I can't imagine why anyone who doesn't love JK Rowling would want to play this game, which looks perfectly idiotic without that love. These people are holding messy, ragged brooms between their legs. Take away the author's magical aura and you've got to think, what the hell are we doing?!
“For the last year or so, both leagues have been quietly collecting research to prepare for the move and been in extensive discussions with each other and trademark lawyers regarding how we can work together to make the name change as seamless as possible,” Major League Quidditch Commissioner Amanda Dallas said in the release.
Oh! So they stole the intellectual property?
The leagues say there are a few reasons for the name change. Among them is that the name "quidditch" is trademarked by Warner Bros., which produced the "Harry Potter" movies, and as a result the sport's expansion has been limited in its sponsorship and broadcast opportunities....
They just took the name, appropriated the author's reputation, and now they'd like to look virtuous as the drop it, but they need to drop it because they never legitimately acquired it in the first place. Just give up, people.
This must have started as lighthearted fun, but it's all over now. Take your silly brooms and sweep yourselves off the public stage.
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I'm guessing very few if any of the people who feel the need to demonstrate their disapproval of JK Rowling and her until very recently universally regarded as reasonable views regarding Trans folks, regularly attend a weekly religious service.
Jeebus! Soccer with swords. Polo on pogo sticks. Expect some serious internal bleeding injuries; along with some twisted testicles.
I checked out the UCLA quiddich scrimmage on YouTube. They WERE NOT WEARING MASKS!
Quiddich my ass, if them brooms don't fly they are not playing quiddich anyway. I suspect that has to be a pretty small player and fan base.
Imagine how a timber wolf would feel if you showed him a peekapoo and told him it was his direct descendent.
That's how your grandfather feels when he finds out you're playing Real Life Quidditch.
"Take away the author's magical aura and you've got to think, what the hell are we doing?!"
I ask the same thing about the non-stop peppering of movies based on cartoons that seem to be all todays 'adults' will watch. And they actually discuss which 'movies' are better- Marvel or DC? Serioiusly people. These are comic book characters, with comic book lives and special powers and...
Oh well. Today's population lives in a fantasy world to prevent them from having to deal with what's in front of them. I know techies in New York and the Seattle area who are grown men, professionals making a good living, some with families, their own kids, who think nothing of playing out as characters from fantasy novels.
Again- this is not the 'storming the beaches' generation. We're 2-3 generations down the road from storming the beaches and it looks like we've moved onto storming the toy store.
I have a hard time understanding the cancellation of Rowling for being "anti-trans." As far as I know, she has never said anything against trans people; she has only said she won't go along with the pretense that trans "women" are women. Her enemies seem to be saying that you have to go along with the pretense, or you'll be labeled transphobic. Are her enemies conceding that the whole thing is a charade?
The Emerson kids played it on Boston Common. I noticed this fall they were playing ultimate frisbee and old fashioned flag football…
Revenge of the Nerds?
Rowling's response: "Hey, Muggles, you know what you can do with your broomsticks!"
LARPers gonna LARP.
It's amazing how a group that is 0.001% of the population can create so much turmoil.
It would be much easier to erase JK Rowling from existence so everyone can go about their business without changing or making sacrifices.
Hence, the appeal of cancel culture.
Real-life quidditch
Oxymoron alert!
To me only interesting part of the whole Trans thing is complete failure of the Center-right to fight back against it. Just the usual Conservative behavior of making sardonic comments and going "Wow, just wow". In 5 years Conservatives will doing what they're now doing with Gay Marriage, supporting it, and making it essential part of their platform. We already had Matt Shlapp and CPAC supporting Trans Bruce Jenner. Their dream candidate for 2024 isn't Trump, its a jewish mulatto Trans women who supports cuts to the Capital Gains tax.
Liberals and liberalism ruin every single fucking thing.
It's worse that cancer.
The dumb get dumber? In fairness, the hilarity it offers redeems the lunacy of it all.
They could rename the game TERF Wars.
Apparently being totally unable to handle real and substantial issues has led us to believe that tackling the microscopic issues are the real key.
Trans/homo. Trans/bi or ambiguously trans/homo, socially distanced. Trans/neo/quasi/psuedo through transgender conversion therapy, including: surgical corruption, medical intervention, and indoctrination a la rape and incest (e.g. captive audience).
Normalize, tolerate, or reject? Constructing a political congruence will only serve to redistribute the issue.
That said, Rowling is pro-science (e.g. degrees of correlation). She is pro-female at best, feminist (i.e. gender ideologue) at worst.
The leagues say there are a few reasons for the name change. Among them is that the name "quidditch" is trademarked by Warner Bros., which produced the "Harry Potter" movies, and as a result the sport's expansion has been limited in its sponsorship and broadcast opportunities....
Um, yeah, the name is the cause for the lack of sponsorship and television...
Awful.
Taking something created &named by one person and then changing its name- uh? Isn’t that stealing?
Bunch of f/king Slytherins.
Thanks for the wonderful Emmett Kelly piece. It's been so long I don't remember if I've actually seen him perform before.
Someone wants some attention.
Blogger Joe Smith said...
Liberals and liberalism ruin every single fucking thing.
It's worse that cancer.
Nothing is ruined expect your weak pathetic attitude. You give squishy lame libtards so much power and control over your life. Worse than cancer! Oh, the humanity.
The sad thing is that you don't realize that you have castrated yourself. If you were as advanced as an amphibian, I'd tell you to grow a pair.
Sweet Dreams, Cupcake
Amen and amen
If they really cared, they would only allow transgendered players of the men to woman variety.
If you're looking for a Captain of the Ringball Team,
You can bet he won't be there.
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