Hogwarts legacy jk rowling painting2/10/2024 There could be a handful of great-great-great-great-grand relatives in there, but they’re just minor Easter Eggs. It’s set decades before even Dumbledore was around, and as a result we’ll see zero familiar characters here. That’s why Hogwarts Legacy is such a perplexing concept for me. The heroes (and villains, who doesn’t love Bellatrix?) of Harry Potter are brilliant interpretations of classic outlines, and while the transphobia should definitely be a dealbreaker given Rowling’s power and how she wields it, with the most generous of hearts you might at least be able to see why giving up Harry Potter is so difficult. As I wrote when I tried to interrogate my own biases around the game, I mentioned my particular fondness for Luna Lovegood ahead of most other characters I’ve ever read. I guess the acceptance of transphobia shouldn’t be too surprising. Characters of colour tend to be given stereotypical traits and caricaturish names to match, but fans have handwaved that way for years. They’re not the most original (the blank everyman, the smart and bossy girl, the dim but brave sidekick), but they are excellent executions of old tropes. Her follow-up novels to Harry Potter have not necessarily proven her consistency, but within Harry Potter itself she struck gold and kept on digging. Related: Stop Putting Down JK Rowling And Start Lifting Up Trans PeopleIn any case, people are Harry Potter fans for more than the transphobia, and that’s because Rowling writes good characters.
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