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[–]Dravidian 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

the more I think about it the more I think Rowling made a mistake here. Now all criticism can be redirected to "but she only said it to promote her book" and "yes but she wrote a transphobic character in her book". She helped peak people and I'm worrid they will now think it was just a ploy.

How can you say to people "she has valid concerns" when all they'll see is the man in a dress in her book?

[–]julesburm1891 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed. I’d be willing to bet all my money that the TRA complaints are taken entirely out of context, exaggerated, and then bent even further. However, I kind of wish she hadn’t included a single thing trans people could pretend pertains to them. It would be better for the TRAs to freak out over literally nothing while regular people look on.

[–]8bitgay 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now I kinda wish someone would write a similar work but explicitly based on real social media interactions. I'm sure she has received lots of threats on social media, she could easily turn these threats into characters.