Lumos.

[rogueslayer452]

++ It's been announced that the last book of James S.A. Corey's The Expanse series is going to be called Leviathan Falls. A perfect bookend title, truly. This is the ninth and last book of the entire series, which will be released sometime in 2021. I know fans are excited for this, and it makes me hope that the show continues on long enough to adapt the entirety of the series.

++ Tatiana Maslany has been cast to be She-Hulk for Disney+. Honestly? Fantastic casting. I love Tatiana, she's incredibly talented (obviously, if you've seen her in Orphan Black you know). I'm just happy she's getting more recognition in general.

++ The trailer dropped for Hogwarts: Legacy, the first open world RPG video game for the Harry Potter franchise that will be released in 2021.

I know that it's been claimed that JKR isn't involved with the game, but the reality is that she still profits off of anything Wizarding World related, whether she was involved in the production of something or not. It's a delicate time right now concerning Joke Karen and her public bigoted antics, with many fans questioning whether or not they should even engage or buy anything HP-related anymore as to not support her, that debate has been going on for a long while now, even more so in recent months. It's a complicated situation where neither I, nor anyone else, can tell people what to do in that regard. With that being said, an RPG game centered around Harry Potter is something many fans have been wanting for years, and it's kind of amazing that we're finally getting it now. Hell, I remember thinking that Pottermore was going to be that and was sourly disappointed when it wasn't. Because let's be honest, the Wizarding World in itself is massive and the possibilities are endless with exploring that world and everything else in between.

So yeah, the trailer certainly looks good and interesting, though I'll have to wait to see footage of actual gameplay since cinematic trailers for video games are often quite different and may not actually reflect the final product itself. So we shall see if it lives up to the hype.

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Good point. Look at the nightmare that was Spore.

Also the controversy surrounding No Man's Sky. That one was a doozy.

The thing I don't like is how dismissive some people are being.

The sad thing is, this happens every time something like this happens, like there's a big exposure of how terrible a person of something we loved turned out to be and you have people come out of the woodwork to act morally superior by putting down those who enjoyed said thing or person. From people going "I never liked HP anyway" to even those saying "read another book" if people are that torn up about it and it's just so...unnecessary and mean-spirited. I can understand the frustrations from those who tried warning people for years about JKR's various forms of bigotry, but even those can become mean-spirited by turning it around and going, "if you cared about [insert social issue] you wouldn't even bother with HP" which is, well, kind of lacking in critical thought because it's way more complicated and nuanced than that. But then, this is how reactionary culture is, they don't care about having a constructive discussion but just yelling and trying to say clever/witty things on social media to appear intellectual when they just are being idiots.

This is a very emotional and sensitive topic that there truly is no one right answer to the handle it, and people are allowed to feel however they want to about it. With that being said, compassion and empathy is needed, and not jumping to black-and-white mentalities.

I think my biggest point of contention is how I view the books alone, but even then, I have my own interpretation of and takeaway from the text.

Exactly. And, isn't that the point of rereading or revisiting something you once loved? Haven't we all gone and reread or rewatched something we loved growing up that was a huge influence on our lives and looked at it differently?

That is something we should view HP, and hell, that's precisely what fandom has been doing for years now. People have reread the books and pointed out the inconsistencies and flaws of the writing and the world, something that we probably didn't catch when we first read them, and fandom has done what it always does: by examining, reconstructing/deconstructing, and having different interpretations of it through transformative fanworks. To say that people cannot enjoy HP anymore because the author is a bad person and her views are reflected in her works is really undervaluing the importance of fandom.