harry potter was basically a huge reason why i survived before i came out of the closet but come on it hasn't been relevant in like 16 years why are you doing promotions on it? especially now that all rowling is known for is literal hate. she doesn't even do once a year battle of hogwarts posts on twitter anymore...
They're promoting it because there's a tv series coming out soon
I absolutely do not work at Tims. But if I did (which I don't), I would be squeezing every goddamn harry potter donut/timbit before serving. I'd be horribly preparing any given Harry Potter item.
I mean, Tim Hortons does ALL of that regardless, but I don't (if I worked at Tim's which I don't). However, if you support this Harry Potter bullshit despite that Rowling bitch's prowling transphobia, then fuck you too.
Please boycott Tim Hortons (at least till this transphobic nonsense passes).
Tim Horton's hasn't been Canadian (or good) for a long time now, so I'm not surprised that they are being shitty.
Tim Hortons is anti-canadian, full stop.
This year's Back to Hogwarts also marks the 25th anniversary since the release of the first film adaptation [of the book]...
I am just curious where the line is drawn that makes it less a powderkeg of outrage and starts being worthy of at least an historical acknowledgement in recognition of the victim. If it's not film adaptations of books, is it once there are musicals based on film adaptations of books written by authors who have expressed offensive viewpoints? Or poems summarizing musicals based on film adaptations of books written by authors who have expressed offending viewpoints?
I'm trying to be honest and not make this tongue-in-cheek.
JKR is actively politically involved in the persecution of trans people and the protection of transphobes. Even if she does not directly profit from an individual piece of HP media, the success of any HP media strengthens her brand and thus her political power.
That's why it matters. Not an abstract question of "death of the author" or the Ship of Theseus of adaptations of adaptations, but the single contemporary living human being who converts Harry Potter's cultural cachet into actualized hatred.
It's such a shame. Harry Potter was a great series of books with great stories and characters that many millenials grew up with.
It's a shame its author is such a fucking cunt and ruined the whole franchise for everybody.
It was, when we were kids and kinda stupid . It you take 5 mins, it's a racist and sexist cesspool and the story is pond deep.
And don't get me started on jk...
Hp was loved, by myself, too. But even then, I'm not sure I'd ever thought of hp as great, just "comfortably decent enough".
But yeah, jkr is a fucking monster.
I hope that the Harry Potter series outlives Rowling. Yes, it's an imperfect series that Rowling's prejudices seeped into, but there is still a lot of good to be found in it. Eventually, Rowling will die and fans will no longer have to worry about supporting transphobia. Some will still say it's not okay to like Harry Potter, but I hope most people will be able to embrace the series
I hope so but I doubt the stain will ever fully wash off. I'll always be wondering who is still involved in steering it who was a fellow-traveler of JKR.
If 30 years from now the IP owner makes a Ravenclaw-themed mad-science spin-off series with a trans wizard as the protagonist, then maybe I'll think it's salvageable.
You'd think somebody in upper management would be smart enough to push back - actually I should just stop there. Nobody in upper management thinks. They just go where the money is, and rely on time to fix whatever damaged the brand's reputation.
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