The game was added to psplus catalogue so it’s there for me to play, but I’m hesitant now. I was never a potter fan, so I figured this game would be a good introduction, now im sour on the whole thing
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Piatro@programming.dev 3 weeks agoThe game wasn’t lynched though, it sold phenomenally well despite the commentary. There aren’t enough people paying attention to her statements to be in a position to make a conscious choice about her one way or the other. Most people just see harry potter and go “cool, new harry potter thing, I liked that as a kid/like it now, let’s give it a shot”. If it does get brought up in conversation I still find people are surprised when I say I don’t buy or participate in harry potter stuff because they genuinely don’t know, or think its massively overblown (coverage of her statements, not necessarily the content of them). We’re in a corner of a tiny pocket of the internet, even on Reddit.
TLDR This will make HBO tonnes of money from people who don’t care or don’t know about Rowling’s obsession with trans people, just like every other HP side project.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Piatro@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
It’s up to you. You’re allowed to read/play/watch whatever you want, don’t let us internet weirdos (who might not even be real people) dissuade you. My wife loves harry potter but hates Rowling’s politics. That’s ok. You don’t have to justify your actions to anyone, least of all internet strangers! If you want a justification to play the game, as others have said, she’s already made her money from the game and won’t make more directly from you playing it, so she doesn’t benefit. Also, by a few accounts I’ve heard it’s a pretty mediocre game, so don’t feel like you’re missing out if you decide not to!
KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
You have no idea the amount of queers I know that still participate in harry potter bullshit because “it was their childhood”
MFs hide behind their nostalgia and pretend they’re still fucking children while paying money to someone advocating for their fucking genocide.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
copium, they are probably like the fanfiction type of fans, superparasocial people that live and breathe harry potter.
KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I was referencing people I know. They’re normal fans that have a bit of merch and hide behind the “it’s my childhood” defense. Not terribly parasocial about it, but they’re furries. I think it’s more just the “God given American right” to believe that you’re in a protected, soft little bubble and none of your actions have consequences because “everyone else is doing it” and “she’s already rich so what’s it matter?”