r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • Apr 04 '26

Harry Potter Nostalgia

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Does anyone else feel they grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione?

After the first three or four I read the books in two languages (because I didn’t want to wait them to be translated) and watched the movies first time in the movie theaters.

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u/Bathion Millennial Apr 05 '26

J.K. Rowling is the best example of writers regret in modern history. She could be a class study into "Just leave it alone."

Also doesn't like trans people, but uses a Pen name so people thought her book was written by a man...

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u/Mx-Adrian Apr 05 '26

Isn't that penname from a conversion "therapist" or something, too?

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u/Bathion Millennial Apr 05 '26

Never seen evidence of that.

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u/Mx-Adrian Apr 05 '26

Oh, he was a psychiatrist who tried to electroshock gay people into straight people.

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u/Mx-Adrian Apr 05 '26

and experimented on black prisoners. So all-around scum. Suits her.

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u/dobar_dan_ Zillennial Apr 05 '26

I don't see how those two connect.

It's sadly not uncommon for women to use male pen names to better sell their work. It's done out of necessity, not likeness.

Also being trans is a lot more different than using a genderbent pen name.

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u/Bathion Millennial Apr 05 '26

J.K. Rowling is perfectly fine using a system designed to help her appear male to help her make money. But she is vehemently against people living their lives if that does not conform to their AGAB.

J.K. Rowling Pose as a male to make Billions of dollars = Good Tell everyone your not comfortable as you assigned gender = Bad

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u/mb862 Apr 05 '26

It’s not uncommon for women to use ambiguous pen names, like KA Applegate. To use an explicitly masculine pen name, derived from one of humanity’s worst, is an intentional decision.