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RMXFan102 said in comment #2639458:

I need to learn this artist's power to enrage people with minuscule character design elements

I think the LGBT pin is doing a lot of heavy lifting

trapster77 said in comment #2639463:

as someone who doesn't twitter i don't even know what this image is trying to say

it's probably going to get deleted in 3 days because it's too badly drawn. the artist can't even draw a necktie right. idk why you would upload this to danbooru

Why not, putting aside the other imagery I thought Mallory looked cute

Misty46 said in comment #2639468:

putting aside the other imagery I thought Mallory looked cute

i think you are lying. but who am i to judge.

trapster77 said in comment #2639470:

i think you are lying. but who am i to judge.

I'm not, she does look cute to me >_<

RMXFan102 said in comment #2639457:

I don't really agree that the inclusion of the pin by itself means the IMAGE is expressing support of trans rights. I am sure the author does, but in the image itself, it's just there and isn't being commented on.

I didn't say any of that. Your original argument was that Rowling's views weren't mentioned. I'm saying they're indirectly mentioned through the pin. Just as some pro-trans people may avoid the series because of her views (and the groups she chooses to finance), some anti-trans people may support her series in part because they agree with her views. That's who the pin is aimed at. It's based on the assumption that Harry Potter fans are transphobes that would freak out at anything trans-related being mixed in.

It doesn't matter what the artist's views actually are. It's a troll post. The pin is part of the trolling, and based on the comments above, it was obviously effective.

And a trans flag pin only says "this character is trans".

It doesn't even say that. It's ambiguous whether the character is being portrayed as trans or just a trans ally. Either one would be sufficient to piss off the intended audience.

Which I do not see as political anymore than I would see an image of two men kissing as political.

That's great and all, but when a significant number on one side think transness isn't real, that they're just mentally ill at best or perverts at worst, even a simple acknowledgement of their existence is political. It shouldn't be, but that's just how it is right now.

And you discovered that alone?, oh, you needed help for such a discovery?

Blank_User said in comment #2639550:

I didn't say any of that. Your original argument was that Rowling's views weren't mentioned. I'm saying they're indirectly mentioned through the pin. Just as some pro-trans people may avoid the series because of her views (and the groups she chooses to finance), some anti-trans people may support her series in part because they agree with her views. That's who the pin is aimed at. It's based on the assumption that Harry Potter fans are transphobes that would freak out at anything trans-related being mixed in.

It doesn't matter what the artist's views actually are. It's a troll post. The pin is part of the trolling, and based on the comments above, it was obviously effective.

It doesn't even say that. It's ambiguous whether the character is being portrayed as trans or just a trans ally. Either one would be sufficient to piss off the intended audience.

That's great and all, but when a significant number on one side think transness isn't real, that they're just mentally ill at best or perverts at worst, even a simple acknowledgement of their existence is political. It shouldn't be, but that's just how it is right now.

But the first few comments were calling for this post to be removed because "political topics get in the way of our engagement" (direct quote). If you're saying just having a trans pin in the image is political, then doesn't that apply to every other image in Danbooru with a trans pin, trans flag, etc?