half of Europe isn't even participating because Eurovision preferred us to leave than telling a "country" who is provoking wars and commiting a genocide for decades to leave until they stop killing people. BOYCOTT EUROVISION, STOP THE WARS and FREE PALESTINE.
The show won't work. It'll collapse, or be cancelled.
Essiedu (Snape) is already receiving death threats before a single episode has aired. An Italian actress has been cast as Parvati Patil, a canonically Indian character. Stanton's parents had to disable all of their daughter's social media within an hour of her casting announcement due to racism and, again, death threats. She is eleven years old and already articles dissecting her skin colour have since been written.
The cast is already fracturing. Lithgow nearly quit over Rowling. Nick Frost publicly distanced himself from her views. Essiedu signed an open letter supporting trans people, while playing a character in a show exec produced by Britain's most prominent anti-trans voice.
The show is also biannual, not annual. Season one arrives Christmas 2026. Deathly Hallows, if they get there, lands around 2040. John Lithgow will be 95, almost guaranteeing he'll die during filming, much like Richard Harris died aged 72 after just two films.
The story itself is a now a logistical trap. A Black Snape being hung upside down by the Marauders, spending years fighting for blood purity, then dying for the cause of a white woman he loved. Those scenes cannot be written cleanly anymore. Every choice will generate a fresh brand new controversy from absolutely every angle and political sphere.
This franchise requires a sustained decade of audience goodwill to function. That goodwill simply does not exist anymore, as her base is now the most vitriolic, toxic abusers, a narrative at some point (if not already, seemingly) HBO Max will have to adresss.
The three child leads have not signed long-term contracts. What happens when they're 18, 19, 20, with fully formed opinions about the woman whose name is on the tin?
The magic is a dead horse.
"If having sex with a girl who is black out drunk considered rape, then almost every man is a rapist."
YOU. ARE. SO. FUCKING. CLOSE. TO. GETTING. THE. POINT. YOU. PUMPKIN. SPICE. SCENTED. TRASH. BAG.
the moment you start harassing an actor for not doing the fanservice YOU want is the moment you need to go outside, interact with other people, make friends, breath some fresh air idk i promise you it's NEVER that deep
I've been reading fics for years and not even once did I find it difficult to avoid triggering content, so if you continue to repeatedly come across tropes that trigger you, I do think it is a You problem
'AO3 needs an app and ads!' No, it will be subject to the platforms ToS or sponsor demands aka censorship.
'AO3 needs an algorithm!' No, it's not a soc med platform, it's an archiving site.
'AO3 needs to monetize authors!' No, OTW will be sued into oblivion.