Death of the Author 2: Rowling Boogaloo

I'm so tired.

Death of the Author:

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Riley Dennis:

Twitter - @thelindsayellis

[DeltaJim]

"Tolkien's not on Twitter"
Let's be honest, he COULDN'T be on Twitter if he was still alive. Every tweet of his would end with "1/315".

[justinkreager]

I just love how Rowling tweeted praise for Stephen King and then promptly, like within a day, deleted those tweets when he made a statement supporting trans people.

[iamtheVRTEX]

"I don't like to talk about my personal feelings because I like to pretend I don't have any" damn ain't that a mood

[The_Worst_Alien]

The part where Lindsay predicts that her social circle will become more insular and that she'll be love bombed by the far right is now more relevant than ever.

[Vladstronsy]

The best part of this will always be the line; "I can't believe Rowling's Patronus is Maggie Thatcher."

[EWCello]

“my formative fav author is problematic and I am having trouble reconciling that”
*laugh/cries in HP Lovecraft fan*

[xww]

Calling JK Rowling “Joanne” is the funniest thing in the world to me.




Okay, now that I have one of the top comments, I’d just like to say that for any people that don’t want to deal with bigots today, maybe don’t read these comments. I think the REALLY shitty ones are gone, but there were a bunch of weird TERFy comments with a bunch of likes a while ago. No one needs to deal with that shit.

[GiantPetRat]

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
-Albus Flippin' Dumbledore, Goblet of Fire

[PaleJulia]

"Tolkien has been dead for 50 years, he's not on Twitter"

As a huge Tolkien fan, now to think about it, I'm really thankful he is

[camilaluna]

In the words of Daniel Radcliffe:
"If these books have taught you that love is the most powerful force in the universe, capable of overcoming everything; if they have taught you that strength is found in diversity and that dogmatic ideals of purity lead to the oppression of vulnerable groups; if you believe that a specific character is trans, non binary, of fluid gender, gay or bisexual; if you found something in those stories that reached you and helped you at some point in your lives ... then that is something between you and the book you read, and it is sacred. And, in my opinion, no one can touch that. It means whatever it means to you, and I hope these comments don't taint you too much."

[morgansimpson]

"Tolkien has been dead for 50 years. He's not on Twitter."

[steffanalun]

"You are trying to find an academic solution for an emotional and ethical problem." This is such a brilliant video, and I just wanted you to know that *that sentence* is the point where I decided you were my new favourite cultural commentator.

[HarveyVolodarskii]

Rowling pretending that Polyjuice potion wouldn’t be used nonstop for gender stuff in the Potter world

[jazwhoaskedforthis]

Plot Twist: Cornelius Fudge was JK’s real self insert character all along

[mmarrrow]

Learning Orson Scott Card was a homophobe actually made a ton of sense for me, because we read Ender's Game in my seventh-grade English class at an Evangelical middle school, and I was always mystified by how something so cool managed to end up on the curriculum

[NuttyMongrel]

I'd love to get more "hot take" videos in between the essays

[gendergoo]

So you're saying the Harry Potter franchise is Rowling's horcrux

[thehopeofeden]

To quote Daniel Radcliffe:

If these books taught you that love is the strongest force in the universe, capable of overcoming anything;

if they taught you that strength is found in diversity, and that dogmatic ideas of pureness lead to the oppression of vulnerable groups; if you believe that a particular character is trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid, or that they are gay or bisexual;

if you found anything in these stories that resonated with you and helped you at any time in your life — then that is between you and the book that you read, and it is sacred. And in my opinion nobody can touch that.

It means to you what it means to you.

[Animeartist]

It's so funny that a few months ago we were at this point where we were still saying things like "I don't think JK Rowling believes she's transphobic", and now she's promoting merch stores that sell mugs that say "Proud Transphobe" lol

[chibiktsn]

"Tolkien has been dead for 50 years and isn't on Twitter, " might be one of my favorite things you've said. It's also true.