I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
“Separate the art from the artist”.
Had to learn that lesson as I was a huge Beatles fan, John was my favorite, but hearing how his personal life went and how he treated everyone around him was very disappointing.
Still, Rowling needs to get her privileged head out of her ass, and realize that people are just people.
P.S. I love how they added a trans person in Hogwarts Legacy, as a big Fuck You to her.
Yeah the unfortunate truth is that most people who have the…how shall I phrase it? Gumption? Force of will? Personality size? To become a successful artist and navigate the hurdles that stand in the way of that probably also have some glaring personality flaws in the package as well. Is it even possible gor an individual to achieve success at such a scale that ones work becomes widely known without having some skeletons in your closet? (Or shamelessly on display as in Rowling’s case?)
Problem is that she’s still profiting from Hogwarts Legacy. And any profit she rakes in, she takes as an endorsement of her views on trans people. She said so herself on the hellsite she’s glued to so obsessively (seriously, the woman is a prime example of what happens when people don’t get off Twitter).
Still not what that phrase means
If you think they put something like that in the game without her okay, you are deluded. She doesn’t hate trans people as a whole, contrary to what frothing activists believe. She 100% considers them just people.
What she objects to is the erosion of single-sex spaces & services. If those were allowed to persist without being called bigotry, then she & probably many gender critical people wouldn’t have an issue. Don’t be a simpleton; recognize that there are complex perspectives involved and not just “hate”.