also its not the fault of the consumer if a company and an entire industry is structured so badly that they cant survive one product failing and they take it out on their workers bc they dont consider the workers as a part of the risk they take on IP. this take that somehow as consumers we are morally obligated to consume a product or else we are at fault for a CORPORATION’s horrific practices is A VERY BAD ONE. (also there are lots of other game devs takes on this that have more details than i. look them up on twitter). do you tell people to go support call of duty even though it promotes some dangerous and bigoted shit to “support the developers”? no. its a AAA game, only the studio will benefit, they will fuck the workers either way. and NO it does not fuck over their opportunities for later work. again, lots of devs have spoken on this, look it up.

also i dont know how to explain this to people but outside Very Online and queer circles most people still think JK Rowling shits rainbows. the idea this game will flop SO HARD because of some coordinated boycott rather than Harry Potter not being as popular as it once was is a false narrative that does not take into account the media landscape we live in. go outside your bubble.

even if Rowling did not receive a CENT in royalties, her IP is still profitable, meaning it will be licensed and made into shit ad nauseum and keep her star shining and give her a platform. she will ALWAYS be rich but the only weapon we have to silence her is to make sure her IP is toxic and unprofitable.

let me make this CRYSTAL clear: if you buy this game new, or stream yourself playing it, you’re a transphobe (and an islamophobe, the book is also islamophobic look it up). donating money to trans causes to offset it is just to assuage your guilt. there’s infinite amount of indie games and cool books about wizards out there not written by a raging bitch. if you DO want to play the game, pirate it or buy it secondhand, and again, do NOT stream yourself playing it, that’s free advertising.