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Which is weird because there are much better books to read. There are even books that don't start to completely fall apart when you think about them for more than five minutes. There's yet more books where they've done a basic amount of research of how names work in different cultures so that they don't make mistakes like "Victor Krum, the Bulgarian".

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

I think the issue is that a lot of the fan base got into it before the mold got to Rowling. It's hard to pull away, and easy to look past the issues like that Victor Krum sentence, or having the Irish kid be the one always blowing up, or (insert other item that can reasonably be viewed as a stereotype when you remove your rose colored glasses).

Especially if you were part of the midnight releases for the books or movies (do they even do those anymore?).

Most especially when viewed in the light that most people are detached from this discourse entirely. Old fans likely view the series through their eyes when they were younger.

That being said, I think it's morally important to not put money into it. If you hold it close to your heart already: there's no need to buy more HP merch. If you don't already own the books: use a library or borrow from a friend if you feel the urge to read it. If you don't like it or want to give people alternatives in the genre: advertise alternatives without mentioning HP at all.

I'm not rationalizing this as acceptable. I'm just taking time to talk about the mindset. It's similar to the mindset that people have when it comes to other social issues related to our purchase habits, and I think that's the reason why it's important to understand.

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[–] Deyis@beehaw.org 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

I unfortunately can't understand this viewpoint of it. There's a myriad of other things which people enjoyed as children which they grow out of naturally, lose interest in, dive into something better, or abandon when it comes apparent that people involved were awful. It's not difficult to pull away from it unless, perhaps, you made it your entire personality which is indicative of much more serious issues.

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 1 point 3 months ago

To understand the viewpoint: think of the products you feel like you justifiably have to buy that support evil corporations that also donate to political orgs that go against rights. A $20 book (or <$70 box set) costs less than the amount of money most people put towards buying Coca-Cola products. And this can be difficult to change when you're used to certain products, especially if you don't know about the trouble from their corporations/parent corps/etc.

The banality of evil, yo. Our society has structural problems and people can't pay attention to all of it.