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The stunning Great Hall was showed early into the trailer and this will be the base for many missions. Over the years students have sung, slept, dueled, ate, and site web battled in the Great Hall with it becoming a huge hub of activ

It's a beautiful setting to explore and may be a way to expand the Wizarding World further for players, besides Hogwarts itself. With the Ministry so linked to Hogwarts' history, it also seems probable that the two institutions will intertwine in the g

So let’s meet that ultimatum with profound silence. Don’t tweet about her, don’t reflect on her comments or make fun jokes or memes surrounding her existence. We’re shining a spotlight on her views and bringing them into the vision of those who really don’t need another reminder that people hate them. Well, I could certainly do without it. Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming open-world adventure from Avalanche Software has come under fire in recent months for a number of reasons, primarily due to Rowling’s potential involvement and the IP coming from a poisoned well that it can’t escape from. It’s a difficult situation.

The Hogwarts Express is such a vital part of the experience for any student traveling to this life-changing school. It's been a part of the wizarding infrastructure for so long and fans should get a chance to ask for something from the trol

I’ve no doubt that a number of talented developers worked on this game, but they’ll be paid for their work regardless of its success, so we should arguably just deny its existence or interact with it in a way that is keenly aware of the context in which it exists. Rowling will make money from this game, although she’s arguably got too much to spend in a single lifetime already, but supporting her means you are indirectly complicit in views she can share and reinforce using a platform that is almost untouchable. We could deplatform smaller figures for their bigotry, but she exists in another realm altogether. She’s like The Queen or John Cena, a larger than life figure who also happens to believe I shouldn’t exist.

It’s exhausting being trans. There’s the beautiful side of finally embracing who you want to be, finding a sense of euphoria and belonging that had been missing for far too long. When you finally figure out your identity it can mean the world, it’s just a shame that so much of that very same world seems dead set against our existence. Please, just leave us alone.

Having a pet is essential to any Hogwarts student, so how will the open-world RPG handle choosing one? Everyone knows the acceptance letter states that you may bring an owl, cat, or toad, but what if it wasn't that way in the 1800s? Considering that fantastic beasts are in the game, can you tame one and make it your best fri

She will maintain a fanbase. She will still be voted as person of the year by white, middle class Guardian readers whose biggest problem is those trans they’ve read so much about. But she will be forgotten, if we forget her. Trans art is on the rise. Laverne Cox, Kim Petras, Mj Rodriquez, Nikita Dragun, Elliot Page, Hunter Schafer, Jazz Jennings, Indya Moore, Chella Man, Elliot Fletcher… this is who the future belongs to . Let JK Rowling have the past. Leave her there.

I - and many, many others - have already written about this before, but since people love to ask ‘how is JK Rowling even transphobic?’ I’m going to link to three different sources which explain that for you. Never mind one of her novels features a trans villain in an incredibly outdated trope.

The trailer features a quick shot of a practice target, which may represent a training area for slinging spells, but nothing but rumors exist at this time. The combat system will undoubtedly revolve around this element, so desperate questions need answering in the months to c

We’ve seen transphobic institutions make progress in the wake of Rowling’s support, and this being brought into the timelines of even well-meaning individuals only serve to spread them further and wider. I understand the noble intention, and figures like this should be demonised and called out where appropriate, but I fear we’re forgetting about the echochamber we exist within and how substantial Rowling and Harry Potter are in the cultural zeitgeist. Fantastic Beasts is still getting a third film, The Cursed Child is still killing it on the West End, and I bet the films will be all over television during the Christmas period. Harry Potter isn’t going anywhere, it’s eternally relevant and will be read to generations of children to come. For the absolute worst, it’s here to stay, and Rowling’s pockets will be continually lined with profit regardless of how loud we manage to get.

From their third year, students can start visiting this neighboring location. It's a beautiful place to visit especially towards Christmas and it would be fun to see players be able to go there at any time they cho