• Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I blame millenials buying her crap for giving her such an outsized voice. Launch her into the fucking sun.

    and everyone who bought her books, for good measure.

    • pooh [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Never read one of her books or saw any of the movies, thankfully. Her stuff always just seemed like dollar store Tolkien to me, plus I guess I was slightly older than the intended age range.

      My most regretted purchase ever, by the way, was a Kid Rock CD and I am deeply ashamed of it to this day.

    • Cromalin [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      i’m gen z but i also read her books growing up. i’m really glad i started reevaluating them before she went fully mask off, or i’d have probably been really hurt by it, given that she’s about a hairs breadth from calling for my torture and execution on the national news

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      In (some of) our defence the first few books appeared to be setting up for some good criticisms - they weren’t resolved in the books they first appeared in, but they were highlighted in such a way it seemed to be drawing attention to real life injustices through the lens of a magical society.

      But then they weren’t resolved at all. The Weasley’s poverty, the literal slavery, the systemic legal problems like a fucking soul eating prison - they wasn’t going to be a real commentary, it was just showing off the features of the setting. And by that time we’d wasted our money on 4 or 5 books.

      Launch anyone who bought the movies into the sun though.