Rowling was always problematic from the beginning, it’s just that it took time for people to realize she was a fucking snake. There’s no reforming her, she is tried retcon bipoc and lgbt characters into her white book long after writing it. Tolkien’s books had problems with his characterization of orcs but they pale in comparison to the amount of problematic shit in Harry Potter. There’s the house elves and goblins being the biggest problem, but also the time she made the model minority Asian love interest for Harry all hyped up as a major character in the 4th book and she was nothing more than a plot device. Or that Harry was a fucking cop, or the excuse about why wizards didn’t interfere in ww2.
Harry Potter is a book that would have been allowed in Nazi Germany.
but also the time she made the model minority Asian love interest for Harry all hyped up as a major character in the 4th book and she was nothing more than a plot device.
Again, I've never read the books or seen the movies, but the fact that the only Asian character is named "Cho Chang" also seems like a pretty big red flag.
Rowling was always problematic from the beginning, it’s just that it took time for people to realize she was a fucking snake. There’s no reforming her, she is tried retcon bipoc and lgbt characters into her white book long after writing it. Tolkien’s books had problems with his characterization of orcs but they pale in comparison to the amount of problematic shit in Harry Potter. There’s the house elves and goblins being the biggest problem, but also the time she made the model minority Asian love interest for Harry all hyped up as a major character in the 4th book and she was nothing more than a plot device. Or that Harry was a fucking cop, or the excuse about why wizards didn’t interfere in ww2.
Harry Potter is a book that would have been allowed in Nazi Germany.
Again, I've never read the books or seen the movies, but the fact that the only Asian character is named "Cho Chang" also seems like a pretty big red flag.