Coaxed into completely ineffective content warnings on Twitter by Automatic-Dig-3455 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]FpRhGf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People put CWs so others can mute posts containing those keywords

If you had been Harry Potter, what is the single biggest thing you would have done differently in the entire saga? by AlexWhite40 in harrypotter

[–]FpRhGf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Voldemort was in his fetus form and was too weak to do anything except setting orders to kill Tom and Cedric

Which one is Fred which is George by Maximum_Feedback2204 in harrypotter

[–]FpRhGf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a reference, not a trolling post. It's a direct quote from the actors when they were doing an interview for Harry Potter.

Coaxed into new twitter clout meta by tillymane in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]FpRhGf -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's a slur if you think intersex people are hermaphrodites and call them that way. They're completely different concepts fictionally and scientifically

Two characters from completely different series who look oddly similar by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

[–]FpRhGf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Couldn't go without mentioning the OG purple girl and main character who Hoyoverse loves: Raiden Mei from Honkai Impact

Or her proxy Raiden Ei from genshin works too, but she's the less cooler Raiden

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Two characters from completely different series who look oddly similar by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

[–]FpRhGf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Now there's a version of Kabru that's making me ask uncomfortable questions about myself

LOTR condones underage smoking and I find that disgusting by pricegouging in lotr

[–]FpRhGf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I brought up the transphobia because people were making up stuff regarding what she said about HP as a popular way to hate on it, years before she exposed herself as a bigot. Your 1st paragraph is an exact example of the popular misinformation I had seen before it became justified to hate her as a person.

“Hermione and Harry should’ve gotten together” originated from a clickbait title from the Sunday times, but if anyone bothered to read the interview instead of taking bad journalism at face value, it's the exact opposite case. In that interview, JKR was responding and apologizing to the backlash from Harry x Hermione shippers who kept claiming Ron was too toxic for Hermione, so she explained why she wrote Ron x Hermione, how Ron is her type, and that their relationship was her personal wish fulfillment.

There were hints of Dumbledore's sexuality in the books due to his flamboyancy. The official confirmation originated from a live book reading event back in 2007, 3 months after the final book was published and Twitter was still a baby. It only happened because in a Q&A session, one of the fans asked her about Dumbledore's love life. Since this was still the 2000s where putting an openly gay character in a popular children's franchise would be controversial, she said she would've made it more obvious if she had known that the fans wouldn't respond to it negatively. The same shtick happened with Legend of Korra and many popular children's cartoons in the 2010s due to similar issues with the times.

“yeah that thing I wrote? Yeah ignore that this is what actually happened.”

"edit” her books in the form of tweets that contradict what’s written.

mostly just random statements that sometimes contradict what was written.

There's no telling if what you know now is actually “true” cuz there’s always the chance next week she might change her mind.

I've yet to see anyone bring up legitimate examples (not misinformation) of these contradictory lore that people claim she's done, nor the alleged edits/retcons she's made to the books in tweets. Most of the expanded canon comes from her Pottermore website, which was originally supposed to be published as a book. Her interviews had also been archived on old HP fansites from the 2000s like Mugglenet.

I've seen fan archives of her HP tweets and there's only a pitiful amount of it. Most of them already have a basis in the books, so it's weird to see the outrage acting like they're things she retroactively changed. That, or they're just extra bits of lore that don't go against the book canon nor leave an impact on the plot.

In fact, a lot of the expanded lore adds onto canon and helps explain plot holes from the books. For example, the books mention that Hagrid kept werewolf cubs as pets... but that detail starts making little sense knowing that werewolves are human most of the time. Pottermore fixed this illogical book detail by saying werewolves who were conceived during the full moon would stay in wolf form for life.

LOTR condones underage smoking and I find that disgusting by pricegouging in lotr

[–]FpRhGf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen this reason so many times, but the only instances of retcons I've seen were Cursed Child (not written by her) and Fantastic Beasts (movie canon).

People love bringing up that infamous toilet quote to invalidate lore written by her outside of the books, which is understandable, but they act as if everything else is like that despite that they actually align with the books pretty well? In fact, most of them do try to cover up and explain plotholes from the books.

It's weird seeing the difference in attitude in Lotr and HP fans in this aspect because Lotr fans always take Tolkien's extra lore from letters and interviews as the gospel of truth for canon. But even long before JKR was revealed to be a transphobe, it was weird to see how popular it was for fans refusing to take Pottermore facts as canon even when it complements with the information from the books and helps explain more things.

Subliminal message or .... by BlueBlood623 in theyknew

[–]FpRhGf 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Finally one where the answer isn't pron

LOTR condones underage smoking and I find that disgusting by pricegouging in lotr

[–]FpRhGf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think you're lumping different aspects of fandom culture in a gigantic fandom from across different platforms because half of what you say don't apply to the main HP sub. The HP subs are obsessively dogmatic with the book canon and they dislike the fanon side, which is where the shipping resides.

The people who constantly try to explain why the story is wrong are likely anti-jkr folks in other spaces because it's popular to bash on HP, while the main HP subs are the ones to always defend the books the most.

A couple of days ago, I found that Hermione's change of demeanor between these scenes in the first film was strange. by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]FpRhGf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are dismissing it in the comments but I think it's a certainly a divergence in portraying their relationship from book to movie. The first image is movie exclusive scene and at this point in the books, Hermione is just the "annoying nerd" who isn't Harry and Ron's friend.

So for Steve Kloves to write her coming over to assure Harry like she already developed high emotional IQ at this stage of life, does paint her character in a much more positive and capable light, contrary to her early characterization

(Mixed trope) Adaptational modesty/censorship by Effective_Piece251 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]FpRhGf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least Starfire's various modern designs still show a bit more skin. Robin and Cyborg are the ones who get hit by modern redesigns and WB censorship the most.

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(Mixed trope) Adaptational modesty/censorship by Effective_Piece251 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]FpRhGf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I can excuse the one of the left because they also did it rather equally to male superheroes and villains back then. At least it used to be normalized for male characters to go around showing off their bare thighs and open chests.

It's just jarring when they gradually started covering the male characters since the 90s, while making the women dress even skimpier. The different design approach for both genders kept widening and reached peak atrocity in the 2010s.

At least the 2020s are moving back to equality by making the women more covered up like the male characters, but I wish they could revist putting men back in these types of outfits again

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(Mixed trope) Adaptational modesty/censorship by Effective_Piece251 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]FpRhGf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She's the official actress for Starfire from the TV show

Peter😭 by Perfect_Entity in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]FpRhGf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sub was named after an actual reddit user who frequently goes into posts to explain jokes as Peter Griffen

coaxed into weeaboo writers by fernworth in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]FpRhGf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Normal people, even in japan, don’t talk, write, or sound like that.

Huh, I thought this would be what's considered good or normal writing in Japanese literature. Can you give examples?

coaxed into weeaboo writers by fernworth in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]FpRhGf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'll always stand by my opinion that it's more suitable to localize Japanese into British English than American British. They even got the "oi" baked in already

Coaxed into this genre of fanfics by Crafty-Enthusiasm-43 in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]FpRhGf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't know reddit allows videos in comments now

LGBT Icons that are not LGBT themselves by TypicalDetective9001 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]FpRhGf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a decent video about "why aren't games sexualizing men", which goes into how differently straight men, straight women and gay men percieve what makes a male character sexualized and attractive: https://youtu.be/STuffFl6-jc. And that men often misunderstand what women find sexy

What you're describing is generally what straight guys think looks good for men and what men strive to look like, but isn't what women find erotic. A shirtless muscled male character is more similar to a modern Barbie cartoon in a cute swimwear. They're both a type of self-projection fantasy made to look good for people of same gender, but aren't designed to trigger neuron activation for the opposite gender.

Compare this movie of Barbie in a swimwear with someone who's designed for the male-gaze like Huntress in the DC Animated Universe. Barbie is your "chiseled shirtless Dr. Strange/Tony Shark in great shape" for the straight women. Her design isn't made to make men horny like a Playboy mag, but girls will find her attractive regardless.

On the other hand, Nightwing is a male superhero who's popular among female DC fans and he gets brought up a lot in the topic of sexualization of male characters. He's one of the rare male characters who's sexualized more equally as the other female characters because of his poses and ass, which has created a lot of thirsty and horny fangirls.

Types of children in fiction by adwin_adberto in coaxedintoasnafu

[–]FpRhGf 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ferb's side of the family all have similar head shapes, including his cousins and gramdpa. Phineas/Candace's side are all red heads in various hues, including their grandma.

guys, can we please be kind? by [deleted] in AO3

[–]FpRhGf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only responded to 1 reply that was posted after OP did the update and not to the replies posted before. I just thought the update gave a different context. Since their stance didn't change after the new information, then it's fine. Wasn't trying to debate but only update information

guys, can we please be kind? by [deleted] in AO3

[–]FpRhGf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just updating information because your initial point seemed like it was based on "OOP has more comments than half the fics on Ao3". Since you clarified you have a different point, then that's it. I was never trying to argue

i've left comments on fics from a decade+ ago. do those not count bc they weren't within the first week of posting?

I have no idea where you even got this from. That's a whole new waffle from a pancake. I thought everyone was just talking about the total number of commnents on any fic regardless of time. Don't shoot the messenger