment, but growing up sucks. People should be able to enjoy things regardless of their age. Fun and entertainment should never be gated by age...
Just support things that don't end up with people being harassed or even killed. That's something most can agree with.
I mean, I think most adults know people can like troubling things, and that doesn’t mean they’re spending money on it or defending its honor to their last. That’s a pretty normal boundary, I think!
My main point of contention was with the words "grow up" being used as though their interests being childish is relevant to the broader issue. There are plenty of people, myself included, who don't simply outgrow interests formed in our respective youths. And that's not a problem in and of itself.
It's more important that people are able to be socially aware enough and empathetic enough to let go of something despite their attachment to it than for them to just "grow up" from that interest. Also a lot more meaningful if they can show that human life matters more to them than their attachment.
Well, I got a turtle named Alfie when I was a kid. Every couple of weeks I'd take him outside so I could clean his tank, during which he'd always try to run away. One day I looked away for too long & he had vanished. I spent the whole evening tearing up the yard to find him but had to stop by night.
The next day I finally found him, he had dug a hole beneath the shrubs and buried himself. During later cleaning I'd sometimes put him in a temporary container, but he got strong enough to flip it over and break out.
I'm back on dating apps, and I immediately reject you if your profile picture has something with Harry Potter in it. In twenty-fucking-four, you should know better.
there was one the other day where the woman was wearing a Ravenclaw sweater and posing in front of a WALL of HP merch. Like, you are a queer woman in 2024! I'm going to assume you're a terf if you're doing this shit.
Just skeeted in response to someone else that I won't even watch her shit on broadcast TV even if it only gives her 3 cents in royalties.
I do feel badly for all the actors who aren't transphobes, but I think all the major ones are on board with not being good to terfs.
Yep! I see this with gay men too - instant rejection, esp considering millennials are all but 30 year olds who should know better/have better taste by now.
there are so many people that have no idea about JKR's bullshit. It's something almost exclusively discussed in online spaces and it doesn't appear in legacy news. I've had to explain why I'm no longer into HP to a ton of people and they're always shocked to learn about it
I find it is just so easy to....not talk about a decades old book and film series? Like, it is not that hard. Anyone at this point is being either openly transphobic or obstinate in a transphobic way.
Right?! I wrote an entire worship service liturgy and sermon on hp. It's so possible to be like, "welp, I will feel sad this is hurtful instead of fun now but I will be an adult about it."
It’s a red flag not only for all the real political issues, but because it speaks of adults with a critical lack of taste. A sin less heinous than bigotry but nearly as cringe
Looking back and staring at all those people who ate up that HP game while it's author was full on paying for bills that hurt people within their own community was insanely bewildering
