It's also worth noting she has taken fanfiction or theories and claimed them as her original ideas, trying to reclaim or take back control of her books. Although she created the books, they aren't hers anymore. As stated in the supplemental reading, “She’s going to get left behind in history…If she had never joined Twitter and just stopped adding after the final book was published, she would be idolized.” I think many of her fans, have already left her behind.

Although I agree binary gender pronouns is a very narrowed viewpoint, gender fluidity or other gender identities was not really a "thing" in the 90's. Yes, there were individuals who were trans, or expressed themselves in non-binary ways, but acceptance, and discussion of non-binary gender is "new" in popular culture and society, growing up in the 90's non-binary, gender fluidity and anything but binary gender identity wasn't accepted, encouraged or even really talked about. I knew a "boy" who dressed as a girl, but we didn't have a positive identifying word for them. My boyfriend had a friend who was transgender, but it wasn't something generally known or accepted in society. So although I agree it is problematic, most texts in popular culture written before the 2010's probably had little to no representation of anything but the two cis genders. This doesn't make it okay, or excuse it, but I think it's worth noting it wasn't a popular practice to have non-binary gender roles in texts, if someone knows of a popular text from the 90's or earlier that has characters that represent another gender identity than the bi-nary please let me know, I am genuinely interested.

I really like that people thought of using this aspect of the magical world to write fanfiction. I always thought of how cool it would be to drink a potion that could make you look like anyone, even another gender, but I never considered it for "genderfuck" fan fiction, or exploration of gender identity. It would give everyone a lot more options for their gender identity exploration.

Because the books are written with heteronormative couples, and no character is ever expressively gay, I feel these are just tactics used by JK to cover her back for having written a text that is so controversial in its acceptance and portrayal of diverse populations and minority groups, and the LGBTQ+ community. I think Rowling is able to find the gaps in character development to tack on these titles or additional identities only to make herself look better. -Side note I am a serious HP fan who is very anti JKR

As quoted from the article in the supplemental reading, JK Rowling's Tweet Shows the Divide, "The books, if you look at them plot-wise, are full of holes. There’s tons of things that don’t fully make sense and aren’t really completely logical. Because of that, fans have been able to read into the text and embroider it with their own meaning and their own interpretation.” This is a huge reason why the fan fiction is so strong, and a variety of interpretations of the text exist. Because of this, you find both fans who have adapted the text to fit their narrative, of combating evil just as Harry and his friends did, and others who have accepted Rowlings interpretations only, refusing to accept any other fan theories or fiction. Warner Brothers has only continued to perpetuate the Rowling only information, and the more white washed versions of the story. This is very difficult for the fans who belong to diverse communities, that have envisioned the text in various ways and have found ways to include themselves in the story.