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"If J.K. Rowling wasn't a bigot, nobody would've cared": Harry Potter's Downfall Is Exactly How 2 Literary Legends Lost Their Fans

Summary by FandomWire
For years, Harry Potter fans overlooked weak writing choices, messy lore, and familiar fantasy tropes because its author was not actively alienating them. Once J.K. Rowling‘s public behavior crossed that line, that tolerance disappeared. The same flaws people had ignored for decades were no longer defended, softened, or excused. As one Reddit fan put it: If J.K. Rowling wasn’t a bigot, nobody would’ve cared, nobody would make big essays on how …
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FandomWire broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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