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Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton is 'standing with trans people' by boycotting HBO's Harry Potter (thetab.com)

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Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton has made his stance on the HBO Harry Potter TV show very clear amid JK Rowling’s involvement.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yup. Fuck that show. I won't watch it, and I have HBO as well as a history of watching every Harry Potter movie to date.

[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not even going to pirate it. The entire franchise has become poisonous to me. I don't begrudge anyone for still having fond memories of the series, but it's really and truly completely ruined for me.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Do I get maximum internet butthurt points if I never saw the appeal in the first place?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Knowing that she cribbed most of it from Neil Gaimsn makes it doubly toxic to me.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She didn’t, she assembled it from the school story genre that was popular in the 1910s-1930s

[–] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Billy Bunter(that's where some of the fat-phobia comes from, I think), Naughtiest Girl, but also later shows/books like the Worst Witch which has a bullying raven haired potions teacher.

But also the Earth Sea novels and Pratchett's Discworld series which also has a school of Wizardry.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

I have HBO

You probably want to boycott this corporation too

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I won't watch it either. Sure, I've never seen or read a single Harry Potter book, nor do I have HBO ..in fact I don't even think it exists in NZ, but still, its the principle, right?

[–] KeithD@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 days ago

According to wikipedia, HBO Max was launched in NZ in June this year. And I too am boycotting all of the TV series and streaming services that I have no interest in watching.