lmao i told my dad about hogwarts legacy and how disappointing and gross the plot was, because we've both always shared a love of harry potter with each other and i figured he'd wanna know why i wasn't playing the hot new harry potter rpg. i started by saying a lot of people were boycotting it and explained how the goblins in the books are commonly seen as antisemitic caricatures and that maybe when jkr wrote the books she didn't realize what she was doing because antisemitic goblin folklore is so old and pervasive in fantasy--and he said "ah, so instead of fixing those problems now that people know better they just kept all that in there?"

he was so shocked when i said, no, they made the problem WORSE, because he could not imagine how the devs could manage to make such a problem even worse. but then he understood what i was getting at with things like "it's about you stamping out a goblin rebellion" and "oh by the way, the goblins kidnap wizard babies and use their blood for evil rituals" without me having to explain further, and said it was pretty awful how they were doubling down on the antisemitism. i told him about the lead developer being an alt-right youtuber as well.

i also told him how excited i was for it before we knew anything about the plot but that i wasn't interested anymore because the goblin stuff would be bugging me the whole time, and i didn't want my money to go to jk rowling and the devs of this shit game, and how much it sucks that they (as in jkr and the devs) keep destroying something that so many people loved. and then. i said "i know a ton of people are still gonna buy it and jk rowling is just gonna make a bunch of money anyway, but--". and he said "but she can make a little less money if you don't buy it!"

why is it so easy for my 63 year old dad to get this shit but none of the people willfully ignoring the problems with this game just for the sake of their own entertainment get it lmao. seriously why is every single person who still enjoys HP but claims to hate jk rowling not the most pissed off about this!! this isn't something that can be critically enjoyed, it's just gross and harmful and enjoying the books and movies doesn't also require you to play this stupid game. i wish we lived in a world where this game had a safe, normal plot as free of JKR's bigotry as a HP game can possibly be and the whole fandom could just pirate it like i was originally going to, or better yet, a world where jkr wasn't a disgusting TERF in the first place, but we don't!