hogwarts is not the place to do that then. there are plenty of other queer games out there to support queer game dev. instead of pretending that giving money to rowling is doing anything to support trans people.
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dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 days agoSeeing how the game prominently features trans characters and that Rowling wasn’t involved in making it, it probably doesn’t bother many people.
dota__2@lemmy.world 3 days ago
dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
It would be ridiculous to pretend so. Giving money to trans-supportive games absolutely does though.
dota__2@lemmy.world 3 days ago
you are giving money to rowling with the purchase of any offically licensed harry potter product. that allows her to continue pushing her bullshit.
there are actual trans-supportive games out there to support and stop trying to make excuses for your inability to get past your nostalgia.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Rowling having slightly more money makes no difference to her spewing her views, she is set for life anyway. Yes I’d like to avoid giving her money, but a much stronger signal I’d like to send is that a game with trans characters sells well.
3xBork@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Rowling has enough money to donate to shitty politics for the rest of her life ten times over.
Attempts to “not support her” are about 3 decades too late and entirely irrelevant at this point beyond making people feel good about themselves.
We’re talking about the world’s first and only writer to become a billionaire with her books here.