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CW: Harry Potter. What's your stance on JK Rowling and Hogwarts Legacy

Hey there, I'm a mod of c/traa and was recently called out for saying JK Rowling is transphobic and buying the Hogwarts game is a bad idea. I was told that the 'actual trans people with sense' are here and agree that playing the Hogwarts game is fine, and so is giving money to a transphobe billionaire. This ally of trans rights (and instance admin of a large server that isnt blahaj or hexbear) of course seems to vehemently disagree.

So, as a question, do you agree with giving money in any way to JK Rowling? Do you agree with supporting Harry Potter as a franchise? 🤓 I have a feeling I already know the answer to this, but I figure yall might find this whole thing amusing

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  • I expect my post will be controversial. I bought it and played it. I don't regret getting it.

    I accepted myself as trans and came out to my wife a couple months ago. Before coming out I was really deep in denial and didn't let myself play as girls in games even though deep down I really wanted to.

    Hogwarts Legacy was the first game I played as a female character by choice in a long time. The game was okay, it's been a really long time since I played that genre. Role playing as a girl was really freeing. Sure, I could have chosen countless other games, but it was new enough and unique enough that I actually wanted to play it. I'm pretty picky about games I play now; I have two young kids and a pretty demanding job.

    There's trans representation in it. It's very explicit, the barkeep at Hog's Head mentions that most of her former-classmates don't recognize her since she's now a witch instead of a wizard.

    It sucks that it supports JK Rowling a tiny bit. I definitely did not want to support her. But I was in a pretty bad mental state when I was playing it and it was a welcomed distraction. It even helped me come to terms with my trans-ness a little bit.

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