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tom felton saying he’s “not attuned” to JKR’s politics (despite the fact that she’s made it her entire personality) fucking loser.

we love you daniel, rupert, and emma!!!

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Hey, looking for tips on places that have nice lgbtq+ clothes (like dresses, dressy shirts, skirts, nice pants, etc.)

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reblog to give this to your mutual

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Unmute for tippy tap sounds

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you can cry. you can yell. you can feel unwell. there's no need to sell an ideal image of yourself. you are human, and you are fluid in motion and emotion, and that's okay.

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most days, it's hard for me to believe this for myself. why is it so hard to treat myself with even a fraction of the amount of kindness I do others?

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Tom and puppies in honour of his birthday <3

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Honestly, I didn't realize I was still following the Harry Potter tag until I saw this post lol. I agree with this, and also, I honestly am not really in the fandom anymore. JKR tainted the whole thing for me. All the merch I have, my old PS1 HPatSS game that I loved, the fact that some of the friends I made in life were because I had a HP backpack in school, the HP trivia dinner date I went on very early into my relationship with my husband (where I literally won), and, because I so openly and extremely loved HP for most of my life, people (like my aunts/uncles who aren't internet goers) are still giving me HP stuff for holidays/birthdays and I can't be ungrateful bc a few years ago, I would have absolutely loved it. At first, I was like "well, I can still like it as long as I don't financially support her," but as she got worse and worse and louder, I can't even deal with anything relating to HP without feeling angry. My bookshelf with three different copies of the series, my movie set that I used to display happily, all of the Marauders' Map home decor I had bc maps are my aesthetic, all useless to me, and just fill me with disdain. I haven't gotten rid of it bc my husband doesn't feel the same way I do (he's anti-JKR and not buying anything, but he's still in the fandom- which is fine, btw), and there's a part of me that hopes she'll ☠️ of natural causes and then I'll be able to like it again. Also, I will confess that we did get Hogwarts Legacy bc I didn't know what was going on until after we had already bought it, but I found out literally right after we got it, so I haven't played it at all, but the damage was already done anyway.

I am extremely pro-trans people and I've been doing what I can to put the money I would have used on HP towards trans charities and causes in hopes that they can get more rights going forward. I also support trans-owned businesses when I can. I hate that things have been getting worse for them, and I especially hate the hand that Moldemort has hand in it. I wish I knew how horrible she was a long time ago so I wouldn't have supported her for as long as I did (but, to be fair, I was read Harry Potter in the crib, so I was doomed from the start lol).

Trans folks, remember that you are valued and loved, and things will get better! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💕

Trans women are women, and Trans men are men. 

We have to start by being honest. Being in Harry Potter fandom sustains the visibility of the IP. That’s just the truth. Even if you’re not spending money. Even if you’re just reading fic, or making playlists. You are still part of the reason WB thinks this franchise has cultural power.  We think we’re just vibing in fandom, but they’re watching (and there’s this odd sense that this is somehow an underground movement). The WB marketing execs measure every post, and what they see is market potential. That’s why the official WB TikTok teases Wolfstar (and teasing is the operative word because in places where openly queer relationships are illegal they need to have plausible deniability so they can still flog merch there),  they know there’s a market here, and they want to tap into it.

I say all this as someone who came back to fandom during the pandemic while I was looking in the abyss of my soul via EMDR, and who escaped to the HP universe during some of the worst years of my life. I’ve made friends here, and this space has been so nourishing for me. 

But none of that changes the truth: this is a morally grey space, and pretending it’s not is intellectually dishonest.

Just to add nuance, being here doesn’t make you evil (it doesn’t mean you support JKR’s views), but it does mean you need to hold that discomfort. And that work goes way beyond having “fuck JKR” in your bio or writing x character a wearing  eyeliner (your shipping opinions are not activism and your reimagined canon isn’t a shield). 

Because if you’re still here (and I include myself in this) you need to ask yourself: what am I doing in real life? Not to "offset" the guilt, not as performative atonement, but as a reflection of the values you claim to hold . Are you standing up for trans people in your personal life? Are you donating, sharing resources, pushing back in your workplace or your family? In the UK are you lobbying your MP to challenge the high court decision? There’s a myriad of real-life things you can be doing. 

You don’t have to leave fandom. But you don’t get to pretend it’s harmless, either.

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Heartwarming story: Little girl doesn’t have to do anything to fund her dad’s surgery because his expenses are covered by his country’s universal healthcare.

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let’s hang on mama (of another species)

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NEVER TRUST ANYONE WHO DISLIKES SAM WILSON

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Marriage license is so funny like hell yeah I have permission to drive this thang (husbamd)

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It was kind of a dick move to create animals that require air, then confine them to the freaking ocean

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Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.

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