I saw a fuck JKR post, fuck everything she does, fuck Harry Potter and to those people that like Harry Potter get over yourselves and read other books,
Which led me to go down and look at other posts of people saying that if you enjoy Harry Potter and if you make any sort of Harry Potter content, you’re disgusting and are getting immediately blocked.
This pissed me off like nothing other, because holy shit. Obviously, I don’t support JKR. She has said horrible things and supported horrible corporations and causes.
But there is a difference of fans of Harry Potter who support that woman, vs people just liking the series and wanting to enjoy it. There are many reasons why someone might still like Harry Potter that doesn’t involve liking JKR as a person. Perhaps they grew up on it, they have a lot of fond memories associated with it. Maybe they were first inspired by it, maybe they like creating art and writing from it! Maybe they just simply like being silly and playing those little patronus and hogwarts house tests. Maybe they met someone through this series that they’re now close with, or a community to connect with.
There’s a lot of reasons, and all of those are harmless (exceptions exist of course). Obviously it’s a far from perfect series but telling people to fuck off and pick up another book to read is just mean and bullying. I’m sure they have. I’m sure there are many Harry Potter fans that are avid readers out there. I’m sure a lot of them have good taste in other books and authors as well.
I love Good Omens. Do I support Neil Gaiman or like him in any way at all? Absolutely fucking not. But Good Omens is dear to me— the characters, the book, Terry Pratchett, the show, the actors from it and other wonderful people who worked on it. The wonderful people in the fandom. Those are the people I want to support, aside from being personally attached to the wonderful characters and storyline.
“Oh but they’re putting money in JKR’s pocket! Oh but Harry Potter is just a shitty series and people need to let go of it!” I do wish Harry Potter wasn’t still so praised as it is in the general public, but people can choose whether or not they want to still buy merch. I personally never want to, and if you think people are wasting their money on it, then sure, they are, and that’s their money, not yours. Creating and posting a fanart is not putting money in JKR’s pocket. Posting a fic to ao3 is not putting money in JKR’s pocket. Talking about reasons you like or dislike Harry Potter is not putting money in JKR’s pocket.
I don’t want to get attacked for this. I know I can’t change some people’s minds and if you’re so set on calling people horrible human beings for liking something and being creative with it, harmless with it, then stay in that miserable mindset for all I care. I just wanted to rant about it because I’m firmly against putting people down because of something harmless they may be doing because you don’t fucking agree with it or personally like. I don’t like Harry Potter anymore either, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna shit on all other people that do. I’m entirely fucking sure some of you guys have interests that were first made by bad people. It’s difficult to avoid nowadays, unfortunately, but if you don’t, I’m happy for you, truly. It’s not inherently wrong to like those things, it’s wrong to want to support that person and do. That’s fucking it. There’s a difference.
Stop thinking you have such a moral high ground by saying stuff like this and attacking others just because you don’t agree with them. Get a grip and learn nuance.
Is being kind and considerate of other people’s views, experiences, and harmless opinions that are not your own truly so difficult?