With the new release of Hogwarts Legacy, an RPG videogame set in the Harry Potter universe, Rowling's views have caused problems. When asked over Twitter, "how do you sleep at night knowing you've lost a whole audience from buying your books," she replied, "I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly."
For example, an antisemitism controversy over the imagery of the goblins in the Harry Potter franchise, her habit of giving minority characters stereotypical names that don't actually match up with their ethnicities (Cho Chang?), and her depictions of elf slavery have all been brought up a lot of questions. As Politico puts it, "Rowling's views - and her willingness to exchange biting blows with her online critics - have been denounced by fans as transphobic, a betrayal of the values of tolerance they learned from her books."
Over the past few years, "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling has developed a complicated relationship with the trans community. How can so much drama surround a video game? Let us break it down for you.
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