Gift link, so it should be accessible to all.

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    4 days ago

    hogwarts is not the place to do that then. there are plenty of other queer games out there to support queer game dev. instead of pretending that giving money to rowling is doing anything to support trans people.

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      4 days ago

      It would be ridiculous to pretend so. Giving money to trans-supportive games absolutely does though.

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        4 days ago

        you are giving money to rowling with the purchase of any offically licensed harry potter product. that allows her to continue pushing her bullshit.

        there are actual trans-supportive games out there to support and stop trying to make excuses for your inability to get past your nostalgia.

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          4 days ago

          Rowling having slightly more money makes no difference to her spewing her views, she is set for life anyway. Yes I’d like to avoid giving her money, but a much stronger signal I’d like to send is that a game with trans characters sells well.

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            3 days ago

            She explicitly said that she would use the royalties she gets from the game to lobby for transphobic organisations.

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              3 days ago

              I am aware the motives behind it are profit driven. But that doesn’t make the message less valuable. People seeing themselves represented is helpful to them, and it normalizes them for other people.

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                3 days ago

                oh boy! they see themselves in games while they’re literally getting depersoned by the politics of the creator! in a time where we are literally seeing what such wealth is able to enable you to do… literally buy the white house.

                you can’t see the forest for the trees.

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                  3 days ago

                  Again, she is not the creator and has nothing to do with the game other than the creators purchased the rights to the setting.

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                    3 days ago

                    she makes money from the brand getting attention because she is the creator of the setting. no one gives a shit about this game without the setting.

                    you are excusing enabling terfs and fascism because you have no ability to think beyond your own nose. but please make more excuses and lie to yourself more.