Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has responded to calls to boycott Hogwarts Legacy over her feedback concerning the transgender neighborhood, saying that those that refuse to play the upcoming sport also needs to refuse to learn the Harry Potter books and watch the films.
JK Rowling tweets about Hogwarts Legacy boycott plan
Rowling responded to author and filmmaker Jessie Earl on Twitter, after Earl posted a tweet saying that supporting Hogwarts Legacy is “dangerous,” as Rowling makes use of her “ongoing platform to focus on and likewise justify her continued concentrating on of trans individuals is dangerous to trans individuals.”
In response, Rowling tweeted that “the really righteous wouldn’t simply burn their books and films however the native library, something with an owl on it and their very own pet canine.”
Deeply upset @jessiegender does not realise purethink is incompatible with proudly owning ANYTHING related with me, in ANY kind. The really righteous would not simply burn their books and films however the native library, something with an owl on it and their very own pet canine. #DoBetter 1/2 pic.twitter.com/LqANqab8Km
— J.Okay. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 17, 2022
And as for this, I am appalled. This particular person truly advocates studying the books as a result of “no person must know”. All high-quality and dandy till you get drunk and unintentionally quote one, sonny. “I by no means did it in public” will not prevent when the police see your Hufflepuff socks. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/QTQOTfpjtA
— J.Okay. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 17, 2022
Rowling has been broadly criticized lately as a consequence of feedback she has made in regards to the transgender neighborhood and public appearances she has made alongside many within the gender-critical neighborhood. Her outspokenness on the subject precipitated Harry Potter actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint to talk out in opposition to the creator, with Radcliffe publishing an open letter during which he acknowledged: “Transgender ladies are ladies.”
Hogwarts Legacy writer WB Video games additionally considerably distanced themselves from Rowling in a press release launched again in 2020, during which they stated she was “indirectly concerned within the creation of the sport,” although praised her “extraordinary physique of writing.” WB Video games’ president David Haddad additionally commented on the controversy surrounding the creator, saying that “she’s entitled to specific her private opinion on social media.”
