I read the books this year because I wanted to feel pain, basically, and I wanted to be justified in disliking Harry Potter. I was not disappointed. However, I still don't understand how the fuck the end of the book worked. It was so harebrained and convoluted and sloppy as fuck that I don't know what actually happened. Am I stupid or was it a bad ending? And what the fuck happened? How did they actually kill Voldemort?
You're not wrong about a lot of the hatred of the books being overblown, but they ABSOLUTELY contain Rowling's ideology in them
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Well, every work of art contains some of the ideology of the artist. That was an overstatement.
But if you ignore Rowling's real world actions, the books aren't that problematic as media from that time period goes. It's more in hindsight that we can make connections between some of the casual stereotyping in the books and the political views of the author.
It's not just the stereotypes. Voldemort defeating himself because he Broke The Rules is peak liberal ideology
Not to mention that supporting her books helps to fund her ideology-pushing and gives her a louder voice.
Oh hey, someone named for a children's book series I really enjoyed as a kid.
Just now realizing I never actually finished Keys to the Kingdom. Or Pendragon, now that I think about it