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crazy how jk actually never said that. crazy how she actually said she would stand with trans people if they were discriminated against because they were trans. wild.

also, they’re writing for different genres. gaiman writes (mostly) for adults. harry potter is for children. there is a considerable difference for what can be put into those genres (remember when the christians held harry potter book burnings bc it had witchcraft?). just throwing this out here: dumbledore being gay is not relevant to the story she was telling. it just wasn’t. it was relevant to gaiman’s books.

J. K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman are such a funny contrast to me, like Rowling: Oh, and by the way, I put gay characters in my books. People: Is there anything... showing that? Rowling: No. Also trans women don't deserve respect People: wtf Gaiman: Here are some immortals that transcend all human concepts of gender and attraction who use a variety of pronouns, and also some clearly canon human queers. People: Are the immortals queer? Gaiman: That is an entirely valid way to view them. Other people: Ugh, pushing a modern woke agenda. It used to be- Gaiman: Fuck you