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[–]wrongthink 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I think people were bothered by the "Hermione is black and everyone is secretly gay" allusions she made on twitter to pander to the woke crowd that now wants her head.

[–]leche_flan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

She announced that Dumbledore was gay in 2007. One year before gay marriage was legalized in the US. The "woke crowd" did not exist in 2007.

She didn't say Hermione was black. She simply approved of Hermione's black actress in Cursed Child. She said she never specified that Hermione was white (Caucasian). Some people tried to "gotcha!" her, saying there's a line in the books where it says "Hermione's white face" -- which at best, implies that Hermione is definitely light-skinned. Her race, however, is never stated outright in the books.

Her 'pandering on Twitter' was simply her answering inane questions from fans about random details in the books. I recall JKR receiving flack for saying Anthony Goldstein was Jewish. She did not tweet that out of nowhere: it was a reply to a user who asked her if there were any jewish students at Hogwarts. What was she supposed to say? No?

[–]TherealSimbul 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And she didn't "announce" Dumbledore was gay. She was doing a Q&A and someone asked if Dumbledore had ever had a girlfriend. That's when she said no, he was gay.

[–]leche_flan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes indeed, thank you for clarifying.