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  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah all of that stuff only gets more attention than “Huh yeah that’s iffy” because she keeps throwing vile tantrums all the time. If she had just shut the fuck up I really don’t think any of that would’ve been blown up as much as it (reasonably) has been

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      eventually someone would have done the shriekcast or something like it, and there would have been plenty of analysis of the shitty stuff, but it would have no penetration into the broader culture. randos on twitter would have no opinion beyond "i liked the books when i was a kid"

      • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Or the movies where the directors were smart enough to disavow the weird stuff or give characters with racist names less screen time.

        • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          they still picked a bank with a star of david mosaic on the ground for the goblin bank set, but apart from that :bruh-moment: they toned down a lot of the racism, slavery apologia, fat shaming, lookism and general meanspiritedness of the books.

        • Cromalin [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          still have the star of david in the goblin bank, but other than that they improved stuff

          edit: had to step away and @AcidSmiley said what i was going to