Today's story begins with the picture below.
This is the list of creators of the trailer for the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter's "Back to Hogwarts" released by HBO to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of this epic film.
However, in this long list, there is no harry potter's most important character, that is, the original author J.K. Rowling.
It was like a grand 100-day feast, where all relatives and friends were present, but the little baby's mother was not present.
Because the British writer J.K. Rowling, known as the "Mother of Harry Potter", has been "fired" from the entire Harry Potter family, from the production company to the director to the main actors!
Why is that?
It lies in J.K. Rowling's "curse from the mouth": she said an "inappropriate remark" involving transgender people, which led to the entire Western film industry "breaking with her".
Overnight, the "Mother of Harry Potter" became the "enemy of the people"
Time to go back to last year.
At that time, J.K. Rowling saw a news item on the Internet: "At the moment of the epidemic, let's create a more equal world for people with menstruation." ”
J.K. Rowling thought the news was ridiculous: a woman is a woman, why should she be called a "person with menstruation"? Isn't that demeaning to women?
She casually wrote a comment under the news: "Why is it called 'people with menstruation'?" Don't they deserve a title? Isn't it okay to call them women directly? ”
Little did J.K. Rowling think that it was this brief comment that made her almost become a "social enemy" that everyone in the Western world shouted about.
Because she offended one of the most inviolable minority groups in European and American society— transgender people, that is, transgender people.
Because transgender men in the transgender group belong to the state of "physiology for women, psychology for men", although they think they are men, they have not had sex reassignment surgery, and they have menstruation;
Transgender women, on the other hand, think they are women, but their physical characteristics are still male, there are no characteristics.
As a result, J.K. Rowling's remarks offended all transgender men and women, even those with both gender characteristics.
What made J.K. Rowling even more devastated was that the condemnation of the European and American media and the criticism of netizens came to her overwhelmingly.
Every day, her mobile phone text messages, mailboxes, and social media account private messages are subject to a lot of insults to her content:
Some ask her to kneel in the street and apologize to transgender people;
Some asked her to volunteer in transgender people's societies;
Some even sent sleeping pills to her death;
In the British city of Edinburgh, a commemorative handprint left by J.K. Rowling was damaged by red paint and next to the flag of transgender rights groups.
J.K. Rowling then issued multiple statements and apologized, claiming that she had never discriminated against transgender people, but only opposed the now increasingly simplified transgender identification process, which instead caused harm to the rights of a truly single woman.
And Rowling has stated that she opposes the current abuse of transgender surgery, and many teenagers have completely failed to establish a healthy understanding of their gender, and have prematurely undergone gender reassignment surgery that has a huge impact on both body and spirit.
Rowling's statements have no use in alleviating the situation, but are regarded as the most rampant provocations and slanders against the most sacred and inviolable transgender group in Western society.
Media and public anger towards the British female writer has peaked:
Overnight, J.K. Rowling went from being the most popular writer of magical literature in the Western world to the most despised "enemy of the masses."
Multiple commercial brands announced the termination of their contract with J.K. Rowling not to use any of her works;
The world's two largest Harry Potter-themed websites announced the removal of all images and text introductions associated with J.K. Rowling, completely removing them from the Web;
The film and television industry and the media also said that they would no longer invite J.K. Rowling to produce any programs, and completely blocked it;
Rowling held the red Harry Potter Iron Triangle in one hand and "broke" with herself
What really chilled J.K. Rowling was that she single-handedly won the "Harry Potter" iron triangle: Daniel Radcliffe (harry potter), Emma Watson (hermione), and Rupert Grint (played by Ron) have announced their break with her.
Among them, J.K. Rowling's favorite British actor Emma Watson has the most intense attitude, issuing a number of statements in a row that she firmly supports transgender people:
Transgender people should not be questioned by some powerful people, even those who are very close to me. Transgender people should have their own lives, and I have a lot of fans like that, and I want everyone to know that these transgender fans deserve our respect, and no matter what you look like, we love you. ”
Daniel Radcliffe acknowledges J.K. Rowling as an important mentor in his life, but he emphasizes his firm stance of "killing relatives in righteousness":
"Transgender women are women, and you can't deny their identity and ignore their dignity because of such misguided statements." At this point, I stand firmly with transgender people and hope that the words of some people will not harm them. ”
Rupert Grinter put it more euphemistically: "I still respect her, but it doesn't necessarily mean that I have to agree with her." Transgender people are a group that needs our protection and wants them to live better. ”
The only thing that defends Rowling is the villain "Voldemort"
J.K. Rowling's "transgender" storm is far from over.
When HBO announced the production of the Harry Potter 20th anniversary special, Back to Hogwarts, the first name the producer removed was "J.K. Rowling."
"As a celebrity who discriminates against transgender people, she doesn't deserve to be in this art that the world loves."
Transgender groups in Europe and the United States have publicly stated that if J.K. Rowling appeared anywhere on the Hogwarts special, they would join forces with transgender people around the world to boycott the release of the show.
What is unexpected is that when being "spurned by the whole people and pierced through the heart", the only one who stood up for J.K. Rowling was actually the biggest villain in "Harry Potter" - Voldemort played by Ralph Fiennes.
"I still can't understand your violent remarks about Rowling, and when you encounter different points of view, you can discuss why you have to use hatred and violence to solve the problem. This will not solve any problem at all, but will only make everyone uneasy. ”
The favorite positive character "Iron Triangle" broke with himself, and the biggest villain actor defended himself:
This is perhaps the most ironic scene in the Harry Potter transgender storm!