The last really big backlash on JKR before this was over her retconning Nagini into always having been a human, and the one before that was saying that wizards used to poop on the floor before toilets were invented I wouldn't call those "political", exactly
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jkfecke
(Although making Nagini into an *Asian* human in particular was kinda racist) But no, there's been a steady buildup of annoyance at JKR for a while now, and an ongoing backlash to the books' outsize popularity ("Read another book!" is a meme about it)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jkfecke
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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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Amelia Bloody Rose @AmeliaRoseWriteReplying to @UrsulaV @ZREllorI have a special resentment for the way bookstores slapped "Like Harry Potter? Try these!" onto authors like Tamora Pierce, Diane Duane, Jane Yolen, etc. I know, I know, most kids weren't like me and were new to this, but HOW DARE THEY IMPLY THE GRANDES DAMES ARE CHEAP KNOCKOFFS3 replies 6 retweets 65 likes -
JKR's racist tendencies aside, I'm absolutely convinced Goblet of Fire is a rewrite of the first book? It's point for point the same main plot, but with extra creep added in. It's the Deluxe album version of book one...
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I remember it was surprisingly insightful of the A Very Potter Musical script to point out the House Cup and the Triwizard Tournament are two variations on the same concept and the latter exists because she "wasted" the former
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Replying to @arthur_affect @AugustFresnel and
As in, the big exciting upset of Gryffindor taking the House Cup back from Slytherin had already been done and couldn't really be repeated so she felt the need to escalate it somehow and tie it into the Voldemort plot
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Replying to @arthur_affect @AugustFresnel and
Like, it actively DOES NOT MAKE SENSE that something like the Triwizard Tournament would just let them give Hogwarts two champions and double the chance of winning on a technicality It's EXTREMELY awkward
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Replying to @arthur_affect @AugustFresnel and
There's a bug in how the Goblet is constructed and everyone just goes along with it rather than just... I dunno, collecting names manually and picking out of a hat
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Replying to @LizardOrman @arthur_affect and
To be fair, though, that's completely on-brand for the idiot wizards in HP who would rather stick their heads in a fireplace or send OWLS than just buy goddamn cell phones because EWWWW, MUGGLES
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Replying to @AmeliaRoseWrite @LizardOrman and
Wizards who, apparently, just chose to shit anywhere and magic away the problem rather than a system that humans have been using since before we were humans.
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Yeah the logic here doesn't work in either direction By which I mean any argument by which you could convince me it makes sense to do this instead of use a chamber pot is also a reason to do it instead of using a flush toilet
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