Don't mind me, I'll be over here with American Gods, Good Omens, and the Harry Potter books. Not enjoying them one bit. Because I'm a good person who believes good things and only supports good people.

More seriously, I'll try to buy any future copies of his stuff used, but I'm not going to sweat it. There are far more things I purchase and use on a daily basis with far worse people and power structures behind them. Not going to worry about a single author.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Just going to be annoying discussing anything I read online without ppl chiming in about how the author sucks, basically forced to talk about his work in fringe communities that support the author too much

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I agree once art has been put out there it's no longer just owned by the artist. If they are a Dbag just means I can still their art guilt free. Note this only goes for books, paintings and such where it's a single artist. I try my best not to fuck over second AD just becase a writer is shit head.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

The problem with Harry Potter isn’t the author, it’s that they’re (barely) mid books for babies lol.

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I swear like 70% of readers are not literature fans. They're just doing escapist nostalgia on a loop. Repeatedly reading Potter into adulthood is fucking wild lmao

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

even then the mid books are the first three, rest are shit

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Crazy that the children's series about magic isn't more artistically sound and thematically complex, what is the world coming to?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Fair enough. Not like they're anywhere close to favorites of mine or anything. Was just the most immediate non-Gaiman example of books by a bad person I could come up with.