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Nah, even if you try to separate the art from the artist, her worldview still comes through, from the racist naming to Harry becoming a cop to the complete lack of examination of why magical fascism rose. The most telling part is that Magic Hitler was defeated by a quirk of nature, completely unrelated to the battles the rest of wizardkind were fighting or any actions taken by any characters during the time of the books.
By that logic, no one can enjoy anything but Andor. Every piece of entertainment is liberal or flawed in some way. Doesn't stop people from enjoying them.
Nah, theres plenty of media where the authors shitty views and terrible world building dont become apparent the moment you stop and think, or where the author didnt have shitty views. Terry Pratchett's Discworld, there's Earthsea, Im sure theres other fantasy British novels.
Yea it's children's media. It's never been touted as a literary masterpiece. That doesn't change that people love the setting and wish to enjoy the media that takes place within it. I'm not here to criticize the works themselves on their literary merits for being copaganda and liberal hogwash.
The problem people have is that it is tangentially funding her, through the royalties she receives from how our system has structured ownership that entitles her to reimbursement. Yet, I guarantee, if all these people looked behind the curtains of the things they buy, then they will find they routinely "support" similar people through that same system of convoluted ownership funneling funds into their bank accounts.
So anyone trying to villainize people for enjoying a media franchise that they hold dear to them is a straight up hypocrite whose opinion I give zero shits about, unless the person laying that criticism literally has never engaged with the capitalist markets in any capacity.