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There is NO ethical consumption of Harry Potter
Not the books, movies, or tv show. Not licensed games or merch. Not fanfic. Not even pirated.
EVERY bit keeps the franchise alive and enables JKR's transphobia
If you truly care about trans people, you need to let it die
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2026/10/13/terfs-part-3-no-ethical-consumption-of-harry-potter/
i REALLY need you to start getting it
@tillybridges I mean. I'd like to hear the reasoning for "even pirated" just because I'm not following that logic.
For the piracy angle, is it more "you're still absorbing it and possibly talking about it, and it still causes it to spread"?
@Gwendolyn studios TRACK pirating, and consider high numbers interest in their shows
it also keeps the franchise alive and spreads its influence. just like fanfic and fan art.
ALL OF IT keeps HP alive
You have to let it all go
Just read the essay
@tillybridges Oh. I've never been into Harry Potter. I was asking mostly just as a curiosity. Thanks! Makes sense.
They probably track mentions in social media, and the engaging those mentions create.
And you just reminded me there is at least 7 books and who knows how many films of that thing I haven't read.
I will resist the urge to fill that gap, but you get my meaning...
@jcurioso @Gwendolyn @tillybridges
They can track pirated files as well. They normally only track a certain number of "modern" media, but with the new series coming out and new games coming out, all of those are definitely counted in the numbers.
This site is an example of it: https://www.muso.com/
@Gwendolyn @tillybridges honestly as a person who used to be a fan when i was young and thought about the content for a bit. Ursula K. Le Guin is 100% spot on in her assessment: "stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited"
There's just better content and her transphobia is proof she's ethically a broken person and i would no longer want to feed my mind from her well.