Terf stands for “Trans exclusionary Radical feminist”, which is a type of feminist that pushes for women’s rights, but doesn’t support transgender rights, and thinks MtF transgender people don’t count as women.
A lot of people have boycotted Hogwarts legacy because of her political views. Personally, I think it’s a bit extreme to boycott a great game made by a studio and developers that have nothing to do with her views just because she gets royalties on it, but that’s a matter of personal opinion
And they kinda very much *are* her views. She did, after all, write a series of books replete with Jewish stereotypes and slavery apologia that, yeah, went over a lot of our heads when the books first came out because yay wizardstuffs, but now in context with everything else, it makes more sense. This game even involves putting down a goblin rebellion.
I find it really tiresome that there are accounts still asking supposedly innocent questions. Yes, of course they mean Harry Potter, you’re in a discussion about a game set in the school which is central to the plot of the Harry Potter books.
That was not exactly obvious to me, I mean their description is far removed from what I remember the books being. Then there’s the fact they don’t mention the book by name, and since I’m not familiar with the author’s other works, I assumed they may have been referring to an earlier, lesser-known story.
Don’t be tired, you’re always going to have to clarify stuff for people, and if you’re positive about it you maximize the chances of a fruitful interaction
Now I’d love to know what in HP is a slavery apology because I have no memory of that
Is it really a great game though? It’s pretty, and the Hogwarts part is cool, but it’s pretty shit in my opinion. It doesn’t take it’s world seriously. For example, the groundskeeper is the person who teaches you how to pick locks (and they turned an unlocking spell into a shitty lockpicking mini game you have to do over and over) and tells you to break curfew. This is the only time the curfew even matters though. All other times you run around at night and no one is around and no one cares.
You also do the same three or four boring activities all over. Sure, the world is fairly large and looks pretty, but it’s about the most bland I’ve seen in a game, and it’s supposed to be magical. Every location just had these same thing to make it not feel empty, but it totally is.
They saw the Ubisoft open world games and had the thought of all the crap people complain about those for should be their goal, and then they somehow made them even worse. It is the most uninspired game I’ve played in a long time once you get past the graphics and thinking it’s cool just because the series it’s based on was done well.
Even if they don’t, buying this game still goes in to lining JKRs pockets, something she has explicitly considered as validation of her beliefs.
The makers of the movies, and the publishers of the books also probably didn’t all have anti-trans views, but they don’t have to for JKR to use them to cause harm.
I get it, the devs of a good game don’t deserve to be attached to her, but you’ve got to draw the line somewhere and this is where I’ve chosen to draw mine.
@headlesscyborg@bric the idea that you’re somehow into Linux and yet anti-trans is fucking mind blowing. Do you know how many Linux developers I’ve met that are trans? Get the fuck out of here.
@HellAwaits that’s skipping over the fact that they stated that they didn’t support the game EXPLICITLY because there was trans representation. Clearly they have an issue if representation gets under their skin so much. I mean I hate Nazis, but I still play Wolfenstein.
@headlesscyborg if I gave any fucks what you or anyone else thought would I be free enough to look how I want? You can always see those with small egos because they think that attacking someone’s appearance is an effective strategy. I would expect absolutely no less from a complete bigot like you. At least now it’s also glaringly obvious how fragile you are on top of it.
This is a shit take honestly and it’s the exact reason people are calling her out. She has a large voice and a large reach, and she is reaching people like you who think these things which are completely nonsensical.
Lets just ban all of religion right now as well, because priests and the like are 500x more likely to be masquerading around as paedos, sex offenders and psychopaths
No one has mentioned banning anything. There is a very real problem with convicted people attempting to do this stuff, it’s very prominent and in the news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63823420
Please stop knee-jerk reacting and thinking that everything is black and white.
Once again, this is looking for a black and white answer. I don’t have one for you. But, I do believe engaging with people, looking at the pros and the cons and not attacking/defending with zeal is the best goal.
What’s that?
Terf stands for “Trans exclusionary Radical feminist”, which is a type of feminist that pushes for women’s rights, but doesn’t support transgender rights, and thinks MtF transgender people don’t count as women.
A lot of people have boycotted Hogwarts legacy because of her political views. Personally, I think it’s a bit extreme to boycott a great game made by a studio and developers that have nothing to do with her views just because she gets royalties on it, but that’s a matter of personal opinion
@waz @bric Except for this little bit:
https://kotaku.com/hogwarts-legacy-lead-designer-used-to-run-anti-social-j-1846316222
And they kinda very much *are* her views. She did, after all, write a series of books replete with Jewish stereotypes and slavery apologia that, yeah, went over a lot of our heads when the books first came out because yay wizardstuffs, but now in context with everything else, it makes more sense. This game even involves putting down a goblin rebellion.
What are these books ? do you mean Harry Potter ? something else ?
I find it really tiresome that there are accounts still asking supposedly innocent questions. Yes, of course they mean Harry Potter, you’re in a discussion about a game set in the school which is central to the plot of the Harry Potter books.
That was not exactly obvious to me, I mean their description is far removed from what I remember the books being. Then there’s the fact they don’t mention the book by name, and since I’m not familiar with the author’s other works, I assumed they may have been referring to an earlier, lesser-known story.
Don’t be tired, you’re always going to have to clarify stuff for people, and if you’re positive about it you maximize the chances of a fruitful interaction
Now I’d love to know what in HP is a slavery apology because I have no memory of that
Also, why “accounts”? instead of “people”
You’re not fooling anyone.
That’s a good thing, I certainly don’t intend to
Not sure why anyone would be suspicious of such a simple interaction lol
Is it really a great game though? It’s pretty, and the Hogwarts part is cool, but it’s pretty shit in my opinion. It doesn’t take it’s world seriously. For example, the groundskeeper is the person who teaches you how to pick locks (and they turned an unlocking spell into a shitty lockpicking mini game you have to do over and over) and tells you to break curfew. This is the only time the curfew even matters though. All other times you run around at night and no one is around and no one cares.
You also do the same three or four boring activities all over. Sure, the world is fairly large and looks pretty, but it’s about the most bland I’ve seen in a game, and it’s supposed to be magical. Every location just had these same thing to make it not feel empty, but it totally is.
They saw the Ubisoft open world games and had the thought of all the crap people complain about those for should be their goal, and then they somehow made them even worse. It is the most uninspired game I’ve played in a long time once you get past the graphics and thinking it’s cool just because the series it’s based on was done well.
Are you sure the developers have nothing to do with it?
Even if they don’t, buying this game still goes in to lining JKRs pockets, something she has explicitly considered as validation of her beliefs.
The makers of the movies, and the publishers of the books also probably didn’t all have anti-trans views, but they don’t have to for JKR to use them to cause harm.
I get it, the devs of a good game don’t deserve to be attached to her, but you’ve got to draw the line somewhere and this is where I’ve chosen to draw mine.
Oh, 100%. I was just pointing out that the whole project was shitty, not just JKR. But JKR is 100% shitty.
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@headlesscyborg @bric the idea that you’re somehow into Linux and yet anti-trans is fucking mind blowing. Do you know how many Linux developers I’ve met that are trans? Get the fuck out of here.
“Forced”
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Yeah do you know how many Christians get vaccinated?
@HellAwaits that’s skipping over the fact that they stated that they didn’t support the game EXPLICITLY because there was trans representation. Clearly they have an issue if representation gets under their skin so much. I mean I hate Nazis, but I still play Wolfenstein.
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@headlesscyborg if I gave any fucks what you or anyone else thought would I be free enough to look how I want? You can always see those with small egos because they think that attacking someone’s appearance is an effective strategy. I would expect absolutely no less from a complete bigot like you. At least now it’s also glaringly obvious how fragile you are on top of it.
Very brave
jk rowling the resident sub-human trash
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My dude unironically believes that people are out here cutting off their dicks so they can victimize others.
No one said anything about people cutting off their dicks to victimise others. This is just a clickbait reply, for what? There’s no karma here.
some examples of your “brilliant philanthropist”
That’s the most based article I’ve read.
This is a shit take honestly and it’s the exact reason people are calling her out. She has a large voice and a large reach, and she is reaching people like you who think these things which are completely nonsensical.
Lets just ban all of religion right now as well, because priests and the like are 500x more likely to be masquerading around as paedos, sex offenders and psychopaths
No one has mentioned banning anything. There is a very real problem with convicted people attempting to do this stuff, it’s very prominent and in the news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63823420
Please stop knee-jerk reacting and thinking that everything is black and white.
So then what, in your opinion, is the endgame here with Trans people?
Once again, this is looking for a black and white answer. I don’t have one for you. But, I do believe engaging with people, looking at the pros and the cons and not attacking/defending with zeal is the best goal.
Thing change. So do arguments.
That’s great and all, but you are the one who made the statement. So, I’m asking you to defend that statement.
@allywilson @oneshibbyguy fuck off with this shit. JK Rowling has caused real, material harm to trans women in the UK and elsewhere.
Wtf?.. Your reasoning is dumb as fuck
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Idiots