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[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

When the series creator is vocally advocating to marginalize transgender people and financially supporting other members of the hate movement, it takes more than a token NPC to make up for it.

Most likely that character is an insincere PR move from Warner Bros, but some trans people also pointed out that naming her Miss Ryan was probably done in bad faith. If anything, sounds exactly like the kind of tasteless thoughtless naming that JKR is infamous for.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Most likely that character is an insincere PR move from Warner Bros,

There was a lot of that shoehorned in that made me wonder if it would've made sense in 1800s wizarding world.