#jill murphy

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Train Ride

JK Rowling: my empire crumbless around me! Rowling: Julia Donaldsson taking my bestsseller sspot Rowling: KA Applegate sstealing my thunder Rowling: the amazing digital circuss trailer topping harry potter Rowling: and alwayss that confounded diane duane in the ventss! Diane Duane: free masons run the country! Rowling: [pounding on wall] i know you're in there!!

JK Rowling: drastic timesss call for drasstic meassuress Rowling: there's only one way to rekindle interest in harry potter Rowling hello children Rowling: would you like to go on a nice train ride

King: a train ride?!?! King: i love trains!!! King: sign me up!! Barker: whoa whoa whoa hold on there steve Barker: this sounds like a trick King: [wearing conductor hat] what

Rowling: no trick, jussst a jolly train ride! Barker: where's the train going Rowling: jussst Rowling: around Rowling: you know, nowhere in particular

Barker: so you're telling us this is just a regular ass train Rowling: it'ss harry potter branded Rowling: it'ss exactly like the Hogwartss expressss Barker: right but if i recall, the thing about the Hogwarts express was Barker: it was just a regular ass train, right? Barker: i mean, steve, you read the books Barker: am i wrong

King: no, it was just a regular train Barker: so what's the big deal? King: it went to Hogwarts! directly! no stops! Barker: joanne does this train you're talking about go to Hogwarts Rowling: what Barker: does it or does it not go to Hogwarts Rowling: Rowling: no

King: wait so it doesn't actually take you to Hogwarts? Rowling: Rowling: Hogwartss issn't real sssteve Rowling: it's asss fake assss enbies and sspooniesss!

King: you made it up??? Rowling: well i mean technically i got the idea from jill murphy Jill Murphy: hey did you know that anything can happen on halloween

Rowling: look, i jussst think that certain people should get a nice train ride Barker: oh yeah? which people? Rowling: oh you know Rowling: ssocialisstsss, trade unionissstsss, that sssort of people

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the show “The Worst Witch” lately. I was super hyperfixated on it as a kid (and it may be coming back at the moment) and I thought it was like, a Harry Potter spin off or knock off of some kind, but then I found out it’s based on a book series from the 70s and looking back on it now that I’m older, it’s so obvious how much of it JK Rowling ripped off. I read one of the books (I think the second one) when I was younger and I’m reading the first one now. Half of her male characters are just gender swapped worst witch characters. It annoys me because she’s a bigot who got even more rich and famous for basically a more violent male lead knock off of a little girl book.

I think more people should be reading and watching it instead of Harry Potter. I don’t know if the author was problematic or not, but she’s dead so it’s better than supporting that terf. Also, it’s just majorly underrated.

[petesdragon]

“It was so depressing constantly being hopeless at everything. She longed to say to everyone, 'Oh, yes, I'm brilliant at such-and-such, let me help you!' instead of spending her whole life desperately trying to memorise spells in the library, and ending up in Miss Cackle's study, explaining for the hundredth time, why everything had gone wrong.”

— The Worst Witch All At Sea by Jill Murphy

[n1ght1ng4l3e]

ignore the time I drew them but yea I was bored so here's some sketches inspired by the cats of the worst witch 2026 edit: my username is no longer angies_art_studio but I still drew the cats :D

[coldwastelandpaper]

This is happiness.🤩🥳💃

On a clearance website, I was lucky enough to find and add to my collection the "Worst Witch" novel series by Jill Murphy:

- The Worst Witch

- The Worst Witch Strikes Again

- A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

- The Worst Witch All at Sea

- The Worst Witch Saves the Day

- The Worst Witch to the Rescue

- The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star

[darktripz]

[alchcmys]

And if I said the worst witch deserved more love and attention than its copy by a terf?

[medusarealms]

I found a marvelous Youtube channel where the first 4 Worst Witch out of print audiobooks are posted. I had a wonderful time listening to Jill Murphy's magical stories narrated by the talented Miriam Margolyes. The channel is named: Louise Anne Bateman described as ''the home to Out of Print Audiobooks''.

The Worst Witch:

The Worst Witch Strikes Again

A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

The Worst Witch All at Sea