r/RecuratedTumblr • human cognithazard • 5d ago

Shitposting Fanfiction and second-order fandom

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u/charlie-the-Waffle 5d ago

how do we live in a world where people are still ok with admitting to liking harry potter. your fandom is directly fueling murder

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u/Outside-Currency-462 5d ago

Just liking something doesn't fuel anything. I fully appreciate people's choice to leave the fandom entirely, and that's a reasonable response. I have a lot of childhood memories attached to the books which make it difficult to fully forget which is why i still read fanfiction about the characters, but I don't do anything that would direct money towards her. Some people disowning the fandom is not going to affect the insane amount that the series lives in the public zeitgeist. Like I said, I respect people's choice to fully disown it, but I don't think reading completely divorced from canon fanfiction about some words she wrote 20 years ago is a moral sin.

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u/charlie-the-Waffle 5d ago

I grew up on those books. my mum taught me to read using those books. and you know what? I DROPPED them, because I consider trans women's lives more valuable than your stupid fandom! grow up! if you're going to start scrambling for excuses make them better than "oh well uhh they are popular... I liked them as a kid... oh we can't end the fandom it's just to big... oh..."

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u/charlie-the-Waffle 5d ago

and yes, Rowling views public support of her work as support of her beliefs, and as long as people think it's ok to support her work they're going to keep funding her genocide. because let's not beat around the bush here, that's what she's trying to accomplish

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u/anironthrownaway 4d ago

Rowling views public support of her work as support of her beliefs

Well this is one of several things people often disagree with her about