I feel similarly, tbh. Admittedly, on a surface level if someone still vocally supports new HP stuff, my assumption is that I need to tread carefully until I learn more about their views or education on the subject. But undeniably, the series was important to so many people! That's why it feels like such a huge betrayal that she went down this path. I can't tell people to just pretend like a huge part of their childhood memories aren't grounded in her work.
It reminds me a bit of the Neil Gaiman situation. People are so quick to jump to "His books were always bad!" when... no. There are cases where people's shitty views of course seep into their writing, intentionally or not. But to pretend that shitty people can't still make meaningful art is the most immature and over-simplified take ever. It's actually BECAUSE these people made good art that they have such massive power to abuse in the first place. It would be easier for us to process news of allegations or bigotry if these people HADN'T contributed so much artistically, but they did! They did, and that's why it becomes such a huge deal on multiple fronts.
Anyway, I luckily was a more casual fan of HP, so I haven't had to come to terms with things the way many others have. The simplest view I can take is that it's best to refrain from buying/supporting new official HP material, since she does use that income to fund anti-trans politics. Other than that... I really can't say what I'd do if something this important to me got turned on its head. Like, imo HP is bigger than her. Thousands and thousands of people brought the films and other extensions to life. The fandom itself is its own living creature fueled by average people being creative and connecting with each other and even being critical of HP because transformative works oftentimes exist to fix the source material. I get the sentiment that any public enjoyment of HP is a contributor to keeping it relevant and consequently putting money in her pockets, and I don't know how I feel about that in all honesty. I just also don't think it's fair of me to expect everyone else to be exactly as soured on HP as I am when this whole situation is so complicated for a reason.
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It reminds me a bit of the Neil Gaiman situation. People are so quick to jump to "His books were always bad!" when... no. There are cases where people's shitty views of course seep into their writing, intentionally or not. But to pretend that shitty people can't still make meaningful art is the most immature and over-simplified take ever. It's actually BECAUSE these people made good art that they have such massive power to abuse in the first place. It would be easier for us to process news of allegations or bigotry if these people HADN'T contributed so much artistically, but they did! They did, and that's why it becomes such a huge deal on multiple fronts.
Anyway, I luckily was a more casual fan of HP, so I haven't had to come to terms with things the way many others have. The simplest view I can take is that it's best to refrain from buying/supporting new official HP material, since she does use that income to fund anti-trans politics. Other than that... I really can't say what I'd do if something this important to me got turned on its head. Like, imo HP is bigger than her. Thousands and thousands of people brought the films and other extensions to life. The fandom itself is its own living creature fueled by average people being creative and connecting with each other and even being critical of HP because transformative works oftentimes exist to fix the source material. I get the sentiment that any public enjoyment of HP is a contributor to keeping it relevant and consequently putting money in her pockets, and I don't know how I feel about that in all honesty. I just also don't think it's fair of me to expect everyone else to be exactly as soured on HP as I am when this whole situation is so complicated for a reason.