HBO Boss Dodges J.K. Rowling Anti-Trans Controversy After Announcing ‘Harry Potter’ Series

[just444]

“Our priority is what’s on the screen."⁠

HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys declined to address J.K. Rowling’s controversial nature and whether there is concern about attracting talent to work on the just-announced #HarryPotter series given her views. ⁠ ⁠https://t.co/YgrAEXjyzJ pic.twitter.com/FFBQhP7HbM
- Variety (@Variety) April 12, 2023

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[squirrels_oh_no]

And Twitter is also piased because they announced this at their presentation and gave zero mention of their hugely successful LGBTQ+ show Our Flag Means Death which they seem to dislike immensely despite how popular it is.

[peddlestools]

it's because of this

There's also been a very hard push by the new HBO heads to axe anything with diverse or queer characters, so a full-throated alliance with this franchise gels perfectly with that planhttps://t.co/ki87uRnciP
- Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 (@DawFfraw) April 12, 2023

FUCK THEM

[squirrels_oh_no]

Makes sense. I'm surprised tbh they didn't do the same thing they did to Minx with it, but when they had zero official merch despite it being one of if not the most popular Max shows for weeks, and in a key age demographic, you knew they didn't give a shit about it despite renewing it (and promptly forgetting it exists).

[peddlestools]

I'm convinced the discovery merger happened because they wanted to make hbo max straighter

[squirrels_oh_no]

I know OFMD is planned to be 3 seasons but if they cancel it after 2 they better let someone save it i demand every possible episode.

[peddlestools]

either way, Lucius better be back

[squirrels_oh_no]

In my imagination he has been hanging out with some hot mermen until Stede and company rescue him.

[peddlestools]

if he's gonna be dead, I would be okay with him being a sexy ghost haunting Blackbeard

[squirrels_oh_no]

And OFMD just got a Peabody Award nomination today lmao.

[brokencrystal7]

it doesn’t get straighter than the ‘90 day fiancé’ universe they are trying to push with the merger so yeah that makes sense

[peddlestools]

I was actually thinking of chip and Joanna Gaines. their pastor preaches that homosexuals are going to hell.

[therearewords]

Yoooooooo, basura.

[theactualworst]

Yet their most popular show right now is The Last Of Us and the lead character is a lesbian!

[jinxeh13]

And the best episode was about two gay men. And the next season will feature more lesbians, and a trans character.

[dandyxwarhol]

>It's because the licensing element of Rowling's businesses lost 74% of its income, as Fantastic Beasts flopped, the stage show's been hit by covid, and no-one apart from the BBC wants to adapt the mediocre murder books.

How does that all work tho? If "Rolling's" licensing business isn't doing well, that doesn't really have much to do with HBO deciding to make this content.

[peddlestools]

I meant the reply tweet

There's also been a very hard push by the new HBO heads to axe anything with diverse or queer characters, so a full-throated alliance with this franchise gels perfectly with that