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Sep 17, 2020 1:50 AM
Cathunterninja
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jrockjesse
I’m buying it, Harry Potter is bigger than Rowling and I refuse to leave Harry Potter behind. Day 1 buy for me.
HeywouldJablowme
I'm in that weird age group where I don't give a fuck about Harry Potter
Captainplanetmotherfucker
She's catching a lot of shit as of late as she's written a new book about a transvistie man killing women.
BrigidSarah
Well it’s fantasy so...
dontrike
Which part of the game has you shitting in the street and using magic to make it disappear?
CaldariBob
Oh, it doesn't disappear. Only turns invisible. For the lulz.
TheEliteInvaderZim
Sweet! I identify as a lvl 69 necromancer. This game will be perfect.
Jackofslayers
I love that JK Rowling is somehow hated by MRAs and SJWs. All that tells me is she is a sane, normal person.
ComcastLover
They released some gameplay, you actually get to battle Voldemort!
AlmightyDiapahbetusGarlicGerbil
Great! Now make it for a console people actually have.
stewils
Last I heard its coming to current and next gen PS and Xbox.
stewils
https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-harry-potter-rpg
scrubtastic115
I dont understand all she said was that you cant change your biology. Yeah you can switch gender but you still have a female pelvis so what?
88Zombies
it’s a fair point, no?
tinyCabbage
its a perfectly fair point, but the certain communities dont like that answer, so they start a witchhunt.
scrubtastic115
Yeah i just dont get it im all for doing what you want with your body but knowing basic biology shouldn't be a crime. Why not have both?
chad94Gamer
Who gives a shit about her beliefs? Its not important, she's brave to even give an honest opinion.
gamorathecat
I was told Harry Potter has no author it just magically appeared one day.
PhailRaptor
Fendeezy
"Neville's patronus was lice" HA
TheBardCore
Inbefore we get harry potter mobile again. Sweet jesus was that a horrendous display.
miados
the one that was basically a pokemon go rip off or some other one?
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Some other one, where you tap the screen until you're out of stamina, and either wait or buy more stamina. It was full of filler where you1/
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
literally sit there and spend stamina to use your imagination. Even in like, dangerous situations like with a tree crushing your throat 2/
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
you gotta spend stamina. And then if you run out even at that part you wait or pay to keep going. HD expensive visual novel more like. 3/3
TheBardCore
It was paywall after paywall as well. Stamina was hard to earn and it was always encouraged to pay premium currency to get past it.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
Takes place in the 1800s which according to JK is when Wizards shit on the floor and used magic to clean up
Ponderpoo
Wait seriously?
Inkliest
Yeah, it appeared on a bunch of “did you know” things. So the giant bathrooms were purely decorative.
BatmanAndCradleRobin
"Hogwarts didn't always have bathrooms. Before adopting Muggle plumbing methods in the eighteenth century" 1/2
BatmanAndCradleRobin
"witches and wizards simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence."
TheRimOfTheSky
We're still on about this? What did she say that was so insane it warranted this kind of ridicule?
JayTheSaltLord
you don't think she's said enough to warrant this kind of ridicule already?
tinyCabbage
she said people who menstrate are women
Gosuamakenatek
She's basically just a professional terf at this point, so yes, we're still "on about this". Why wouldn't we be? She's still a fucking terf.
Tyaldan
Uh well she literally JUST wrote a book about how you will be murdered if you trust a man in a dress so yeah shes pretty transphobic
Tyaldan
This ontop of her huge transphobic essay, and retweeting transphobic stuff.
CalumFace
It's bonkers you'd consider fiction transphobic.
SegaGenesisEvangelion
This is one of the dumbest thoughts I've ever seen. Kudos to you for your bravery in expressing it.
CalumFace
I'm simplifying my point but it still stands. If you're offended by a fictional story, stick to colouring books.
TheRimOfTheSky
Welp this is a thing I did not know. I thought this was about the fact she was changing shit about her characters.
YourLordCthulhu
It's obnoxious and feeds into shitty LGBT+ 'representation', but no, the issue worth caring about is the virulent transphobia
Tyaldan
Thats fine. Most people who dont know about her being transphobic are suprised, as she has been seen as a positive influence for lgbtq folks
Tyaldan
She tried to hide it at first but its been getting worse and worse as time goes on. She still claims she isnt.
ZashchishchayushchiysyaOsushchestvitelLzhesvidetelstva
She also wrote a book where a bald man tried to murder a baby. So yeah, she's pretty baldphobic
Tyaldan
Well, if it was just the book, id think nothing of it other than wow thats shitty representation. But she also has essays and tons of tweets
Tyaldan
about how she hates trans people, so, yeah.
ZashchishchayushchiysyaOsushchestvitelLzhesvidetelstva
I haven't found one word of hate in her twitter. All her respective twits are full of respect, correctness and empathy.
ProgeriaProstitutes
I guess Silence Of The Lambs was transphobic too then. Literally the same plot.
Tyaldan
Uh yeah it kinda was. Seeing that definitely put off my transition for a few years because common media displayed it as perversion.
Tyaldan
Worse, a perversion that only perverted serial killers have! Do you know how that fucks up someone mentally? Being told their life is a perv
VinnieJonesDiary
Yeah exactly! Go watch disclosure on Netflix, they talk about the danger of this trope in detail, one woman even talked about coming out
VinnieJonesDiary
to her friend as trans and their reaction was "what, like Buffalo Bill in silence of the lambs?"
ihaveapunningclan
Does writing a story about a trans murderer somehow imply that all trans people are murderers? It's not a "trope", it's a fucking story.
SegaGenesisEvangelion
Literally yes. Even Jonathan Demme recognized it later and was one of the reasons he made Philadelphia. "Shitty bigotted trope happened in
SegaGenesisEvangelion
old thing, so why problem in new thing?" is a pretty bad take. Just wanted to point that out too, while I'm here.
ProgeriaProstitutes
Well then we should stop giving the bad guy a foreign accent, a scar, or any defining characteristics at all. That way nobody feels offended
ImADouchebag
Well, at least it is scientifically accurate by being bi-gendered. Come at me snowflakes!
danopotato
Might want to choose a different name if ur gonna troll online there buddy
ImADouchebag
Who says I'm trolling?
danopotato
We do. Lol
DapperDanAdoresYou
Well there are two well-defined sexes and several intersex variations (based on DNA possibilities). As far XX and XY being the only...
DapperDanAdoresYou
way your sex is determined or expressed? A complete misnomer from oversimplification.
TheEmeraldProphylactic
Question: If a misnomer, how do we account for the impossibility of a YY Male? The X is literally required. Surely a binary mechanism 1/
DapperDanAdoresYou
You're forgetting the possibility of extra or missing chromosomes
TheEmeraldProphylactic
How so? It’s still X, Y, or both. Where is the third?
TheEmeraldProphylactic
In the same sense that a binary 1 and a 0 can be used to create any integral digit that exists! I can count to any number using binary. //
invaliduserformat
Funny how no one remembers Anne Rice having meltdowns on the Internet because someone made a bad review to her book. It's all marketing, ppl
dejadrew
Honest question. Is the internet done hating JK Rowling? Kotaku is notorious for trying to cancel people so I’m surprised they’d promote it
NiskanensBureaucrats
I like her books. She seems respectful in her discourse. If her way of voicing opinion is unacceptable, what would be?
ZashchishchayushchiysyaOsushchestvitelLzhesvidetelstva
Apparently, tweeting about your opponent's death and how Britney wrote your opponent's books.
akodorokku
There isn't one. There's no appropriate way to express bigotry.
NiskanensBureaucrats
Right.. but in this field, which is strife with differing opinions also on an academic basis, there has to be tolerance going both ways.
akodorokku
There does not have to be tolerance of bigotry. Ever.
NiskanensBureaucrats
Who defines bigotry?
NiskanensBureaucrats
JK has not apeared out to hurt anyone. She is respectful and mindful and has some very on point concerns from what I've read.
NiskanensBureaucrats
And she's being given the 1-2 "Let's find any dirt we can and read it in the LEAST generous way possible, because this is obviously Satan"
rigello
Because when you lack arguments your only option is to shame and shout people down.
PHCarter
"The fractured but whole" is the only game with proper gender options, change my mind.
ForeverCheese
Is the HP series as good as I remember? I havent read it since I was a kid.
PaintedSlate
If you don't get hung up on plot holes or world-building issues, then yes. Fun, intricate plot, great characters, and grows with each book.
Dashirl
Mostly. I've reread as an adult, most recently about 10 years ago. It's a great read with a smooth, easy to consume style. Her silliness...
Dashirl
Is zant and wacky and fun. Her characters are lovable. Her gradients of good and evil are a great balance of simple/safe and complex/...
Dashirl
Challenging. But...really some nonsense plot holes and bad decisions to move the plot along. And of course it's hard not to connect to her..
Dashirl
Recent craziness. But all in all, it's still a freaking delight.
miados
its an enjoyable enough series with flaws in it if you actually think about things.
JadeRabbit21
I love it, play the audiobooks on repeat. Don't approve of what the author has been saying lately, but the books are important to me
SwedishGuyYesIDoHaveLongBlondHairWhy
This is exactly what I do as well. Stephen Fry helps me sleep
whyexactly
You have to take it at face value, and try not to think about it much, as the plot holes are large and plentiful.
morelikeconsham
It's not the literary masterpiece that some people like to make it out as, but it's a wonderfully fun book, even as an adult. The stronger
morelikeconsham
Points would be that the characters feel very real and dynamic and that the setting captures the idea of magic in a childhood wonder sort of
morelikeconsham
Way. Strong, likeable, and believable protagonists coupled with menacing, unlikeable antagonists in a world which you can't help but wish to
morelikeconsham
Visit is a pretty winning combination for most people.
LordPigeon
Except that was all retconned for a cash grab years later. If you consider the original 7 its great.If you consider the authors grand sum...
EvilDeadTed
If someone thinks HP is a literary masterpiece, they haven't read many books.
morelikeconsham
It's an easy series to fan-person over. Most people read it as a child, so it runs on an engine with nitro-nostalgia, and the strong
morelikeconsham
Characters make it easy to feel personal - you recognize yourself, your loved ones, and your enemies in the books. As a result, people get
morelikeconsham
Carried away and can't cast a critical eye on it.
ForeverCheese
I guess I've just moved on.
LordPigeon
I applaude dashirls willing ignorance to the authors beliefs. But JK herself has destroyed the series IMO. The initial 7 are good.
LordPigeon
I consider everything beyond book 7 to be shameless pandering to communities she doesnt care about and actively exploited.
LordPigeon
Rowling wrote a great series and decided half hearted social commentary was the best way to revive it, destroying her brainchild for money.
ProgeriaProstitutes
there's more?
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Re-viewing it as an adult, I realize it's way more of a social drama than a fantasy book, the worldbuilding is veeery lacking too.
EricPisch
The trailer looks fucking amazing https://youtu.be/rQfRGDivqVU
malaroo
I loove Harry Potter but I'm not seeing the fucking amazing part? There's zero gameplay or narrative given. Looks like any early PS4 game.
LostSpear
Sadly shows no actual gameplay. Just pre rendered movies. This could be anything at this point. No gameplay, no context, no chance
apneax3n0n
you do not play many mmo don't you ? this is at best a 6/10
EricPisch
So 5/10 better than wow lol
apneax3n0n
gw2 atm. sadly "new world" from amazon will be trash according to video
EricPisch
Watched a lot of it on twitch, looks even more boring to play then BDO
apneax3n0n
actually is quite fun if u love exploration. combat system is cool too. you should try , it's free
apneax3n0n
do you still play wow ?
EricPisch
Quit recently, they only care about store mounts and raids
MrSebi
Idk if I'm more against this because like most Harry Potter (and WB ) games it's gonna be a live service micro-transaction shitshow.
Babaloga
I mean... there have been 3 HP games since 2013, all of which were on mobile, so of course they were like that.
UrinalCarrier
I'd really be into a Hogwarts open-world, but yeah, WB. Also developped by Avalanche Software, apparently their latest release was... Cars 3
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
...That cars racing games except the first one were actually pretty great...
Babaloga
The studio's been closed and re-opened since then. This is their first game since they left Disney. We don't know what to expect.
MrSebi
Keep in mind they did like a Harry Potter (go to hogwarts) phone game that was like... honestly atrocious and scummy.
LostSpear
Preach the words brother!
MrSebi
OR because Rowling is a fucking terf and it's kinda ruined Harry Potter for me, because I DON'T want to support her.
MrSebi
Or because Harry Potter has just kinda sucked in general lately tbh like fuck it Fantastic Beasts 2 was cold garbage.
LostSpear
Pump the brakes there kid. Those movies were many peoples childhoods. Also do agree that fantastic beats was cold rolled shit
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
The first two movies were amazing, but the rest, lately, just seem like too much of a social drama with no fantasy-focus.
MrSebi
It was my childhood too. But then Rowling had to open her fucking mouth and kinda take a huge verbal dump all over it.
tg2222222
I've seen people saying they regret reading Potter etc because of her comments. That reaction all seems a bit much to me.
Greyganado
I will always have the books in my heart but I will never give her my money again.
ElPoloDiablo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NViZYL-U8s0
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theoneBernie
That's like saying Daniel Radcliffe does wonky movies to get attention.She is the owner of a literary empire, she needs no attention or cash
thepikachubandit24
She just released a new book and is getting major flak for it
Tyaldan
Am trans here, dislike rowling over her comments, love harry potty. Bitch you made a world with magic, ill be a woman with it if i want to.
Skizzlesnap
Shit, they’re trying to get Gina Carano fired from Mandalorian because she put beep, boop, bop as her pronouns on Twitter. Smh
ProgeriaProstitutes
I don't even think they were that bad.
octopusrpg
Naw, the books were always pretty bad tbh
theoneBernie
Look I have read many a book in my life and have only read Harry Potter as an adult. They're nice enough books.
theoneBernie
For one, I don't think Stephen Fry wouldnt have wasted 100h recording the audiobooks for the series of he didn't think they were interesting
Youhavinagiraffe
JK might be a TERF but Harry, Ron and especially Hermione all believe in trans rights
HavetsHerren
Cancel culture.
Armouredfalcon
I dont think much of all her retconning, but that comment that everyone called racist or sexist or whatever it was I didnt think was at all.
sophware
Jesus Christ. I gotta log off for a while.
MmeElspeth
Transphobic? She's pretty explicitly that. She actually just wrote a 900 page book about it.
IAlwaysUpvoteBeardedDragons
It's a single sentence about a man dressing a thick coat and wig to not get caught
otiumCatulli
She didn't though. Read it.
otiumCatulli
P.s in all this, trans men barely get mentioned. She's clearly iffy about "men saying they're women", so her issue is she's really afraid1
otiumCatulli
Of men who want to abuse women. Because she got abused. That's it.
YaBoyJohnorrhea
Being "iffy" about men saying they're women is what transphobic is dude.
daftthoughts
I've been abused by men, but I don't deny trans people's gender. Don't excuse her blatant transphobia.
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Except she made a long twitter post explaining she believes her experience as a "real" woman are important enough for her to dismiss ->
Armouredfalcon
well to check myself, I just went and googled it and read a whole bunch of apparently horrible tweets from her, and they all seemed... fine?
Armouredfalcon
They all seemed to literally just boil down to "its that persons choice". I honestly dont get it, unless im not reading between enough lines
Armouredfalcon
I couldnt find anything that hinted at saying "trans people suck" I was honestly so confused when the internet blew up at her for it
DickDastardly404
If a random person started saying “yes, Hermione could have been blue” and “wizards shake poops out their trouser legs” would it change 1/2
DickDastardly404
Your experience of the books? Well, similarly, JKR cannot change your experience of reading her books. At the end of the day she never1.75/2
DickDastardly404
Wrote a particularly deep or interwoven web of lore, and trying to make sense of the world of HP was always a mistake. Her adding 1.75/2
DickDastardly404
Extra nuggets along the way is not breaking something perfectly crafted and poised. Everything is canon, not everything is true. 2/2
mitharas
People are idiots, more news at twelve.
Botticelliii
Meh. I love the books, don't give two shits about the author.
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Right, I still love the Harry Potter series itself, that's not changed because JK Rowling herself is a bigoted arsehole. Not that that's 1/?
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Exactly new information what with her goblins that look straight out of Nazi propaganda or her portrayals of Asian women 2/2
TheRealGritty
I believe there must be a separation between art and artist. I can appreciate a song, book, actor, etc and also thing it's creator is a cunt
PrepareForTroublex2
Just like how you can hate an art piece, but like the artist as a person
Inkliest
The books are wholesome and make me happy. I honestly don’t know what she’s said.
Breslin10
What did she say?
WelJon
Her own personal opinions on gender based on her experiences, thats some people are saying is transphobic
Hummingbirdbandit
Lots of transphobic shit
Thesaya
Fucking imgur, did not expect this comment to be the downvoted one.
Hummingbirdbandit
I'm used to people defending her transphobia so I'm not surprised. She hates people like me and makes that very clear
ZashchishchayushchiysyaOsushchestvitelLzhesvidetelstva
She mentioned that a full natural woman deserves to be called a woman instead of a "menstruating person", and then explained it
genepoolboy
This. I won't stop enjoying Orson Scott Card's books.
DiracsDelta
What did card do/say? I’m personally looking forward to the final formic war book...
genepoolboy
He thinks gays are bad m'kay
BlueRonfar
I went looking for some decade old nostalgic music on YouTube and found out one band member had done some predatory stuff with young fans.
BlueRonfar
Gotta separate the art from the artist, those songs are a part of me. Easier when there’s other band members that hold no blame.
BlueRonfar
A solo author is the only one responsible, but even then, consider they were a “different person” when they wrote vs who they are now.
sleepwellfriend
I feel like you're valid to stop championing works by ppl who hold beliefs you find repellant. You're also valid if you can still love a 1/
sleepwellfriend
a story you loved before you knew; comfortable knowing your connection to the book is totally separate from your thoughts on the author 2/2
sleepwellfriend
Continuing anyway haha: some ppl opt for the former, others for the latter - it's a personal choice just based on how you feel I think
Hummingbirdbandit
Yup. I can't read the books anymore knowing that she actively fights against my right to live, but still mess with the IP through /1
Hummingbirdbandit
fanfic from time to time because it was a huge part of my childhood. It's very personal to have your rights attacked by someone /2
TheEmeraldProphylactic
I’ve never seen someone say she fights against the right of any group to exist, I’m sorry to ask, but what was actually said in this manner?
beltfedwombat
I didn’t realise she was active in her fight. What’s she doing?
superunderpants
What exactly did she say? I'm no fan of Potter or her so whatever is going on has passed me by
jhackofalltrades
She didn't go along with the sjw community and it really lit someone's tampon on fire. 'Biological sex is a thing'.
superunderpants
Oh okay, thanks for risking the Downvotes and answering my question. All the best
MeestowKitty
In less inflammatory terms, she's a TERF, basically. She does things like unfollow other authors who are pro-trans, and such. It upsets (1
MeestowKitty
a lot of people, especially those who found the HP books to be very inclusive in practice and due to their nature and community. (end
tg2222222
TERF? I don't think they weren't that inclusive at all. Cis white male protagonist and no LGBT characters clearly portrayed in the books.
superunderpants
It makes you wonder how popular HP would have been if this was known before the release of the first book
TheAngryMarineBiologist
She was pushing the old narrative that Transwomen are just 'men in dresses' and are rapists pretending to be women, then wrote the 1/?
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Villain of her latest book as being exactly that, while trying to frame the trans community and progress in trans rights as an attack on 2/?
TheAngryMarineBiologist
Women 3/3
AnimalGenetaliaAudioClues
Not interested. It’ll just be a hp of every other open world fantasy games. No iteration. No new mechanics. Just an atm machine for them.
boiphamet
Depends on if Bethesda or EA has anything to do with it
LostSpear
Bethesda, EA, Activision, Unisoft, Konami, Square Enix, Rockstar all micro transaction, mass lay off, sexual harassment scum
Tuksuky
Automated teller machine machine
Fantissmo
says the the person who literally knows nothing about the game. thanks random stranger person, you've contributed a lot.
DarthRobofishDos
Exactly. I love when people get so against something when it's only been announced. You literally know nothing about it.
Bombpier
Thats what big budget game studios do now. Don't really need to know about it
Fantissmo
yeah cyberpunk 2077 looks like a carbon copy of lord of the rings ps2. it's all big budget bro.
Bombpier
Not what that means ya dingus
IBelieveInAThingCalledGlove
Is good enough 2/2
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
I honestly don't see an issue with that for HP fans. The only games for HP are the movie games & their Lego versions. Plus Quidditch.
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Quidditch was awesome, but none of them allowed for very much deviation. This gives people a chance to be a wizard. I'm hoping for HP skyrim
LostSpear
Sadly the AAA video game market doesn't care what fans want. All they care about is parting you from your cash.
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
How is that relevant? The game is being made. The fans will be happy when it's released. Sounds like, if it's popular, it's a big FU 2 them
LusciousLucius
I'm always amused by the folks who say they are or aren't interested in a game months or years before they come out. I've been pleasantly1/2
LusciousLucius
and not so pleasantly surprised by games before. We'll see what it looks like on release. 2/2
LostSpear
No man's sky? Anthem? Elder Scrolls online? Starwars battle front 2? Heed these lessons. The AAA games publishers is 99% scum
Babaloga
NMS wasn't a AAA, it was an indie game that got way amplified by Sony's marketing. Still published by Hello Games tho.
Fantissmo
no man's sky is awesome now. battlefront 2 was awesome too. both updated like crazy.
LostSpear
No man's sky took two years post launch to be worth owning and Battlefront 2 landed EA in court and banned in some countries... Just saying
SegaGenesisEvangelion
NMS was awesome at launch if you were totally out of the loop for the pre-release hype and post-launch backlash, as I was.
LusciousLucius
Assassin's Creed Odyssey? Resident evil 7? Doom Eternal? Alien: Isolation? There are plenty of franchises and developers who have turned1/?
LostSpear
Doom eternal is ID software Bethesda has very little say in the project. Should I bring up Aliens colonial marines?
LusciousLucius
Things around and created fantastic games after slipping up. There are even more that have never slipped at all. Half of Nintendo games 2/?
IBelieveInAThingCalledGlove
While I definitely agree the game wont be worth playing I think its important to say new mechanics arent everything as long as the story 1/2
Camelspotting
What story?
gibberishDude
Sure, but to me most story driven games seem like the same thing reworked a bit. Soo many little and big details are the same/same style.
ElonMustToke
Sounds like you might want a show and not a game mate
Babaloga
Look, we can either be strictly literal about our interpretation of the term "video games", or we can all agree that it actually means ->
Babaloga
"digital interactive experiences", and as long as a game has player input, even just looking around, it's making use of the unique medium.
DevilishlySnowy
As good as this looks, I refuse to get it and support that astro terf bitch rowling. Unless the developers put in an option to make 1/?
jrockjesse
The game probably costed a pretty penny to develop, and was well into development before Rowling’s tweets. By not supporting the game 1/2
jrockjesse
2/2 are not supporting the dev team that have put hours upon hours into making it.
DevilishlySnowy
the player characters gay, lesbian, etc and trans as a fuck you to rowling. I don't even care if there's no romance options 2/3
DevilishlySnowy
so long as I can do that, make a gay trans wizard, that's all I care about. Fuck you astro terf rowling 3/3
chiefs813
It's set in the 1800s, so being gay and trans would probably have been a swift ticket to an early, uh, game over so to speak.
Imfromvenusapparently
Not-so-fun-fact, the current average of a trans woman is in the mid-30s. So it's still, 200 years later, a swift ticket.
Snaggley
If you log in after not playing for a while your character will be a different gender race and sexuality.
UsernamesAreStupidAnyways
You either missed or ignored the actual point, and I can't quite tell which...
chesirecats
manslut
JK personally goes in and reclassifies your character, permanently.
AnythingMuchShorter
"wtf, I selected gay female dwarf, but why does it say I have a foot fetish?"
manslut
JK - "HNNNG YEAH THAT'S THE STUFF UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNGGNGNGNGNGNGNG"
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Won't be trans though
manslut
My patronus is trans
axtonthecomando55
Unless you buy non gender value pack
ChloePrice
Well not gender, since JK Rowling is a terf
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Don't worry, she'll rewrite the backstory to your character so they'll be born that gender, all female too.
ProgeriaProstitutes
that's that?
ChloePrice
She thinks transmen are just scared women and transwomen are predators, supports anti-trans propaganda etc.
FirstThingThatCameToMind
trans exclusionary radical feminist, iirc.
ProgeriaProstitutes
Thx
FirstThingThatCameToMind
the names pretty self explanatory, though these days its more loosely applied to most anyone who voices strong transphobic sentiment
AreYouMyGuppy
She spends a lot of time arguing against trans boogeymen who are pretending to be women to invite women-only spaces. This has been going...
AreYouMyGuppy
on for a while, but apparently her latest book that’s about a man who dresses in a burka to kill women. Could have come from a trump speech.
AreYouMyGuppy
*invade
DapperDanAdoresYou
Actually, JK Rowling is quite against trans people
ZashchishchayushchiysyaOsushchestvitelLzhesvidetelstva
You also misused "Actually". It's used for facts
Ponderpoo
MelfsAcidArrow
That’s the joke
DapperDanAdoresYou
Yes, it was. Which is why I commented here that JK Rowling wound not want you to change gender in the game
MelfsAcidArrow
Correct. Which is why the joke is funny
DapperDanAdoresYou
I'm glad that we agree!
axtonthecomando55
Money is the real gender.
AESTHETICALme
I absolutely hate money. And those with lots of it.
ToasterDent
jiffyt101
I identify as money
iHadEnuf
M7MD55
I BURNED A WHOLE FUCKIN FOREST JUST TO REALISE MY DUMBASS KID IS A MONEY
miados
Oh i have three kids and no money. why can't i have no kids and three money?
bigthoughtshappen
I also bet she had little to nothing to do with this game
miados
you never know. i mean look how much power she had in the movie casting etc.
bigthoughtshappen
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/jk-rowling-is-not-directly-involved-with-harry-potter-game-hogwarts-legacy/1100-6482315/
jaggcomputing5
That doesn't make cents.
lazlo09
She said nothing wrong, there are two genders thats it. If you feel like something else good for you, but that doesent change the facts
bigthoughtshappen
Gender is entirely a social construct
lazlo09
Ok lets see if a vagina can penetrate my penis and plant a baby in me. You are worse than religious ppl ffs
bigthoughtshappen
That’s not gender dumbfuck
bigthoughtshappen
That’s your physical sex. Which can be male, female or even both. Gender is not sex and you’re a fucking idiot
Iknowphotoshop
Idk man, feels weird when you make your murderer of your novel apart of group you demonize in real life. Hints at more than a disagreement.
ZashchishchayushchiysyaOsushchestvitelLzhesvidetelstva
In Harry Potter the main villain is a white heterosexual man. I guess she just hates everyone (sarcasm)
Iknowphotoshop
It would hit differently if Voldemort was vegan and months be4 she introduced him, she went on a twitter tirade about the evils of veganism
Iknowphotoshop
She wouldn’t be making a villain, she would be making a strawman to demonize the group. It would be more akin to preaching than storytelling
Nuttburger
Money is the only gender.
Iknowphotoshop
Can lack of money be a gender?
JumalautaPerkele
No, but you can buy a gender. 1 dollar for men and 79 cents for woman.
Iknowphotoshop
What can get for 3.50? Also can I borrow 3.50?
LocalZoophile
There aren't only two binary genders, as gender is a social construct. There aren't only two sexes, either, as other combinations exist.
FauxFoxes
Intersex people are still male or female and there is no such thing as a human hermaphrodite (i.e. has both)
LocalZoophile
Please tell me what I'm reading wrong, then, because true hermaphrodites are referenced in that link, and intersex is still not male/female.
LocalZoophile
https://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html#XYY%20Males
gainzNoodleBandit
Big yikes. More than 2 sexes? LOL
LocalZoophile
Here's a quick explainer from the Canadian government. Should clear things right up. https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/48642.html
LocalZoophile
Which sex do you label someone born with some non-standard combination of male and female anatomy, then? I'm genuinely curious.
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EulersBallsack
What other sexes are there?
dejadrew
Some people get extra sex chromosomes (I think) and have XXY or XYY. These scenarios are pretty rare though
LocalZoophile
Hermaphrodite is a well-known one. Here's a detailed list for more info: https://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html#XYY%20Males
lazlo09
That is a disorder, hermaphrodite isnt a gender just like man or woman among humans
lazlo09
You are a moron. Man, woman or herma cuz something went wrong. Thats it no matter what your ideology is
bigthoughtshappen
No you’re an idiot. Gender is not the same as a persons sex. It’s a social construct for identity. You have absolutely no understanding here
lazlo09
I know you ideology and what it says as i know what religious says about god. Both is your own fantasy and bullshit, dont try make it facts
LocalZoophile
You just listed three sexes.
lazlo09
Yes, hermaphrodite if something goes wrong. Natural sexes is male or female in humans
tinyCabbage
well i agree with rowling, people who menstrate are in fact women.
RedneckFrank
Well I agree that myself that you're wrong and also a bithc
aleister94
that's cuz you are in fact, a moron
TheRimOfTheSky
Nah, some of them are actually men :)
SubtleHarbinger
So, people who don't menstruate aren't women?
tinyCabbage
did i say? what part of my sentence did you get this nugget of information?
omefalodon
That’s not scientifically factual. (Honestly I was surprised too. Genes are WAY more complicated then I thought) it’s pretty interesting.
DarkShroud9471
She made fun of an article title about menstruation because it didn't just say women. But trans women are women. Post menopause women etc
DarkShroud9471
Women who don't menstruate. It's nitpicking, incorrect, and would not have made sense for the article's subject.
aznanimality
If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike
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TL10
As many as you have brain cells.
tinyCabbage
its a simple question, why can't you answer?
alex5775
Why does it matter how many there are? If you meet someone and they say "I use these pronouns" then use those pronouns. Easy peasy
Imfromvenusapparently
You do know that gender is about identity right and not body parts? A trans man who has not fully transitioned is still a man and if (1)
Imfromvenusapparently
He menstruates, he's still a man. I get that you have your opinion, but that doesn't negate what trans people have to go through. (2)
tinyCabbage
no its not, gender is about whether you're biologically male or female. end of.
Imfromvenusapparently
Not really end of because biological sex isn't binary either, it's not just about XX and XY. Maybe you should do some research mate.
tinyCabbage
show me some prove please, that there are more than 2 biological sex for humans.
VinnieJonesDiary
Do your own fucking research if you care so much. But if you can't even be arsed to learn the difference between sex & gender I doubt u will
Imfromvenusapparently
I have to go to work, but if in the meantime you have forgotten how to use Google, I will compile a list of required reading for you.
jasari
genetic sex is xy, or xx but can also be yy or have a third which means there are 7 genetic combinations not 2. There you go.
alex5775
Or you could instead respect trans people and their identities. It's great because it doesn't even hurt you to be respectful
Ijustwanttolurkassholes
Or I can stand next to a real woman who is rightfully scared of the men in dresses threatening her with rape and murder.
PaintedSlate
Would you mind explaining how protecting someone from assault prevents you from being generally respectful of a person's identity?
alex5775
The dumbest thing about this shithead argument is a man that's unhinged enough to do that shit is going to break societal norms without 1/
alex5775
Having to pretend to be transgender.
Odballl
This is a harmful stereotype peddled mostly by Hollywood. Women have more to fear from men's rights activists with guns.
SubtleHarbinger
Holy shit. That is some real bigotry on display. Seriously, and with all due respect (which is none) Fuck You.
D0ntB3ThatGuy
Your feelings aren't facts. Just because you take offense to something doesn't mean an offense was made. If I took offense to your 1/?
D0ntB3ThatGuy
Comment does that mean you have committed an offense against me and now owe me an apology? Of course not. Just because I am offended 2/?
D0ntB3ThatGuy
Doesn't legitimize my belief an offense has occurred. If you don't wear a face mask outside 10 ft away from and I'm offended are you 3/?
D0ntB3ThatGuy
Again guilty of hate and disrespect? As a blanket statement, no you aren't. Have you actually read what she wrote or are you just being 4/?
tinyCabbage
it wasn't a case of being respectful, she said something scientically factual, and because the lgbt community didnt like it, they trashed he
alex5775
No she intentionally implied that trans men aren't men. That is transphobic and disrespectful
tinyCabbage
thats an opinion again, and i disgaree, i didn't think she intentionally wanted to be dissrepectful
tinyCabbage
https://pjmedia.com/culture/matt-margolis/2020/02/15/science-says-there-are-only-two-genders-no-gender-spectrum-n379108
TheOneWhoWasLeft
Is "men aren't trans men" misandrist?
alex5775
No, but it is an incorrect blanket statement about men. I'd be willing to bet most men aren't trans men, but some sure as hell are.
nifterific
Her statements had nothing to do with science she flat out hates trans people. She blocked Stephen King for saying “trans women are women”.
TheOneWhoWasLeft
"women are trans women". Does that make sense?
SegaGenesisEvangelion
No, bc you're applying an attribute of a larger group to a smaller group within it. It's like if some1 said "irish people are white" so you
tinyCabbage
thats your opinion, not based on fact. However, what she said is factually true.
TossABabyYodaToYourWitcher
Biological women menstruate. Transgender women don't
nifterific
No, it’s absolutely a fact that she does not respect trans people and does not think trans women are women. You’re defending a bigot.
Odballl
From what I've been reading, Rowling is not up to date with the latest science.
Odballl
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-redefined-the-idea-of-2-sexes-is-overly-simplistic1/
tinyCabbage
https://pjmedia.com/culture/matt-margolis/2020/02/15/science-says-there-are-only-two-genders-no-gender-spectrum-n379108
Odballl
Well, that's 2 actual experts, I'll give you that. I found some rebuttals to their recent op-ed, but nothing yet from qualified sources.
tinyCabbage
honestly, i don't care how people want to act, i'd only care that people who say scientically true statement aren't shot down. That's all
tinyCabbage
i wanted to impact from this discussion.
Odballl
I'd wait for more of a consensus among experts before concluding it scientific fact. Those two appear to be dissenters from the majority atm
fletchfletch
Please, please look into the body of work of the two authors in question. Neither actually studies topics relating to gender/sex.
tinyCabbage
they're biologist, most rebuttal are from physocologist. My opinion, but gender is biology, and not a physchology subjet.
Odballl
Interesting point. Even among scientists in the relevent field, it can be dangerous to step outside the specifics of your actual research.
danopotato
there is a difference between biological sex and your perceived gender
TheRimOfTheSky
Yep. Your point?
danopotato
So humans that menstruate, biologically female, can identify as the male gender. Hence, Rowling is misguided and so is the OP of this commen
tinyCabbage
can biological men menstrate?
TheRussMartinShow
I’ve gotta do it just so you fix it moving forward: It’s spelled “menstruate”. There. I feel better.
TheRimOfTheSky
nope! but trans men sure can. stop being an asshole! ;>
tinyCabbage
show me the differecen biologically between a trans man and a women
TheRimOfTheSky
I can't. That's the whole thing isn't it? Their body is one gender but their brain is another. It's called gender dysphoria. Try and keep up
ImmaCatImmaSexyCat
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180524112351.htm