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This applies to everything, for the record. The theme park. The video games. Fanfic. All of it.
JKR owns Harry Potter. Singularly. It is HER franchise, full stop.
Even if you try and justify whatever fan-created works you like as not giving her money, it still promotes the franchise as an entity
Zoe Tunnell
@zoewithasword.bsky.social
· 23h
With the HP trailer dropping tomorrow, here's the whole deal:
If you watch the show, hell even just the trailer, I will think less of you. I will dislike you. I will think you don't care about trans people.
That's it. It's been years. There's no wiggle room. No qualifiers. You care or you don't.
Rowling is a billionaire. She has her money. It isn't going anywhere.
Harry Potter as a franchise, however, isn't as fixed. Folks who engage with it SHOULD be shamed. It SHOULD be embarrassing and seen as bigotry to watch the show or go to the theme park. That's where the line needs to be.
8:25 AM · Mar 25, 2026
That's why seeing product tie-ins annoy me, especially working at a grocery store; the new Butterbeer products not only not interest me, it also makes me think "yep, that's a brand I don't need to spend money on."