Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton has made his stance on the HBO Harry Potter TV show very clear amid JK Rowling’s involvement.
Is Wil Wheaton the one that there was abuse controversy about or am I confusing people
Fuck jk rowling, that notorious terf.
It’s a low bar.
But Will seems to have been good before this.
I like not giving more money (power) to bad people.
I sort of follow Wil on social media. Seems like a good guy. Not surprising to see him on the right side of things.
Yup. Fuck that show. I won’t watch it, and I have HBO as well as a history of watching every Harry Potter movie to date.
Not even going to pirate it. The entire franchise has become poisonous to me. I don’t begrudge anyone for still having fond memories of the series, but it’s really and truly completely ruined for me.
Knowing that she cribbed most of it from Neil Gaimsn makes it doubly toxic to me.
She didn’t, she assembled it from the school story genre that was popular in the 1910s-1930s
Do I get maximum internet butthurt points if I never saw the appeal in the first place?
I won’t watch it either. Sure, I’ve never seen or read a single Harry Potter book, nor do I have HBO …in fact I don’t even think it exists in NZ, but still, its the principle, right?
According to wikipedia, HBO Max was launched in NZ in June this year. And I too am boycotting all of the TV series and streaming services that I have no interest in watching.
And the pendulum swings on Wil Wheaton’s public opinion yet again.
Why was anyone mad at Wil?
pendulum? wil wheaton?
sometimes i’m glad i unplug from fandoms so i can enjoy people and shit.
It’s far from the first time the actor has publicly stood up for the trans community. In a 2022 interview about his LGBTQ+ allyship, he slammed influential people who stay silent in order to protect their own careers and status.
“Shame on every single one of those f**king cowards who is so worried and preoccupied and obsessed with their own access, their own influence, their own social standing, their own ambition, that they are willing to put all of that ahead of the fundamental right of a trans person to exist and walk down the streets feeling as safe as I,” he told Forbes,
“That is inexcusable. That is indefensible. It enrages me.”
What a beautiful person!
Yeah, he’s a good dude.
You can just see it in his eyes. They’re so genuine and kind. That’s hard for anyone to fake, even professional actors.
I remember watching Sheldon pester him and be an ass, and he never even got mad. He just looks at him with this pity like “I legitimately feel sorry for you.”
I mean I know that was all scripted, but, like… his eyes! The man’s soul shines.
It’s amazing how good a person he is despite the shit people gave him over his role as Wesley Crusher. It’s hard not to become bitter, not because of a mere fandom’s petty jeering, but in the face of this very world. It can take the smallest slight to push someone beyond the edge. Many who walked a similar path embraced spite and wound up grifting for fascism. I’m grateful every time I see someone who hasn’t fallen for the dubious “acclaim” of the dumbest, cruelest, filthiest, most inhumane scum on the planet.
I always liked Wesley, the character encouraged me to experiment and try things.
It was nice to see, except in Datalore which felt like it should have been his second ep, how he was respected for his intelligence and observations and elevated instead of being condescended to by adults threatened by his abilities
Shut up Wesley!!!
Read the room
Wesley for president!
Whill Wheaton!
Hwil Hweaton
I read it as Weasley and was confused?
It seems almost a shame not to cast Wil Wheaton as Arthur Weasley. Lucius says “Shut up, Weasley” to him, and then they both turn to look into the camera.
Would it have been any less confusing if you’d read “Wheatley?”
I mean, aren’t most of us doing the same by not watching?
Wow, I had no idea Will was fucking awesome.
Yeah, he’s been through so much shit, you read his book and you just hurt for him. He went back years later and redid his book, apologizing for all the insensitive things he had written because he was younger and didn’t have the proper perspective. I don’t always agree with him on everything, but damn, he’s trying and usually pulling it off.
He actually joined Lemmy back before it took off and got collectively driven off by the indigenous Lemmings and swore the platform off. He made like one post and was ridiculed by so many asshats.
He actually joined Lemmy back before it took off and got collectively driven off by the indigenous Lemmings and swore the platform off. He made like one post and was ridiculed by so many asshats.
Damn, it’s cool that he was here but not cool that asshats drove him away. I guess that’s a lesson in de-anonymizing oneself on an anonymous forum, especially as a public figure. It makes me wonder if he’s still here interacting on various alt accounts. I wonder if I’ve ever engaged with him without even knowing it…
Hey wait. Are you him‽‽‽
that sounds about right for lemmy
The little I know is he has been through some shit and he doesnt want anyone else to go shit like he did. Everything ive seen from him is pretty cool.
