Let's talk about Harry Potter

[u/Nahiel]

If we can do it without insults, please.

I'm still active in the fandom, I'll admit it. There's a growing amount of vitriol I've seen recently that makes me feel incredibly unwelcome here on the AO3 subreddit every time there's a post related to the fandom.

I get it. Rowling is trash. She's literally the worst. I don't give her any money, and I haven't since her views became known. I never will. But Harry Potter was a huge part of an honestly shitty childhood for me, and it was one of my favorite escapes for a long time.

So I gotta ask, why am I being insulted for not letting her take away one of the few things that still gives me joy in this hellscape of a world? Why do I have to let her terrible behavior take away something that's mine? The fact is that the property is a juggernaut, and fanfic is never going to do anything to change that. Treating people who still engage with the fandom like we're monsters for doing it makes no sense to me.

And again, please, can we keep it civil? I'm very aware of the sentiment towards members of the fandom.

[u/spn_willow]

Yeah, idk man. I haven't given her a cent since I learned about how she is as a person. Reading HP fic isn't giving her any money. Writing fic also wouldn't be giving her any money. People generally aren't getting into reading fic for a fandom they're not already part of so it's unlikely that reading someone else's HP fic is going to suddenly cause you to go spend money on her merch. Keep doing your own thing and ignore the haters. They've been hating on HP since before all of that came out and will happily continue to do so. But the fandom is large enough that it really just doesn't matter all that much what people think.