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Because there's nothing wrong with enjoying the franchise as long as you aren't supporting it.
Books are available secondhand. Games and movies can be pirated. It doesn't cost anything to talk about a shared interest with friends.
Just don't give them money. Don't go to their theme parks. Don't buy the merchandise.
You can like a thing and still make a conscious effort not to support the creator. You just have to be clear about the why if anyone asks you about it.
Except it keeps this franchise alive, which in turn causes other people to buy the books, the games. If you want the franchise to die off, so no one buys their shit anymore you have to stop participating in it.
Why is "stop platforming fascists" such a controversial take?
Because you're taking an authoritarian approach over policing other people's hobbies and interests, many of who are trans and queer themselves. The franchise is regarded as a "comfort series" for many people who grew up with it, especially kids in abusive households as those demographics tend to gravitate towards fantasy series like Harry Potter and LOTR the most.
Why is having empathy for people different from you such a controversial concept?
Because this "comfort" comes at a cost for other peoples wellbeing.
I dont know if you mean this as "The majority of the HP and LOTR fanbase is comprised of kids in abusive households using them as a comfort from the abuse" or "The majority of kids in abusive households use HP and LOTR as comfort from the abuse" but either way that's a huge claim, do you have anything to back that up?
I would be genuinely surprised if there is a person who would not be able to manage their PTSD without LOTR or HP.
Not when you don't give her money which is what literally everyone is saying constantly and you're just choosing to ignore so you can try to tell other people what they're allowed to do
Literally my first comment in this chain addresses this
hp fans and their reading comprehension good god
is it really this difficult to understand that keeping this franchise in the spotlight generates demand which generates sales? So your not literally putting money into the hands of a genocidaire extraordinaire woweee but you're still creating hype around the product.
Edit: turns out this is the 3rd in this comment chain alone that I'm addressing the point you say I'm ignoring lmfao