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I gave Quidditch champions a shot but it’s really not accessible for someone who can only use one hand to play it, is anyone else having accessibility issues with it?

I get the blind and deaf accessibility options are there but for someone who can’t use two hands to play, and tried everything to work around it, it doesn’t work. And I don’t often quit games but this one I had to because I just couldn’t physically play it at all and I feel like WB definitely skimped on the accessibility this time. I’m not hating on the game but this is a big issue that I had and I was just wondering if anyone else has had issues with this.

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Like (adopted) father, like (adopted) daughter.

Bonus:

This has to be one of my favourite screenshots! Look at how happy Poppy and the MC are! THAT IS PURE JOY! 🥺

I genuinely think that’s the first time the MC smiled properly since Fig died or at least that’s my headcanon for my MC, Nellie.

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My attempt at a Hogwarts Legacy poster featuring my canonical MC, Nellie.

I’m not entirely happy with it but it’s the best I could do.

I love the red background though, it reminds me of the Ranrok fight…which I did the other day for the first time and I have not recovered from the scene after where the MC gives Fig Miriam’s wand 😭

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How the best mentor-mentee duo in the Wizarding World started:

And how it ended:

Now excuse me whilst I go cry over Professor Fig again and how gut wrenching that experience was and how sad it is that the MC has to finish the year without him 🥺😭

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I got back into Hogwarts Legacy and stumbled across this template by @ariparri and decided to attempt at making one for my main Hogwarts Legacy character, Nellie.

Not sure if the character description is clear so it’s posted under the cut.

Description reads:

Joining Hogwarts in her fifth year, Nellie is a kind, loyal but quiet Hufflepuff with a penchant for caring for magical creatures. Knowing little of the magic around her, with the support of Professor Fig she is quick and eager to learn all about it after they discover her remarkable ability to perceive and harness ancient magic.

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I know I said I rarely post on my tiktok acc but I finally got my hands on those ai voice!

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My Thoughts on the Issue

Not that anyone asked but whatever....

Hot Take #1

Is JKR problematic? Absolutely.

Can problematic media be consumed responsibly and with neutrality? Absolutely.

Consuming and even enjoying problematic media can help people develop informed opinions and even help people develop a moral compass. Especially, when this source material is a generation-spanning thing that has been a part of pop culture for decades.

Recognizing problematic themes within media doesn't always make that media problematic itself. For Example, in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, readers are exposed to problematic views that existed at the time of its publishing. Do we protest this media and demand that it be removed from circulation? Do we condemn anyone who consumes it? No, we instead use it as a tool to teach others about the existence of problematic media. About the existence of social issues. How to recognize and how to respond to these things.

This all leads me to....

Hot Take #2

Do I, personally in my view of things believe that Hogwarts Legacy's purpose is to be transphobic and antisemitic?

No. Absolutely not. In the face of JKR's views, the developers have made strides to try and combat against this. Did they resolve the issue entirely? No. But they tried. And that effort should be recognized.

Do I believe one can see these issues or relate these issues back to this piece of media?

Yes, but that can be done with ALL forms of media. Nothing is truly unproblematic. Social issues and social activism are fluid.

Is 'cancelling' a piece of media because it can be found problematic the correct approach?

Absolutely not. It will have the same effect as banning media always does, it'll will just make people want to consume it more.

Hot Take #3

When addressing problematic media, especially in this instance of Hogwarts Legacy, a lot of definitive statements are being made. The biggest being;

"If you buy this game you are transphobic and antisemitic."

The problem with definitive statements like these is that it excludes some of the members of these communities that you claim to defend. On top of that, it encourages others to engage in harassment.

Many people have said "If you buy this game you are no alley and you should just unfollow and block me." But what the posters of these statements fail to realize is that there are many people within the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities (not allies but true members of the community) that do not share this same point of view.

Suddenly we see trans and Jewish peoples scared to enjoy a piece of media that means something to them personally for fear of being attacked and demonized by their own so-called allies.

No member of any community should have to prove themselves to be valid to an alley.

Hot Take #4

Allies who yell and scream overtop of the voices of the people within the community are not allies.

Allies who invalidate members of a community due to conflicting opinions are not allies.

Allies who claim to be allies but do not show up, be present, or engage when it truly matters are not allies.

True allies are there to support and lift up the community, not silence them or push them aside when differing opinions are presented.

Hot Take #5

Your unyielding aggression and verbal/written attacks on others is not helping the communities you claim to defend. It instead paints the already affected peoples in poor light and gives even more ammunition to those wishing to oppress/harm them.

People who do not already have well formed or educated opinions on these matters only see the explosive discourse, and this can sway them into the direction of those what wish to oppress/harm these communities.

Hot Take #6

This is something more specifically related to the Hogwarts Legacy that I haven't seen many people discussing.

On the specific subject of antisemitism. Yes, goblins (the mythical creatures) have been used as a way to stereotype and hurt those of the Jewish community. However, you also have to consider that the concept of goblins did not originate for this purpose and these are real aspects of someone's real culture. Just as the Swastika was once, and still is, a religious symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religion until it was appropriated by the Nazi party. So has the image of goblins and other mythical creatures been appropriated to represent the Jewish communities.

This takes me back to a previous Hot Take, I don't believe this game or this media is meant to perpetrate this stereotype. And many of the Jewish community are of the same opinion as well. But also there are some of a different opinion, this all goes back to how we consume and enjoy media.

Instead of becoming aggressive, instead of immediately condemning someone because they choose to consume this piece of media we should instead be using this as a segway into the discussion of how these things have been used to harm communities in the past and how we can stop perpetrating these stereotypes in the future.

Before this explosive discourse, there were many who truly never even knew these stereotypes of the Jewish peoples existed. But instead of becoming informed they were immediately condemned, and that is what is can become dangerous.

Now, my final words on the matter.

I've said my peace, and I know it won't change opinions. I don't expect it to. I know it won't magically fix the issues at hand. I don't expect it to. I know my opinions are mine and mine alone and that both members of the communities and allies will not agree with me. I don't expect them to.

Instead, I decided, as an alley, to post this for those within the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities whose voices have been drowned out on the matter.

I've posted this for a transgender friend that has lost friends and support within his own community because he wants to enjoy something that has saved his life more than once and has been there through the good and the bad for him.

I've posted this for my Jewish friends and family members who were happy and excited for this game, but now instead they are facing backlash and are shocked and hurt at being compared to mythical creatures.

And I've posted this for everyone else who is scared to speak out and up for fear of retribution. Whether it's the religious extremists or the social activists leading it, a witch hunt is still a witch hunt.

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Results for my poll are in and it was a tie between Ominus Gaunt and Professor Fig. so I put Eleazar and Ominus into a wheel so that it would pick it for me and leave it to chance and the wheel has spoken. Looks like Prof. Fig (who is my favourite Professor in the game, and who I imagine as a second father to Nellie and Nellie is like a daughter to him) is going to be the person who first realised Nellie had feelings for Sebastian and Sebastian has feelings for Nellie (Ooh this is going to be so fun to write)!

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First time trying out the poll option. I’m currently writing a fic but I don’t know who would realise the mutual feelings Seb and Nelllie both have for each other first.

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to limit comments (on web browser) go to edit appearance -> look for "replies" -> change to "tumblrs you follow and tumblrs following you for a week can reply" or "only tumblrs you follow can reply", to disable reblogs on a post click the gear /settings icon in the top righthand corner and change "Who can reblog?" to "no one". You can edit an old post to do it too

Ah, thank you so much!!!

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You might want to disable reblogs / limit comments / turn off asks fr a little while. There's trolls going around spoiling everyone and harassing peopel (I don't have the game yet but also don't care about spoilers so it hasn't make a difference to me). But there's like ... two spoilers they are spamming? If you've seen them already then that's pretty much all they have lol

Hi, um yeah that sounds like a good idea, the only problem is I don’t know how to disable reblogs/ limit comments on Tumblr as I’ve never had to do it before. Do you know how to do it?

Thanks for the help in advance.

It sucks that they’re doing this but I already knew about the spoilers as YouTube recommended spoiled it for me, before I’d even got the game lol.

It just sucks that other people have to go through this and get the game ruined for them and I’d rather my blog not be responsible for others seeing it and having the spoiled for them like I had it spoiled for me.

Again thanks so much for the heads up!

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Also I have a fanfiction planned that I’m writing tomorrow about these two so this is not the last any of you are going to see of them! I’m obsessed with their relationship and so want to develop and explore it! So there’s gonna be a lot of fanfiction and headcannons about these two planned from me! 😉

Sebastian: I'll definitely beat the new girl.

Also Sebastian after he gets his arse kicked: I think I'm going to marry that girl.

*a few days later*

Nellie: oh so that is why you're in Slytherin.

Also Nellie after Sebastian sacrifices himself to Peeves: Huh, what's this warm fuzzy feeling?

~The exact (headcannoned) moments Nellie and Sebastian started having feelings for each other.

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Sebastian: I'll definitely beat the new girl.

Also Sebastian after he gets his arse kicked: I think I'm going to marry that girl.

*a few days later*

Nellie: oh so that is why you're in Slytherin.

Also Nellie after Sebastian sacrifices himself to Peeves: Huh, what's this warm fuzzy feeling?

~The exact (headcannoned) moments Nellie and Sebastian started having feelings for each other.

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Nellie Hawkshaw in Hogwarts Legacy

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Happy Hogwarts Legacy day (for pc standard edition players) I’m really excited to play the game in like 15 minutes time!!

To celebrate, I finally have a voice claim for my MC, Nellie. Amelia Gething.

Yes okay she’s the VA for the female player character in the game….But I specifically mean, Amelia Gething as Anne Bronte from the film Emily (2022).

Nellie’s from Yorkshire, it kind of figured she’d have a Yorkshire accent that gets thicker when she’s at home 😅

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SIMON PEGG IS VOICING PHINEAS NIGELLUS BLACK!!!!

Okay that’s even more hilarious given I’ve mentioned I named the Sally Pegg (my HPHM MC) after him because I just watched the Cornetto trilogy when I created her and Nellie, my HPHL main character is Sally’s ancestor.

Phineas Nigellas Black is not the first role I’d have assumed Simon Pegg to take in HL but hey it’s going to be interesting to see his portrayal in the game and I’m excited to hear one of my favourite actors in the game!

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So this is from Twitter….more information on Sebastian Sallow! HE’S A FRATERNAL TWIN!!!! FRATERNAL TWINS ARE GENETIC!!!! THE SALLOW TWINS (his and Nellie, (my HPHL MC)’s children) MAKE EVEN MORE SENSE NOW!!!!!