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As someone who has been in the Harry Potter fandom since the 2000s, it becomes obvious that what really made the power go to J.K. Rowling's head wasn't her new fame and fortune - but rather, how the Harry Potter fandom practically worshipped her as a god when the books were still coming out. If you look at old interviews with J.K. Rowling and Emerson Spartz of MuggleNet, and Melissa Anelli of "The Leaky Cauldron" website, Rowling and her PR team specifically curated these interviews - much like with "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling" - to only see and praise her in a good light. (Spartz was a fanatical JKR supporter in particular, even going as far as to mock and attack Harry/Hermione, or Harmony, shippers "on her behalf". Rowling laughed at it.)
The Harry Potter fandom and their militant support for J.K. Rowling as a deity-like figure in the 2000s, simply because she wrote the Harry Potter books, really went to Rowling's head. It's also probably where she gets this idea of, "I read my most recent royalty cheques, and find the pain goes away pretty quickly." She genuinely still believes that the Harry Potter fandom still supports her, and still has her back, because she still thinks that fans are putting her on a pedestal. However, in the 2000s, most of these fans were teenagers and young adults who didn't know any better, and weren't mature enough to see how this was unhealthy, for both them and Rowling.
However, I've encountered this issue before in the realm of YA authors and the book community in general, and what J.K. Rowling doesn't realize is that the only reason why Harry Potter fans supported her at the time was simply because she wrote the Harry Potter books - and was continuing to write the series at that time. They didn't care about J.K. Rowling, the person - they cared about J.K. Rowling, the content provider, who kept providing them new Harry Potter content. They only cared about her because she was writing new Harry Potter books.
Once Rowling finished the Harry Potter series, and started writing her adult mystery books, readers' interest in Rowling as a content provider dropped off sharply, and they lost interest, to the point where she had to publicly reveal that she was "Robert Galbraith" in order to boost flagging book sales. It became clear that people only cared about her Harry Potter series.
I feel this is also why J.K. Rowling's slide in to TERFdom is not only performative and self-seeking, but that the people who claim to support her only do so solely because she's anti-transgender. Much like with the Harry Potter fandom - which only cared about J.K. Rowling, in the sense that she was providing them new Harry Potter books and content - TERFs only care about J.K. Rowling because she supports being a TERF. Most TERFs don't actually seem to care about her as a person, and as such, I think J.K. Rowling is seeing them as a misplaced source of support.
It's also worth noting that J.K. Rowling seems to have sought out the TERF community to fill in the gap left by Harry Potter fans, and the fandom at-large, increasingly distancing themselves - or growing and maturing beyond - their single-minded support of J.K. Rowling. For years, Rowling had her ego constantly stroked and fed by Harry Potter fans, to the point that she internalized her entire sense of self-worth on "being the author of Harry Potter" and providing content to people. Or, in the mind of J.K. Rowling: "Without Harry Potter, who am I? What is my purpose?"
Unfortunately, Rowling decided that her new "purpose" was fighting "trans rights activists".
When the Fantastic Beasts film franchise - which J.K. Rowling co-wrote the scripts for - crashed and burned, and her attempt to win back Harry Potter fans and the fandom with new Harry Potter-based content failed, she turned to a new echo chamber for self-validation instead: TERFdom. The TERFdom provided easy and lazy source of validation for Rowling, as instead of putting in actual work to create new Harry Potter books and scripts, she can just rest on her laurels, and occasionally post low-effort tweets that she can post instead, and which garner her a lot of attention. Rowling tunes out all of the negative attention, and only focuses on those praising her, or even worshipping her as their own "Personal Jesus" - the same as she did back in the 2000s with her Harry Potter interviews, and then later on, with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
The Harry Potter TV show reboot on HBO Max is now Rowling's third attempt - if not fourth, counting the travesty that was Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - to either try and win back the Harry Potter fandom, or to create a new Harry Potter fandom by exposing Gen Z and Gen Alpha to the series. However, things have changed a lot since the 2000s, and that includes far more support for LGBT rights, so I feel like this third attempt is going to backfire horribly on her.
quoted (but not formatted as a quote because it's too long for the new tumblr engine) from the comments to the r/Contrapoints thread on her 2023 JK Rowling video, a striking takedown/analysis of why it seems the author of Harry Potter has gone so far and so fast off the deep end away from the core principles that initially made her work so popular with a western millennial and down YA audience
#anti jkr#yes it's more rowling content but this is interesting#harry potter meta meta#authorship#addiction to praise#harry potter fandom#harry potter hbo#cursed child#fantastic beasts#death of the author#YA
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There are RUMORS that Snape will be portrayed by Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who) in the HBO tv show... and i'm like... yeah why not but i'm worried because he's already in his 60s and will be more than 70 by the end of season 7 so he's too old imo.
#severus snape#christopher eccleston#Harry Potter HBO#rumors#snape#snape content#harry potter#pro snape
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so my day has been irreversibly ruined
#harry potter#harry potter hbo#harry potter series#harry potter reboot#harry potter hbo series#i want to die#the last adaptation literally only finished in 2011#jk rowling has outed herself as a horrible person since then#why tf are you remaking the series?#why put money directly into her pocket?#stop trying to compete with percy jackson and just fucking CHILL#and donate to trans causes while you're at it#hey actually here's an idea#take all the funding for this shit and give it to a trans foundation#holy FUCK#OR#GIVE IT TO A JEWISH FOUNDATION#and on passover of all nights to learn this#someone get daniel radcliffe on the phone right now i need to speak with him#as a matter of urgency
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Hear me out
DAMIANO DAVID AS SIRIUS BLACK
#liltaire: random#hp#harry potter#sirius black#headcanons#hp fancast#Sirius black fancast#damiano david#harry potter hbo#please let him play Sirius#i mean#THE VIBES#i will definitely draw damiano as sirius#Sirius Orion black#marauders#hp marauders#the marauders
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So em, HBO has announced that we're getting a new Harry Potter, Season 7 series.
And I'm afraid. As if, we know that the author of the series was arranged into this, so it's hard for me to say what the effects will be because jkr's work has not been that much successful lately (Fantastic Beasts,much lower than expected), but on the other hand, maybe we'll finally get something that will really reflect the book. I'm afraid that some trash like Velma will come out of it, but on the other hand, I hope that some of the original Actors will have a part.
Like, it's a very big project and I hope the creators know what they're getting into and that we're really going to get something good. For now, we just have to wait for more info.
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HBO y Harry Potter
Hasta hoy, no me había manifestado respecto al reboot de HP en formato serie de HBO. Bueno, en mi mente sí (muchas veces. Obsesivamente), pero no públicamente, porque ¿a quién demonios le interesa?
Meses después, sigo dándole vueltas. Y yo que sé, necesito vomitar esto o sistematizarlo o alcanzar algo parecido al orden. Y no conozco otra forma de ordenar la cabeza que escribiendo.
Tengo sentimientos encontrados y bastantes confusos en cuanto al tema.
Por un lado, no puedo evitarlo: me hace más ilusión de la que me gustaría.
La ilusión tiene que ver con la ridícula expectativa de que creo que sacar una serie revitalizaría de nuevo HP y, en consecuencia, su fandom. Porque seamos honestos, HP está bastante muerto, y verlo muerto me mata, y me llena de nostalgia y de tristeza. Y hace que vuelva obsesivamente una y otra vez al fandom, y a los fics que me enamoraron, para comprobar que está más muerto que nunca. HP fue, es y será mi casa. Y las cosas inevitables son inevitables, pero tengo algún problema con aceptar este hecho.
Tengo además una secreta, pequeña y escondida esperanza de que finalmente nos den las escenas que los fans nos merecemos. No es que tenga mucha fe. Pero es HBO y HBO hace buenas series a veces, y nos merecemos justicia, y el puto Severus Snape necesita más escenas.
¿Podremos tener por fin en pantalla esos diálogos perdidos de las películas que eran indispensables para comprender a los personajes y la historia?
Por otro lado, temo que esta serie sea innecesaria y que termine por decepcionarme (tengo un presentimiento fuerte al respecto).
Hay rumores. Y los rumores que hay no me gustan. Volvemos al tema de las edades y los personajes. ¿Pueden, por favor, dejar de representar a los Merodeadores y a Snape como señores a punto de la jubilación? Es una pregunta que no tiene intención de levantar ningún hate. Snape en el libro 1 es más joven que yo, tiene 31 años. Amo a Alan Rickman (lo adoro), hizo un trabajo maravilloso de interpretación e interiorización del personaje, pero ahora que tristemente ya no está entre nosotros, ¿podemos tener a un personaje acorde a la edad de los libros?
Tiemblo ante los productores de la serie y, especialmente, ante sus directores. Que alejen a Yates de esta producción, lo pido por favor. La serie no servirá de nada si volvemos al mismo estilo de las películas.
¿De qué vale un reboot si se piensa hacer lo mismo pero con más horas de metraje?
Lo que me lleva a la siguiente pregunta: ¿realmente quiero que materialicen todo el contenido de los libros bajo una nueva luz? ¿Con unos nuevos protagonistas y unas nuevas caracterizaciones?
En fin, no sé. No sé si me gusta la idea. Desde luego, me genera dudas. Quizás, sencillamente, deba quedarme con mis fics y dejar a los que vienen por detrás que disfruten del nuevo material.
#harry potter#hbo#snape#severus snape#divagaciones#blabla#nostalgic#fandom#harry potter series#harry potter reboot#harry potter hbo
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Have a petition against the Harry Potter hbo show:
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Harry Potter TV series dream cast
So here is my dream cast for the new Harry Potter series. As much as I don't support JK Rowling, and I think it's too soon to remake the original movies, I am a little excited to see who gets cast in these Iconic roles. I won't be suggesting for the child roles, purely because I don't know many actors who are young enough, however I'd love an actor of colour to take on Harry or Hermione and I hope Ron remains ginger. Also, many of these characters don't appear until later on in the series but I'm mostly just amusing myself.
So, first of all. Remus Lupin. I actually saw another article suggesting this same actor as a Quirrell but for me he would be a perfect Remus, I loved him in Heartstopper and he seems so gentle and paternal.
Fisayo Akinade - Remus Lupin
Secondly, I was thinking about Hagrid. And only one person came to mind for this role, I think they'd kill it. And I'd love to see Welsh Hagrid.
Ruth Jones - Rubeus Hagrid
Okay, so maybe I don't seriously think Ruth should or will be cast. But honestly she would be iconic.
Next is Peter Pettigew. Now arguably this actor is too young but I think he'd be perfect in this role.
Colson Smith - Peter Pettigrew
Julie Walters was perfect in her role as Mrs. Weasley and we need someone equally funny. This comedy actress is famed for being in the IT crowd and more recently BBC's Here We Go, and I think she'd be perfect.
Katherine Parksinson - Molly Weasley
For Aunt Petunia, the main description we have from the books is that she has an extremely long neck. Based on time lines she would also only be in her early 30s. The actress I'm suggesting isn't someone who immediately screamed Petunia to me but the more I thought about it the more I can see her injecting some great comedy into this role.
Jessica Knappet - Petunia Dursley
And that's it for now! If any other people come to mind I may make another post
#harrypotter#harry potter tv series#harry potter hbo#wizarding world#harry potter dream cast#ruth jones#hogwarts
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HARRY POTTER'S GETTING A FUCKING TV SHOW?!
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In light of recent events:
Separating the art from the artist
does NOT work if said artist is
1) alive
2) directly financially benefitting from you consuming the art
Especially if they have tweeted this in the past:
#jkr#harry potter#hp#new harry potter show#hbo#cw transphobes#I wish jkr had never made a twitter account#I miss my hp days#harry potter game#hogwarts#joanne k rowling#jk rowling#fuck jkr
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As much as i wish Adrien Brody was cast to portray Severus Snape in the new tv show i'm sure that's not going to happen since he's american and Rowling would never make an exception especially for a major character so... my next choice would be
MATT SMITH. (Doctor Who, House of the Dragons, The Crown). He's older (40) than Snape but tbh it's just a detail.
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mutuals who share multiple fandoms with you are like rare gems
#like you can switch hyperfixation and know that you won't drift apart because they'll still be down to rant with you#i have much love for my multiple fandom mutuals 🥺#911 fox#hbo war#marvel#harry potter#detroit: become human#doctor who#good omens#pjo#bbc merlin#bbc sherlock#shameless#gotham#law and order svu#venom#teen wolf#succession#the maze runner#the chronicles of narnia#shadow and bone#criminal minds#ace attorney
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#severus snape#severus#Professor Severus Snape#HBO Series#snape#professor snape#Harry Potter#HarryPotter#Harry James Potter#harry#harry potter fanart#HARRY POTTER SAGA#harry potter snape#Fanart#fan art#HP#hp fanart#cartoon#Cartoons#sketch#sketches#doodles#doodle#drawings#drawing#Draw#digital drawing#digital#digital art#digital drawings
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i cant believe the HBO Harry Potter script already leaked o.o
#my art#webcomic#original webcomic#hbo#hbo max#max#harry potter#hp#jk rowling#j. k. rowling#new trans icon just dropped#dumdum#trans rights#trans rights are human rights#trans#lgbtq#lgbtqia#queer#queer community
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You know what annoys me most about anti jkr beans? The fact that they don't do anything anti jkr, they just fck random people from the internet. Like, she's rich enough that she doesn't need your money now, let's not make a potential series new Hogwarts Legacy 2.0 okkk? Be the opposite of the transphobic person you hate and do something good for other p e o p l e here, we need this.
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