“There is no ethical consumption under capitalism”
That's not a blank check to not bother with ethics though.
“Learn to separate the art from the artist”
You know Death of the Author is just a literary analysis tool, right?
Stop villainizing them for their interest in the franchise just because JK turned out to be a bigoted bitch and is using her royalties to bankroll bigoted organizations.
They aren't being villainized for their interest in the franchise, they're being villainized for for contributing to the bigoted organizations fund.
Want to bitch about something? Bitch about the overarching systems that make interacting with your interests tangentially associated with funding bigotry and hate due to a convoluted system of ownership.
I can bitch about more than one thing at a time, it's not either/or.