Anyone can Google, J.K. Rowling cancelled

I attended a special screening of Fantastic Beasts 3 in Tokyo tonight. Can't say much, obviously, and I am not that knowledgeable about the Potter franchise, but I thought it was a great movie.

The biggest challenge this faces, is that a solid amount of Rowling's fanbase have turned against her. Sometimes is better to keep your mouth shut.
If Clint Eastwood made the same comments , it would be no problem , as his fanbase wouldn't care one way or another.
But her fanbase tends to pay attention to everything she says, and a nice % of them, are not happy

I don't agree. I think the media spin is that a nice % of them, are not happy. The media is always engaged in attempting to convince people that large numbers of people are against this or that. It is the embodiment of how cancel culture works.

This rarely proves to be the case. The fans will turn out for #3 and the rest of the franchise will be made. We will see. I don't think they are going to win this one!

I have to disagree , as I see on FB and Twitter , she has become Public Enemy #1 , to much of her fanbase. Hell, the Harry Potter actors want nothing to do with her. Neil Gaiman (who was nice enough , not to sue her, for ripping off his concept) , has stated he is done with her. This reminds me , very much , of a Alita Battle Angel situation. Were a segment of the devoted audience , ignores all the warning signs of an online backlash. Then acts surprised when the film , bombs.

We clearly have a different definition as to what cancel culture is. My definition. Is when groups have a mindset and another entity does not share their views, they conduct smear campaigns against it.

These are most often carried out by means of unjustified character assination, through social media and the press.

In the case of the Fantastic Beasts franchise, both social media and the press are being engaged both against the franchise and J.K. Rowling herself.

This goes way beyond a passive boycott.

"Cancel culture" has nothing to do with getting laws past. J.K. Rowling has not violated any laws, at least while the ability to express one's opinions are still protected.

Anyone can Google, J.K. Rowling cancelled and one can find a plethora of search engine results that illustrate this.

I think that history will show us that Rowling is not going to bow down to this and neither are the vast majority of her fans. And, Warner Bros is in Rowling's corner.

The show will go on and the franchise will continue.

Yes it will, because nobody is trying to “cancel” her. Be serious. There is no agenda to burn all of her books and get them banned. What you are describing are just boycotts. There is nothing new about what is happening, you’re just using political jargon to push a particular narrative.

Suggest you follow the supplied Google link to the search engine results for


Nothing substitutes for reality like the ability to read it for yourself.

You seem to be the one who is bringing up burning books and book bans. Nothing I have either mentioned or implied.

Actually I am fine with Rowling, her books and movies. I am not the one that is pushing "narrative" of any kind.

An example of someone who is would be:


This is the cancel culture narrative at its finest! Nothing like a set-in-stone politically biased opinion on a yet unreleased movie.

If I don’t like something and I speak out against it, its a protest. If others speak out against something I like, it’s cancel culture. That’s the rub, and it’s plainly obvious that that is exactly what it is all about. Being able to google a phrase proves nothing. It’s called confirmation bias.

Being able to Google something and have relevant results to a given query is the sole reason that search engines exist.

While I think that would be obvious, apparently it is not?

There is no confirmation bias involved. There is a simple query and the results of the query speak for themselves, there is no bias involved, just factual results.

Rowling and her Fantastic Beasts franchise are being attacked by the cancel culture component that happens to oppose her views. They are denigrating these movies for reasons that are completely unrelated to the content or quality of the movie.