Hogwarts Legacy, JK Rowling, and Trans Advocacy
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ik its on channel but put link in description too goat
not happening male
reported your patreon for TOS violations, cheers
Nah that's ok, this video actually sucked shit and I'm glad you'll never make any money from it!
I'm sorry people are like this right now. I have no money, but all the best!
I'm 58 years old and I have no idea WTF people mean by "real woman". I've been told that I'm not a real woman because I never had kids, even though I did menstrate for years before menopause. Judgemental types can always change the goalposts for realness to only include them and exlude anyone different than them.
Realness is so over-rated.
It's preposterous!
Grew up with everyone around me telling me that I wasn't really a woman, 'Because you're too active. Because you think too much. Because you're too tall. Because you're too dark. Because you ask too many questions. Because you read too much. Because you won't accept abuse in exchange for the attention of a man. Because you get too angry when someone abuses others.' And on and on and on.
Yet, I've always been a woman. I am MY kind of woman, authentically.
Same way they can't tell me I'm 'womaning' wrong, they can't and shouldn't tell trans folk shit! Trans folk know who the fuck they are!!
'Realness' is gatekeeping nonsense from people who have no clue how to be a Self.
Same. I'm a middle aged cis-woman and I've been told I'm not a real woman because:
-I didn't have kids
-I never got married and I never will
-I'm asexual
-I'm aromantic
-I have hobbies that are "male interests" (video games, comic books, stuff like that)
-I don't wear make up
-I don't wear perfume
-I don't care about fashion trends
-I don't care about home-making
-I have no interest in looking good for men
-I don't like romance movies, I prefer action and fantasy
-I'm too 'aggressive'
-I don't have enough stereotypical female interests
-I have no maternal instinct
-I'm not submissive
-I had permanent sterilization with zero regrets
I have an ex who to this day insists I'm a trans man because he has decided my interests and lack of being "a beautiful feminine flower" mean that I must be a man inside. It's ridiculous how gatekeepy the term "real woman" is even for cis women let alone trans ones. No one can win because they keep moving the goal posts.
Lmao, I like to ask those people if they think imaginary women exist
This is the realest shit I have heard in a while
@@17thcolossus91but they just said realness was overrated (joking of course)
If you wanted me to finish this video in a timely fashion you really shouldn't have made pass out from laughing when you read JK for a solid minutes
Highest praise possible
You should shuck and jive less, house ******
at breakneck speed, no less
Watched it 3 times!! 😂😂
I listened to the whole thing while I took the bus to the social security office to take care of a thing & i didn't pause it when i was got my thing taken care of...
.. so I don't remember hearing that part, would LIKE TO hear that part, went back & scrolled thru 2x looking for it, _can't find it,_ would love a timestamp???
"Your legacy is what you make of it." What a poignant conclusion to the video. It must have been tough to make, but I am so grateful for having had the opportunity to watch it.
I grew up intersex with queer parents in the mid seventies (in a terrible conservative place), have been out as trans for almost 25 years. I can say that this is the scariest the world has ever felt. Love to everybody
As a CisHet woman, i've been educating myself on trans struggles in society over these years. I have nothing but admiration for trans folks, you go through so much unnecesary pain just for existing and living on your own terms. I hope somehow, love comes your way everyday💖
@atuvera9021 they really did try to erase these folks from history and thought that just not teaching us about stuff would be sufficient to keep us ignorant in the internet age, and it almost worked
@@TheMoonlightMage sadly, countries as catholic as mine (Paraguay) are doing a lot of damage. There's children being abused by priests and pastors, but nothing is being made to solve it. While, we have no legislations to protect Lgbtq+ youth and transgenderism is deemed as an act of self mutilation, satanism, p*d*ph*l*a... Over all, i'm still hopeful that younger generations will do better. They have the world's library on their hands💖
@@atuvera9021 Look up the southern Baptist conventions leaked docs about their victims
@@atuvera9021 Your comment made my heart so full. Thank you for your love and support. Wishing you so much solidarity as we fight for our collective, connected liberations
im only like 9 minutes in but GOD thank you for mentioning intersex people, we're always left out of the conversation and it's nice to be acknowledged lol
intersex people entering the goat conversation
FR OMG
There is still so much fucking shame surrounding being intersex and it needs to be discussed more often. My daughter in law is quite willing to talk about being trans, but if you ask her about being intersex she will just shut down.
@@angelawossname there's such a lack of understanding about the entire topic even within the trans community that we're often an afterthought and it can be alienating for sure. i didn't even know i was intersex until i was 19, and i barely knew what it meant at the time despite having been openly trans and in lgbtq+ spaces for years
Didn't even watched yet, but you say there's mention of intersex people I will like it already. Just to remember and mention us it's way out of the curve.
Its interesting, because I’m black and a trans male and hearing about the vitriol espoused by the cpac just made me… so tired. My brain is just on “yep just another day, at least they’ll kill me for being black. Somehow my identity will be protected by my blackness.” Like, if I retreat into the closet and remain a “black woman” I’m already masculinized, deprived of femininity in a way, convenient to me. If I come out and proud as a trans male, I may not be deprived socially because most social consequences of existing will hit my blackness. Antiblackness is gender neutral and white transphobes will fall for anti-blackness before they reach for transphobia because both are so deeply intertwined.
I've got nothing to add. But this is it! 🙏🏾
“They are not stupid.” As a queer black female presenting non binary human this has been my main point in arguing against bigots. It works for specifically for a member of a marginalized group hating another marginalized group. Because all marginalized people know what it’s like to be misunderstood and doubted.
I agree ,I really hate the word "stupid"and find it ableist I dislike calling people who deliberately expresses bigotry and harm to marginalized groups as ignorant or unaware of what their doing , they know the harm they are doing especially in this period in time it would be foolish to call someone ignorant when their deliberately causing harm.
Being doubtful is part of being human. Everyone has doubted. Everyone has been doubted. You're not special. The narcissism is amazing. It must be nice to call everyone bigot who sees the world differently from you. This belief that we're whatever sex we say we are, you can't just force it on everyone. Learn to open up and accept other humans. Stop judging so much.
Not true. You have to buy into the idea that minority === marginalized to even begin to think this way.
I can call your ideas bad and say that I disagree without being a self hating minority. Also, this is such an insidious thought process, because it effectively makes it so you can wave away people who you assume would otherwise agree with you because "they should know better".
Fuck all the way off.
@@krishaven "Why can't you just accept people who think you're less than human and don't deserve basic rights? So much for the tolerant left. 🙃"
@@LittleMissLounge Who thinks who is less than human?
"Do you have any idea what it's like everybody thinking you're gay... And they're right?
Well, I know you do."
I feel seen and personally attacked.
😘
I saw a post on Tumblr that was like, "We were able to get the community to boycott orange juice in the 70s because of Anita Bryant, but now we can't get the gays to stop eating at Chick-Fil-A." Otherwise progressive people purchasing HL gives me that same energy. There's a conversation to be had about the efficacy of boycotts-especially these days-but I think the point still stands.
The fact that this game is about squashing a civil rights movement and nobody thinks that's weird-
Well story wise it's actively portrayed as an obviously corrupted genocidal movement.
@@timekeeper2538 And it is not portrayed that way in a vacuum. The trope of the violent revolutionist is time worn propaganda.
@@haveagoodmourning Oh it's much more real than that, in real life all "One Party rule" revolutions have been as cartoonishly corrupt and violent as the one in this game so the scenario doesn't exactly demand much suspension of disbelief....
@@haveagoodmourning
except that there's no "revolution"
only a bunch of crossdressers, aka transgender "people", who are mad that an author doesnt support their lunacy
@@haveagoodmourning
and also why are you shaming people for playing a game?
for christ sake it's their game!
none of your business, plus trans "people" are a bunch of pedos so that's that
Actually I always thought neo pronouns were silly but when you compare it to nick names or say its to signify trust and informality it makes much more sense to me. Thank you it really helped.
thank you for opening up to the idea!! people willing to change their minds on stuff like this means a lot
i really liked the her “neopronouns from different languages and cultures” example, never thought of it that way, but my first language pronouns definitely feel more validating than english ones. and one of the languages common in my area comes from turkic group, so they only use Ул (ul or ool) instead of she/he/it, and i can 100% see how they can prefer it to english ones.
anyways, i’ll rather have weird pronouns than d3ad kids you know?
Except not using someone's nickname won't get you fired or jailed.
@@3zzzTyle no one's getting fired or jailed for using the wrong pronoun stop being dramatic 💀
@@3zzzTyle you know, unfortunately I have yet to run into that. But when it becomes common, I'll happily accede the point. probably not It's complete unfairness though
wow, another great video Ro. I’m a 14-year-old closeted trans girl and I cried watching this. Recently, I was getting carpooled by my friend with another friend who rides home with him. At one point the second friend I mentioned said that he was getting Hogwarts legacy and then he talked about how people are getting “canceled” for playing it. And the other friend’s dad who was driving didn’t know why so he asked. I was eager to tell him “Jk Rowling” and so were my friends. But we had different motivations. Everyone in the car gave an eye roll at Jk Rowling being transphobic. They said it shouldn’t matter what they do with their money. And I agreed at the time. It felt wrong hearing them brush off how bad Jk Rowling is. She is someone who has harmed me and people like me immeasurably. Yet, they didn’t care. But I care. I wish I could just tell them they’re supporting a horrible person, but I would never be able to. I started questioning my gender more than a year ago. Since that time, I’ve had constant dread and I’ve been constantly depressed. I switched schools recently and the people there are about every -phobic and -ist you can think of. It seems like every time I get close to coming out, I see more news about anti-trans bills. I’m too scared to talk to my therapist about how trans issues are affecting me or how dysphoria is because I’m not out. Like a lot of trans people, I felt hopeless hearing politicians basically advocate for my death. And it's gotten worse hearing about the anti-trans bills being passed in my state. I’ve heard so many anti-trans people, I even had a teacher say transphobic things when we were talking and he did it TWICE. All of this hate has scared me into not coming out. I’m even writing this from a secret account. And... it’s also made me side with people who really don’t care about trans people. I’ve been taking the bare minimum and ignoring how uncomfortable some of the actions people do and some of the words they say make me feel. I shouldn’t have to be out for them to stop saying slurs, I shouldn’t have to be out for them to stop making fun of trans people, and I shouldn’t have to be out for them to at least listen to trans people telling them not to play the game. You can’t be neutral about trans people when we are literally dying and getting denied medical care. So moving forward, I’m gonna call people out when they’re deserving and I’m not gonna be friends with people who don’t care about me. I’m also not gonna let people scare me into hiding. So thank you for helping me some Ro and thank you if you read this far.
hey ghost
Good luck ! Ur stronger than youll ever know just for getting through right now. :>
@@renatestyvepettersen7356 Thank you, that means a lot :)
@Waffle_guy2099 i think things are getting better, maybe slowly, but i’m making progress nonetheless :)
@@canonicallykayfabe thank you!!
im a trans man who has little family i can call that. the manic desperate energy in this video is something i feel in my core. the panic, the bewilderment, just. thank you. you are a poet but most crucially you are a woman who can articulate the things i wish to. im really crying at this. somehow though in the sheer face of it all this video makes me feel less alone.
He's not a woman, lol. If he is, he's already hit the damn wall at 20. Ouch.
Same brother same.
@@blacktigerpaw1 i genuinely hope you wake up one day and realize how much of a truly awful human you are
@@blacktigerpaw1She is a trans woman with incorrect opinions about a videogame, no need to be so rude👎
@@timekeeper2538 So, a male.
My family and I live in ohio, and we all are on hrt and live out as trans. My health insurance tried to take away the testosterone ive been taking for over a decade. I had to prove i was "mentally capable of consenting" to treatment.
Even back when i first started my medical transition, when i had to skirt aroubd my therapist at the time who refused to write me a recommendation letter for hrt so i had to go to the local lgbt clinic, get misgendered by the doctor and lie my ass off about how stereotypically masculine i am and i like ONLY women, deal with the doctors very uncomfortable comments on my race (im black and mixed) (in reality im very gnc and queer and love all genders) and then pay OUT OF POCKET for my hormones (and eventually get a discount with goodrx) bc insurance refuses to cover any trans healthcare back then...
Even with all that. I never once had to prove i was psychologically competent enough to consent to my own medical care. That i wasnt being "influenced". I'm 30 goddamn years old. Ive had top surgery. I know whati want, ive known since i was 16.
But now we have to consider fleeing our state for real. We're poor, disabled, and we might have no choice but to flee. So many trans people in just my city have been talking about where to go, how to train each other in self defense, have plans to escape.
And some streamers cant even not spend money for a mediocre video game. Damn. That must be so hard for you.
All people should be trans. All kids are inherently queer.
Any who disregards lgbtqia because of Christianity is a .monster. And must be .slain.
She would report Jean Valjean for shoplifting you are so right
I'm a straight cis white dude in my early 30s. I was roughly harry's age when I read both the first and last books of the series and I was poor/in foster care so it resonated with me in ways I find it hard to describe as an adult. That being said I dropped off with all of joannes content years ago. I'm here, I'm on your team, and I'm doing my best to listen and learn. Solidarity.
do you want a medal? Good job supporting trans people, but you can read the books if you want. I think understanding trans issues and advocating for our rights is much more valuable than not buying a few products.
@@buzzardproductions593 I do that also. I'm not asking for a medal, I'm voicing my support. I read the books roughly 15-21 years ago depending on which book we're talking about and because of that whole child poverty thing I didn't actually get to keep them so it's not like I threw them out in protest of her views.
I don't have a platform of any kind beyond my personal voice so I do my best to learn directly from trans people about the issues that affect them and direct people to learn from trans people as well. I try to convey what I learn to people when topics come up and remind others that trans people are people and idle opinions on their health and personal lives is something they wouldn't tolerate others doing to them. I try to show people that large platforms voicing hate have direct consequences on the harm and violence experienced by the trans community and in the case of Joanne specifically that support for her works is seen by her as direct support for her ideals.
Expressing solidarity is inherently performative. I can't actually be an ally unless I perform being an ally. I'm not looking for recognition, but to show others that there is support from people outside the trans community. Ro specifically mentioned that the channel doesn't reach many people in my demographic which is why I made a point of mentioning anything in the first place.
I understand if you don't trust or believe me, or feel that I'm not doing enough. The more I learn the more I see how cis people continue to fail to be allies. It's entirely reasonable to believe that I'll fail you to. I'm just doing my best not to.
@@HighFlyActionGuya comment like this can help, and I think it’s really hard to actually advocate right now, I don’t think we’ve been public/vocal enough yet, I mean all these laws that are restricting us aren’t really known alot? Like a lot of people aren’t even aware it’s happening, so I think we can all just do what we can, even if it’s something small, so thank you
@@buzzardproductions593 vote with your dollar, ever heard that? dont' have to, but it's appreciated
this made me so emotional. as a semi-closeted trans person who cant get any aid due to my health insurance issues (im an immigrant), i got so emotional, i related so much to this video, thank you so much for this video.
Ro came in clutch with an over hour long video on my 19th birthday thank you queen my day has been made 10x more wonderful
happy birthday!
Happy birthdaaay 🎉
birthday woop woop!! have a good one!!
what the fuck my birthday was yesterday
Happy birthday and fuck the transphobes, racists, and antisemites
bro, I’m not even done with this video. The comedy is fucking fantastic already the editing is crazy. I just cannot believe that this is free to watch.
He’s trying to hard to make a point but falls in the absolutely ridiculously stupid. He’s advocating to bully people who just want to enjoy a game
As a cis, straight male you've made me cry so many times. I love all your content and support all our LGBTQ siblings. Stay strong, love you
So do i
If youre a "cis straight male", you aren't an ally. Period.
Delulu
I just finished it and I thought it was some of your best work yet. I’m a cisgendered, straight man-but I am also a biracial black man. While we have slightly different concerns, I know what it feels like to be systematically targeted by our society. I think the end of the video was especially well stated, and I have already shared it out to my part of the web. Stay safe out there, Ro.
Thank you for your support! What you said about not knowing exactly what other oppressed groups experience, but still knowing what it’s like to be targeted in that way, is so true. I am a white nonbinary and queer person, so while I cannot directly understand what it’s like to experience racism, I’ve noticed that a lot of similar tactics are used by bigots to target POC and queer people.
Black men are overrepresented in the murder of trans folks in the US. Maybe tell your fellow brothas to stop?
It is good to have solidarity between different marginalized groups. Your support means the world to so many people out there (me included haha). Thank you.
Ro, mate, I fucking love your work. My daughter is nine years old and she's LGBTQIA+ and she gets some stuff from your videos that I, as a 40yr old white cis male, have a little trouble putting into words that properly express my feelings. Thanks very much for doing your do.
Edit: Holy shit! I just said my daughter was nine, she's eleven, for goodness sake. How on earth did I screw that up so badly?
The enthusiastic dad energy is giving life. Your daughter is very lucky to have you.
this is so genuinely awesome to hear :) i wish my dad was an ally like you are, well wishes to you and your daughter
based dad
W dad
Thanks, y'all. I appreciate that.
As a homosexual furry from China, although LGBTQ phobia is our core social ethos, I enjoyed watching ro’s video, it’s so fascinating to see how people in the west reacting to JKR
Thank you for the quick explanation of neopronouns. While the majority of my close friends are trans (binary and nonbinary), the only time I ever asked someone how to actually conjugate their neopronpuns, they called me ignorant and refused to answer. For a while I harbored a silent resentment of neopronouns because of it but this really opened it up to me.
as someone who uses neopronouns how does that person ever expect people to use the correct pronouns if people aren’t told how, it’s so weird how some people expect others to know everything about something they just learned about, they’re just hurting themselves and the rest of us that use neopronouns
neopronouns are just an easy way to say you're mentally unhinged/retarded
neopronouns are... dumb
i get why they did, they most likely felt like you wouldn't get it if they tried. it's hard really.
I'm so happy my language doesn't have gendered pronouns.
There’s a lot to celebrate about this video but as a cinematographer, I have to give you tremendous props for that aspect. This beauty in the skit sections (train ride, microwave) is gripping because I feel your emotion, sincere plea to be taken seriously and just exist without your existence being placed at risk.
Tremendous work, I’m now subscribed and excited to go through your backlog and see what you create next.
Trying to get the cis people in my life to understand the horror and fear I feel is impossible. All I want is empathy and it seems so far out of reach
@@JDoe-gf5oz Yeah, I get it, listening to trans people talk about the ongoing, systematic attempts to eradicate us and take away out human rights must be so weird and annoying to you...
@@ragalyiakos If you're being eradicated how are you able to post on UA-cam right now?
@@JDoe-gf5oz I happen to live in a country that happens to be not very successful in its efforts.
@@JDoe-gf5oz If conservatives are being censored then how do they even exist? You can pick your narrative. Support of transgenderism is high on the left, but disapproval is even higher on the right. So either way you can’t deny the fact that the trans experience is somehow an issue in this country. It is constantly up for debate, which isn’t normal or okay.
Our experience/existence isn’t a statement when it should be. We aren’t free to say “we’re here!” if you’re free to say “but are you?” or worse “no you’re not”. And you may think “why shouldn’t we be allowed to say that?” to which I would respond, do you think it’s okay to lie? To look at somebody and tell them what they’re able to identify themselves as isn’t what they actually are? So then what’s the point of identity documentation? Could you imagine saying “your username wasn’t given to you and isn’t physically attached to you so you should not identify with it”? That question should mean that *someone* has taken issue with your username, for reasons they’re not willing to outright admit. That’s what transphobia is like so. it’s rational for us to be bothered by it. This goes for a whole lot of people like TERFs and conservatives. and if you say it’s because of trans people themselves or any other reason than transmisia then you might be a bit transmisic. The idea that people must have a problem with trans people because there’s actually inherently something wrong with trans people is laughable, there’s something wrong with you. At least it’s not inherent. Just Google, what is it like to be trans? Please
@@ragalyiakos what human rights? lol, no one is trying to eradicate you guys that's just a dumb statement and if you genuinely you believe that then nothing you say should be taken seriously
I wasn’t allowed to read hp growing up in evangelical culture, so when I first read it it was freeing. Now it feels so dark and oppressive. It’s funny how things change, but that’s life
Same! I read it, then a year later she's being covertly transphobic
For me it was fundamentalist culture, and yeah, I watched all the movies and read all the books from the library when I was still in the IFB cult. I was so disappointed when it came out that JKR is transphobic. I had left the cult the previous year and had just recently discovered I am non-binary.
The Harry Potter series when I was growing up represented rebellion against oppressive (specifically religious) systems for me... who would've guessed it would come to represent upholding oppression.
the ending of this video fucking me up so hard. this video is absolutely insane and deserves so much praise and attention. you’ve outdone yourself ro, you should feel proud of this art
I'm here with you. I didn't know what to do after watching this. My cat is trying to be supportive. He's doing a good job
Had myself a little cry (big) over all of the uhhh everything going on right now, yesterday, and this felt like all of my feelings sort of...coalesced. So uh, thanks Ro. A lot, a lot. I know this is just a comment on a UA-cam video, a drop in the ocean but...I hope you know how much it means. Truly. we've gotta be there for each other.
wow i never thought id see you here. love your vids! i feel the absolute same Ro's videos always seem to do this to me
What makes this fear so crushing for me is that I cannot be open about feeling it. I cannot show it except in stolen moments with other trans people and with my therapist.
I’m surrounded by cis people whose understanding of trans identity and transphobia is often at best a lukewarm compassion that begins and ends with „uwu trans people aren’t hurting anyone and deserve rights.“ At worst, they may want people like me to disappear forever.
What situations like this show us over and over is that not only can we expect to continue to be shocked by the depth of loathing that people have for us, we can continue to expect detached sympathy from the bulk of even the best „good ones“ in our lives.
It is lonely. It is frightening. I deeply love the trans people in my life and I just want to be able to sleep at night imagining that all of us are safe, and that feels less and less true in times like this as things escalate.
What would you suggest we cis people could offer beyond the belief that trans people deserve the same rights and compassion as others? Because you seem to feel that isn't enough, but without guidance it's hard to offer more.
@@Stormthorn67 So before I spend energy on crafting a thoughtful response to this, do you want a genuine answer or are you expressing a frustration or sense of helplessness? Either option is fine.
I don’t sense that you’re looking for a gotcha moment here, but this is in fact the UA-cam comments section.
@@lemonythicket1406 I am both expressing a sense of helplessness and hoping for a constructive answer.
@@Stormthorn67What i would want anyone to know, is that trans children more often then not think that they are conpletely normal and sometimes they just follow social pressure. They sometimes develop coping mechanism bluring their own body image in a way to prevent gender dysphoria of occuring and therefore, the easiest way to tell if someone is trans is hidden. Its still a source of distress, though.
These are my thoughts and more or less useless for conversations with trans ppl. Because other than having a different experience we are (usually) able for small talk with other humans that arent openly hostile
Wise people will surround themselves with fellow wise people
Fools will surround themselves with fellow fools
You carve your own path, but so also means you do your own doom...
unironically the “fuck you” at the end was so needed. seeing hassan bitch and moan bc “oh i just wanted to play the game so i could donate to trans causes” like how many games came out the same day? i think that was the most blatant statement he’s made that shows how online his views really are, considering not playing a bad game is the bare minimum and he couldn’t help but bitching about it
Fact of the matter is, if JKR got her way, literal billions towards trans charities would be completely worthless. Sadly, horrifyingly, nothing can outweigh a transphobic law.
theres like 4 big name games coming out this year that are just as suitable for a charity stream tbh i dont see why he wants to die on this hill especially since it just sorta feels like hes withholding doing a charity stream at all unless we give him a pass to play the terf wizard game
@@gobogoo2329 It was never about the charity lol
@@Peasham what was the point then
@@gobogoo2329 Him getting to play a game and profit off of it.
this was such a visceral experience. Words that I and many other trans people cannot or are afraid to say, compiled into such a human and genuine way is so cathartic, but the reality of the situation is still terrifying. Things are currently looking grim and it's so fucking hard to not get lost in the thousands of legislations that are floating around, waiting to be passed. An absurd, hurt, terrified catharsis can be found in this video for managing to take these tangled emotions and slam them on the table for the world to see.
Thank you for doing this. Thank you for speaking out when you're scared. Thank you for being vulnerable when you don't have to. Thank you.
I'm a nonbinary 19 year old that wants to retain my feminine style while having facial hair, and I fear that if I do people will think I'm a predator. The fear is real, and it sucks having to choose between safety and happiness. Your videos mean the world to me, Ro, and even when the topics are depressing your sense of humor makes it all a bit better.
(Also, why do people want to buy any game that costs 60 bucks? just take another hp themed buzzfeed quiz if you want to feel nostalgic for free.)
Because playing video games are fun it gets you away from the real world for a little bit, you have great stories and you get to live those stories.
If you do not understand why someone can like a game yet you mention the degenerate webpage of buzzfeed the place that is filled with bullcrap i feel bad for anyone who has spent any more then 5min on that webpage and i do not trust anyone who unironically takes what they say seriously.
@@havtor007 Alright but there are thousands of other games to play, Noita is the superior wizard game if you ask me
@@elisehalflight The world of harry potter is amazing it is also insanly well known with being a best seller all over the globe.
Having had people line up for blocks to get their book when they released them.
The video game looked good is fun to play has a good story and you get to actually feel like a wizard in the world.
@@havtor007 But Noita lets you summon sawblade familiars and spew acid from your staff! how cool is that?
@@elisehalflight That is a roguelike game a completely different type of game.
And no it is not better then hogwarts legacy.
Great work!!! I think you really put your finger exactly on how I was feeling with “if we can’t even ask for a symbolic gesture, then what is there left to ask for?”
Frankly, I think it’s silly that so much is focused on the ins and outs of whether playing the game makes you transphobic specifically - I’ve always KIND of thought that was a bit of a moot point…I think in a lot of cases the way more important thing to ask yourself is whether playing the game makes you a good friend
Like, nobody is trying to make playing the game illegal, sometimes being a kind person simply requires you to voluntarily do things that you might privately find a BIT of a bummer
I live in tennessee, things've never been *great* here seeing as it's literally illegal for any county to create anti-discrimination laws and that sort of thing, but even then, I remember visiting nashville a few months ago and there were drag queen busses all over the place. They have all disappeared. And you talked a little bit about SB0003 (the anti-'drag' bill going into affect april 1st): "*This bill creates an offense for a person who engages in an adult cabaret performance on public property or in a location where the adult cabaret performance could be viewed by a person who is not an adult*. The bill defines an "adult cabaret performance" to mean a performance in a location other than an adult cabaret that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, *male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to a prurient interest*, or similar entertainers, *regardless of whether or not performed for consideration*." I disagree with you on the point that it bans trans people performing specifically, it just outright bans trans people entirely. Because what counts as an "adult cabaret performance"? What is entertainment that "appeals to the prurient interest"? I mean it outright said that the intent of the person being punished doesn't matter, so effectively it's up to the very progressive leftist trans ally cops enforcing the bill to decide whether the "male or female impersonator" in question is being "prurient" and as we all know trans people and our bodies are famously not seen as perverted or inherently sexual or a fetish or whatever at all.
I'm a trans guy, let's imagine that said law is being enforced now I'm driving on the highway and I get pulled over. None of my legal documents are changed, to change the sex marker on your drivers license here you need to have a court order recognizing or statement from a physician confirming that you have "fully transitioned" which a very small minority of people fall under. I get asked for my license and the cop sees a giant F in the sex section. I'm unfortunately still pre-everything, but what if my appearance is decided that it doesn't reflect that? Me driving a goddamn car could very well count as performance and god knows how many minors COULD have seen me in the drivers seat (while the bill was being heard they made it a point that even being seen through a car/bus window counts), so now I can be charged with a class A misdemeanor if it's my first time, which could land me in jail for up to about a year or a fine of up to 2.5k dollars (or both), if it's a repeat offense, I can be charged with a fucking class e *felony* and be put in prison for 1-6 years plus potentially a 3k dollar fine.
The 8th stage of genocide is persecution by the way.
Not to trauma dump in the ro ramdin comment section but I would be lying if I said I wasn't constantly wondering if I'll even still be around to make these sort of comments this time next year. I'm scared. I'm fucking terrified. I don't know what I'm going to do. My whole family is transphobic and also live in tennessee and they exist on a scale from "wouldn't piss on me if I were on fire" to "I'm not sure that they wouldn't just straight up kill me". I legitimately have 0 support system and I'm going to college in tennessee so if I need to escape I have no choice but to drop out. My only hope at this point is to pray to any god that'll listen that it slows down even a little bit and that I can either A: move to a blue state or out of US college (republicans are probably winning next year and I have no doubt shit'll go federal with them in charge) B: attempt to move or seek refugee status somewhere which is already fucking insanely difficult but my official autism diagnosis will probably make things even worse.
What room do I have to complain though its clearly the cis people being asked by those big mean transgender bullies to please not play le wizard game who are the real victims here.
edit was fixing some of my wording
@@Waffle_guy-ej2pp Thank you my friend i really needed this. 🫂
I agree with the other comment
but also
have you ever actually faced any of this or are you just afraid of some possibility that’s never manifested?
Also I’m autistic and believe me, that diagnosis can get you a lot.
@@VerbDoesStuff are you here genuinely or are you some cismale coming here replying to my month old comment to tell me my worries about how this stupid vague ass law obviously targeting trans people can be used to put me and people likets me in jail for no reason are unfounded. If you're asking me if I've faced transphobia before the answer is obviously yes, all of the fucking time.
What exactly are you thinking that diagnosis can get me by the way? Because everything I've gotten out of it has just been a whole lot of shit.
@@VerbDoesStuffah yes just trust law enforcement to make that distinction,why do you believe this isn’t an issue
jk rowling is the type of writer that starts building book universe by coming up with slurs 😔
halfblood price was laughably bad, i read it as it came out and i was so mad i waited for this trash i denounced the whole franchise 🤧 she is Not a great writer, let's just say that, my 12 year old self saw through her
Just wanted to say mi goreng noodles are the goat they taste so good
@@migoreng7789 i never understood how people who read the books didnt see through the shit even from a young age, i grew up with the movies and those sanitize things enough that until OOTF where serious black is an ass to creature whos still a slave for some reason then it was like, wait why is that a thing,
but then again i probably should have noticed the start of david in the middle of the floor at greengots thats fucking weird, sure i didnt know about the anti semetic goblin thing at the time but still, as for cho chang it did raise some red flags that thats her name but i figured it was just a mistake.. right? maybe?! the name that sounds like a comon racist slur kids said where i grew up was just benign ignorance not malicious right?!
the books by the same point tho have so much more indefensible shit its insane.
@@pisscvre69 " i probably should have noticed the start of david in the middle of the floor at greengots thats fucking weird,"
THAT IS LITERALLY the states of Austraila it is like the stars on US flag.
The star just have the same amounts of points on it.
How ignorant of you to not know this as this is LITEARLLY in the extras of the movie you could have known this in 2001.
It was filmed INSIDE a real place called Australia house in the middle of London the building was made in 1918.
It is NOT a set.
It is mindblowing how ignorant of reality some people are.
@@havtor007 Why did they film in the exact place that happened to have a six pointed star tho'? there are thousands of edifications of the sorts but they went for this exact one
hilarious and insightful as always.
recently, a coworker apologized to me for using the wrong pronouns. i immediately brush it off, because that's what we do. "no worries, im used to it. i hear it all the time, pretty much every day," i told him. this is true and i try not to take it personally for obvious reasons. "i know, but i'm better than that," he said, and i believe him. he seems like a really nice dude. i feel like there's a lot one could unpack in this scenario, this simple instance. my other job is at a fabric store with a generally conservative clientele, and it always comes as a surprise when people use my pronouns and acknowledge the 'he/him' written in bold black sharpie on my nametag, likely written bigger than my name itself. even so, it still feels like a slap in the face when everyone ignores the rest. just a slap i'm used to.
there's multiple coworkers that ive corrected at the fabric store, and most of them have been corrected multiple times. its been years since i publicly came out. one of my coworkers corrected a repeat-offender coworker on their pronouns in front of customers and now they hasn't been scheduled in over five weeks.
Harry Potter was a massive part of my childhood. It was one of the main things my siblings and I bonded over. My sister and I would stand in line for the books and the movies and we’d marathon the films around Christmas. Suffice it to say, Harry Potter was a big part of my life for a long time. I did not buy Hogwarts Legacy. It was not a difficult thing to do. Yea it looked like it was fun, and I’m sure it’s perfectly serviceable at the very least. But despite the fact the this franchise was a huge part of my childhood, letting it go and not buying a video game was not a challenge. I have never felt like I missed anything. Never regretted that choice. You can buy the game if you want, but by doing so you are openly stating where your priorities and values lie. It is the easiest thing in the world to save yourself $70+ to show support for something that matters. For a community that desperately needs it right now. If you don’t, that is your choice. But as the old adage goes “Actions speak louder than words”, and your actions are speaking volumes.
@Rat Nix My recommendation to you is to learn how to string a coherent sentence together before you try to argue with someone on anything, much less a topic as complex as this one. Because as your legibility stands currently, trying to figure out what you were saying was akin to trying to have a conversation with someone that only speaks a fictional language featured in a filler episode of Star Trek.
From what I was able to deduce from your incoherent rambling was that you think that people spending the equivalent of what they would pay in union fees on coffee instead makes them class traitors by my logic. So I ask, where did I say that? I know you’re trying to relate the logic I put forth to your scenario, but given that they are two completely different situations, the comparison is pretty fucking stupid. I never said that people who choose to buy Hogwarts Legacy are traitors of any kind, I just said that by choosing to buy it despite all they know about the franchise, it’s creator and where the money goes, they are stating through their actions where their priorities lie. And that, you could relate to union fees. Yes, if someone is against unionization because of the fees they might have to pay, but spend that amount of money on coffee, you could make the same statement about their priorities that I did about the priorities of the Hogwarts Legacy purchasers. In that, they value their own personal entertainment/luxury etc. over the lives or quality of life of the people around them. You don’t have to be “relaxed” about it because it’s a choice they made, nor should you respect it. The point of my comment was literally the opposite of that. That they are free to make those choices if they want to, but their choices speak volumes about where their priorities lie and ultimately the kind of people they are. This is where I would encourage you to pair the learning of literacy and sentence structure with basic reading comprehension as well. I think you’ll find that it keeps you from making yourself look like an idiot.
As for your last question “are you organized?”. What the fuck do you even mean by that? I’m not even sure you know at this point. I am generally an organized person, yes. Are you asking if I belong to a union? If so, why? Being unionized isn’t something that’s really in my control. How is that relevant? Are you asking if I belong to an organization? If so, what kind specifically? You’re really just throwing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks. Well, it doesn’t.
And then there’s your point about having to argue with “so called left and woke people” for one, I know for a fact that if you were asked to define “woke” you wouldn’t be able to. Because it doesn’t mean anything. And it also makes no sense that you’d be arguing with leftist on unionization as leftists are the ones in favour of that. It’s the right that opposes it. Literally none of your points are coherent much less salient. Learn to read and get help.
Disagree with saying it's fun and serviceable but I got high elitists stuck up gaming standards.
1... Heard it often runs like crap.
2... Heard it's got ass creed levels of game play.
3... terf nazi story telling? Get phucked video game.
Agreed with everything else u said though : )
@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 I already want going to okay it but I’m extra nit going to play it after reading that haha. Cheers.
the wild thing for me about the harry potter universe was how it was introduced to me by my abuser forcing me go so see the second film because she didn't want to go alone. watching harry be abused by his so-called family just went right over her head and i had to sit there and act like i didn't feel something in the moment when he was rescued by his friends. it's been easy to dump jk rowling, rOWling, fuck her and the fandom she rode in on.
Had you not seen any other movie before Harry Potter? Being a foster child to a abusive family is not a new concept that was intruduced with HP.
@@verdisteller i had never seen or heard of the harry potter series in back in 2002 when the person who abused me forced me to go see the second harry potter film with her when it came out in theater. i would not have got into the whole franchise at all if it were not for an abusive person who is also a terf and a general racist and bigot. i just find it wild that so long ago it was one nasty terf who exposed me to the harry potter author nasty terf. it just makes it all the more easy for me to never want to support antything rowling does and i can happily go on not rewatching the movies.
@@verdisteller what the fuck, man
@@verdisteller While having an abused child protagonist is a common trope in fiction, sometimes the stars align that Harry Potter is the first movie that people see feature it. Especially when you take into account someone’s young age coinciding with the theatrical release. I mean, one of those types of movies has to be your first, so why not HP?
Or, it could be that HP was just the first prominent example from their childhood that they can remember, and they’ve forgotten about other movies from their childhood with similar scenarios.
@@pipermarau Actually, they’re asking if you had ever seen another movie featuring an abused child protagonist before seeing Harry Potter for the first time.
I'm a transman, third generation immigrate. My grandparents left Italy because of fascism, I'm leaving the usa for the same reason very soon.
I’ve had the argument that we should separate creators from their content, and I get it. But the money being made off of this game is directly harming trans people! Is escapism really so important that you do real world harm??
The game is not hurting trans people and Rowling isn’t even involved in the game apart from financially.
Rowling earning money does not hurt trans people.
@@regulusarcturus Wait until you hear what she does with that money
@@regulusarcturus bro, she literally runs a trans exclusionary abuse shelter. The fuck do you mean.
@@regulusarcturus dont speak if you don't know what you are saying. You fail 1st grade so easily
seriously, and how do you turn off your empathy enough to even ENJOY the escapism when you know the price it is coming at to your fellow human beings???? i know it isn't direct material harm, but its coming in a time saturated with politicians trying to do a mask-off eradication of queer people. it is such a sign of the times and how worthless some peoples morals are that they can be bought with a mid-ass video game. the people guiltily playing this game aren't evil, but they are pathetic, I'll say it.
god this video... it hits so fucking hard. im a young trans person and ive felt this fear ever since i came out but especially recently. i want to believe that everything will be okay but its hard. love your channel ro 💓 ty for everything
You're strong and we'll all get through this. Hope you're having a great day and hope you'll have even more great days
@@andjelamiljkovic49 thank you so much !! i hope you have many great days as well :))
THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD MY QUEEN
It would be amazing if you posted the neopronouns definition segment separately!! It’s an amazing and brief explanation and I’d love to share it :)
Also amazing video. Made me cry, but like in a … like not a good way … but like .. uhhh .. “oh I guess I’m crying now” type of way
You should be able to share clips from the video if it's not uploaded separately!
@@thepeopleslast2579 oh sick! Thank you for letting me know :)
Hey, I'm the cishet white male that's watching, and I watched it all lol. I have nothing to say in response other than this video was incredible, thoughtful, and heartbreaking. You are hilarious.
Thank you for sharing your experience, and on the off chance you see this, I would like to share mine. I am a huge Harry Potter fan, it's more of a "was" now, but still, I followed the development of the game closely. I had every intention of buying it, then the discourse started. I do try to be an ally where I feel I can, so I decided to try and understand how trans people felt about this. The more I watched the more I saw myself asking "this seems like a weird hill to die on". I went down the same apathetic path of "she's not directly involved, it's just a video game" so on so forth. I am so glad that I decided to keep paying attention.
I have been of the mind that transphobic genocidal action is on the rise. I know that genocide, whether it's physical or cultural, is slow and insidious. This was the feeling I had deep down in my stomach. I am glad I never purchased this game. I felt sick watching how people so easily fell into transphobia. I took a step back and was baffled. Soon I was saying "it's just a game, why are people being so ruthless to the trans community". I will never know that fear, that pain and that betrayal that all of you felt seeing how quickly everyone demonized you over a video game. The closest I will ever get is the last part of this video, and it won't even scratch the surface.
Everyone can agree that harassment is bad. It would be great if people could have empathy and there wouldn't need to be an outcry of pain. That's all I could see from the trans activists that were sending threats and denouncing public figures. Having to live in fear day in and day out, never knowing who you can trust, it can turn the most compassionate souls into monsters. Monsters are always seen as easy fodder and it's just the status quo when someone kills them. "Riots are the language of the unheard" always pops into my head with these kinds of things. Of course no one wants violence, but when everything else has been left unheard, what do we expect? For them to just shrug and say "whelp we tried the nice way guess we will just die now".
To reference Zelda, I think everyone who looks into the bosses and monsters of those games, you start to feel like maybe we are the bad ones. Maybe Link is the one forcing his way into the monster's home. Maybe he is the one who looks like a threat and kills the monster for simply protecting what little they have. Then you have to wonder if they are monsters at all or do they just look different. Are they just doing what anyone would do to survive? and suddenly it's okay to destroy them because they "look" evil. Why do they look evil? Is it because we are told they are, we are told these traits are evil, that no matter what they do it has to be an evil act. I can't help but see this in the current culture war. We are being told all of these things about trans people, yet why can't anyone see all these evil things? It's because none of that is happening. If we really want to go on a crusade against child predators why not the right? At least if we went after right and far-right representatives we would have real evidence of their predation.
I regret ever doubting the trans community and I hope to grow from this and be a useful ally. I hope the trans community can forgive me and my ilk for our often willful and dangerous ignorance after we have seen the light. I am so glad this video popped up in my feed.
I'm proud of you. Hope you're having a great day
"Transphobic genocidal action"
How many people have died, Mr. White Cis Male? Has to be over six million because the game has sold more copies than that.
Oh, and the people who harassed Pikamee belonged to YOUR community. And they all got doxxed. You get what you deserve.
@@blacktigerpaw1 genocide can be by death or by culture. You don’t need to murder every person of a culture for that culture to be eradicated. You might want to understand the topics you argue before opening your mouth. I hope pikamee appreciates misinformed no bodies spouting genocide apologia on her behalf… or does she not even know you exist?
@@Acrylescent What culture? Aside from drag shows and selling HRT out of bathtubs. What culture do they have that makes them separate from anyone else?
Your community forced Pikamee into an early retirement, even when she didn't play the game. You viewed the game as genocide. So, Mr. Cis White Apologetic Male, better throw out some numbers because the people allegedly being wiped off the planet are lacking behind the sales of this game. By all means, Mr. White Male, tell *me* how it's genocide for me to play a game.
@@blacktigerpaw1 When did I ever say I viewed the game as genocide? There are legislators trying to outlaw being LGBT. That's the genocide. The game is another precursor to these slow systemic changes.
If you don't have the ability to see subtext and only believe misinformation for the sake of your confusion and reluctance to take responsibility for yourself, that's not the fault of people you don't know. The problem is you.
I can tell you are afraid, but here's the thing. You can choose whoever you want to be with and choose to be whatever you want to be. And here you choose to be fragile and desperate to prove the story of the boogey man to be true.
Get help. You have access to that, be thankful you do, trans people don't.
I was unfortunately apart of the group who thought It didn't matter as it's just a drop in the bucket for blue eyes white woman. I'm Trans fem NB myself and this really put into perspective with what I failing to see. I was duped by rose gold glasses of being young. When ro brought up reading the books and not getting why they were still treated differently really put it into place. Sucks I already paid for the game but at least I can pull my head out of the sand and be more attentive and supportive to my community and others as well. (Also got like 30 hours in and it's so boring, this is what I deserve.)
36:14
Ro has proved herself a true trans femme gamer by acknowledging the existence of 2018 platforming and story-driven video game Celeste, produced by EXOK Games, LTD
Edit: 48:28 Celeste is one of her favorite games confirmed
im about 30 minutes and i rlly appreciate your take on neopronouns and on the divide within our community. the explanation you gave on neopronouns is also so amazing and in-depth. ive had to explain neos a few times to cishet people and ive never been able to quite explain it in a way that makes sense to them
ive been out as nonbinary to my friends and close peers for a couple years now. i live in a small town, finding people accepting of people like me is a challenge. 2 of my closest friends and supporters are pretty sizeable harry potter fans. hearing atleast one of them talk about it just about everyday is just… it’s hard to stomach sometimes. just knowing that they’re support wavers so easily kinda makes me stomach churn. knowing that the people who support me the most mind giving up something they like that was made by a person that would rather i be dead… it’s not a great feeling.
I really needed someone to say the things that you said. I think sometimes the impact of videos like these can be lost on people and the creators who make them. Im 18 and a trans woman, through this whole discourse I have felt nothing but alienated and gaslit by "leftists" who are supposed to be on my side. I really needed to hear someone who is on my side and at least on the basest level, empathetic to my fear and my experience. Thank you for making this.
wholeheartedly agree. I also feel this way as a disabled person (atop other marginalizations) seeing so-called leftists fully leave us behind and shout us down for speaking out against how we're being abandoned by our communities. the gaslighting is unreal and alienating and exhausting. I feel like I have the same conversations over and over and over again and still am met with apathy
you have a beautiful way of combining nuance with emotion. so often what we feel doesn’t make sense with what we know. i really fucking appreciate you trying to make sense of it. thank you ro, stay safe
You had us in the first hald ngl 😮💨
hehehehe
loved this vid ro, i can confirm as a white transmasc that i flock to your content like i would to a will toledo record. keep up the great work
This video perfectly illustrates why I stopped following Hasan Piker after his reaction to Hogwarts Legacy and I'm a cishet male. I saw people getting an almost sexual thrill about how playing this game might upset a trans person they'd never seen. It's absolutely insane and if you can help out by not playing a video game it's a teeny tiny ask. Progressive streamers say boycotts don't work, it's almost like they don't work because people with massive platforms make countless excuses about their own behavior.
31:38 I-- This section in particular made me so emotional. I'm a bit older than you, Ro, but my partner and I love your videos. It's so encouraging to share community with younger impassioned people like you. The kids are alright, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
I love that Ro's room gets increasingly smokier/steamier over time.
I also just wanted to let you know that I, as a Russian trans person, am here for you. I'm sorry as I can't help financially due to sanctions and such, but the societal pressure is quite bad here and I think I can relate to most things said in the video quite well. I know that this may sound silly or naive, but if you need any like mental help you can comment under here for my social media and such.
please stay safe out there.
I know I'm six months late on this but I just wanted to say, I hope you're safe and doing ok. I can't imagine what kind of pressure you're under. It is incredible how willing trans people are to put our own worries aside to support each other. I admire you and I'm sorry I can't do more than send my well wishes from the US.
@@breauseph Thank you!
Всегда стараюсь защищать трансгендерность в разговорах с друзьями/ в интернете, хоть и не отношу себя к этой группе. Но судя по насмешкам даже надо мной, не представляю каково вам
@@ilona3630 спасибо
no bc the fake intros got me clutching my pearls in shock
Y'all are forgetting the OG wizard game, Wizard101!
Seriously though, growing up black in the deep South has always been low-key terrifying. Shit, once I was traveling to Virginia three years ago, and I had to get some gas. I pulled over into a small town's gas station in North Carolina. There were a few people there, and each one of them except the cashier looked me up and down. I put on a smile and said hi, but no one said hi back, just stared. God, the tension in that room was palpable, I could feel all the white people there didn't want me there. I went to the clerk, and he whispered to me, "Boy, if you know what's good for you, don't stick around longer then you have to. People like you aren't safe after sundown." I remember looking outside and seeing the sun going down, and noticing it was dusk. I paid for about 10 dollars worth of gas, in my head praying and pleading for the gas to pump faster. A few people that were inside were slowly walking towards me, in a loose group, their eyes fixed solely on me. It finally finished and I put the cap on and got into my car and locked the door faster than I have ever done in my life. I got out safely, and it's something I can't help but remember.
Some people don't understand what minorities go through, or don't take our struggles seriously. I can't imagine being a transgender person, but I can empathize with fear of violence and feeling unsafe in certain spaces. It's easier NOT to care about marginalized people, it's just a game! I think any person that have principles of supporting vulnerable people wouldn't play the game.
I want all my transgender folk out there to stay strong, much love to y'all
As someone who was in the "I'm queer but I don't see what the point is in playing the game", your video really hit the point across. This is incredibly impactful and I really hope you'll keep creating content like this.
It’s so weird to see people acting like it’s a super tough conflicting moral decision whether or not they play the game. Like…just don’t play it? It’s not hard to simply Not Play It. There are a billion other games. It seems like such a no brainer, but that’s gamers for ya I guess
I don't know if these videos are therapeutic to make, but god was this one therapeutic to watch. Being an older trans person is hard. Watching young trans people grow up in fear is hard. Watching trans people infighting when our lives are on the line is hard. Trans rage, pain, and fear is so hard to navigate when even other progressive people don't seem to get it (or sometimes even seem to want to). Everything just feels exhausting right now and I just have to keep reminding myself that continuing to live is the greatest form of protest when all your enemies want you dead. Thank you for sorting out these thoughts with your usual chaotic eloquence. Keep fighting.
I love this video so much, specially the end, it broke me because its been my exact thoughts for the past month or so, the only reason that i didn't break down crying is because i'm at my job lol
Ro ramdin da 🐐 no 🧢
The last section really got me. "If you can't even give us a symbolic gesture, what the fuck is there left for us to ask for?" puts it into words so perfectly.
Nothing, because you are owed nothing. If a game is genocide, well, the bodies certainly aren't piling up despite this game's sales.
@@blacktigerpaw1 that… has nothing to do with what op just said… but go off I guess…
@@Tusisvrivhing I'm not having a struggle session over a game.
It's been a month. Have 30 trans people expired due to this game?
just so you know you definetly pulled that eyeliner like damn... leave some for the rest of us
I think I say this on all of your videos (and I know I’m not alone in thinking it): you are one of the best not only video essayists but critical writers working today.
You somehow pack not just more, not just funnier, but more AND funnier jokes into a one-minute bit than teams of writers at shows like SNL. At lightning speed, you rattle off roasts that are hilarious at first blush, then make you go “oh fuuuck, that’s what she meant…” 30 seconds later - while processing the next layered joke! You do this while also maintaining impeccable narrative cohesion; somehow, decimating critiques, brutal honesty, and impassioned pleas to give a fuck aren’t out of place five minutes after the most thorough insults many of these people have ever had lodged at them. Oh, and you do all of this while being cute as fuck and curating a perfectly complimentary visual aesthetic.
(Here I was going to make a joke belying my sincerity in true Zoomer fashion, but fuck that. Cringe is dead, and I’m unabashedly a Fan™. 💛)
Every video you make about being trans is cathartic in a way I can’t fully articulate. I’m so fucking terrified about being trans and what the future will bring and becoming a trans adult with this growing transphobia everywhere. I can’t talk to anyone in my life about it because they wouldn’t understand but I’m so glad that there are people who do and can so clearly articulate it. Thank you so much for your videos
u see, the part when you went back and said, wait thats not what i believe in, i relate to that, often when im debating i say something that feels wrong to my morals and i have to check back with the way i see things and try to deepen my knowledge of that inicial problem in order to properly approach it. I think this conversation should be ongoing, we cant just spout the same thing cause we're too tired to really think the question thru
god i just really hate how this game is about stopping a rebellion of the slaves who are eerily similar to jewish caricatures and harmful stereotypes and all of the transphobic shit in the game like sirona ryan and all the other bigoted hateful shit and the harry potter fans just disregarded it as non-existent or an overreaction
Goblins are not an enslaved race in the wizarding world and there is nothing hateful or bigoted about the Harry Potter series.
Also, the goblins are not caricatures of Jewish people nor were they written to be.
@@regulusarcturus im not even gonna bother arguing this shit with you i know that you're wrong and you won't ever admit it. Also are you not watching the video? it is so ignorant to claim that there is nothing bigoted about the harry potter series, and it feels like you won't even listen to anybody who gives evidence to it.
@@mola3558 You’re getting defensive and aggressive without any reasons as I’m not attacking you or coming from a mean-spirited place.
I am merely saying that there is nothing objectively wrong or harmful about the series as a piece of literature (despite the author’s personal beliefs which are questionable at times). The books are not hateful, bigoted or racist towards anyone.
Also, this video is only an opinion piece and not fact. The books have largely received critical praise by actual professionals and although they aren’t groundbreaking as works of literature, they are, for the most part, pretty good.
@@avamin0s I’ve watched Shaun’s video twice and found it very interesting. He makes some good points, but his video is also littered with logical fallacies.
The books are obviously imperfect and a product of their time, but there is nothing harmful or hateful about the Harry Potter books. It does not target any minority or group of people in an oppressive way.
@@mola3558 Goblins are mythological creatures found in many different cultures in European folklore which has existed for centuries and predates the German propaganda from WWII. They are typically depicted as having large ears and noses and being tricksters and loving gold, so the depiction that Rowling gave is not unique. Goblins have existed in folklore for a long time and they have never been an allegory for Jewish people.
Ro posted im gonna have to take my meds to fully appreciate this masterpiece
Im gen sorry for the unhinged comments i hope u get a laugh
I deff laughed, so thank you and took my meds as well so double thank you Lol!!!
Hey Ro, it's me. The one straight guy in your community. Thanks for shouting me out, really makes me feel seen.
Your talent with words is truly unmatched, and your diss track on J.K. Rowling will forever ring in the annals of history.
Also I wanted to say you and all other trans people have my support. I...don't know if that necessarily makes me an ally - I haven't really actively contributed much as of yet, but I've at least done the bare minimum of cutting out gross celebrities and companies from recieving my money. Never getting Hog Legacy. Trying to listen to a lot of other voices within the community and broaden my knowledge as well.
I'm not sure I would have made it this far if it weren't for all the friends I've made who've dealt with the trans experience. I'm thankful that I got to meet them all, and I'm glad that at the very least I can be a support and a listening ear to them.
No pressure to continue to live up to this, but you are so consistently so impossibly funny.
every day I'm grateful Ro Ramdin invented UA-cam 🙏🙏
Your every video is a fucking masterpiece. You articulated feelings on this topic that I and so many people close to me share so well. And, thank you for the statement on the autistic community. Being autistic and trans, it's disturbing to me that because I am autistic my transness can be scrutinised, and I infantilised as someone who was just "manipulated." The wildfire of anti-trans rhetoric and the amount of people I know, parents of friends, and others who were centrist, liberals, etc. who I've seen get swept up in alt-right anti trans pipelines recently is terrifying, especially since I live in what's considered a really progressive area of an already progressive state. So again, thank you for your videos.
i honestly appreciate your perspective on these things, and even as young as you are i think you really word yourself well even with the jokes interspersed in your sentences.
your morals are set in stone and you are very engaging and interesting to listen to
thank you for talking about these things ❤
i’m not great at verbalizing my feelings. The end part of the video is what I’ve been wanting to say to the world, but have been too frozen to speak. Thank you
this is your best work. you speak with grace and strength, and you are one of the funniest people i’ve ever had the privilege to come across, watching your videos are a joy; hearing you speak with determination and nuance about topics important to you and all of us has helped me develop my critical thinking skills and new vocabulary i can use to educate others on important topics. you are among the women i look up to for inspiration to become more intelligent and comedic. i hope you keep sharing your craft and mind with us, as well as have a beautiful and safe life. english is not my first language but i hope i expressed myself well!!
as a design major, the galloping gertie jokes on this channel were truly unexpected gems
Didn’t expect to start sobbing at the end of this but yeah. People actually pick the shitty video game..
Fantastic video as always Ro.
Ugh, not to mention how people who had already made up their minds pretend that trans people being vocally upset is what turned them away from caring about their rights.
this was really gutting and artful. I can't express how much I appreciate it.
Thanks for the video, it is really hard to go through the last bit without crying or getting super angry.
Holy shit that was riveting!!! I was hooked and couldn’t pull myself away for a moment. This is an incredibly powerful message and needs to be heard by so many people! Thank you for this art!
Ro, your roasts are life. 🔥 Thank you for being you and sharing your youness with us.
Edit: Had to pause to laugh at the 4D chess remark. Your humour is always top notch and makes the topics you cover easier for me to engage with without getting too depressed to cope. You have helped me feel less hopeless and more motivated to make necessary changes. Thank you.
"Ro, your roasts are life"
did you know 41% of trans people attempt to commit suicide?
that's a bigger roast to the trans community, considering that they're lunatics in general
The “you’re jk rowling we HAVE to know!” destroyed me
Amazing video the last bits made me tear up a lot. It’s tough and a lot of people don’t understand my fear. It’s at least a little comforting to know I’m not alone. Thanks for the video, Ro.
Thank you for this. I'm currently going through a complicated situation of being trans and having two friends who bought hp legacy and are trying to defend the game by saying we need to ignore the fact jk Rowling is behind them. This video reminded me that I can, and should, stand up for myself and not let others push aside my worries and opinions just because they want to play a game.
Thank you.
This game was made, hyped through controversy, sold to bullies who wanted to be spiteful, and was forgotten in about a fortnight.
And looking back it makes me so angry. Like, for that?? People threw their trans friends and belittled them and invalidated them for THAT???
wearin the "born to die" shirt while gettin killed in dark souls was peak choice
Your one of those people that make me a lil mad we’re the same age cause your out here with the mind of an ancient forest spirit while I’m sitting here feeling like some common gnome
I had never watched a video from you before so the beginning of "hey that's not what I believe, why did I write that" was one whiplash after another
I'm nonbinary, AMAB, and want to transition. I feel I can't, not just because of internalized transphobia dictating I can't, or because my depression says I don't deserve it, or because my parents try to infantilize me because of my autism. I feel I can't because this country seems to want me and people like me dead.
I've known this apathy to my body and health for so long, it's dulled the ability for me to reckon with how hellish this country's becoming.
This video hurt in a way that few others have.
Thank you, Ro.
watched this whole video while working on a new patch for my jacket and cried a little bit at the end. the fear is so so real but i have faith we'll make it out okay. this is a beautiful video (as per usual), hope you're doing okay & that the comments continue to be mostly supportive (cuz they all seem pretty normal right now). take care 🫶
i really loved your segment on neopronouns as an it/its user and explaining it really well :) love your videos ro!!
as a great cucumber once said, i laughed, i cried, it moved me bob.
but seriously as a nonbinary parent of a trans daughter, this was so powerful and i will be sharing this far and wide. thank you rose 🖤
As a butch nonbinary person, I've had a lot of trans fear and rage for these past few months. Thank you for articulating it all so well and helping me feel just a little less alone. Hang in there
I like that the light string makes it looks like your right shoulder has a massive question mark coming out of it. Thank you for your content.
Edit: I am a straight woman who watches your channel, so I’m one of those needles in your haystack. 👋🏼 if that helps in any way. 🤍
i am so scared. thank you for shouting when nobody else will.
I like how this game has just caused trans allies to make the most banger videos ever. I couldn't forking believe i was even considering buying this game. I'm done with cognitive dissonance of knowing full well that you don't need something and that it's bad, then proceeding to consume their product. Please. Don't buy hogwarts legacy.
It's breaking sales records and people know full well what your community did to people like Silvervale. You are hated for a reason.
^ nebulous bait. i’m sure you are loved for so many reasons OP
naming my grindcore band "Hate Speech Coupon"