It isn't about wealth. She's just a better writer than you, dude. In any other context, a guy saying he was actually more skilled than a woman highly accomplished in her field would be seen as shitty and misogynistic. And yet...
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Oh, come on, would the woman who created the deep, well-researched, very three-dimensional character of Cho Chang treat the character of Nagini with anything other than absolute care and respect? I think not!
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For me it started with Goblet of Fire, when Hermione being appalled at the treatment of house elves was treated as a joke, and it just got worse from there as the characters continued to be unlikable people making bad decisions and never changed. Also:https://twitter.com/AmeliaRoseWrite/status/1280353342560956416?s=20 …
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Yes, I don't think people appreciate that the backlash to JKR from *within the fantasy genre* is very old and has been there a long time A backlash that exists precisely because most mainstream commentators just ignore the genre community and see Harry Potter as sui generis
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There are some specific, legit craft critiques of Rowling in general and the Potter books in particular (e.g., she slathers adverbs on with a trowel when it’s been trendy not to use them at all). But the on-page issues with authenticity and representation have been made worse...
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...not better, with her attempts to word-of-God retcon. Her 20th-century English private-school education is the foundation of the books, but it’s also part of the problem w/r/t how she thinks the world works, and how her opinions shouldn’t get to be challenged. Also,
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