![]() ![]() Its repetition sums up almost the entire emotional register of Hogwarts Legacy - the wish-fulfillment fantasy of inhabiting the Potterverse it seeks to offer and the lack of confidence with which it does so. Then, as you hear the phrase for the fifth, tenth, and 15th time, you may begin to feel as if the long-in-development video game is trying too hard to convince you of this fact. The higgledy-piggledy Hogsmeade Village is indeed cozy, a market town filled with a plethora of shops to purchase various wizarding wares. After all, Jeff Bezos isn’t posting on Twitter about how much he grudges paying Amazon employees or allowing them bathroom breaks maybe it’s easier to support the villains of the world who stay silent.“Does it get any more cozy than Hogsmeade?” The first time you hear this refrain in Hogwarts Legacy, the new blockbuster open-world video game based on the Harry Potter franchise, you may find yourself agreeing with your character, who has just said it. Perhaps it’s the fact that Rowling has made herself, as an individual, so proudly and publicly aligned to this cause that has fans conflicted. If Harry Potter fans want to enjoy the magic of the wizarding world, they simply should do so what’s the difference between sending money to Rowling, over someone like Jeff Bezos? Disney’s complicity in Florida’s “Don't Say Gay” bill is just as repugnant as Rowling’s “activism,” yet fans aren’t considering boycotting all things Disney. Refusing to buy a video game is not activism - it’s not even close. ![]() ![]() Concerned fans have as much chance of cancelling Star Wars as they do Harry Potter. ![]() Both concerns are irrelevant, as the developers have already been paid, and Rowling is the wealthiest author on the planet - fans can’t make a dent in her pile of golden galleons, and Harry Potter is far too popular to kill with collective disinterest, especially in our era of reboots and retreads, where even niche, cult classics are endlessly resurrected for consumption. ![]()
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