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Posting shera memes until I come out: day 83 (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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Posting shera memes until I come out: day 83
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm more commenting on this being posted now, not when it was originally posted on Twitter. It's directed at op, not at the op in the picture.

This may be from the "before times"™ but so are the books, and we don't encourage them either, right? We can talk about other media now without using Harry Potter houses in a trans-focused instance.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're still doing exactly what I'm talking about. Do you really think that a passing reference to the 4 houses which have long since transcended the books to become their own brand of nerd astrology is in any way comparable to the entirety of the book series that to this day still literally puts money in Joanne's pocket? This is exactly the lack of nuance I'm talking about.

    Don't you think that there might be some value in using those connections to HP to push people into actually good series by actually good people instead? That referencing HP in a way that doesn't monetarily or culturally benefit Joanne and tying the dynamics that many nerds fell in love with into those newer series could pull fans away from her? That some people might relate to those descriptions and actually try out a show like She-Ra?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What is your goal here? Joann puts roughly 20 cents on the dollar towards our eradication and She-Ra is very queer coded. Distancing ourselves from and deplatforming HP as much as possible, in my honest opinion, is both moral and furthering our survival. I can't fault the op in the picture, but I personally feel it's pretty tone deaf to post it now in this instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    The fact that you are saying this after everything I've said tells me you either haven't been actually reading anything I've written or you care more about demonstrating your Purity than actually being effective at anything.

    Do you actually think that this is the best use of your time and energy? Scolding someone for posting a benign reference to HP on as you have already stated a queer-friendly instance? A reference that as I've said already does more to introduce HP fans to She-Ra than it does to boost fucking Harry Potter of all things. How does this post not existing do literally anything to deplatform fucking Joanne Rowling?

    There is much more value in saying "Hey, did you like Harry Potter but hate the transphobic shrew that made it? Have I got some good news for you!" than there is in scolding them for a benign reference like you're doing.

    !Edit: let me guess, your next line is that there's no such thing as a benign reference to Harry Potter.!<

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