Top 10 Times JK Rowling Pissed Off The Fans

well that's not exactly magical welcome to watch mojo uk and today we'll be counting down our picks for the top 10 times jk rowling pissed off the fans before we begin we publish new content every day so be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos for this list we'll be looking at the instances where this famous author upset the legions of followers she has amassed over the years number 10 wizard poop since the final harry potter book was released jk rowling has continued to provide fans with tidbits of information about the magical world she has created some of the facts have been interesting while others have been baffling i must be out of my mind on her website pottermore she revealed that hogwarts didn't initially have bathrooms because wizards would just relieve themselves wherever they stood and then use magic to clean themselves up i think i'm gonna be sick me too the image of the noble hogwarts founders peeing and pooping their pants is one that we just simply did not need oh harry if you die down there you're welcome to share my toilet uh thanks matal number nine pen name in 2013 a mysterious novel was released called the cuckoo's calling written by an author named robert galbraith shortly after publication however it was revealed that rowling was actually behind the book and had written it under a pen name sales on amazon are reported to have risen by a staggering 500 thousand percent the reason it turns out that robert goldbreath is actually jk rowling fans later thought the choice of pseudonym was curious however considering the fact that robert galbraith heath was actually an infamous real-life 20th century psychiatrist known for pioneering gay conversion therapy of course this could just be a total coincidence but considering rowling's conflicts with the lgbtq plus community it definitely raised some eyebrows jk rowling today called robert galbraith a liberating experience which she'd hoped to keep secret a little longer so exactly who outed her to journalists remains a mystery number eight nagini's casting when the trailer dropped for fantastic beasts crimes of grindelwald many fans were excited but others got caught up on one particular detail revealed in the short clips nagini voldemort's pet snake was being portrayed in human form by south korean actress claudia kim rowling has been criticized for a lack of diversity in her novels more on that later so the fact that a woman of color was cast in this subservient role of a slave-like character didn't go over well with critics but look at her so beautiful yes so desirable but soon she will be trapped forever in a very different body she attempted to defend the decision citing indonesian mythology being the inspiration for the character which only drew more criticism because of misplaced appropriation and not actually casting an indonesian actor number seven questionable representation while some have certainly praised rowling for including racial diversity in her harry potter books more recently others have claimed that simply having characters of color is not enough the character of cho chang has been deemed especially problematic beginning with her stereotypical name some have also claimed that the portrayal of the gringotts goblins draws parallels to the racist depictions of jews made by the nazis during the world war ii period hagrid what exactly are these things they're goblins harry clever as they come goblins but not the most friendly of beasts rowling has even been accused of cultural appropriation for her attempt to talk about the native american origins of north american magic she wrote unlike their muggle no-maj counterparts people in the magical world always knew about other continents and communities on the american continent magical persons were often praised as healers and hunters but sometimes feared in case they were possessed by malevolent spirits number six that letter in july 2020 harper's magazine published a letter online titled a letter on justice and open debates which addressed questions of free speech in modern discourse the signatories talk about the loss of support popularity or even employment that can result from expressing opinions perceived as racist sexist or transphobic but many who read it felt it was actually more of a specific attempt to address cancer culture the letter was signed by a large number of prominent artists and thinkers from salman rushdie to noam chomsky to margaret atwood to of course jk rowling several people who signed have been attacked for comments that have caused offense that includes harry potter author j.k rowling who was fiercely criticized this month for comments about transgender people the letter was criticized as an attempt by prominent figures to throw their power around and claim the right to be above rebuke some of the signatories have since renounced the message but rowling has stood behind her position as you say alex i got a feeling it's the story we're going to be returning to quite often number five harry potter and the cursed child when it was announced that a stage play based on the wizarding world was being produced and jk rowling himself was actually behind it fans of the franchise were thrilled ticket sales were through the roof anticipation built for months but when the script was actually published in book form in 2016 and large numbers of fans gained access to the story reviews were decidedly mixed many fans compared the text to a work of fan fiction while others went as far as to say they wouldn't consider it to be cannon despite the fact that it was actually written from a story partially conceived by rowling number four hermione's race when the casting decisions were revealed for the stage version of harry potter and the cursed child many were intrigued to see the role of hermione being played by black actress noma dumaswenny this brought up an issue that had been circulating among some fans for years whether hermione was black they caused confusion among fans and some expressing their displeasure at the apparent changing of the character's race rolling herself has claimed that the character's race was never explicitly specified and that she supports the idea of hermione being black but as far as author jk rowling is concerned a black hermione is not even an issue rowling points out the books describe hermione as having brown eyes frizzy hair and very clever but did not say the color of her skin many accused her of using this opportunity to retroactively add representation to the story she created while others were pleased that the concept of a dark-skinned hermione could become somewhat canon and just spontaneous just burst into tears it was such an emotional moment for me i can't tell you however fans were quick to point out rowling's lie by highlighting an extract from the book saying hermione's white face was sticking out from behind the tree number three her self-defense on twitter the cause that jk rowling has taken up in earnest in 2020 is a commentary on the transgender community which we'll dive into soon but one particular tweet on the subject got her in hot water in july she said quote i've ignored fake tweets attributed to me and artied widely i've ignored porn tweeted at children on a thread about their art unquote but went on to say that she could not ignore the criticism of her comments on hormone therapy drugs given to transgender teens there's a lot to unpack here but the fact that she jumps in to defend her views on that subject but supposedly ignores the porn targeted at children is puzzling to many number two dumbledore's sexuality the foolish of you to come here tonight tom the orders are on their way shortly after the final harry potter book was released jk rowling began giving fans more details about the world she had created that hadn't made it into the books one piece of information was a major bombshell albus dumbledore hogwarts headmaster was gay in 2007 she confessed in a q a session with harry potter fans that he was gay and dumbledore's love for grindelwald became his quote great tragedy this announcement caused outrage from pretty much the entire spectrum of fandom while some were displeased about dumbledore's sexuality others were upset that she had opted to make this claim but did not explicitly include it in her novels considering the focus on dumbledore's relationship with grindelwald in the final book there was plenty of room for her to write it in clearly their relationship was incredibly intense it was passionate and it was a love relationship number one those remarks jk rowling has a very controversial history in terms of her relationship with the transgender community previously making comments that many interpreted as transphobic but in 2020 she became even more open about her views causing many in the fandom including some of the biggest harry potter fan sites to distance themselves from her i'm sure there used to be a word for those people someone help me out wumbin wimpond wumad she wrote after it all came to a head rowling penned a blog post that was deemed by many to be an anti-trans manifesto attempting to defend the stance she had taken in regards to the lgbtq plus community she's now written an essay on her blog addressing the accusations and saying her opinions stem from her own experience with domestic violence that's why she's been pushed to advocate for women's rights she says while rowling has assumed that she is not transphobic that assertion is not accepted by many the hatred and the pylon was quick and fierce people denouncing her books abusing her this is how this stuff goes online as you know do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from watch mojo uk and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest [Music] videos [Music]

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Published: Fri Jul 31 2020