Last Topic: 9:28:14am, 05/25/2024
Last Post: 7:01:47pm, 04/12/2023
I voted for the third option.
Regardless of anything else, you can't deny that Rowling's work has had an enormous impact on an entire generation. Most of us have a lot of happy memories thanks to Harry Potter. I'm not about to tell anyone they have to discard those memories just because the one who provided them turned out to be a ghoul. So I don't hold anything against those who still derive joy from the Wizarding World. All I ask is that people acknowledge and denounce the ugly beliefs Rowling has revealed herself to hold.
But on a personal level, now that I know what she thinks of people like me, I just can't see her work the same way. Her views have retroactively tainted the Wizarding World for me. There was a time not that long ago when I would rewatch the Harry Potter movies almost weekly. Now, I can't imagine myself ever feeling comfortable watching them again at all. Because for me, those happy memories are lost, destroyed by the very person who created them.
As a lot of people have said before, all she had to do was keep her horrid prejudices to herself and she would've gone down in history as the author of one of the most beloved series of all time. Instead, she'll be remembered as a controversial and, eventually, reviled figure. When you've allowed her work to be such a substantial part of your life, it's hard not to have difficult feelings about the kind of person she turned out to be.
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