Character Bashing and the Normalization of Abusive Behaviors
In 2020 I got into the Marauders fandom knowing nothing about the Harry Potter franchise and I cannot understate how disgusting the fandom’s treatment of bullying (abuse) was and continues to be. Do better.
I’m sick of seeing victim blaming rhetoric shared with no care to the real people it affects.
The character bashing in this fandom and the Harry Potter fandom overall is honestly abhorrent.
This also applies to Lily bashing from fellow Snape fans. Disgusting, honestly. She’s allowed to draw a line. Slurs are literally an act of violence.
Can’t we just have nuanced, well-informed, and transformative conversations around harmful power structures and how they affect how we treat one another?
All of these characters are flawed and it doesn’t hurt to try and tackle your favs bad behaviors instead of sharing harmful victim blaming rhetoric to justify their actions.
This fandom honestly has so much more potential if we simply chose to acknowledge the inherent faults in the source material and reject the poor handling of sensitive subjects by a world-renowned BIGOT together and make something better.
