Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoThat one good billionairehexbear.netimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1imageThat one good billionairehexbear.netChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
I remember when people used to say that Rowling was different because she made her money from writing or whatever.
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoShe probably stopped having an editor pretty quickly since I can’t imagine an editor letting “Kingsley Shacklebolt” slide.
minus-squareUmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agocounterpoint: the editor was british
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months ago“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI was listening to the audiobook of the 4th book on a long drive (my partner likes the audiobook to relax), and oof. It’s just really rough writing.
She probably stopped having an editor pretty quickly since I can’t imagine an editor letting “Kingsley Shacklebolt” slide.
counterpoint: the editor was british
“Cho Chang” is close to as bad, but not quite.
I was listening to the audiobook of the 4th book on a long drive (my partner likes the audiobook to relax), and oof. It’s just really rough writing.