However if George Lucas came out against gays and trans people, would you taint the entire franchise?
Yes. I would immediately lose ibr interest in Star Wars and go do something else. There’s plenty of entertainment out there that’s not made by shitty bigots.
I was a moderately engaged HP fan before I learned what a colossally awful human the author is, but her TERF ramblings also made me realize there’s quite a lot of racial and ethnic stereotypes baked into the franchise. It’s probably the fastest I’ve ever totally abandoned an interest in a series. Even if we do separate the works from the author like so many fanbois suggest, they’re still awful.
In that sense, it worked. Let’s face it: The people who don’t care about the author’s raging bigotry were never going to be convinced regardless, but there were a lot of us who didn’t even consider playing it because of the TERF.
I gave my nephew: My NES, N64, PS2, Gamecube, and Gameboy Advance, with all the games I had. He played the hell out of them! In many cases, he unlocked things I never had, and he’d always talk about them and his progress.
I’ll be honest – I miss those things a lot – but it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, seeing someone get to experience all those games for the first time, just like I had.