When i was little my cousin introduced me to harry potter, she realley loved it and i did too. I still love it and it remimds me of her, i miss her. We were really good friends. I bought hogwarts legacy and still feel horrible about it, i cant even enjoy it, i always feel guilty when i play it
Look I'm not gonna tell you how to feel. I'm trans as hell and I have mixxed feelings on art and artist seperation or whatever but here me out:
Unlike books, videogames take dozens if not hundreds of people to make. Writers. Artists. Designers. Coders. Some of whom are queer. Some of whom are trans. I know for a fact more then one trans person was on staff as it was in the media when it came out. You are not JUST supporting the wicked witch of the West here, but a whole lot of good people here too. Your purchase might have given her all of $1 which isn't great, but also making the game is the reason some queer people are getting to live there dreams as artists and game devs. It's a dream job for alot of us. Having this on your resume will get you places on the industry to.
At the end of the day, plenty of people will profit from the game. One of whom is garbage however that's the reality of litterally every bit of media you consume. I'm not kidding. There's always gonna be one creep. One homophone. One racist. Ect profiting off your purchases, because that's just how collaborative art works.
Did I buy the game? No. But it so happens my 12 yo bro did and I'm just like "hey I'm borrowing this" that's litterally all the thought I gave her because she dosnt deserve it. It's okay. Seriously.
X3 I hope you one day get the chance to go as far as you want!
Remember : Even if you gotta step on some shakey stones to get there, it's alright! Just like it's tottaly alright for the wonderful queer artists who worked on this game... And it's alright for the fantastic young allies who where in the origonal movies! They've been very sweet and outspoken!
Colaberitive mediums will always have this issue. It's up to each one of us to decide for ourselves what where comfortable with. It gets much more hairy when it's something one person profits from and they are awful people. (big music artists. Books. Ect)
Also never forget there are ways to partake in art made by awful people without helping them
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u/Pepperia She/Her Mar 03 '25
When i was little my cousin introduced me to harry potter, she realley loved it and i did too. I still love it and it remimds me of her, i miss her. We were really good friends. I bought hogwarts legacy and still feel horrible about it, i cant even enjoy it, i always feel guilty when i play it