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reminder: Harry Potter tattoos have a higher regret rate than trans surgeries and that’s very funny actually

    • maniii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Just because an Author has some bad takes doesn’t have to sour the franchise for you. On principle, you can move on and still carry the enjoyment of your experience. Chalk the author up as “gone cuckoo” or something and don’t spoil your initial reactions and interpretations.

      Life is all about what you feel, experience and reminisce over. And no one can take that from you. While facts cannot change, your feelings do evolve over time and something you can and should look forward to.

      • alx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 months ago

        except the blatant racism, transphobia, homophobia, slavery apology, and other things are in the actual books

        • kyle@lemm.ee
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          2 months ago

          I’m not sure transphobia or homophobia were in the actual books, but the others you mentioned were. Rowling herself obv exhibits all of those things, but I try to think of OP as a 9 year old just discovering a love of reading, who doesn’t know about the racist tones. That’s my story at least, and I’ve been happier just letting people enjoy things.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Nostalgia critic on yt made a good point about death of the author and how it doesn’t necessarily apply when it comes to Rollo. It’s difficult to separate her from her art because she still profits extensively from the product she created and uses that money to fund anti - trans organizations. It’s not so simple as separating the work from the artist in this case.

        • Nyonnyan@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          The difference between Lovecraft and Rowling is, lovecraft doesnt make a profit off of his stuff anymore

          • umbraroze@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 months ago

            Also, Lovecraft had good relationships with other authors and collaborated with them, and effectively made the Cthulhu mythos open source before that was cool. Rowling on the other hand…

  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Everyone wonders why I’ll put book quotes and imagery all over my arms but none are from living authors.

      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I like that study. I wonder what the actual rate of people who specifically regret their HP tattoos is vs the rate of overall tattoos. Like the commenter above, I would love to share this but I want to make sure everything about it is unassailable before I do.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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          2 months ago

          I see no reason to believe people with HP tattoos are for some reason magically (hah) more immune to regret than people with other tattoos in general, especially when HP in particular is linked with a bigoted public figure 🤷‍♂️

          • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Oh no, you misunderstand. I want to see that rate HIGHER than the general tattoo regret. I don’t think it’s lower. I fully believe it’s higher. And it’s definitely much higher than the amount of trans regrets.

            But for me to share it, I’d like to see that the number of people who regret their HP tattoo is also enough higher than the baseline tattoo regret to beat out the amount of trans regrets. That sentence got away from me but I hope you understand what I mean.

            My reasoning is that people would just dismiss it by saying “A quarter of people regret their tattoos anyway”. Because I want to be able to confidentially fire back “True! However, the Harry Potter tattoo regret is greater than the baseline tattoo regret by 10%. Also, go fuck yourself!”

            All because I’m petty enough to send it to known TERF groups.