We are going to get out of our comfort zone, that is, today we will not talk about the yes is yes or the Minister of Equality, although the
But, we say, these days it has been his turn to receive (also) the writer J.K. Rowling, on the occasion of the launch of the video game Hogwarts Legacy. You know, the accusations of transphobia and the subsequent calls for boycotts, or hacking, as if Rowling needed the dough with what she has earned, I tell you. Harry Potter had first been planted by confessional guardians and now this, when the only thing that magic did was lead thousands of children and young people to read. With the coming
That the issue has a long way to go is shown by the fact that instead of the usual two camps there are three. Or four. Or five: those who consider that coming within a meter of the video game is equivalent to becoming an accomplice of hate or terf. Those who think that if Rowling is terf, so are they. Those who think so, that Rowling is terf, but that the work can be separated from its creator. And those who terf? what terf? And there are arguments for everyone. Insults, too, that's why we're on Twitter. We are going to make a selection of opinions, leaving out rudeness...
–From the trans community to those who say they are not transphobic but play or are going to play: "You are giving Rowling the money so that she can later pay transphobic organizations."
– Of those who say they are not transphobic but are going to play, to the trans community: “You ask for a boycott from mobile phones that work with coltan in which slave children work. And the clothes too.
–To the creators of the game, because they have included a transgender character “to whiten Rowling”.
–To the creators of the game because they have included, etc., "against Rowling's own opinion".
The battle on Twitch is currently being won by the school of magic, which has broken the record for Cyberpunk 2077. We, the majestic plural, that is, whoever signs this, are left with @xurirux: “To the neighbor who stole an Amazon package from me yesterday, thinking it would be Hogwarts Legacy and found cat food. I hope you have pate sandwiches”.
